Oif Simchas כ''א סיון תשפ''א

 Chasunas:

Letter: Gedolei Yisrael To Yamina

 Gedolei yisrael from the Moetzes gedolei hatorah of UTJ  led by Harav Chaim kanievsky issued a strong letter directed at the Yamina party and Naftali bennet not to join a coalition and form a government that will uproot the foundations of yiddishkeit target the chinuch of thousands of years and breach the walls to protect yahadus. If they go through with their plan it will be considered  a bitter and difficult sin an act of defiance against Hashem.  The letter calls on all shomrei Torah to retract and not let this government form 

History of כ' סיון the 20th of Sivan

By Rav Yirmiyohu Kaganoff

 "The selichos for the 20th of Sivan consist of seven passages and seven recitations of the thirteen midos of Hashem, which is comparable to what we do at neilah on Yom Kippur. Thus, in some aspects, the 20th of Sivan was treated with more reverence than were the fast days that are mentioned in Tanach"

This date is associated with two major tragedies that befell European Jewry. The earlier catastrophe, which occurred in the 12th Century, was recorded in a contemporary chronicle entitled Emek Habacha, and also in a selicha entitled Emunei Shelumei Yisrael, from which I have drawn most of the information regarding this tragic event.

Monday May 31 News Updates

 Weather: Partly cloudy. High 73F.

- No new covid cases in Lakewood totals revised by neg 2 at 13685/307

- NJ Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Phil Rizzo met today with members of the Lakewood Jewish community  community. “We are under attack by left wing politicians who are seeking to challenge our rights to practice our religion as guaranteed by the American Constitution.” “Furthermore, we are faced with rising antisemitic attacks as well as support for left wing ideas that threaten to harm minds and souls of our children” says Rabbi Yisroel Knopfler, rabbi of Cong. Premishlan. Mr. Rizzo strongly voiced his support for individual rights and freedoms. “New Jersey residents are horrified by the prospects of what they are facing under another four years of Murphy’s tyrannical policies.” “We must fight hard to take New Jersey back.” (Jnews)

- Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says Russia is monitoring the persecution of those behind the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, hints at violations of human and opposition rights.

- LPD: t is a day for honouring the men and women who have died while on duty with the US military and it is a day where Americans across the country pay their respects.

Memorial day- Agra Dpirka learning program at Somerset Walk shul 9:40 am - 11:15 am Shiurim by Rav Dov Kahan & Rav Shmuel Felder 58 Canary dr Lakewood

- American Dream mall opens Sea Life Aquarium and Legoland on Memorial Day weekend

- No mail today banks closed, most stores open, Costco closed

- Israel: Efforts by Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and Lapid faced new challenges on Monday, as Blue and White and Yisrael Beytenu sparred over the Agriculture and Aliyah and Integration portfolios.

- For the first time it was allowed to have a kiddush in the dining room of yeshivas Brisk (hagramd) until now Rav Dovid ztl did not allow kiddushim for simchas to take place in yeshiva. The current Rosh yeshiva Rav Velvel  changed the policy to allow it.

Oif Simchas י''ט סיון תשפ''א

 

Chasunas:

Lace psak by Lakewood Poskim

 New updated letter on Lace front Sheitels signed by the Lakewood poskim with chizuk from the Roshei Yeshiva. The psak reads that Lace top/Cap even when lined and lave front Sheitels are assur to be worn sold or manufactured

Sunday May 30 News Updates Lakewood

- Weather: Rain. High 53F. Winds NNE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a half an inch.  Rain tapering off early tomorrow morning.

- 4 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13687/308

-Watch Mir dinner live Here  program starts at 6:00 pm

- Updated health dep data: 41% of Lakewood residents age 18+ have received at least one COVID vaccine dose and 32%  are fully vaccinated. (Reporter Moshe zeines)

- Bennet announces he's  joining Lapid to form a govt  Mizrachi leader Rabbi Druckman asks How can you pervert the will of the electorate? Likud accuses Bennett of 'defrauding' voters,, Yated headline ממשלת זדון

 - Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim dinner will take place today at Bellworks in Holmdel NJ

- Jack Ciattarelli Rep candidate for NJ Governor was in Lakewood on Friday and met privately with some individuals. No public officials were in attendance.

- Hirsh Singh, Candidate for Governor of New Jersey, will host a meet and greet today May 29th from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at 2485 Whitesville Rd., Toms River NJ.

- Two New Stimulus Checks May Be on the Way members of Congress who support additional stimulus checks claim “A fourth and fifth stimulus check could keep an additional 12 million out of poverty,” more at Yahoo

- BDE: Petirah of Mrs. Sarah Esther Nussbaum, wife of R' Nosson Zev, and daughter of Reb Tzvi Mashinsky Z"L. The levaya will take place at 12:00pm at the Lakewood chapel. Kevurah in New Square. T.N.Z.B.H. (LNN)

Motzei Shabbos Behaaloscha 5781 News Roundup

Coastal flood warning rain will continue tomorrow Sunday near a half an inch.

- No new covid cases in Lakewood OCHD revises total to 13683/307 after reporting 6 new cases on Friday at 13689/308

Tehillim: Rav Gershon Edelstein was hospitalized erev Shabbos after not feeling well name is ירחמיאל גרשון בן מרים

- Lakewood BMG Poskim issue new letter dated chodesh Sivan 5781 with the support of the Roshei Yeshiva that lace top/Cap and Lace front Sheitels are אסור to be worn, sold or manufactured.

-  President Joe Biden said a spate of antisemitic attacks are terrorizing American Jews and “must stop.“In the last weeks, our nation has seen a series of anti-Semitic attacks, targeting and terrorizing American Jews,” Biden said in a statement 

-Israel-  Yamina leader Naftali Bennett is set to announce in a meeting with his faction on Sunday that he has agreed to form a coalition government with Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid. Bennett would serve first as prime minister until September 2023, after which Lapid would take over until the term ends in November 2025

- While NJ lifted the face mask mandate on Friday  many shoppers were still wearing masks some chain stores encouraging masks or have signs that  only  vaccinated people can enter without mask

Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת בהעלותך תשפ''א

 Friday, May 28, 2021 / י״ז סיון תשפ״א ערב שבת פרשת בהעלותך

- Candle lighting 7:59 pm

- Shkia/Sunset  8:17 pm

Weather: Shabbos A steady rain in the morning. Showers continuing in the afternoon. High 53F.

-Shiur on the פרשה ויהי בנסוע and נ הפוכות by Rav Moshe Shapiro zatzal

Notification about Campaign

Signs were posted in Lakewood shuls about a tzedaka campaign for the Meron victims.

The Tomchei Tzedaka of Lakewood issued a statement that these signs are not authorized by them and the signs should be ignored. They said that they were involved in the Meron campaign are auditing the results and it is a valid campaign.

Hashkafa Q&A

Rebgershonribner.com By Harav Gershon Ribner shlita                                כך שנו רבותינו ז''ל

 Is eating Cholent during the week a zilzul in Kavod Shabbos Mechanchim ban texting while many Rabbonim are non-compliant How noble is the sheifa to secure a shteller

Friday May 28 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Cloudy with rain developing this afternoon. High near 65F Chance of rain 80%. ערב שבת פרשת בהעלותך

Candle lighting 7:59 pm Shkia/sunset 8:17 pm

- Memorial day weekend 3 inches of rain expected over next few days, heavy traffic on the roadways.

- Due to a mix up A Bottle of non Chalav Yisrael milk ended up on one of the food boxes that are delivered. Make sure to double check the contents.

- Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett has agreed to form a government with Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid, Channel 12 News’ Amit Segal reported on Friday.  the new Bennett-Lapid government would be sworn in in 10 days. Bennett will be Prime Minister until September 2023, and Lapid will then replace him and serve in the role until November 2025.

- Republicans Block January 6 Commission In Senate

- Food distribution: Yeshiva Maor Hatorah Food box 720 Massachusetts Ave at 12:50 PM

- NJSP traffic enforcement in Lakewood

- Indoor mask mandate lifted today in Neq Jersey

- Israel change block coalition moving ahead waiting for Bennet to join. The labor party will be giving the reform movement a new position in the gov with

-  I almost ran over your son on cross street read more Here

Oif Simchas/ Shiurim ט''ז סיון תשפ''א

 Chasunas:

More on Lace Cap Sheitel

Updated: See below letter from Lakewood poskim on Lace Cap Lace front Sheitels.

Video discussing some opinions on Lace sheitel On Torah Anytime. Modesty defined

Circulars in My Weekend Periodicals - Nisht Oif Shabbos Geredt

This past weekend many locals noticed they were not on the same page as some reading material that was inserted into the regular weeklies.

Following the shabbos halachic directive of "borer", they selected אוכל, i.e. what they desire to peruse, and overlooked the rest - "לכתחילה אריבער".

