Is Saying “Lag Ba’omer” Like Counting Sefirah?
Q. If someone mistakenly says, “Today is Lag B’Omer” before counting the 33rd day of sefira, are they still allowed to count with a...
The Chiyuv of Mishloach Manos Themes
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WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – The Canteen Conundrum: Burgers, Fries, & Kashrus Please
With summer around the corner, Rabbi Moshe Kaufman, Kashrus Administrator for KVH Kosher ~ Rabbinical Council of New England, describes the AKO camp initiative...
Women and the Sukkah
Women are not obligated in the Mitzvah of Sukkah, (but are permitted to perform the mitzvah of eating in the Sukkah). Nevertheless, Ashkenazim generally,...
Sukkah 7: Kiddush in a Posul Sukkah
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Hamapil, Flowers On Shavuos
-One who goes to sleep after Alos Hashachar Shavuos morning (or on any day) does not say the bracha of Hamapil. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah...
Shovavim Shalom Bayis Initiative – Week Four, Parshas Beshalach
By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman
Respectful and Respectable
In this overall discussion of cultivating proper respect and honor for a wife, it is important to point out...
The Merit of Torah Shavuos Night
-There is a minhag (brought in The Zohar) to stay up the night of Shavuos and learn Torah. This is based on...
Selichos Begins for Ashkenazim
In anticipation of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, special prayers, known as Selichos, are said in the early hours of...
Hilchos Chanukah: When to Light
There are various opinions amongst the Rishonim and Poskim as to the proper time that one should light the Menorah, ranging from sunset (shkiah)...
Beitzah 5: Why an American Keeps Two Days Yom Tov in Eretz Yisroel
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he receivedsemichah. He has written several seforim...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On the Issur of Planting Trees at the Bais Hamikdash and...
The following shiur was delivered at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook Hill Ashkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ,and is posted exclusively here on Matzav.com l'illuy nishmas...
Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro – Is Rosh Hashanah a Day of Teshuva?
We all know that Rosh HaShana is not a day where we bombard Hashem with our wish list for the...
Rav Shimon Bar Yochai
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Gemara in Brachos 35b quotes the posuk in Krias Shema discussing gathering your crops. The Gemara asks, what is the chiddush that you will gather your crops? The Gemara brings down a posuk in Yehoshua...
Using Glasses for Milchigs and Fleishigs
Drinking glasses, according to the Shulchan Aruch, may be used for drinking hot or cold drinks at meat and dairy meals interchangeably, as long...
Is Assisting The Driver Of A Snowbound Car A Fulfillment Of Perikah Or Te’inah?
By Rabbi Yehoshua Grunwald
This article seeks to clarify the Halachos concerning helping one whose car is stuck in the snow or does not operate...
Hezek on the Safari
Rabbi Yehonoson Dovid Hool
Let us begin with a story. Mr. Cohen is taking his family on a trip to the local safari park. He...
