by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 22, 2015
The end of this week’s Parsha was one of the highest points in the spiritual history of the Jewish nation. The Jewish people were almost ready to leave Egypt. They had suffered enough, they were caring for one another, and they had very strong Jewish identities. G-d...
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 | Jan 9, 2015
Perhaps the worst two words that Pharaoh ever said were “Mi Hashem?” By not recognizing that Hashem even existed, he put himself at the mercy of his actions with no chance for change. No amount of warnings will help for a man who does not believe in Hashem. Throughout...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 10, 2014
Yosef Hatzaddik was a teenager with most of the Jewish world out to get him. He stayed strong. The wife of his boss Potiphar tried to seduce him but he would not give in. He sat in jail for that. The Gemara in Sota tells us that Yosef able to hold back from sin...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 4, 2014
Yaakov had a difficult life. Rashi tells us that at time that he was sending peace offering to Eisav he was “Sharuy B’kaas”. He was angry. Yaacov had been harassed by his brother, left home, lost everything and been cheated by Lavan in the switching of Rachel and Leah...
