Dear Matzav Inbox,
I have read about the incredible organization Broken Ties, and commend them for trying to help children reconnect with their parents. May I please share the following observations, which may inspire – hopefully at least one child – to grab the moment and make the effort to reconnect.
On one of my travels, I overheard American parents summarizing their relationship with their kids. All their kids fit into one of three categories. Those who think they were abused. Those who think they weren’t loved. And those who think they were underappreciated.
One does not need to know advanced mathematics to realize how many of those kids were left with a working relationship with the parents.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
I was deeply concerned upon reading recent advertisements and witnessing the growing trend of microblading within the frum community. While it may be marketed as a beauty procedure, it raises serious halachic questions that should not be overlooked, as I will outline. I hope Matzav readers and others will take notice.
Microblading, for those Matzav readers who may not be familiar, involves the semi-permanent tattooing of eyebrows using fine needles to deposit pigment into the skin. At best, this procedure is a shailah in halacha, and at worst, it may be outrightly assur according to leading poskim.

Dear Matzav Inbox, 
We, the directors of Broken Ties, an organization established to create awareness of alienated parents, would like to thank the courageous writer of the Matzav.com letter titled “Parental Alienation is Not Just A Marital Problem.”
We appreciate their forceful and descriptive lines presenting the horror and devastation that alienation has wrought on so many frum families. In our support group alone there are close to 2000 anguished parents pleading 24/7 to be reunited with their children. Their pain is unbearable and there is no relief in sight.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
I write this letter out of deep frustration and anger at a scourge that is quietly but devastatingly ravaging the frum community—parental alienation.
This phenomenon, which causes children to be torn away from one parent due to malicious, often calculated actions of the other, has become far too widespread in our circles, and yet it is rarely discussed. There is an unspoken shroud of shame around it, as if speaking the truth will somehow tarnish our “perfect” community image. But the truth must be told: the damage is real, it is profound, and it is destroying families from the inside out.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
I appreciated watching the Agudah Convention session two nights ago on “Social Media and the World of WhatsApp: How Do We Win the Battle?” Rabbi Moshe Rotberg, Rav of K’hal Zichron Yechezkel, and Rabbi Moshe Don Kestenbaum, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedola Ohr Yitzchak and author of Olam Hamiddos, spoke with such clarity and urgency about the dangers of social media, WhatsApp groups, and the negative impact they have on our precious communities. Their words, undoubtedly, struck a chord and resonated deeply with all who were listening (or watching, as in my case).

Dear Matzav Inbox,
I am writing to express my gratitude for the extensive coverage that Matzav.com has given to the Chabad Kinnus Hashluchim and other events related to the Chabad community. It is heartwarming to see such dedicated reporting and broadcasting, especially when it comes to highlighting the meaningful work that Chabad Shluchim are doing around the world. The commitment to promoting and celebrating these incredible individuals and their missions is commendable and deeply appreciated by the wider Jewish community.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
I thought I had seen it all, but this past Shabbos opened my eyes to an epidemic that is quietly taking root in our communities. I was a guest at a Bar Mitzvah, and what I witnessed at the Kiddush after davening—though for some, it began during the leining—was beyond shocking.
The spread was extravagant and excessive: lavish meat boards, two types of cholent, three types of kugel, and more varieties of herring than I could count. And then there was the Schnapps—a veritable sea of expensive bottles, freely passed around and sampled by men of all ages.

Dear Matzav Inbox,
How has it become acceptable—dare I say, commonplace—for any Yid to casually share a message on WhatsApp, broadcasting it to hundreds or even thousands, without first completing Sefer Shemiras HaLashon? Does the weight of Hilchos Lashon Hara no longer sit heavily on our shoulders? Have we forgotten the power of a single word, let alone the ripple effects of one viral post?

Dear Matzav Inbox,
Recently, I overheard a conversation where someone referred to their group as “anshei shlomeinu.” Actually, it was “anshei shlomeini.”
Now, maybe I’m oversensitive, but that term bothers me. Actually, it really bothers me. Because it screams, loud and clear: “We’re in, and you’re out.”
Let’s think about this. In a generation where Klal Yisroel is under attack from every direction—spiritually, physically, and emotionally—how can we afford to talk like this? How can we afford to put up walls between one Yid and another? By using the term “anshei shlomeinu,” it feels like you’re saying, “This group of Yidden is mine, but everyone else? Not really my problem.”

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.