by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | May 30, 2008 | Bamidbar
When important meetings, conventions or summits take place location is of the utmost importance. The greatest political minds come together to choose Oslo or Geneva. They search the globe for political neutrality, proper security and appropriate ambiance. The location...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Apr 14, 2008 | Pesach/Passover
While visiting London last year, I heard the following story from a 19 year old Jewish girl who was vacationing in a beach house in Thailand when the Tsunami hit. Within moments she was underwater. Running on pure adrenaline she tried to get her head above water but...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Apr 11, 2008 | Tazria, Metzora
In this week’s parsha we learn about the diagnosis and treatment of “tzoraas” (a leprous disease, which one would suffer because of some moral failing) by a kohen. The kohen might observe a whitish sore on the person’s skin, and, if he...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 20, 2008 | Purim
When Adar comes we increase in Simcha! The people of Israel are still in mourning over the tragic murder of eight of our purest souls. Mothers in Sderot and now in Ashkelon are not sleeping or eating as they wait for the next bomb to drop. We hear about it on...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 14, 2008 | Beshalach, Ki Tetze
Remember how you felt when you first heard that Yeshiva students from Merkaz HaRav were brutally murdered last week in Jerusalem? Have you calmed down? Tens of young boys just returned from the Kotel where they went to recite the Yom Kippur Kattan prayers. They were...
