Fourth day Chol Hamoed April 2, ערב שביעי של פסח
Weather sun with clouds hi of 41
- Candle lighting 7:04 pm Shkia/sunset 7:22pm (No Shechiyanu)
-Remember Yakneha(z) candle (Yizkor candle)
-Stores run out of frozen strawberries, other items
-19 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13348/295
-Free magic show event for the Lakewood community on Friday April 2 at the band stand North Lake and 2nd street, 3 shows 11:30, 12:30, 1:30 hosted by lcsw.
- Those who buy Gbroktz products for achron shel pesach should be aware not all are made with shmura matza such as Osem bisli
-Skyzone Lakewood open 11-6pm Climb zone Howell open 10-5 pm
- Rav Chaim Kanievsky said re Israeli elections better to rely om coalition of those that are not anti religion arab parties than join with the left who hate the Torah.MK Smotritz said he will not join any coalition relying on arab support
- A fire broke out Thursday evening on Lehigh Boulevard in Jackson Township a woman and a dog have perished in the fire. Chevra Kadisha services not needed.
Third day Chol Hamoed Pesach Thursday April 1 2021.
- HaRav Yechiel Moskowitz Shlita will give a Shiur on Yetzias Mitzraim tonight at 10:30. To join, please call 605-313-5894 PIN# 783618#
-Free concert 7:00 pm with Avraham Fried,Yaakov Shwekey, Yeshiva Boys Choir watch HERE
- The Rosh Yeshiva Rav Malkiel shlita will IY”H be discharged from the hospital for shabbos and will be staying in Cleveland for the second days of Yom Tov.
- Officials: NJ is in a race between getting more vaccines out and more contagious variants spreading. They also said people being lax with mask-wearing and social distancing is contributing to the wave..
-Lakewood Nj MVC jas closed due to a employee testing positive for covid. It will stay closed thru April 15
-Weather: Rain showers early becoming less numerous for the afternoon. Becoming windy. High 52F. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
-28 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13329/295
- Food distribution OTL SCHI Additional distribution today 6:30 pm 345 Oak st.
-A frum couple from Belgium and their child were slashed in Battery park lower Manhattan yesterday in a unprovked attack by an African American man out on parole for attempted murder. Dov Hikind tweeted "This is horrendous! How much violence is needed before NYC leadership figures out it’s untenable?! Must people die?!"
- COVID antibody levels decline significantly two months after injection of the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine, a new study shows. According to a study which focused on staff members at Sheba Medical Center in Tel HaShomer, in Ramat Gan, serum antibody levels appeared to drop off roughly two months after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, potentially raising questions about the long-term efficacy of the vaccine and the possibility that additional doses may be required to maintain immunity. (Hamodia)
- Younger people in New Jersey are increasingly being hospitalized at higher rates for the coronavirus as the number of new daily cases continues to climb. A 31% increase among hospitalizations in individuals between the ages of 20 and 29.
A 9% increase among people between 30 and 39. A 48% increase among people between 40 to 49. A 29% increase among people 50 to 59.
- Popcorn park zoo closed due to flooding. Cape May zoo open.
- Shiur at B"M Lutzk 1:15 pm Rav Yitzchock Hertz shlita
Second day chol Hamoed Pesach Wednesday 3/31/21
- 12 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13301/295
- N.J. reports 44 COVID deaths, 4,586 cases, hospitalizations rise as 3rd wave hits state. ‘This pandemic is not over,’ Murphy says.
- A total of 47 bias incidents were reported in Lakewood in 2020, including 38 that were classified as anti-Semitic crimes. Lakewood leads NJ in bias crimes.
- LRRC/CHEMED will receive a $7.7 million dollar grant to help with COVID-19 vaccinations and testing
-Free magic show event for the Lakewood community on Friday April 2 at the band stand North Lake and 2nd street, 3 shows 11:30, 12:30, 1:30 hosted by lcsw.
Weather: Cloudy skies with periods of rain this afternoon. High 67F. Chance of rain 90%.
