by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 1, 2013 | Ki Tisa, Purim
As the band played and the spirits were high on Purim I looked around at the many friends that joined me and realized that perhaps one of the main messages of Purim may be getting lost on all of us. The Jewish people were in trouble. A woman by the name of Ester and a...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 18, 2011 | Parashat Zachor, Tetzaveh, Purim
There was a boiling hot bath. Everyone wanted to go in but they were afraid. One brazen fellow plunged in. Once he leaped in everyone jumped in after him. When the Jews left Egypt they were hot, very hot. The surrounding nations heard about all the miracles that...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Mar 20, 2008 | Purim
When Adar comes we increase in Simcha! The people of Israel are still in mourning over the tragic murder of eight of our purest souls. Mothers in Sderot and now in Ashkelon are not sleeping or eating as they wait for the next bomb to drop. We hear about it on...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 31, 2006 | Vayakhel, Purim, Pekudei
Perhaps our minds are clouded by our idea of what we should become, and G-d’s idea just gets in the way. Whatever happened to Betzalel? The Talmud tells a story. Rabbi Tarphon was ill and his very important friends, Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and others, came...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Oct 31, 2006 | Terumah, Purim
Perhaps our minds are clouded by our idea of what we should become, and G-d’s idea just gets in the way. Whatever happened to Betzalel? The Talmud tells a story. Rabbi Tarphon was ill and his very important friends, Rabbi Akiva, Rabban Gamliel and others, came...
