by Rabbi Sender Haber | Apr 7, 2011
The Torah instructs the Metzora to end his or her period of isolation and repentance by bringing an offering that includes (among other things) a branch of a cedar tree and two birds. How is it that the Metzora, who is afflicted with a form of leprosy because of his...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 25, 2011
My seven-year-old daughter recently asked for a puzzle of a Gadol. In the age of ‘Gedolim Memory’ and ‘Gedolim Guess Who’, her request is perfectly reasonable but still slightly odd. I can’t help but imagine completing a puzzle only to realize that Rav Shach’s...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jan 7, 2011
I often try to identify the matriarchs and patriarchs who can claim responsibility for entire clans of religious, scholarly and respected Jews. Last week, I attended a Simcha where such a clan was in attendance. The grandfather spoke about his father and traced the...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Dec 19, 2010
I have a brother who spends an extraordinary amount of time at the Kosel Hamaaravi (the Western Wall). Before he was married he even brought each of his dates to the Kotel. Despite the presence of a Mechitza, my brother managed to make these dates meaningful by...
by Rabbi Sender Haber | Jul 19, 2010
If the Bais Hamikdash was the place that we could always depend upon to be G-dly and holy, then the Kohanim were the people whom we could always depend upon to be our steadfast role models in the service of Hashem. The Kinah of Aicha Yashva departs from the theme of...
