by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Feb 5, 2016 | Mishpatim
“If I could give only one bit of advice to my students, I would tell them that whenever they meet someone new, no matter who it is, they should try to find at least one thing that they like about that person.” (Rav Yisroel Salanter) Once you don’t like someone,...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jan 28, 2016 | Yitro
The Slonimer Rebbe, of blessed memory, asked: On Friday night when we sit down to our Shabbos meal the first thing we do is welcome the Angels into our home. “Shalom Aleichem! Malachei HaShareis.” G-d sends the holiest guests to our home when we make...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jan 22, 2016 | Beshalach
Miriam took her tambourine, took the women aside and led them in song. Today Moshe’s sister is introduced to us by name. Until now we didn’t know her name. She was called “Achos Moshe”, Moses’ sister. We also learn today about the new...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jan 15, 2016 | Bo
I was once a proud member of the Boy Scouts of America, we had a pack of frum boys who met in a local shul. The troop was run by my father. Once he announced that we were going to learn about ‘the great divide’. I had no idea what he was talking about but guessed it...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jan 1, 2016 | Shemot
The Book of Shmos begins with a new reality for the Jewish People. A reality which introduces on the one hand the prosperity of the Jewish people and their assimilation into Egyptian culture, and at the same time a growing anti-semitism which ensued. This was a new...
