by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | May 20, 2016 | Emor
There is a Midrash that at Aharon HaKohen’s funeral procession he was accompanied by 80,000 young men. There was a curious fact about all of these young men – they were all called Aharon. They were, in fact referred to as the Aharonim. Why were there so many...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Apr 8, 2016 | Tazria, Metzora
Rav Yanai was a giant in his generation, the generation immediately following the leadership of Rebbe Yehudah Hanasi. After a long period of persecution by the Roman Empire and post the Hadrian Decrees, Rebbe Yehudah HaNasi ushered in a new generation of renaissance....
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Apr 1, 2016 | Shemini
We are waiting for the Shechina to come down. It’s not happening! What can we do? “And it came to pass on the eighth day of inauguration of the Mishkan” Six Parshios and at least 12 difficult tractates of the Talmud are dedicated to getting us ready...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 18, 2016 | Vayikra
When Moshe came down from Mount Sinai, the second time, his face was shining. The Torah describes this as ‘karan ohr panev’. ‘ His face was radiating light’. Although Moshe himself was unaware of this , the shine was so striking that the Jewish people were afraid to...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 11, 2016 | Vayakhel, Pekudei
Whatever happened to Betzalel? The Talmud tells a story. Rabbi Tarphon was ill and his very important friends, Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and others, came to visit. They met his mother at the door crying. She pleaded with the Tzaddikim to “please pray for her son...
