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...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 14, 1999 | Vayechi
If you haven’t noticed the world is going Y2K crazy. I’m not talking about the computer bug – which may be a legitimate concern. I’m talking about the religious issue. It started off with a few fanatics that decided the world is coming to an end, has infiltrated the...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 14, 1999 | Vayeshev
Yaakov thought he was finished. He had enough. His struggles with his brother Esav, his fight for the Brachos, his wearisome effort of building a family, working for Lavan had taken a lifetime. Yaakov wanted to settle down, relax a bit, live in Eretz Yisroel and...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 14, 1999 | Toldot
It’s not that Esav didn’t appreciate his birthright. Our sages teach us that Yaacov had been trying to buy the birthright from Esav since they were conceived but Esav didn’t want to part with it. Later, when Yaacov took Esav’s blessing away, Esav screamed such a...
