Rabbi Moshe Hauer 39 articles

We are all rightly preoccupied with the profoundly unsettling events of the past months. War, loss, and dislocation have traumatic effects that are currently being experienced by many. It is

There is a story that I regularly repeat at our family Pesach Seder. It is hard to repeat it without crying. I share it with you in memory of my

The announcement of two documentaries in production about Hamas’s sexual violence against women in its October 7 attack is an important grassroots effort to raise awareness. Within days of each other, former

Today, Thursday, February 8, is Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar I, Yom Kippur Kattan, a day traditionally dedicated to an extra measure of prayer. As the conflict continues, we may draw

Four months after Simchat Torah became a day of profound tragedy, we need to reaffirm the premise to which that day is dedicated. As a people of memory, that day

Recently, my mother, who escaped Hungary as a young teen in 1943 as the Nazis were closing in, called me from her home in Jerusalem. She was quite agitated, asking

What could anyone like me possibly say to this group?  Dear Rabbi Hauer, Hope BZ”H all is well.  Long story made short…. We have a son on the front lines

We are devastated by the loss of so many of Israel’s soldiers, our best and brightest, idealistic young people who have chosen to give their lives to defend their people.

“Justice belongs to God” (Devarim 1:17), and He has entrusted us as human beings to apply it. While we may turn to God with questions about the pervasive injustice in the

Fast days such as Asara b’Teves are opportunities to remember the past so that we will not be condemned to repeat it, moving us to recognize that our current challenges come