Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Ultimate Kashering Guide for Pesach 2025 | Watch Before You Clean!

Ultimate Kashering Guide for Pesach 2025 | Watch Before You Clean! 
 This complete Kashering guide walks you through everything you need to know — from ovens and stoves to sinks, counters, and more. Rabbi Yaacov Haber lays out the Halacha and the practical steps, clearly and simply. If you're preparing your kitchen for Pesach, this is the one video to watch. Got questions about your kitchen setup? Ask in the comments 
Chapters
0:00 Introduction 
16:10 Old dishes 

Oif Simchas Wed 5 Nissan

Weather: 42° Rain ending early. Remaining cloudy. Chance of rain 100%.

Chasunas: 
Gelb - Paskes Ne'emas Hachaim 
Lover - Devor Fountain Ballroom 
Rosenblatt- Glanzman Kesser Moshe Yehuda 
Shenker -  Weinberger Lake Terrace 
Eisenberger  - Max Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Chanura Matzos cost price $24 a LB freshly baked tonight at sons of Israel 5th and Madison Lakewood 8-11pm

Mir Yerushalayim chizuk: Rav Shmuel friedman 944 Park terrace 9pm


Wednesday April 2 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 48° A mix of clouds and sun early followed by cloudy skies this afternoon.


- Josh Gottheimer: Trump’s tariff plan is nothing but a direct TAX on hardworking Jersey families, whacking them with at least $2,000 a year in EXTRA costs. I’m introducing legislation to fight back against these reckless tariffs so we can make life more affordable for Jersey families.

-Dow futures tumble 1,100 points on fear Trump’s tariffs will spark trade war:

-Bloomberg: US stock futures plunged almost 4% after President Donald Trump outlined a slate of tariffs on US trading that raises the likelihood of a full-blown trade war that could plunge the US economy into a recession. Contracts on the S&P 500 fell 3.7% to 5,502 at 6:20 p.m. in New York, while Nasdaq 100 contracts sank 4.5%.

- Among other countries, Trump imposes 17% tariffs on imports from Israel. Even though Israel has canceled all tariffs on the US.  The United States will impose a 34% tariff on China, 26% on India, and 20% on the European Union.

- Trump: "My fellow Americans, this is LIBERATION DAY -- April 2, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn, the day America's destiny was reclaimed, and the day that we began to make America wealthy again."

- Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch at the Ichud Hayeshivos  event: Bochurim are walking around with the fear that they will be arrested. You need to know that those responsible who are working on this are constantly thinking about them. 

- Amazon submitted a bid to acquire TikTok. Unless a majority of the company is acquired, a ban will occur in the US.

- WZO: Yated Neeman Hebrew edition quotes a drasha recently given by Rav Elya Brudny shlita that our Mesorah is clear אין לך אלא שופט שבימיך we follow the gedolim of our time. As this time around Rav Dov Landau shlita who is recognized as the gadol hador by the moetzes gedolei Hatorah in America said in a letter that you can not join or vote in the WZO elections, how can anyone do differently? 

- Pesach Bein hazmanim kollel Chazu learning programs at neighborhood shuls.

- Hachtara of Rav Yaakov Yosef Gewirtzman shlita who was appointed as Rav at the Khal Jackson 21 shul in Jackson. The Hachtara event will take place tomorrow evening at the Jackson 21  clubhouse.

- Jack Ciattarelli says Lakewood Shmura Matzah tastes better than Boro Park and don't be fooled by those who say a republican can't win in New Jersey see video below

- Shiva  for Rav Moshe Schwab ZTL several sons sitting in Lakewood today only at 147 Liberty drive 

- Frozen items Zichron Esther Shaindel chometz drop off call 732-886-5409 for location info.

- Trump tells cabinet members Elon Musk will be stepping back and  leaving soon per Politico.

- Att NJ Drivers To avoid the $13.50 charge and get the $9 E-ZPass congestion pricing rate, make sure all license plate and vehicle registration information with E-ZPass is current.

- Trump: IT’S LIBERATION DAY IN AMERICA! As tariffs kick in April 2nd.

- A Syrian source tells i24 that US President Trump is scheduled to meet new islamist Syrian ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa (Julani) during his mid-May visit to Saudi Arabia. The meeting was reportedly brokered by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin 

- Is New Jersey heading for a fiscal catastrophe? Budget analysts sound the alarm.
New Jersey’s finances are holding steady at the moment, but if spending continues at this rate, the state will deplete almost all of its $6.3 billion surplus account within the next two years, budget analysts said Tuesday.(NJ)

- NJ towns with the highest property taxes per county Monmouth County Highest: Deal Average Tax Bill: $23,250
Ocean County Highest: Mantoloking Average Tax Bill: $24,422

- Lakewood township upgrades the L shuttle  with new larger buses that service the satmar And Belz developments

- New Jersey electricity customers will see their bills rise on June 1 due to increased wholesale electricity prices.JCP&L and Atlantic City Electric have proposed additional rate increases to fund infrastructure improvements, which are pending regulatory approval.

- Woman who drowned her two toddlers last  summer found not guilty by reason of insanity remain committed to a psychiatric institution

- The Satmar Rebbe Rav Aaron Teitelbaum handed out $6,000 in cash to Kolel Yungerleit who were tested on their learning, donated by Hanagid Brach. 40 Yungerleit are from Satmar in Eretz Yisroel.(Belaaz)

- BDD: Petirah of Rav Yitzchok Spitzer zt”l, one of the prominent dayanim of the Skverer kehillah in New Square. He was 67 years old. Rav Spitzer collapsed in the midst of his avodas hakodesh of certifying the kashrus of a private mikvah in the community. A large levaya was held yesterday in Skver.

- New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ historic federal corruption case has been tossed — leaving him free to campaign for a second term without the threat of jail hanging over his head.

- The U.S. Department of Education took aim at New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy this week over cut education funds.In a social media post, the federal agency said Murphy's "COVID slush fund" was ending after the governor accused the Trump Administration of gutting $85 million in federal infrastructure funding from New Jersey schools. Murphy "doesn't know what he's talking about," the X account @EdPressSec posted.  New Jersey is continuing to receive all recurring federal education funds – but his (Murphy's) COVID slush fund is over," the account posted.

Photo: Annual cleaning kvitlach at the Kosel





Israel At War Wed April 2

Israel at war day 544


-Report in the Daily Mail: The U.S. and Israel are preparing for a strike on Iran that would permanently eliminate the threat posed by Iran's nuclear weapons program in the near future.

- Syria reports: Israeli strike on a scientific research institute in Barza neighborhood of Damascus. Among the targets attacked in Syria: T4 Air Force Base in Homs Province, which Turkey reportedly is working to take over

- Red alert south of Israel. A launch from Gaza has been intercepted.

- Prime Minister Netanyahu on the fighting in the Gaza Strip: "Tonight in the Gaza Strip, we shifted gears. The IDF is seizing territory, striking terrorists, and destroying infrastructure. And we are doing another thing - we are seizing the 'Morag Axis'. This will be the second Philadelphi, the additional Philadelphi Axis. Because we are now cutting the strip in half, and we are increasing the pressure step by step, so that they will give us our hostages. We are determined to achieve the goals of the war

- US said considering Iranian offer of indirect nuclear talks

- Expansion of the operation in Gaza: IDF Division 36 joined the operation and entered the Strip. The ground operation that began last tonight in the Rafah area is the IDF's most significant since the operation bega

- Palestinians report that the IDF dropped leaflets in the center of the Gaza Strip with the caption: "The time has come to liberate Gaza from Hamas.”

