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,...

Megillah 10: Making a Bracha On Destroying Amaleik

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: Must Tefillin be an Absolute Square?

The following shiur was delivered by Rav Chaim Weg, Rosh Kollel at the Bais HaVaad Kollel for Dayanus. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN. {Matzav.com Newscenter}

Sukkah 3: Eating in the Rain

Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...

“Say Cheese”

By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer Q: Why do only a few brands of "hard" cheese, such as cheddar, mozzarella and parmesan,bear well-known kosher symbols? After all,...

Taanis 12: The Conditional Taanis

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...

Yoma 61: Repeating the “Make-Up” Shemoneh Esrei

Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...

Weddings With Music During Sefirah

-According to the psak of R' Moshe Feinstein and others, one may make a wedding before Rosh Chodesh Iyar, or after Lag Ba'omer, and...

Video: Understanding the Clock Change and Its Impact On Halacha

Rabbis Zvi Goldberg and Dovid Heber discuss daylight savings time and how it impacts davening times, Shabbos, Pesach, Taanis Esther 2017, and...

Video: Rav Moshe Tuvia Lieff on the Mitzvah of Peru Urevu

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Shevet Hakehosi: A Shadchan For Estranged Friends

When a shadchan makes a match for a couple, the halacha is that he must be paid. This is generically called sirsur, which means...

Business Halacha: Recourse Exists If An Item Was Overpriced Or Underpriced

Question: I rented a house for $6,000 a month. It later became clear that I was swindled and comparable rentals in the area are...

Sukkah 32: The Battered Hadas

Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...

Yoma 58: Turning Right

Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...

Rav Shurkin: May a Choleh Sheyeish Boi Sakanah Who Must Eat On Yom Kippur...

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...

Tonight: “Vesein Tal Umatar Begins in Chutz La’aretz

At Maariv tonight, December 4th, residents of chutz la'aretz begin to say Vesein Tal Umatar during the Shemonah Esrei in the bracha of Boreich...

Rav Shurkin On “Mehadrin Behadlakas Ner Chanukah”

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...

Sukkah 37: Taking the Daled Minim with One Hand

Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...

Saying Shema Too Early

If one recited Shema too early, before the zman (i.e. after dawn, but before Mi'Sheyakir) even if one was not an 'Oness" (i.e. one...

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