by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 18, 2013
The Gemara in Bava Kammah (50a) speaks about digging pits. It is illegal to dig a pit and leave it uncovered and accessible. If there are any damages, the digger is liable. However, if the person digging the pit donates the pit to the public, he is free of all...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 26, 2012
I met a frum pirate the other day. He has never boarded a ship with intent to plunder, but he will be following a full size pirate ship from port to port for the next few months. He gives tours, exhibits cutlasses and puts on a pirate costume every now and then. When...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 20, 2012
As a teacher, I am sometimes faced with a student who uses an inappropriate word or tells an inappropriate story. Rather than berate the child or send him out of the room, I like to look the student straight in the eye. “I am offended”, I tell them,...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Nov 11, 2011
While learning in the Mir Yeshiva, I once approached Reb Nosson Tzvi Finkel with a difficulty that I had encountered in a gemara in Kesuvos. The Rosh Yeshiva listened carefully to my articulated question and spent several minutes in thought. I stood awkwardly and...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Oct 6, 2011
Before my last trip to Israel, I invited my third grade students to write notes to G-d. There is an ancient custom to put messages in the Western Wall and I thought that it would be a meaningful and worthy exercise. I promised not to read the notes and encouraged the...
