What Did Rav Gamliel Ask Rav Chaim Kanievsky?
Earlier this week, Rav Gamliel Hakohein Rabinowitz visited the home of Rav Chaim Kanievsky on Rechov Rashbam in Bnei Brak. During his visit, Rav Gamaliel asked Rav Chaim the words of the Shulchan Aruch...
View ArticleOrthodox Group Rejects “Orthodox” Statement by Shmuly Yanklowitz
The Coalition for Jewish Values today rejected the so-called “Orthodox Statement on Spiritual Resistance,” issued yesterday by 22 people who self-identify as Orthodox clergy, as “unrepresentative of...
View ArticleWhat Happens When The Baal Kriah Goes Against Shul Policy About Banging By...
By Rav Doniel Dombroff Caution to the Reader: Some of this article is based on hearsay and has not been verified in print. A few years ago, a shul in Bnei Brak instituted a policy that there should be...
View ArticleRebbetzin Gittel Cohen a”h
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rebbetzin Gittel Cohen a”h. She was in her 90s. The Rebbetzin was the wife of Rav Moshe Cohen z”l, who passed away this past summer. The...
View ArticleA Message From The Kalever Rebbe For Purim 5777: What Can We Learn From...
Our Sages teach us that the Jews did not accept the Torah joyously at Sinai, but only under duress. Only after the miracle of Purim during the time of Achashverosh, did they accept the Torah and...
View ArticleAgudath Israel Shabbos in Far Rockaway-Lawrence Highlights Koach Harabim
By Debbie Maimon An Agudath Israel Shabbos in Far Rockaway-Lawrence last week featured inspirational addresses and shiurim by Agudah leaders in eight different shuls, a Friday night oneg that hosted a...
View ArticleTehillim for Rav Yitzchok Feigelstock
All are asked to daven for Rav Yitzchok Feigelstock, venerated rosh yeshiva of Mesivta of Long Beach, NY, who is in need of rachamei Shomayim. Rav Feigelstock’s family tells Matzav.com that the rosh...
View ArticleRav Yitzchok Feigelstock Remains in Serious Condition
The condition of Rav Yitzchok Feigelstock, venerated rosh yeshiva of Mesivta of Long Beach, NY, remains serious. Overnight, his improved breathing via a ventilator elicited some positive responses. The...
View ArticleTefillos for Rav Avrohom Luria
All are asked to say Tehillim for Rav Avrohom Luria, a noted marbitz Torah in Lakewood, who suffered a heart attack and is in need of rachamei Shomayim. Rav Luria is a longtime rebbi, serving as a...
View ArticleKever of Tiferes Shlomo of Radomsk Destroyed by Fire
About an hour before Shabbos Parshas Ki Sisa-Parah, the kever of the Tiferes Shlomo of Radomsk, located between Warsaw and Cracow, near Lodz, in central Poland, was found burnt. Matzav.com was told...
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