Torah Royalty
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
I never learned at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin, but have a special place for it in my heart. My relationship...
Looking Back: 100 Years, to the Day, Since the Founding of Daf Yomi
Exactly a century ago, on the 9th of Elul 5683 (1923), Rav Meir Shapiro took the podium at the Knessiah Gedolah in Vienna. An...
Ready to Fight
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
In this week’s parsha of Ki Seitzei, we learn about fighting evil. We learn about going to war against enemies,...
Now is the Time
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Time marches along, too quickly it seems. It feels like it was only a couple of weeks ago that the weather...
Summer Perspectives
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
With the Nine Days behind us, we are now in the depths of summer. Everyone is taking it easy. Many are...
Footsteps of Joy
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
I sit here on Sunday afternoon staring at the empty computer screen in front of me. There was a place...
It’s Time
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
We are now in the saddest period of the year, a time when we observe halachos associated with mourning. They are...
Reconnecting
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Rav Tzvi Schvartz is the type of tzaddik many believe doesn’t exist anymore. He heads the Lev L’Achim branch in Rechovot...
Homesick
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Here we are again in the period we call the Three Weeks, soon to be followed by the Nine Days...
The Rich Get Richer
The world's 500 richest people added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of 2023.
Each member of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index made...
A Blessed People. A Blessed Life.
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Parshas Chukas is one of the shortest sidros of the Torah, but it contains many messages for us that are...
A World of Lies
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Summer is rapidly approaching. It is a time when people seek to tune out from the regular daily rigors of...
Why Not Daven For Korach?
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The posuk in Bamidbar 17:31 says, “As soon as Moshe finished talking to them, the ground opened up and swallowed them.” The kashya is, why didn’t Moshe daven that Korach should do teshuva? Moshe was the...
Politically Incorrect – Parshas Shlach by Tzion Minute
Listen to a unique take on what happened in the story of the Meraglim.
Why was it such a big deal?
Why did an entire generation...
The House On Wilkomir Street
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The news this week that Rav Michel Yehudah Lefkowitz’s house was demolished saddened me, as it brought a rush of memories....
Ups and Downs
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Parshas Shelach opens with the tragic episode of the meraglim sent to investigate Eretz Yisroel. The mission, which was led by...
The Torah Revolution
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week, the Torah world celebrated a historic milestone. At a time when everything that happens in our world is described...
Matzav Inbox: I Wish I Was Adirei HaTorah. All I Am is a Stupid...
Dear Editor@Matzav,
I saw your stories and pictures and videos from the Adirei HaTorah and really enjoyed them all.
However, I feel compelled to share the...
One Heart, One Destination
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
As I write this, I am sitting on an airplane, flying to Eretz Yisroel to spend the Yom Tov of...
Matzav Inbox: Weak Shavuos Night Food
Dear [email protected],
I write this letter with utmost frustration and disappointment regarding a matter that has deeply troubled me. It pertains to the abhorrent lack...