-Food Distribution: Gelbsteins. Chol hamoed menu 10:00am at public school locations
Things to do on Chol Hamoed near Lakewood and beyond HERE courtesy of the Lakewood Shopper
-Trips and places to go for chol hamoed HERE includes exclusive deals for chol Hamoed (Beentheredonethat)
-Six Flags is open have to make reservation online. Safari drive thru open. Masks are required for the park.
- Greater adventure learning at Bais Faiga10:30 am- 11:30 am
-NO Roberts/KNA Carnival or Nosh pickup announced for this chol hamoed
לא ניתנו שבתות וימים טובים אלא לעסוק בהם בדברי תורה" (ירושלמי שבת טו, ג) ספר החינוך: "כי לא לעסוק במלאכה נקבעו ימי חולו של מועד, כי אם לשמוח לפני השם, רוצה לומר להתקבץ במדרשות ולשמוע נועם אמרי ספר" מצווה שכג
-Shiurim:
-Rav Yehuda Levenberg shlita will deliver a shiur at 1:00 pm at the Chabura rooms in BMG Beren
- Harav Yaakov Nekritz shlita shiur at B"M Lutzk 1:15 pm followed by Mincha 1:45
- HaRav Chaim Mendel Brodsky shlita Shiur after 7:05 Mincha at B"M of Kelmwoods in westgate
-Harav Shlomo Feival Schustal shlita Shiur at Bais Horaah upstairs 8:30 (Chayeinu)
First day chol Hamoed Pesach Tuesday 3/30/21
Sunny High 62F
- 6 new covid cases in Lakewood + 3 deaths totals 13289/295
1/3 A Gutten Moed!
-Bde: Petirah of Yaakov Ben David a"h,(20) son of R’ Ari shlita will be tonight at 12:45 am in Lakewood on 7th St. There will be no hespedim.
-Food distribution Tonight: OTL Box at SCHI and Center on Prospect Due to the predicted rain forecasted for tomorrow and Thursday, the chol hamoed box should be ready for distribution tonight 8:30pm
- Murphy: We’re at a pretty critical moment,” New Jersey on Tuesday reported another 4,378 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 61 additional confirmed deaths, while COVID-19 hospitalizations across the state continued to rise and slightly more than 1 in 5 adults have now been fully vaccinated in the state.
- Jenkinsons boardwalk open with Arcades, rides are closes beache is open for walking but no swimming allowed
- 47 new covid cases in Lakewood over 3 days +5 deaths totals 13283/292
- Things to do on Chol Hamoed near Lakewood and beyond HERE courtesy of the Lakewood Shopper
-Trips and places to go for chol hamoed HERE includes exclusive deals for chol Hamoed Beenthere
-Six Flags is open have to make reservation online. Masks are required
- Greater adventure learning at Bais Faiga10:30 am- 11:30 am
- Bde Levaya of Mrs. Nechama Cohen A"h 51, wife of Ybl"c Reb Yoel shlita rebbe in YTT, will be 12:00 pm at the Lakewood bais olam
- 165 Orlando Hatzolah Members are covering an estimated 100,000 Yidden in 14 resorts and 2 Hotels spending Pesach in Orlando. so far they had 95 calls dispatched this Pesach of 2021, with 49 calls over the first 3 days of Shabbos and Yom Tov alone.
Is there roberts carnival
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Do you understand that it's people that died with covid not from covid? Many of these people had cancer etc ans would have died anyways but they happened to have tested positive some time in the last 6 months before death and therefore are listed as a covid death. The positive tests are also from many that are asymptomatic. No reason to get excited by that.
DeleteI would like to introduce you to 2021, an age in which cancer is not a death sentence. People have been successfully cured from cancer. However, a cancer patient who contracts covid19 is at far greater risk of death. Exhibit No. 1 - Reb Elya Meir Sorotzkin.
DeleteNo reason to get excited, but a reason to take precautions, as advised by medical experts.
Mechilas Kvodcha - a Rosh Yeshiva is not "an exhibit".
