Dear Editor@Matzav.com,
Thank you for the time and effort you put into publishing your excellenty news site.
I am writing about silencing cell phones.
There are times besides for davening and a shiur when a cell phone should be on vibrate or off and when it should be left for the voicemail to answer. When one is on a shidduch date, one’s cell phone should be off and full attention should be given to the other party.

LISTEN:

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Dear Editor,
Perhaps you’ve seen the video. May you’re lucky enough to have not.
The clip shows a dog being walked down to a chupah at a wedding, ostensibly held last night, with a song – a non-Jewish one – with the lyrics “Who let the dogs out?” playing in the background as the hound made its way down the aisle.
Have we no limits anymore? Does everything go these days? Are we not embarrassed?
We hopefully have kashrus supervision (do we?) at our weddings, simchos, and events. Do we supervise anything else? Do we care about what we represent? Do we care about what goes on at our most sacred times?

Dear Editor,
I watched the music video posted yesterday on Matzav.com here.
The video and its depiction are foolish.
People who have no depth misconstrue the Chareidi vs. Chiloni tension as a love-hate problem. This is the furthest thing from the truth!
Frum, chareidi people are generally from the most accepting and forgiving people on the planet.
These “fights” are generally not about love and brotherhood. They are about standards.
One group wants to maintain their standards while another group wants to break down any standards.

Dear Editor@Matzav.com,
I think it’s terrible the way some religious people in Israel are acting, but it is only a tiny, miniscule minority of them. Anyone who lives in Israel and knows what’s going on will understand that they rightfully feel unheard and bullied. They are treated worse than Arab terrorists and not given any freedom of any speech whatsoever. The police act with brutality towards them, with no justified reason, but justice is never served.
Israel is more of a police state than democratic state and that’s what is causing this more than anything else.

Dear Editor@Matzav.com,
This is not only for Miami, but can be applied anywhere. This is not meant to offend anyone, but to respect the locals who live here all year.
Please always remember to wear a mask and social distance when called for
1. Welcome to Miami. We are happy to have you. Please remember you are a Guest in our community & we work hard to maintain a clean, respectful community & hope you do the same
2. Double parking is illegal in Florida & leads to 41st St being backed up to the 195.,Miami beach police are heavily enforcing this & will tow you in seconds

A number of years ago, there was a joke going around about a man who built a house on top of Lake Carasaljo in Lakewood, NJ. He was then looking to buy a submarine, so that he could rent out his basement.
With today’s market, it’s not such a joke.
There is a severe apartment shortage in Lakewood partially due to the natural growth of the community and also because of the impact of Covid and the fact that many couples who would have gone to Eretz Yisroel have stayed local. The shortage is an unprecedented one – and so are the rental prices.

Dear Editor,
Matzav.com recently reported on the fact that Lakewood has the fastest rising housing prices in the country.
But please report the truth: The main reason for this price surge in Lakewood is a result of real estate agents trying to create bidding wars in order to raise the price and with it the dollar size of the commission.
This is combined with agents pressuring potential buyers to offer more and enticing people to sell by giving the seller high valuations.
In other words, much of the insane uptick in prices is due to manipulations by the agents.

Dear Editor,
I write this letter as an insider. Not from what I hear from others. But as a bochur experiencing what I write.
I am acting as a whistleblower, exposing what is happening right now to the hundreds of Bocherim who would have been in Eretz Yisroel- to those who do not understand the full extent of the crisis we are in.
You may have been affected terribly by the Corana virus. But if you are like most people, you are probably past the worst of it and moving on with your life.
What exactly does “moving on with your life” mean?
You are slowly getting back to the comfort of day to day living the way it was 4 months ago, and enjoying the normalcy you are used to.

Dear Editor@Matzav.com,
There’s total chaos here in the streets of Yerushalayim. The Israeli police continue to lock down and cordon off chareidi areas without reason, while ignoring what goes on in Tel Aviv and elsewhere.
The fights that break out nightly now are terrible. They’re terrible for the unity of this country and terrible for the chinuch of our children.
The videos below will show you all you need to know.
And yet, there’s no one stepping up to speak out in defense of the residents.