Chasunas:
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Hashkafa Q&A
Hashkafa with Reb Gershon Ribner shlita
Stories that inspire chassidim and Bore misnagdim
Common misnotion: A quintessential marriage means sharing everything
Well meaning parents might be the cause of their son’s stagnation in Mesivta
Occasions tzaddikim refrain from dispensing blessings
Wednesday November 30 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 60° Rain and wind. High near 60F. Winds at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch. Locally heavy rainfall possible.
- Cedarbridge avenue shut down again at 3;15 pm after an accident took down pole near Clover st
- Kosher Concern over Albertsons Possible Merger with Kroger Two giant supermarket chains known for their special focus on kosher announced a possible merger but there is concern what the repercussions might be for kosher consumers. Many kosher communities outside the tri state area rely on these stores for their kosher food.most notably the Jewel-Osco in Evanston, Il a major destination for kosher in the Chicago area. There is uncertainty whether the merger, if approved by the government, will result in the closure of some of these “Kosher A stores.”(Kosher today)
-Netanyahu: :Trump's meeting with Kanye West and Nick Fuentes was "a mistake. He shouldn't do that,"
- Hakeem Jeffries Elected House Dem Leader, Succeeding Nancy Pelosi
- Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita & Rav Dovid Schustal are currently in Eretz Yisrael for a family wedding grandchild of Rav Meir Kotler ZTL.
Weather: 60° Rain. High near 60F. Winds at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
- Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita & Rav Dovid Schustal are currently in Eretz Yisrael to participate in a family wedding of Rav Meir Kotler ZTL.
- Sunset Road Sephardic Congregation application has been tabled last night after neighbors retained an attorney due to parking issues their lawyer said they hope to address the neighbors' concerns.
- Lakewood Township's Planning Board tonight voted to formally endorse the proposed banquet hall ordinance, with several conditions. Banquet halls will not be permitted in residential zones The Board wants all parking to be on-site only with no need for cars to park on-street See full report Here by faanews.com
- Low-Cost Wedding Hall Coming to Lakewood Matzav reports construction crews started clearing a parcel of land on Oak Street that will be developed into a stunning but affordable new wedding venue. To achieve lower costs, the venue will itself hire the people needed for a wedding (e.g., chefs, photographers, etc.), thereby lowering the overall cost for everyone making a chasunah at the hall and saving mechutanim an estimated $5,000-$7,000. The initiative is only the beginning. Askonim are also working on similar projects to lower the cost of other simcha-related expenses, such as the burdensome cost of gowns, shaitels, jewelry, and more. Matzav
- Grill Time fleishig take out restaurant opens on 2nd street in Lakewood at the former Pizza fun location between Clifton and Lexington Avenues
- The Agudah Convention begins tomorrow evening there will be a Kallah Teacher Track to educate, empower, and enhance the teaching of kallah teachers today. taking place today Wednesday, November 30th from 2:00 pm – Thursday, December 1st 5:00 pm
Rav Dovid Schustal visiting Rav Dov Landau in Bnei Brak
Singing ani Maamin at the Boyan wedding outside Yerushalayim last night in Dee City. The Boyaner rebbe married off his youngest son
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 49° Some sun this morning with increasing clouds this afternoon. High 49F. Winds light and variable.
- UPDATE: Lakewood Township's Planning Board tonight voted to formally endorse the proposed banquet hall ordinance, with several conditions. Banquet halls will not be permitted in residential zones The Board wants all parking to be on-site only with no need for cars to park on-street See full report Here by faanews.com
- A wind advisory has been issued for the Jersey Shore starting Wednesday morning with gusts of up to 45 mph expected and scattered power outages possible on a rainy day, forecasters say. The advisory will be in effect from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to coastal areas of Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth and Ocean counties, the National Weather Service said.
- Rav Binyomin Rimmer shlita son in law of Rav Elyashiv zatzal will deliver divrei helped tonight for his brother in law Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal at B"M Lutzk 10:15pm
- Lufthansa settles, pays $21K to each Jewish passenger impacted last year by after they denied boarding on their connecting flight to Budapest on the way to kerestir. The law firm that negotiated the settlement is reportedly taking 18% of the $20,000, leaving each passenger with a payment of $17,400. It’s estimated that somewhere around 130 passengers were denied boarding, meaning that Lufthansa has paid roughly $2.7 million.
