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 | Oct 8, 2010
I hope that Shalom Mordechai Levine never reads this blog. Shalom Mordechai is a close friend of mine and was my Chavrusa in Lakewood. We learned together right in front of the Aron Kodesh in the main Beis Medrash. When I left Lakewood for Norfolk, Shalom worried that...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 27, 2010
On Rosh Hashana we beg G-d to rise from His throne of Judgment and sit on His throne of Mercy. What’s up with that? Didn’t Hashem make rules? Didn’t he tell us what will happen if we don’t follow the rules? How do we have the Chutzpa to stand before G-d and ask for...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Aug 8, 2008
The Jewish people had traveled for forty years in the Desert. They were standing in Arvos Moav, on the banks of the Yarden (present day Jordan) ready to enter the land of Eretz Yisroel. Moshe, who would not be coming with them, rose to speak to the Jewish people for...
