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Friday, April 30, 2021
Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת אמור ל''ג בעומר תשפ''א
ויהיו רַחֲמֶיךָ מִתְגּוֹלְלִים עַל עַם קָדְשֶך
התנערי מעפר קומי לבשי בגדך תפארתך עמי
Friday, April 30, 2021 / י״ח אייר תשפ״א ערב שבת פרשת אמור ל״ג בעומר
Candle lighting 7:33 pm
Shkia sunset 7:51 pm
Sof zman Krias shema Gra 9:26 am
Weather: shabbos day: Sunny. High 67F. Winds at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.
תורתו מגן לנו היא מאירת עינינו הוא ימליץ טוב בעדינו
Torah Umesorah Directive To Schools For Lag Ba'omer
In light of the tragedy in Meiron and horrific tzoroh that has befallen Klal Yisroel, the following is the position of the Vaad Roshei Yeshiva of Torah Umesorah regarding Lag Ba’omer events in our schools:
Friday ל"ג בעומר April 30 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds. High 69F. Winds WNW at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
עש''ק פרשת אמור ל''ג בעומר candle lighting 7:33 pm Shkia/sunset 7:51 pm
- 1 new case in Lakewood total 13590/303
The Lag Baomer event at blueclaws parking lot is going ahead as planned organizers released a statement that in light of the matzav in eretz yisrael we need the הבל תינוקות של בית רבן more than ever and it will have heartfelt and prayerful niggunim sung by Benny Friedman signed by Rabbi Shmuel Naparstek Chabad of Jackson, NJ.
The Lakewood roshei yeshiva signed a letter not to attend and many mosdos sent letters strongly urging their talmidim not to attend the event.
- BDE: Petirah of Alex/Sender Baumrind. A well liked person who did handyman work in Lakewood for many years. The levaya will take place at 1:00pm at the 7th street chapel.(LNN)
- Gov Murphy: "Tammy and I are devastated by the terrible tragedy at Mount Meron during the celebrations of Lag Ba'omer. We are praying for the victims and their families, the injured, and the people of Israel."
- A lakewood township man was found dead in his truck after his vehicle crashed following a high speed chase with police through multiple upstate New York towns, the Saratoga County Prosecutor's Office said.Robert A. Sanders, 48, was being pursued by police after authorities said he was trying to enter the Saratoga Battlefield in Stillwater, which was closed with the gates locked. (app)
Gov Murphy: "Tammy and I are devastated by the terrible tragedy at Mount Meron during the celebrations of Lag Ba'omer. We are praying for the victims and their families, the injured, and the people of Israel."
Miron Tragedy Lag Baomer 5781 update
בקרבי אקדש ועל פני כל העם אכבד
- Hamodia: The names of some of the niftarim in the Meron tragedy were released Friday afternoon. Here
- Tehilim 16 year old Bachur from Bet Shemesh in extremely critical condition. Please daven for Yosef Ezriel ben Chaya Michal. Went into cardiac arrest in Meron Tragedy.
- Israeli police official reportedly accepts blame for deadly stampede more
- officials said the music played for another 10 minutes from when the tragedy occured as they were not aware of the severity of the unfolding situation that happened so quickly.
Erev Shabbos Death toll at 45 R"L with 10 critical but stable condition
-Names of some victims released Levayos will take place before shabbos. But authorities say they may not identify all before shabbos.
List of victims reported by Israeli media Here
- 22 of the bodies were released to kevura and 37 have been positively identified. Out of the 45 niftarim 24 are yeshiva Bochurim.
With the approach of shabbos the last few Levayos are leaving shamgar. Rest of the levayos will take place motzei shabbos, workers cover the open graves that were dug for the niftarim.
-President Joe Biden called prime minister Netanyahu to offer his condolences and said the US Embassy will do all it can to help the families of American citizens who lost their lives at Meron
-Some of the niftarim are from the US including a few bachurim, Misaskim notifying families. Several bochurim still missing.
-Most bodies identified at Abu Kabir Forensic institute but they are not releasing the bodies to the families with 3 hours to shabbos. Knesset members went to intervene.
- BDE: Habochur Yossi Cohen Z”L. (21) from Cleveland son of R' Mikeyl zt"l learming at Mir Yerushalayim.
-BDE: Habachur Menachem Knoblowitz Z”L (22) of Boro Park. He was a Chosson to a girl from Lakewood.
- BDE: Habachur Donny Morris z"l 19 of Teaneck, NJ learning at Shaalavim
- A father Rav Yitzchok Englard of Yerushalayim identified his 2 children who died in the tragedy Moshe z"l 14 and Yehoshua Z"L 9 years old.
- El Al Offering Free tickets To First Degree Relatives Of Those Who Passed Away From The Tragedy In Meron
-BDE: Habachur Dovy Strinmetz Z"L 21 from Montreal learning in Mir Yeshiva
-Bde: R' Shragi Gestetner Z"L of Monsey ben R' Chaim from Montreal. Noted singer, Levaya in Yerushalayim at Shamgar 3:00 pm
- ר' אליעזר צבי יוזעף ז"ל a 26 year old father of 4 a Satmar chasid from Monroe
הבחור יוסף עמרם טאובר ז"ל son of Rav Tzvi Tauber Rosh kollel in Monsey, learning in Brisk.
-Authorities begin identification of victims asking family members for any identifying evidence.-
- The narrow exit way from the Toldos Aron Hadlaka area ends at a bottle neck by the steps where the stampede took place creating a human avalanche R"L. Charedi journalist warned about it in 2018 after the levaya of Rav Wosner when someone died from a stampede.
Thousands still stuck in Meron as not enough buses to bring the crowds back. They hope to get everyone home for shabbos.
-Rav Chaim Kanievsky upon hearing the news said we do not know חשבונות שמים we have to daven
- Netanyahu and senior ministers went to Miron to the scene.
"אם עוונות תשמור קה ה' מי יעמוד"😢
— חרדים10 (@charedim10) April 30, 2021
הגאון הצדיק רבי שמעון גלאי באמירת תהילים למען פצועי והרוגי אסון מירון,
כעת בביתו של מרן שר התורה. pic.twitter.com/yDBrD3ce3V
Levayos at Shamgar
"Ani Maamin — I Believe"
— Chabad.org (@Chabad) April 30, 2021
A song of faith and hope for the ultimate goodness even in the face of darkness, as sung in Meron, Israel, shortly before the tragedy last night.
Learn more about the song: https://t.co/99WMmtTH7a pic.twitter.com/nAFj5cSGNC
Thursday, April 29, 2021
ל''ג בעומר תשפ''א
היום שלשה ושלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות וחמשה ימים בעומר/לעומר
Tehillim im BMG 11:00 PM
Oif Simchas
ChasunasTehillim: Stampede in Miron , Casualties
אבינו מלכנו קרע רע גזר דיננו
Tehillim in BMG 11:00 PM
See video below of staircase where the tragedy happened
-Misaskim has opened a hotline to assist American families who cannot reach family members in Eretz Yisroel The hotline number is 718-854-4548. Do not call unless you have an immediate family member missing.
-Witness: We were at the entrance, we decided we wanted to get out and then the police blocked the gate, so whoever wanted to get out could not get out, in that hurry we fell on each other, I thought I was going to die. I saw people dead next to me. " One eyewitness said that he had seen the bodies of two dead children. "It happened in a split second; people just fell, trampling each other. It was a disaster," another witnesses said. Two different witnesses told Haaretz that a police barricade prevented people from exiting and caused overcrowding.
-MDA Spokesman said that the casualties were as a result of a stampede and not a collapse. Initial reports say that a blockade on a narrow stairwell with thousands trapped caused people to slip on the steps which resulted in people trampling over each other RL.
A Stampede caused people to trample over each other during the hadlaka of The Toldos Aharon Rebbe in Miron. As a result Over 150 people injured many critical.
ה' ירחם MDA updates Death toll at 44 people crushed to death R"L and another 150 injured
The hadlaka was cancelled as crews rushed to the scene. Reports of unconscious patients rushed to hospital. Including children. Please daven . Horrific scene of bodies lined up covered in Zaka bags R"L
Large minyanim gathering in shuls across Eretz yisrael and all over davening for the injured.
-Due to the tragedy many kehilos in Lakewood are scaling back on the hadlakos or canceling.
6 IDF Helicopters are transporting injured to the hospitals. CPR performed on many people treated at the scene.
-Police stopped all buses from coming to meron. All buses have been turned back to where they left from.
