by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 15, 2015
Ben Zoma and Ben Azzai Shimon ben Zoman and Shimon ben Azai were two outstanding scholars in their generation. Both passed away at a young age before they had attained the title of ‘Rabi’. Ben Zoma is noted for his intellect. The Talmud tells us that if someone saw...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 15, 2015
Yosi Ben Yochanan was the Head of the Rabbinic Court. He and Yosi Ben Yoezer led the Jewish people for a generation. Both were charged with continuing the legacy of Antigonus Ish Socho that had been so true and yet so ill received by some of their peers. Yosi Ben...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 8, 2015
After generations of a single ruler, the Jewish People were now led by two great men: Yosi ben Yoezer and Yosi ben Yochanan. They only differed on one Halachic point, but their approaches to Judaism and to leadership were very different. Yosi ben Yoezer said, “Make...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 3, 2015
The Holy Tanna, Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai was the author of the Zohar. His Yahrzheit is not a day of mourning but a day of celebration because he taught that on the anniversary of a Tzaddik’s death his soul rises to yet a higher level in heaven. Amidst a discussion about...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 3, 2015
The second Chapter of Avos is about paths. What is the proper path on which a person should walk? Which is the Straight path? The Good Path? The Bad path? The chapter begins with the advice of Rebbe: Seek Tiferes. Tiferes is the combination of strict and flexible. It...
