by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | May 15, 2009 | Behar, Bechukotai
The Torah speaks of the greatest moral heights and the lowest moral depths to which we can sink. ” … and if you despise My Laws, and your soul reject My social regulations so that all My commandments be not fulfilled, whereby you break My covenant, then I...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Apr 23, 2009 | Tazria, Metzora
I spent just a few minutes researching flies. I couldn’t find too much useful information about them. I learned that once the adult house fly hatches from the pupal stage, it has an approximate life span of 15 to 30 days. I also learned that a female house fly can lay...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Feb 26, 2009 | Terumah
An American industrialist once came to visit the Chofetz Chaim of blessed memory. The Chofetz Chaim proudly gave the man a personal tour of his Yeshiva and asked him if he too would like to be a partner in the building of Torah. The man looked at the saintly Rabbi. He...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Jan 16, 2009 | Shemot
Moshe was eighty years old. He was commanded to become the leader of the Jewish Nation. G-d determined that he had what it takes to be the greatest Jewish leader of all times. Yet, he insisted on the approval of his older brother Aharon. Let’s take a closer...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 31, 2008 | Noach
Noah and his family emerged from the ark. The population of the world was gone. All the men and women who had heckled Noah on a regular basis were missing. It was not the same world that Noah had known. The Torah doesn’t record Noah’s emotions at that...