Lag B'aomer 5781 Hadlaka's Greater Lakewood area
Tehillim in BMG 11:00 PM
Due to the tragedy in Miron many kehilos in Lakewood are scaling back on the hadlakos.
Satmar williamsburg canceling tish will say Tehillim in Bais Medrash
Hatzolah got a psak from gedolei yisrael to go ahead and host the hatzolahthon since they were saving lives tonight and need all the support
Lag B'aomer bonfires and events Lakewood add your hadlaka info in the comment section
Watch Live Broadcast in Miron HERE (be mindfull of Sefira)
-Breslev 423 6th street Maariv 8:40pm Hadlaka 9:15 pm. Followed by seuda
- Stolin B"M 153 E 7th 9:15 in the parking lot
- Skulen 547 park avenue. Maarib 9:00 pm nigunei hisoirerus 9:30 pm Hadlaka 10:00 pm Tish 11:00 pm. The road will be closed in front of the bais medrash. Parking at kikar shabbos and surrounding streets. Women are asked to stay in the designated area. No pictures taken with smartphones. Please do not get near the fire and adhere to the offcials.
- Minyan Shelanu at Blueclaws parking lot
Thursday April 29 Erev Lag Baomer News Updates
Weather: Cloudy with showers. Thunder possible. High 78F. Chance of rain 50%.
-Thursday night Lag Baomer cloudiness with occasional rain showers on and off from 9pm. Low 58F. Chance of rain 50%.
- 8 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13589/303
- Food distribution Bnos Bais Yaakov Lag Baomer box 2PM in Pine Park.
-Pre register for Sanz box here
- Yeshiva Maor Hatorah disrribution at
720 Massachusetts Ave at 530 PM. Need to fill out form
- Jackson Orthodox Jewish community will begin food box distributions on Wednesday evenings from 7:15 pm - 8:30 pm at the Crawford -Rodriguez elementary school 1025 Larsen road of N new prospect at the Howell border
- Mega Millions Jackpot is now $319,000,000 for Friday night's drawing
- Updated letter signed by Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva and mosdos not to attend event at First Energy park Friday afternoon. Contrary to reports of forgeries and furious askanim that questioned the validity of the letter. The supposed forged signature was a school that has a policy not to sign public letters but this very school sent out their own letter signed by the menahel along with the Roshei yeshiva letter urging their talmidim not to go to the lag baomer event at Blueclaws parking lot on erev shabbos.
- Tents with food and chai rottel mashkeh in front of Satmar on Forest
- Free wood pallets available outside 687 prospect st unit 460.
- Minhag Hayeshiva is not to say tachnun today erev Lag Baomer
-New York City hopes to lift all COVID-19 restrictions on businesses and stores by July 1, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday.
- Rav Gershon Eidelstein shlta We do not travel to Miron We have learned from the Brisker Rav, from the Chazon Ish, from the Ponevezher Rav - and they did not travel
and therefore we do not travel. We sit and learn:
- Jackson school, municipal taxes on the rise due to state aid cuts, road repair funding. ... The municipal government has proposed a $49.3 million budget with a 50.1-cent tax rate, a 0.9-cent increase. (App)
- Andrew Yang, frontrunner in the New York City mayoral race, was endorsed Wednesday by a coalition of activists from Chasidic groups of Borough Park.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Oif simchas י''ז אייר תשפ''א
היום שנים ושלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות וארבעה ימים לעומר/בעומר
Engagements courtesy of vivaser daily
CDC Walks Back Director’s Comments on COVID Vaccines for Pregnant Women
Yahoo News - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention walked back a statement by the agency’s director regarding coronavirus vaccines for pregnant women.
CDC head Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White House press conference on Friday that the “CDC recommends that pregnant people receive the COVID-19 vaccine.” Walensky cited a new preliminary report from the agency, published in The New England Journal of Medicine, that indicates that there is no evidence Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines pose a risk during pregnancy.
However, the CDC said on Tuesday that its guidelines for pregnant women who wish to receive a coronavirus vaccine have not changed since they were initially released in March. Those guidelines state that “if you are pregnant, you may choose to receive a COVID-19 vaccine” but caution pregnant women to weigh the risks posed by vaccination and the virus against one another. The guidelines do not explicitly “recommend” that pregnant women get vaccinated, as Walensky suggested Friday.
Lag Baomer In New Jersey
Lag Baomer at the kever of Bbobover rebbe at Deans cemetery Floral park NJ.
Rav Naftulche of Bobov would say "Rav Shimon Bar Yochai will be by me on Lag Ba'omer". Over the Last ten years thousands have flocked on Lag Ba'omer day to Deans New Jersey to the tziyun of Rav Naftali Tzvi Halberstam zt'l of Bobov. People testified how they saw Yeshuos from the davening there on Lag Ba'omer from childless couples blessed to people finding their zivug. Last year 10,00 people came to daven at Lag B'aomer in new jersey.
Directions from Lakewood its a 50 minute ride
Wednesday April 28 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: cloudy skies this afternoon. High near 85F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
- No new cases in Lakewood OCHD revises numbers down by 3 and deaths by three total as of today 13581/303
Food Distribution:
- Tehilas Chaya Sara 7 day box for all children under 18 who are not receiving school meals, at 8:30 PM. 1115 Cross Street
- Bnos Esther Malka Shabbos box 7:00.
Pm 488 Whitsville rd
-TRJCC has arranged USDA Meals boxes for all Toms River residents from 5:30-7:30 pm. at The Hatzolah Garage in Toms River 2139 Lakewood Rd (Rt 9.) Toms River, NJ.
- OTL box at SCHI Oak st and Center on Prospect st 7:00 pm
- Bnos Melech Weekday B'gan box & R&S Shabbos box 7:30 pm 550 James st
- Belz school at Chestnut at 5:45 pm
- Yeshiva at 1839 New Central distribution at 1:30 pm
-Gelbsteins at public school locations 3:30 pm
- Murphy: II’m signing an Executive Order allowing for our summer camps – both day camps and sleepaways – to open for the upcoming season. We’re committed to a safe and fun summer for our kids. Sun with rays
-Buses will leave from Lakewood to Monroe Thursday night for the Satmar Hadlaka in Kiryas Yoel leavig from the Satmar B"M on Forest at 7:15 atat theSatmar B:M at 1100 TwinOaks 7:30 pm $40 round trip
- The Hadlaka of Reb Meilich Biderman in Miron has been canceled by security due to the very large crowd it attracts. Rav Biderman will still be in Miron for Lag Baomer
- Over 25% of Chabad voters regret supporting Smotrich in last elections
- Missionaries were in Lakewood town square yesterday afternoon preaching with bullhorns.
- The mashgiach Haracv Don Segal shlita spoke regarding the current government situation in Eretz Yisrael he said we are in yemos hamashiach and there will not be a govt quoting the gemara in Sanhedrin
אמר רבי חמא בר חנינא "אין בן דוד בא עד שתכלה מלכות הזולה מישראל"
- NJ extends deadline, for a real ID to May 3, 2023, you must have a REAL ID compliant driver license/ID to fly within the U.S., unless you use a U.S. passport or another federally approved form of identification.
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
Great American Jewish Cities Toronto Part II
Jewish Toronto in the post war saw a development of the community in its leadership and institutions. Rav Dovid Ochs replaced Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky at the helm of the Toras Emes community, and Chabad began to have a presence in town as well. A rising rabbinic leader at this time was Rav Gedalya Felder, while at the same time there started to arrive a large influx of Holocaust survivors, with Rav Meir Grunwald, the Teitcher Rov as a leader in the community as well.
Why We Read The Haftorah of Achrei Mos and not Kedoshim
Ohr.edu Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
This Shabbos, something atypical will occur during davening. When it comes time for the haftarah, chances are that the actual reading will not be the previously scheduled haftarah listed in your Chumash, that of Kedoshim, but rather the haftarah listed for the previous parshah, Acharei Mos. In fact, as the reading commenced in the shul where I was davening last year, so did a concurrent dispute with the gabbai, with mispalleleim arguing that the Ba’al Koreh was reading the wrong haftarah! But, to properly understand why the ‘wrong haftarah’ was, it turns out, quite properly read, some background is needed.