- Mitch McConnell goes after Trump-”There is no room in the Republican party for anti-Semitism or White supremacy and anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the US.”
- The Ocean County Board of Elections appears poised to recommend that the county government end its use of Dominion voting machines on Election Day and replace it with new machines. (APP)
- Heavy morning traffic in Lakewood after several accidents one on Cedarbridge near circa with wires down, other measures on E County line and West County line
- Lakewood Banquet hall ordnance allowing simcha halls in residential areas will be reviewed tonight at the Lakewood planning board it is open to the public meeting begins at 6 pm the ordnance review is scheduled at the beginning of the agenda. Lakewood planning board meeting tonight at 6 pm watch livestream here see agenda Here several applications have been postponed. The board will hear a application for the Sunset road Sephardic congregation
- Toronto Kolell yovel dinner took place last night in Toronto with the attendance of many guests who flew in for the occasion including the Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva. to see the journal photo memory section click Here view video replay of the dinner HERE
- Lakewood township tuition educational assistance program has advertised this week for the program in local newspapers. Officially the application deadlines were in March of 22 but it appears they are open again to those who qualify for educational assistance during covid19 pandemic, the website is not currently showing a option to apply
-Faanews reports on LSTA: Superior Court judge has formally ordered the Lakewood School District to appear in court to respond to a lawsuit over their refusal to release public records relating to their contract with the LSTA which coordinates busing for Lakewood's private schools, FAA News has learned. It appears that this lawsuit is directly related to efforts to replace the current LSTA with a new busing authority for Lakewood's private schools Read more Here
Monday, November 28, 2022
Monday November 28 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 53° Sun and clouds mixed. High 53F. Winds 10 to 20 mph.
- Agudah convention this weekend Q &A with Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky and asking for a friend session with Rav Aaron Loopiansky and Rav Uri Deitsch you can submit your question via emaiul prior to ask@agudahconvention.org
- Gov. Phil Murphy announced that the state has hired two consultants to conduct an "independent review" of how his team handled pandemic in NJ that will also include the heavy loss of life in nursing homes.
- Former VP Pence said Trump was wrong for dining with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and should apologize, but added he doesn't believe Trump is antisemitic.
- NYT: Donald Trump will not campaign with Herschel Walker during the final week of the Georgia Senate runoff election, after both camps decided the former president’s appearance carried more political risks than rewards, campaign officials for the two Republicans said on Monday.
- Special Zoning board meeting canceled for tonight again
- OU The Orthodox Union, strongly criticized former President Trump for recently hosting Kanye West and Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago. "The association of a former President of the United States with some of the most vicious antisemitic figures in this country is deeply worrisome. We call on former President Trump to condemn these individuals and cut ties with them and their associates. As a major public figure, Donald Trump has a responsibility to denounce hate in all of its forms and lead by example for his many followers. Anything less gives a stamp of approval to the world’s oldest hatred."
- Cyber Monday today check out deals on Dansdeals
- Alef Judaica coming to Jackson crossing shopping center watch Video Here
- "Collapse" in home prices is coming, experts say .US. economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics estimates that existing home prices will keep falling, ultimately dropping by about 20% from their June peak of around $414,000. Goldman Sachs analysts also recently cut their outlook for home prices, from roughly flat next year to down 4%, noting that "unsustainable levels of housing affordability to continue weighing on housing demand."
- Rav from E"Y appointed at Sadigura Lakewood B"M Along with the visit of the rebbe from Bnei Brak, a rav Chaim Schorr of E"Y has assumed the position as the Rav of the shul.
- Zoning board special meeting tonight for Lake Terrace to obtain use variance and final site plan approval to allow the use of this property as a catering hall. Watch livestream Here @ 7pm
-Lakewood Shomrim commands its dedicated personnel for their overwhelming response and persistent efforts following a serious high-pressure gas leak incident in Lakewood, New Jersey. On Friday, November 25, at approximately 3:02 p.m on e 4th st. With approximately 200 Sabbath-observing residents in nearby homes also evacuated, Shomrim officials began devising plans to house and feed them over the course of the Sabbath, if necessary".
- Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita visits the Toldos Aharon Rebbe who is currently in Lakewood
Sunday, November 27, 2022
Sunday Nov 27 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 60° High near 60F. Winds at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch.
