by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Apr 15, 2010 | Tazria, Metzora, Yom Ha'atzmaut
I originally wrote this article in 2008 but as I review it and read the headlines of the Israeli newspapers it seems even more relevant today. There is nothing that brings out my identity crises more than living in Eretz Yisroel on Yom Haatzmaut. This week a large...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 22, 2010 | Tzav, Pesach/Passover
One of the great heroes of the Holocaust was Reb Kalman Klonymus Shapiro, the Piazetzner Rebbe. In the prime of his life as a Rebbe he was taken into the hell of the Warsaw Ghetto. He had a work load like everyone else, suffered from malnutrition, and was surrounded...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 19, 2010 | Vayikra
God called him Moshe The name “Moshe” is perhaps the most famous name in Jewish history. Moshe saved the Jewish people; Moshe performed miracles; Moshe told us how to act; Moshe brought us the Torah; Moshe led us through the desert. It is significant to note that...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Dec 4, 2009 | Vayishlach
In this week’s parsha we read about the fateful meeting between Jacob and Esau. Jacob, on learning that Esau is approaching with four hundred men, “was very afraid and distressed” (Gen. 32:8), fearing that Esau might want to kill him for his previous...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Nov 27, 2009 | Vayetzei
If civil war breaks out in Rwanda, it might be because we couldn’t find it in our heart to forgive our brother, spouse or neighbor. Jacob dreamed of a ladder. In the dream Angels of G-d climbed up the ladder and then Angels came back down. Angels originate in...
