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Sending Girls to Seminaries and the Shidduch Crisis

7th in a Matzav.com series, By Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin MA All actions have reactions and nothing happens in a vacuum. When a girl and her parents in...

LATEST DEVELOPMENT: Possible Window of Entry to Israel for Foreigners Opens

As Matzav.com reported earlier today, Israel is barring entry to all foreign citizens, including those who live in Israel, even if they hold entry...

Gedolim Publicly Denounce Chillul Hashem of Vos Iz Neias and its Advertisers; Issue Issur...

Over thirty rabbonim and roshei yeshiva in the United States have signed a kol korei denouncing the Vos Iz Neias (VIN) news blog...

Update: Exclusive – Shidduch List with Over 150 Names of Bochurim Creates Firestorm

Monday, May 25: A shidduch list released by an individual with the intent to help solve the shidduch crisis has caused somewhat of...

MATZAV ISRAEL TRAVEL UPDATE: US Passports in Israel

Throughout the Coronavirus crisis, Chaim V’Chessed has worked hand in hand with Amudim, headed by the unparalleled Rabbi Zvi Gluck. Rabbi Gluck is a...

WEIGHING IN: Rebbi: Why Bochurim Were Suspended for Attending a Levayah

Dear Editor, As a member of the hanhalah of a yeshiva that penalized bochurim for going to a levayah this week, I wish to share...

The Dangerous Coalition of Non-Vaccinating Parents

Recently, it was brought to our attention that a new group, the so-called “Vaccine Coalition, a Coalition of Non-Vaccinating Parents in Lakewood, New Jersey,”...

Thank You, Dr. Clair

Reposted: As we have reported, Dr. Daniel Clair, Chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic, traveled to Eretz Yisroel to perform surgery...

The Boro Park Meat ‘Scandal’ That Wasn’t

The Lessons, The Dangers, The Truth There are a number of lessons to be learned from the incident last night at a Boro Park eatery...

BEYOND HEALTHCARE INSURANCE: WellCare Energetically Promotes Health Community-Wide

WellCare Health Plans of New Jersey, Inc., a healthcare insurance carrier for individuals and families with NJ Family Care coverage, has undertaken a most...

Rabbi Genack: VOTE FOR HILLARY – “She Understands Our Values”

By Rabbi Menachem Genack When my daughter Ora and son-in-law Avi recently gave birth to a son, they were contacted by Hillary Clinton’s staff to...

Segulah Once in 50 Years Today: The Ninth of the Ninth – What Is...

Rav Chaim Vital, in the introduction to his work Eitz Hachaim, writes: The sefer Bris Menuchah was written by an early-generation tzaddik to ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Inside Story Behind the Request to Remove Israeli Flag from SSSS in...

An Israeli flag outside the South Side Sandwich Shop in Lakewood, NJ, owned by Yosef Mutterperl, is still flying above the store on Cedar...

A COLLAPSING SYSTEM: A Conversation with Shadchan Mimi Levitin About the Absurd Shidduch Demands...

A COLLAPSING SYSTEM: A Conversation with Shadchan Mimi Levitin About the Absurd Shidduch Demands of Parents of Boys in Eretz Yisroel Interview by David Lichtenstein LISTEN...

Rav Eytan Feiner Calls on OU to Break from Open Orthodoxy

This past Shabbos, Parshas Vayishlach, Rav Eytan Feiner, rov of Cong. Knesseth Israel, the White Shul, in Far Rockaway, spoke about the Orthodox Union’s...

The Matzav Shmoooze: Let Them Smoke

Dear Editor, Assur assur assur. That's what we tell our youth. You can't do this and you can't do that. Not all people say that,...

The Matzav Shmoooze: Why Did You Post the Rebbetzin’s Picture?

Dear Editor, First of all, thank you for your spectacular website. On Motzoei Yom Tov, I was distressed to see the news about Rebbetzin Batsheva...

Dov Lipman – In His Own Words (“Kind David is My Guy, A Warrior,...

As the Dov Lipman saga continues to rage on and there is greater awareness in the Orthodox world of his true motives and beliefs,...

Watch: Inside ArtScroll – Episode 18: How Did Two Public School Kids Start the...

The newest episode of Inside ArtScroll features an interview with brothers Shimon Kolyakov and Rubin Kolyakov, founders of TorahAnytime.com, the world’s largest Torah website. In this interview, we are given...

First Date 2.0: Groundbreaking ShidduchVision Project Aims to Ease Shidduch Crisis

JTA reports: A new effort based in Baltimore represents the latest attempt to address what is often described as a crisis of frum singles...

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