by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 27, 2010
On Rosh Hashana we beg G-d to rise from His throne of Judgment and sit on His throne of Mercy. What’s up with that? Didn’t Hashem make rules? Didn’t he tell us what will happen if we don’t follow the rules? How do we have the Chutzpa to stand before G-d and ask for...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 25, 2010
I Growth does not have to be upwards or outwards. The Torah in Parshas Ki Seitze teaches us that the most important growth is often directed inwards. Back in the days of scales and weights a grocer had the opportunity to cheat his (or her) customers with inaccurate...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 19, 2010
In Parshas Ki Seitzei the Torah tells us the difficult story of the ‘Ben Sorer Umoreh’, the wayward son. This rare boy misbehaved to the point that we have given up hope on him. We assume that he will grow up to be a bandit and a murderer. The Torah tells us to put...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 30, 2010
There was an older man in my shul growing up. Once, when I was about fourteen, I was in a different city and ran into a cousin of this particular man. “I assume”, the cousin told me “that nothing will come of him”. I answered what I answered by the statement jarred me...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 19, 2010
If the Bais Hamikdash was the place that we could always depend upon to be G-dly and holy, then the Kohanim were the people whom we could always depend upon to be our steadfast role models in the service of Hashem. The Kinah of Aicha Yashva departs from the theme of...
