The “Unknown Days” of the Jewish Calendar

By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz

This week, an unsuspecting person wishing to catch a minyan, who walks into a random shul in many (more…)

Minhagim of Pesach Sheini

Today, the 14th of Iyar is Pesach Sheni. According to many opinions one does not fast on this day, make Hespedim, or a Hakomas Matzeivah. Piskei Tshuvos 492:1 (more…)

Buffalo Burgers and the Zebu Controversy

By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz

This past Shabbos, many of us read Parshas Shmini, most well-known for being the Parsha that discusses (more…)

Business Halacha: A Misplaced Item

Question: A shomer chinam (unpaid guardian) is not liable for theft and loss. Does that mean that if I misplaced an entrusted item, I am exempt? What is meant by “loss”? (more…)

Kitniyos: A Brief Overview

By Rabbi Yair Hoffman

It is known as the great Ashkenazic-Sephardic divide; the details are found in Chapter 423 of the Orach (more…)

Business Weekly - Pesach Edition

As part of Matzav.com continuous efforts at spreading halacha and adherence to Daled Chelkei Shulchan Aruch, we present each week the Business Halacha Institute’s Business Weekly halacha newsletter. (more…)

But What Could Be the Problem With…

By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, Star-K Kashrus Administrator; Editor, Kashrus Kurrents

As Pesach nears, the grocery bills mount and the bank account dwindles, the Jewish housewife courageously attempts to hold the household budget intact (more…)

The Pesach Seder

By Rabbi Mordechai Frankel, Director, Institute of Halacha

The following contains halachic guidance concerning some of the common issues that arise when conducting a seder. In particular, it discusses (more…)

Kashering Teeth?!

By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz

75 years ago, a relatively unknown young avreich (Kollel Youngerman) living in Eretz Yisrael, wrote a very (more…)

Kashering New Pots For Pesach?!

By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz

A little over a year ago, an ad appeared in many newspapers in Eretz Yisrael, stating that the Badat”z Eidah (more…)