Solutions for Davening Problems
By Rabbi Menachem Yoel Yormark
I have noticed many problems students have while davening. Besides the problem of not pronouncing every word out loud and davening...
The Matzav Shmoooze: $21,000 for Misery?
Dear readers,
I just got off the phone from a two-hour conversation with my daughter who is in seminary in Eretz Yisroel. Yes, you guessed...
Readers’ Matzav: Contemplating Suicide
Dear Matzav Editor,
"Frum Man Jumps to His Death Over Finances."
That headline isn't a real one - yet. But it may be soon. I am...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Credit Where It Is Due
Dear Editor,
With the recent attention paid to the planned trip of admorim from Eretz Yisroel and the asifa that was to take place in...
The Matzav Shmoooze: These Accidents Need to Stop
Dear Editor,
We are all aware of the tragic accident that happened on Madison Avenue in Lakewood with the youngbochur who got hurt. Unfortunately, this...
RCCS To The Rescue
To My Fellow Neighbors,
My story is not tear-jerking or extra-sad; it's "typical" in almost every sense of the word. I am a typical yeshiva...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Teaching About JFK
Dear Editor,
As a rebbi, I took the opportunity to discuss with my class the Kennedy assassination. I was amazed by how much I was...
My Daughter’s Principal Doesn’t Understand My Daughter’s Anxiety
Dear Matzav.com,
My fourth grader, Leah, in addition to being a precious little delicious kid, suffers from severe anxiety and heightened sensitivity, conditions of which...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Confused About Lag Ba’omer
Dear readers,
There is something about Lag Ba'omer that I just cannot understand. I understand that we celebrate this special day for a number of...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Yomim Ruining Weddings
Dear Editor,
Thank you for providing this useful and interesting forum for the frum community.
Some may scoff at the issue I would like to raise,...
Readers’ Matzav: Ticketing in Lakewood
Dear Matzav.com Editor,
Last night's Chai Lifeline Lakewood event was a beautiful dinner for a very worthy cause. The only upsetting thing
was Officer Bell of...
The Matzav Shmooze: Why I Go to a Hotel for Pesach
Dear readers,
I have been finding the Jewish holidays more painful each year. I am a female, 59-year-old, attractive single, with no children...
Matzav Inbox: Who Are You To Judge Me or My Struggling Child?
Dear [email protected],
I am writing to express my frustration and disappointment with neighbors of mine who have repeatedly made insensitive and hurtful comments about my...
Readers’ Matzav: Enough With Saved Seating
Dear Matzav Editor,
It has long been known that in frum shuls throughout North America, people have their "makom" and will not change seats in...
A Sign Or A Symptom?
A friend of mine send me a picture this past Purim that really got me thinking. The picture showed a sign hung up on...
The Matzav Shmoooze: A Stab in the Chest
Dear [email protected],
It seems like yesterday that we were in yeshiva together, first in the States and then in Eretz Yisroel. Upon returning to Lakewood,...
Perth Amboy Shul Update
Dear readers,
We wanted to thank everyone for their outpouring support and chizuk which gives us the strength to go forward and stop this...
The Matzav Shmoooze: How I Got The Missionaries To Leave My Neighborhood
Dear readers,
Yesterday afternoon, a young man from the group of missionaries you wrote about here on Matzav rang my doorbell.
I immediately figured out...
The Matzav Shmoooze: When Will Parents Wake Up?
Dear readers,
This afternoon, a young boy, I would speculate under the age of 8, stopped by my home. He knocked so lightly that you...
The Matzav Shmoooze: A Bochur Almost Died
Dear Editor,
Last night, I passed the scene of a terrible accident in Lakewood. I was heading west, on foot, on Seventh Street, passing over...
