Friday July 2 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Cloudy with rain this morning...then scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Cooler. High 79F.  Chance of rain 70%. Shabbos day rain high of 70

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- Death toll rises to 20 as two bodies recovered overnight at Surfside condo collapse, Hurricane Elsa is moving up the Caribbean Sea expected to weaken when it hits south Florida by Monday but may impact rescue efforts 

 - Murphy: Over 5 million  (5,022,352) individuals who live, work, or study in New Jersey are now fully vaccinated

 - Murphy asked if  N.J. reinstate mask mandates because of Delta COVID variant?  “I hope we don’t have to go back,” We would not have taken the steps we’ve taken with any expectation that we would have to go backward.” “If we have to, we will, clearly,”

- Lakewood at Chabad:  Rabbi Aaron Kotler, President of Beth Medrash Govoha (BMG), also known as the Lakewood Yeshiva, was a guest speaker at the two-day retreat that was organized by the Menachem Education more at  Colive

- Seach Resumes for 145 Missing in Rubble of Florida Condo

- Daf Yomi Tomorrows daf  (Yoma 83) If there might be a Jew buried beneath a heap, we must dig through the rubble, stopping only when the person is saved or discovered to be dead.

- Chabad rabbi released from hospital outside Boston after  he was stabbed The motive is still not known to authorities

 -President Biden Kneeled before a frum mother of 12 - Israeli president Reuven Rivlin and his chief of staff Mrs. Rivka Ravitz met with President Biden in the Oval Office Biden learned that Ravitz has twelve children, prompting him to kneel down before her. “I have a picture of my mother here,” Biden said during the meeting, “You must see who she was.”

-N.J. shuts down Six Flags El Toro roller coaster after partial derailment as a precaution see more at nj.com 

 -July 4th fireworks at six flags at the Lakefront at 9:00 PM on July 2, 3 & 4.