Haftarah History
According to the Abudraham and Tosafos Yom Tov, the haftaros were established when the wicked
This Shabbos, something atypical will occur during davening. When it comes time for the haftarah, chances are that the actual reading will not be the previously scheduled haftarah listed in your Chumash, that of Kedoshim, but rather the haftarah listed for the previous parshah, Acharei Mos. In fact, as the reading commenced in the shul where I was davening last year, so did a concurrent dispute with the gabbai, with mispalleleim arguing that the Ba’al Koreh was reading the wrong haftarah! But, to properly understand why the ‘wrong haftarah’ was, it turns out, quite properly read, some background is needed.
Haftarah History
According to the Abudraham and Tosafos Yom Tov, the haftaros were established when the wicked
Oif Simchas ט''ז אייר תשפ''א
היום אחד ושלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות ושלשה ימים לעומר/בעומר
Engagements courtesy of Vivaser Daily
Letter - Re: Children's Lag B'Omer Program in Lakewood
The Lakewood Roshei yeshiva signed a letter regarding a concert event taking place on Lag B'omer day at the Blueclaws stadium urging parents not to bring their children. The letter is signed by 3 Roshei Yeshiva Shlita (HaRav Malkilel Kotler shlita is recuperating out of town)
English text translation:
Tuesday April 27 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Sunny to partly cloudy. High 67F.
- 2 new covid19 cases in Lakewood totals 13584/306
Food distribution:
- OTL box at Tashbar and Mekor Hatorah 180 Sims 6:30 pm
- Chai4ever 7-day food boxes today at 1221 Madison Avenue. Enter from Route 9 northbound only. Pickup time: 4:30-7:30 First come first served. While supplies lasts non registered come at 7:15.
,- Virginia Republican Party leaders, with a nudge from the national GOP chief, reversed a decision that would have prevented Orthodox Jews and others with Saturday religious obligations from voting in the party’s nominating contest for governor and two other statewide offices. They can now vote absentee.
- Agudah: “We applaud New Jersey OAG for taking this bold action which sends a clear message to public officials that discriminatory behavior has no place in New Jersey,”
- A group of Yeshiva University students are suing to force the college to recognize their LGBTQ club claiming the group has been repeatedly blocked. Two former and two current students filed the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit Tuesday alleging the university has denied their requests to officially register a gay-rights group as a student club three times in just 2019 and 2020.
- CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some situations, too.
- Lakewood Roshei yeshiva signed a letter urging parents not to bring their children to a lag baomer musical concert at first energy park this friday afternoon as the long standing policy that disallows concerts in the city of Lakewood.
Several mosdos have sent letters informing parents not to attend.
- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced today that the State has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Jackson Township, alleging that Township authorities violated the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. The complaint alleges that Jackson "dedicated significant resources to monitoring the homes of Orthodox Jews, at the direction of Mayor Reina and others, even after officials warned that taxpayer funds ...and that officials were not finding significant code violations." (Reporter Shlomo Schorr on twitter) see full report on Matzav
- NJState police traffic enforcment in Lakewood today
- On May 1, thousands of illegal immigrants in New Jersey residents will be eligible to begin the process of obtaining a state driver's license, regardless of legal status or a lack of documentation. The law was passed by Murphy at the end of 2019 but postponed due to covid.
- New Jersey’s population grew by almost 500,000 people in the last decade, a 5.6% increase. The numbers for Lakewood from the census will be available later in the summer
-Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, and Hagaon Harav Gershon Edelstein, shlita, issued a special letter Tuesday, calling for more limud Torah in light of the fact “… that the tzarah [of coronavirus] has been almost completely eradicated and thank Hashem for protecting us especially at a time when we hear of the terrible situation in many countries around the world.
- In 2020, there were 2,024 reported antisemitic incidents throughout the United States the third-highest year on record since ADL began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.
-Letter signed by Bais Din Shar Hamishpot in Monsey by Rabbi Avraham Yehuda Shmuel Gestetner Av Bais Din "All Gittin that were procured through public shaming are B'chezkas pasul and are null, and one must be very careful to not marry any of these womenuntil they receive a kosher get since they are B'chezkas eishes ish and their children from the second husband are B'chezkas Mamzeirim, may G-d spare us".
-One ocean county organization will plant a community garden in Lakewood at the The John Patrick Sports Complex has been bringing members of this diverse community The project will combine volunteers with different local groups in this mixed community whose residents range from Orthodox Jewish to Spanish-speaking immigrants and a wide variety of economic backgrounds.
Monday, April 26, 2021
Oif Simchas ט''ו אייר תשפ''א
היום שלושים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות ושני ימים בעומר/לעומר
- Engagements courtesy of Vivaser Daily
Monday April 26 Pesach Sheniת News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Abundant sunshine. High 61F.
-1 new case in Lakewood totals 13582/305
-BDE: petirah of Rabbi Refael Dovid Lehrfield, z”l, mara d’asra of Young Israel of Greater Miami, after a prolonged illness. Kevurah is in Eretz Yisrael. (Hamodia)
- U.S. Census says New York, California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia will lose one seat each in the U.S. House; Texas will gain two seats, while Florida, North Carolina, Montana, Colorado and Oregon pick up one seat
- Murphy: " Effective May 10th, indoor room capacities for the following will increase to 50% with a maximum of 250 individuals:Private Catered Events – including Weddings and School Proms Political Events Funerals Memorial Services Performances Dance floors will be allowed to open at private catered events with masking and social distancing requirements in place.
- Murphy tweets he will make a major announcement today at 1:00 pm today regarding our reopening efforts. reports say he will ease restrictions on indoor events
- בה''ב There will be a minyan mincha at 2:10 pm with קריה''ת of ויחל at Rabbi Forcheimer's shul 418 5th street Lakewood
-Lag baomer hadlakas will take place Thursday night at Breslov, Skulen, Kosson, Minyan shelanu at Blueclaws, Belz, strulowitz.
- Principal of girls high school in lakewood spoke very strongly against mothers who are wearing lace front sheitels. The Lakewood poskim have come out with a psak against wearing it.
-The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating, and the Jewish community is on alert, after shuls and Jewish community centers were vandalized six times over the weekend in Riverdale.
-(Reuters) - Israel’s Health Ministry said on Sunday it is examining a small number of cases of heart inflammation in people who had received Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, though it has not yet drawn any conclusions. a preliminary study showed “tens of incidents” of myocarditis occurring among more than 5 million vaccinated people, primarily after the second dose. Ash said it was unclear whether this was unusually high and whether it was connected to the vaccine. Most of the cases were reported among people up to age 30
- Reports that tens of people have been deported back to the United States after arriving in Israel with fraudulent entry permits.
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Oif Simchas י'ד אייר תשפ''א פסח שני
היום תשעה ועשרים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות ויום אחד לעומר/בעומר
-Kiddush Levana
-Shiur a B"M ערך ש''י by Rav Shneur Salman Schwartz on Pesach sheni 10:30 pm
- Tonight-
Live shiur 10:30 p.m. -Rav Reuven Schwartz- Pesach Sheini on the last day of Bahab 646-726-9977
When בה''ב Falls out on Pesach Sheini
This calendar year when Erev Pesach is on shabbos will also have the rare occurrence the second Monday of selichos behab fall out on Pesach Sheini 14th day of Iyar. Since many have the minhag not to say tachnun on the day of pesach sheini the poskim discuss what to do about those who fast on behab as well as saying selichos. Rabonei yerushalayim would not fast or say selichos and avinu malkeinu. some recite and abridged version of selichos while others say all of it (Luach Eretz Yisroel). The siddur yaavetz says that it is permitted to fast and you say selichos. The chazon Ish would say tachnun and למנצח on pesach sheini since it is not brought down in the shulchan aruch among the days that you do not recite tachnun and according to him selichos behab is said too.
In Lakewood, the minhag hayeshiva is to say the selichos but to stop after "הרחמים והסליחות" which is after the viduy (just as would be done if there is a bris). Tachnun and avinu malkeinu are not said. However on mincha erev pesach sheini minhag hayeshiva in Lakewood is to say tachnun since the simcha on pesach Sheni was only during the time that the Korban was brought and not all day or the night before which than you wont say tachnun at the mincha that predeeds it (Noheg Bachachma)
The Selichos of Behab:
Sunday April 25 News Updates Lakewood
weather: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain...mainly in the morning. High 64F. Chance of rain 90%.
- 2 new covid cases in Lakewood + 2 deaths totals 13581/305
- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has offered Blue and White leader Benny Gantz a premiership rotation deal in which Gantz would go first, It’s Netanyahu’s latest bid to stay in power after attempts to build a coalition with Yamina, New Hope and Ra’am have failed.