- Large-scale attacks last night in the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip and Palestinian reports of advances by forces in this sector. At the same time, airstrikes were also reported in eastern Khan Yunis

-Defense Minister Katz: "Operation 'Might and Sword' in Gaza is expanding to crush and cleanse the area of ​​terrorists and terrorist infrastructure and seize large areas that will be added to the security zones of the State of Israel - I call on the residents of Gaza to act now to eliminate Hams and return all the hostages."


- The massive buildup of American forces in the Middle East will peak in the coming days. The Pentagon revealed tonight that the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson will soon join the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman in the area of ​​control of the US Central Command. 

- The Pentagon also announced that the American air force would be strengthened in this sector. NBC reports that the US military has transferred a THAAD battery and two additional Patriot batteries to the command's area of responsibility. Arab sources report more than 140 American cargo flights over the past two weeks.

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Oif Simchas Tuesday 4 Nissan

Kiddush Levana

Chasunas:
Jacobovits - Friedman Lake Terrace 
Fisher  - Gelbwachs Neemas Hachaim 
Krasinovsky  - Fried Ateres Reva 
Shifrin  - Block Fountain Ballroom 
Nehmad - Solymanzadeh Kesser Moshe Yehuda 
Brecher  - Wallerstein Addison Park

List of New Haggados Shel Pesach 5785

List is from Seforim Chatter.com

Some of the hot selling hagados from past years Rav Elya Baruch Finkel Hagada, Rav Mattisyahu Solomon hagaada. The new one from Rav Yeruchom levovitz.

List from SeforimChatter

The Abuchatzeira Legacy Haggadah  Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar

Haggadah with Stories  Rabbi Nachman Seltzer 

Haggada Shel Pesach Leil Hiskadesh Chag  Rav Dovid Cohen, R’Y Chevron

Haggada Shel Pesach Ohel Moshe  Rav Moshe Scheinerman

The Haggadah of Wisdom: by Rabbi Yehonatan Eybeshitz 

Haggada Shel Pesach Nitzotz Echad Rav Doniel Alter shita

Haggada Shel Pesach Tiferes Yosef  Rav Yosef Engel

Haggadas Chachmei Tzfas

Haggada Shel Pesach Shevilei Pinchas Rav Pinchass Friedman 

Haggada Shel Pesach Tzvi LaTzaddik/Keren Yeshuah  Bluzhev

Haggada Shel Pesach Avnei Shoham

Haggada Shel Pesach Daas Binah Rav Yerucham Levovitz 

Haggada Shel Pesach Shoalin V’Dorshin

Legacy Haggadah: Insights from Gedolim whose Torah is Their Legacy Edited and compiled by Rabbi Moshe Hubner

Inspirational Reflections for the Seder Night Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi

Haggada Shel Pesach Avodas Yisroel Kozhnitz
 
Haggada Shel Pesach Avodas Yisroel Rabbi Reuven Lowy 

The Healing Haggadah Rabbi Michael Friedman

Haggada Shel Pesach Dover Sholom & Acharis L’Sholom  Mossad Harav Kook 

Tuesday April 1 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 55° Sunny skies. Gusty winds during the morning. High around 55F. Winds at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

- After 25 hours and four minutes, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey has yielded the floor, ending the longest speech in the history of the U.S. Senate.

- Florida :Decision Desk HQ projects Republican Jimmy Patronis wins the US House special election in Florida's 1st  congressional district for the seat previously held by Matt Gaetz.

- The Pentagon ordered the deployment of additional aircraft carriers to the Middle East and Indo-Pacific.

-WZO while Eretz Hakodesh has claimed to havve had the support of Rav Gershon Eidelstein ZTL, Rav Meir Kessler rav of Kiryat Sefer testified in a letter that Rav Gershon Edelstein zt"l absolutely opposed joining the WZO. Now his son R' Tzvi Yehudah has added his signature. in a letter on the front page of the Israeli Yated Neeman today that his father was annoyed by those active in joining the WZO.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Dovid Wolpin ZTL from Monsey at the age of 81. A noted talmid chochom and marbitz Torah who was  critically Injured  last month in a car accident on Saddle River Road. Levaya today at the Stoliner BM off Main street  4:30pm

- Israel has removed all tariffs on imports of American goods. 

- The MTA says E-ZPass and Tolls by Mail websites, plus the Tolls NY app, will be offline from April 9 (7PM)–April 14 for upgrades, with no online payments or account access. After April 14, Tolls by Mail merges with E-ZPass, adding live chat and more payment options.

- Senator Cory Booker has been speaking on the Senate floor for almost 15 straight hours now, criticizing Donald Trump's ridiculous policies, vowing to stay on the senate floor as long as he's physically able.

-Kumzing global event tonight at the Ritz Theater in Elizabeth, NJ.Featuring:
Gershi Uri, Naftali Kempeh, Sruli Green, Shmueli Ungar, and Motty Weiss

- Starting today April 1st N.J. cops start crackdown on texting drivers for the next month. towns  across NJ received funding for this enforcement, Jackson: $7,000
Lakewood: $12,250, Howell $7000

- Lakewood planning board meeting today 6 pm watch livestream Here see agenda Here  Cheshek shlomo day care center application on White st.

- The Lakewood Department of Public Works (DPW) announced that, next week, Lakewood residents will have their trash picked up twice from their homes in order to assist with their pre-Pesach cleaning Director Phil Roux explains that residents whose weekly trash pickup is on Monday; and those whose weekly trash pickup is on Wednesday; will have their trash picked up on both Monday, April 7th and Wednesday, April 9th. Residents whose weekly trash pickup is on Tuesday; and those whose weekly trash pickup is on Thursday; will have their trash picked up on both Tuesday April 8th and Thursday, April 10th.

- SALT steakhouse in a post on LinkedIn say they will no longer be open to the public but will instead become a private only members club. Amounting  SALT STEAKHOUSE SOCIAL An elite membership program designed for those who truly appreciate luxury dining at its finest. Membership will be $10,000 per year, and only a select few will have the privilege of joining. #April fools.

- New Jersey Gov Murphy
says his administration has been informed that the federal government is cutting $85 million in infrastructure funding from 20 public school districts in the state. The affected districts include Newark - the state's largest - as well as, Paterson, Passaic, East Orange, North Bergen, Brick, Bergenfield, Elizabeth and Linden.

-As of April 1st, New Jersey now has 6,559,549 registered voters, an increase of 9,232 voters since March 1st. There are 2,449,041 registered Democrats (+717) and 1,619,352 registered Republicans (+5,212). An additional 2,415,997 voters are unaffiliated (+3,370)   (onejersey)





Israel At War Tuesday April 1

Israel at war day 543

 Increased Developments in Gaza: IDF strikes began after midnight and continue non-stop, with heavy artillery hitting Hamas terror targets north and central Rafah and Khan Yunis. Unofficial reports suggest ground forces are advancing in Rafah.

- Israel National Security Headquarters warns:  Hamas is expected to increase its attempts to carry out attacks against Jews and Israelis abroad - following the renewal of fighting in Gaza and the dire situation in the Strip.  Hamas terror infrastructures that planned to hit Israeli targets have already been exposed in Denmark, Germany, Bulgaria, and Sweden.

