Sukkah 23: The Treife Sukkah
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Yom Kippur in 60 Minutes or Less
Beginning Rosh Chodesh Elul, our focus turns to repentance. Every morning, at the conclusion of Shacharis, we recite "L'Dovid Hashem Ori," ...
Video: Understanding the Clock Change and Its Impact On Halacha
Rabbis Zvi Goldberg and Dovid Heber discuss daylight savings time and how it impacts davening times, Shabbos, Pesach, Taanis Esther 2017, and...
Yoma 63: When Do You Become Bar Mitzvah?
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
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 ...
Shevet Hakehosi: A Shadchan For Estranged Friends
When a shadchan makes a match for a couple, the halacha is that he must be paid. This is generically called sirsur, which means...
Rav Moshe Twersky Hy”d On Hefsekim (Interruptions) During Tekias Shofar: An In-depth Shiur, Part...
By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman
What Occurred and the Variant Opinions
The Rosh mentions that in the town of Magentza (Mainz, Germany), in the year 4995 (1145)...
Megillah 10: Making a Bracha On Destroying Amaleik
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...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On “Lo Yisa Odam Meinekis Chaveiroi V’shavya Anafshei Chaticha D’issura V’keivon...
The following shiur was delivered at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook HillAshkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here on Matzav.com l'illuy nishmas...
Rav Moshe Feinstein, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach & ybl”c Rav Elyashiv: When A Non-Jew...
It is assur for a Jew to ask a non-Jew to do a Milacha for him on Shabbos. These halachos of Amira L'Akum are...
Listen: Rav Feiner On “Torah UTefillah – The Interrelationship of Our Learning and Davening”
The following is a shiur was delivered by Rav Eytan Feiner, the brilliant and dynamic rov of the White Shul, Cong. Knesseth Israel in...
Star K: Inaccuracies in OU Guide to Pesach 2016 Regarding Star-K Certified Sabbath Mode...
The following, written by Margie Pensak, was issued by the Star K:
Ever since 1998, the year after Whirlpool Corporation (the manufacturer of Kitchen Aid) approached...
The Fast of the Tenth of Teves, Asara B’Teves, Today
By Rabbi Yehudah Prero
The first mention that we see of the tenth day of Teves as a fast day appears in Zecharia 8:19, where...
Halachos of Purim
There are special readings from the Torah and Prophets on four Sabbaths between the one on or preceding the New Moon of (the second)...
Chelkas Yaakov – Lechem Mishnah On Matzah Or Challah Missing A Small Piece
If your matzos are broken a little bit around the sides, they are still regarded as sheleiemim for lechem mishnah, according to the Chelkas Yaakov...
Yoma 47: When Is Bein Hashemashos?
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Sukkah 29: Who Gets to Decorate the Sukkah?
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Rav Shurkin: May a Choleh Sheyeish Boi Sakanah Who Must Eat On Yom Kippur...
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...
Does the Gentile Who Buys the Chometz Need to be Bar-Mitzvahed?
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
Do gentiles have mitzvos?
Of course. Indeed, most of us are familiar with the concept of the sheva mitzvos B'nei Noach-the seven...
Megillah 18: Spacing Out During Krias Megillah
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...
