by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jan 27, 2017 | Va'eira
Based on a shiur by Rabbi Yaacov Haber Did you hear it? There was a Kol Torah in Beit Shemesh! No, I don’t mean the beautiful sounds of the cheders and batei midrashim you can hear buzzing as you walk down the street. This time the Torah itself cried out. On...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Dec 2, 2016 | Toldot
Yitzchak was blind. Had he been able to see, the history of the world would have been different. Instead of giving his monumental blessing to his son Yaakov, he would have given the blessing to his other son Eisav and the geula would have been in the hands of Eisav’s...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Nov 11, 2016 | Lech Lecha
The Rambam, Maimonides, wrote a book of Jewish Law. He wrote other books of philosophy and many letters which addressed the soaring needs of his time. But, Mishneh Torah is a Book of Law. He begins the section on the laws of ‘Idolatry’ or Avodas Kochavim, with a brief...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 7, 2016 | Rosh Hashanah, Elul, Ten Days of Repentance, Vayelech
These are my words at Kehillat Shivtei Yeshurun, Ramat Beit Shemesh this Rosh HaShanah. They are still pertinent today. The words that I’d like to share with you tonight actually took me about 50 years to prepare. Tonight, as we greet Rosh HaShanah into our lives, I’d...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 2, 2016 | Rosh Hashanah, Elul, Ten Days of Repentance
“היום הרת עולם היום יעמיד במשפט כל יצורי עולמים” “Today is the birth day of the world; today all creations are judged.” The world was created on Rosh HaShanah and according to our sages it is recreated every year on Rosh HaShanah. It’s a...
