Matzav Inbox: Please Don’t Clap at the Adirei HaTorah Event This Sunday
Dear Editor@Matzav,
With the upcoming Adirei Hatorah event this Sunday, I believe it is essential to discuss a matter that concerns the etiquette, hashkafah and...
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...
Op-Ed: The Lockdown and “Kiddush Hashem”
By Rabbi Yehoshua Katzman
Over the past few weeks, we have heard people saying to avoid doing certain things so as not to make a...
SHOCK: Baby Nurse Feeds Jewish Child Treif
Dear Editor,
Just days after reading the Matzav report about the “nanny” who allegedly suffocated a Jewish infant she was to be taking care of,...
A Reader Writes: They Ought to Help Others
Dear [email protected],
I address this to those parents in our community who have been blessed, while living in the age of the shidduch...
A Reader Writes: Forgive and Forget
Dear Editor,
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,...
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...
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...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Name Help – Faye Gittel
Dear Editor,
Our baby girl was born on Sunday, the day of the levaya of Rebbetzin Faye Gittel Shisgal a"h.
In Yiddish, GITTEL means TOVA. We...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Did They Forget Rav Aharon’s Yahrtzeit?
Dear readers,
I'll keep this brief, but I'll try to make my point clearly.
I have often read comments on this site criticism Matzav for not...
To Reb Gavriel
Dear Rabbi Sassoon,
Although I do not know you personally, our souls are bound closely together as all neshamos of acheinu beis yisrael are....
The Matzav Shmoooze: Porch Safety in the Frum Community
Dear Editor,
This past Succos, a porch collapsed with people in the succa. Bechasdei Hashem, no one got hurt, but it brings to mind an...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Why Solving the Shidduch Crisis With the Age Gap Misses the...
Dear Editor,
With all due respect, the recent discussion here about shidduchim is sorely lacking, because there is a serious flaw in the scaling calculation...
Matzav Shmooze: Who Will Stand Up For The Kavod Of Bnos Yisroel?
Dear Matzav Shmooze,
I have spent the past week crying on and off and I don't know if I will ever get over the embarrassment...
The Matzav Shmoooze: Beware of Bottle Bombs
Dear Editor,
Kids and others are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles and capping it up, leaving it on...
RCCS To The Rescue
To My Fellow Neighbors,
My story is not tear-jerking or extra-sad; it's "typical" in almost every sense of the word. I am a typical yeshiva...
Reader Submitted: Why I Support Hatzolah
By A Lakewood Resident
Last week, I was at home with my kids, and it was hectic as usual. Nothing extreme, just a couple of...
