POWERFUL P’SAK: Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Don’t Count Corona Mosrim in a Minyan
Rav Moshe Shternbuch, rosh av bais din of the Badatz of the Eidah Hachareidis of Yerushalayim, has released a powerful p’sak against those who...
Opinion: In Defense of Lakewood Poskim, Porch Minyanim – and the True Motivation of...
By Echad Min Hachaburah, Lakewood, NJ
I never in my life thought I would have to write something like this. The Lakewood Tzibur and its...
When Did Elul Become A Time To Party?
Dear Matzav Shmooze,
I am writing today to be yotzeh my chiyuv to be mocheh.
Last night was the first night of selichos. For hundreds of years...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Why Do We Team Up With Mosdos That Don’t Take English...
Dear Editor,
I am worried about the proposed NY State regulations that could impact yeshivos, which I have been reading about for the past half...
Photos: Gilad Shalit Spends First Free Shabbos at the Beach
Gilad Shalit made his first visit to the beach on Shabbos, following a prisoner swap deal last week that ended his five-year captivity...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Thanks for Ruining My Life and Costing Me Thousands
Dear Editor,
I am writing this to all the people who have ruined my Yom Tov - and a lot more.
My wife and our five...
SHOCKING: Jewish Woman in Critical Condition After Being Deliberately Run Over by Car (Video)
In what is nothing short of shocking, appalling, and downright disturbing, a Jewish woman is in critical but stable condition at University Hospital in...
Rav Yankel Cohen zt”l
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Refoel Yisroel Yaakov (Yankel) Cohen zt”l.
Rav Cohen was a fixture at Telshe...
UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY: Chosson and Kallah Yisroel Levin z”l and Elisheva Kaplan a”h Killed in...
It is with utter shock and sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Yisroel Levin z”l and Elisheva Kaplan a”h, a chosson and kallah...
The Perversion of the “Nine Days Menu”
Have you ever gone to be menachem Avel a woman who lost her young husband?
Have you ever been in a shiva home where a...
Judge Admits Mistaken Leniency With Burglar Who Killed Yisroel Levin and Elisheva Kaplan
The shock and sadness Yidden have felt over the tragic passing on Chol Hamoed of Yisroel Levin z”l, 21, and Elisheva Kaplan a”h, 20,...
R’ Reuven Chaim Biller z”l Passes Away After Tragic Catskills Crash
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of R’ Reuven Chaim Biller z”l. He was 42 years old.
As reported earlier, R'...
A Reader Writes: A New Angle On the Shidduch Crisis
Dear Editor,
The "age gap theory"* has been receiving attention recently. What is being done to address this problem is providing incentives to make closer-in-age...
The Matzav Shmoooze: We Must Stop the Meshugaim
Dear Editor,
Rabbosai, we have meshugaim out there who aren't vaccinating their kids and are trying to get other people to follow their insanity. We...
Aged Cheese List
Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
Rabbinic Coordinator and Chairman of Dairy Committee, OU Kosher
In Yoreh Deah 89:2, the Remo writes, "And there are those who are strict...
Separationists
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
It is interesting that last week, when the Torah introduced us to Noach, it did so in glowing terms, informing us...
“Shabbos, Shabbos”
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Before there were religious newspapers, the Jewish media world was owned by the maskilim. It took some time before religious Jewry...
