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Rabbi Sender Haber

Rabbi, Monsey, NY
Shabbos Hagadol 5780 – A Very Narrow Bridge

Shabbos Hagadol 5780 – A Very Narrow Bridge

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...
Two Calves – Ki Sisa

Two Calves – Ki Sisa

I’ve been thinking about the second set of Luchos. Why were they necessary? We don’t have them today and they don’t seem that integral to the Jewish people. As a matter of fact, the idea of a symbol that we can gather around and pray toward seems almost wrong in the...
Hoshanos on Shabbos

Hoshanos on Shabbos

On Shabbos Chol Hamoed Sukkos, we say a special Hoshana from Rabbi Menachem ben Machir who lived about 1000 years ago. He is also the author of some of the Kinos and the ‘Reshus’ for the Chassan Torah on Simchas Torah. In the first couplet of the Hoshana we ask Hashem...
The Decapitated Calf

The Decapitated Calf

The Torah tells us (21-1) about a dead man who was found outside the city. The elders of the city and the kohanim need to go out to a valley and slaughter a calf and promise that they didn’t kill the man. It seems a little bit unfair. Obviously, the village elders...
Stay the Course

Stay the Course

The Jewish people complained to Moshe that they had no water and Hashem told Moshe Rabbeinu to speak to a rock. Moshe, we are told, did not do exactly as he was commanded, rather than speaking to the rock he hit the rock. Why didn’t Moshe speak to the rock as...