by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 3, 2016
None of us are perfect. We are born half good and half bad. That is part of being human. There will always be a part of us that is insensitive, egotistic, and irrational. There is another half as well that is full of holiness, giving, and yearning. We will never...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Feb 12, 2016
The Torah portion that we just read discussed the building of the Mishkan. The Mishkan was the dwelling place for G-d in this world. If as G-d could have a house here on earth this parsha tells us what it would look like. The Torah goes to great lengths to describe to...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 11, 2015
The Talmud in Nedarim tells us that Moshe was strong. He spread the covering over the Mishkan. The Gemara challenges this proof. Maybe Moshe was just large? What is the proof that he was strong? Instead the Gemara brings a proof from the Luchos which Moshe carried...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Feb 28, 2014
A few years ago, I worked with my star student Michael on his Bar Mitzva speech for parshas Pikudei. He did a great job. Michael was talking about himself, but I think that the Bar Mitzvah boy inside each one of us can relate: This morning, I read to you about the...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jun 17, 2011
Sometimes I get the feeling that my Turkish ancestors are staring at me. They probably wonder why I’m wearing a black Fedora and not a Red Fez with a pom-pom. They wonder why I rush through some parts of davening and relegate others to long, drawn out marches. They...
