Yevamos 62: Paying a Non-Jewish Shadchan

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...

Some Things Are Better Left Alone

By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer The Torah’s treatment of a house that is contaminated by Tzora’as is quite unusual. Aside from the remarkable and exceptional notion...

More Often

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld If a person has the opportunity to do the mitzvah of Kiddush Levana and the mitzvah of sefiras ha’omer, which mitzvah should he do first? The issue at hand is the concept of...

Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Anonymous Bone Marrow Donation

A person  received a letter from a hospital, apparently in Eretz Yisroel, that his bone marrow was needed to save a dying patient with...

Rav Moshe Twersky Hy”d On the Parsha

By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman Eiver Ha’Yardein versus Eretz Yisrael Proper Moshe Rabbeinu rejoiced,” Rashi writes from the Medrash, “when he entered the inheritance of Bnei...

Reb Eli Scheller’s Two Minutes on the Parsha

The following Matzav.com exclusive weekly feature, Eli Scheller's Two Minutes on the Parsha, is back! With an original approach and unique videography, Eli...

Listen: Rabbi Avrohom Asher Makovsky’s “Daily Dose of Chesed” Podcast on Matzav.com: Feeling Someone...

LISTEN: To receive Matzav.com's Daily Dose of Chesed podcast by email, send your email address to [email protected]. For more information about Rabbi Makovsky and additional...

Audio: Rav Reisman On Parshas Balak

The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d'asra of Agudath Israel of...

GROWING IN EMUNAH-The Creator

By Rabbi Yechezkel Spanglet Last week we learned that understanding emunah is predicated upon an ordered ascendance of knowledge. Let’s proceed to the first...

Yom Kippur in 60 Minutes or Less

Beginning Rosh Chodesh Elul, our focus turns to repentance. Every morning, at the conclusion of Shacharis, we recite "L'Dovid Hashem Ori," which contains...

Listen: Rav Reisman On Parshas Mattos-Masei

The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of Madison. The...

Goral / Lottery

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld In this week’s parsha we find the concept of a “goral” (lottery.) The Torah says that there were 273 Leviim more...

Parshas Shemini: White Noise

By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva of South Shore It was the last day of the Mishkan's inauguration. The joy was immeasurable, somewhat akin...

When Do the Three Weeks Restrictions End This Year?

Q. When do all the restrictions of the Three Weeks and the Nine Days end this year? A. Normally, all restrictions of the Three Weeks...

Yevamos 59: The Well-Fed Dog

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...

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