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- 243 new covid cases +1 death in Lakewood since Thursday totals 1832/ 330
- 291 new covid cases in Jackson totals 9448/124
- 358 new cases in Toms River+1 death totals 15766/363
- 8:00 pm Tehilim: Chaim Shaul Ben Pessil 10 year old Lakewood boy still in critical condition
- CDC has just revised its COVID "isolation guidelines" from 10 days down to 5 days. The change is "motivated by science." In addition those who have been exposed and if it's not 'feasible' to quarantine can just wear a mask for 10 days around people. Uninfected Americans who had received booster shots do not need to quarantine after exposure to the virus.
- Rav Gershon Eidelstein on the tragic story in Bmei Brak
הבא על אשת איש יש לו חלק לעולם הבא. המלבין פני חבירו ברבים אין לו חלק לעולם הבא. גם אם עפ"י דין יש "למיחש מיבעי", אין בכך שום היתר ורמז להיתר לשפוך דם ולרצוח יהודי. פשיטא שזה נקרא שרצחו אותו ופשיטא שאין לרוצח חלק לעולם הבא. ברור לגמרי שהלחץ הגדול שלחצו אותו הביא אותו לידי חולי הנפש והרג את עצמו באונס. זה נקרא רציחה.
- Baltimore Hatzolah: Baltimore county is extremely busy at this point in time and running low on ambulances. At some points in time a fire engine is transporting people to the hospital. If you can call a virtual doctor or go to a priority care or similar please by all means do so. If you really need to go to the hospital and can find someone to drive you please do so as the Ambulances
- Matzav reports For the first time since its inception in 2018, Lakewood, NJ has not been represented on the prestigious New Jersey Globe, Power List of the top 100 most powerful unelected people in New Jersey. The list included representation from Lakewood for 3 years Listing the “Lakewood Vaad Leader” with the ability to move thousands of votes. Editor David Wildstein explained that “the decision of Lakewood voters to support Jack Ciattarelli over The Vaad’s preferred candidate, Governor Murphy, played heavily into the absence from the 2021 list.” (
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- Fully Vaccinated foreigners will be able to quarantine at home and won’t need to quarantine In a hotel upon landing in Israel,
- Flu and Covid cases continue to hit the community with doctors offices and Urgent care clinics overloaded. Schools have rebbeim and teachers out do to the viruses official covid numbers from the weekend will be released later today
- New Yorkers Must Show Proof of Full vaccination to Enter Restaurants, Fitness Centers, and Entertainment Venues: Starting Today
- Flight cancelations continue at Newark and airports across the country over 2000 flights cancelled
- Powerballl drawing tonight jackpot estimated at $416 Million
- Eluzur Menachem Mendel ben Yael 17 year old who was shot last night in Baltimore is B"H doing better the bullet missed his brain and is lodged in his temple. He will require surgery to have it removed but will not need a neuro surgeon.
- Lakewood police were called to CHEMED vaccination site yesterday after a group of Lakewood residents protested against the child covid vaccine event. Police kept the peace between the demonstrators and Chemed staff.
- OHI: Free walk in covid testing all week 9AM-3PM at Lakewood high school 855 Somerset Ave.
- A car crashed into a toll plaza on the Atlantic City Expressway in Hamilton Township Sunday night and burst into flames, killing three people who were inside the vehicle, according to New Jersey State Police.
- At the Torah Umesorah conference, Videos posted on social media and websites showed a lady speaking passionately about not only raising the salaries of morahs but boosting their moral. As an appreciation an initiative was launched to help raise funds for pesach for all Morahs school secretary's and teachers. The videos were not official or publicized by TU.
- Bde: Author Chaim Walder Z"L was found lifeless at his sons grave in Petach Tikvah cemetery this morning. He was 53. He wrote over 80 books and authored the popular Kids speak series.
The Walder saga is a tragedy of vast proportions. I wonder if this could have been handled better. A Churban
ReplyDeletethe bigger churban are the people that enabled this & continue to enable others.
Deletethere will always be sick people, but we as the community need to not stand for it
What is Lakewood doing to raise the salary of our wonderful moros? What will incentivize girls to become moros? SO many who have the potential are not going into the field as realistically it isn't feasible. A real shame!
ReplyDeleteAre they raising the salaries for the male english teachers too, or only the ladies?
DeleteMale teachers get paid more then the moros.
DeleteBased on the supposed evidence of walders guilt and the fact that he took his life and didn't fight out his innocence, do we add Z"L to his name? By doing so are we enabling abusers?
ReplyDeleteSeriously enabling? If the only thing btwn you and abuse is the public shame. Keep away from me
DeleteHuge, huge difference between a personal shortcoming and predatory behavior. There's no evidence of predatory behavior. Only CNN type of accusations.
DeleteLet's leave personal shortcomings evidence and gossip for tabloids
Many boys and parents care more about the job than the seminary. You can't stay in kollel too long with a 25k salary. While you may want a girl to be happy with their job and there is nothing like the feeling of satisfaction from teaching. Reality is you gotta make a living too.
ReplyDeleteWalder never had his day in court. He’s presumed innocent until proven guilty!
ReplyDeletePublic opinion and the media do not count in Halacha, only Bais Din can rule on someone according to Jewish law .