-IDF issues evacuation order for northern Gaza cities after rocket fired at Sderot
No injuries or damage reported in rocket attack; warning comes a day after military ordered all Palestinians to leave Rafah as fighting intensifies

- IDF jets struck overnight in Dahya and eliminated the terrorist Hassan Ali Mahmoud Badir, an operative in Hezbollah's Unit 3900 and the Iranian Quds Force. Badir has been guiding Hams terrorists and assisting them in advancing a plan to carry out a severe attack against Israelis in the immediate future

- Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar in a briefing for foreign reporters: "We expect the Lebanese government to act against the terrorist elements that operate from their territory against us. We see cooperation between Iran, Hams, and Hezbollah on Lebanese soil to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel and Israelis."

- Gaza Bakery Owners Association, said in an interview with Palestinian media outlets that all bakeries in the Gaza Strip have closed due to a shortage of flour and fuel. The bakeries will only reopen after the Gaza crossings are opened

Monday, March 31, 2025

Oif Simchas Monday 3 Nissan

There is a possible risk of severe weather tonight. Wind is the greatest threat. Tornado warning in Central Jersey. Showers and thundershowers this evening, Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall may reach one inch.


Chasunas
Blumenthal - Ginsberg Lake Terrace 
Kerwin  - Rotter Neemas Hachaim 
Diamond  -  Berman Bais Faiga 
Breuer - Teitelbaum Ateres Reva 
Poss - Farkas Kesser Moshe Yehuda 
Deutsch - Freundlich  Fountain Ballroom 



Monday March 31 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 73° Cloudy skies. 
There is a possible risk of severe weather today.
Strong thunderstorms, possible tornado could slam New Jersey later Monday

- Josh Gottheimer's campaign said it is not behind an ad that urges Jewish Republicans to cross party lines and vote for Gottheimer in June's gubernatorial primary. A new campaign ad in support of Rep. Josh Gottheimer is urging Jewish Republicans to change parties temporarily to vote for the Democrat in his party’s six-person contest for governor, saying Gottheimer is the “least not bad guy” in the race.
The ad, which appeared in the WhatsApp chat of a Jewish news site over the weekend, tells Jewish Republicans to “be a Democrat for a day” — or a “sheep in wolf’s clothing” — to cast a ballot for Gottheimer, who is Jewish. There are more than 1,000 people in the chat.
It’s unclear who’s behind the ad, and there’s nothing to indicate who paid for it. Gottheimer campaign spokesman Peter Opitz said the ad is not from the congressman’s campaign. Yahoo 


At the levayos in EY for Mrs Sara Natasha Saada A"h and her daughters Dina Bracha a"h and Devorah Mazal A"H, Rav Meilich Biederman was at the levaya speaking divrei cbizuk and Rav Moshe  Hillel Hirsch was on hand for the kevura, he has a close relationship with the father and husband Mr. Sidny Zadka Saada a Supporter of Torah.

-BDE: Petira of Rebbetzin Hendel Kaplan A"h Wife of  Rosh yeshiva Rav Nechemia Kaplan shlita and daughter of Rav Dovid Soleveitzik ZTL,she was 68. The rebbetzin collapsed during the summer and had been hospitalized since. She was the cook for yeshivas Brisk Hgrmd for many years. Levaya tonight from her home rechov Yosef Ziv in Yerushalayim to Har Hamenucos.

-Republican candidate for Gov Jack Ciattarelli was in Lakewood today at a private event to meet with locals and toured businesses the matza bakery and pesach car cleaning stations. He said he would support school vouchers like they have in Florida.

-Horizon Blue Cross Blue shield reaches deal witj Hackensack Meridian Health Hospitals to Remain In Network
In a email to customers: We’re pleased to share that Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) have reached a multi‑year agreement. You continue to have uninterrupted, in‑network access to HMH’s hospitals, facilities and doctors.

- Eggs at Moadim LSimcha pesach distribution were donated in honor of the IDF soldiers and for the safe return of the hostages.

Bain Hazmanim begins for nais medrash bochurim.  Mesivtos are off tomorrow.

Bingo pesach sale through Tomorow April 1

- Levaya in Israel for Sara Saada A"H andbherb2 daughters a"H will take place 11:00pm at Har Hamenuchos watch live Here

- Amudei Haolam Torah chizuk event today in Mexico with the participation of Rav Malkiel Kotler Rav Yosef Elefent R' Aaron Kotler

- A Life saving mission against all odds. This past week, Hatzulas Nefashos once again proved their unwavering commitment to saving lives. Mission to Cincinnati see full story here

- Lakewood planning board meeting tomorrow application fir day care center cheshek Shlomo off White st.

- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially comfirms that the murderers of Chabad Shliach Rabbi Tzvi Kogan Hy"d will face the death penalty. 

- President Donald Trump pressed his case for global tariffs Monday by posting a list on social media of U.S. companies considering major domestic expansion plans, hours after threatening Russia and Iran with "secondary" tariffs and suggesting levies will help the U.S. auto industry "make a lot of money

- Trump: There will never have been a transformation of a Country like the transformation that is happening, for all to see, in the United States of America. Companies are pouring into our Country at levels never seen before, with Jobs (and Money!) to follow. It is a beautiful thing to watch!

- Middle school teachers in Lakewood are calling on the school district’s administration to address escalating and unruly student behavior they say is becoming “commonplace.” More than 70 teachers in the Ocean County school district sent a letter to Lakewood Superintendent Laura Winters on March 19 saying they are deeply concerned about a rising number of incidents of misbehavior in classrooms and hallways.


- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned Qatargate and the ongoing investigations into him and his cabinet, calling them a politically driven effort to "remove a right-wing Prime Minister."

Israel At War Monday March 31

Israel at war day 542

- IDF says it targeted Hezbollah operative posing ‘immediate threat’ in Beirut strike

- White House: We are reviewing $9 billion in federal funding for Harvard University following its failure to address anti-Semitism 

 - New details from the proposed hostage deal:
- Release of 10 live hostages in exchange for the release of terrorists in a key to be determined between the parties
- Release of Idan Alexander as a "tribute" to Trump
- 40-day ceasefire
- On the 5th day, Hams will provide information on all the hostages, both living and dead
- On the 10th day, Hams will release 16 bodies of hostages
- During the ceasefire: Discussions on the next stage of the deal

President Trump says the Houthi terrorists have been decimated.

-Evacuation from Rafah: According to estimates, thousands of families have evacuated so far

 - Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Aerospace Forces, Threatens the US: “Those whose houses are made of glass do not throw stones. The Americans have 10 bases near Iran with 50,000 American soldiers. The Americans are sitting in a room made of glass...”

-  (Corrected!, Thanks for pointing out)
CBS 60 minute shameful interview yesterday: Lesley Stahl looked a Jewish hostage in the face—after being starved, tortured, beaten, and dragged through ...—and asked if maybe

Sunday, March 30, 2025

Oif Simchas Sunday 2 Nissan

Chasunas:
Mosseson - Grama Fountain Ballroom 
Schechter- Spiegel Lake Terrace
Klein - Perlstein Ne'emas Hachaim 
Orlander  - Rosenfeld Cedar Palace 
Celnik - Engelson Bais Faiga 

- Mir Yerushalayim: Rav Yosef Elefant shlita will speaking at Yeshiva Ohr Olam off Vermont avenue 9:45

-Tonight Parlor meeting for kollel kodshim featuring Q&A on matters of Hashkafa pertaining to youngeleit by Rav Gershon Ribner shlita and Rav Uri Deutsch shlita at Vizhnitz hall Clifton Ave and Courtney st.

