Sukkah 52: Giving Out Multiple Kibbudim
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...
Earliest Shema
If one regularly davens K'vasikin (i.e. reciting Shema just before sunrise and beginning Shmona Esrei at sunrise) and wishes to give up the practice...
Hilchos Chodesh Nissan – Birkas Ha’illanos
Rosh Chodesh Nissan (tomorrow, Tuesday, March 16) marks the beginning of the season for Birkas Ha'Ilanos - the blessing we recite once a year...
Yevamos 31: Turning Yourself In
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...
In the Kitchen: Using a Grater
When using a parve grater, it is important to remember to not cut or peel the food that will be grated with a meat...
Taanis 20: Feeding the Animals
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...
Knocking On Doors On Shabbos
The Gemara Eiruvin (104a) says that it is Assur to be Molid Kol or create sounds on Shabbos. There is a Machlokes in the...
The Forgotten Fast Day – 20 Sivan
Rav Shabsai Hakohen, more popularly known as the Shach, was the first rov to institute a fast day on the 20th of Sivan in...
P’sak: Stealing Daled Minim is Forbidden
A number of neighborhood publications in Israel Yerushalayim and elsewhere recent republished a psak released three years ago by the former Chief Rabbis of...
The Kashrus of Gelatin
Rabbi Avrohom Mushell, Star-K Kashrus Administrator
Have you ever had a slice of Petcha, gala reta that spicy globby stuff Bubby used to cook up....
Taanis 4: Eating with Your Mouth Full
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 “Petur Misasek U’B’inyan Misasek B’lavin D’bal Yira’eh U’bal Yimotzeh U’misasek...
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...
Hilchos Chanukah: How Long Must They Burn?
One should put enough oil in the menorah so that the lights will burn until at least one...
Yoma 45: Different Types of Gold
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Business Halacha: Tzedakah Money That Got Lost
Question: I collected $500 of tzedaka and the money got lost. Must I pay this from my own pocket?
Answer: The Gemara (B.M. 56a) derives that...
Yevamos 24: Stealing the Mitzvah of Yibum
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...
Burying a Rasha with a Tzaddik
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
In Bereishis 50:13 the passuk says; the brothers carried Yaakov to eretz Knaan and buried him in the Me’Aras Hamachpeila.
The Gemara in Sotah 13a says that during the time of burying Yaakov,...
Hilchos Chodesh Nissan: Birkas Ha’ilanos – Part II
If one did not make the beracha timely in Nissan because he did not see a tree, one may bi'dieved make the beracha until...
