by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 8, 2009
I was sitting in Little Israel the other day when we were invaded by the United States military. A huge Navy guy – clearly not Jewish – stormed in and made a direct assault on the South-Eastern sector of the store. He extracted five large tins of Elite...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 21, 2008
al-Zaadi pushed his luck; al-Zaadi made Bush duck; al-Zaadi tried to teach Bush wrong from right. Two shoes at the Bush flew from his hand, But it may not have been worth the slight. (with apologies to Moshe Yess & Megama) Palestinian Leaders have invited Iraqi...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 1, 2008
“Obey any words that the host does say – unless he tells you to go away” This counter intuitive piece of etiquette appears in the Talmud (Pesachim 86b) as well as in the Shulchan Aruch (Code of Jewish Law, OC 170:5). My wise friend, Dr. Behrooz...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 25, 2008
Some people are troubled by Evolution, Intelligent Design, Prophesy and the Oneness of G-d. I’m cool with all that. I’m troubled by Lentil Soup. Lentil Soup Is Not Red. Even the reddest of lentils always turn yellow when cooked. So what was that Red, Red stuff that...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 21, 2008
Efron the Chitti liked to talk about how great he was, but the Torah did not even spell out his entire name. Eliezer considered himself a simple servant and the Torah quotes his narrative at length. (Eliezer’s narrative is described as “Siach” and is...
