Rabbi Sender Haber

Rabbi, Monsey, NY

Beshalach – Our Song

This week is Shabbos Shira. There are so many elements to Parshas Beshalach: the splitting of the sea, the Mon, and the war with Amalek. Still Shira seems to be the focal point for which the Shabbos is named. Shira can be translated as song, as poetry, or even random...

Bo – Bottle It!

Bottling It The end of this week’s Parsha was one of the highest points in the spiritual history of the Jewish nation. The Jewish people were almost ready to leave Egypt. They had suffered enough, they were caring for one another, and they had very strong Jewish...

Va’eira – When Impatience is a Virtue

On January 10, 1992 a shipment of Rubber Duckies was headed from Hong Kong to the United States. There was a terrible storm and 28,800 bath toys were washed overboard. Ten months later, on November 16, Rubber Duckies began to show up on the shores of Alaska. They...
Shabbos Hagadol 5780 – A Very Narrow Bridge

Shabbos Hagadol 5780 – A Very Narrow Bridge

I It is documented that for at least nine hundred years it has been the custom of Jews to congregate in shul on the afternoon of the Shabbos before Pesach to hear the Rabbi speak. But that is not why this Shabbos is called Shabbos Hagadol – The Great Shabbos. The...