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Gedolim Publicly Denounce Chillul Hashem of Vos Iz Neias and its Advertisers; Issue Issur...

Over thirty rabbonim and roshei yeshiva in the United States have signed a kol korei denouncing the Vos Iz Neias (VIN) news blog...

NAFLAH ATERES ROSHEINU: Maran Hagaon Harav Elya Svei zt”l

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Maran Hagaon Harav Elya Svei zt"l, the Philadelphia Rosh Yeshiva, who until...

Video: Rav Batzri Attempts Dybbuk Removal Via DybbukVision®

Reports of a dybbuk that had entered a Brazilian man made the rounds during the middle part of this week, but verifying the...

Members of Congress to Dirshu President: “We Stand Behind Chareidi Jewry in the United...

Members of Congress in Washington embrace the chareidi community: Throughout the year, the President of Dirshu, Rav David Hofstedter, is busy – beyond his...

‘The Last Lion’: The Satmar Rov, Rav Yoel Teitelbaum zt”l, On His 30th Yahrtzeit

Remembrances of a talmid, as told to Rabbi Nisson Wolpin The Satmar Rav, a direct descendant of both the famed Yismach Moshe and the Chavas...

P’sak from Rav Yisroel Belsky and Rav Shlomo Miller On Acappella Music During The...

Q: A cappella albums - singing without instrumental accompaniment - are becoming more and more common, especially during The Three Weeks and Sefirah when...

The Story of How Rav Boruch Kaplan, Rav Shachne Zohn and Others Said Birchas...

Birchas Hachama, we are all familiar by now, is said only once every 28 years when the sun, which was created on the fourth...

We Protest Bizayon Hatorah

The staff at Matzav.com hereby protests the bizayon haTorah propagated by the Vos Iz Neias website, which has once again demonstrated a complete lack of...

Rav Elyashiv: Shomrei Torah Umitzvos Should Not Enter The Knesset

From a purely religious perspective, a shomrei Torah umitzvos should not cross the threshold of the Knesset building in Givat Ram, Yerushalayim, not...

Historic Trip of Dirshu Delegation of Senior Gedolei Yisroel to Radin and Vilna

“What better eis ratzon, what more opportune time can we find to go to the Chofetz Chaim’s kever to daven? Now, we are on...

Baba Sali To Baba Baruch In Dream: Moshiach Will Come This Year

26 years have passed since the petirah of the Baba Sali, but his influence is still felt as his illustrious descendants follow in his...

Rav Shalom Menashe Gottlieb zt”l

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Rav Shalom Menashe Gottlieb zt"l, a rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva Beis Hatalmud in...

Rav Brazil: How to Know if a Song is Rooted in Kedushah

Of the kosher animals listed in this week's parsha, zemer is one of them. The Radak and Rav Saadia Gaon that the zemer is...

Thousands Overwhelm Dirshu Testing Sites at First of Ten Monthly Kinyan Sheviis Tests

The first of the ten monthly tests in the Dirshu Kinyan Sheviis program during this shemitta year was held this past Cheshvan… and the...

Rav Matisyahu Salomon’s Dream

On Sunday, at what was the largest Hachnosas Sefer Torah event in the history of the Ihr HaTorah of Lakewood, some 6-7,000 men, women...

Three Sons to Succeed Bostoner Rebbe as Admorim of Bostoner Chassidus

Matzav.com has learned that three sons of the Bostoner Rebbe, Rav Levi Yitzchok Horowitz zt"l, will be succeeding their venerated father in leading the...

Rav Avrohom Ausband Among Those Who Flatly Refused FBI Informant

A number of people, including Rav Avrohom Ausband shlit"a, beloved rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva of Telshe Alumni of Riverdale, were approached by the FBI...

MBD Continues Effort to Curb Rampant Copying of CDs; Matzav Interviews Rabbi Elli Bohm

Exclusive interview with the author of the first revised copyright language for Jewish music albums: Mordechai Ben David, who has long been vocal about people...

Wedding of Daughter of Rav Moshe Weinberger

Tonight, the wedding of Shani Weinberger, daughter of Rav and Rebbetzin Moshe Weinberger, rov and rebbetzin of Congregation Aish Kodesh of Woodmere, will take...

Rav Weinfeld: Burning Garbage Cans Could Be a Chashash of Bosor B’Cholov

Rabbonim have been vocal in their opposition to the burning of garbage cans as part of the protests against the opening of the Karta...

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