by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 9, 2016
Introduction Let’s assume for a moment that most of us don’t spend our entire day studying and praying. We have professions, homes, cars, families, and all sorts of things to keep us busy. What should our approach be to those other parts of our life? Are they our...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 11, 2015
One year is ending and another is beginning. We stand before G-d and ask him to bless us this year. We think of all of the good things that happened over the past year and hope that they will be repeated and multiplied. We think of all of the bad things – or the not...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 24, 2013
The Medrash tells us that Rebbe Akiva was once sitting with his students when he noticed that they were falling asleep. He decided to wake them by changing the subject. “Why is it”, he asked, “that Queen Esther merited ruling over 127 countries?” He went on to explain...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Sep 3, 2012
There are very few things that the Torah calls disgusting. Most of them have to do with idol worship, illicit relationships and eating snails. But in Parshas Ki Seitze we are told that owning false weights and measures is not only a To’eivah – disgusting, but a...
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...
