by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jun 13, 2023
The Jewish people could be pardoned for spying on the land of Israel. It was a regular military tactic and an example of good planning. Their problem was the way that they looked at the land. They forgot about Hashem’s promise and they forgot that the conquest was not...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jun 8, 2023
What was so terrible about the Slav? The people wanted some meat. It wasn’t even steak, it was quail. They asked Moshe for it and Hashem sent it to them. What is so terrible about a little quail? I think the problem was not in how much quail the Jews ate. It was in...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jun 8, 2023
We find three people in Nasso who are encouraged to stay even further away from sin than they need to. The Nazir is told to stay far away from a vineyard; The Kohein Gadol (High Priest) is told to stay far away from a deceased relative and not even leave the Beis...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 19, 2023
We know that the Jewish people were never counted directly. Each Jew would give a half-shekel coin and that Half-shekel coin would be counted. This is the halacha until today. We do not count Jews. We can count hats and lists of names and possibly noses or fingers –...
