Audio: Rav Soloveitchik On “Yom Tov Sheini, Lulav and Sukkah”
The following is a shiur that was delivered in by Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik of Boston, Rosh Yeshivas RIETS, on the inyan of...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On “Kuhonosoi Shel Pinchos U’b’din Haposuk ”Hineni Noisen Loi Es Brisi...
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...
Shevet Hakehosi: When Your Wife And Parents Cannot Get Along
If every time a man's parents come over to his house to visit they cause a fight with his wife, and inevitably cause Sholom...
I Bought Chometz After Pesach By Mistake
Q. I accidentally bought chametz after Pesach from a Jewish-owned store that did not sell its chametz. Can I return it to the store...
Sending Mishloach Manos Before Purim
The Mitzva of Mishloach Manos is on the day of Purim. If you send someone Mishloach Manos before Purim and they receive it on...
Videos: The Laws of Sukkah
Make your Sukkos an entirely new experience with Torah Live's set of amazing free videos:
1. Four animations about the laws of building a kosher sukka: How...
Hilchos Zimun – Part I
By Rabbi Dovid Ostroff
Three people who have dined together are obligated to bentch with zimun. This obligation is biblically sourced in the possuk âãìå...
Yuma 33: Davening Mussaf Before Shacharis
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Hoshana Rabba: How Much Banging of The Hoshanos Should You Do?
The Mishna Brura (664:19) brings from the Arizal that you should "Klop" the aravos on the floor five times. After the initial banging which...
The Difference Between Matzah and Succah
By Rav Chaim Charlap
Rosh Yeshivas Bais Zvul
(Adapted from his sefer Ohr Chaim on Yomim Tovim)
Is there a mitzvah to eat matzah all seven days?
Why...
The Erev Shavuos Stipulation
While reciting Birchos Hatorah on Erev Shavuos, one may clearly stipulate that his brachos should be in effect only until the next morning. In...
Candy is Dandy: The Kashrus of Sweets
By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, Star-K Kashrus Administrator; Editor, Kashrus Kurrents
Walking through a candy store leaves one with little doubt that great creative genius has...
Must Women Hear Zachor?
Many opinions (incl. Minchas Chinuch, Chasam Sofer, Maharil Diskin, Minchas Elozor, and many others) rule that women are obligated in the reading...
Yevamos 65: Lying for the Greater Good
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 Parah
This Shabbos we read Parshas Parah (at the beginning of Parshas Chukas). It discusses the preparation of the Parah Adumah (Red Heifer) which was...
Business Halacha: My Card Collection and My Non-Bar Mitzvah Friend
Question: A boy entrusted his card collection to a friend. If one of them is not yet bar mitzvah, is there liability of guardianship...
Sukkah 2: See-Through S’chach
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
New Clothing During Sefirah
During Sefirah one is permitted to (purchase and) wear new clothing and make a beracha of Shehechiyanu on the new clothing {for those who...
Rav Moshe Shternbuch: Does a Baal Teshuvah Need to Pay Back Maaser?
A seventy-year-old man became a baal teshuvah and had never given maaser. He calculated that he owed approximately $200,000 and he only had $30,000...
If One Missed a Day of Sefirah
If one missed one (complete) day of counting Sefiras Ha'omer (or counted incorrectly i.e. counted the wrong day) one should continue to count each...
