Knocking On Doors On Shabbos
The Gemara Eiruvin (104a) says that it is Assur to be Molid Kol or create sounds on Shabbos. There is a Machlokes in the...
P’sak: Stealing Daled Minim is Forbidden
A number of neighborhood publications in Israel Yerushalayim and elsewhere recent republished a psak released three years ago by the former Chief Rabbis of...
OU Kosher’s Consumer Hotline FAQ’s For Sukkos
OU Kosher presents frequently asked questions to-date on the OU Kosher Hotline (212-613-8241) by consumers in preparation forSukkos. Questions may also be submitted to...
Hilchos Chanukah: How Long Must They Burn?
One should put enough oil in the menorah so that the lights will burn until at least one half hour after night...
Hilchos Meah (100) Brachos
-Men, and boys who have reached the age of Chinuch (and according to a minority opinion, Women and girls) are obligated to make a...
Beitzah 4: The Shabbos After Pesach
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...
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...
If One Forgot to Count Sefirah
-If one forgot to count the Omer at night, one should count anytime during the following day without the beracha. One may then continue...
Beitzah 9: Inside Information
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...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Kosher Menu
Kosher Menu - At A Non-Kosher Venue
Have you ever been to a hotel for an event, or for a Shabbos program? Did you ever...
Rav Moshe Feinstein: Blood For Money
There is an issur for a person to injure himself. Although it is a Machlokes in the Gemara, the Rishonim pasken that a person...
Borer Applications – Preparing Salads
People are sometimes unaware of the requirement of M'yad (Immediate Use) when peeling fruits, vegetables or eggs for a salad. For example, when preparing...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On On Bais Din Enforcing Mitzvos and Tzedakah
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...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Inyonei Shviis
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...
Erev Yom Kippur: Lots of Candy – How Many Brachos?
Generally, the halacha is that when a person makes a bracha on a food, the bracha ...
I Want to Daven
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
Recently, on a Monday morning while I was davening, my mind drifted off to how I had a lot on...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Breaking Bread
Breaking Bread: Croutons, Bagel & Pita Chips
In this final segment of our Brachos series Rabbi Dovid Heber - Kashrus Administrator at Star-K breaks down the...
Business Halacha: Shomer for My Neighbor
Question: A neighbor asked permission to leave a small desk in my driveway for the day. It suddenly began raining and the desk got...
Who is Up First?
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Devarim 31:9 we see that Moshe wrote the Torah and gave it to the Kohanim the sons of Levi. The Gemara in Gittin 71b says that the...
