by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 3, 2020
I It is documented that for at least nine hundred years it has been the custom of Jews to congregate in shul on the afternoon of the Shabbos before Pesach to hear the Rabbi speak. But that is not why this Shabbos is called Shabbos Hagadol – The Great Shabbos. The...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 14, 2019
I The wicked son wants to know “What is this work to you?”, because he removed himself from the Klal – the Jewish people – he has denied the main thing. We blunt his teeth and tell him “Hashem did this for me when I left Egypt”. If he were there he would...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 20, 2016
Introduction In about a week, we will fulfill the Mitzvah to relive and retell the story of our Exodus from Egypt. Actually, we are obligated to remember the Exodus every single day and every week. We mention Yetzias Mitzrayim in Shema and in Kiddush. On Pesach, Rav...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 19, 2015
At the very end of my second Seder, my wife rose to count Sefirah and took a moment to explain how we are counting our way to Shavuos and growing each day of the forty nine days ahead of us. Everyone at the table counted, but one woman was puzzled. “I enjoyed this...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 29, 2015
Introduction Do we need to read the Hagada and tell the story ourselves, or is ok if the head of the seder does it and we listen? There are two components here. One is the Mitzvah of והגדת לבנך that we have to tell the story to our children. The second is the Mitzvah...