The mindset of yeshivaleit is מי שטרח בערב שבת יאכל בשבת those who worked not so many weeks ago to see to it that Friday erev shabbos in Lakewood remained pristine consecrated to getting ready to the day of menucha we so much look forward to, appreciate keeping the

Thursday May 27 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Plentiful sunshine. High around 85F next few days will be cold and rainy wih temps in the 50's and 60's

Trump: statement Breaking News! Massive numbers of dead people “voted” in the 2020 Presidential Election, far greater than anyone has known or seen before. Some of these “dead people” even applied for an application to vote. This is just one of the many fraudulent aspects of the 2020 Presidential Election. People are just now beginning to understand!

- Food distribution: Bnos Yaakov at Pine Park 2:00 pm

- Chemdas Hatorah 950 Cross st 6:00 pm

- No new Covid cases in Lakewood OCHD revises numbers by negative 5 totals  13683/308

- The FBI’s New York Field Office is publishing Yiddish and Hebrew posters and ads encouraging members of the Jewish community to report hate crimes they may have witness or experienced, amidst a surge in attacks against Jews.

-The United States said on Thursday that it deeply regretted a decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into crimes that may have been committed in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

-Lakewood Township School District will be receiving $108,074,628 from the $2.7 billion the state's schools will be getting from the Covid-19 aid bills. ( Reporter S. Schorr)

- Some who ordered boxes from Klausenberg received a notice that the delivery has ben cancelled due to a technical error the supply of boxes were overbooked. They will be putting additional safeguards that everyone who ordered gets a delivery. And have added more boxes.

 - Lakewood businesses looking to hire arranging recruiting events for seminary girls returning next week from Eretz Yisrael many job opportunities available.

-Families of the Miron tragedy victims will attend a atzeres tefilla at the kosel commemorating the shloshim which will be on shabbos

- 3 school districts in ocean county Berkeley Township, Point Pleasant and Toms river.   call on Governor Murphy to allow students to start the school year without wearing masks.  No such  request was made from the lakewood school district 

- NYS Police are in front of the  Main Satmar Shul in the Town of Palm tree providing security to shuls in jewish communities

- A new Quinnipiac poll shows 66% Republicans want Trump to run for President in 2024, compared to 25% who say he shouldn't run a 3rd time.

- Lakewood police spokesman said officers responded to reports of shots being fired around 11 p.m.  at Ashley Avenue and Center Street just off Martin Luther King Boulevard. on Tuesday night  but no one was struck, according to police.

- China on Thursday accused the Biden administration of playing politics and shirking its responsibility in calling for a renewed investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that was first detected in China in late 2019.

Trump: ‘Now Everybody is agreeing that I was right’ about COVID Wuhan lab origins

 Former President Donald Trump said this week that recent reports that COVID-19 may have originated in a Chinese lab prove he was right when he claimed last year that the coronavirus came from a lab in Wuhan, China, and defended his use of the term “China virus.”

Oif Simchas ט''ו סיון תשפ''א

 Chasunas:

Wednesday May 26 News Update Lakewood

Weather: Cloudy this morning. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Gusty winds and small hail are possible. High 91F. 

NWS: Severe Thunderstorm Warning  until WED 7:00 PM EDT

- 7 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13688/309

Food Distribution Times and locations may change check for updates

- Tehilas Chaya Sara 7 day box for all children under 18 who are not receiving school meals, Tonight 8:30 PM. 1115 Cross

 - Bnos Melech Weekday B'gan box & R&S Shabbos box 7:30 pm 550 James st

- Bnos Esther Malka  488 Whitsville rd 6:30 pm

- OTL box at SCHI Oak st and Center on Prospect st 5:15 pm  due to weather 

- TRJCC has arranged USDA Meals boxes for all Toms River residents from 5:30 pm.  at The Hatzolah Garage in Toms River 2139 Lakewood Rd (Rt 9.) Toms River, NJ. First come first serve basis

- Yeshiva Ohr Avrohom Chaim at 1839 New Central distribution  at 1:30 pm

 -Gelbsteins at public school locations 3:30 pm High school, Middle school 

- Murphy rescinds mask mandate in NJ on vaccinated employees in indoor worksites that are closed to the public

-Since a month ago April 26 there have been 106 covid cases on Lakewood

-BDE: Petira of R' Gedalya "Uncle Joe" Mendelsohn Z"L Levaya tonight 10:15 pm at the Lakewood Bais Olam 

- Tomchei Tzedaka of lakewood  says that a sign in their name that was posted in some shuls and yeshivos about an unauthorized tzedaka campaign for the Miron victims using their name  was not authorized by them 

-  Joe Biden met with Ukrainian, Russian and Kazakhstani business associates of his son’s at a dinner in Washington, DC, while he was VP, records on Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop show.

- NJDEP announces $20.7 million in clean communities grants; Lakewood Township was awarded $119,795. (LNN)

- Svera Fresh convenience store opens at the old chase bank on E. Kennedy  behind the Shell gas station there is a kosher section. 

- Planning Board approves shul and residence for Rabbi Yitzchok Unsdorfer on Broadway Avenue Oak and Vine area.  Due to opposition from the neighbors, the applicant removed the kiddush hall from the plans. (LNN)

- Podcast video The Lakewood Real Estate Market Here 

-- An appeals court upheld the state's denial of $30 million in school aid funding to Lakewood that had sparked a brief shutdown of classes in 2019, claiming a loan the district received that year fulfilled the need.(APP)

 - The Biden administration ended an inquiry into a possible connection between the origins of the coronavirus and a lab in Wuhan China, because of “concerns about the quality of its work,”   a CNN report published Tuesday claims. The State Department launched the inquiry last fall under President Donald Trump”

 -Report: Anti-Semitic Acts in U.S. Soared 80% in a Month Here

Oif Simchas י''ד סיון תשפ''א

Chasunas

O'Scanlon: Read the Fine Print on Murphy’s Newest Mask Executive Order Before Heaping Praise

Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-13) urged New Jerseyans to read the fine print on Governor Murphy’s updates to mask restrictions in his newest executive order highlighting some of the confusing elements of  Governor Murphy’s latest executive order.

“Before anyone rushes to heap praise on Governor Murphy for lifting New Jersey’s mask mandates, they better read the fine print. They’re in for a rude surprise.

“Office workers and anyone who works in an indoor setting that’s not open to the public will have to continue wearing masks under Governor Murphy’s newest executive order, regard

Lace Sheitel Psak

 An Ad published recently in some weekly newspapers regarding Lace Front or Lace Cap Wigs and sheitels signed by chasidisha rabbonim, that it is assur to wear it and therefore you can not say a davar shebekdusha in front of someone wearing it. Lakewood poskim issued a similar psak 2 years ago 

Tuesday May 25 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 76F

Allergy; Medium - High tree pollen 8.5 level

- 6 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13681/307

Food distribution:  

OTL at Tashbar, Mekor Hatorah 180 Sims 6:30 pm

-Supper box at Misameach 1880 W county line 6:30 pm in addition to lunch boxes.

-Four more Brooklyn stores coming to Lakewood (credit YKevents)

Breadberry at County Line & Brook Rd

Sesame Cafe and Bakeshop Cedarbridge mall

Mefoar Judaica at Evergreen Mall

Dips on 13 at Route 9 South

-NYPD Arrests 20 year old  Suspect For Hate Crimes In Boro Park & Flatbush This Past Shabbos. Police are still looking for the other suspects.

 -Cuomo drops the mask mandate for kids 2-5 going to daycare or summer camp. camp and overnight updated guidelines for sleep away camps now encourage unvaccinated children, instead of requiring, to wear face-covering when they are outdoors. The only time children are required to wear masks is during transportation.

-Murphy:  Expect masks in New Jersey schools this fall  because kids under 12 are still ineligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, Murphy said. Trials are ongoing for younger people, but he doesn’t expect them to be approved with enough time to make vaccines widely available for kids.

- Lakewood Township installs new playground on  School Garden Street between Clover Street and East 5th Street

- Veretzky rebbe will be in Lakewood today through Thursday staying on Parkside rd.

-Moderna says its Covid vaccine prevented 100% of cases in children aged 12-to-17 and plans to apply for FDA authorization in June

- Lakewood planning board meeting today see agenda here

- The U.S. State Department has announced that citizens with expired passports will be able to travel home using their expired passport. “U.S. citizens currently overseas whose passports expired on or after January 1, 2020, may be able to use their expired US passport for direct return travel to the United States until December 31, 2021.”

