To our dear readers,
Several months ago, we published a letter on Matzav.com expressing concern over the irresponsible posting and sharing of content on various WhatsApp groups and statuses. The letter aimed to address the general WhatsApp community, urging increased vigilance and sensitivity regarding the information shared, particularly when it has the potential to harm individuals, businesses or organizations. However, many readers felt that the letter was specifically targeting a certain WhatsApp community, most notably the CBN Whatsapp community.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
I write with frustration over a glaring inconsistency within the frum media landscape, one that is far too blatant to ignore any longer. It is beyond time for us to face this uncomfortable truth: While print publications like Yated, Hamodia, Ami, and Mishpacha have consistently and commendably chosen to exercise sensitivity toward their readership by not publishing images of women, the leading frum online news outlets, such as Matzav and Yeshiva World, are doing the exact opposite.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
I would like to address the trend of publicly sharing photos of the cars of people who park in handicapped spaces without visibly valid permits.
While it may be frustrating to witness the misuse of parking spaces designated for those with physical limitations, sharing these photos publicly can present significant halachic concerns, particularly regarding lashon hara and public busha.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
This past week, two frum podcasts featured young frum men discussing the fraud they committed and the consequences they now face. I’m writing this letter as a call to action for the frum community. If you think these are isolated cases, then you have your head in the sand.
Why, and how, are we allowing this to happen?
Have we forgotten to teach our children the basics of honesty? Why do we assume, “I won’t get caught”?
Perhaps the problem lies in what was mentioned in one of the episodes: “All we talked about in yeshiva was the guy we knew who left kollel and, in less than two years, owned 15 nursing homes.” Why are our children idolizing people with wealth?

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Life is full of twists and turns. We think everything is set and that our lives will proceed according to one plan, and then things switch. We lose our job, the kollel is no longer satisfying, we receive an offer from an out-of-town community, someone gets sick r”l, and so on.
There are so many variables in life for which we cannot plan. How we deal with them determines whether we will succeed. We can either throw up our hands in desperation, filled with misery and gloom, or we can accept that everything that happens to us is from Hashem and realize that it is up to us to accept the change and make the best of it.

Dear Matzav Inbox,

Dear Matzav Inbox,
I feel obligated to voice my dismay regarding the troubling obsession with politics that has unfortunately grown into our frum communities. It is nothing short of pathetic.
From every corner, I hear endless discussions about the latest political skirmishes, alliances, candidates, and strategies, as if these matters hold the ultimate significance in our lives. Trump, Harris, Walz, etc. nationally. Wieder, Menashe Miller, Lichtenstein, Schnall. etc. locally.

By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The first parsha of the Torah, which discusses the creation of the world and its beginning years, represents potential and the future. On Shabbos Bereishis, we begin the weekly cycle of Torah study—a new beginning, brimming with promise for the coming year.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
Why isn’t anyone addressing the real parnassah crisis in our community? While the world around us sees bustling shuls, full grocery carts, and well-dressed families, the truth that’s swept under the rug is that for most of us, it’s a daily struggle to keep our heads above water.

By Rabbi Moshe Dov Heber
In the weeks leading up to Simchas Torah, there was much discussion about how to have Simchas Torah this year, and how to balance celebrating the day properly, yet recognizing that it was the anniversary of a terrible tragedy and the beginning of a war that has impacted Klal Yisroel in so many ways.
Last year, in Yeshiva Ateres Shmuel of Waterbury, where many community members daven along with the Yeshiva and Kollel, the Simchas Torah was very moving. Levi, then a bochur in the Yeshiva, had been called up to service in the IDF, and as he left, the kehilla gathered around him singing and davening with the fear of the unknown on everyone’s faces.