by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 4, 2011
In Parshas Haazinu, Moshe addressed the Heavens and the Earth. The Medrash observes that if Moshe addressed the heavens, we can assume that they were affected by the words of Torah. If the words of Torah have the power to affect the heavens and the earth, they surely...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 23, 2011
We will never know who was Rav Mordechai Feinstein was. Rav Moshe Feinstein was a well-known tzaddik and one of the foremost Halachic authorities of his generation. He wrote thousands of brilliant Teshuvos (responsa) and published seven volumes of Igros Moshe during...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 16, 2011
A number of years ago, my car hit high water. I called for help and AAA sent me a mechanic with North Carolinean plates. He had only two or three teeth, which he used endearingly to chew and spit real tobacco as he spoke. The Mechanic explained to me that he had...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 11, 2011
My Great-Uncle Nat was blind. As kids we were fascinated by his talking watch and the way that he counted steps. We would talk about how all of his clothing were matching so that he could get himself dressed in the morning. We did not fully grasp the implication of...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jun 17, 2011
Sometimes I get the feeling that my Turkish ancestors are staring at me. They probably wonder why I’m wearing a black Fedora and not a Red Fez with a pom-pom. They wonder why I rush through some parts of davening and relegate others to long, drawn out marches. They...