by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 11, 2007 | Lech Lecha
The following drasha was given at the Saranac Synagogue in Buffalo on Shabbat Lech Lecha 5749 (1988), and transcribed from memory by Jeffery Zucker. in today’s parsha we read about Abram’s travels. He did not travel alone. Apart from his many followers, he...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 11, 2007 | Lech Lecha
I’m going to give you Eretz Yisroel; it will be yours and your children’s. This is what G-d said to Abraham. G-d said this to Abraham in person; Abraham didn’t have to rely on Mesorah, transmission or old texts. Hashem said it to him and Abraham heard it....
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 11, 2007 | Lech Lecha
Noach spent 120 years building an ark, deliberately stretching it out so that people would ask questions, hear about the oncoming world crisis and repent. For one hundred and twenty years Noach prophesied the end of the world –yet not even one single Baal...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 11, 2007 | Lech Lecha
Today we review the story of Abraham, the founding father of Judaism. From what we know about Avrohom Avinu we can be very proud of our roots. Avrohom was a great philosopher. Avrohom was a great teacher. Avrohom was a man of unyielding principals – ready to...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 1, 2007 | Chayei Sarah
“Sarah was a hundred years and twenty years and seven years, these were the years of Sarah” (Bereishis 23:1). Rashi comments that from the unusual phraseology we learn that all her years were good. “Abraham was a hundred years and seventy years and...