DeleteIf the Rosh Yeshiva Zatzal was niftar from cancer after developing complications from Covid, and the conversation is clearly about that specific topic, then the Rosh Yeshiva would definitely be Exhibit for this specific conversation.
DeleteObviously non one is saying that the Rosh Yeshiva Zatzal should be an exhibit in a museum. But you already knew that.
a r"y like him should be an exhibit for all
DeleteWhen is preregistered boxes of OTL at SCHI being distributed this week?
ReplyDeleteCan anyone name the 5 deaths from Y"T and the 3 from yesterday, all supposedly from covid
ReplyDeleteThe fact is people are still dying and still getting sick. A 51 year old in Lakewood niftar from covid.
DeleteIf you can prevent one death? One kidney transplant wouldn't you do that?
Is your life so impacted that it bothers you when people want to be careful? Why do you care???
I am not the one who makes decisions on whether to mask or not; whether to open up Shul and yeshivos, we have rabonim who are deciding which takonos to make. I only have issue with news reports that are designed to create hysteria that aren't grounded in facts
DeleteYes my mother was nifteres from covid and only covid. She was a super vibrant healthy women and it makes absolutely no sense. We understand that it was Hashem and not covid and that it was Her time to go but we do need to do hishtadlus and its so beyond scary to see that although we think its over it is not. Ill be honest, until my mother got covid even though i had other relatoves get it i did think it was politicized and made into a hysteria. Now that its hit so hard i realize that its so real and so scary and i cry for the fact that i didnt feel enough pay for others over this year. Noone should ever know of such a tzaar and may we be zoche to greet mashiach right away so we can end all of the suffering - please Hashem!!
DeleteI think its time to create a new torah judaism , one that puts value of human life above all .
ReplyDeleteReform and Conservative are very careful to put the value of human life before all else, their "shuls" have been closed for over a year now
DeleteWhy a new judaism. Authentic judaism has always and will always value life above all other than the 3 cardinal sins. Authentic judaism believes that everyone should take precautions. Unfortunately, it today's world many people don't have the mental stamina to uphold authentic judaism and have "reformed" it to follow their wishes.
DeleteNew as in breakoff from what was hijacked.
DeleteShficas damim being one of the cardinal sins is the greatest example of valuing human life above all ,. There is a interesting book written by david goldman called how civilizations die and why islam is dying to , where he expounds on this topic and his theory that the whole success of the usa is that its founding fathers built it on this torah value , of value of human life above all.
Sadly we and the amish are the only large populations that felt our roght to practice our religion comes before risking the life of others , and better sacrifice a few for the sake of the masses .
There are specific criteria in halacha for there to be a halachic pandemic. The current covid death rates are not within those criteria.
DeleteMr ab pls quote your source as im yet to find any posek brave enough to write this down on paper as a psak halacha (rightfully so because its not). I can send you a whole kuntress showing you this is not true if you provide your email
DeleteIt is not in the criteria, for those who don't learn בית יוסף. Those who do, might have a different view. But the 'da'as Torah' that we have been hearing is as far removed from Torah as it always is. None of the mekilim in pikuach nefesh actually quoted a source in Torah, and the little they did mention no shaychus to this sugya. Lots of foolishness was said by people who should know better, but the loudest of the mekilim in pikuach nefesh did not quote anything of substance.
DeleteAre you a posek can you quote any posek on this ? I am yet to see any posek wrotr anything of the sort
Deletemany people died as a result of the lockdowns. it is unknown if the lockdowns saved any lives. you can't decide what is and isn't pikuach nefesh based on your silly ideas and then preach to everyone else with your holier than thou blah blah blah.
Deleteif you really want to start a new branch of judaism, go right ahead. don't let the door hit you on the way out.
To kay dee. The founders of this country absolutely did not place the value of human life above everything. Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of independence places the pursuit of happiness right next to life and liberty, as an equal right.
Delete"Give me liberty, or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775.
