by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Nov 7, 2006 | Yom Kippur
A. Make a list of the people you have hurt including your relatives. Next to each name indicate what you did and the effect it had. Write down why you feel badly about it. Try asking them or writing them a letter for forgiveness. If the person is no longer alive take...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Nov 2, 2006 | Uncategorized
I once spoke with a man who was stationed outside New Delhi in India, had changed his name to Swama Ganganti and was the head of the entire educational system of Hari Krishna. He came to see me wearing flowing orange robes and with clay on his head. “Why? I...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Nov 2, 2006 | Lifestyle
I recently returned from a trip to Israel. During the four days of my trip, I stood on Har Gilo studiously staring at Beit Jala wondering why anyone would want to shoot at me from what looked like one sleepy village to another. I was frisked from head to toe to enter...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 31, 2006 | Vayakhel, Purim, Pekudei
Perhaps our minds are clouded by our idea of what we should become, and G-d’s idea just gets in the way. Whatever happened to Betzalel? The Talmud tells a story. Rabbi Tarphon was ill and his very important friends, Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and others, came...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 31, 2006 | Terumah, Purim
Perhaps our minds are clouded by our idea of what we should become, and G-d’s idea just gets in the way. Whatever happened to Betzalel? The Talmud tells a story. Rabbi Tarphon was ill and his very important friends, Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and others, came...
