Kiddush Friday Night Part 5 – Drinking the Wine

By Yosef Brecher What are the requirements for drinking the kiddush wine? The Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 271:13) writes that after reciting kiddush, one should drink...

Rosh Hashanah 8: The Start of the Yom Hadin

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...

Listen: Rabbi Avrohom Asher Makovsky’s “Daily Dose of Chesed” Podcast on Matzav.com

LISTEN: To hear other Daily Dose of Chesed Episodes, CLICK HERE. To receive Matzav.com's Daily Dose of Chesed podcast by email, send your email address to...

Rav Moshe Twersky Hy”d on the Parshah

By Rabbi Yehoshua Berman החדש הזה לכם ראש חדשים    יב:ב The Medrash says that Klal Yisrael has the ability to impart kedusha onto each month because Ha’Kadosh...

Shehecheyanu for Korban Pesach

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld In Shemos, Perek Yud Bais the Torah tells us that we have a mitzvah to bring a Korban Pesach on Erev Pesach. Was the bracha of shehecheyanu recited when they brought the Korban Pesach since it is a mitzvah that occurs...

Audio: Rav Reisman On Parshas Shoftim

The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d'asra of Agudath Israel of...

Unquestioned Answers: Have An Easy (and Meaningful?) Fast

By Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky Recently, the expression that Jews traditionally wished each other before the start of the Tisha B'Av fast was replaced by what...

Sheva Brochos in Order 

By Rabbi Berach Steinfeld Since we Boruch Hashem made a wedding this week, I want to discuss the inyan of Sheva Brachos. What is the halacha if someone who is given the kibbud...

Why Is It So Hard to Change? The Six Obstacles to Teshuvah

By Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski "Of course a person should do teshuvah, but I am a bit puzzled. I observe Shabbos, I keep kosher and...

Parsha Partner – Vayeitzei

Bring new meaning to your Shabbos seudah by involving your family and guests in discussions on the weekly parsha. Parsha Partner has...

Chag Sameiach from Matzav.com, 3,324th Anniversary of Matan Torah

Matzav.com would like to wish its readers all over the globe a chag sameiach. As we celebrate our 3,324th anniversary since receiving the Torah...

Audio: Rav Shurkin On Mishloach Manos and Other Inyonei Purim

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...

Audio: Rav Reisman On Parshas Haazinu/Shabbos Shuvah

The following is a shiur delivered by Harav Yisroel Reisman, maggid shiur in Yeshiva Torah Vodaas and mara d’asra of Agudath Israel of...

Watch: Parshas Ki Seitzei – Gratitude from the Poor – Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman

Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Reinman ([email protected]) is a well-known talmid chacham, historian and author. This week he discusses: ɚ when the poor must bless those who...

Watch: Rav Yisroel Brog’s Pesach Series: S’char V’onesh

Rav Yisroel Brog is the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Tiferes Avigdor in Cleveland, Ohio. The following is a Pesach shiur on the topic of "Yiras...

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