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...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Mar 11, 2015
The Talmud in Nedarim tells us that Moshe was strong. He spread the covering over the Mishkan. The Gemara challenges this proof. Maybe Moshe was just large? What is the proof that he was strong? Instead the Gemara brings a proof from the Luchos which Moshe carried...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 28, 2015
Several weeks ago we were saved by coming down to Egypt. In this week’s Parsha we finally leave. At the Yam Suf Hashem promised that we would not see the Egyptians again. In Parshas Shoftim Hashem ruled that a king should not have too many horses because they would...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 22, 2015
The end of this week’s Parsha was one of the highest points in the spiritual history of the Jewish nation. The Jewish people were almost ready to leave Egypt. They had suffered enough, they were caring for one another, and they had very strong Jewish identities. G-d...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 16, 2015
When Moshe was a child he made a choice between a Diamond and a coal. He knew that the diamond was more valuable, but he picked up the coal instead. As a result he was inflicted with a speech impediment. When Reb Shmuel Kamenetzky visited Norfolk several years ago,...
