by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 1, 2016
The frogs seem to be an odd part of the story of the Exodus. Water turning to blood, wild animals, blackouts, death and disease seem pretty standard, but frogs are cute. One year my wife ordered one hundred frogs from oriental trading had my kids throw them at me...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 31, 2015
In Australia there was a man named Tom. He could be difficult to deal with but everyone had patience for him because they knew that his shortcomings were not his fault. He had been through the Holocaust. One thing that Tom did that was completely out of character was...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 29, 2015
Introduction Do we need to read the Hagada and tell the story ourselves, or is ok if the head of the seder does it and we listen? There are two components here. One is the Mitzvah of והגדת לבנך that we have to tell the story to our children. The second is the Mitzvah...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 28, 2015
Several weeks ago we were saved by coming down to Egypt. In this week’s Parsha we finally leave. At the Yam Suf Hashem promised that we would not see the Egyptians again. In Parshas Shoftim Hashem ruled that a king should not have too many horses because they would...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 9, 2015
Perhaps the worst two words that Pharaoh ever said were “Mi Hashem?” By not recognizing that Hashem even existed, he put himself at the mercy of his actions with no chance for change. No amount of warnings will help for a man who does not believe in Hashem. Throughout...
