by Rabbi Sender Haber | Feb 17, 2010
“Any location that is populated by ten Jews is obligated to appropriate a house where they can congregate for prayer whenever it is time to pray. This place is called a Beis Hakneses.” (Rambam, Mishna Torah, Laws of Prayer, Chapter 12) Residents may force each...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Feb 2, 2010
Shuckling is an art. A number of years ago, I was part of a movement to introduce competitive shuckling in Shuls world-wide. Unfortunately, it never caught on and even our local Shuckle club disbanded (our corporate sponsor backed out). The playbooks are now reduced...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 15, 2010
Students are dependable vigilantes. College kids are always ready to stand up for a cause, stage a protest, and resist culture as we know it. Some student movements have been great; others have been terribly misinformed. All of them have been passionate. Eventually,...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 22, 2009
This will be my third consecutive post about death. Unfortunately, death can come when you least expect it and to the most unlikely people. Almost ten years ago I was invited to write an article for a journal (Simchas Binyamin) in Lakewood. Reb Dovid Frost sat a few...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 20, 2009
Michael was on a mission. He was seeking the man deserving of the term, epithet, description, designation, characterization and appellation of The Simple Jew. He could conjure up an image of The Macher, The Askan and The Charismatic Leader, but he had yet to put his...