How To Clean Properly For Pesach Without Making Yourself Insane

By Rabbi Shlomo Gissinger Zatzal  
  How to clean properly for Pesach without making yourself insane 

Pesach – Z'man Cherusainu – is quickly approaching. We are all anxiously and impatiently awaiting its arrival. After all – the Seder nights in all their glory. The entire family – father, mother and children – sitting around the lavishly laden table – discussing in depth the very foundation of our emunah – יציאת מצרים. Our anticipation grows stronger with every passing day. Its unbearable – we can no longer wait!!! Or can we?? I must sadly admit that I've heard people say, “Pesach is unbearable”, “It's too hard”, “Not worth the work”. 

Sreifas Chometz 5775

If my previous description of the Seder doesn't seem to match yours – perhaps you're doing something wrong. I must elaborate a bit and I will occasionally quote and draw from the writings of HaRav HaGaon Rav Chaim Pinchaos Scheinberg zatzal Obviously, the primary problem is the pre-Pesach cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning. Unfortunately, the average housewife does 75% more cleaning than is required according to the halacha. Spring cleaning should be done after Pesach.

        The following items need not be washed for Pesach; Windows, walls, carpets,ceilings, doors and doorknobs. Linens, bedspreads, curtain, towels, fresh dish towels. For those who sell their chometz – all pots, pans, dishes, flatware, appliances (e.g. mixer, grinder, toaster, microwave etc.) and toys which are being stored away for Pesach.

        The closet / room where chometz and / or chometz utensils are being locked up does not need to be cleaned for Pesach. Rather, merely take a quick assessment of the approximate amount of chometz present there so that is may be properly listed among items being sold as chometz.

Sunday March 30 Rosh Chodesh ניסן News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 55° Cloudy skies


WZO: Rabbi Yaakov Shapiro  aitjor of the Empty Wagon will be giving a ahiur klali in Lakewood this Thursday on the sugya of joining the WZO. Will take place at Madison manor hall.

-State senator in New Jersey reintroduced a bill this week that would allow Garden State residents and visitors to pump their own gas — but even the author is dubious about its chances of making it past committee. The bill, proposed by Republican Sen. Jon Bramnick, would require gas stations in the state with four or more pumps to have both full and self-service options. An attendant would still be onsite to help anyone.

- President Donald Trump said there are ways for him to run for a 3rd term, Despite the 22nd Amendment barring a president from running more than 2 terms, Trump stated that there were ways to achieve it and emphasized that he was “not joking.

- Accountability coming to LSTA:
From R' Aaron Lang: People of Lakewood, here is a gift in the LSTA case. The proposed regulations are almost word for word from my brief. Thank you to my annonymous client. Your job is to make sure that no vested interests, whoever they are, don't scuttle this. Let the oilam know that they their opinions matter. There will be accountability. You need to show up when the State announces its public hearings. I am not sure I like the oversight committee meeting only every three months. But we are getting open public access and

- Kollel Shomrei Hachomos Rav Meir Baal Hanes Pushka truck will be at Lakewood neighborhood along rt 9 south.


-Seasons kosher Toms River grand opening events with specials sales and entertainment,  clowns balloons face painting. Free dozen eggs with $75 purchase. Chicken legs $2.29

-Moadim LSimcha yom tov distribution today at Blueckaws stadium parking lot

- Vizhnitz rebbe R' Srultche shlita is recuperating in LA following a medical operation and will return before pesach back to Bnai Brak next Wednesday 

- Hachnosas sefer Torah by the Gelb family in memory of their parents Rabbi Yosef and Shoshana Gelb ZTL. Procession leaving from 26 Gefen Dr 1:30pm. To B"M of Medina Rd 

- Hachnosas Sefer Torah To Yeshiva Mishkan Hatalmud R"Y Rav Yisroel Ehrlich shlita Procession leaving 5pm from 1331 Ridge to the yeshiva

- The levaya for the three victims members if the Saada family mother and 2 daughters who were killed by a car while walking home from shul on shabbos, is set to take place at Shomrei Hadas Chapels in Boro Park at around 4:30 this afternoon. Watch live HERE
Continued tefillos for the boy Pinchos Refoel ben Sara.

- Tonight Parlor meeting for kollel kodshim featuring Q&A on matters of Hashkafa pertaining to youngeleit by Rav Gershon Ribner shlita and Rav Uri Deutsch shlita at Vizhnitz hall Clifton Ave and Courtney st.

- Trump: People are shocked by what is going on with the Court System. I was elected for many reasons, but a principal one was LAW AND ORDER, a big part of which is QUICKLY removing a vast Criminal Network of individuals, who came into our Country through the Crooked Joe Biden Open Borders Policy! These are dangerous and violent people, who kill, maim and, in many other ways, harm the people of our Country. The Voters want them OUT, and said so in Record Numbers. If it was up to District Judge Boasberg and other Radical Left Judges, nobody would be removed, the President wouldn't be allowed to do his job, and people's lives would be devastated all throughout our Country. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

- Roshei yeshivos Rebbeim roshei mosdos from E"Y visiting Lakewood area over Bain hazmanim  Rav Yaakov Hillel, Rav Missan Kaplan,Rav Yosef Elefent, Rav Shalom Ber Sorotzkin ND many others

- $526.5 million Powerball jackpot won in California

- Home values in N.J. rise over 7%, outpacing all other states. 

- Three Jewish candidates running in the  crowded N.J. governor’s race. See pros and cons of each Here

ברכת אילנות on Rosh Chodesh Nissan with Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman shlita 

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Israel At War Sunday March 30

 Israel at war day 541


- Trump to "Meet the Press": if Iran does not go to a nuclear deal, then "there will be bombs. And the bombs will be like they have never seen before."

- Sirens sounded across Central Israel including Tel-Aviv, following the launch yet again of a long-range ballistic missile by the Houthis in Yemen. It was intercepted outside Israeli territory.

- Hamas has agreed to release 5 live hostages in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire and the return of humanitarian aid to Gaza.  Israel responded - according to a source in the Prime Minister's Office in coordination with the Americans - by demanding the release of 10 live hostages and a number of deceased hostages, in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire and the return of humanitarian aid.

- IDF Spokesperson: "The IDF is expanding ground operations in the southern Gaza Strip, dozens of terror targets were attacked over the weekend. IDF forces began ground operations in the Al-Jenina neighborhood in Rafah, with the aim of expanding the security area in the southern Gaza Strip."

- Hamas gave mediators information about the medical condition of American hostage Idan Alexander

- The IDF believes that the chance of an invasion by Hezbollah's Radwan Force has decreased significantly. They estimate that over 90% of the group's infrastructure along Israel's border has been destroyed. However, one of the possibilities being examined is that if an invasion threat is realized, it will be in pickup trucks and vehicles with rapid movement from Southern Lebanon. The rapid movement could potentially create a surprise. (Israel Hayom)

- The daughter of murdered Israeli hostage Manny Godard, whose body is held in Gaza, said on Saturday that the military recently tried and failed to recover his body in an operation in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces then confirmed the matter.



Motzei Shabbos Pekudei Rosh Chodesh ניסן News Updates

                         ראש חודש ניסן

Weather: While lakewood experienced beautiful summer weather today on shabbos, the temperatures will cool down tomorrow with a high of 56° and Overcast.

