Matzav Inbox: Heilige Yidden! The Unbelievable Tzedakah of Purim
Dear Editor,
Every year Purim comes and goes with its special simcha. But this year, I found myself overwhelmed by the unbelievable tzedakah that was...
Matzav Inbox: When the Farher System Forgets the Boys
Dear Matzav Inbox,
A 13- or 14-year-old boy approaches mesivta with excitement, hope, and genuine fear. For him, this is not just another school year....
Matzav Inbox: Musk’s Money Comment – The Joke’s On Us
Dear Matzav Inbox,
A single, throwaway line from Elon Musk managed to expose a truth many people spend their lives running from.
“Whoever said money can’t...
Matzav Inbox: Lakewood’s Kiddush Hashem in This Year’s Mesivta Farher Process
Dear Matzav Inbox,
After last year’s painful and unsettling experience with the Lakewood, NJ mesivta farher system, many of us were left shaken. Rules were...
Matzav Inbox: Why Are We Waiting for this Kashrus Scandal to Break?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I watched the Let’s Talk Kashrus episode about party planners, and honestly, I walked away boiling.
I’m a party planner. I’ve been doing...
Matzav Inbox: The WhatsApp “Fundraising” Circus
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I don’t know when this happened, but somehow fundraising in the frum world went from something difficult but dignified to something that...
Matzav Inbox: Trying to Get Our Bochurim to Know “Kol HaTorah Kulah”?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
In recent weeks, a glossy new effort has begun making the rounds, complete with polished language and lofty promises, all centered on...
Matzav Inbox: I Don’t Need Your Bekitche. But the Scarf?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
So now we hear it said - and sung - out loud, with a shrug and a smirk: “I don’t need your...
Matzav Inbox: How Sick Have We Become?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I recently conducted a brief, informal survey of about twenty people. No experts. No studies. Just conversations with ordinary, functioning members of...
Matzav Inbox: Do Our Askanim and Frum Officials Owe Us an Explanation?
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I’ve been watching, with growing discomfort, how our askanim and elected representatives—both here in the United States and in Eretz Yisroel—are treated...
Matzav Inbox: Why Blogger Tyler Oliveira Is Targeting the Frum Community
Dear Matzav Inbox,
There is a certain tactic that has become all too familiar: arrive with a camera and a microphone, present oneself as curious...
Matzav Inbox: The Bad Breath Crisis
Dear Matzav Inbox,
Why is bad breath the one problem nobody is allowed to mention?
We live in a community where people will correct your pronunciation...
Matzav Inbox: When Everything Becomes Content
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I don’t usually write letters, but at some point some things become to much even for me.
There is a certain breed of...
Matzav Inbox: Marriage of Contradictions
Dear Matzav Inbox,
In response to the recent post on Matzav from Rav Gershon Ribner, I feel compelled to share a painful observation that too...
Matzav Inbox: The Screen Problem We Pretend Is Only About Teenagers
Dear Matzav Inbox,
We love talking about kids and screens. Phones are ruining them. Screens are destroying their attention. Technology is poisoning the next generation.
And...
Matzav Inbox: Young Couples Eating Meals Together
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I’m writing this with a heavy feeling, because it’s something a lot of people see and nobody wants to say out loud.
Somewhere...
Matzav Inbox: You Can’t Fight Excess While Funding It
Dear Matzav Inbox,
There is something deeply disingenuous about the way many of our communal media platforms — including Matzav, by the way — operate...
Matzav Inbox: The Truth About What Really Happened Tonight in Yerushalayim
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I was there tonight at the draft protest in Yerushalayim. I am not repeating rumors, headlines, or social media hysteria. I watched...
Matzav Inbox: A Thought Regarding Shidduch Suggestions
Dear Matzav Inbox,
I would like to share an observation regarding shidduchim that I believe many in the community have noticed. This is not meant...
Matzav Inbox: In Thanks to the Roshei Mosdos
Dear Matzav Inbox,
A troubling tone has crept into our communal conversation, one that treats roshei mosdos not as devoted servants of the tzibbur, but...
