Rav Chaim zt’’l
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
One day it was Purim, and all around the world Jews were celebrating. The next day, it was Tisha B’Av....
The Matzav Shmooze: Give Due Respect Even if (Shidduch) Crisis is the Topic
Dear Editor,
Reb Yaakov Goldberg of Lakewood, NJ recently wrote a letter to Matzav about the shidduch crisis entitled "Telling the Rough Truth About the Shidduch...
As Rabbi Avi Weiss Steps Down, Time to Stop Him Once and for All
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Rabbi Avi Weiss, founder of Open Orthodoxy's flagship institutions, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maharat, and a vocal proponent of granting...
The Crown of a Good Name
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
As we start the next chumash of Shmos, we study the painful birth of the Jewish people. The Torah introduces...
Bridge the Divide
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
We just completed the observance of Purim. We are still in the exalted state that defines chodesh Adar and we are...
Video: Rabbi Becher On “The Book and the Sword… Drafting Yeshiva Students in Eretz...
The following lecture on "Drafting Yeshiva Students in Eretz Yisroel" was delivered by Rabbi Mordechai Becher and made available courtesy of TorahAnytime.com.
Rabbi Becher, originally from...
Vayeitzei: Love and Marriage
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Not long ago, I was walking along a street and I noticed a sign in a storefront window, “College Prep.” Beneath...
British Chief Rabbi: G-d Does Not Expect Us To Get It Right All the...
By Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Guilt is out of fashion these days, like sports jackets, courtesy, humility and handkerchiefs. It has a sepia-tinted
Victorian air...
Marking Time: Moments of Our Lives
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
Just as the ticking of the seconds become minutes which become hours and which become days, the days become weeks, become months...
In Pursuit of Longevity
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
From the time of the Gemora, Jews have asked people who merited long life the perennial question, Bameh harachtah yomim...
Rockets Keep Coming From Gaza, Not That The World Notices
The following is Wall Street Journal editorial: As the U.S. Presidential campaign races to the finish, the Middle East continues to boil. Not that...
A Lesson From the Minor Leagues
By CJ Strulowitz
I recently had the distinct American pleasure of attending a minor league baseball game. Though New York City boasts two major league...
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...
Keep That Spirit
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
We just recently completed observing the eight-day Yom Tov of Pesach, which celebrated our freedom - geulah - from Mitzrayim. After...
Dealing With ‘Toeivah’
By Rabbi Avi ShafranThe timing couldn't have been more uncanny. Or more sad.
It was the week of parshas Noach when a flood of invective...
Shoftim: The Value of Life
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
“…we’re more protected from a bad tuna fish sandwich than a nuclear bomb…”
– Jackie Mason (commenting on the Iran nuclear...
Concentric Circles
By Rabbi Avi Shafran
I used to pass the fellow each morning as I walked up Broadway in lower Manhattan on my way to work....
A Historic Day
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Sunday was a historic day. That word is over-used almost to the point of rendering it meaningless, yet everyone who joined...
Protocols of the Elders of Crazy
By Eric T. Justin
"When someone is acting heartlessly, we say, ‘Your blood is blue.' And then we normally add, ‘Like the Jews.'" The other...
Tools of Healing
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Parshas Tazria, as Metzora which follows it, deals with the halachos of a person struck by tzoraas. Though its laws...
