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...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Aug 6, 2000 | Balak
Bilaam had a special kind of power. Forces of impurity, the sitra achara imbued him, with the power to curse. Not everyone can make his or her curses come true but Bilaam was a proven commodity. He cursed and G-d listened. He had what it takes to make negative things...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jul 1, 2000 | Behaalotcha
The Jewish people were ready to move. They were on their way to Eretz Yisroel. Miriam couldn’t move. Miriam became ill with Tzoraas and had to be in quarantine for seven days. Three million people were ready but one Miriam was not. Should three million people...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jul 1, 2000 | Shelach
The people of Israel needed to see for themselves. They needed to check out Israel with their own eyes before they would agree to the Land of Israel as their homeland. This little duel diligence that they performed, however, had catastrophic consequences which seemed...