-Today by mincha erev pesach sheini minhag hayeshiva in Lakewood is to say tachnun even though it is not said on pesach sheini since the simcha on pesach Sheni was only during the time that the Korban was brought and not all day.
- Hanochas Even Hapima yeshiva Ohr Chaim Meir 1065 Cross street 5:00 pm
-R' Aaron Lang on BOE: There is no shame in not providing T & E when the formula does not match expenses. Remand to overturn will forever harm the children and cost taxpayers billions (we owe $200 million
-Covid minyan updates: This past Shabbos completed the Bais Rochel covid-protective minyan. It brought out greatness in so many people. Same for the other minyans. Sons of Israel - Old Shul. Indoors Shabbos morning Hashkama minyan. 6:45 AM. Shochain Ad 7:10. Needs Chizuk
- Rosh Yeshivas Mir in Yerushalayim, Hagaon Harav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, shlita, issued a special warning letter to the talmidei yeshivah to keep away from the danger zones "The riots have reached the area of Beis Yisrael neighborhood, in the vicinity of the Mir yeshivah.....We strongly warn that no one of the yeshivah talmidim should take his life into his hands by approaching any of these places and [getting involved] in events, and his culpability shall be judged. And anyone who abandons himself to danger or even puts the yeshivah in danger knows that he alone will bear responsibility!
“And in general it is preferable to stay indoors in these times,” he concludes his letter. (Hamodia)
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Motzei shabbos April 24 News Updates
היום שמונה ועשרים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות לעומר/בעומר
- Showers this evening, becoming a steady rain overnight Chance of rain 100%.
- 4 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13579/303
- Yerushalayim: More violent clashes broke out Motzoei Shabbos between police officers and Arabs who gathered near Shaar Shechem in the Old City.
- Republican Party leaders in Virginia have rejected a plea to let Orthodox Jews and others with religious obligations on Saturdays vote absentee in the GOP's May 8 nominating convention" wapo
-Thirty-six rockets were fired from Gaza towards southern Israel on Friday evening no reports of injuries.
- CDC gives go ahead to put Johnson and Johnson covid vaccine Back on market says
"We are confident that this vaccine continues to meet our standards for safety, effectiveness and quality."
- Trump calls on Arizona Governor Doug Ducey to deploy the state police or National Guard to provide security “for the brave American Patriots doing the Forensic Audit of the 2020 Presidential Election.”
Friday, April 23, 2021
Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת אחרי מות -קדושים תשפ''א
Friday, April 23, 2021 / י״א אייר תשפ״א
ערב שבת פרשת אחרי מות-קדושים
-Candle lighting 7:25 pm
-Shkiah/ Sunset 7:43 pm
-Weather shabbos day: Sunshine in the morning followed by cloudy skies during the afternoon. High around 70F.
- 'פרקי אבות פרק ג
וְשַׁבְתִּי אֶת שְׁבוּת עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבָנוּ עָרִים נְשַׁמּוֹת וְיָשָׁבוּ וְנָטְעוּ כְרָמִים וְשָׁתוּ אֶת יֵינָם וְעָשׂוּ גַנּוֹת וְאָכְלוּ אֶת פְּרִיהֶם. וּנְטַעְתִּים עַל אַדְמָתָם, וְלֹא יִנָּתְשׁוּ עוֹד מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם אָמַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ
הפטרה פרשת אחרי מות־קדשים)
Gut Shabbos!
חובת השעה בענין ולא יראה בך ערות דבר
Lakewood officials Concerned not Enough People vaccinating
Watch here minute 26:44 or below
Responding to a question why t he town hall in Lakewood is still closed the mayor said that it is due to safety concerns for the police officers who work in the building by not having members of the public there. There was a meeting yesterday at CHEMED with the Lakewood mayor, officials had concerns that there is less of a push for people in town to vaccinate "we have to encourage them to get the shot the more people who are vaccinated the safer we will all be the more people who do not get vaccinated is more an opportunity for this virus to pass a mutant .. different variant that may not work with the vaccine that was given out. It is all in our interest. We have to ask as many people as we know to put aside the concerns they have and get vaccinated as soon as possible.
An ad in the Vivaser daily today quoted all 4 of the Lakewood yeshiva poskim who said not to take the shot yet since it is a new vaccine there may be long term effects that are not yet known and therefore shev veeal taaseh adif.
see video belowFriday April 23 News Updates Lakewood
ערב שבת פרשת אחרי מות-קדושים
Weather: Plentiful sunshine. High 63F. Winds W at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible. Shabbos hi of 69
- Candle lighting: 7:25 Shkiah/Sunset 7:43 pm
- 3 new covid casew in Lakewood totals 13575/303
- Food distribution Yeshiva Maor Hatorah Shabbos box- 1:00 pm at 720 Massachusetts Ave. Please fill out the form
- LPD locations to properly dispose unused medications are only on shabbos. No other dates announced
-Agudah statement: "In the aftermath of George Floyd tragedy, our nation must recommit to addressing racial bias and inequity. And do so without violence and acrimony, with faith in rule of law and equal application of justice. Respecting each other’s humanity and building trust will heal America.. Agudas Yisrael om Twitter
- A combination of dry and windy conditions will create an enhanced risk for the spread of wildfires this afternoon in Ocean county.
- Yartzeit of the Mashgiach harav Yehuda Jacobs Ztl marked yesterday in BMG with a asifas zikaron. The yartzeit was on 3 Iyar
- Eidah hacharedis letter warns of instigating against the arabs in yerushalayim as it is putting the city residents in danger. A grum yid was lynched by an arab mob near the old city. Said he thought he was going to die.
- There are now 7 pending lawsuits filed against lakewood planning and zoning boards. The legal cost will be picked up by tax payers.
- Lakewood resident called into the township committee complaining about the public input being shut out of planning and zoning board meetings with lawyers shutting down public comment and residents concerns are not heard. The mayor responded to a specific incident that legally did not have to have a public comment.
- This shabbos is the Yartzeit of the Brother of Reb Shayala of Kerestirer Rav Yehuda Tzvi ZTL, he is buried in Staten Island at The Baron Hirsch cemetery 2 minutes off the SI Expressway going to Brooklyn or coming back to Lakewood. It is said over that Reb Shayala appeared in a dream and told someone that you can go daven at my brothers kever in New York and will be helped just as if you came to me in Kerestir.
The address for GPS is 1125 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314. Exit 7 off the SI expressway.
- Murphy warned the state is “beginning to see” hesitancy among residents cause demand for the vaccine to slow. He said the state is brainstorming ways to “proactively reach” into communities to drum up support for the vaccine
- For the first time in approximately 10 months, no one has died from the coronavirus in the past day in Israel, according to Health Ministry data on Friday morning.
- A proposal by New Jersey Natural Gas to raise rates 25% for more than a half-million customers has drawn formal outrage from Ocean County officials, who say many of the utility’s customers in the county are seniors on fixed incomes who simply could not afford it.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Oif Simchas Shiurim י''א אייר תשפ''א
היום ששה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות וחמשה ימים לעומר/בעומר
- Shaar Habitachon together with the
Township Rejects Planning board Recommendation tying development to Widening Pine street
Construction can continue at Cedarbridge corp park without Upgrading infastructure
At the lakewood township committee meeting tonight the members voted to reject a recommendation by the planning board not to allow construction of proposed uses in cedarbridge park until Pine street is dualized and widened to 4 lanes. The mayor said that after the masterplan was passed and eagle ridge was approved on condition of road improvements by Cross street and rt 9 a court overruled it and therefore it is not allowed to tie proposed developments on condition of widening roadways and improving infrastructure any permitted use in cedarbridge is now allowed immediately without any upgrades to infrastructure. .
Cedarbridge development withdrew its request to have Hospitals and nursing homes in the park but agreed with the recommendation to allow Simcha halls with 1 parking spot per seat ratio at banquet hall.
