VIDEOS: Lakewood Community Rallies Outside City Hall in Support of R’...
Hundreds of members of the Lakewood, NJ community gathered today outside Lakewood City Hall/Lakewood Police Headquarters in a passionate show of support for R’ Binyomin Kubani, a beloved ben Torah and...
View ArticleChareidi Organizations to Be Exempt from New Law Taxing Foreign Donations
A controversial new bill aimed at taxing foreign donations to left-wing NGOs in Israel will not apply to chareidi organizations, according to a report broadcast Sunday evening on Channel 13. The...
View ArticleZamir To Chareidi Troops: You Prove That Anyone Who Enlists Chareidi Will...
IDF Chief of Staff LTG Eyal Zamir spent Sunday visiting the Tevez base, home to the Chashmonaim Brigade, where he observed the unit’s training in action. Accompanying him were Major General Nadav...
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Satmar Rebbe Expands Efforts to Lower Housing Prices in Kiryas Yoel and...
Kiryas Yoel, NY — In a continued effort to address the skyrocketing cost of housing, the Satmar Rebbe, Rav Aharon Teitelbaum, announced a new initiative to reduce apartment prices not only within the...
View ArticleThe New National School Choice Law Was Signed. Now What?
By Rabbi AD Motzen, National Director of Government Affairs, Agudath Israel of America On Friday, I shared the good news about the new national school choice law that will help students across the...
View ArticleBehind Closed Doors: How Israel Is Working to Bring Back Lev Tahor Children...
As Guatemalan authorities continue the dismantling of the radical Lev Tahor cult, it has emerged that ten families—comprising approximately 20 children under the age of 18—have already arrived in...
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Chaos at Zvhill Yeshiva: Expelled Bochurim Riot, Refuse to Join Rival Rebbe
A shocking incident rocked the Zvhill Yeshiva in Yerushalayim’s Beis Yisroel neighborhood this week, as dozens of yeshiva bochurim who had been expelled stormed the building in protest, vandalizing the...
View ArticleDeri Blasts Lapid Over Draft Remarks: “False Incitement Against an Entire...
Shas leader Aryeh Deri lashed out at Opposition Leader Yair Lapid on Monday, fiercely criticizing what he described as a dangerous and inflammatory accusation regarding military service exemptions for...
View ArticleRabbi Yisrael Hersh Eidelman zt”l
It is with great sadness that Matzav.comreports the sudden petirah of Rabbi Yisrael Hersh Eidelman zt”l, a distinguished talmid chacham, devoted eved Hashem, and longtime askan who served for decades...
View ArticleStatement from Attorney of R’ Binyomin Kubani
Statement from Yosef Jacobovitch, Esq. B”H, Rabbi Binyomin Kubani was released today from the Ocean County Jail. While we are deeply relieved that this chapter has come to a close, the pursuit of...
View ArticleRav Menachem Moshe Weiskopf z”l
A wave of grief has swept through the Chareidi community of Kiryat Ata following the tragic petirah of Rav Menachem Moshe Weiskopf z”l. A prominent figure in the city’s kehilla, Rav Weiskopf passed...
View ArticleYeshiva Registration in the Litvishe Torah World: Who’s Closed, Who’s Still...
As the registration season for yeshivos draws to a close across the Litvishe Torah world in Eretz Yisroel, attention now shifts to the handful of elite institutions that accept bochurim later in the...
View ArticleVIDEOS: After Sham Arrest and Imprisonment, R’ Binyomin Kubani Welcomed Back...
Today, after enduring a harrowing and unjust ordeal, R’ Binyomin Kubani returned home to his family and community. The yungerman, a devoted father of seven, was wrongfully arrested and held for days on...
View ArticleTragedy in Flatbush: Rabbi Berel Broyde z”l, Struck and Killed While Walking...
A heartbreaking tragedy struck the Flatbush community Monday night, as Rabbi Beryl Boryde z”l, a beloved and respected member of the community, was fatally struck by a vehicle while returning home...
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WATCH: Let’s Talk Kashrus – Quail Tales & Egg Fails
After last week’s introduction to the mesorah of birds, let’s dive right in to some practical halachic applications. R’ Chaim Loike, Rabbinic Coordinator at OU Kosher, brought in some live birds to...
