by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Apr 11, 2014 | Sefer Vayikra, Acharei Mot
‘What good is a lamp in the sunshine!’ Our characters have been marked with Poland, Hungary, Germany, Spain, Amsterdam, Morocco and Turkey. All of our ancestors have traveled through the desert. Our character has been altered – how could it not be?...
by Rabbi Yaacov Haber | Sep 17, 2009 | Rosh Hashanah, Elul, Ten Days of Repentance, Ha'azinu
Close your eyes and imagine what the world must have looked like on the first day of creation. Pristine, fresh, untainted, healthy and unpolluted. Man is created. He is naive, pure and innocent. His face shines from the goodness of his unadulterated soul. His tongue...