by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 19, 2014
Dough is one of the most unwieldy and uncooperative items in the kitchen. I’ve seen dough rise back out of the Garbage can, push open the door of the refrigerator and jump out of the bread machine and onto the floor. It has a life of its own. Wine ferments in a staid...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Feb 28, 2014
A few years ago, I worked with my star student Michael on his Bar Mitzva speech for parshas Pikudei. He did a great job. Michael was talking about himself, but I think that the Bar Mitzvah boy inside each one of us can relate: This morning, I read to you about the...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 23, 2014
The Torah is not just a compendium of rules. It is a lifestyle. It is a value system. It our own personal instruction book and owner’s manual, written by G-d himself. It was the ultimate wake up call to the Jewish soul. A wake up call that we have remembered and...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 16, 2014
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 sounds. It is an...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 7, 2013
Yaacov Avinu was able to uncover the well for Rachel when all of the shepherds could not. He cared for her and he wanted her to be able to water the sheep and go home. How did he do it? Rashi tells us that he had superhuman strength. He was able to lift the stone like...
