by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 29, 2013
Our Breath of Fresh Air I Rosh Hashanah marks both the creation of the world and our personal judgment day. Over the centuries, the haunting words of Unesaneh Tokef have become a focal point of our perception of Hashem’s judgment and love on Rosh Hashanah and Yom...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 22, 2013
The Torah commands us to bring our first fruits to the Beis Hamikdash. As soon as a farmer saw a bud begin to blossom, he would go out to his field and tie a piece of grass – a ‘gumi’ – to the fruit. When the fruit finally ripened he would bring it to Yerushalayim and...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 14, 2012
A new Teshuva of Rav Moshe Feinstein is published in ninth volume of his responsa. It concerns an event that happened at least fifty years ago.Apparently enough time has passed since the story that the family is no longer worried about anyone being identified. The...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 3, 2012
There are very few things that the Torah calls disgusting. Most of them have to do with idol worship, illicit relationships and eating snails. But in Parshas Ki Seitze we are told that owning false weights and measures is not only a To’eivah – disgusting, but a...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 4, 2011
In Parshas Haazinu, Moshe addressed the Heavens and the Earth. The Medrash observes that if Moshe addressed the heavens, we can assume that they were affected by the words of Torah. If the words of Torah have the power to affect the heavens and the earth, they surely...
