by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 15, 2000 | Bo
I’d like to quote the words of the great Gaon and Tzadik Rav Chaim of Valozhin in a letter he wrote to one of the great poskim of his generation. “Regarding the case of the Aguna of Vilna… I see you are leaning toward stringency. You feel the woman should not...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 14, 2000 | Vayishlach
Yaakov’s name means crooked. The word “Akov” means insidious. Esav defined his brother Yaakov’s essence according to his name. He is deviant, perverse, corrupt and crooked. “That is why his name is Yaakov – because he has already...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 24, 2000 | Sukkot
I have become addicted to the news. I get news about Eretz Yisroel wherever I can. I have become an Arutz Sheva junkie wondering why they haven’t updated in the past five minutes. I call Israel. I wake up with my clock radio blaring news and I talk to anyone who...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 17, 2000 | Yom Kippur, Elul, Ten Days of Repentance
On this Yom Kippur we must all be aware of the following fact. The big decisions that will be made in the world will not be made in the Knesset. They will not be made in the White House. They will not be made in The United Nations. They will be made in Shul! Yes, our...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Aug 6, 2000 | Pinchas
In this corner weighing in at 220 pounds, from the windy city of Chicago, with golden striped shorts, the king of sting, the master of disaster, Jefferson T. Rex – and in this corner weighing in at 125 pounds from the quaint village of Danzig with bifocals and a...
