Parshas Shemos: Understanding Shnayim Mikra V’Echad Targum
By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
There is a well known Gemara in Brachos that states "A person should always complete his with the congregation -...
Microwave, Kashering Back and Forth
Q. Is it permissible to use a microwave oven for both milchigs (dairy) and fleishigs (meat), if one kashers it back and forth?
A. The...
Popcorn, Potato Chips, Corn Chips and Pringles: What Bracha?
Rabbi Pinchos Bodner, in his sefer on Brachos, writes (based on the Shulchan Aruch (202)) that in order to make a hoadama on a...
Halachos of Purim
Halachos for Purim 1
1) Chazal have instituted that on Purim one should drink more than his usual share of wine. According to some opinions...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Inyonei Tzitzis, Ubedin Im Yeish Lotzeis Yedei Brocha Oi Mikra...
The following shiur was delivered on Sunday morning at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook HillAshkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on...
Rav Dovid Feinstein: Purim Halacha Tidbits
The following are a number of pesokim from Rav Dovid Feinstein shlit"a, rosh yeshiva of Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim, regarding Purim-related...
Day Meal Before Midday
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Gemara in Shabbos, daf kuf yud zayin, amud bais discusses what to do in a case where a fire is devastating one’s home on Shabbos....
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 places around the world,...
Hey Taxi!
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
A person hired a taxi while traveling up North in Israel. The emergency siren went off and the driver and passenger...
The Laws of Tisha B’Av When It Falls on Shabbos
The laws of Tisha B’Av when it falls on Shabbos, courtesy of ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications:
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Rav Wosner: Can A Litvak Wear A Shtreimel For Davening On Purim?
As we all know, Purim is a time when people - even adults - dress up. Thus, a Litvak might wear a shtreimel if...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Shitos HaRishonim B’Din Ibud Lishmon Shel Oros Hatefillin and Lo...
The following shiur was delivered at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook Hill Ashkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here onMatzav.com l'illuy nishmas...
Audio: May Water From The Urn Be Poured Into The Cholent On Shabbos?
How hot must water be to be considered fully cooked? Here is a shiur on the topic by Rav Chaim Weg, Rosh Kollel at the...
Business Halacha: Tzedakah Money That Got Lost
Question: I collected $500 of tzedaka and the money got lost. Must I pay this from my own pocket?
Answer: The Gemara (B.M. 56a) derives that...
Reasons for Lag Ba’omer
There are several reasons for the Simcha of Lag Ba'omer:
1) On Lag Ba'omer the talmidim of Rebbi Akiva stopped dying. (Mishna Brurah 493:MB8)
2) It...
Taking Shots at Bourbon
Hosted by Rabbi Yitzchok Hisiger
By: Let’s Talk Kashrus
The bourbon industry has spilled over from being the safest walk-a-straight-line mashkeh to an area fraught with...
Waiting to Count On Shavuos Night
On Shavuos night, the minhag is to wait until it is night - Tzeis Hakochavim - to daven Maariv in order to...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Sushi Roll Call
Mashgiach? Check. ✔️
Fishy Business? Let's get a look behind the scenes in the sushi industry with Rabbi Moshe Kaufman, Kashrus Administrator for KVH Kosher...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On “Hadlokas Neiros Chanukah”
The following shiur was delivered at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook HillAshkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on Matzav.com l'illuy nishmas...
