Bereishis: Why We Are Here
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz The Torah begins by telling us the story of creation, Bereishis. The Torah introduces us to the creation of the universe, the formation of the world in which we live, and the...
View ArticleUNDER THE GRA’S SCHACH: A Rare Glimpse Into the Vilna Gaon’s Sukkah On His...
R’ Michoel Sorotzkin explores the deeper meaning of the zman and keviyus of Sukkos, the significance of geshamim and Nisuch HaMayim in the teachings of the Gra, and a remarkable episode concerning the...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: Refuah Sheleimah as You Run Away for Sukkos
Dear Matzav Inbox, I would like to take this opportunity to wish a heartfelt refuah sheleimah to all those who are once again packing their suitcases and running away for Sukkos. Some are off to Eretz...
View ArticleTrue Happiness
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz One of the great ironies of life is that we spend so much of it trying to achieve the very thing that we often find most difficult to hold on to. We want to be happy. We want...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: When “Healing” Means Cutting Off Your Parents?!
Dear Matzav Inbox, I have been wanting to write this letter for a long time, and I know I am going to get attacked for it. So be it. Something has gone terribly wrong in the world of therapy. I am not...
View ArticleCome Back
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz There are times when we become so focused on doing the right thing that we fail to notice the opportunity to do something even greater. On the Rosh Hashanah before her...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: Can We Disagree Without Dismissing Others?
Dear Matzav Inbox, It seems to be on everyone’s mind: Achdus in Klal Yisroel. For many of us, it is deeply painful to watch the growing discord between different groups of Yidden, particularly in Eretz...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: A Different Perspective On the Litvishe Demographic Question
Dear Matzav Inbox, I read the recent piece about President Trump’s rabbinic guest list and the wake-up call it supposedly represents for the Litvish world. I thought it was a very interesting and...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: We Talk About Achdus. The Belzer Rebbe Lives It.
Dear Matzav Inbox, We Americans have a funny way of looking at ourselves. We like to think that we are a little more sophisticated, a little more open-minded, a little more “with it.” Israel is...
View ArticleWhat Happens Now?
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz Some things change, while other things remain remarkably the same. What appears to us to be new and unprecedented has often happened before. History has a way of repeating...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: Eight Seats? After Nearly 40 Years, Something Doesn’t Add Up
Dear Matzav Inbox, I saw a recent poll on Matzav with a line that I suspect most people simply read and moved past: “United Torah Judaism would receive eight seats.” Am I the only one who sees that...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: Governor Sherrill, Is Lakewood Being Punished for How It Voted?
Dear Matzav Inbox, There comes a point when a community is entitled to ask a question that nobody in government wants to hear. Is Lakewood, NJ being punished? I understand how serious that question is....
View ArticleThe Flavor of Life
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschtuz My grandchildren were by us for Shabbos, and they were chewing gum, as children are wont to do. As I watched them, I was thinking about something my rebbi, Rav Mendel Kaplan,...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: GroupMe’s SMS Shutdown Will Leave Many Frum Users Behind
Dear Matzav Inbox, GroupMe, owned by Microsoft, has announced that it is shutting down its free SMS messaging service, a feature that has been available since GroupMe launched in 2010. Users who rely...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: Pay Your Workers. On Time.
Dear Matzav Inbox, A Choshen Mishpat PSA: The Torah prohibition against delaying a person’s wages is far more serious—and far more common—than many people realize. I work in the Choshen Mishpat world...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת: What Tznius Means in a World That Never Stops...
Dear Matzav Inbox, The Navi Michah gives us one of the most quoted, and least understood, summaries of what Hashem wants from us: “הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם מַה טּוֹב וּמָה ה’ דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמְּךָ כִּי אִם...
View ArticleLiving in Their Dream
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz I’m back on an El Al plane, heading for Eretz Yisroel, expecting to spend a couple of weeks in Yerushalayim. Making the trip was not an easy decision. The specter of another...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: Misplaced Grief –“Loss” of Camp
Dear Matzav Inbox, I recently viewed a video clip showing campers at a popular boys’ camp expressing significant distress and crying as they prepared to depart for the end of the season. While I...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: A Thought About the Language of Caring
Dear Matzav Inbox, Many years ago, after my prostate cancer surgery, people would naturally approach me and ask, “How are you doing?” or “How are you feeling?” These questions were asked with genuine...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: When the Danger is Physical, Suddenly We’re Clueless?
Dear Matzav Inbox, When rabbanim decided that unrestricted internet posed a serious spiritual danger to our children, they did not shrug their shoulders. They demanded action. They held massive...
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