- The Elmwood Village Homeowners Association is suing the developers of the adjacent Maplewoods development for illegally using and damaging their storm water management basin, as well as the Township of Lakewood for refusing to stop this damage. Sew full story here
- Phil Murphy: With heavy rain and strong winds across the state, we urge everyone to stay safe and prepare for messy travel
- Fauci was asked “Coming out of the holidays, should parents expect schools to shut down?” Dr. Fauci:I don't know,..I'm not sure.”
-China: Civil unrest and uprising against covid lockdowns.
- Girls high schools: Parents are now asked to apply to 4 schools with the entrance exam. Until now the vaad requested to apply for 3 schools. Failure to apply as recommended means they will not help you in case you are not accepted into any school.
- Leshem publication of the peshuto shel Mikra chumash release letter in response to gedolim calling for it to be removed from the shelves. See below
-Article Nj real estate: Office construction booms in Lakewood amidstunning influx of residents and businesses, one developer alone, has built more than 500,000 square feet of new Class A space in Lakewood in the last decade. More Here
- Vermont Ave extension opening delayed again faanews reports The completion and opening of Lakewood Township's long-awaited Vermont Avenue Extension project is once again delayed, see more here
- Discount local supermarket stores raise Prices across the board on many items by 20 - 30 cents
- Trump follows up again on Truth social after news of meeting in Mar-a-lago "So I help a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be black, Ye (Kanye West), who has been decimated in his business and virtually everything else, and who has always been good to me, by allowing his request for a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, alone, so that I can give him very much needed “advice.” He shows up with 3 people, two of which I didn’t know, the other a political person who I haven’t seen in years, I told him don’t run for office, a total waste of time, can’t win. Fake News went CRAZY!"
- Sadigura Bnei Brak rebbe in Lakewood
Saturday, November 26, 2022
Motzei Shabbos Toldos 5783 Lakewood
Kiddush Levana
- Motzei Shabbos, Siyum Melava Malka and Divrei zikaron at BMG beren hall for the Yartzeit of Rav Aharon Kotler zatzal and Rav Nosson Wachtfogel Zatzal
- Bnos Basya tribute dinner at Fountain Ballroom
- Pirchei Agudas Yisrael Melava Malka at Bais Faiga $20 per kid doors open 7:45 boys 4-8 grades
-Hundreds drove right after shabbos to participate in the Shaloshudis Tish of the Sadigura rebbe in Lakewood
- Trump under criticism for meeting far right anti semite and rapper YE at dinner in Mar a lago. Trump said he did not know the person and he showed up with someone else
2nd victim passes away from the double bombings last week in Yerushalayim Tadasa Tashume Ben Ma’ada hyd, 50, immigrated from Ethiopia more than two decades ago and was the father of two children.
- Black Friday sales break record with more than $9 Billion in sales
- A gas line was hit at the building of 220 E. 4th street in Lakewood late Friday afternoon as a result hundreds of residents were evacuated and are sheltering in place by the Lakewood high school while authorities repair it to allow them back in.
Friday, November 25, 2022
Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פר' תולדות ר''ח כסלו תשפ''ג
Friday, November 25, 2022 / א׳ כסלו תשפ״ג ערב שבת פרשת תולדות ראש חודש כסלו
- Candle lighting 4:15 pm
-Shkiah 4:33 pm
-Weather: Friday night low 36F Shabbos day: Mainly sunny. High 56F
- This Shabbos 2 Kislev is the Yahrtzeit of Rav Aharon Kotler ZTL (1892-1962) and The Mashgiach Rav Nosson Meir Wachtfogel ZTL
וְיִתֶּן לְךָ הָאֱלהִים מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ, וְרֹב דָגָן וְתִירֹשׁ וְאֵל שַׁדַּי יְבָרֵךְ אֹתְךָ וְיַפְרְךָ וְיַרְבֶּךָ, וְהָיִיתָ לִקְהַל עַמִּים.
