by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 30, 2006 | Noach
It didn’t even occur to Noach to pray! Until Abraham no one even thought of the idea. Last week I decided that I wanted to pray at the burial place of Rebbe Yehudah HaNasi. Rebbe Yehudah was the author of the Mishna and one of the greatest and bravest rabbinic...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 30, 2006 | Bereishit
Isn't it amazing that the first and most profound murder in world history was committed because someone wanted to get closer to G-d?! The two brothers were dividing up the world and the question of the Beit HaMikdash came up. Of course each one of the brothers...
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...