Great American Jewish Cities : Monsey Part II

Jsoundbites Great American Jewish Cities #21: Monsey Part II From the early days of Bais Medrash Elyon and its prominent alumni, Monsey continued to develop both up and down "the hill". Rav Yaakov Lipschutz, Rav Chaim Flohr and others were prominent rabbis, as Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky still had a large impact on the town overall. Diverse schools opened up from ASHAR to Bais Dovid for boys and Bais Yaakov to Bais Rochel for girls. Soon Satmar arrived on the scene and first joining the Chareidim Shul, they then opened up an entire empire of their own institutions. Even Neturei Karta US headquarters

Oif Simchas י''ג סיון תשפ''א

 Chasunas:

Mishkan Aharon Hachnosas Orchim House in Lakewood

The Mishkan Aharon Hachnosas Orchim, Lakewood’s first and only full-service Hachnosas Orchim house, is now in its final phase of completion. Help us rayze the final million dollars to make this long-awaited dream a reality! Donate HERE

Monday May 24 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Cloudy early with peeks of sunshine expected late. High near 65F

- 13 new covid cases in Lakewood totals: 13,675/307

-Murphy critic woke zombie: Our kids will be forced to wear masks OUTSIDE from now until the end of school in mid June. WHen the rest of the population removes masks on May 28th, they will still be required to wear masks in schools. WHY?.

- Dov Hikind calls out ‘silent’ Schumer, Cuomo, de Blasio, and Nadler amid growing antisemitism  where is the political leadership?”  They are  missing in action. They are simply cowards. 

- NY Gov Cuomo: I am directing the NYS police to increase patrols at synagogues, schools & other Jewish community facilities following a spike of violent attacks.  they will patrol Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. An increased visibility and presence can also be expected during the Jewish Sabbath.

-Murphy lists  20 municipalities across New Jersey with populations of over 10,000, fewer than 50% of adults have received at least their first dose. Lakewood included at 39% vaccinated.

- Effective June 4th, NJ will remove all indoor gathering limits and also lift the 30% limit on large indoor venues with a fixed seating capacity of 1,000 or greater.

 - Murphy: Effective May 28th, the statewide indoor mask mandate will be lifted for those fully vaccinated Businesses and entities overseeing indoor spaces may continue to require face masks for employees, customers, and/or guests. Per CDC  guidance, masks will continue to be required in: Child care centers and facilities, Youth summer camps, Public, private, or parochial preschool program premises, Elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools

-NYPD heavy presence with police on horses in williamsburg today after complaints that security was lax following antisemitic attacks 

- Toms River is the  No. 1 New York Suburb For Home Sales In Pandemic. The Property Shark group analysis found Toms River led 30 NYC suburbs where home sales increased in 2020, Ocean County had 7 of NJ's top 10 suburbs including Brick, Jackson, Long Beach Township, Little Egg Harbor, Stafford and Berkeley townships. (Patch)

- Father made a kiddush at the old shul for getting daughter into school for this  current year

- Shortage of chicken liver at local stores due to yom tov, some stores placed limits on it  hopefully the supply will replenish within next few weeks 

- Biden: The recent attacks on the Jewish community are despicable, and they must stop. I condemn this hateful behavior at home and abroad — it’s up to all of us to give hate no safe harbor.

- Over 7,000 Ocean County residents, including over 5,000 Toms River residents, are without power. JCP&L crews have begun to arrive and expect most power to be restored within the hour, and all power to be restored by 12:00pm.

Yeshivishir 3

Recorded on Chol Hamoed Pesach this year at Binyanei Hauma in Yerushalayim with hundreds of yeshiva bochurim singing the song of Ein Aroch Lecha

Oif Simchas י''ב סיון תשפ''א

Chasunas:

JHS: Great American Jewish Cities: Monsey Part I

 Jsoundbites  Monsey. Rockland County. The Hudson River Valley. The image of suburbia. This small town across the Tappan Zee Bridge somehow developed into one of the largest Jewish Orthodox enclaves worldwide. Though the area had some minor Jewish beginnings from the end of the 19th century, it was with the vision of Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz that Monsey began to develop as a Jewish community. Rav Shraga Feivel built Bais Medrash Elyon and his family and students laid the foundations of many Torah institutions including Yeshiva of Spring Valley and Bais Shraga. Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik was an early rabbi in Spring

Sunday May 23 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Sun and clouds mixed. Hot. High 93F. Tree and Grass Pollen high 

- Murphy: The spate of recent antisemitic attacks on Jewish communities across the nation run counter to our core values as Americans. They are inexcusable and wrong. And I condemn them in the strongest possible terms.

- The New Jersey Apellate Court this week ruled against the Fairways' petition challenging Lakewood's master plan, bringing the planned 514 duplex unit development at Eagle Ridge one step closer.(LNN) 

-Hanochas Even Hapina at Kehilas Royal Grove in Jackson today for the new Bais Medrash under the leadership of rav Simcha Ahron Strohli shlita

- Deblasio visits Boro Park says no place for antisemitisim perpetrators will be brought to justice.

More temperature records may be broken, as the heat expected today is approximately 15 degrees above normal.

- 4 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13662/306

-Click it or Ticket campaign begins tomorrow in NJ

- Montreal police arrested 2 men for allegedly threatening members of the Jewish community in Côte St-Luc, police have now increased their presence around synagogues and Jewish institutions

-Two people were killed and 12 others were injured in a mass shooting during a house party near Bridgeton, which was attended by more than 100 people.

- NJ state police traffic enforcement in Lakewood today

Anti-Semitic Incidents in Boro Park and Flatbush

Updated: 4 suspects were arrested.

 Hamodia - The NYPD is investigating two possible hate incidents late on Shabbos in Boro Park and Flatbush, part of an ongoing spate of attacks in the city.

At around 6-7 p.m., two Jewish teenagers were assaulted on Ocean Parkway and 18th Avenue. The victims claimed that a group of men exited a Toyota Camry and assaulted them. The boys say they were forced to say “Free Palestine,” and were then repeatedly punched. They claimed that another few men surrounded them with baseball bats.

The boys said that a Muslim Uber driver saved their lives when he passed by and saw what was happening. He drove them to where they were staying for Shabbos, in the area of Avenue R and East 12th Street. The two teens are recovering at home.

Later, at about 7:20 p.m., another anti-Semitic incident was reported, when a group of men exited a vehicle on 16th Avenue and 49th Street in Boro Park, and began yelling anti-Semitic

Motzei Shabbos News Update Lakewood

 -No new covid cases in Lakewood totals adjusted down to 13658/306 after reporting 9 new cases Friday at 13668

-Data from the state Health Department, 39% of Lakewood's residents age 18+ have received at least one COVID vaccine dose (including the single-dose vaccines), and 30% of all Lakewood's residents residents age 18+ are fully vaccinated. (Reporter  Moshe)

- 'I would do it again': Suspect accused of pummeling NYC Jewish man shows no remorse while cops in LA and NY make some arrests in recent anti semitic attacks.

- 175 girls with no place in high school for next year 

Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת נשא תשפ''א

 Friday, May 21, 2021 / י׳ סיון תשפ״א ערב שבת פרשת נשא

Candle lighting 7:53 pm 

Shkia/sunset 8:11 pm

S"Z Krias shema 9:14 am 

Pirkei Avos 'פרק א

weather shabbos day Cloudy. High 86F.

כה תברכו את בני ישראל אמור להם: יברכך ה' וישמרך, יאר ה' פניו אליך ויחנך, ישא ה' פניו אליך וישם לך שלום ושמו את שמי על בני ישראל ואני אברכם

Parshas Naso is the longest parsha in the Torah

Hanochas Even Hapina: Lakewood Ihr Hatorah

 

Make Fridays Great Again

 Following the tragedy in Meron klal yisroel looked for ways to improve as they always do in a eis tzara. Several yeshivos in Eretz Yisrael and in America took upon to be mechazek the Friday sedarim in yeshiva. Erev shabbos is usually a challenging day and more lax in shmiras hasdorim than the rest of the week.

 In Lakewood, Fridays have become shorter  as far as school and playgroup dismissal times which in turn affects the youngeleit learning, as they must leave seder to make a 12;00 pm pick up.

The girls' schools barely have 2 hours of class on Friday because of busing schedules, dismissal begins at 11:15 am when they first get to school at 9:15. The boys schools end earlier as well It used to be a 12:30 dismissal for the girls.

There is no reason that schools can't go until 1:00 pm on Fridays there is still plenty of time to prepare for shabbos. Employees in Lakewood businesses  during the summer leave work at 1 or 2 pm. The husbands in yeshiva must leave seder early to pick up the kids who are

Friday May 21 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: A mix of clouds and sun. High 81F shabbos temps will be in the low 90's

Allergy forecast high with 8.6 Tree pollen very high

- Candle lighting 7:53 pm Shkia/sunset 8:11 pm

-De Blasio, Cuomo condemn anti-Semitism in New York City meet with Jewish community leaders from Agudah, Misaskim and UJO.

- N.J. to drop indoor mask rules on May 28, follow CDC guidance before Memorial Day weekend

- Mega Millions jackpot rises to $515 million for Friday night drawing

-Yeshiva Maor Hatorah Food box 720 Massachusetts Ave at 12:50 PM

- Click it or Ticket campaign N.J. seat belt ticket blitz starts Monday thru June 6. Lakewood PD did not receive grant funding but may participate.