- BDE: Petirah of HaRav Moshe Gedalia Schwab Zt”l, Rosh Yeshiva of Degel HaTorah in Monsey and Mesivta Maamar Mordechi. He was 76 years old.  He was niftar over shabbos from an illness the past few years. A son of Rav Mordechai Schwab zt”l, mashgiach of Mesivtah Bais Shraga in Monsey. Levaya is tomorrow afternoon 1:30 pm at Yeshiva Degel Hatorah 111 Maple Spring Valley.

- Bingo open tonight

- Asifa for men tonight  at Ateres Reva hall for the current matzav and chizuk in צפית לישועה speakers Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen shlita, Rav Yaakov Forcheimer shlita10:00pm

-Mir Yeahiva Yerushalayim  Melava Malka with Rav Binyomin Cohen 21 Rena Ln Lakewood 9:45

- BDE: Name of Mother and 2 daughters
Natasha (Sara) Saada A"H, 35
Diana Saada A"H 7 years old
Debra Saada A"H 5 years old
Levaya details TBA 
A frum mother and her 2 daughters age 8 and 6 were killed R"L in Flatbush shabbos afternoon after they were struck by a car while on a crosswalk in Ocean Parkway and Quentin Rd the 4 year old boy is fighting for his life in critical condition name is Pinchas Refoel ben Sara. More here
 The crash happened when a speeding driver with a suspended license slammed into an Uber and careened into the family walking home from Shul.

- Iran has issued a warning to the US: If President Donald Trump authorizes a military attack on Iran, Tehran will launch a retaliatory strike against the US-UK naval base on Diego Garcia, located in the Chagos Islands where many planes are on call.

- The Jackson school district has agreed to sell the Sylvia Rosenauer Elementary School to Bais Yaakov of Jackson. In a statement, district spokeswoman Allison Erwin said, "We are pleased to report that we have a fully executed contract for the sale of the Rosenauer Elementary School at the agreed-upon price of $13.1 million. We are scheduled to close on the sale in early June."APP

- We'll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%," Trump told NBC News in a new interview He noted there's a "good possibility that we could do it without military force", but he's not taking "anything off the table."

- Tonight Rosh chodesh Nisson marks the 10th Yahrtzeit of the 7 Sassoon children, tragically lost in a fire caused by a malfunctioning hot plate in Flatbush on a Friday night. A

Friday, March 28, 2025

Lakewood Zmanim עש"ק פרשת פקודי- חזק פר' החודש מברכים חודש ניסן תשפ"ה

                בניסן נגאלו ובניסן עתידין ליגאל
Friday, March 28, 2025 / כ״ח אדר תשפ״ה
ערב שבת פרשת פקודי פרשת החודש
Candle lighting 6:59
Shkiah/sunset 7:17 
Rosh Chodesh is Sunday
Molad is Shabbos morning 46 minutes and 1 cheek after 7 the announcement should be די מולד איז געווען היינט צופרי ...

- Weather shabbos day 82° Partly cloudy skies.

בשבת זו מברכים את חודש ניסן כולו, חודש מיוחד כלשון הפייטן: "הנה הנם ימים מבורכים באים", שכל ימי החודש כולו מלאים ברכת ה'. אכן, בזוהר הקדוש אמרו: "כל ברכאן דלעילא ותתא ביומא שביעאה תליין". כלומר: בשבת הקודמת לימי השבוע, כי השבת הקודמת היא מקור ברכת השבוע. לפיכך קבעו חכמים לקרוא פרשת החודש בשבת מברכין ניסן, כי בשבת זו מתעוררות ברכות 
שמים מעל לרדת על בני ישראל.

. רבי לוי יצחק מברדיצ'ב כתב: "פרשת החודש באה לומר לאדם, שלא יאמר חלילה כי משעה שברא הבורא יתברך את עולמו, שוב אינו משגיח בו, ומסרו ביד המקרה. חלילה לומר כך, חייב האדם להאמין באמונה שלמה, שהבורא יתברך משגיח תמיד בלי שום הפסק בעולמו, ומחיה אותו ומחדשו בכל יום תמיד. השגחה פרטית ומיוחדת היא על בניו אהוביו, ואף אם שעה קשה עוברת על אדם, אל ייפול

Israel At War Friday March 28

 Israel at war day 539

- IDF strikes Beirut, southern Lebanon after 2 rockets fired at northern Israel

- Prime Minister Netanyahu has tasked the Mossad with finding countries that will agree to accept large numbers of Gazans, two senior Israeli officials told Axios.

- The IDF continues to attack targets in southern Lebanon in response to the launches this morning. In the footage, an attack was recorded in the village of Hadatha in south Lebanon.

- WSJ report: The wave of US military strikes across Yemen last night was one of the most powerful and extensive since the operation against the Houthis began. The majority of the strikes are directed against elements of the Houthi leadership.

- IDF attacks building in Beirut storing Hezbollah drones

Friday March 28 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, March 28, 2025 / כ״ח אדר תשפ״ה
ערב שבת פרשת פקודי  פרשת החודש
candle lighting 6:59 pm
 shkiah/sunset 7:17 pm 
Rosh chodesh NIssan is Sunday 
weather today hi of 65 and cloudy
 shabbos day hi of 83° Partly cloudy dropping down to 55 on Sunday


- RFK Jr. has just announced the Trump Admin will now allow states to BAN food stamps (SNAP) from be used for soda
“We’re not eating food – we’re eating food-like substances,” RFK Jr. said “It’s called the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program. It’s supposed to be nutrition! It’s NOT supposed to be food-like substances that are actually poisoning us!”

- Mir yeshiva שבת של מיר events as the hanhala traveled to participate in chizuk events across many citie Rav Binyomin Cohen will spend shabbos in Jackson, Rav Yoel Rabin shlita will spend shabbos in Manchester and Sunday night Rav Yosef Elefant shlita will speak in Lakewood at Yeshiva Ohr Olam off Vermont avenue 

- Bais Medrash Ginzei Yosef Mihaltz will host a yahrzeit seuda Melava Malka for the admor m'Verdan ZTL Divrei chizuk from Harav Malkiel kotler shlita motzei shabbos 614 Ocean avenue 

- Devastating 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, causing widespread destruction. Hundreds feared dead as buildings collapse and roads are destroyed. Tremors were felt in Thailand with structures damaged  and casualties reported as well.

- Rav Aaron Feldman writes Letter and signed his name  that Yated Neeman neewapaper  is OK and not part of his  boycott call whwnhe spoke in BMG: "After receiving clarification from the editor of Yated Neeman that the advertisements for weretz Hakodehs by Yated Neman were placed with great regret without authorization I hereby let it be known that my statements made in Lakewood NJ on the past 19th of Adar do not apply to the newspaper Yated Neeman."

- Asbury Park Press reports on Seasons kosher supermarket opening in Toms River 
'Explosive growth of the community'  Seasons, a kosher supermarket chain, opened a new location in Toms River due to the increasing demand from the growing Orthodox  The store had its "soft opening" on Monday. A grand opening is scheduled for Sunday with a ribbon cutting at 9:30 a.m. and tastings, clowns, face painting and a magic show from 1 to 5 p.m. Seasons, a kosher supermarket chain, opened a new location in Toms River due to the increasing demand from the growing Orthodox Jewish population in the area.'Explosive growth of the community'
The Orthodox Jewish community makes up an estimated two-thirds of Lakewood’s 140,000 residents. Community leaders say there are more than 5,000 Orthodox Jewish families in Jackson, another 2,000 in Toms River and smaller enclaves in Brick, Manchester and Howell.

