Foundation

This beautiful exposition of the problems of the world and the challenges that the Jews have faced throughout our history since we first became a Nation, was given by Rav Haber to explain how the Jew is responsible for the rectification of the world. We have the obligation to make ourselves the instruments of redemption and the messengers of Hashem. His analysis of Yetziat Mitzrayim, our Exodus from Egypt, is the paradigm that demonstrates Hashem’s Plan for how the Jewish People will eventually, BE”H, with His help and in our days, create the environment on earth that will permit the coming of the Mashiach.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

What does it mean to be created in the Image of G-d? It means we have the capacity to act G-dly. Cordevaro in his classic Tomer Devorah outlines 13 aspects of G-ds personality that we can all strive to emulate. Integrating the 13 aspects into our own personal lives and human struggles is the ultimate in spirituality.

Rabbi Haber expounds on the story of Chanukah and its meaning for Jews today. He extrapolates from Rav Tzadok HaKohen to reveal the phenomenon of the divisions in Klal Yisrael in the time of the Chashmonaim and how it became the cause of the destruction of Bayit Shayni (the Second Temple). He posits that Alexander the Great, who was a student of Aristotle, saw in Shimon HaTzadik, the essence of his search for meaning; the fruit, which he, as the shell, was destined to protect… Although we, as Jews, are not like them, we do not reject their contribution to Hashem’s Creation. And, in fact, we should search for ways to incorporate into our lives the treasures that they hold, while carefully insuring that we, and Torah, are not absorbed within Teva (nature/technology/beauty, etc.), but that Klal Yisrael must use the gashmius (materialism) in the world to raise it to Holiness.

Rabbi Yaacov Haber, Shlita, explores the history of the Chashmanoyim and their rewards and punishments. They are the cradle of Christianity (John the Baptist was part of the Yochanan Kohein Gadol / Yanai the Chashmanai King of Israel). The purpose of Am Yisrael is to transform the materiality, that Hashem placed into the world, into Holiness so that the Shechina can reside within the world once again. Therefore, the King (Hashem) has made Am Yisrael into His Matronisa (His Queen). He made Klal Yisrael the Matronisa and directed that the world must go through Klal Yisrael in order to relate to Him (the King). Hashem placed all of the tools of war in Klal Yisrael and made Klal Yisrael His Shomer (His Guard).

Pesach night can be the most exalted night of the year. The Seder on Pesach night opens up spiritual possibilities that go beyond our imagination. Usually holiness is a level we strive for. At the Seder we start off with "Kadesh!" Lift yourself up before the Seder with this inspiring shiur by Rabbi Yaacov Haber.

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