by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 31, 2008
Several years ago the Norfolk Kollel was invited to Present in the Old Dominion University as part of their Jewish Symposium. I presented my understanding of the parallels between Orwell’s 1984 and the Dor Haflagah (Tower of Babylon). The main idea was based on...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 19, 2008
If we wanted shelter we would stay at home. We go outside to the sukkah to show that G-d is in charge. We are at His mercy. More accurately, we are at our own mercy. The Mishna (Sukkah 2:9) teaches us that when we are rained upon in the sukkah it is with water that we...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 13, 2008
The Medrash writes that Sukkos is the Rosh Hashana for Aveiros, the New Year for Sins. The freshness and purity of Yom Kippur remain untainted in the days leading up to Sukkos. We are too busy preparing for the holiday to do anything wrong. It is only on the first day...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 7, 2008
I had lived in Norfolk for a while when I met a “frum looking” Jew that I had never seen before. After the usual greetings, I asked him if he would like to spend some time learning with me once or twice a week. He responded in the affirmative and soon he was coming to...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 17, 2008
I got a letter from a Yeshiva. They don’t feel that their dinner is worthwhile so they are just sending out nice letters asking everyone to match last years donation. The assumption is that nobody is really interested in Dinner anyway. In contrast, two guys in...
