by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 21, 2009
Nitai Ha’arbeli, the Tanna, lived in the rural town of Arbeil where the ruins of his Shul can still be seen. He did not want to be around people. He said ‘stay far from a bad neighbor’, and he did. Nitai Ha’arbeli led his generation together...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 5, 2009
Yesterday, my good friend and student Yaakov Wilson celebrated his Bar Mitzvah. Yaakov is one of the most remarkable people I know and together we composed a timely Bar Mitzvah speech. I am posing it here – sans merci* – for your edification. (Please note...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 2, 2009
A Series of Thoughts on the Hagada Note: The following is a somewhat involved and complicated thought process based on the Hagada and the mitzvah to remember our Exodus from Egypt. I hope that it serves as a springboard for thought and an opportunity to find new...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 29, 2009
My parents named their eleventh child Yosef. He’s a good looking, charming and well-liked young man. At this point, my father spends more time with him than with the rest of his sons. We call him the ‘Ben Zikunim’, the son of our parents’ old age. Despite emerging and...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 23, 2009
Rabbi Shalom Shwadron used to tell the story about a group of children who were playing at a certain family’s home. One of the children suddenly incurred a serious accident, and had to be taken to hospital. The hostess had the unenviable task of breaking the news to...
