by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 21, 2008
al-Zaadi pushed his luck; al-Zaadi made Bush duck; al-Zaadi tried to teach Bush wrong from right. Two shoes at the Bush flew from his hand, But it may not have been worth the slight. (with apologies to Moshe Yess & Megama) Palestinian Leaders have invited Iraqi...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 19, 2008
If we wanted shelter we would stay at home. We go outside to the sukkah to show that G-d is in charge. We are at His mercy. More accurately, we are at our own mercy. The Mishna (Sukkah 2:9) teaches us that when we are rained upon in the sukkah it is with water that we...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 13, 2008
The Medrash writes that Sukkos is the Rosh Hashana for Aveiros, the New Year for Sins. The freshness and purity of Yom Kippur remain untainted in the days leading up to Sukkos. We are too busy preparing for the holiday to do anything wrong. It is only on the first day...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 7, 2008
I had lived in Norfolk for a while when I met a “frum looking” Jew that I had never seen before. After the usual greetings, I asked him if he would like to spend some time learning with me once or twice a week. He responded in the affirmative and soon he was coming to...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 23, 2008
The Talmud tells us that the pattern of shofar blowing in each congregation evolved over time. The long, trumpet-like tekiah was used by all, but the teruah took on many different forms, varying with time and geographic location. Amazingly, after several generations...
