Even Habochen’s Simanim Packages for Rosh Hashanah Available Today in Lakewood

Lakewood, NJ - The preparations for Rosh Hashanah are underway. Amongst the many culinary arrangements for the Yom Tov is the preparation of...

Rubashkin Petition Hits 19,000, More Signatures Needed

As first publicized here on Matzav.com, there  is a petition to President Barack Obama asking him to investigate the Rubashkin case,...

Matzav Mazon: Rosh Hashanah III: Desserts

By www.GourmetKosherCooking.com No matter how delicious and lavish the meal, there's always room for dessert. Each of the following desserts will all be welcome as...

MTA Rejects Pro-Israel Subway Ads Calling Terrorists ‘Savages’

NY - The MTA has rejected a proposed bus and subway ad calling Israel's enemies "savages." Anti-Muslim firebrand Pamela Geller earlier this month submitted the...

NYC Community Board to Vote On Sukkah Construction in Manhattan

Joseph Berger reports in the New York Times: Ralph Musolino unreeled his Stanley tape measure across the walkway of a small park in TriBeCa,...

OU Issues CO Safety Warning for 3-Day Yom Tov-Shabbos

The upcoming Yom Tov season, which includes three 3-day periods in which stoves cannot be turned off, presents risks of deadly carbon monoxide poisoning...

Tefillos Continue for Yaakov Ostreicher, Jailed in Bolivia

Lima, Peru - On paper at least, growing rice in Bolivia's fertile eastern lowlands seemed like a terrific investment. The land was a bargain,...

Kosel Undergoes Kvitlach Cleaning Ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Armed with wooden poles, Kosel employees today removed millions of kvitlach - handwritten notes, faxes and email printouts - from between the...

Efforts to Have Women Join Female Hatzolah Called “Ezras Noshim”

The following report appears in Crain's New York business. It should be noted that Matzav.com's stance on this issue is that, at this time,...

Rubashkin Petition Exceeds 15,000, More Signatures Needed

As first publicized here on Matzav.com, there  is a petition to President Barack Obama asking him to investigate the Rubaskhin case, following the recent...

Reb Avi Zweiback z”l

It is with great pain and sadness that we report the passing of Rabbi Avrohom Yisroel Yehoshua Zweiback z"l, who was niftar on Shabbos...

Rav Weinberger Translates Rav Kook’s “Oros Hateshuvah”

In what will be one of this season's most popular commentaries. Rabbi Moshe Weinberger of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY, has written a...

Tonight: First Night of Selichos for Ashkenazim

In anticipation of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, special prayers, known as Selichos, are said in the early hours of the morning...

Linden Shul Receives Go-Ahead To Build A Mikvah

After years of effort, members of Congregation Anshe Chesed moved closer to constructing a mikva to serve their Linden community. On Sept. 14 Mayor Richard...

October 2 Declared as “Day To Disconnect”

Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein, the founder and director of Ohr Naava, an educational institution in Brooklyn, NY, has launched a worldwide campaign to encourage people to...

Rav Sholom Dov Lifschitz zt”l

It is with great sadness that we report eh passing of Rav Sholom Dov Lifschitz zt"l, founder of Yad L'achim. He led the organization...

The Rubashkin Travesty: What You Can Do

On Friday, September 16, the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a draconian sentence on Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, a sentence which is essentially a...

Win $25,000 – Drawing is TONIGHT! Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim Summer Raffle

Enter Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim / RSA's 2011 Summer Raffle Campaign now and win $25,000. This is your LAST CHANCE to win $25,000. Click HERE to...

We March On

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Friday morning of Parshas Ki Savo. Women added potatoes to their cholent. Men lingered a few moments after Shacharis and looked...

Israel: One Esrog Per Visitor and It Must Be Inspected at Airport

Yidden traveling to Eretz Yisroel for the Yom Tov of Sukkos and wish to bring daled minim with them will be permitted to bring...

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