- The iconic, 22-story building in Bergen County, which formerly housed the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel, is tentatively slated for demolition on Sunday, April 27, Mahwah officials said at a recent council meeting.
Prior to being built in 1986, the property was the site of a large Ford Motor Company assembly plant. The demolition is expected to take 30 seconds.(One Jersey)

- Trump: I just finished speaking with Prime Minister Mark Carney, of Canada. It was an extremely productive call, we agree on many things, and will be meeting immediately after Canada’s upcoming Election to work on elements of Politics, Business, and all other factors, that will end up being great for both the United States of America and Canada. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

- According to the Wall Street Journal, Israel shared sensitive intelligence on a Houthi terrorist targeted in a U.S. strike, as described by National Security Adviser Mike Waltz in an unclassified Signal chat with Trump administration officials.
The report, citing two U.S. officials, also noted that Israeli officials expressed frustration when the information was leaked to an Atlantic journalist.

- Trump: Washington, D.C., must become CLEAN and SAFE again! We need our Great Police back on the street, with no excuses from the Mayor, or anyone else. The House should take up the D.C. funding “fix” that the Senate has passed, and get it done IMMEDIATELY. We need to clean up our once beautiful Capital City, and make it beautiful again. We will be TOUGH ON CRIME, like never before. I will work with the Mayor on this and, if it does not happen, will have no choice but to do it myself. Washington, D.C., will be better, safer, and more beautiful than ever before!

A  chalitzah ceremony took place this past week in Baltimore, performed by Rav Chaim Pass, Rosh Yeshivas Heichal Tzvi Aryeh and a Son in law by Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman. Rav Chaim Pass’s brother, Reb Asher Anshel Pass, of Baltimore, was niftar , leaving behind no children Rav Moshe Heinemann and other dayanim presided over the ceremony.


Unholy Chutzpah

 It’s ironic that the very same frum news media outlets, which passionately defended their advertising for Eretz Hakodesh by claiming it was necessary to bring in financial support for yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel, had no problem running ads for an organization calling on frum Jews to STOP supporting those very same yeshivos. Yes, that's exactly what happened. You might ask, how could this be?

Well, they ran banner ads for "Holy Chutzpah," a cynical and hostile campaign urging people to stop inadvertently funding yeshivos that boycott the IDF and ban soldiers. The campaign calls on donors to "check before you give."

On social media, the campaign mocks the frum lifestyle, portraying it as hypocritical—living a life of mitzvos while supporting yeshivos that oppose chayalim. It even labels donations to such yeshivos a "Ponzi scheme."

Here’s what’s written on their website:

"Here’s the truth: Many well-branded yeshivos hide the fact that they actively boycott the IDF and ban students who choose the mitzvah of defending Am Yisroel.
It is absurd for someone like you to be funding them.
Torah and Achdus are both sacred, however, they don’t need to be at the expense of your religious values or sanity.
While all Jews deserve your love, not all institutions deserve your donations."

DON’T BE A SUCKER. DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
Don’t allow yourself to be scammed into funding Torah institutions that go against your religion and your ideology. Ignorance or an inferiority complex are not justifications to be bullied into doing something against your true Torah values. It’s time to stand up for what you believe in and put your money where your mouth is."

These ads were distributed by a frum ad content aggregator, which sends advertisements to frum media platforms and websites. They were quickly pulled after a public outcry. Could it have been a mistake? Possibly. But a serious mistake doesn’t just happen—it suggests a prior agreement to run these ads.

This follows the call by gedolei roshei yeshiva to boycott publications and media outlets that advertised the Eretz Hakodesh campaign calling it a churban of what they are doing, by legitimizing zionisim and attempting to change the face of the Jewish people and bnei Torah. As the Roshei yeshiva said its time to put them out of business.

The role of frum media has always been to filter out non-kosher content from secular media. However, it seems that these platforms have now become vehicles for promoting anti-Torah agendas and hashkafos that go against the values and lifestyle of the frum, charedi readership. 

Some chutzpah.

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Oif Simchas Thurs 28 Adar

Chasunas:
Pomerantz -   Steinberg Cedar Palace
Daum  - Berkowitz Ateres Chaim Elazar 
Lefkowitz  - Isaacson Fountain Ballroom 
Richter  - Shmuckler Ateres Reva 
Kagan -  Zucker Kesser Moshe Yehuda 
Weinberg - Yablonsky Bais Faiga

-Chumash Shiur by Harav Yeruchom Olshin shlita 11:30 pm at B"M Ateres Bracha live 646-726-9977


Thursday March 27 News Updates Lakewood

weather 52° Abundant sunshine  shabbos temps will be in the low 80's 

Welcome home bochurim from EY. long lines for Hagomel

- Giyus protest: Thousands of Sefardim gathered today in Yerushalayim to protest against the IDF draft, the Rabbonim spoke up and said if a giyus law is passed the sefardi boys will be the korbonos to fill the quotas as the Ashkenazim will be taken care of, we must stand up for the weak sefardi boys who will go to Samad since no one else will fight for them.

The United States is carrying out large strikes against Houthi terror targets in Yemen now, according to reports.

- Iran's Foreign Minister says that Iran has sent its official response to President Trump's letter regarding nuclear deal negotiations. 

- President Donald Trump withdrew his nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik is a New York Republican whose vote has been crucial in recent months in getting Trump’s legislative agenda approved by the House of Representatives. Trump said, “There are others that can do a good job at the” U.N. but did not identify other candidates by name.

- Israel moves the clock ahead tonight 

- Hakomas Matzeiva for Kosson Rebbetzin A"H from Lakewood at the Bais Hachaim in Deans as shiva ends.

- Axon networking healthcare event tonight at Bellworks 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm hosted by BINAH

- Kollel Shomrei Hachomos pushka trucks will begin picking up the pushkas at Lakewood neighborhoods starting tomorrow 

- A  school bus crash in Wall Township took place around 7:20 a.m. on Route 138 east near the intersection with Route 34, Wall police said. the bus flipped on its side The bus driver and four passengers were hospitalized

-APP report: Kimball Medical center known as   Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, with no room to grow and compete with regional hospitals, has transitioned to focus on geriatric and emergency care.The hospital closed its maternity ward in 2014 despite the boom in births in Lakewood.The hospital has worked to decrease its share of revenue from lower-paying Medicaid, Medicare and charity care. It served a growing market. Lakewood's population has climbed from 92,843 in 2010 to 139,866 last year, but the town's poverty rate also increased from 19.8% to 24.8% during that time.
Kimball faced a crossroads: In 2012, 80% of the hospital's revenue came from Medicaid, Medicare and charity care, which pay less than commercial insurance. The hospital had an operating loss of $3.4 million The decision: Close the maternity ward and direct patients to Monmouth Medical Center, which has more specialized maternity care.
More than 10,500 babies were born to township parents in 2021 and 2022, state Health Department data found, by far the most in New Jersey and about 3,000 more than Newark, the state’s largest city.

- US authorities conducted a successful operation that captured a top MS-13 national leader.  Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Thanks to the FBI, we got one of the worst of the worst of MS-13 off the streets this morning." trump tweeted just captured a major leader of MS13. Tom HOMAN is a superstar!

