Staying a Levi
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Gemara in Sota, daf yud alef, amud bais describes the reward that was received by the midwives in Mitzrayim for not killing the Jewish male babies....
Hilchos Chanukah: Dreidel With Money
It is a Minhag Yisroel to play draidel (with money) on Chanukah, to commemorate the draidel game played...
Music and Haircutting During Sefirah
-There are two minhagim of Aveilus during Sefirah. One minhag keeps Aveilus from after Pesach until Lag Ba'omer, and one minhag keeps Aveilus from...
Audio: Rav Shurkin On “The Lavin of Lo Sosiru Mimenu Ad Boker of Korban...
The following shiur was delivered at Bais Medrash Kol Yehuda-Brook Hill Ashkenaz Shul in Lakewood, NJ, and is posted exclusively here onMatzav.com l'illuy nishmas...
Chakirah on Tzitzis
By Rabb Berach Steinfeld
The Achronim ask a chakira regarding tzitzis. Is the “begged” of the tzitzis considered part of the mitzvah or is it considered a hechsher mitzvah, as we find that a house is...
Rav Moshe Twersky Hy”d On Malchiyos and Shofros
By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman
Malchiyos Zichronos & Shofaros: Integral Part of Mussaf or an Addendum?
The last sugyah in maseches Rosh Ha’Shana is about if the...
Yevamos 2: Returning a Bad Esrog
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...
Heat Precautions for the Taanis
Today, the fast of Shiva Assar B'Tammuz, marks the date on which the walls of Yerushalayim were breached after many months of siege by Nevuchadnetzar...
Krias Shema On An Airplane
One who is traveling on an airplane calculates the correct time for Krias Shema (and Tefillah) based upon the time at the ground over...
Megillah 6: Being Happy During Adar Rishon
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...
A Mission Statement for Marriage
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
One of the beauties of learning Torah is that, if you apply yourself, you will see new things each time...
Rav Shmuel Eliyahu: Issur of Lo Yilbash Applies On Purim Too
Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, chief rabbi of Tzefas and a son of former Chief Rabbi Rav Mordechai Eliyahu, issued a p'sak two years ago that...
Learning on Tisha B’Av
By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld
The Gemara in Taanis, daf lamed, amud alef says that all mitzvos that apply to an “avel” (mourner) apply on Tisha...
Rosh Hashanah 20: Color War Breakouts
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...
Shevet Hakehosi: Can You Erase Hashem’s Name If It Is Written As A Single...
The Rema paskens (YD 276:10) in the name of the Terumas HaDeshen that one can only erase Shem Hashem written (usually in Siddurim) as...
Yoma 70: Saying Kiddush By Heart
Rabbi Mordechai Koster is presently a member of the kollel at Bais Medresh Govoha in Lakewood, NJ, where he received semichah. He has...
Music at a Seudas Mitzvah During Sefirah
There is a machlokes H'Poskim as to whether one may have music and dancing at a Seudas Mitzvah (i.e. Sheva Brachos, Bris, Pidyon Haben,...
Business Halacha: Damage in a Borrowed Home
Q: Someone allowed me to use his vacation home for the winter. During this time, flooding occurred, causing significant damage to the building. Do...
Beitzah 37: Wearing Clothing Out of Its Techum
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...
