by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 17, 2013
One of the most difficult aspects of Tefillah is language. Why do we always say the same words? Why do they need to be in Hebrew? The truth is that both of these questions have simple answers. We can pray with any words we want and in every language we want. In fact,...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 30, 2012
When Yaacov first met Rachel he cried. The Medrash says that he cried because he would not be buried with her. Before his death, Yaacov apologized to Yosef for not burying Rachel in Me’aras Hamachpeila. He had buried her by the side of the road outside Beis Lechem. He...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 30, 2012
I had occasion to visit the Naval Medical Center in Portsmouth this week. It was not very hard to get in, but there was serious security and I did need to prove to them that I belonged there. As soon as I was cleared by security, I entered and noted a very large...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 30, 2012
About twenty years ago, my father was on his way to a meeting with a prominent philanthropist. On the way he stopped at a red light and happened upon Rabbi Avigdor Miller, who was taking a walk. Somebody chose this moment to introduce my father to Rabbi Miller and...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 22, 2012
Yaacov was an Ish Tam. He was a very simple and straightforward man. Yet he tricked Eisav into agreeing to the worst deal in history. How could he have known that Eisav would agree to such a ludicrous deal? Rav Nachman Levovitz explains that from the moment that Eisav...