The the most poignant one of all,
“Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils”
The phrase was adopted from a toast written by General John Stark, New Hampshire's most famous soldier of the American Revolutionary War, on July 31, 1809. Poor health forced Stark to decline an invitation to an anniversary reunion of the Battle of Bennington. Instead, he sent his toast by letter.
Pls refer to the book all your critisim , just read it first , equality is the automatic reaction to value of individual human life and if there is no equality that means the essence of human life is nothing so your quote from jefferson is irrelevant. Sorry to hesr you translate happiness as going to orlando on chol hamoed , jefferson was referring to happiness as the byproduct of freedom and equality not the ability to go around and live bshrirus libi.
DeleteTziyoni - aren't we fortunate that we have a Torah to teach us how to act and we don't need to use the strange beliefs of some Goyim. ברוך שנתן תורה לעמו ישראל ברוך הוא. In our Torah, life is one of the supreme values, and it certainly trumps liberty and suchlike.
DeleteAnon 5:53 - I have found it quite strange to read things like your comment. With no evidence, lockdowns are blamed for deaths, yet with a ton of evidence, people still won't believe how many lives it saved.
Historically, there have been medical emergencies. I know of no case that the Poskim advised ignoring medical advice. I know of no incident in which Rabbonim deemed their 'da'as Torah' above the research of governmental medical authorities. I don't think it is them who are inventing a new branch of Judaism. The original Torah Judaism is not on the side of those who would ignore the recent pandemic.
sorry if this doesn't fit with your fascist worldview, but it is 100% clear that lockdowns kill people, cause suicides and emotional illness, as well as obesity and many other health problems. it is also clear that lockdowns and mask never saved any lives. as you say, the torah places great importance on human life, which is why we all should strongly oppose lockdowns and masks and the fascists who support these clear dangers to human life.
DeleteAnonymous 8:26. I actually think that the founders beliefs were quite firmly grounded in the Torah. That’s so strange. The entire holiday of Pesach i.e. the birth of klal Yisrael, is it a celebration of liberty. The Torah that you mentioned? That couldn’t be given until we were freed from bondage. Look at the first of the עשרת ,הדיברות Belief in God is intrinsically tied to being free. Slaves don’t have the freedom to value life. Just my two cents.
DeleteTo kay dee- I believe my quote from Jefferson is very relevant to this conversation. You would be correct in your interpretation of his words if it just said happiness, but it says the PURSUIT of happiness which would definitely include traveling to Orlando for Pesach. Maybe even bishrirus libi. That’s one of the things that makes America so unique. Once upon a time.....
DeleteAnon 10:16 - Your 100% clarity seemingly does not have much evidence along with it. It seems to be a quasi-religious belief, based on faith and faith alone. That may be your privilege, but the Torah and Halacha does not deal with things like that. They traditionally relied on doctors and their evidence, not on faith based medicine. You may continue to use your faith-based medicine, as long as you do not transgress any halachos on the way. I don't mind if you call my worldview fascist, as long as you understand that I don't really have a worldview. I just learn Torah and see what it tells me.
DeleteTziyoni - I don't know if you are aware of the Meshech Chochma's words in Parshas Bechukosai, but he predicted people like you. He writes about a Galus in a country, and how Yidden start to fall for the belief systems of the country in which they live, and confuse "Berlin for Jerusalem", or in this case - "Virginia conventions and toasts by generals instead of actual Torah". We are not Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Morrocan, Israeli or American. All of those belief systems are nonsense, destined for the dustbins of history. The Torah did not make liberty an absolute belief, or even an important one. Personal liberty and autonomy are not Torah beliefs, we have communal obligations that would remove our personal autonomy. Including the obligation not to spread disease.
Tziyoni - pursuit means gashmiyus ??? Because anything spiritual is not a pursuit , its just a follow the masses spuless act? . Yes everyone should have the right to pursue a life of freedom and ability to teach his children his religion and grow in his spiritual path .. but i guess your in orlando and to you cheirus means gashmiyus only. Thats why we ate matzah Right when we got free, thats why we eat maror to make us realize that true happiness comes from indulgence in taava like the egyptians , to use other humans to our best interest because beshrirus lebi eilech.
