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...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 18, 2013
The Gemara in Bava Kammah (50a) speaks about digging pits. It is illegal to dig a pit and leave it uncovered and accessible. If there are any damages, the digger is liable. However, if the person digging the pit donates the pit to the public, he is free of all...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 15, 2013
Last year I had the privilege of traveling to Israel to attend the wedding of my brother Shalom and his wife Deena. I was honored to speak briefly at the wedding meal and shared the following words: In Tehillim (84), King David speaks of Israel and particularly of the...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 22, 2012
Yaacov was an Ish Tam. He was a very simple and straightforward man. Yet he tricked Eisav into agreeing to the worst deal in history. How could he have known that Eisav would agree to such a ludicrous deal? Rav Nachman Levovitz explains that from the moment that Eisav...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 4, 2012
G-d came to visit Avraham Avinu. We tend to assume that G-d appeared to Avraham all the time but Avraham was one hundred years old and this was only the sixth recorded conversation. As they were speaking, Avraham noticed three travelers in the distance. They looked...