View ArticleRav Yitzchok Zilberstein Issues Strong Ruling Against Eating Cholent on...
A new psak from Rav Yitzchok Zilberstein is making waves, particularly among yeshiva bochurim and others who have adopted the popular practice of enjoying cholent on Thursday nights. In a sharply...
View ArticleMatzav Inbox: A Bilbul That Shakes Us All – But Why Did It Happen?
Dear Matzav Inbox, Many in our community are still reeling from the shocking story of R’ Binyomin Kubani—a devoted yungerman, a kind-hearted friend, a beloved father and husband—who, without warning,...
View ArticleLakewood Police Release Tepid Statement Amid Uproar Over Binyomin Kubani...
The Lakewood, NJ Police Department has issued a carefully worded and notably restrained statement in response to growing outrage surrounding the July 3rd incident involving R’ Binyomin Kubani, a local...
View ArticleRav Yitzchok Yosef: IDF Soldiers Killed Due to ‘Neglecting Torah Study’
The tragic loss of five Netzach Yehuda soldiers in Beit Hanun was attributed by Rav Yitzchok Yosef, the previous Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, to a decline in commitment to Torah learning. In a...
View ArticleFlorida’s Founding Shliach, Rabbi Avraham Korf z”l, Niftar at 92
The Chabad-Lubavitch community is mourning the passing of Rabbi Avraham Korf z”l, the longtime head shliach to the state of Florida and one of the earliest Chabad emissaries in the United States. Rabbi...
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Wave of Yeshivishe Aliyah Gains Momentum: Naava Kodesh Greets New Families at...
A powerful moment unfolded at Ben Gurion Airport this week as volunteers from Naava Kodesh warmly welcomed a group of Yeshivishe families making Aliyah to Eretz Yisroel. Among the arrivals was a family...
View ArticleReb Aharon Dovid Yitzchok Rubinstein z”l, Beloved Hatzolah Volunteer and Baal...
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com mourns the petirah of Reb Aharon Dovid Yitzchok Rubinstein z”l, a devoted longtime volunteer with Hatzolah of Kiryas Yoel and the Catskills. He was 51 years...
View ArticleA Miracle Foretold: Baby’s Hemoglobin Plummets Just in Time for Eighth-Day...
In what witnesses are calling an open miracle, a bris milah was performed last night just moments before sunset under extraordinary circumstances after a sudden and drastic drop in the infant’s...
View ArticleCourt Rejects Request from 17-Year-Old Chareidi Girl to Marry Early Due to...
In an unusual legal move, a chareidi family from Kiryat Shemonah petitioned Israel’s Family Court for special permission allowing their 17-year-old daughter to marry before reaching the legal age of...
View ArticleMrs. Devorah Ackerman a”h
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Mrs. Devorah Ackerman a”h, a woman whose life was defined by chessed, hospitality, and unwavering dedication to Torah and Klal Yisroel....
View ArticleR’ Chaim Tzvi Hershy Treitel z”l
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of R’ Chaim Tzvi Hershy Treitel z”l of Flatbush. He was 70 years old. R’ Chaim Tzvi was born in Eretz Yisroel on the 16th of Elul in 1954 to...
View ArticleRabbi Yaakov Fruchter z”l, Veteran Editor of Olomeinu and Torah Umesorah
It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rabbi Yaakov Fruchter z”l, the longtime editor of Olomeinu magazine and a devoted member of the Torah Umesorah team, leaving behind a...
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Israeli Infant Abducted from Yerushalayim Hospital Found Abandoned in Yericho...
In a highly unusual and disturbing incident, a two-week-old Israeli infant was abducted from the neonatal unit of Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital in Yerushalayim and later found abandoned in a hotel in...
View ArticleARMY CRACKDOWN: Starting Next Month, Increased Enforcement Campaign Against...
A high-level meeting was convened under the leadership of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to outline the implementation of the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the military enlistment of yeshiva...
View ArticleDeri and Lapid Clash Over IDF Draft Law, Sanctions On Chareidi Yeshiva Students
Shas leader Aryeh Deri responded on Wednesday to Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara’s stance during deliberations in the High Court of Justice regarding the proposed draft law and the government’s...
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