by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 24, 1999 | Sukkot
Someone told me a joke on Friday. There were two brothers living together. One was a medical doctor and the other was a Rabbi with a Ph.D. in Theology. Someone called the house and asked for Dr. Schwartz. “Which one?” asked the housekeeper, “the one...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 17, 1999 | Yom Kippur, Elul, Ten Days of Repentance
I rewrote my Kol Nidrei Drosha today. Actually you rewrote my Kol Nidrei Drosha today. Rav Yisroel Salanter once commented that we have a natural tendency to worry about our own physical welfare and be very concerned about the welfare of our neighbors Neshama. Our...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 17, 1999 | Yom Kippur
Two Kohanim were once racing toward the mizbeach. Each one wanted to do the service. Each one wanted the Mitzvah. One Kohein reached the Mizbeach seconds before the other. The loser took his ritual knife and stabbed the other Kohein in the heart. Everyone present...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | May 13, 1999 | Chanukah
Click the link Below: The message of Chanuka – How Our Actions Affect the Entire World
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | May 5, 1991 | Bereishit, Shavuot
The very first Rashi in the Torah makes the following comment. “Really, the Torah should have began with Hachodesh Hazeh Lochem (the Mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh) but a time will come when the nations of the world will call us burglars for taking the land of Israel....
