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...
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,”...
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...
Matzav Shmooze: I’m An “Anti Vaxxer” – Here’s My Question To YOU
Dear Matzav Shmooze,
I am what people have been calling an "anti vaxxer." Ever since the outbreak of measles my family has been subjected to...
Readers’ Matzav: Contemplating Suicide
Dear Matzav Editor,
"Frum Man Jumps to His Death Over Finances."
That headline isn't a real one - yet. But it may be soon. I am...
Readers’ Matzav: It’s Time to Put Kiruv On Ice
Dear Matzav.com Editor,
I think that one of the things that has to change in "The New Normal" (and a recent Matzav.com post alluded to...
Readers’ Matzav: A Crying Bas Yisroel in Shidduchim
Dear Matzav.com Editor
I write these words with a broken heart. I am sure they are echoed by thousands of girls out there, and each...
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...
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...
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,...
Counting and Transforming
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The mourning aspects of the Sefirah period have so taken over the seven weeks between Pesach and Shavuos that we can...
Why I Am No Longer Frum
Dear Editor and readers,
Several years ago, I moved to Brooklyn from an out of town community for the purpose of shidduchim. As a...
Say It Already: Avi Weiss is Not Orthodox
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
What makes one Jewish person Orthodox, another Conservative, and a third Reform? What is it that has defined Orthodoxy ever since that...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Why Solving the Shidduch Crisis With the Age Gap Misses the...
Dear Editor,
With all due respect, the recent discussion here about shidduchim is sorely lacking, because there is a serious flaw in the scaling calculation...
Matzav Shmooze: Who Will Stand Up For The Kavod Of Bnos Yisroel?
Dear Matzav Shmooze,
I have spent the past week crying on and off and I don't know if I will ever get over the embarrassment...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Is ‘Adamah V’Shamayim’ an Avodah Zarah Song?
Dear [email protected],
I'm sure you've heard of the song Adamah V'shamayim, an often-requested song. Some people know and understand the lyrics, most don't. But 99.9%...
The Matzav Rant: What’s the Deal With Chanukah Vacation?
By Shmuel Miskin
Why am I writing this article now, in the middle of the day, to be published on Matzav.com? Usually, I do my writings for...
The Matzav Shmoooze: What Will Be With Us, Bochurim?
Dear Editor,
I write this letter as an insider. Not from what I hear from others. But as a bochur experiencing what I write.
I am...
