by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Nov 6, 2014 | Lech Lecha, Vayeira
So much happened in the life of Abraham that is not recorded in the Torah. The Midrashim are full of information about Avraham Avinu’s life. When the Torah begins to tell us about Abraham he is already at the advanced age of seventy five. Abraham already lived a full...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 31, 2014 | Lech Lecha
Were you ever called upon to walk into the unknown; to step into the wilderness for something you believe in? Were you ever asked to take a risk in order to benefit a much higher cause? Were you ever asked to resist the culture of the crowd when your heart tells you...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 24, 2014 | Noach
“These Are The Flood Waters Of Noah!” Isaiah 54;9 Noah said to Moshe: ‘I’m greater than you; I was saved from the generation of the flood.’ Moshe said to Noah: ‘You saved yourself but you couldn’t save the world. I saved the world.’ (Yalkut Devarim 33;951) God saw how...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 1, 2014 | Yom Kippur, Elul, Ten Days of Repentance
An interesting person in Jewish history was King Menashe — interesting, that is, in a negative sense. He was the son of King Chizkiahu, and one of his early acts was to kill his grandfather, the prophet Isaiah [see the drosha on Shabbos Shuva for some...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Aug 1, 2014 | Devarim
“Chazon Yeshayahu”. A vision of Yeshayahu! The Medrash [Shir Hashirim Rabbah Ch. 3] taught that there are ten levels of prophecy. Sometimes prophecy comes in a dream, sometimes as a feeling and sometimes as a voice. Which kind of prophecy was the harshest?...
