Matzav Inbox: Tips for the Gabbai about Hagba on Sefer Bereishis
Dear Gaabai,
Please make sure that Hagba during these weeks is performed in a way that is proper kavod haTorah and shouldn't give anyone...
A Reader Writes: Forgive and Forget
Dear Editor,
As we approach Yom Kippur, we know that we're supposed to forgive others for anything wrong they may have done. Yet, for many,...
MATZAV INBOX: With Salaries Like These, I’m Done Teaching
Dear [email protected],
It's time we say enough!
I am a teacher with many years experience, boruch Hashem. I have seen much success in the field. I...
Reader Writes: Your Ad Is Bothering Me
Dear Matzav Editor,
The ad on your site of a person shaking his head indicating no nod all along the summary page is extremely annoying....
MATZAV INBOX: The Cell Phone Addiction
Dear [email protected],
Thank you for the time and effort you put into publishing your excellenty news site.
I am writing about silencing cell phones.
There are times...
The Matzav Shmoooze: How Dare They Endorse De Blasio Over Lhota?
Dear Editor,
I usually don't write letters to editors, but there has been something bothering me that I can't understand. Maybe your readers...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Forgive and Forget
Dear readers,
As we approach Yom Kippur tonight, we know that we're supposed to forgive others for anything wrong they may have done. Yet, for many,...
MATZAV INBOX: Yes, Rabbeim and Teachers, You Are Underpaid. But Let Me Tell You...
Dear Rabeim, Morahs, Teachers, Paras, and others who help in our children’s chinuch,
Based the amount of good you do you are extremely underpaid. No...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Stop Knocking On My Door Please
Dear readers,
I am not one to kvetch and I don't like making a big deal out of mundane things, but something really bothers me....
An Open Letter to Rabbi Barry Dolinger
An Open Letter to Rabbi Barry Dolinger, Who Testified Before His State Legislative Committee To Advocate Changing Marriage Laws (See http://matzav.com/orthodox-rabbi-barry-dolinger-testifies-in-support-of-ri-same-gender-marriage-equality)
Dear Barry,
You are a...
Alert: Early Shabbos & Parking Meters
Dear Matzav.com,
I'v seen this happen many times and I was thinking that maybe it would be a good for Matzav.com to share the following...
Hashovas Aveidah: I Found an Earring
Dear Editor,
On Monday of Chol Hamoed Pesach, I found a woman's earring in the children's playground in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. I would like to...
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...
Rabbi Dolinger Responds
Editor's comment: Please note that we vehemently disagree with Rabbi Dolinger's response, as it is contrary to the stance taken by leading rabbonim. However, out of...
We Raised $54 for Sholom Mordechai
Dear Editor@Matzav,
We are Rochele Lew (10), Dovid Lew (9) and Sholom Posner (11) - cousins/siblings. We have earned $54 for the Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin...
The Matzav Shmoooze: I Am Addicted to Your Site…But
Dear Editor,
I am addicted to your site.
So it bothers me that I need to write this, but it is long overdue.
I turned to your...
Kidney Needed for Jewish Girl
Dear Friends,
The 27 year old niece of my dear friend - her name is Rachael Eisenson - has a terrible disease called Familial Disautonomia,...
It’s Tu B’Av – Put the Girls in the Freezer
By Elisha Ferber
We've heard it over and over again: there are too many girls in the parsha of shidduchim, and too few boys to...
Readers’ Matzav: Talking After Borchu
Dear Matzav.com Editor,
I would like to share an important, but often overlooked halacha. The Mishnah Berurah in Hilchos KriasShema (236:1) paskens that when davening...
MATZAV INBOX: The Kashrus Ignorance in Our Communities
Dear [email protected],
There is an issue that I would like to bring to the attention of the tzibbur.
A few months ago, I attended a simcha where...