- Lakewood Committee meeting recap

-Mayor says that everyone on the meeting agrees that coins should be used for kapporos rather than live animals after reading emails against the use of chickens

- Vermont ave will open next week first as a one way untill county approves intersection.

- Vine street construction to begin during the summer

- No Yated Neeman this week

- Jews attacked and beaten in Boro park and NYC see video below

Safety Campaign Launched

 Following the tragic bleacher collapse in Stoliner Bais Medrash  several large chasidus have taken safety precautions. Two  big weddings in Belz and Ger have been relocated to larger outdoor facilities. A public safety campaign was launched for shul safety.

Oif Simchas/ Shiurim ט' סיון תשפ''א

Chasunas:

Lakewood Committee Meeting Today

 Lakewood township committee virtual  meeting today at 5:30 pm

watch live here

See Agenda here 

Steep Housing Prices, Tight Rental Market

 Lakewood has become unaffordable in such a short amount of time  very short amount of time so are the words in an article in the Shavuos issue of Ami magazine. The author pleads to real estate speculators to have rachmanus on young couples and to stop inflating the prices where growing families are moving too. There Are other cities where people can invest in and make money. Homes are out of reach to most young couples but for newlyweds the apartment search is a dire situation too. 

The rental market is very tight as well The weekly Masa Umatan is usually an indicator to the rental market and what used to be pages of pages with over 250 listings is now only a 2 page spread with few basements some asking for $1800 and most of the listings are homes in the $2000- $3000 a month range.  According to the article it is a vicious cycle as  there are many young families ready to move out of basements or small apartments but are stuck there due to the high real estate market and speculators who are offering all cash and willing to go up to 70k above asking price. This  creates a shortage in basement rentals for newlyweds. Other

Thursday May 20 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: Sunshine and clouds High 74F. Allergy forecast Tree Pollen Very High level 9

- Palestinian protestors throw explosive device at Jewish Americans working at New York’s diamond district in Manhattan early this evening

- 3 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13659/307

Food distribution: Updated

- Tehilas Chaya Sara 8:30 pm. 1115 Cross Street

-OTL at Mekor Hatorah 180 Sims  6:30 pm (No Tashbar)

-Bnos Esther Malka Shabbos Box distribution 6:30 pm 488 Old Whitesville rd

-Bnos Melech 7:30 - 9:30 B'gan weekday box & R&S  Shabbos box

- Sanz Klausenberg delivery  registration here 

- Chai4ever 7 day box 800 rt 70 Lakehurst, NJ 5:00 pm

 - Biden: US to resupply Israel's Iron Dome defense system will supply humanitarian aid to Gaza through the palestinian authority and not Hamas so they dont use the funds for terror.

-  Murphy pushes lawmakers to sign The Reproductive Freedom Act in NJ  a bill would confirm the legality of abortion and birth control in the Garden State it will allow abortions throughout the entire nine months of pregnancy up until birth. See more 

- Democrats postpone vote extending Murphy’s Executive orders through the end of ’21

Under pressure from Republicans and reportedly some Democrats NJ Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin (D-Middlesex) cancelled a plan vote on A-5777 this Thursday which would’ve extended 15 Murphy executive orders through December. 

- RWJBarnabas Health which includes Kimball hospital in lakewood  will require COVID vaccinations for all employees at the supervisor level and higher, the company announced Thursday. Eventually, it anticipates the shots will be required for all its workers, the company said.

-Cuomo issues updated guidance for Day Camps and sleep away camps in NY Children and campers over the age of two and staff who are not fully vaccinated must wear face coverings except when eating, drinking, showering, swimming, or sleeping/resting. Children/campers may also remove face coverings outdoors when they are unable to tolerate a face covering for the physical activity. Face coverings must be worn by individuals who are not fully vaccinated during transportation. Facilities and programs must collect COVID-19 vaccination status and documentation for all staff and children, and implement mandatory daily health screening practices of their staff and visitors including daily temperature checks.

- Lakewood township committee meeting today vote to restrict parking on Paco way industrial park

-Aldi opening branch at corner route 70 and Massachusetts  moving Brick location 

- Some of Ocean County’s most senior public officials have been quietly awarded a second round of pay raises, just four months after the first round. The salary increases come from CARES) Act (APP)

- JACKSON - Township police are seeking the public's help for any information relating to an incident of a 10-year-old girl being lured into a dark-colored SUV by an unknown man. Last Saturday at 6:52 p.m., police responded to a possible luring incident of a 10-year-old girl at her home on Danielle Court,

Israel Updates

May 20

-- Biden: US to resupply Israel's Iron Dome defense system will supply humanitarian aid to Gaza through the palestinian authority and not Hamas so they dont use the funds for terror.

- Ben Gurion airport is closes to air traffic following security concerns, all flights diverted to Ramon airport in the south

- Israel agrees to a unilateral cease firebstarting tomorrow. Israel media reports Hamas officials say Israel has conceded. 

- Security cabinet will meet today at 7:00 pm possible ceasefire

-Netanyahu: The true backer of much of this aggression is Iran. They provide financing and weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah. They sent an armed drone to Israel from Iraq or Syria.

JHS:Great American Jewish Cities Toronto Part III

 JHS: The founding of the Toronto Kollel in 1970 was a turning point in the development of the Toronto Jewish community, 

Oif Simchas אסרו חג שבועות תשפ''א

 Schidduch alert: The Bell Works Dating center downstairs will be closed from Tuesday may 18 18 until further notice due to a conflict of interest the Upstairs atrium will remain open. 

Chasunas: 

Cicadas Begin Emerging From Underground

Those noisy Brood X cicadas are on the way, expected to crawl up from the ground — where they have been hanging out for 17 years — and flock to the nearest trees. Brood X cicadas are appearing in 15 states and jurisdictions: Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The brood will emerge in large quantities, covering surfaces en masse and emitting the sounds of a nonstop lawnmower.

Isru Chag Shavuos 5781May 19 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Sunny. High 88F allergy forcast tree pollen very high today at 9.6

- 11 new cases in Lakewood since Sunday totals 13,656/307 

-Food distribution

Some distributions  will take place tomorrow below are for today

- OTL at SCHI and Center on Prospect 6:00 pm

- Yeshiva Ohr Avrohm Chaim 1839 New Central Ave at 1:30 pm 

- Gelbsteins at public school locations 3:30 pm

-  Bde: Reb Refoel Aron Z"L from Baltimore Kevura in Lakewood bais olam 5:00 pm, was in his 50's niftar from covid r"l

- Ceasefire with Hamas not expected before Friday

Murphy announces more vaccine incentives  will receive a free glass of wine,  win a dinner with the gov & first lady,  and a  Beginning May 27th through July 4th free access to State parks, including Island Beach State Park – good through December 31st, 2021.

- CHEMED and Lakewood BOE partner to vaccinate children 12 and up at the chemed vaccination site

- NY AG announces criminal investigation into Trump Organization – Trump responds“There is nothing more corrupt than an investigation that is in desperate search of a crime. But, make no mistake, that is exactly what is happening here.”

- NJ legislation has a bill to give Murphy quid pro quo control over 15 Executive orders in exchange for "cancelling" the public health emergency

- NJ state police traffic enforcement 

- Shavuos in Lakewood was celebrated across town on shuls and yeshivos it was back to normal this year after last year's outdoor covid minyanim.  Couples were able to host their parents and relatives for Yom Tov. The Lakewood Rosh yeshiva spent YT with the yeshiva and is scheduled to go back to recuperate out of town.  

-Atzeres tefila today at the Stolin BM in Lakewood 7:45 pm and across all botei medrashin of the chasidus to daven for a refuah shleima of those injured in the bleacher collapse on erev Shavuos.

- Brook road closed bet E. county line & E 7th for water company construction

- Right turn traffic signal activated at intersection of Hope chapel and W. county line( LNN)

- New Jersey officials plan to ban open burning in 11 counties including Ocean, and Monmouth as of 8 am today  until further notice in several counties as fire crews continue to battle two large forest fires in the southern portion of the state.

- Biden and The Squad's Tlaib stage heated confrontation on tarmac in Detroit Later, during a speech in Dearborn, he lavishly complimented her. (Fox News)

- CNBC: $270B wiped off crypto market as bitcoin falls below $40K for first time in 14 weeks.

Motzei Shavuos 5781 News Roundup Lakewood

- Schools in Lakewood begin an hour late on Isru Chag

- Cuomo: NY to Lift Mask, Social Distancing Mandates for the Fully Vaccinated tomorrow Wednesday

- The 2 people who died in the bleacher collapse at Karlin Stolin shul were laid to Rest motzei YT in Yerushalayim Reb Mordechai Binyamin Rubinstein, z”l, 23, of Yerushalayim, is survived by his wife and infant child. The other victim was habachur Meir Gloiberman, z”l, 13, from Beitar Illit. Names of the injured for tehillim listed below for more in the story read here

- The Stoliner rebbe burst out crying  before maariv on YT after he personally Attended to the injured. He said we survived Corona and Miron but the gezeira is on us as well we have to do teshuva each one to himself. He instructed everyone not to talk to the media

-Several chasidic courts announced they will temporarily ban paranches from all public events.

