by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 29, 2013
The Medrash tells us about a man named Yosef Meshisa. He may have lived at the time of the Roman invasion, but the context of the Medrash makes it sound like he lived at the time of the Greeks. He was what we would call a traitor. He joined the Greeks, adopted their...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 29, 2013
Our Breath of Fresh Air I Rosh Hashanah marks both the creation of the world and our personal judgment day. Over the centuries, the haunting words of Unesaneh Tokef have become a focal point of our perception of Hashem’s judgment and love on Rosh Hashanah and Yom...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 22, 2013
The Torah commands us to bring our first fruits to the Beis Hamikdash. As soon as a farmer saw a bud begin to blossom, he would go out to his field and tie a piece of grass – a ‘gumi’ – to the fruit. When the fruit finally ripened he would bring it to Yerushalayim and...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 22, 2013
Several months ago, I received an email from a Navy Officer asking me not to sell his Chometz. He could have sold it to me, but he felt like the buyer would have no access. The Chametz was in an undisclosed and secure location in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, or...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 18, 2013
About fifteen years ago, I joined a group of ten Yeshiva Bochurim and we went on vacation. We rented a house on Hunter Mountain in Upstate New York and we planned daily activities for ourselves. There was a tiny, old, shul in Hunter and (even though we had our own...
