by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 3, 2020
I It is documented that for at least nine hundred years it has been the custom of Jews to congregate in shul on the afternoon of the Shabbos before Pesach to hear the Rabbi speak. But that is not why this Shabbos is called Shabbos Hagadol – The Great Shabbos. The...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 14, 2019
I The wicked son wants to know “What is this work to you?”, because he removed himself from the Klal – the Jewish people – he has denied the main thing. We blunt his teeth and tell him “Hashem did this for me when I left Egypt”. If he were there he would...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 28, 2018
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 and the ‘Reshus’ for the Chassan Torah on Simchas Torah. In the first couplet of the Hoshana we ask Hashem...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jun 30, 2017
The Jewish people complained to Moshe that they had no water and Hashem told Moshe Rabbeinu to speak to a rock. Moshe, we are told, did not do exactly as he was commanded, rather than speaking to the rock he hit the rock. Why didn’t Moshe speak to the rock as...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 9, 2016
Introduction Let’s assume for a moment that most of us don’t spend our entire day studying and praying. We have professions, homes, cars, families, and all sorts of things to keep us busy. What should our approach be to those other parts of our life? Are they our...