It’s Time
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
We are now in the saddest period of the year, a time when we observe halachos associated with mourning. They are...
Lakewood: Rental Market Out of Control – What Does the Future Hold?
A number of years ago, there was a joke going around about a man who built a house on top of Lake Carasaljo in...
On Antisemitism
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Rashi in Parshas Vayechi (50:5) tells of a strange financial discussion. Yaakov Avinu yearned to be buried next to his parents...
Readers’ Matzav: A Bleeding Heart
Dear Matzav.com Editor,
My heart is so broken. I have been carrying a bleeding heart for over a month and cannot withstand it anymore. I...
A Reader Writes: A Shidduch Dilemma – Should I Continue?
Dear Editor,
I have a serious shidduch quandary and since it appears that Matzav.com is the central place for shidduch-related discussions, I will present my...
Stephen Flatow: The Amazing Story of What One Person Can Accomplish
By B. Glickman
Today, I will tell you a story. It is the true story of a seemingly inconsequential man who, driven by passion and...
Opinion: An Open Letter to Seminary Girls – Etiquette in Geulah
By Yeshiva Guy
In a tradition dating back to the opening of the doors of the first seminary way back when in the fifties, the...
Why is My Son Not in Yeshiva?
Dear Editor,
This week the zeman began but my son is home.
It's not because he doesn't want to go, but because they don't want...
Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt: Covid Update, June 18
By Rabbi Dr. Aaron E. Glatt, MD
Boruch Hashem, we continue to gradually and successfully reopen NYS, Nassau County, and our local communities and neighborhoods,...
Amazing Shidduch Idea
By Moshe Pogrow, NASI Project
for Matzav.com
Over the last few weeks I have been contacted by no fewer than six shadchanim who have expressed their plans to either quit...
Summer Perspectives
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
With the Nine Days behind us, we are now in the depths of summer. Everyone is taking it easy. Many are...
Keep It Going
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
This week’s parsha of Ki Sisa contains peaks of glory and splendor, depths of catastrophe, and a cataclysmic blow, followed...
A Torah Perspective on Iran and Achris Hayomim
By Rav Yitzchok Fingerer
Iran's supreme religious leader announced that today, February 11, it will "deliver a punch that will leave the world stunned". Is this...
Hate Lipman? Chas Veshalom
Dear fellow readers,
I have been following the coverage of Dov Lipman and have mulled over the issue. Through Matzav, I emailed Rabbi Felik, who...
Administrator of Bais Yaakov Tells Father to Leave Kollel
By Kollel Guy
During these difficult economic times, yeshivos and schools are feeling the pain of having no money and are doing everything they can...
Definite Signs that Moshiach is Very Close
By Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer
The sha'ilos I've received are hair-raising, shocking and sad.
The Yetzer Hara is out of control. Yidden from every background, spanning the entire gamut, from Chassidish to...
Finding The Right ‘Pitch’: Yanny and Laurel Give Perspective On A Yeshiva’s Decision
Many of you will remember the great Yanny/Laurel debate that took place last May. To those of you that don't recall, the debate was...
A Letter to My Abusive Parents
By Hadassa Luk
My letter is written to you, but it's intended for me. To clear things up inside. To try to understand myself better....
The Way Forward
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
As we near the end of Elul, we should be ramping up our efforts at doing teshuvah, rectifying our errors and...
Shidduch Resumes and Bottlenecks
By Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin MA
We live in a world driven by data and research but at this point since Shidduch Resumes are relatively...
