by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Nov 21, 2008 | Chayei Sarah
Prince Rudolph, son and heir to the Austrian monarch Franz Josef, visited Palestine at the turn of the century and recounted his trip to Chevron in his memoirs: Upon reaching Hebron I immediately went to the cave of Machpela. There I was overwhelmed at the realization...
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...