ReplyDeleteThe frum media is just as guilty by acting as judge and jury all for ratings and clicks dont be fooled that they care so much about victims they care about the bottom line. Gelt.
so true. It's so easy to make this stuff up. We have to tread very carefully!
DeleteTotal silence by YWN they were so vocal about the accusations.
DeleteThese big announcements from the Torah Umesorah Florida retreat are attention grabbing headlines so everyone can talk about their big party in Miami.
ReplyDeleteThey do this yearly while never following up such as affordable wedding halls in Lakewood and simcha funds for rebbeim.
Its getting boring already.
It's all BS! The parents & the boy don't care about the seminary or the girls job,they just care is out how much money other girls father has to throw on him once he leaves "kollel". That is the hientige Torah Leshmah of Lakewood
ReplyDeleteFULL TEXT of Walders suicide note
ReplyDeleteI have gone to summon Yehuda Silman and Shmuel Eliyahu to a Din Torah in heaven. I have come to the conclusion that in the world of lies I have no chance of proving my innocence. I am dealing with horrific lies covered in anonymity, without any possibility of proving that they have no factual basis.
“I have reached the extreme limit of human suffering which is possible. They insulted me about the things which I was best at and which I dedicated my life to- supporting and protecting children.
“I am grateful to all those who believed in me: May you be blessed! To all those who didn’t I say that even if you have given up on me, do not give up on my books. Every line, word and letter of them was written from a genuine desire to do good, to be helpful, to improve, to strengthen, to help, to contribute, to build and to repair the world! I never wrote without first having a desire to bring good to the world and its inhabitants.
“I am thankful to the Creator of the World for my loving and supportive family who are my entire world, and for the mission which was placed in my hands – talent, inspiration and the ability to contribute to the world. Hashem gave and Hashem took away, may Hashem’s name be blessed.”
Chaim Walder
Hashem Yerachem! It’s so, so sad. Some people really have blood on their hands. He was never proven guilty.
ReplyDeleteבעקבות הטרגדיה האיומה, שטחנו את השאלה הגדולה "מה אומרים לילדים" לפני ראש הישיבה ר' יהושע אייכנשטיין שליט"א.
ReplyDeleteר' יהושע אמר דברים ברורים ששמע היום מר' גרשון ומדיליה, והורה מפורשות לפעול כפי האמור מטה.
לא מיותר להוסיף שגם ר"ג וגם ר"י יודעים את כל הפרטים שאנחנו יודעים כולל ההקלטה שפורסמה.
וכך אמר:
הבא על אשת איש יש לו חלק לעולם הבא. המלבין פני חבירו ברבים אין לו חלק לעולם הבא. גם אם עפ"י דין יש "למיחש מיבעי", אין בכך שום היתר ורמז להיתר לשפוך דם ולרצוח יהודי. פשיטא שזה נקרא שרצחו אותו ופשיטא שאין לרוצח חלק לעולם הבא. ברור לגמרי שהלחץ הגדול שלחצו אותו הביא אותו לידי חולי הנפש והרג את עצמו באונס. זה נקרא רציחה.
עד כאן בשם הגרי"ג.
והוסיף ר' יהושע, כיון שכל הילדים מכירים אותו וכולם שמעו לפחות את הסוף הרע של הסיפור וזה שיחת היום אצל הילדים, לכן שהמלמדים לא יחכו שישאלו אותם אלא מעצמם יתחילו לדבר עם הילדים דקות קצרות בענין ולדבר "רק" על בין אדם לחבירו.
גם אם יש מלמד שחושב שיש לו דעה בענין וכו' וכו', חובה להעביר לילדים רק את דעת התורה ולזעוק עד כמה זה מסוכן להלבין פני חבירו ברבים ולומר להם שאנשים רעים הוציאו עליו שם רע ופרסמו בכל מקום את השם רע עד שגרמו לו להתבייש להראות פניו בחוץ וגרמו לו לחלות בנפשו עד כדי שהרג את עצמו. להסביר לילדים בצורה ברורה שזה נקרא לרצוח. שהדגש יהיה חד משמעי רק על העול שעשו לו בזה שפרסמו ועברו על איסור דאורייתא. ועל התוצאה הטראגית שזלזלול בבין אדם לחבירו גורם למעשה.
עוד הוסיף, שאם ילדים ישאלו על הפרטים, אז לא רק שכל אחד יתחמק בחכמתו, אלא אדרבה שהמלמדים יבהירו שזה בדיוק מה שאסור וזה בדיוק נקרא לרצוח יהודי.
עד כאן דברי ר' יהושע
Here we go again protecting mushchatim
ReplyDeleteYour problem isn't with 'we', it is with the Torah. Reb Gershon merely said what the Torah says.
DeleteI am jealous of Reb Gershon. Imagine living in the Beis Hamedrash your whole life, so that your instinct isn't sullied by newspaper writers, kano'im for hire, self-righteous mushchasim and other disgusting influences. מה טוב חלקו וחבלו
He wasn't protected. He lost all his parnassa, all his kavod and was under police investigation, which is all the beis din could do. There was no need to keep making public declarations about him.
DeleteWhat happened to god old Halacha of “innocent till proven guilty”?
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