Township Committee Meeting, Cannabis Sale Ban
The Lakewood township committee will hold a virtual meeting today 5:30 pm
-watch livestream Here
-See Agenda Here
-Resolution: Expressing Support For Construction Of A Day Care Facility To Provide Childcare Slots To Facilitate Upward Mobility And Economic Development In The Township
- Appointing Members Of The Zoning Board Of Adjustment
Thursday April 22 News Updates Lakewood
-Weather: Windy with a few clouds High 52F. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
- 14 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13572/303
- Biden to propose almost doubling the capital gains tax rate for the wealthy to 39.6%. Coupled with an existing tax on investment income, that means that federal tax rates for investors could be as high as 43.4%. Markets turned lower on the report
Food distribution:
- Bnos Yaakov at Pine Park 2 pm (Honey nut cheerios, Pizza dough, shredded cheese, pizza sauce, Salmon, Yogurt tomato dip, babaganush, rugelach, apples, mango , Milk
- Gelbsteins at public school locations on Clifton Ave grade school, Middle school 3:30 pm
Pre- Register for sanz- klausenberg delivery box HERE
-New Jersey Natural Gas is proposing a 25 percent rate hike. The Ocean County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution opposing the rate hike, calling it “preposterous”.
- "Giving exorbitant amount of food and delicacies to those who already have more than enough food at home and can afford to buy food is not the message of Rav Shayaleh. Perhaps he should invite meshulachim to sleep in his house for a week.. If someone wishes to follow in the footsteps of Rav Shayalah, he can perhaps stand up for the little guy who is neglected and use his influence to transform the planning and zoning boards that grant approvals for projects in our overcrowded Jewish centers that cost other ehrliche Yidden hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of hours in wasted time per year as they sit in bumper to bumper traffic because of indiscriminate building approvals, given without first providing proper infrastructure (Yated columnist Rabbi Avrohom Birnbaum this weeks issue)
- U.S. House passes DC Statehood legislation in 216-208 vote, sending it to the Senate
-Since December, CHEMED, which has three Lakewood locations, has provided more than 50,000 COVID-19 vaccines, including through one program that focused on pregnant women after area physicians reported cases of stillbirths and other pregnancy complications in women who had contracted the disease. (APP)
- בה''ב There will be a minyan mincha at 2:10 pm with קריה''ת of ויחל at Rabbi Forcheimer's shul 418 5th street Lakewood
-Township meeting tonight resolution "Expressing Support For Construction Of A Day Care Facility To Provide Childcare Slots To Facilitate Upward Mobility And Economic Development In The Township"
-Township committee will vote to allow simcha halls and hospitals in Cedarridge corp park
- In Ocean County, a total of 452,658 doses of the vaccines have been administered; 278,930 residents have received their first dose and 196,885 were fully vaccinated as of Wednesday, according to data from the health department
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Hashkafa Q & A
Rebgershonribner.com By Harav Gershon Ribner shlita
כך שנו רבותינו ז''ל
Concerned husband: Hostess is too interactive with the bochurim
Landowner demanding rent from a struggling yungerman
Oif Simchas י' אייר תשפ''א
היום חמשה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות וארבעה ימים לעומר/בעומר
Low of 33F tonight.
תפילת בה''ב tomorrow morning
Engagements courtesy of Vivaser Daily
Wednesday April 21 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Mostly cloudy skies with showery rains and a possible rumble of thunder in the afternoon. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. High 68F. Winds SW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 90%
-10 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13558/303
- 9:00 pm IDF: A surface-to-air missile was fired from Syria to Israel’s southern Negev.
In response, we struck the battery from which the missile was launched and additional surface-to-air batteries in Syria
Food Distribution:
- Bnos Esther Malka Shabbos box 5:30 pm
488 Whitsville rd across Westgate
- Tehilas Chaya Sara 7 day box for all children under 18 who are not receiving school meals, Tonighr at 8:30 PM. 1115 Cross Street
-TRJCC has arranged USDA Meals boxes for all Toms River residents from 7pm-9pm. at The Hatzolah Garage in Toms River 2139 Lakewood Rd (Rt 9.) Toms River, NJ.
- OTL box at SCHI Oak st and Center on Prospect st 7:00 pm
- Bnos Melech Weekday B'gan box & R&S Shabbos box 7:30 pm 550 James st
- Belz school at Chestnut at 5:45 pm
- Yeshiva at 1839 New Central distribution at 1:30 pm
- Due to weqther (Gelbsteins public school pick up is Thursday April 22, 2021)
- LPD Ticketing cars around BMG on 6th street
- Chris Christie is seriously considering running for president in 2024. He's told friends he'd be the only person in the 2024 field with executive experience who has run a presidential race before — a clear shot at Gov. Ron DeSantis.
- NJSP troopers all over ticketing with unmarked cars
-Township requested more permitted uses at Cedarbridge corp park such as wedding halls, hospitals, medical offices, hotels with only 8 parking spots per 1000 sq feet. The planning board recommended to require 1 parking spot per seat in a hall or per bed and not before Pine st is dualized to 2 lanes each way. The township will vote on it tomorrow night.
-BOE meeting tonight will appoint Michael Inzelbuch as general counsel effective, July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, by the recommendation of the Members of the Board of Education
- Moshe Gleiberman, VP, Administrator of Beth Medrash Govoha, is expected this week to be appointed by Lakewood's Twp Committee to Lakewood's Zoning Board for a term ending Dec 31, 2023. He will fill the seat held by Obed Gonzalez who resigned from the board when he moved away. (Reporter Moshe)
-Coalition talks between the Likud and the Yamina party hit an impasse on Wednesday,a with the Likud accusing Yamina leader MK Naftali Bennett of making excessive demands for his seven seats. In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, the Likud also said Bennett was preparing to lead a left-wing government supported by Yesh Atid, Labor, Meretz and the Joint List.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Great American Jewish Cities Toronto Part I
-How the Toronto Kehillah saved the lives of the Kamenetsky family
-The uniqueness of the Toronto eruv
-Why did Rav Yaakov discourage Toronto shopkeepers from closing their stores one shabbos?
-Why was Rabbi Jacob Gordon assaulted by fellow Jews in Toronto?
-Which nephew of the Alter of Slabodka was a Rabbi in Toronto?
-The incredible life of Rabbi Avraham Price
Great American Jewish Cities Toronto Part I
Jewish immigrants in the late 19th century populated 'The Ward', an immigrant neighborhood in Toronto, Canada, formulating the nucleus of the fast growing Toronto Jewish community. Eventually the Jewish population shifted to Kensington Market.
Rabbinic leadership in the early years was provided by Rav Yosef Weinreb, Rav Yaakov Gordon, and later Rav Yehuda Leib Graubart. The latter headed the Polish faction of the community and clashed with the former two in their efforts to organize the chaotic kashrus situation and in the organization of the Toronto Kehilla. Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky served as a rabbi in Toronto
Free Lunch Boxes Extended Thru Next Year June 2022
The Food distribution school lunch boxes will now be be extended through next school year untill June 2022 It was supposed to end in September of 2021.
The United States Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it would extend universal free lunch through the 2021-2022 school year, in an effort to reach more of the estimated 12 million youths experiencing food insecurity.
Oif Simchas ט' אייר תשפ''א
היום ארבעה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות ושלשה ימים לעומר/בעומר
Engagements courtesy of Vivaser daily
Traffic Costing People Parnassa
Does anyone on the township government care about the little guy?
Once again Lakewood residents sat in rush hour traffic on Cedarbridge Avenue due to construction of the utility companies installing electric lines for the new shopping development. It resulted in hundreds of people who were forced to show up late to work and losing their pay specifically hourly workers. Rebbeim and children came late to school. Everytime this happens officials say they will not allow construction to take place during the busy morning commute but it turns out to be words only. Just yesterday after sitting for an hour they said it wont happen and then traffic resumed again today. There is no excuse for the township committee members to be out of touch and not take any action to help the residents who rely on paycheck to paycheck and let them suffer while development goes on.
Tuesday April 20 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Partly cloudy. High 74F
- 26 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13548/303
- 5:06 pm Verdict is in: Guilty on all 3 counts. Sentencing in 2 months.
- Verdict in Chauvin trial reached will ne read at 4:30 pm
-Food distribution: OTL at Tashbar and Yeshiva Mekor Hatorah 180 Sims 6:30 pm
- Great food boxes now starting at 2:00 both at 805 cross street and 140 Lehigh no lines . boxes have salmon please not to go bet 3:15-4:15 dismissal time.
