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...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | May 5, 2000 | Sefirat Ha'Omer
Last night I heard about an astounding study that affects us all. A certain philanthropist in Long Island is funding an academic study on the “fallout” from Judaism. Why are so many children falling through the cracks of the Jewish community? We all have...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | May 4, 2000 | Kedoshim
About six years ago I took my family on a trip to the outback of Australia. We drove hours away from civilization to visit a friend of mine, an artist, who lived alone on 700 acres of what they call Down Under, the bush. After driving without a road and eventually...