-Murphy lifts outdoor mask mandate. indoor mask mandate remains in place in public spaces. "The majority of New Jerseyans are still unvaccinated, and keeping this mandate in place in public settings protects you"

- Murphy: All students will be back in school for full-time, in-person instruction for the 2021-2022 school year.

-Despite talk of a ceasefire, hamas shot 270 rockets over YT killing 2 foreign workers in Ashkelon. Israel retaliated with strikes on Gaza

- Yigal Yehoshua, 56 Hy”d, a Jewish man who was lynched by a violent Muslim mob in Lod last week, died of his wounds on Monday, Shavuos.

-Names for Tehillim of those injured in Stolin Bais Medrash in Givat Zeev

יהושע בן דבורה 

שלמה בן אלטע חנה 

משולם בן חנה 

יום טוב שמחה בן חיה יהודית 

צבי עקיבא בן ריז'ה גיטל

 אליהו בן מרים

 דוד צבי בן ליבא

News photos

Lakewood Zmanim and schedules ערב שבועות תשפ''א

כד יתבין ישראל ועסקין בשמחת התורה, קודשא בריך הוא אומר לפמליא דיליה חזו בני חביבי דמשכחין לצערא דילהון ועסקין בחדוותא דילי

-Yizkor candle reminder 

- Candle lighting 7:48 pm להדליק נר של יום טוב/שהחיינו

-Shkia 8:06 pm 

-(Maariv 1st night Minhag Hayeshiva to wait 72 minutes 9:19 pm for Temimos) 

-עלות השחר is 4:01 am

-Earliest zman for bracha on Tzizis/Talis  is 4:58 am

-נץ החמה is 5:40 am

-Sof zman Krias shema gra 9:16 am

-Sof zman tefila 10:28 am

- Weather first day yom tov high of 74 Second  day high of 80

Tehillim: Bleacher Collapse at Karlin Stolin B"M in Givat Zeev

Tehillim: A Parancha Bleacher collapsed at a Erev Shavuos tish right before the zman at the Karlin/Stolin Bais Medrash in Givat Zeev municipality north of  Yerushalayim Several injuries reported First responders on the scene. It is now Yom Tov in Eretz Yisrael Arab media reporting 60 injured most lightly some seriously

2 Killed R"L 5 in serious condition 50 lightly injured. Foreign media reports the victims are a 12 year old boy and 50 year old man. Over 150 injured. 

Update from Stolin: Two people were R"L killed. Around 100 were injured, around 10 critically. This was the first time they were using this Bais Medrash, and they were celebrating a Chanukas Habayis when the bleachers collapsed.

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Video: Shavuos - Fascinating shiur about Dovid haMelech & Megilas Rus from Horav Michoel Sorotzkin

 A unique insight into the sugia of Amoni ve'lo Amonis and the Yichus of Dovid Dovid haMelech throughout generations. Said in Kehilas Kollel Bnai Hayeshivos - Brooklyn NY  2 Sivan 5781

5 Day Allergy Forecast for Lakewood, NJ

Tree Pollen Today: High Tomorrow: Very High Tuesday: Very High Grass Pollen Today: Very High Tomorrow: High Tuesday: High

Sunday Erev Shavuos May 16 News Updates Lakewood

                                            מתן תורה on Har Sinai was 3,333 years ago in the year 2448

Weather: Partly cloudy overcast during the afternoon. High near 75F. Shavuos sunny first day YT mid 70's second day YT high of 80

Gov Murphy tweets : "Wishing a healthy and peaceful Shavuot to our Jewish community in New Jersey and across the world. Chag Shavuot Sameach!"

 - Shavuos at BMG Bais Medrash Ateres Bracha will be open all night for children in Memory of Rav Kolman Krohn ZTL Program will begin 12:00 am until 15 minutes before shachris Vasikin there will be 3 breaks throughout the evening. 

- BMG R"Y Rav Dovid Schustal spoke at an inaugural Siyum Mishnayos, in Prospect Vines, launched in memory of the 45 Kedoshim who tragically passed away in Meron. The boys in the neighborhood plan to complete Mishnayos monthly in their memory. (LNN)

- Flowers for Shavuos

Israel News Updates

- senator Ted Cruz: In the coming days, I will travel to Israel to assess what they need to protect their national security, which is closely tied to America's national security.

-Israel's security cabinet meeting decides to continue Gaza offensive didn't discuss any ceasefire plans, contrary to foreign reports 

Audio: Rav Ephraim Wachsman Song for Shavuos תשפ''א

Song starts at minute 56 below. You can also hear a Recording of Rav Ephraim Wachsman Drasha and song  erev shavuos 5781/2021 on the phone dial 718-258-2008 press 3 option 3 (song on Meron tragedy)

Motzei Shabbos Erev Shavuos News Updates

 היום תשעה וארבעים יום שהם שבעה שבועות בעומר/לעומר

הרחמן הוא יחזיר לנו עבודת בית המקדש למקומה, במהרה בימינו אמן סלה

- 3 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13,645/306 (Fridays number was revised down by 4).

Gourmet Glatt both locations open to 1:00 am

Bingo open to 1:00 am

NPGS open to 1:00 am

Evergreen open to 1:00 am

-Gedolei Yisrael Rav Chaim Kanievsky and Rav Gershon Edelstein issue call not to go to the kosel on Shavuos or participate in any actions that is התגרות באומות

- Halacha guidelines for Shavuos and yom tov dial 732-797-9900

- Price of Ami and Mishpacha magazine Yom tov Edition is $9.

- Minhag yeshiva today was to say אב הרחמים by Mussaf even during the שלשה ימי הגבלה since it is during sefira and there were gezeiros.

- 38% of Lakewood's residents age 18+ have received at least one COVID vaccine dose (including the single-dose vaccines), and 28% of all Lakewood's residents residents age 18+ are fully vaccinated(LNN

- Over shabbos rockets from Gaza landed in Rishon Letzion and near Ben Guruon airport. Residents of Bnei Brak Tel Aviv ran to shelter as sirens went off. Rockets Pound South, One Dead in Ramat Gan, as IDF Destroys Homes of Hamas Officials

Earlier, an Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets. The IDF said the building housed Hamas intelligence, which was using the foreign media outlets operating out of it as cover.

- Belz tells all chasidim coming for shavuos to only stay in the vicinity of kiryat Belz and not go to the old city or Kosel 

- Biden calls Netanyahu "reaffirmed his strong support for Israel’s right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas and other terrorist groups in Gaza" and "raised concerns about the safety and security of journalists." 

-Murphy:  the Public Health Emergency, which I am extending today, will be allowed to expire if legislation is enacted within 30 days to give my Administration the tools to manage the pandemic and continue vaccinations.

- Biden calls PA chair Mahmoud Abbas Biden “stressed the need for Hamas to cease firing rockets into Israel,” and the two “expressed their shared concern that innocent civilians, including children, have tragically lost their lives amidst the ongoing violence,

Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת במדבר תשפ''א

 Friday, May 14, 2021 / ג׳ סיון תשפ״א ערב שבת פרשת במדבר שלשת ימי הגבלה 

Candle lighting: 7:46 pm

Shkia/Sunset  8:04 pm

Sof zman krias shema 9:17 am

weather: Shabbos day   Plentiful sunshine. High 72F.

Pirkei Avos 'פרק ו 

No ויהי נועם on Motzei Shabbos

Crowds Greet The Rosh Yeshiva

Crowds of talmidim and bnei hayeshiva greeted the Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Harav Malkiel Kotler shlita with singing as he returned  home after suffering a medical episode before Pesach to spend Shavuos in Lakewood. (Photo credit courtesy of the photographer)

Murphy: Mask Mandate Continues in NJ

 N.J. to keep indoor mask mandates despite CDC change, Murphy says.  New Jersey’s indoor mask mandate for the coronavirus will remain in effect, Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday, a day after the CDC released updated guidance that says mask are not needed for vaccinated people in most circumstances  Gov Murphy says fully vaccinated people can ditch masks outdoors & private events indoors - BUT "if you're in a business or a public setting ... we're not there yet" NJ could get there in a "matter of weeks"

 NJ state senator Declan O'Scanlon tweeted  "It is sad that the Governor’s adopting this nonsensical, anti-science, anti-CDC/Biden

Friday May 14 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Sunny to partly cloudy. High 74 

 ג׳ סיון תשפ״א ערב שבת פרשת במדבר

Candle lighting 7:46 pm Shkia/ Sunset 8:04 pm

-Agudath Israel: In wake of Israel crisis, Agudath Israel is deeply concerned about reports of violence/vandalism, against European Jews. We now face antisemitic terror on two fronts. European govts and State Dept must work to end this violence.

