News Updates Wednesday April 29 Lakewood

היום אחד ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות לעומר/בעומר

-Moadim L'Simcha arranging a pre Shavuos Bulk Food Distribution in Lakewood due to the circumstances. The distribution date is May 7th Ordering deadline is April 29  Order HERE

-Live Shiurim Bnei Torah Phone Line 646-726-9977
8:45 Practical Halacha l'maaseh R' Shlomo Stein
9:30 Shiur R' Simcha Bunim Londinski blatt shiur לולב הגזול
10:00 Divrei Chizuk from Rav Don Segal shlita

-Hatzolah of Rockland is reporting that Westchester Medical Center, located in Valhallah, NY, has started calling some relatives of patients who are hospitalized to inform them that they are now allowing limited visitation hours. hamodia

- LeShadech  Shadchan teleconference event for Women  9:30 PM Tehillim  Speaker Call 712-832-5700 # 5374233 All callers will enter in $100 raffles
-Mincha/ shkia 7:50 pm
-8:00 pm Jewish Trivia Game Show Zoom ID 899 046 4178 Password 613
 -Night Seder America an exciting nightly program for boys in grades 6-8 to call in by Zoom or phone to learn Gemara in an interactive way and listen to guest speakers, take part in raffles and trivia questions with great prizes, to encourage chazarah and yedios klaliyos. The program is Sunday through Thursday, at 8pm-8:45pm, with the limud being in Gemara Rosh Hashana, 3rd Perek. ZOOM  ID: 8970634419 or 71913589090 (Password for both is 5780)  Call in option  929-436-2866 followed by 8970634419  or 929-205-6099 followed by second meeting id  (Pirchei Aguda)

-2ndseder.com daily shiurim on zoom 5- 5:30 pm click here

-Morahs or self employed can file for NJ unemployment HERE

-Murphy says Checks for workers who are usually not eligible for unemployment benefits but were included in the federal CARES Act will go out on Friday.

- Ocean County Helth Dept: Most frequently reported underlying condition in cases resulting in death is Cardiovascular Disease
- Lakewood 1693 cases 79 deaths, Toms River 1063/53, Brick 811/71, Jackson 581/9, Berkeley 433/50, Manchester 455/52, Howell 481, Long Branch 356 cases, Freehold 518

- All Lakewood parks will reopen Thursday. Pine Park will only be open Saturday and Sunday because it is used for food distribution during the week. All social distancing guidelines will remain in place.All playgrounds  will remain closed for now.  Reporter Shlomo Schorr on Twitter



-Israeli gedolim: Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Chacham Shalom Cohen said Despite the govt opening schools next week, little children should remain at home since they wont be able to keep the rules of social distncing and could end up infecting each other
- Dr. Zelenko:“The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) presented data on 2333 patients treated with hydroxychloroquine...across the globe that shows 91.6 percent of those who got the drug fared better after treatment.”
- Gas prices around Lakewood averging 1.99 or lower one station was charging $2.50 yesterday
-APP:on Dr. Hirsch z'l  Beloved pediatrician dies of covid19 complications see here
-New Jersey 116,264 total positive cases deaths increase to 6,770 Hospitalizations continue on downward trend.
- LakewoodBox oder deadline for this shabbos 2:00 pm today
-Murphy signs executive order- NJ State parks and golf courses in New Jersey will reopen Saturday morning May, 2 at sunrise  with restrictions. Social distancing will be enforced. Parking at parks will be limited to 50% capacity. Playgrounds, restrooms, pavilions, and visitors centers will remain closed; and picnics and team sports won’t be allowed, Murphy said.“passive recreation” running, hiking, biking, fishing, boating, kayaking, horseback riding  will be allowed. Murphy said. "I reserve the right to reverse the executive order I’m signing today.”

-Murphy  it’s up to counties and municipalities to decide whether their local parks will reopen or stay closed. Lakewood township is considering reopening some parks.

-The number of people hospitalized in New Jersey for the coronavirus shows a 15-day trend of declines as of Tuesday night, with 6,289 patients, the lowest amount since the state Department of Health started tracking earlier this month. Ventilator use also continues to trend downward with 1,327 in use as of Tuesday night  1,811 patients are in either critical or intensive care the figure is down from last week’s totals. (NJ Advanced media)

-The Israeli Flag was flown today atop the ponovez Yeshiva on yom Haatzmaot a tradition started by the ponovizer Rav zatzal 51 years ago
- Some academics and public health experts say that even though Murphy has performed his job well generally, he still could have acted sooner in enacting widespread closures and distancing measures.
“Earlier intervention would surely have reduced the size of the affected population, said a” Princeton professor. “We waited,” Murphy said, “because we wanted to get it right.”

- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “I spoke last night out of passion, I could not believe my eyes  it was deeply, deeply distressing. Again, this is a community I love, this is a community I have spent a lot of time working with closely, and if you saw anger and frustration, you're right. I spoke out of real distress  people's lives were in danger before my eyes, and I was not going to tolerate it."
The mayor added, "I regret if the way I said it in any way gave people a feeling of being treated the wrong way, that was not my intention. It was said with love, but it was tough love — it was anger and frustration."(here)

- Updated Reporter Shlomo Schorr - Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles "he fully intends" to delay the municipal property tax deadline, committee will hold a special meeting to pass a resolution allowing them to defer the payments. New Jersey homeowners may have another 20 days to pay their second-quarter tax bill without fearing the usual interest charges or penalties, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday. It allows towns to extend the normal 10-day grace period, making the new effective deadline June 1.

-Levaya of  Dr. Harvey  Hirsch ztl 11:30 am on Zoom HERE
-Lakewood property tax payments are due May 1 if you pay with credit card the township will charge you - 2.95% of total bill. same for Visa Debit - 2.95% of total bill if you pay by E- check - its  $1.05
you can pay online HERE or for imformation to drop off or mail payment click here

- Rav Aryeh Zev Ginzberg shlita Rav in Cedarhurst returns home from the hospital Family thanks klal yisrael It is so clear to us how all of your nonstop tefillos have brought about this tremendous נס and we can never possibly thank you enough. Although he is returning home to round the clock care and a full rehab setting We ask you to keep davening for him and may all our tefillos bring רפואות וישועות to all חולי ישראל. (Matzav)

-Satmar: This Funeral was originally approved and actually organized by NYPD
 2 hours before it started, PD brought trucks with barriers/tower lights to close off Bedford Avenue and the surrounding area. It's the NYC Mayor’s Dept who originally approved it before deciding to take it back.

-Areivim USA Reaffirms Its Commitment to Mourning Families Amid Coronavirus Crisis
despitet challenge, the mosad’s Rabbinical and governing boards were in unanimous accord that whatever the strategy, all payments would indeed be met. Everybody agreed that we will be paying each family the full amount. (Hamodia)

-Statement from the Tola’as Yaakov community they had wanted the levayah to be held with keeping the restrictions. “We understand Mayor Bill de Blasio’s frustration and his speaking out against the procession,  It also hurts that this led to singling out the Jewish community, and for that we apologize to all Jewish people. We know that the mayor’s reaction came from his concern for the health and safety of our community and the entire city, and it wasn’t ill-intended. Health and life take precedence to anything else, and we shall all follow those rules,” their statement concluded.