Enzyme Modified Cheese in Halacha
Q. I have heard that food technologists can now accelerate the aging of cheeses. Is this true, and would I have to wait six...
The Fast of Tzom Gedaliah (Nidcheh), Today
Tzom Gedaliah is an annual fast day instituted by Chazal to commemorate the assassination of Gedaliah Ben Achikam, the Governor ...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Yi’ud B’amah Ivri’ah
The following shiur was delivered at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook Hill Ashkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on Matzav.com l'illuy nishmas Rav...
Need We Tovel Our Utensils That We Buy (Back) From The Goy After Pesach?
New utensils purchased from a non-Jew must be toveled in a mikvah before being used (Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah 120). If so, since we...
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach: Can Women Drink Before Kiddush Shabbos Morning?
There are two issues with eating or drinking Shabbos morning. One may not eat before davening any day of the week but they may...
Rav Avigdor Miller on Cancer Prevention
Q: How does one avoid getting cancer?
A: Every day one should do what the Gemara says: לעולם יבקש אדם רחמים שלא יחלה- "A person...
Giving Parshas Zachor to a Bar Mitzvah Boy
Q. Why is it the custom in many shuls that a bar-mitzvah boy does not read Parshas Zachor?
A. Shulchan Aruch (OC 685:7) writes that...
Music at a Seudas Mitzvah During Sefirah
There is a machlokes H'Poskim as to whether one may have music and dancing at a Seudas Mitzvah (i.e. Sheva Brachos, Bris, Pidyon Haben,...
Hilchos Chanukah: Waiting for Your Wife
If one will not be home to light at the proper time, but plans to return at night...
Six Legged Calves: Are They Kosher?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
One was born very recently on a farm in Northeastern Spain. It became a local sensation and was featured ...
Non-Chewable Tablets On Pesach
Q. I am an adult diabetic. May I take a non-chewable tablet for my diabetes during Pesach?
A. As an introductory comment, one should exercise...
Shovavim Shalom Bayis Initiative – Week Four, Parshas Beshalach
By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman
Respectful and Respectable
In this overall discussion of cultivating proper respect and honor for a wife, it is important to point out...
Video: Vayishlach – What We Need To Know About Camel Milk
The following shiur was delivered by Rabbi Shloime Pollak, Daf Yomi maggid shiur at the Sterling Forest Beis Medrash inLakewood.
Yaakov Aveinu sent to Eisav...
Yoma 73: Are Shoes Muktzah On Yom Kippur?
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Watch: Let’s Talk Kashrus, Vintage Whiskey
A closer look at the complexities of all types of whiskies and bourbon with Rabbi Akiva Niehaus - Director of Kashrus Operations at the...
Weddings Between Pesach and Rosh Chodesh Iyar
According to the psak of Rav Moshe Feinstein and others, one may make a wedding before Rosh Chodesh Iyar, or after Lag Ba'omer, and...
Haircuts On Lag Ba’omer
-It is permitted to cut hair on Lag Ba'omer regardless of which (of the two major) minhag of Aveilus one is keeping, unless one...
How Was it Muttar to Sleep at the Simchas Beis Hashoeiva?
By Rav Avrohom Dovid Waxman
The Gemara in Sukkah (53a) relates that Rav Yehoshua Ben Chananya testified that during the great simcha of the simchas...
Video: Chanukah – Praying for Miracles
The following shiur was delivered by Rabbi Shloime Pollak, Daf Yomi maggid shiur at the Sterling Forest Beis Medrash inLakewood.
The Ram"a in 682;1 tells...