- Mega Millions jackpot hits $430M for tonight’s drawing. 

-LNN reports the Rosh Hayeshiva Harav malkiel Kotler shlita is coming home to Lakewood today to spend shavuos at home and will return after yom tov to recuperate out of town

- According to updated data from the state Health Department, 38% of Lakewood's residents age 18+ have received at least one COVID vaccine dose (including the single-dose vaccines), and 28% of all Lakewood's residents residents age 18+ are fully vaccinated(LNN)

- Trader Joe's has updated its mask policy and will not require customers who are fully vaccinated to wear a mask. stores will not require or request proof of vaccination from customers.

-Food distribution at yeshiva Maor Hatorah 720 Massachusetts ave 12:30 pm

To Hear a Recording of Rav Ephraim Wachsman Drasha and song  erev shavuos 5781 on the phone dial 718-258-2008 press 3 option 3 (song on Meron tragedy)

- Murphy says NJ not there yet to follow CDC. Mask mandate continues.(1010 wins)

-Murphy expected to accept new CDC guidance on masks but will extend the public health emergency that expires today, by executive order

- Cedarbridge ave closed bet of MLK and Clover due to downed wire

- New Satmar shul on E Kennedy dr in Lakewood will be open for Shavuos

- Lutzk B"M begins expansion of main shul construction underway

-Leaf blowers banned in N.J. towns after work-from-home neighbors complain about noise

 - Residents of the Solomon Suites dormitory building on Route 9 between 8th and 9th Streets asked for assistance in getting a tree that was in the right-of-way along Route 9 trimmed, because the thick branches blocked the vision of drivers exiting the driveway. NJDOT removed the tree (Reporter Moshe Zeines LNN)

- Bde: Petira of Reb Meir Zions ztl rosh hakahal in Sao Polo Brazil was 89, Kevura in Eretz Yisrael

- Lakewood teachers union blasts dozens of firings. LAKEWOOD - More than 30 school district teachers are being let go at the end of the school year without clear explanation or cause (APP)

-Toms River council holds off on banning sale of recreational Marijuana.

Israel Under Attack

Friday May 13

12:00 pm 

- 3 missiles fired from Syria 2 landed in Israeli territory no injuries

-Rockets shot at Ashkelon and southern cities Israeli warplanes strike more targets in gaza

- Jordanian protesters trying to reach King Hussain Bridge which leads to the border with Israel at the westbank. Jordanian police  fired tear gas to halt the 500 demonstrators

- Israeli forces arrest Sheikh Kamal Al-Khatib, deputy head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, at his home in Kafr Kanna in Galilee.

- Biden’s envoy arrives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

-Riots in the west bank 6 Palestinians killed

-Turkey considers sending troops to East Jerusalem as part of a "peacekeeping mission".

-A group of protesters break through the border fence from Lebanon infiltrate israeli territory and light a fire. IDF Troops shot at them 1 killed.

 - The Military Commander of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command Khaled Jibril: "We are in historical moments ... Now is the time to remove weapons from the warehouses, in the West Bank and the occupied interior..

- Netanyahu: "Hamas pays and will pay a heavy price, as it is not over yet, and they will not escape our strikes."

7:00 am

- 43 people were arrested in Lod on Friday morning, after Thursday’s 120 arrests across the country during Jewish and Arab riots in mixed communities.

- IDF deception leads to massive aerial assault on Hamas’s ‘Metro’. The ground invasion was meant to fool hamas to enter the tunnels and exposed the hamas fighters to israeli forces jpost

-Arabs riot in the French Hill neighborhood of Yerushalayim injuring Jews. Rav Asher Weiss paskens  they can carry a cellphone on Shabbos due to the dangerous situation.

-IDF targets The Hamas ‘Metro’ tunnel system in Gaza. The operation: 160 aircraft, tanks, artillery and infantry units along the border. Striking 150 targets and damaged many kilometers of the Hamas ‘Metro’ network. Hundreds of hamas operatives killed

Oif Simchas/Shiurim ג' סיון שלשת ימי הגבלה תשפ''א

היום שבעה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וחמשה ימים לעומר/בעומר

Chasunas:

Firestone - Abenson Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Capach -  Zuckerman Lake Terrace

Lerman -  Epstein Ateres Reva

Silberberg -  Silberman Fountain Ballroom  Brenner -  Hammer Bais faiga

-Harav Yitzchok Sorotzkin 9:00 pm Torahanytime.com/AgudahTorah, or listened to by calling 718-298-2077, extension 52. 

-HaRav Yechiel Moskowitz Shlita will give a Shiur on RUS Perek 3 and 4, tonight at 10:30. To join, please call 605-313-5894 PIN# 783618# 

- Harav Yosef Dovid Korbman shlita Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva Gedola South Lakewood BEH every Thursday night Chumash Shuir at 11:30pm in Bais Yitzchok (BMG) ezras nashim

Biden: Get Vaccinated or Wear a Mask Until you Do

Updated: New Jersey’s rules on masking and other restrictions will remain in place  at least for now  as Gov. Phil Murphy administration reviews updated federal guidance. PA and other states are adopting the CDC guidelines. 

Following the new guidance from the CDC that fully Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places President Biden tweets "The rule is now simple: get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do".

 NYT reports The new advice comes with caveats. Even vaccinated individuals must cover their faces and physically distance when going to doctors, hospitals or long-term care facilities like nursing homes; when traveling by bus, plane, train or other modes of public transportation, or while in transportation hubs like airports and bus stations; and when in prisons, jails or homeless shelters. At a White House news

Thursday May 13 News updates Lakewood

 ב סיון יום המיוחס

Weather: Sunny to partly cloudy. High 69F

- 8 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13646/306

Food distribution:

 - Bnos Yaakov Shavuos box in Pine Park. 2:00 pm.

- Yeshiva Ktana Shavuos 120 second street behind the building on Division st. 6:00- 8:00 pm 

- Pre-register for sanz klausemberg  shabbos box delivery Here

- CDC announced vaccinated Americans no longer needed to wear masks in most settings. No mention on those with natural immunity or antibodies.

- Chasdei Hashem: Family  Update on Yosef Ezriel ben Chaya Michal 15 year old who was injured in Meron tragedy.  He is off most of the anesthetics.  According to his most recent eeg, bh is means that there isn't any long term brain damage. Thank you all for your continued tefillos. 

Please continue to be mispallel for אלעזר בן רואמה the other boy injured B”H a similar update came out with him.

- Yamina head Naftali Bennett said on Thursday that a government formed by the so-called "bloc of change" is now "out of the question," Israeli media reported.

According to the reports, coalition talks between Yamina and Likud will be renewed.

- More charter plane activity reported at Lakewood airport as local businessmen are using it for travel as well as increase in helicopter traffic. A picnic area and tables will be placed for the public to view.

- Park and ride on Swarthmore avenue to be completed before the summer

- Florida Governor DeSantis to pardon those prosecuted for failing to wear masks or social distance.

- Township building expected to be open for the June primary election no word yet as to when the township will open for the public and to host meetings.

- Bloomberg: Colonial Pipeline paid hackers nearly $5M in ransom.

- Former acting DNI Grenell: “Biden is too weak to stop the progressive Left from taking over...Kamala does not understand what's going on...We have a shadow president in Susan Rice and no one is paying attention."

WSJ: Home sales rose in 2020 to the highest level since 2006  Brokers describe the current market as frenzied. Many homes receive multiple offers within days. Economists have said the pace of price increases is likely to slow later in the year and next as more people are priced out of the market, especially if mortgage rates tick higher. “With low inventory already impacting the market, added skyrocketing costs have left many families facing the reality of being priced out entirely,” 

Oif Simchas ב' סיון תשפ''א

היום ששה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וארבעה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Wednesday Rosh Chodesh Sivan News Updates Lakewood

 חדש עלינו את החודש הזה לטובה ולברכה לששון ולשמחה לישועה ונחמה לפרנסה ולכלכלה לחיים טובים ולשלום

Weather: Sunny to partly cloudy. High 67F

- 2 new covid cases + 2 deaths in Lakewood 13638/306

Food Distribution  see post Here

- Colonial Pipeline restarts service.

-  Biden: "Israel has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory." Biden says he has spoken with Israeli PM Netanyahu, and expects the situation to end sooner than later. Biden did not condemn Hamas terror

- Murphy: Today, we kicked-off an $8 million effort to put more boots on the ground in the communities where we need more people to get vaccinated.

- Lakewood Real estate  market Duplex homes listed from 800k - 900k other newer homes close to 1 million

- Secretary of State Blinken: Israel needs to do everything it can to avoid hitting civilian while it is defending itself

 - Today Consumers can begin applying for and enrolling in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program on May 12, 2021 Up to a $50/month discount on your broadband service and associated equipment Here

- 5 Minutes for Yossi a zechus for Yosef Ezriel ben Chaya Michal Here who was injured in Meron

- Bingo Shavuos sale 32oz. Cheese cake Marble or plain $9.99 

- The national average for a gallon of regular gas jumped above $3 for the first time in more than six years Wednesday as drivers worried about the impact of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown rush to fill up their tanks, leaving numerous gas stations out of fuel across the East Coast.