שבת שלום ומבורך
Yartzeit of Rav Aharon Kotler ZT”L
Connecting with oros of Gedolei Yisroel- Yarzeit of Rav Aharon Kotler ZT”L
Friday Rosh Chodesh Kislev Nov 25 News Updates
Friday, November 25, 2022 / א׳ כסלו תשפ״ג
ערב שבת פרשת תולדות ראש חודש כסלו
Candle lighting 4:15 pm
Shkiah/Sunset 4:33 pm
Weather 55° Cloudy and damp with rain this morningthen becoming partly cloudy. High near 55F. Chance of rain 100%. Shabbos day sunny hi 56
-Admor Chasidei Yerushalyim is in Lakewood at the shul of Rabbi Shemano off Miller Rd
- Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita is in Lakewood for shabbos in the 14th street area
- Chief Rabbi of Iran Rabbi Yehuda Gearmi is visiting Lakewood this week and met Rabbonim admorim and Roshei Yeshiva
- Sadigura Rebbe of bnei brak spending shabbos in Lakewood. Tish Friday night 9:30 at the BM on Holly st
- Off shabbos for some Yeshivos
- Local stores roll out Chanuka merchandise
- Black Friday Dan's deals master thread Here
- Motzei Shabbos, Siyum Melava Malka and Divrei zikaron at BMG beren hall for the Yartzeit of Rav Aharon Kotler zatzal and Rav Nosson Wachtfogel Zatzal
- Amazon workers stage global strike today on Black Friday to "denounce Amazon's despicable multimillion dollar campaigns to kill worker-lead union efforts and to cease their awful, unsafe practices immediately, respect the law and negotiate with the workers who want to make their jobs better."
- Tax dollars LFD giving $11k annual raise. March 2021, Lakewood's Board of Fire Commissioners hired a new clerk, with a 3 1/2 year contract starting at approximately $44,000 for the first year, and approximately a $1,000 annual raise thereafter. The Fire Commissioners are now considering to give her a modest tax-payer funded $11,000 annual raise.More at Faanews
- In a PR article posted online on several media platforms Ahudah of NJ and the Jackson Jewish community council take credit for the election of pro orthodox candidates by their get the vote out campaign. The headline read "How Jackson’s Frum Community Defied the Odds and Propelled Pro-Jewish Candidates to Victory".
- Pirchei Agudas Yisrael Melava Malka event this Motzei Shabbos in Bais Faiga grades 4-8 admission $20.
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Thursday, November 24, 2022
Thursday Nov 24 Rosh Chodesh Kislev News Updates
Weather: 57° A mix of clouds and sun. High 57F.
- Hespedim tonight 6:20 in BMG for the Yartzeit of Harav Aharon Kotler zatzal and Rav Nosson Wachtfogel Zatzal.
- The New Jersey Department of Transportation, has installed a new left turning arrow for Route 9 southbound traffic turning onto Courtney Road. The new turning arrow went live today. (Faanews)
- Schools in Lakewood will need to pay property taxes if banquet halls become permitted as they will lose their property tax exemption on the banquet hall portion of their property, since it is used for the revenue producing business. More at Faanews
- Hachnosas Sefer Torah at Mesivta of Eatontown 5pm Off New Hampshire ave
- Shiva for Harav Feivel Cohen ZTL at 24 Goldcrest in Pine River village
OCHD updated case totals 11/15/22 -11/22/22
47 new covid cases+1 death in Lakewood
49 new covid cases +1 death in Jackson
71 new covid cases +1 death in Toms River
- Today marks the 14th yartzeit of the Mumbai kedoshim HYD
- El Al Black Friday Sale: Fly Round-Trip From The US To Tel Aviv From Just $698 Or 46.5K Chase Points Round-Trip, Including Mid/Winter Break more
-Bde: Petirah of Dayan Chanoch Ehrentreu Zt"l of London at the age of 90, after a brief illness, The levaya will take place in London with kevurah in E"Y
- No transportation today for some school to or from
- Aldi BJ’s Wholesale Club Costco Target Trader Joe’s Walmart will all be closed today for Thanksgiving. Shop Rite in Howell closes at 4 pm.
- Hanochas even Hapina groundbreaking event for girls elementary school Bnos Hadassa today at 613 Prospect street Lakewood 2:30 pm
-Agra Dpirka Thanksgiving day learning program this morning at B"M Kol Chaim 618Caranetta Lakewood
-Black Friday sales stores will open early Friday morning at 5am,Target 7:am
- APP reports on Jbiz expo last week in Lakewood a special women's panel took place organized by the Women in Workforce division of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce. "Helping women climb the ladder to success". Panelists shared their secrets of success and tips for managing busy personal and professional lives. some of the tips given "It doesn’t always need to be the perfect supper, or “When running a household, you got to learn how to take shortcuts. Learn how to pick your battles,” “All panelists were self-made. No inherited wealth. “We want to empower more women to reach more heights,”
- Musical Hallel lkavod Rosh Chodesh at Mordys shteible
Rabbi Avigdor Miller on Thanksgiving from Toras Avigdor
Q: What is your opinion about celebrating the holiday of Thanksgiving tonight with a turkey dinner?
