by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 30, 2006 | Noach
Noach was responsible for the whole world! As the flood subsided Noach faced an awesome responsibility. The entire future of the world was on his ship. If he docks his boat too early the future may be lost. At the end of the fortieth day Noah opened the window to his...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 18, 2006 | Tzav, Pesach/Passover
There is an interesting Midrash concerning this week’s parsha. Moshe, in writing down the Torah at G-d’s dictation, has noticed something strange. Nowhere, in the description of priestly functions in the book of Vayikra (Leviticus) up to now, is his...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 24, 2006 | Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
All of us hope and pray that our children become greater than us. We want more for our children that we want for ourselves. Things that we settled for, things that we lived with or that we lived without we don’t want for our children. How many of us did not have...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 1, 2006 | Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Elul, Ten Days of Repentance
The great days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, together with the seven days in between, are the ten days of repentance. These days provide the Jewish people with a unique opportunity to repent and improve themselves. G-d is particularly close to Israel during these...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 12, 2005 | Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
Yesterday I attended the funeral of Andrew Fitzgerald. Andrew was a firefighter from Suffern who managed to save many lives on Sept. 11, before losing his own. I stood outside the Catholic Church on Rt. 59 in Suffern shivering in the cold with hundreds of others that...