-Lakewood Industrial Commission meeting agenda here meeting 11:30 am

- BOE meeting today renew contract with LSTA provided Lakewood Township provides the cost for non-mandated transportation. (Only for public school yeshiva parents of non mandated have to pay $180 per child)

Food Distribution Wed May 12 Greater Lakewood

 Lunch box food distribution info. Times locations and schedules may change refresh for updates

Oif Simchas ראש חודש סיון תשפ''א

היום חמשה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ושלשה ימים לעומר/בעומר 

 Chasunas:

Trump Statement on Israel

Biden’s weakness and lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies.

"When I was in office we were known as the Peace Presidency, because Israel’s adversaries knew that the United States stood strongly with Israel and there would be swift retribution if Israel was attacked. Under Biden, the world is getting more violent and more unstable because Biden’s weakness and lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies. America must always stand with Israel and make clear that the Palestinians must end the violence,

Minyanim For Mincha Yon Kippur Koton Lakewood ער''ח סיון תשפ''א

 Please post additional minyanim or corrections in the comments section

-  TAG will be hosting a special Tefillah Hashlah together with  Harav Elya Ber Wachtfogel Shlit"a Harav Yeruchem Olshin Shlit"a The Skulener Rebbes Shlit"a Together with tens of thousands of children davening for the future kedusha of our generation.

 Nationwide event Tefillos and Tehilim live at 6:00 pm  848-444-1100

- Public recital of the תפילת השל''ה with the Skulener rebbe of Lakewood at the bais medrash on Park avenue starting with  Mincha at 7:00 pm. A seudas rosh chodesh will follow after maariv 9:15 pm 

- Chayeinu special pre shavuos women's event tonight with special message from roshei yeshiva 8:30 pm at yeshiva Orchos Chaim hall 410 Oberlin

-BMG will have minyanim at 1:30 and 1:45 in some botei medrashim tehillim before regular mincha 1:30 pm. Bais Aron 7:00 pm

Tuesday May 11 News Updates ער''ח סיון

Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5781 תפילת  השל''ה HERE

Weather: Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 67F.

 - 8 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13636/304

-Food distribution: OTL Shavuos box at Tashbar 82 Oak st and Mekor Hatorah 180 Sims 6:30 includes week of shavuos too 

- Supper box at Mesameach 1880 W. County Line 6:30 for all residents, those receiving breakfast and lunch boxes are eligible

- Chai4ever box open to public 6:30 pm at Madison and Courtney

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-6:00 pm Netanyahu will visit Lod. Curfew and state of emergency declared in Lod as 3 shuls have burned down. Police send border patrol units

- 5:00 pm City of Lod a pogrom taking place with Jewish residents fearing for their life. While arabs torch shuls burning cars and throwing rocks at Israelis. Local mayor asks gov to send in troops immediately calling it a civil war and kristallnacht, Gabbaim rush to rescue sifrei Torah

-4:20 pm Netanyahu:  Hamas and Islamic Jihad will pay a very heavy price for their aggression tonight - their blood is on their heads."

- 4:00 pm Mir Rosh yeshiva Rav Lazer Yudel Finkel instructs talmidim not to go to the old city of Yeeushalayim or any of the surrounding areas that are dangerous. The safest place is In the Bais Medrash תורה מגנא ומצלא

- 3:00 pm: Heavy rocket fire reigning down on Gush Dan region 1 woman killed in Rishon Letzion ,thousands of soldiers massing at the Gaza border, Knesset members call for the assasination of chamas leadership

-2:00 pm Flights suspended at  Ben Gurion Airport as Hamas fires a barrage of rockets towards central Israel.

- Rockets fired toward central israel tel Aviv Gush Dan region a bus was hit in cholon with one injury

- UPDATE: 630 rockets fired from Gaza to Israel since yesterday. 28 killed in Gaza 150 injured.

- Axios: Israel calls on Biden administration to stay out of Jerusalem crisis.

- Netanyahu says Israel will intensify operation as tanks are headed to the Gaza border

- Missionaries are walking around the downtown area in Lakewood and other lakewood neighborhoods giving out paraphernalia 

- NJ state police traffic enforcement around lakewood this morning

- 2 killed in Ashkelon hy"d by a direct hit after Gaza terrorists fired a barrage of 40 rockets in a minute projectiles in minute. Over 300 rockets were fired from Gaza. Israel killed 2 senior islamic jihad members and the head of rocket brigade for islamic jihad.

-Please continue to daven for Yosef Ezriel ben Chaya Michal and Elazar ben Riuma. 2 boys injured in the Miron tragedy both critical unresponsive in Rambam hospital 

- Minyanim for Yom Kippur Koton today in Lakewood shuls (list updated soon)

- Lang lawsuit:: R' Aaron Lang insists We need a court order by the NJ supreme court to change the funding formula. State Sen. Robert Singer said that a permanent solution is needed to address Lakewood’s extraordinarily high proportion of private school students and the annual budget shortfall that results from the funding formula he said he’s been working with Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to arrive at some kind of fix.(NJ)

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Oif Simchas כ''ט אייר ער''ח סיון תשפ''א

היום ארבעה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ושני  ימים בעומר/ לעומר

Chasunas

Nadler - Perlowitz Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Peters - Klein Fountain Ballroom 

Landman -  Krawiecz  N'eemas Hachaim 

Hundreds of Girls With No School.

Close to 300 hundred girls in the Lakewood area are still waiting for an acceptance letter into high school for this coming year. This is in addition to those who applied for elementary school and waiting to be placed. The next round of acceptance letters will go out after shavuos. There is also a severe shortage of space despite a few new high schools that are opening up for this year. 

The Satmar community in Lakewood under the leadership of Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum will be opening a high school this coming year to accommodate the growth of the kehila.

Monday May 10 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Mostly cloudy. High 63F.

- 4 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13628/304

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- Bloomberg -- Gas stations along the U.S. East Coast are beginning to run out of fuel as North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline races to recover from a paralyzing cyberattack that has kept it shut for three days. From North Carolina to Florida to Alabama, gas stations are reporting that they’ve sold out of fuel as supplies in the region dwindle and panic buying begins to set in. 

- 10:00 pm Update over 200 rockets fired into Israel from Gaza. IDF operation kills over 20 in the gaza strip. Palestinians rioting across the country torching cars and burning buildings in Lod, Jerusalem and up north.

- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  lowered the age that people can receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in the United States to 12. Shots could begin as soon as a federal vaccine advisory committee issues recommendations for using the two-dose vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds, expected Wednesday.

-Israel security cabinet names the offensive operation in Gaza שומר החומות 

- Agudas yisrael: Our hearts are with our brothers and sisters under attack in Eretz Yisroel. We ask that tomorrow’s Yom Tefillah – called for by the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in a Kol Korei  released in the wake of the Meron tragedy – also focus on the wellbeing and security of Acheinu Bais Yisroel b’Eretz Hakodesh

- Over 150 Rockets fired into Israel from the Gaza strip tens have been intercepted 

-Israeli police have placed  2 security officials who oversee the safety at holy sites, under house arrest for 5 days as they investigate the Meron tragedy

- Gov. Cuomo announced that all SUNY and CUNY schools will require vaccinations for students returning to in-person class this fall.

- whitehouse: "While we urge de-escalation on all sides, we also recognize Israel's legitimate right to defend itself, to defend its people and its territory," Price added.

- Murphy critic: Murphy upset that nursing home workers arent vaccinated, but no issues killing 8000 of them.

- Murphy: We’re launching a new dashboard that will include: Percentages of adults in each municipality who have received their first doses Percentages of adults in each municipality who are now fully vaccinated

- Islamic Jihad issues warning it will shoot more rockets and unleash terror attacks by 9:00 pm if Israel does not withdraw forces from the Sheich Jarah neighborhood and har habayis

-Meron Tragedy: Today at 1:15 US time there is a hookup from the kinnus in E"Y for women. Harav Yakov Hillel, R' Ephraim Shapiro and Reb. Tarshish. 646-726-9977

- Shrapnel from the rockets have fallen in Yerushalayim and Beit Shemesh. IDF targeting terror cells in Gaza 3 terrorists killed.

-The doors as shaar Yafo were closed after the sirens went off to prevent a group of mizrachi teens marching with the Israeli flag.  See photo below

- 11:00 am Rockets reportedly land in Yerushalayim sirens go off in the city no injuries reported some damage to a building in the Kiryat Anavim neighborhood. Hamas takes responsibility Israel bows retaliation.