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Mincha Minyanim for Yom Kippur Koton ער''ח כסלו תשפ''ג
Rosh Chodesh Kislev is Thursday and Friday
Please post additional minyanim or corrections in the comments section
Wednesday November 23rd News Updates
Weather: 56° Sunny. High 56F. Wrev Rosh chodesh kislev, rosh chodesh is Thursday and Friday
- Trump on the 9-0 ruling that Congress gets his tax returns: "The Supreme Court has lost its honor, prestige, and standing, & has become nothing more than a political body, with our Country paying the price. They refused to even look at the Election Hoax of 2020. Shame on them!"
- Several schools will not have bus transportation to or from school tomorrow. In the past companies were obligated to provide transportation as long as there is school in session even on holidays.
- Vaccinated people now make up a "majority of covid deaths." It is "no longer" a "pandemic of the unvaccinated."
- Reminder those who don't cut hair or nails on rosh chodesh (Rav Yehuda hachasid) to do say today
- State grants permits for community center at john patrick sports park off Vine street will Lakewood township require its construction as agreed to in the Kikar shabbos deal when the old center was demolished to make room for a parking lot ? faanews reports Here
- AAA is projecting that almost 1.5 million New Jersey residents will travel 50 miles or more over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, The worst time to travel is today wednesday between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.
- Aldi BJ’s Wholesale Club Costco Target Trader Joe’s Walmart will all be closed tomorrow. Shop Rite in Howell closes at 4 pm
- LIC Executive Director pushes back after residents reach out about the proposed banquet hall ordinance Faanews reports "We have not yet seen the proposed ordinance, and even if did, we are not a standard advocacy group of Township business which is set by the Township Committee. If the Committee wishes for us to voice our opinion regarding a pending ordinance, they correspond with us accordingly. In this case, the Committee has not corresponded with us and therefore we have nothing to say on the matter." residents alwo call out the LIC for their general lack of transparency. See more Here
- Sadigura rebbe of Bnei brak arrived in Lakewood this morning to spend shabbos with his chasidim. The tefilos will take place at the Bais Medrash 53 Holly st off rt 88. Shachris is at 9:15 Mincha 4:55 Maariv 5:20. daily kabolas kahal from 3-7 pm at the B"M/ Friday night tish wil be at 9:30 pm
Toldos Aaron Rebbe visits Kollel boker Ohr shmuel in Lutzk
Sadugar rebbe arrives in Newark
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Two Explosions in Yerushalayim
- All buses in Yerushalayim are being searched by security forces.
-The 2 explosive devices were detonated remotely by a cell phone. Residents of Ramot said it was a nes that the bus stop was packed just moments before the explosion. It went off as the 67 bus pulled out there were 3 lightly injured at the location.
Update: 19 injured and 1 killed RL. 16-year-old yeshiva bachur Aryeh Shechopek Z"L has been named as the teen killed in the Jerusalem terror attack on Wednesday morning. He lived nearby in Har Nof and was on his way to Yeshiva moshav Beit Meir close to the entrance of the city. Please say Tehillim for those still in critical condition a yeshiva bachur אלחנן בן ליבנת, and for a 60 year old חיים נחום בן פייגא רבקה
Hashkafa Q&A
Divrei Hashkafa by Rav Gershon Ribner shlita
Analyzing Rav Hutner ZT"L's appreciation of Rav Feivel Cohen ZT"L
Proper etiquette when a younger Rosh Yeshiva interacts with an older one
List of Write In results for Lakewood General Elections Nov 8
GENERAL ELECTION WRITE‐IN RESULTS NOVEMBER 8, 2022 LAKEWOOD
Tuesday November 22 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 52° Sunny. High 52F.
- Masking and social distancing should be encouraged or even mandated once more in public in order to protect people from COVID-19 and from the possibility of suffering from "Long COVID," according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Japan reports 121,460 new coronavirus cases, up 18% from last week, China reports first covid deaths in 6 months
A Kallah from Boro park whose choson was killed in the miron tragedy has B"h got engaged Mazel Tov,
- Chabad Rabbi in the city of denioper Ukraine says that The chief Rabbi of Russia Rabbi Lazar asked Putin to spare their city from attack in which he obliged.