- Chai4ever 7 day food box pickup today: Tuesday April 20th at 1221 Madison Ave in Lakewood at the times indicated below. For those who have registered , with the last name starting with : A-F: 4:30 G-K: 5:15 L-R: 6:00 S-Z: 6:45 If you cannot come at your designated time, you may pick up during the general pickup at 7:15pm; however, please be aware that meals may be exhausted at the general pickup and will no longer be reserved for you. for those who haven't registered there is a general pickup at 7:15pm
-Dershowitz: What Maxine Waters did is right out of the tactics of the Ku Klux Klan to influence a jury coupled with the judge refusing to sequester the jury, will lead to the US Supreme Court ultimately reversing any conviction for Derek Chauvin
-Murphy was asked by a reporter for pix11 news if schools should require students to get covid vaccines,"I am open-minded on this. People should get vaccinated only on their free will".(LNN)
- New Jersey now offering Gender 'X' option on driver licenses People applying for a driver's license or ID card in New Jersey or who don't identify as male or female can now select “X” during the paperwork process, according to the MVC announcement yesterday.
- The Lakewood Board of Education/Sodexo Food Services has served over 5.6 million meals since the start of Covid. 4,128,443 kosher meals and 1,555,297 non kosher meals.
-Frum MK's call out the judicial system in Israel as the incitement and instigation against the chareidi public has met with no opposition, turning them into acceptable targets.
- Israeli police stormed meah shearim at 3:30 am with over a hundred officers throwing stun grenades breaking into homes and arresting individuals who protested the building of the light rail train in the Bar Ilan neighborhood. Area residents and children were woken up.
- Trump Tells Hannity He is "Beyond Seriously" Considering a 2024 Presidential Run
-Senators Menendez & Booker: New Jersey will receive $700,000,000 in federal funding from the covid19 Rescue Plan to support child care providers, help them reopen safely, and ensure families have access to affordable, quality child care, Sen's Menendez & Booker announced today.
- Elenore LEevovitz senior houses on Clifton Avenue advertising available apartments for those aged 62 and up
- Is number of families moving into Northern Ocean County outpacing our infrastructure, especially along this corridor of Route 9? Poll at Wobm radio
- (submitted) Breach of tznius a outdoor fashion show at a busy shopping plaza: "Speaking of Lakewood there was a horrific breach of tznius this passed Sunday .” A collaborative event like none other “. The hired models were prancing around in the heart of Lakewood with inappropriate evening wear and used extremely inappropriate body language . How low have we stooped to allow this to go on? ..It starts with the “food shopping experience “.... and this is what evolves ...pritzus !
Monday, April 19, 2021
Oif Simchas ח' אייר תשפ''א
היום שלשה ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות ושני ימים לעומר/בעומר
Engagements courtesy of Vivaser
Monday April 19 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Cloudy skies with a few showers this afternoon. High 63F. Chance of rain 30%.
- 3 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13522/301
- In an interview with APP Lakewood mayor says regarding legalizing Marijuana that the town is just a conservative town." but overtime people are going to see that it has a place that it’s not too different from alcohol which is readily accepted by most people in town. The Lakewood Township Committee has already introduced its ordinance banning marijuana sales. But Coles took solace in the fact that it’s just an ordinance and future committees could change their mind. “There’s going to be a learning curve.”
-LPD: the traffic this morning on Cedarbridge should not happen as utility companies are not permitted to shut down lanes before 10:00 am (LNN)
- Israel: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost control of the Knesset and may soon also lose the Prime Minister’s Office, after the anti-Netanyahu bloc defeated him in a key vote in the parliament on Monday. Netanyahu’s opponents succeeded in passing their proposal for control over the powerful Knesset Arrangements Committee, which runs the Knesset until a government is formed, thanks to the support of the Ra’am (United Arab List) Party led by MK Mansour Abbas.
- Gridlock heavy delays on Cedarbridge avenue Monday morning due to construction.
- בה''ב There will be a minyan mincha at 2:10 pm with קריה''ת of ויחל at Rabbi Forcheimer's shul 418 5th street Lakewood
- Fauci: Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine suspension could end later this week.
- Starting today NJ residents 16 and older can receive the covid vaccine
- Lakewood students 16 and older are eligible for the covid vaccine (Pfizer) begining Monday April 19- Thursday 4/22 at the Chemed tent at Woodlake country club 25 New Hampshire ave 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. (It wil be available For boys only Friday April 23 from 1:00- 5:00 pm) register here
- A man 25, has been charged with attempted murder of two Lakewood police officers, aggravated assault on a police officer and weapons counts. He was taken to Ocean County Jail after attacking the officers with a 12 inch knife saturday night. NBC
Livestream: Levaya of Harav Dov Kreiswirth zatzal
- Watch Levaya in Eretz Yisrael HERE 7:00 am
kevura in Eretz Yisrael.
Sunday, April 18, 2021
Oif Simchas ז' אייר תשפ''א
היום שנים ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות ויום אחד לעומר/בעומר
- תפילת בה''ב tomorrow
- Kiddush Levana
Engagements courtesy of Vivaser Daily
Orthodox Jews, And Torah Jews
A Ad featured in the mainstream frum media outlets and co hosted by Jewish Organizations in Lakewood and other frum communities of a livestream townhall by Jowma, The topic on hand "The COVID-19 Vaccination Guide for Kallah Teachers, Doulas and Mikva Attendants Learn all you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine and how it affects pregnancy and fertility as well as an update to Mikva guidelines". Note there is no halachic authorities on the panel nor does Jowma have any mention of a rabbinical board on their website. Last week it hosted a Town Hall for Women: COVID-19 Vaccines and You" view video here
EmesNews reports : The scheme of using vaccines as a springboard to gain acceptance is a smart one since we all want to stay safe and free of infectious diseases. Now, with public opinion behind them, they now move on to attempt infiltrating on matters which affect the very essence of Klal Yisroel. Following the true and tried playbook used by their peers, JOWMA wasted no time after their newfangled jump to fame in creating a livestream town hall for Kallah Teachers, Doulas, and Mikva Attendants. Advertising in mainstream frum media outlets, they promise to “answer questions regarding COVID-19 Vaccines, fertility and pregnancy; as well as an update to mikva guidelines.” Interestingly, on the panel are only doctors, not halachic authorities, so it’s unclear who would provide the mikva guidelines..... Until now we were able to blame naiveté on frum newspapers that took advertising
Sunday April 18 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy. High 63F
- 14 new covid cases in Lakewood. deaths now at 300. Totals 13519/300
-Hachtara of Harav Shmuel Fishoff shlita who will become the Rav of Bais Mesrash D' Brookwood in Jackson. It will take place tjis Wednesday at the KBT simcha hall 304 Monmouth ave Lakewood
- A Lakewood resident filed a lawsuit this week claiming that Lakewood Township's Zoning Board did not follow its legal requirements when, on February 1 it approved a building with 99-unit residential apartments and social hall on Route 88 at Monmouth Avenue. (LNN)
- Two Lakewood police officers injured in knife attack, treated for minor wounds The attack was reported to be in the area of Lisa Robyn Circle, which is the location of Andrew’s Corner Apartments on New Hampshire avenue and Route 70. (app)
- Hanhala of Brisk yeshiva R' A"Y has notified all bochurim ftom Chutz laaretz they can not rely on their kosher phone from abroad and that the yeshiva will supply kosher phones to the bochurim. Israeli media reports this is the first time the yeshiva has addressed the smartphone issue and get involved in this manor with the talmidim. There was no official directive from the R"Y only from the hanhala.
- In a court filing on Friday, the Justice Department argued that Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, an alleged Nazi sympathizer who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, should not be released from jail because he poses a threat to Jewish residents in Lakewood. "Defendant poses a more localized threat to the community, particularly the Hassidic community in Lakewood, New Jersey which is near the Navy base where he worked before his arrest. Defendant has expressed a desire to commit violence against Jewish people" (CNN. HT Reporter S. Schorr)
-Concerns in Miron by hachnosas orchim and Tzidkas Rashbi after authorities plan to prohibit distribution of food and drinks to the thousands who will attend due to covid health concerns. Askanim reached out to the frum MK's to let them distribute food in a safe way as it will be a great danger not to feed the crowds of over hundred thousand people.
-Israel elections: Smotrich Adamant, Says will rather 5th elections or prefers a Lapid-Bennett Gov’t instead of one with Ra’am’s arab party Support.