-Trump: If the European Union works with Canada in order to do economic harm to the USA, large scale Tariffs, far larger than currently planned, will be placed on them both in order to protect the best friend that each of those two countries has ever had!

- WZO- The FJJ newspaper has printed both the kol koreh from the moetzes against joining the WZO and a centerfold ad to vote for Eretz Hakodesh

Eretz Hakdoesh delegate Tzvi Gross has quit Eretz Hakodesh after the statement from the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah.

Monsey Mevaser printed a full page ad for Eretz Hakodesh 


- The Knesset approved a controversial bill proposal to amend the committee responsible for electing Israel’s judges. 67 Members of Knesset voted in favor of the bill, with one opposing. Members of the opposition parties walked out during the third reading, leaving the plenum half empty. "We made history tonight," Justice Minister Yariv Levin said. "The Supreme Court, through a process that has been accelerating for decades, has effectively nullified the Knesset." 



Minyanim Mincha Yom Kippur Koton ער"ח ניסן מוקדם Lakewood

 Zmanim of Minyanim for Mincha and Yom Kippur Koton ערב ראש חודש ניסן מוקדם תשפ"ה
 Rosh Chodesh Nissan is Sunday.

 Please post additional minyanim or corrections in the comments section.  For more zmanim see  Lakewood Luach Here 

Israel At War Thurs March 27

 Israel at war day 538

- N12: Qatar is considering an offer to release the IDF soldier captured by Hams (American) in exchange for a statement from President Trump on the need to renew negotiations. The offer has not yet been forwarded to Israel

- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims without evidence that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar knew several hours before Hamas’s October 7, 2023, atrocities that the terror group planned to invade Israel from Gaza but did not alert the premier. “This is a fact and not a conspiracy,” says the statement from the premier’s office, asserting that at 4:30 a.m. that morning “it was already clear to the outgoing Shin Bet head that an invasion of the State of Israel was likely.”

-Red alert sirens sound across Tel Aviv, and central Israel and Yerushalayim. Two missiles fired by the Houthis from Yemen were successfully intercepted by the IDF. No physical injuries there are reports of falling fragments on rd 443 near modiin.

- The IDF eliminated a battalion commander in Hezbollah's Radwan force from the air last night.

- Massive IDF strikes in Gaza today

- Hamas threatened that the hostages would return “in coffins” should Israel continue air strikes and ground operations in the Strip.
“Every time the occupation attempts to retrieve its captives by force, it ends up bringing them back in coffins,” it said in a statement.

-President Trump last night about the attacks in Yemen: The Houthis have been hit so hard that they are "dying" for peace. They want to negotiate. The strikes are working. We have hit them hard - beyond our expectations.
The strikes against them will continue for a long time.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Oif Simchas Wed 27 Adar

Chasunas: 
Eisenberg - Knobel Cedar Palace 
Pruzansky - Akerman Ateres Reva 
Hoff - Aronin Kesser Moshe Yehuda 
Goldhersch - Weisberg Fountain Ballroom 
WIilner -  Gottlieb Ne'emas Hachaim 
Miller - Bernstein Ateres Chaim Elazar 
Eggert  Bais Faiga

Wednesday March 26 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 52° Generally cloudy

- CIA claims to have found the ארון הקודש

 Declassified CIA document from Project Sun Streak, dated 1988, claims that the Ark of the Covenant was discovered through remote viewing. The document describes the Ark as a wooden, gold, and silver coffin-shaped object with a six-winged angel, located underground in the Middle East and guarded by entities.
Remote Viewing is the process of using extra-sensory perception/non-local perception in altered/meditative states of consciousness to perceive objects and environments from a distance, which ties into quantum entanglement and the idea that everything is fundamentally connected. 

In the bestseller book All for the Boss,
Rebbetzin Ruchoma Shain writes that a farmer was plowing a field in Israel when the ground suddenly opened before him. Descending into the hole, the farmer saw a resplendent golden treasure klei hamikdash buried there. Afraid to tell people lest they take him for a madman, he kept the matter a secret. The discovery haunted him, though, and on a visit to America he consulted with Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Herman.

After verifying the man’s integrity, Rabbi Herman instructed his son to bring a letter about the matter to the Chofetz Chaim, along with a map from the farmer. When he looked at the letter and map, the Chofetz Chaim went into the kitchen, lit a match, and burned the documents, saying, “It may be that the vessels are there, but the matter should not be publicized.”


-Tonight gridlock traffic  9 closed bet pine and Central ave.

-President Trump announces a 25% terrific on all cars not made in the USA. will go into effect on April 2. Details of the Trump auto tariffs:
 It applies to light vehicles AND some auto parts as well, including imported engines, transmissions, powertrain parts, and electrical components, per an administration statement

-  Chassidishe rabbonim gathered in Monsey to tackle the high costs of marrying off their children which is putting people into debt even the middle class or those  who have decent paying jobs. They discussed changing the standards and lowering the pressure by still keeping it bakokodik. The goal is to have all expenses from the initial shidduch through sheva brachos  between  $43,000 to  $55,000 A large communitywide asif for Rockland county will take place after Pesach. 

- BDE: Petirah of Rabbi Dovid Schonbrun Z"L from Flatbush/Lakewood at the age of 77  mechanech and  Daf Yomi Magid Shiur at the Viyelipoler Shul in Flatbush. Levaya tomorrow morning in Lakewood at the chapel 10am

 Karoline Leavitt announced Elon Musk and his team will be investigating how a fake news reporter was added to the Signal group “Elon Musk has offered to put his technical experts on this… to ensure it never happens again.”


- Bingo Pesach sale extended until April 1st.

- DWD final pre Yom Tov sale this Wednesday march 26 at Bnos Orchos Chaim 440 Oberlin south 5-8:00 selling children's shabbos shoes hosiery for men ladies kids pajamas Stretchies  yarmulkas mens and boys white shirts boys performance tees all at wholesale prices

- Sefardi Jewey from all across EY will hold a massive atzeres tomorrow in Yerushalayim shmuel hanavie neighborhood to protest the giyus draft targeting their boys.40,000 are expected 

- Despite wholesale price of eggs dropping, they are still high at the local store shelves.

- Assemblyman Avi Schnall was interviewed by a local businessman regarding the dangerous roads in Lakewood and safety of pedestrians and children crossing the streets. The interviewer spoke passionately about the terrible job done by the current township committee members and that its time to replace then and vote them out ASAP. They are like gabbaim who failed to do their jobs. Schnall does not defend them. They discussed placing speed cameras around schools which is currently not legal anyways in NJ. The tuition relief was not discussed.

 Listen Here In Yiddish (beware of some inappropriate language) 

- President Trump will hold a press conference at 4pm ET to announce tariffs on the auto industry, says White House press secretary

- Josh Gottheimer told NJ Advance Media on Tuesday. Paper bags would return to grocery stores in New Jersey were he elected governor “Obviously, I’m against plastics and I want material that can decompose quickly ... but paper bags should be a choice for people who go to the grocery store.”

- Tefillos for the Kalev rebbe shlita of Williamsburg whose been hospitalized  the rebbe suffers from parkinsons and communicates with a device through his eyes name is Moshe ben Raizel 

- Manischewitz is launching a food truck that will be hitting the streets of New York and New Jersey starting this Thursday selling kosher food.