-Jackson Mayor Michael Reina will be hosting a election victory event in Lakewood at Glatt Ambiance hall tonight at 6
Supreme Court orders Trump's tax returns to be turned over to House Democrats
- Parents of children still not accepted in to schools must email the vaad prior to December 1st for girls email byplacement@gmail.com for boys emailLkwdschools@gmail.com this year there are many girls still not accepted yet into school for next year.
- Fauci: "My final message... get your updated COVID-19 shot."
- "Health concerns should not be grounds to oppose cell towers" Verizon tells judge FAAnews reports Verizon is pushing back against a lawsuit that seeks to stop installation of a cell tower in Lakewood in part due to health concerns; asserting in response that the Zoning Board is precluded from considering the health effects of the cell tower, beyond whether they followed FCC guidelines. more
- Sadigura rebbe will be arriving tomorrow morning at Newark airport 5 am and coming straight to Lakewood there will be a minyan for Shachris at 9:15 followed by kabolas panim at the Sadigur BM off rt 88
- Jackson Township officials have now publicized the establishment of their $150,000 "aggrieved persons" settlement fund to compensate persons who have been harmed as a result of the alleged discrimination. against shuls and dormitories You or members of your family may be qualified to recover from the Settlement Fund if you or members of your family allege that, due to Jackson Township's ban on dormitory housing at schools, you were:Unable to attend a religious boarding school in Jackson Township;Unable to move to Jackson Township because of a lack of an available religious boarding school for an immediate family member; Discouraged or prevented from establishing a yeshiva or other religious boarding school in Jackson Township more
- Mir Yerushalayim yarchei Kallah taking place this week with many participants from Lakewood
- Seminaries from Israel having open houses in Lakewood thi week
Monday, November 21, 2022
Monday November 21 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 43° Sunny. High 43F.
Warmer weather rest of week in the low to mid 50's
- BDE: Petirah of Reb Aremel Edelman ztl Lived in Lakewood many years on 8th street and moved to eretz yisroel a few years ago. Father of R' Chaim Zev Eidelman of Cheder Toras Zev. The Levaya will take place tomorrow Tuesday morning at the Kamenitz yeshiva in Yerushalayim.
- Tefillos for Rav Shimon Baadani the manhig Ruchni of Shas and moetzes member chamei Hatorah has been hospitalized after he went into cardiac arrest name for Tehillim is שמעון בן חביבה
- Howell affordable housing project: Organizers sent out a statement due to the overwhelming response and deluge of applicants, as of November 21, 2022, all received applications will not be processed.
Numbered of applicants had exceeded +2000 with Hashem's help- break ground for construction in late 2023. There will be a chance to apply again for phase 2.
- High-voltage transmission line problem left more than 20,000 JCP&L customers without power on Monday morning. In Monmouth county including Eatontown, Middletown and Tinton Falls Spring lake area
- Tolls are expected to go up by $1 on Port Authority bridges and tunnels between New York and New Jersey in Jan 2023 The agency says it lost $3 billion during the pandemic, and that the high rate of inflation, has triggered the increase. Off-peak E-ZPass tolls would rise from $11.75 to $12.75 for passenger vehicles.The peak-hour E-ZPass toll would climb from $13.75 to $14.75. And cash tolls will go from $16 to $17.
- Cases of Flu reported
- LT. Gov. Sheila Oliver, signed an executive order delaying all runoff elections in NJ, including the Manchester mayoral and council races, to Dec 13.
- HaRav Malkiel Kotler paid a visit yesterday to South Bend, Indiana to participate in the Hachtara of Rav Yosef Chaim Danziger as the new Rav of Hebrew Orthodox Congregation. (LNN)
- Shesulim an online chaburah learning B'iyun starting winter zman this week register Here
-Sadigura rebbe of Bnei Brak will visit Lakewood this coming shabbos at his shul off rt 88
- LIC meeting is Tomorrow Nov 22 to send public comment via email it must be submitted by 3:30am to LICComments@lakewoodnj.gov
- Nichum Aveilim
Mishpachas Pinter getting up from shiva tomorrow morning at 184 New Egypt rd
Shiva for Reb Nachum Gold is at 914 Madison Ave 2nd floor
Sunday, November 20, 2022
BDE: Hagaon Harav Feivel Cohen ZTL
As per his צוואה that was read at the levaya there were no hespedim. He wrote that no hespedim take place at anytime and that on the shloshim and yartzeit there should be designated sidrei limud learning from his seforim that he was zoche to write.
