Leading Black Activist, Ministers Say ‘Congressional Black Caucus Should be Absolutely Ashamed’ for Boycott of Netanyahu Speech

A prominent leader of the black Christian community on Thursday, along with leading black ministers, lashed out at the Congressional Black Caucus for its boycott of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi (more…)

Leaked South African Intelligence Docs Reveal Iranian Efforts to Bypass Sanctions Using Civilian Covers

Recently published classified documents from South African intelligence have shed light on Tehran’s efforts to set down roots in Africa, Israel’s NRG reported. (more…)

The Matzav Shmoooze: A Reflection Of The Past And A Hope For The Future

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After watching the Chofetz Chaim film many times, I realized the great and profound impact it has made on me and on others. Make no mistake, the world has changed since the release of this film; just (more…)

President Obama Breaks Into Tears As He Says Goodbye To Holder

On Friday, President Barack Obama spoke at the portrait unveiling ceremony for outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, which led the commander-in-chief to break into tears that he wiped (more…)

Inside Gaza’s Tunnels, Terrorists Get Ready for the Next War

In an olive grove close to houses in the southern Gaza Strip, the earth slides open smoothly, revealing a sight to terrify Israel. (more…)

Gedolim Sign Kol Koreh Calling for Support for Yahadut Hatorah in Upcoming Israeli Elections

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Cycling the Desert: New Israel Bike Trail Connects Mitzpe Ramon to Eilat

By Anav Silverman

As the popularity of cycling continues to increase across the world, Israel is working to develop cycling trails that make the country’s spectacular desert accessible to cyclists. (more…)

Today’s Yahrtzeits and History - 10 Adar

Rav Pinchas of Voldova, author of Bris Shalom (1663).

Rav Yosef Baruch (ben Klonymos Kalman) Halevi Epstein, the Gutteh Yid of Neustadt (1867). (more…)

Eitzah u’Gevurah - Empowering Advice from a Torah Perspective

By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman

Looking for Direction

Question: I am almost twenty three years old and I feel like I am not really getting anywhere. Life is passing me by in fast-forward and I am stuck in slow-motion. Or perhaps pause. I used to be in a good (more…)

Netanyahu: I Respect Obama

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu went to the Kosel this evening for a moment of meditation ahead of his trip to Washington. (more…)

Google Wants To Rank Websites Based On Facts Not Links

The internet is stuffed with garbage. Anti-vaccination websites make the front page of Google, and fact-free “news” stories spread like wildfire. Google has devised a fix - rank websites according to their (more…)

White House Offers Rebuttal Before Netanyahu’s Speech

Just four days before Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s speech to a joint meeting of Congress, the Obama administration sought on Friday to refute the Israeli leader’s expected critique, arguing that (more…)

House Passes One-Week DHS Fund Extension

The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly avoided a Department of Homeland Security shutdown on Friday after passing a one-week funding extension with just hours to spare before the money ran (more…)

Rand Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll. Again.

For the third year in a row, on Saturday Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll, CNN reported. Paul won with 25.7 percent of the vote among (more…)

New Matanos L’Evyonim Campaign For The Most Destitute Families In Eretz Yisroel

For generations, Ezras Torah has been on the forefront of providing assistance to needy Bnei Torah in Eretz Yisroel. Whether it is help with Yom Tov, emergency medical help, or marrying off yesomim, (more…)

Holder: Make Civil-Rights Cases Easier

Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder says he will ask Congress to lower the standard of proof required to prosecute criminals for violating people’s civil rights. (more…)

Stolen Picasso Seized in U.S.

A Picasso painting stolen from a French museum and falsely labeled as a $37 “art craft/toy” was seized at the Port of Newark and is in the process of being returned, according to court papers filed (more…)

Survey: Israelis Pay Palestinian Workers Double The Wages Of PA And Gaza Employers

A European Union-funded survey conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) between October and December of 2014 shows that Palestinians working in Israeli-controlled (more…)

Israel And Jordan Sign ‘Historic’ Agreement To Replenish Dead Sea

The governments of Israel and Jordan have signed a major agreement to build a desalination plant near the Jordanian tourist resort of Akaba, with the goal of working together to replenish the Dead (more…)