- Hamas terror group issued an ultimatum to Israel on Monday afternoon, warning that it will attack if Israel does not withdraw its security forces from the Temple Mount and the Eastern Yerushalayim Arab Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood by 6 p.m. Air traffic to and from Ben Gurion Airport is being rerouted to avoid the area between the airport and the Gaza Strip.

- Brook road  E. 7th/ Ridge intersection is now a 4-way stop. Ocean County Roads Department installing the signage, blinking stop signs, and restriping the crosswalks and center double yellow lines. (Reporter Moshe Zeines on Twitter)

-Bennet-Lapid govt coalition  moving ahead Avigdor Lieberman says  the government will be open to those who will accept its positions on IDF enlistment, kashrus and Geirus.

- Rabbi Osher Eisemann faced Judge Joseph Paone in the Middlesex County Courthouse on Thursday for an initial hearing. His resentencing has been scheduled for July 20. Please continue to be mispallel for Osher ben Chana Frimet.(Reporter Moshe)

-The annual Great Cheesecake Giveaway at Evergreen! Between May 9th and Shavuos spend $250 and get a free cheesecake.

-Today in Toms River  Hiring event & business networking. 4-7 pm at 1 southMain street .

Video: Residents in Yerushalayim run to shelters as sirens warn of incoming rockets

Kol Korei: Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of America on Meron Tragedy

The Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah of Agudas Yisrael of America jpon Torah leaders in Eretz Yisrael and call to hold a worldwide day of prayer and crying on Tuesday, Yom Kippur Katan, Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan.

A Letter from the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah:

Oif Simchas כ''ח אייר תשפ''א

היום שלשה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ויום אחד בעומר/ לעומר

 Chasunas:

Sunday May 8 News Updates Lakewood

 -Weather: Sunshine Becoming mostly cloudy with showers this afternoon. High 63F. Chance of rain 50%.

- No new covid cases in Lakewood OCHD revised case numbers down by 8, totals 13624/303

- beginning tomorrow, May 10, passengers departing the US for Israel (on non stop flights only) will be permitted to enter Israel if they hold valid student visas. This is is a pilot program which currently is only available for travelers form the United States.(Chaim V'chessed)

-Lots of Schools will be giving extra special shavuos boxes this week since theyveill be off from Friday- Tuesday

- Please continue to daven for a Refuah shilaima for Yosef Ezriel ben Chaya Michal and Elazar ben Riuma injured in the miron tragedy

-Recordings of Thursday night asifa on Miron tragedy now available on Chayeinu Hotline 732-301-4043 dial 1 and option 2 speeches by HaRav Yisrael Neuman, Rav Eli Chaim Swerldloff, Rav Dovid Breslauer, Reb Aryeh Kohn brother of Habachur Yossi Kohn Z"L

- Moetzes to call for yom tefilla Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan

- Some girls high schools sent out another round of  acceptance letters, still hundreds without a school waiting to be placed.

- Some of New Jersey’s illrgal immigrants will be eligible for stimulus payments of up to $1,000 supplied through a $40 million pandemic aid fund, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday.

-  State Department 'extremely concerned' over violence in Jerusalem The United States is extremely concerned about ongoing confrontations in Jerusalem, including on the Haram al-Sharif / Temple Mount and in Sheikh Jarrah, which have reportedly resulted in scores of injured people,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said late Friday. “We call on Israeli and Palestinian officials to act decisively to deescalate tensions and bring a halt to the violence.”

Motzei Shabbos May 8 News Updates

- 9 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13632/304

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- 7,526,591 total doses have been administered in New Jersey as of 9:30 AM today. 

- The National Weather Service in Mount Holly confirms  reports of a waterspout in the area of Barnegat Bay off Seaside Heights on Saturday opposite Ocean gate in Toms River 

- Miron tragedy: A large Kinus gathering will take place for chutz laaretz seminary girls in Eretz yisrael this Monday at binyanei hauma in Yerushalayim.Rav Ephraim Shapiro from Miami will fly in to speak. There will be a special message from Rav Chaim Kanievsky and Harav Shmuel kamenetzky   

- Yerushalayim: Police reported clashes with Palestinian protesters late Motzoei Shabbos in Yerushalayim’s Old City, near Al-Aqsa, and in the nearby Eastern Yerushalayim neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where dozens of Palestinians are fighting attempts to evict them from their homes

-Israel’s security establishment is reportedly preparing for several critical days in

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Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת בהר-בחקתי מברכים חודש סיון תשפ''א שבת חזק

Friday, May 7, 2021 / כ״ה אייר תשפ״א ערב שבת פרשת בהר-בחקתי

-Candle lighting 7:40 pm

-Shkiah sunset 7:59 pm

Sof zman krias shema Gra 9:20 am 

-Molad chodesh Sivan Tuesday evening, 31 minutes and 7 chalakim after 8:00 pm.

-Rosh chodesh is on Wednesday

-weather: shabbos day Overcast with rain showers at times. High 54F.  Chance of rain 60%.

-Pirkei Avos 'פרק ה

(רְפָאֵנִי  ה' וְאֵרָפֵא הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי וְאִוָּשֵׁעָה כִּי תְהִלָּתִי אָתָּה (הפטרה

אם בחקתי תלכו...ונתתי שלום בארץ, ושכבתם ואין מחריד...ואכלתם לַחְמְכֶם לָשֹׂבַע, וִישַׁבְתֶּם לבטח בְּאַרְצְכֶם

שבת שלום, חזק חזק ונתחזק

Making a Chasuna During Sefira After Lag Baomer

Recently more and more weddings are taking place during the 2nd half of sefira it was not so long ago  ago that  weddings did not take place between Lag Baomer and Shavuos. It was always more common to make weddings from after Pesach up to Rosh Chodesh Iyar.  The trend has changed and currently wedding halls have been busy during the second half of sefira after lag Baomer. The main factor is the lack of  availability to book a hall and set a wedding date during the busy chasuna season after shavuos . A long engagement is standard by chasidim but not in the yeshiva circles. (Chasidim have an option to plan a wedding and book a hall a 9 months to (or a year) in advance).  A 4 months engagement is now common for a chosson kallah that get engaged in February/March (after The freezer opens) and are first getting married after shavuos.

 Years ago in Baltimore there was a lack of Chasuma halls and it was hard to find a wedding date.  Rav Moshe  Heineman shlita ruled that you can make weddings during sefira after Lag baomer, something that was not done prior to that. Some Roshei yeshiva will not be mesader kiddushin though, during sefira.

 Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igros 159) He explains that the prohibition of getting married during Sefira belongs only to the chosson and kallah and when they are permitted to marry, others are permitted to

Friday May 7 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Partly to mostly cloudy. High 63F

ערב שבת פרשת בהר-בחקתי candle lighting 7:40 pm Shkia/sunset 7:58 pm

- 4 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13623/304

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- Please continue to daven for יוסף עזריאל בן חיה מיכל and אלעזר בן ראומה 2 both in Rambam hospital since the Miron tragedy.

- Mega millions jackpot $370 Million drawing Friday night.

-Powerful shmooze on the Miron tragedy from Rav Aryeh Leib Paretzky on his hotline 978-990-5099 pin 434679#, 16#

- Miron tragedy: A large Kinus gathering will take place for chutz laaretz seminary girls in Eretz yisrael this Monday at binyanei hauma in Yerushalayim.Rav Ephraim Shapiro from Miami will fly in to speak. There will be a special message from Rav Chaim Kanievsky and Harav Shmuel kamenetzky   

-Food distribution Yeshiva Maor Hatorah 

720 Massachusetts Ave at 1:15 PM to print form  email ymh08701@gmail.com 

- Next week pre shavuos parents will be eligible for more portions with 5 day box distribution schedules may change.

- A survivor of the miron tragedy denies the viral stories that he was in bes din shel maalah and  was told to go back because he didnt talk in shul. In a phone conversation with a chizuk line Rav Avrohom Meir Krauss says he was convinced to say that he was clinically dead in order to inspire and get people to do teshuva. In truth he was left unconscious among the dead in Miron when he was found after they made rounds and transported to a hospital in tzefas . He believes that he was saved because he does not talk by davening and published a sefer on kavod Bais Hamedrash. listen to recording

- Shiva for Habachur Yossi Kohn z"l is at 8 Hill Top Ct Lakewood  shachris 8:00 am Mincha 1:45 pm Maariv 9:00 pm getting up Sunday

- Lakewood committee votes on municipal budget there will be no tax increase since there town received more than 1 million in  tax money from the new construction. 

- During the public comment section a letter was submitted critical of the town placing a stop sign at ridge and New hampshire and wasteful spending of tax money. The nayor stopped midway if reading it daying he rather the author read it than  these words dont come out of his mouth. The public comment section was abruptly closed while there was someone on the line and not given time to fix technical phone issue. 

-Israel travel update: All passengers without Israeli passports (toshavei keva  included must present entry permits to board flights to Israel! See more at ChaimVchesed

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