by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 31, 2008 | Noach
Noah and his family emerged from the ark. The population of the world was gone. All the men and women who had heckled Noah on a regular basis were missing. It was not the same world that Noah had known. The Torah doesn’t record Noah’s emotions at that...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 23, 2008 | Bereishit, Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
A couple of years ago I had the great honor of being called up for Choson Torah in Jerusalem. It was an emotional moment. Often an Aliya is a celebration of a new relationship such as a new child or grandchild, a new Choson or Kalah. This Aliya was a celebration of a...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 26, 2008 | Rosh Hashanah, Elul, Nitzavim
How does the Ribono Shel Olam decide our destiny for the upcoming year? How does He judge us? The answer is simple. The same way we judge others. A Medrash. Hashem said to Moshe “Hain Kirvu Yamecho Lamus”. Your time has come. The end of your life is here....
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jul 25, 2008 | Matot
If there are so many people going ‘off the derech’ maybe it’s the ‘derech’ that is ‘off the derech”! There are too many people that just don’t seem to fit in. Let’s open a window into Jewish history just where this week’s Parsha takes us. By this time Moshe had...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jul 14, 2008 | Balak
Someone once told me a story about a young married man that had a daily Torah session with the venerable Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurebach of blessed memory. One day the young man informed the famous rabbi that he wouldn’t be able to make it to their session the next...
