Rabbi Sender Haber

Rabbi, Monsey, NY

Vacation in Lakewood

Vacation where?! I get the same response from everyone. Lakewood is pretty intense town. Even during the three week summer break the dress code stays the same: black pants, white button down shirts, jackets and hats. Everyone davens three times a day in serious...

Lakewood’s Ark

I hope that Shalom Mordechai Levine never reads this blog. Shalom Mordechai is a close friend of mine and was my Chavrusa in Lakewood. We learned together right in front of the Aron Kodesh in the main Beis Medrash. When I left Lakewood for Norfolk, Shalom worried that...

By Invitation Only

Living a Torah life in a spiritual wasteland is like making a Minyan on an Airplane. Davening in shul can be inspiring for participants and spectators; Davening on a plane is often inspiring to neither. Reb Yosi Ben Kisma held that Torah should not be brought to...

Confrumity

Makom Torah is a state of the mind, not a city on the map. The Mishna in Avos tells a story that should, on it’s surface, trouble any out-of-towner: “Said Rabbi Yossei the son of Kisma: Once, I was traveling and I encountered a man. He greeted me and I returned his...

What Makes a Makom Torah?

Azaleas are in bloom this week. Native Norfolkians claim that our city is uniquely suited for Azaleas. I haven’t found any scientific confirmation, but it has something to do with the cold winds from the north converging with the warmer southern wind off the bay....

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