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Eretz Yisroel and Children
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Bereishis, Perek Chof Heh, posuk chof it says that Yitzchok was forty years old when he married Rivkah. In posuk chof vov it says that Yitzchok was sixty when Yaakov and Esav were born. The Gemara in Yevamos, daf...
Hilchos Chanukah: Dreidel With Money
It is a Minhag Yisroel to play draidel (with money) on Chanukah, to commemorate the draidel game played by Jews who, despite the decree...
Audio: Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer On Pesach
The following is Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer's enlightening Pesach shiur, which was originally featured on the radio at 97.5 on the FM dial.
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Minhagim of Pesach Sheini
Today, the 14th of Iyar is Pesach Sheni. According to many opinions one does not fast on this day,...
May Non-Pesach Certified Milk Be Used If Bottled Before Pesach?
By Rabbi Eli Gersten
Reprinted with permission of the OU Daf HaKashrus
Chametz before Pesach is like any other issur in that it can be batel...
Hefsekim (Interruptions) During Tekias Shofar, An In-depth Shiur from Rav Moshe Twersky z”l
By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman
Silent Interruption vs. Interruption of Extraneous Shofar-Sound
Each group of shofar blasts is comprised of three sets which are in turn comprised...
Chanukah – Getting Our Hearts Back in It
Based on a shiur by Rav Yitzchak Sorotzkin, Rosh Yeshivas Telz and Mesivta of Lakewood
By Rabbi Eli Glaser, CNWC, CWMC
Director, Soveya
The commentator Bach, in...
Audio: Rav Reisman On Pesach
The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d'asra of Agudath Israel of...
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...
But What Could Be the Problem With…
By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, Star-K Kashrus Administrator; Editor, Kashrus Kurrents
As Pesach nears, the grocery bills mount and the bank account dwindles, the Jewish...
Listen: Rav Feiner On Chodesh Elul
The following is a shiur was delivered this week by Rav Eytan Feiner, the brilliant and dynamic rov of the White Shul, Cong. Knesseth...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On “Vov Ketiah and Anan Lo Bekinan Bechaserois Veyeseirois B’Sifrei Torah”
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...
Must Women Hear Zachor?
Many opinions (incl. Minchas Chinuch, Chasam Sofer, Maharil Diskin, Minchas Elozor, and many others) rule that women are obligated in...
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Audio: Rav Shurkin On “Sukkah Shechamosah Merubah M’tzilsa V’Sukkah L’shem Tzeil”
The following shiur was delivered at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook HillAshkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on Matzav.com.
The shiur was given...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On Inyonei Tzitzis, Ubedin Im Yeish Lotzeis Yedei Brocha Oi Mikra...
The following shiur was delivered on Sunday morning at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook HillAshkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on...
Yoma 48: Wearing Two Pairs of Tefillin
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 – Kosher Carbonation
A Deep Dive into Hard Seltzer
Seltzer with a twist - analyzed by Rabbi Akiva Niehaus - Director of Kashrus Operations at the cRc and...
Audio: Rav Shurkin on Hamekadesh Be’eid Echad and Techilasoi Bepsul
The following shiur was delivered on Sunday morning at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook HillAshkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on...
