by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 5, 2015
I once got a call from a friend. I had just made a decision. He wasn’t really involved in the decision, but he called me. “Rabbi Haber”, He said, “let me tell you a story”. One day a boy and his father took a day off to go flying in a small airplane. There were some...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 3, 2015
The Holy Tanna, Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai was the author of the Zohar. His Yahrzheit is not a day of mourning but a day of celebration because he taught that on the anniversary of a Tzaddik’s death his soul rises to yet a higher level in heaven. Amidst a discussion about...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | May 3, 2015
The second Chapter of Avos is about paths. What is the proper path on which a person should walk? Which is the Straight path? The Good Path? The Bad path? The chapter begins with the advice of Rebbe: Seek Tiferes. Tiferes is the combination of strict and flexible. It...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 30, 2015
Moshe taught us the fifty one mitzvos found in this week’s parsha. He began with the commandment: “Kedoshim Tihiyu’ – You must be holy. We are all familiar with holiness. Hopefully, we’ve been in contact with holy individuals, experienced holy times and visited holy...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 30, 2015
Moshe gathered all of the Jewish people together in a gathering called Hakhel. He taught us the fifty mitzvos found in this week’s parsha but introduced them with the commandment: “Kedoshim Tihiyu’ – You must be holy. The Ramban explains that Kedoshim Tehiyu is a...