Donald Rumsfeld Blasts ‘Stunning’ White House Rhetoric on Netanyahu Speech

By Boaz Bismuth

Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s much-debated March 3 address to a joint session of Congress about the Iranian nuclear threat, former U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld said (more…)

Random? Footage Shows Hyper Cacher Terrorist Kill Shopper After Victim Revealed He Was Jewish

Footage filmed by Paris gunman Amedy Coulibaly during his killing spree inside the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in January shows him asking a customer his nationality before shooting him dead (more…)

New York Councilman Visiting Ramallah Refuses to Remove Yarmulka When Asked by US Consulate Security

By David Daoud

New York City Councilman David Greenfield accused the US Consulate in Yerushalayim of asking him to remove his yarmulka during a visit last week to Ramallah. (more…)

Senior Iranian Official: ‘We’ll Level Tel Aviv if Israel Attacks’

Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army, General Mustafa Yazdi, warned that his country will “Raze both Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground,” as he put it,”if Israel attacks Iran.” (more…)

Of Course There’s a Crisis in US-Israeli Relations

By Morton A. Klein and Daniel Mandel

We are, again, in the midst of that periodic occurrence: a crisis in Israel/US relations. This one revolves around White House pique over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s acceptance of an (more…)

Audio: Yahadut Hatorah Releases Campaign Song, Music Arranged By Ruvi Banet, Sung By Shloime Cohen and Eli Hertzlich

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Analysis: The Human Stain of Moral Preening

By J. Auerbach

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times is everyone’s favorite bleeding-heart columnist. His focus on human rights abuses, especially in Darfur, won him a Pulitzer Prize (his second) for “his graphic, (more…)

Audio: Rav Reisman On Parshas Tetzaveh

[Audio below.] The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of Madison. The shiur, on Parshas (more…)

Audio: Rav Mintz On Parshas Tetzaveh

[Audio below.] Each week, Rav Chaim Mintz, Mashgiach of the Yeshiva of Staten Island and founder and head of Oorah Kiruv Rechokim, offers, via telephone, an insightful and inspiring message (more…)

Video: Rabbi Freundlich’s 3-Minute Look at Parshas Tetzaveh

[Video below.] Matzav.com presents this new series of a 3-minute look at the weekly parsha with an eye towards Jewish parenting. The Torah (more…)

Candle Lighting Times, Erev Shabbos Parshas Tetzaveh 5775

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Video: Rav Stulberger on Parshas Tetzaveh

[Video below.] Each week, Rav Avrohom Stulberger, rosh yeshiva of Valley Torah High School in Los Angeles, shares a 3-4 minute message relating to the parshas hashovuah. Matzav.com is (more…)

Seedless Pomegranates

By Rabbi Nosson Greenberg

In this week’s parsha we learn of the instructions regarding the manufacture of the bigdei  kehuna - the official clothing of the Kohanim. One of the eight articles worn by the Kohain  Gadol was the me’il - the robe.  (more…)

Video: Harry Rothenberg On Parshas Tetzaveh

[Video below.] Attorney Harry Rothenberg offers a five-minute thought on the parsha disseminated by Partners in Torah. (more…)

Video: The Shmuz On Parshas Tetzaveh

[Videos below.] Rav Bentzion Shafier has impacted thousands of people with his talks and lectures, and especially with his innovative “Shmuz,” a mussar shmuess that draws on Torah, Gemara and the (more…)

Parsha Partner - Tetzaveh

[Download below.] Bring new meaning to your Shabbos seudah by involving your family and guests in discussions on the weekly parsha. Parsha Partner has meaningful divrei Torah and engaging discussion (more…)

Pirchei Weekly, Parshas Tetzaveh 5775

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Today’s Yahrtzeits and History - 8-9 Adar

Rav Shmuel Dovid Ungar of Neitra, a descendent of Don Yitzchak Abarbanel.

Rav Gershon of Lotzk, a talmid of the Mezritcher Maggid (1788). (more…)

Daf Inspired - Culling Gems of Inspiration from the Daf

By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman

Kesubos 25 - You’re Shy? Good for You!

One of the ways it can be established that a man is a Kohein, such that we will allow him to receive terumah, is if he is a regular receiver of the zeroah, lechayayim, and keivah. Those are the three parts (more…)