Matzav Inbox: Why Do I Hate People So Much?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I’m not proud to be writing this. But I’m being honest...brutally honest. I want to love other Jews. I really do. I...
Matzav Inbox: A Bilbul That Shakes Us All – But Why Did It Happen?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
Many in our community are still reeling from the shocking story of R’ Binyomin Kubani—a devoted yungerman, a kind-hearted friend, a beloved...
Matzav Inbox: After R’ Binyomin Kubani, The New Game: “Accuse a Jew, Get a...
Dear Matzav Inbox,
In the aftermath of the disgraceful arrest of R’ Binyomin Kubani — a father whose only “crime” was trying to hire help...
Matzav Inbox: Gevirim of Brooklyn: A Call for Affordable Chasunahs
To our esteemed Gevirim and Community Leaders of Brooklyn,
I write to you with great admiration and respect, aware of the many ways in which...
Matzav Inbox: The Insanity of Summer Schedule – Husbands in the City, Wives in...
Dear Matzav Inbox,
Every year, as sure as the traffic clogs Route 17, we get treated to the same tired charade: families pack up for...
Matzav Inbox: Would Satmar Hire a Litvishe Singer for Their Maamad?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
Let me begin by stating the obvious: The Adirei HaTorah event this week was stunning. From the kavod haTorah to the emotional...
Matzav Inbox: Rav Uren Reich’s Drasha and the Mirage of “Torah Ugedulah”
Dear Matzav Inbox,
We hear it all the time, and we’ve repeated it to our children as if it were a goal to strive for,...
Matzav Inbox: When Chinuch Meets Common Sense
Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Bamidbar - 47th day of the Omer
Dear Parents of Yeshiva -------- -------- שליט"א,
A Gutten Erev Shabbos and Yom Tov to...
Matzav Inbox: The Shidduch System Isn’t Broken. We Are.
Dear Matzav Inbox,
We’ve been told for years that we have a shidduch crisis. We’ve debated the age gap theory, we’ve restructured dating systems, we’ve...
Matzav Inbox: The Parnassah Crunch – It’s Never Been Worse
Dear Matzav Inbox,
It’s not a blip. It’s not a temporary glitch. It’s a full-blown crisis—and it’s unraveling in real time across our communities, behind...
Matzav Inbox: A New Approach to Shidduchim
Dear Matzav Inbox,
Why do we allow the shidduch process to consume us? Anyone in the parshah—whether for themselves or for their children—knows the crushing...
Matzav Inbox: The Price of Cholov Yisroel
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I am writing to express my frustration with the ongoing disparity between cholov Yisroel and cholov stam products, particularly when it comes...
Matzav Inbox: The Made-Up Term Called “Ahavas Chinom “
Dear Matzav Inbox,
In recent years, there has been an increasing usage of the term ahavas chinom—a phrase that, although widely understood in contemporary discourse,...
The True Reality
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Face it. Life has its rough patches, days when nothing seems to go as planned and everything you do leaves you...
Matzav Inbox: The Tzedakah Organizations That Have Ruined Purim for Our Kids – and...
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I can't be the only one who’s fed up with the flood of tzedakah brochures that get sent home for our children...
Matzav Inbox: Fireworks and Purim
Dear Matzav Inbox,
It is beyond time that we address the disturbing trend of people – both children and adults – using fireworks on Purim....
Matzav Inbox: Noise During Megillah Laining: A Call for Reflection and a Solution
Dear Matzav Inbox,
Each year, as Purim approaches, we eagerly anticipate the sacred and joyous mitzvah of hearing the Megillah. It is a time to...
Matzav Inbox: A Shift in Attitude – Feeling the Pain of Our Brothers in...
Dear Matzav Inbox,
As Bnei Torah, we strive to follow the gedolim, to live by the Torah, and to dedicate ourselves to Torah. We raise...
Matzav Inbox: The Nauseous Clothing Ads in Our Publications
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I am writing in response to the nauseating trend that has become all too prevalent in Jewish publications — ads for children's...
Matzav Inbox: President Trump, You Have Failed Us With the Hostages!
Dear Editor,
We are writing this letter with heavy hearts, deeply torn between our gratitude for all that President Trump has done for us and...
