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...
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
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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...
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...
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...
Opinion: In Defense of Lakewood Poskim, Porch Minyanim – and the True Motivation of...
By Echad Min Hachaburah, Lakewood, NJ
I never in my life thought I would have to write something like this. The Lakewood Tzibur and its...
Watch: Dr. Meir Wikler: Keep Your Children Out of The Psychotherapist’s Office
In the following video, Dr. Meir Wikler shares the one thing parents can do to ensure that their children grow up emotionally healthy and well...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Why Do We Team Up With Mosdos That Don’t Take English...
Dear Editor,
I am worried about the proposed NY State regulations that could impact yeshivos, which I have been reading about for the past half...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Thanks for Ruining My Life and Costing Me Thousands
Dear Editor,
I am writing this to all the people who have ruined my Yom Tov - and a lot more.
My wife and our five...
“Shabbos, Shabbos”
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Before there were religious newspapers, the Jewish media world was owned by the maskilim. It took some time before religious Jewry...
The Matzav Shmoooze: We Must Stop the Meshugaim
Dear Editor,
Rabbosai, we have meshugaim out there who aren't vaccinating their kids and are trying to get other people to follow their insanity. We...
“Don’t Allow Your Seichel To Be Overwhelmed By The Sight Of Jewish Soldiers”
By Dovid Landesman
One of the more famous stories about R.Levi Yitzchak zt"l recalls his visit to the local marketplace. There he came across a...
The Torah — and Trump’s Embrace of a Dictator
By Pini Dunner
Last week we witnessed momentous and unprecedented scenes in Singapore — as the president of the United States sat down with the...
