by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 17, 2009 | Rosh Hashanah, Elul, Ten Days of Repentance, Ha'azinu
Close your eyes and imagine what the world must have looked like on the first day of creation. Pristine, fresh, untainted, healthy and unpolluted. Man is created. He is naive, pure and innocent. His face shines from the goodness of his unadulterated soul. His tongue...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Aug 7, 2009 | Ekev
When Moshe Rabeinu approached the burning bush he heard G-d speak to him. “Take off your shoes!” G-d commanded. “You are standing on holy ground.” Why did G-d command Moshe to take off his shoes, and not to cover his head or prepare his heart?...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jul 31, 2009 | V'etchanan
Moshe stood on Har Nevo on the Eastside of the Jordan. He wanted to enter the Land of Israel. He was only steps away but he was refused entry. He looked at Eretz Yisroel. The Torah records that from that point he was able to see across Israel all the way to the...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jul 24, 2009 | Devarim, Tisha B'Av
Today I was sitting with my studies in my dining room when my neighbor knocked on the door. He was insistent: “You must come and look!” Behind my home sits one of G-ds masterpieces. The beautiful green Judean hills go on for miles toward Jerusalem and...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jul 23, 2009 | Balak
Some people are right handed while others are left. Apparently, there are right footed people and left footed people. Neurologists have discovered that there are right brained men and women and others that are left brained. The mekubalim have taught us yet another...