- BDE: Petirah of Mrs. Shulamis Kaplinsky A"H, wife of the late Rav Yitzchok Z"L. She is survived by her sons R' Aaron, R' Avrahom Moshe, R' Shlomo, and her daughter Mrs. Miriam Stern. Levaya at the Lakewood chapel 10:00 am. Kevura in E"Y. Zoom link HERE PW 873339
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Motzei Shabbos Tazria- Metzora 5781
היום אחד ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות
לעומר/בעומר
- 1 new covid case in Lakewood deaths revised down by 2 totals 13505/295
-Levaya of Rav Dov Kreiswirth ztl at Bais Medrash Govoha Yoshon Bais Medrash 11:00 pm livestream Here
- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is calling for a database of ammunition purchasers and banning .50 caliber rifles. More
- New Jersey Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Rabbi Eisemann's appeal, Paving Way To The Prosecutors to Request A Harsher Sentence (LNN)
- Arabs near Shaar Shechem in yerushalayim have thrown stones at frum people walking while videoing it and uploading to tiktok video platform. They did other humiliating acts by knocked off hats, and smacking charedi Jews.
- Federal officials reverse Trump administration restrictions on using human fetal tissue for medical research (AP).
Friday, April 16, 2021
Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת תזריע-מצורע תשפ''א
Friday, April 16, 2021 / ד׳ אייר תשפ״א ערב שבת פרשת תזריע-מצורע
Candle lighting 7:18 pm
Shkiah/sunset 7:36 pm
weather shabbos day: A mix of clouds and sun early, then becoming cloudy later in the day. High 58F.
- מברכים בה''ב
- Pirkei Avos Perek "ב
Iyar is also a segula for refuah and healing, Reb Pinchos of Koritz says the rains that fall between Pesach and Shevuos is a great refuah for diseases that have no cure, rachmana litzlon. One should let the rain fall on their head and open their mouth to let the rain go straight in (some places say to the right side of the mouth).
ועל עין הרע. אמר ר' יצחק: כיון שעינו של אדם רעה
Rav Dov Kreiswirth Zt"l
Levaya in Lakewood Motzei Shabbos at BMG Yoshon Bais Medrash 7th street 11:00 PM Kevura in Eretz Yisrael
Matzav- with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Dov Tzvi Kreiswirth zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Toras Chaim in the Romema neighborhood of Yerushalayim. Rav Kreiswirth was also the rov of the Derech Chaim and Meir kehillos in Har Nof, Yerushalayim.
Rav Kreiswirth was a talmid of Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Beer Yaakov, Rav Shmuel Rozovsky zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponovezh, and Rav Berel Solevetchik zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Brisk.
JHS: Building The Kehila: Rav Dr. Joseph Breuer ZT"L
Jewish History Soundbites
41st Yartzeit of Rav Dr. Joseph Breuer (1882-1980)
Rav Dr. Joseph Breuer (1882-1980) was a visionary leader who successfully rebuilt the Kheilla of Frankfurt of Kahal Adas Jeshurun on American shores. Born to his parents Rav Dr. Solomon Breuer and Sophie Hirsch, daughter of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch, he moved from Hungary to Frankfurt as a child. He later became the Rosh Yeshiva of the Frankfurt Yeshiva. Following Kristallnacht in November 1938, he managed to escape with his family, arriving in the United States in February 1939.
He immediately set out to establish a fully structured kehilla, not limiting his position to congregational rabbi.
Covid Compliant Minyanim Update
Sunset Of Covid Minyans see below
Updated Minyanim scheduels and locations
Friday April 16 News Updates Lakewood
- weather: Partly to mostly cloudy. High 56F. Winds at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.
- Candle lighting 7:18 pm Shkia/Sunset 7:36 pm
- 14 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13504/297.
- New Jersey Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Rabbi Eisemann's appeal, Paving Way To The Prosecutors to Request A Harsher Sentence (LNN)
- Mega Millions Jackpot for tomorrow night is $240,000,000
- LNN: Lag Baomer bonfires are permitted this year, the Ocean County Fire Marshal has confirmed to LNN! Return this permit application by email to ocfiremarshal@co.ocean.nj.us.
- Lakewood MVC is opening today and fully operational after quarantine closing and full COVID-19 cleaning.
-Website created for Lakewood residents to find unclaimed funds owed to them. Many are not aware that they are owed funds see more at projectlakewood.com
-Lakewood residents 16 and older are eligible for the covid vaccine begining Monday April 19 at a tent located at the Lakewood high school 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. It wil be available For boys only Friday April 23 from 1:00- 5:00 pm
- Menendez, Booker Announce $325 Million to Support Struggling Homeowners on NJ
- Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said people will "likely" need a third dose of a Covid-19 vaccine within 12 months of getting fully vaccinated.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Oif Simchas/Shiurim ד' אייר תשפ''א
היום תשעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות וחמשה ימים
לעומר/בעומר
-Baron Hirsch cemetery will be open until midnight address is 1126 Richmond Avenue Staten Island, NY Food and drinks
-Yahrzeit seuda for Reb Shayal Kerestir at Mordy's shteible starting with Mincha/Maariv at 7:25. The Shedlitzer rebbe grandson of Reb Shayal will be speaking
Shiur
-Chumash shiur and Divrei Chizuk by Admor M"Sanz Zville shlita at the sterling Forest b"m 144 Hadassa ln 9:30 PM
-Chumash Shiur Harav Yeruchiom Olshin shlita 11:30 pm live 646-726-9977
Thursday April 15 News updates Lakewood
Weather: Showers this morning, becoming a steady rain during the afternoon hours. High 57F. Chance of rain 80%.
- 12 new cases in Lakewood + 3 deaths totals 13486/296
-Free Supper: Lev Rochel Bikur Cholim will be distributing free dinner boxes available to any family with children under the age of 18. Pickup today is tonight from 5-7pm at Bikur Cholim 93 Prospect St. fill have form Here
Entry permits to Israel are no longer being issued to student visa holders. This important news, which has significant ramifications, comes after a number of fake entry permits were discovered by officials, who have now put a halt to the issuance of all new entry permits.
- Baron Hirsch cemetery Food will be back after 4:00, the rain was just to heavy the last 5 hours
- Robo call to Lakewood residents about a meeting that took place last night organized by askanim to discuss the low vaccination rate among pregnant women in the community. The community should look out for letters forthcoming calling on people to vaccinate and that it is safe. The call mentions of Rav Elya Ber wachtfogel who said that young people of child bearing age should not take the vaccine as well that the Lakewood Resource and Referral Center received $7,733,375. million to expand COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, and treatment for vulnerable populations.
Food distribution: Bnos Yaakov at Pine Park 2:00 pm box include: Salmon, yogurts, Bilkelach, Plums, Peppers, Pineapple, Orange Juice, Veggie chips, pretzels, Roll cake, Milk.
- Pre register for Sanz Klausenberg shabbos box Here
-A new report by WalletHub released on Thursday says New Jersey is the third least safe state amid COVID, and it ranks low in several categories. New Jersey's ranks low in three categories in particular, according to the study from WalletHub: 47th – Positive Testing Rate,
Toms River- complaints About Contents in Free Meal Boxes
Patch- Toms River, NJ: Amid complaints from parents about the items included in free meals that are being sent home with students, the Toms River Regional School District sent home a letter Monday to clarify a recent change to the program. The school district like many around the state — is providing free meals to students during the coronavirus pandemic with federal funding granted for that purpose. The goal has been to ensure that all students are getting fed, especially those from low-income families and families who suffered job losses as a result of the pandemic. Before Spring Break, the district announced a change in the program, shifting from sending home food daily to sending a box with six meals per student — three breakfasts, three lunches — twice a week. But the contents of those meals drew complaints ranging from them being inadequate to items kids wouldn't eat, going so far to call it "garbage". Some of the items included granola bars, beef jerky and snack crackers.
News Photos and Videos
A Yearly tradition The Israeli flag flies atop Ponovizh yeshiva on yom haatzmaut
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Oif Simchas/ Events ג' אייר תשפ''א
היום שמונה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות וארבעה ימים
לעומר/בעומר
-The Baron Hirsch cemetery in Staten Island is Closed tonight it will be Open tomorrow 7am- 10pm set up with food, drinks, bathrooms etc. For those coming to the kever of R' Yehida Tzvi Steiner brother of Reb Shayala Kerestirer located at 1126 Richmond Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314.
- Tonight: Lakewood community yartzeit seuda of Reb Shayala Kerestir will take place at yeshiva ktana hall with the participation of Admorim and local Rabbonim. Maariv at 10pm, Bentching 11:15 pm
-Reb Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin will give a shiur on Shaar Habitachon at B"M Agudas Achim 22 Circle place Lakewood 9:45 pm
Engagements courtesy of Vivaser
Lang Lawsuit: If BOE, State Prevail Formula Will Not be Fixed
The Lakewood BOE and the state of NJ attorney general Gurbir Grewal both responded to the ruling in the Lang Lawsuit and said that in fact Lakewood did provide a Thorough and Efficient education to its public school students and asked that the judge reopen the case so they can show the facts and that the Commissioner should rule that Lakewood has provided T&E to its public school students.