- Lakewood Middle School teachers demand better discipline in 'unsafe and untenable' school.Seventy-one teachers signed a letter to Superintendent Laura Winters demanding action about ongoing middle school student misbehavior. Winters insisted on teachers taking a survey instead about the situation.
Previous reports cite high teacher turnover and "high levels of distrust" in the district.
Between 2019 and 2024, more than 100 staffers had left the district each year, officials said. With about 500 on staff that means 20% were leaving annually, nearly triple the state average of 8%.(APP)

- New Jersey Senate Republicans: New Jerseyans are already feeling the pain of skyrocketing utility bills—and another 20% increase is coming thanks to Biden’s radical green agenda & Murphy’s Energy "Disaster" Plan. We have been warning about this for years. Higher costs, lower quality of life—NJ deserves better

-WAR Drums  in the past 48 hours :
- 3 B2 bombers landed at Diego Garcia Air Force Base, joining 4 others that have already been there for 7 years. - 3 KC135 refueling aircraft that took off from the Guam Air Force Base also landed in Diego Garcia. - 4 B52 bombers completed a quick takeoff exercise in the last 48 hours. All this power joins hundreds of fighter jets on 3 aircraft carriers making their way into flight range. Yemen and Iran are on notice

Israel At War Wed March 26

Israel at war day 537


-Hamas spokesperson Abd al-Latif al-Qanoua was killed in an IDF strike in Gaza

- Israel Defense establishment estimates: Food, water, and fuel will run out in Gaza - within two months

- Trump: The Houthis want peace now, We have bombed them heavily, and now they are begging for peace. We hit them hard, with success beyond our expectations, and we will continue to strike them for a long time

- After two rockets were fired from Gaza, one intercepted, one landing near Zimra, the IDF issued a final evacuation warning for parts of Gaza City, including Zeitoun, Tel al-Hawa, and Sheikh Ijlin. Palestinians are urged to move south via the coastal road. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

- Egyptian sources to Al Arabi Al Jadid: All proposals to continue the hostage/ceasefire deal presented by Egypt in recent days have failed.

- Prime Minister Netanyahu in the Knesset: "The fighting in Gaza continues. The more Hams persists in its refusal to release our hostages, the more powerful the pressure we will exert will be. And I say to Hams - this includes seizing territory and other things that I will not detail here."

- Israel Defense Minister Katz:  "The only way to stop the war is to demand the removal of Hams from Gaza and the release of the hostages. The IDF will soon operate with massive power in additional areas in Gaza - the plans are ready and approved. Hams will make you lose more and more territory that will be added to the Israeli defense system."

Central Ave Traffic Woes: Uncovering the Hidden Agenda

 Central Ave Traffic Woes: Uncovering the Hidden Agenda (Submitted)

The ongoing construction on Central Avenue has transformed our daily commutes into prolonged ordeals. Notably, the evening closures between Sunset Road and New Central Avenue, projected to last for two weeks, have been implemented with minimal communication from township officials.

Compounding the issue, the recent changes at Central and Caranetta have only exacerbated congestion, adding to our daily frustrations.

But here’s the bigger issue: our local representatives have been completely silent—and that silence speaks volumes. Many believe this mess is tied to a highly controversial housing development that’s quietly being supported behind the scenes. The township appears to be prioritizing infrastructure for that project, while letting the rest of us suffer the consequences.

What's more alarming is that our local representatives seem to prioritize the interests of developers, daycare owners, and nursing home operators over the needs of residents. Instead of addressing these pressing traffic issues, they divert attention to less critical matters, like debating scooter bans.

This situation underscores the urgent need for **ward-based representation** in our township. Currently, officials are elected at-large, meaning they aren't accountable to specific neighborhoods. By transitioning to a ward system, each area would elect its own representative—someone who truly

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Video: Rav Dov Landau shlita Sharp Words on Voting for Eretz Hakodesh/WZO

 Transcript of Special Video Message from
Rosh Yeshivas Slabodka Rav Dov Landau Regarding Voting for Eretz Hakodesh/WZO: איסור חמור מאד מאד מאד מאד! 

 Rav Dov Landau was asked voting or participating in the World Zionist Organization (WZO) elections. He says clearly that there is no heter what-so-ever and than any Gadol b'Yisroel that said it was allowed was fed the wrong information. "It's as if they told you to go and serve עבודה זרה!" He addresses the so-called "statement" of R' Chaim Kanievsky ztvk"l in support of Eretz Hakodesh "He was not given the proper information." "One is mechuyav to cancel their vote!"
Rav Landau dismisses the notion that there could be “another side” on such a basic Torah attitude. If some Gedolei Yisroel were cited as having given their assent, the question must have been presented incorrectly. No Gadol could possibly have agreed to joining the World Zionist Organization, which was founded with the express purpose of destroying the Torah and maintains that goal until today.

Transcript, translated from Hebrew by UKforTorah:

:The WZO was founded with the goal of making Am Yisroel into a secular nation. That was its purpose, and that is what it engages is, and that is what they’ve done – to turn Am Yisroel into a secular nation, without Torah, and without Borei Olam – Rachmona Litzlan – without Torah, without anything!

That was the purpose – and, to an extent, it was to accomplish that purpose that they also built the State, which is secular. The topic of that we participate in the [Knesset] elections in the secular State – that is a completely different topic. But to participate in the WZO, which is entirely kefira in Borei Olam, kefira in Torah, in Am Yisroel as an Am Kadosh L’HaShem, to turn them into Amon and Moav – that is something very very seriously [wrong]. It’s impossible to participate in their institutions. That would be called us having a connection to them, and we don’t!

One can say the sharpest words; I don’t want to express myself more sharply. But the fact is, that [it is] turning Am Yisroel from an Am Kadosh L’HaShem into a secular nation, without Torah, without Mitzvos, without anything.

Q. What’s the definition of the issur – a [halachic] issur or a problem of Chillul HaShem?

It’s everything – being partners with the secular. I’ll say words that are bit too sharp – if the decision would be regarding serving Avodah Zora, would there still be a question? No! This is Avodah Zora; kefira is like Avodah Zora, and even worse!

Q. The issur includes only to run [as a WZO representative] or also to participate in the elections?

To be with them in their institutions.

Q. Is there an issur on each individual on voting?

Each and every individual. Just like if there would an idea that we have to go serve Avoda Zora, would that be a collective issur or on each individual? The WZO says that Am Yisroel is a nation of secularists, and each individual has to declare that he opposed to that.

Q. People ask – is there an issur to vote?

A very, very, very, very, grave issur!

Q. They say that there were Gedolei Yisroel זצ"ל, in the previous generations, who permitted.

They didn’t present them with the question in the way they should have. [These Gedolim] were immersed in Torah and Mitzvos, and the question was presented to them incorrectly.

Q. There are those who already voted, but have the option of cancelling the vote.

They are obligated to cancel, they are obligated to cancel! They are extremely obligated, there is no exemption.

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Oif Simchas Tuesday 26 Adar

Chasunas:
Mizrachi  Wadische  Cedar Palace
Bixenspanner - Thumim Lake Terrace 
Felder - Zucker Bais Faiga
Dellman - Pollack Ne'emas Hachaim 
Cohen  - Elefant Kesser Moshe Yehuda 
Gleiberman  - Steger Fountain Ballroom 
Friedman  - Fruchter Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Yartzeit seuda at Skulen B"M

Dushinski rebbe shlita from EY Parlor meeting 210 Ridge.

Alexander rebbe from Bnei Brak Kabolas Kahal 2 Sienna way Lakewood  7:15