by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 1, 2016
The frogs seem to be an odd part of the story of the Exodus. Water turning to blood, wild animals, blackouts, death and disease seem pretty standard, but frogs are cute. One year my wife ordered one hundred frogs from oriental trading had my kids throw them at me...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 1, 2016
Hashem appeared to Moshe in the Bush because a Bush is a lowly shrub. It symbolizes humility. The Torah tells us that the Angel of Hashem appeared as a fire burning in the bush, but the bush was not consumed. Moshe said, “Let me turn for a minute and take a look. Why...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 18, 2015
So much of the parsha centers on Yosef, but I think it is important for us to think about Yehudah as well. The Parsha begins with a showdown between Yehudah and Yosef. Besides for the immediate issue of Binyamin, there was a natural friction between the two of them....
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 11, 2015
There was once a group of researchers who went to North Africa and planted tomatoes. They felt really good about themselves for pioneering a new source of food and revenue for the natives. Indeed, the tomatoes were beautiful. Just as the tomatoes were about to ripen...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 27, 2015
The Torah commands us sit in the Sukkah for seven days so that we can remember that G-d put us in Sukkos when we left Egypt. The commandment is to dwell in the Sukkah as we would in our house. If it is raining, we are not obligated to sit in the Succah. As a matter of...
