by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 24, 2013
“Do not desecrate My holy name; I must be sanctified amongst the Jewish People. I am G-d who makes you holy.” Last week, Moshe gathered all of the Jewish people together in a gathering called Hakhel. All of the Jewish people were there: The men, the women...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 17, 2013
One of the most difficult aspects of Tefillah is language. Why do we always say the same words? Why do they need to be in Hebrew? The truth is that both of these questions have simple answers. We can pray with any words we want and in every language we want. In fact,...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 30, 2012
When Yaacov first met Rachel he cried. The Medrash says that he cried because he would not be buried with her. Before his death, Yaacov apologized to Yosef for not burying Rachel in Me’aras Hamachpeila. He had buried her by the side of the road outside Beis Lechem. He...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 26, 2012
I met a frum pirate the other day. He has never boarded a ship with intent to plunder, but he will be following a full size pirate ship from port to port for the next few months. He gives tours, exhibits cutlasses and puts on a pirate costume every now and then. When...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 11, 2012
On Shabbos Chol Hamoed Sukkos, we say a special Hoshana from Rabbi Menachem ben Machir who lived about 1000 years ago. He is also the author of some of the Kinos that we say on Tisha B’av and of the ‘Reshus’ for the Chassan Torah on Simchas Torah. In the first couplet...