The initial ruling was that the Lakewood school district did not provide a T&E education but that the Funding formula was not to blame rather Lakewood taxpayers caused the educational deficiencies. Lang said the only way to win this case is to show that because of the lack of funding there is no T&E and the judge's favorable decision on T & E is the legal basis for fixing the formula. Lakewood taxpayers will soon owe the state $200 million in loans including a request for $70 million loan for this year's budget.
"We were in an excellent position winning the most important issue".
Lang tweeted "If BOE prevails the formula will not be fixed, the state will figure out a way to make us pay the loans and education will not improve. I was confident we'd be out of the Office of Administrative Law and into the Appellate DIvision by summer. We were in an excellent position winning the most important issue. The BOE just asked for a remand to overturn our win, agreeing with the state.
Wednesday April 14 News Update Lakewood
Weather: Increasing clouds with periods of showers this afternoon. High around 70F. Chance of rain 40%.
- 17 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13474/293
- House and Senate Democrats are reportedly preparing to unveil a bill on Thursday to add 4 seats to the US Supreme Court, bringing the total to 13, from the current 9
- Murphy: To coincide with today’s celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, I recommit New Jersey to our continued partnership with Israel by naming the 76 public members of New Jersey Israel commission Several Lakewood residents including Mr. Norman Rokeach, Rabbi Aaron Kotler, Mr. Ralph Zucker, Mr. Abe Halberstam and Rabbi Yosef Carlebach ,Rabbi Menachem Carlebach of Chabad.
- News that the BIden administration will end the Trump Era USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program is not connected to the current food school lunch distribution that will continue until September.
- BDE: Harav Yisroel Pinchas HaLevi Gornish, zt”l Rav of Khal Chizuk Hadas-Radichov in Flatbush and one of the senior Rabbanim and posek in Brooklyn.He was a well-known expert in hilchos mikvaos, kashrus and hashgachah. Read more Here
Food Distribution לע''נ ר' ישעי' בן ר' משה
- Tehilas Chaya Sara 7 day box for all children under 18 who are not receiving school meals, TONIGHT at 8:30 PM. 1115 Cross Street
- OTL box at SCHI Oak st and Center on Prospect st 7:00 pm
- Bnos Esther Malka Shabbos box distribution 7:00 PM 488 Whitsville rd
- Bnos Melech Weekday B'gan box & R&S Shabbos box 7:30 pm 550 James st
- Belz school at Chestnut at 5:45 pm
- Yeshiva at 1839 New Central distribution at 1:30 pm
- Gelbsteins box at public school locations Middle school, Clifton ave school 3:30 pm
- Tonight: Lakewood community yartzeit seuda of Reb Shayala Kerestir will take place at yeshiva ktana hall with the participation of Admorim and local Rabbonim. Maariv at 10pm, Bentching 11:15 pm
- Locust Square! New mall coming soon off Locust street..near the Belz neighborhood.
- LIC virtual meeting 11:30 am watch live Here see Agenda Here. NJDEP Node Approval to Lakewood for "17-acre" Tract east of
Garden State Parkway • Park & Ride Update.
- Price of empty cardboard box at Bingo to take home groceries went up to .45 cents from .30 cents.
- New Rachmastrivka Rebbe of Lakewood. Rav Berel Twersky shlita son of the Rachmastrivks rebbe of Boro Park will be crowned as the Admor of Rachmastrivka Lakewood. He joins a lust of Other Lakewood Admorim of Skulen, Kosson, Viznitz.
- New Jersey child care providers that have felt the financial pain from the coronavirus pandemic are eligible to apply for $10 million worth of federal aid under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Tuesday. The money is in the form of grants and won’t need to be repaid.
- Efforts to form Israel’s next government continued on Wednesday as talks between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Yamina leader MK Naftali Bennett were described as “positive,” but a solution to reach a coalition of 61 MKs still remains out of reach.
-Update: Yeshiva bochurim briefly detained by Air France, Air Canada- ChaimV'chessed Israel entry issues April 13- A sizable group of yeshiva students are currently being detained in Paris and are being prevented from boarding their Air France flight to Tel Aviv. According to airline officials, these students must present proof of medical insurance in Israel. In fact, although it is always recommended to have medical insurance, there is no such requirement forcing passengers to show proof of insurance. Chaim V’Chessed has reached out to the Foreign Ministry who has confirmed that this is not an Israeli policy, but rather an Air France
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Oif Simchas ר''ח א' אייר תשפ''א
היום שבעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות ושלשה ימים
לעומר/בעומר
Chasunas: Chupahs at 6:45 pm sharp
צהלי ורוני תושבי לייקוואוד Schedule of Satmar Rebbe's Visit
Satmar Rebbe Reb Zalman Leib Teitelbaum shlita will be staying in Lakewood from Tuesday - Thursday at the Rockwell development see below for zmanei Tefilah and kabolas kahal
Trump: Biden Admin Terrible Disservice to Pause Vaccine
Former President Donald Trump today slammed the Biden administration’s sudden recommendation that states and companies pause distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine after reports of a rare blood clotting issue.
“The Biden administration did a terrible disservice to people throughout the world by allowing the FDA and the CDC to call a ‘pause’ in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine,” Trump wrote in a statement from his Save America PAC, suggesting politics at play, including a biased support for the Pfizer vaccine by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “The results of this vaccine have been extraordinary but now its reputation will be permanently challenged. The people who have already taken the vaccine will be up in arms, and perhaps all of this was done for politics or perhaps it’s the FDA’s love for Pfizer.”
Trump’s statement pointed back to the political play of Pfizer and the FDA in withholding official approval of the vaccine until after President Joe Biden declared victory in the 2020 presidential election.
Report: Cuomo Made Comment About Suklkos
לעתיד לבוא הקב"ה רוצה לנסות את אומות העולם, ונותן להם את מצוות הסוכה, והם בועטים ויוצאים (גמרא ע''ז)
In a story about Cuomo’s political career, The New York Times Magazine reported Cuomo’s frustration with a campaign appearance at a Sukkot event during his run for attorney general in 2006.
“These people and their (explitive)tree houses,” Cuomo said to his team, according to The Times. A spokesman denied the comment.“His two sisters married Jewish men, and he has the highest respect for Jewish traditions,” the spokesman said.
Tuesday Rosh Chodesh Iyar April 13 News Upfates
Weather: Partly cloudy. High 62F.
- Food Distribution: OTL box at Tashbar & Mekor hatorah 180 Sims @ 6:30 pm
- 7 new covid cases in Lakewood, totals 13457/290
- Critics: So statistics matter now? 6 in 10,000,000 gets a vaccine pulled but 300,000 kids in NJ suffering every day with virtual learning get nothing? Typical.
-Murphy: “There are so few cases in Jersey, in the country, in the world where someone has been infected after the vaccine,” “I would just not want anyone out there to assume that that’s the norm, because it isn’t. There’s no data at all that suggests that.”
-Summer Zman begins Chavrusa Tumul at BMG
- At the zoning board last night the attorney for the county line application asked to postpone the hearing after Coventry square homeowners hired a lawyer to oppose. The board deliberated for 15 minutes and eventually granted to table it and it wont be heard before July. The applicant will have to re notice.
- The federal government is calling for a pause in use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after 6 cases of a blood clotting disorder. A major setback for the national vaccination campaign. Ocean county will offer Moderna vaccine instead to those who scheduled appts but will have to reschedule.
-Baron Hirsch Cemetery in Staten Island (brother of Reb Shayaka Kerestirer is buried there) is now open for visitors from dawn until dusk. Maximum 50 attendees per funeral or unveiling.
- Satmar Rebbe Reb Zalman Leib coming to Lakewood later today he will stay at the Rockwell development Mincha is 8:10 pm Maariv 8:45 pm at the main Satmar shul. Kabolas kahal will be restricted for the neighborhood residents
- Why is everything in Lakewood open but only the township building is closed due to covid19 concerns. more Here
-Ben Shapiro: It is fair to say that the federal government's public health messaging on vaccines is one of the worst, most disastrous informational mismanagement incidents of the last half-century
-Israel To Remain Closed To Most Foreign Nationals Through Shavuos And Then Will Reopen For Vaccinated Organized Tour Groups. Vaccinated tourists can enter