Deleteanon, 4:43: so others have to rely on "doctors and their evidence", but you "just learn torah and see what it tells you"? sounds legit.
DeleteExactly! He was referring to people like you who stopped believing in common sense and just believe whatever liberals tell him!
DeleteTo kay dee- when in the course of the conversation you begin to make assumptions about me, the conversation must end. I’ve been home the entire Yom Tov as I am every year, and loving every minute of it.
DeleteTwo anonymous 4:43 - “Predicting people like me“ isn’t a very hard thing to do if you know enough history and a little bit of anthropology. Adopting some beliefs and culture from those around us is nothing new. Especially when outside of our natural habitat. It’s not by mistake that we use ancient Persian astronomical names for our months until today. Or that some of the transmitters of the Torah had Greek names. Or that the Talmud was written in Aramaic. Or that Saadia Gaon wrote Emunos V’Daios in Arabic. Or that Rabbi Yehuda Halevi and Ibn Ezra wrote romantic poetry for their Muslim patrons. Or Rabeinu Avraham Ben Harambam Writing that Sufi Muslims “imitate the prophets of Israel and walk in their footsteps“. Or as a result of the Renaissance most Italian Rabbis did not have beards at all, or trimmed them, such as Rama miPano and Ramchal.
DeleteAs you can see, It’s quite a natural phenomenon.
I can quote the בית יוסף in הלכות תענית that these statistics have nothing to do with the Sugya in the Gemara, and this is a bona fide pandemic
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What's the source for the CHEMED funding?
ReplyDeleteI was just wondering about the hospitalization statistics, are the increases in younger people as a percent of diagnosed cases in those age groups, reflecting an actual increase? Or as a percentage of total hospitalizations, which would be accounted for by decreased hospitalizations in older people due to vaccination?
ReplyDeleteEverything has gone UP
Deleteand of course don't forget meahshearimnews.com for Chol HaMoed
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ReplyDelete'Reform and Conservative are very careful to put the value of human life before all else, their "shuls" have been closed for over a year now'
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Not every broken clock is right twice a day.
DeleteA clock that has totally stopped and doesn't move at all will be right twice a day. But a clock that is still moving, only slower than it should will not be right twice a day, it'll be right only once a day
Actually, that is false. They do not put human life above all else, not sure where that ridiculous idea came from.
DeleteRefraining from cannibalism
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This past year could have been a
ReplyDeletestep forward toward lofty ends for all and for us had self control remained beyond last April
Regarding the frum
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We know there is no Covid in Lakewood.
ReplyDeleteAll who died, including the R”Y, did not die from Covid.
Maybe heart failure, maybe kidney failure, maybe breathing failure, maybe other problems, but Nothing from COVID.
At least that’s the ‘suppose it’ fact in Lakewood.
If you don’t show the medical records and publicize it then it’s not Covid.
All the people suppository getting Covid is just one big conspiracy.
So stop publishing False Covid stuff here.....
I wish all the above was true but in our community the only legit doctors are the ones who NEVER went to medical school but know all medical facts from their untrained friends and what they read and decide suits them.
Nu.Nu. Another day in the Lakewood community.
no one asked you to move here. if you were happier in brooklyn or baltimore or wherever you came from, you can always go back.
DeleteAnon 7:45 - you are reading the comments of a vocal minority. Most people in town do not believe the foolishness of the loudmouths. They know that those people don't know any medicine, nor do they know much Torah. They talk a big talk, but anyone who listens carefully knows that they are blowhards, and their opinions about medicine, halacha, or chinuch habanos are absolutely worthless.
DeleteSadly i believe its the people that moved here that turned this town into a cult , those of us who where zocha to be born here and live here when lakewood was a nice peaceful ruchniyus based town dont recall such a radical protect the masses , keep their minds busy like atzas paroah . Because maybe they will wake up if they have time to think and start searching for a deeper meaning in life or a greater spiritual leadership.
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Forget about frozen strawberries, where can I buy Liver?????
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