Appreciation
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
We find when the sea was split that Moshe Rabbeinu and the Bnei Yisroel sang the shirah. In Sefer Bais HaLevi he explains in depth the concept of singing...
The Halachah Of Kidneys
By Dr. Daniel Eisenberg
There is a severe shortage of organs for transplantation throughout the world, including in the most scientifically advanced countries. The U.S....
Video: Rav Yisroel Brog On Marriage: “A Legacy of…Recipes?!”
Rav Yisroel Brog is the beloved and brilliant rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferes Avigdor in Cleveland, Ohio. Rav Brog is a son of...
Erev Yom Kippur: Lots of Candy – How Many Brachos?
Generally, the halacha is that when a person makes a bracha on a food, the bracha is in...
Going to the Mountains? Breaking Down Tefillas Haderech
By Rabbi Moshe Pinchasi
Whether it is a family trip, camping trip, heading upstate or even touring Eretz Yisroel, many of us plan to hit...
Yoma 84: Eating Sweets 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...
Chagigah 16: The Lesson of the Rainbow
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he receivedsemichah. He has written several seforim...
Parshas Shemos: Understanding Shnayim Mikra V’Echad Targum
By Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
There is a well known Gemara in Brachos that states "A person should always complete his with the congregation -...
Rav Dovid Feinstein: Hilchos Bais Haknesses
As part of Matzav.com's overall effort to provide a full range of news stories, as well as halacha insights and other information relevant to...
Yoma 69: Sleeping On Your Clothes
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Fruit Picking and Car Repairs On Chol Hamoed
Apple (or other fruit) Picking is permitted on Chol HaMoed if the apples are going to be eaten on Chol HaMoed.
There is no need...
What is Wine that is “Mifustar”?
Q. I have recently seen the Hebrew word mifustar on some wines coming from Israel. Is that the same as mevushal which would permit...
WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Blended Blessings
What’s The Main Ingredient?
Let’s listen in to Rabbi Dovid Heber - Kashrus Administrator at Star-K as he walks us through the complicated sugyos of...
The Pesach Seder
By Rabbi Mordechai Frankel, Director, Institute of Halacha
The following contains halachic guidance concerning some of the common issues that arise when conducting a seder....
Human Rights or Animal Rights
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
When Yaakov is invited to accompany Esav and he declines Yaakov says, “My master, you know that my children are young and I have lots of animals...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Tzitzis
The following shiur, on tzitzis, was delivered on Sunday morning at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook Hill Ashkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ.
The shiur was...
Beitzah 26: Mistaken Muktzah
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he receivedsemichah. He has written several seforim...
Urim VeTumim
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Shmos 28:30 the Torah tells us that the Urim VeTumim were placed in the Choshen. The Targum Yonasan ben Uziel says that the Urim VeTumim served as a vehicle to ask anything...
Soinei Matanos Yichye
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The posuk in Mishlei, Perek Tes Zayin, posuk chof zayin says “Ve’Sonei Matanos Yichye:” one who does not accept presents will live. The Gemara in Sotah, daf mem zayin, amud bais tell us...
