by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 31, 2015
In Australia there was a man named Tom. He could be difficult to deal with but everyone had patience for him because they knew that his shortcomings were not his fault. He had been through the Holocaust. One thing that Tom did that was completely out of character was...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 3, 2014
When we begin our meal on Friday night we are joined by two angels. One is good and one is bad. If they find the house lit up and the table set and everything arranged, the good angel says, ‘May it be the Will that next Shabbat will be like this.’ The bad angel is...
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...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 18, 2010
Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg was famous for being in jail. He was the last of the Tosafists and a respected leader of his generation. He was incarcerated for trying to make Aliyah and avoid Servi Camerae under Rudolph I in 1286. If it wasn’t for the Maharam Rothenburg we...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 9, 2008
I shared the following article with my fifth and sixth graders. I though it would be meaningful for them to read about the events of November 9th and 10th through the first hand experiences of a girl close to their age. The piece was written by Chamie’s...