by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 29, 2015
Introduction Do we need to read the Hagada and tell the story ourselves, or is ok if the head of the seder does it and we listen? There are two components here. One is the Mitzvah of והגדת לבנך that we have to tell the story to our children. The second is the Mitzvah...
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 | Jan 16, 2015
When Moshe was a child he made a choice between a Diamond and a coal. He knew that the diamond was more valuable, but he picked up the coal instead. As a result he was inflicted with a speech impediment. When Reb Shmuel Kamenetzky visited Norfolk several years ago,...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Feb 14, 2014
Moshe was up on Har Sinai receiving the Torah when Hashem told him, “You need to leave now. Your Jewish people have made themselves a Golden Calf. They have made a wrong turn and are heading in the wrong direction. They are dancing around the calf and worshipping it,...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 23, 2014
The Torah is not just a compendium of rules. It is a lifestyle. It is a value system. It our own personal instruction book and owner’s manual, written by G-d himself. It was the ultimate wake up call to the Jewish soul. A wake up call that we have remembered and...
