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 | Jun 17, 2015
I officiated at a funeral this morning for a woman named Martha Shapiro – Masha bas Yosef ע”ה – who had passed away at the age of 107. Although I did not have the privilege of knowing Martha, I remember reading her article in the paper last December and...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 3, 2014
When we begin our meal on Friday night we are joined by two angels. One is good and one is bad. If they find the house lit up and the table set and everything arranged, the good angel says, ‘May it be the Will that next Shabbat will be like this.’ The bad angel is...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 5, 2014
During World War II my grandfather used to trade cigarettes with the German and Japanese Prisoners of War on his ship. He would give them cigarettes and they would give him whatever they had. He showed me some of the Nazi memorabilia that he acquired. We both agreed...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 20, 2012
As a teacher, I am sometimes faced with a student who uses an inappropriate word or tells an inappropriate story. Rather than berate the child or send him out of the room, I like to look the student straight in the eye. “I am offended”, I tell them,...
