If One Forgot to Count the Omer
If one forgot to count the Omer at night one should count anytime during the following day without the beracha. One may then continue...
Yoma 58: Turning Right
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Shevet HaKehosi: Can You Hear News On Shabbos From A Radio?
If a Michalel Shabbos turns on the radio on Shabbos may you listen to the radio? The Shevet HaKehosi (5:57) brings from the Ravi...
Taanis 12: The Conditional Taanis
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...
Taanis 29: Eating Left-Over Shabbos Meat During The Nine Days
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...
Chag Sameiach from Matzav.com, 3,325th Anniversary of Matan Torah
Matzav.com would like to wish its readers all over the globe a chag sameiach. As we celebrate our 3,325th anniversary since receiving the Torah...
Sefiras Ha’omer: Is a Bracha Recited In a Situation of Sfek Sfeika?
By Rabbi Avrohom Dovid Waxman
The proper fulfillment of the mitzvah of Sefiras Haomer requires counting the forty-nine days and seven weeks from macharas haPesach...
Sukkah 37: Taking the Daled Minim with One Hand
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Debt Settlement in Halacha
By Rabbi Baruch M. Levine
We all take on too much. Often customers invest in their businesses with the hope that they will be able...
Yoma 61: Repeating the “Make-Up” Shemoneh Esrei
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Weddings With Music During Sefirah
-According to the psak of R' Moshe Feinstein and others, one may make a wedding before Rosh Chodesh Iyar, or after Lag Ba'omer, and...
Watch: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Melted Gelt
Melted Gelt: Unwrapping the World of Chocolate
Is it true that chocolate factories are sometimes kashered with molten chocolate? Is chocolate labeled dairy-equipment, truly dairy free?...
Rosh Hashanah 15: Hakeil Hakadosh During the Year
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...
Sukkah 32: The Battered Hadas
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Olive Oil: The Contemporary Industry of Antiquity
By Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, Star-K Kashrus Administrator; Editor, Kashrus Kurrents
Olive oil, the liquid gold of the ancients was touted for its nutritional, medicinal, and...
Beitzah 28: Shoveling Snow on Shabbos
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...
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,...
Megillah 13: Why Was Rochel Allowed to Trick Yaakov?
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...
Hilchos Chanukah: How to Light On Erev Shabbos
On Erev Shabbos, if a woman is running late to light Shabbos candles on time, she is permitted to light the Shabbos candles immediately,...
Tonight: “Vesein Tal Umatar Begins in Chutz La’aretz
At Maariv tonight, December 4th, residents of chutz la'aretz begin to say Vesein Tal Umatar during the Shemonah Esrei in the bracha of Boreich...