Update the Levaya is at Bais Aaron B"M 10th and Clifton from 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Petirah of Hagaon Harav Feivel Cohen, zt"l. Levaya tentatively today in Lakewood 2pm, at Bais Medrash Govoha Bais Aaron 10th st & Clifton followed by Levaya in Flatbush 5pm at his shul, kevura in Eretz Yisroel.
Matzav report: One of the gedolei haposkim in the United States, Rav Cohen was renowned worldwide for his magnum opus, Badei Hashulchan, an encyclopedic Mishnah-Berurah-like work on Shulchan Aruch. Rav Cohen was one of the prime products of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin under the rosh yeshiva, Rav Yitzchok Hutner. Even as a young ben Torah, he was recognized as a gaon of a different caliber, destined for greatness. Over the decades, he became renowned for his gadlus in Torah, his brilliance and depth, and his tremendous pikchus and insight. Rav Cohen’s opinion was respected by the greatest gedolei Torah of the generation, including Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv and others.
Sunday November 20 News Updates
Weather: 37° Sunny with gusty winds. High 37F. at 20 to 30 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
- Kevin McCarthy vows to remove Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff from their committee assignments, in addition to Ilhan Omar, when Republicans retake control of the House in January (Fox News).
- Nikki Haley: "A lot people have asked if I'm going to run for president now that the midterms are over. I'll look at it in a serious way and I'll have more to say soon."
- BDE: Petira of Reb Nuchem Gold ZL originally from Brooklyn moved to Lakewood a talmid muvhak of Torah Voddas. He gave shiurim and shmuessen at Tav Goldblatts yeshiva. The Levaya is taking place 10:45 am at the Lakewood chapel on 7th st. Kevura in Long Island.
- LFD to raise taxes again The Lakewood fire commissioners are planning to spend an additional 2 million dollars for capital improvements. The budget will not need voter approval as was done in the past Faanews reports. Fire Dept budget for last year 2022 was at $8,892,315 Million up $600k from the previous year. That was besides an additional $1.6 million in taxes to purchase a new ladder truck.
- FBI director says US Jews under threat ‘from all sides’ amid rise in antisemitism He said that some 63 percent of religious hate crimes were motivated by antisemitism, “and that’s targeting a group that makes up about 2.4% of the American population.”
- Local pediatricians report cases of Flu going around.
- Prices at local kosher supermarkets keep rising across the board inflation is a factor.
- Annual Chabad Kinus Hashluchim will take place later today at the NJ convention and Expo Center in Edison, NJ.
Don't Lose Sight of Tovas Lev even in Traffic
From an article printed in this week's issue of Yated Ne'eman. (Pg 24) by Rabbi Avrohom Birnbaum
Don’t Lose Sight of the Tovas Lev B⁰arometer…Even in Traffic See full article HERE
Someone.. went to the Steipler Gaon and asked the Steipler, “What should I look for when it comes to shidduchim?” The Steipler replied by repeating the same two words over and over and over again. What were those two words? “Tovas lev, tovas lev, tovas lev.” She should have a good heart, a benevolent heart, a heart that wants to do tovos for others, a heart that not only wants to do tovos, but seeks to do tovos, a heart with a natural instinct to help, to empathize, to feel the plight of another...
.....You Won…For Now
That brings me to another painful but related topic. It is also an “ikkar and tafeil” issue. We all know what the ikkar is: Torah, mitzvos, middos tovos… You go to a levayah and hear stories about how much the niftar had been devoted to learning, how she supported his learning at all costs, how kind she was and how generous he was, how many poor people he or she helped, how many yeshivos he supported, and the list goes on.
I don’t recall anyone saying that he was so clever that when he designed the building/store/development, he was able to finagle the powers that be to allow him to provide patrons with fewer parking spaces, even though everyone knew that there was way below the appropriate number.
No one will say that he built a supermarket or even a shul or yeshiva and ruined the quality of life of all the neighbors because he somehow figured out how to get away without providing parking or with building a narrow street so that for the next four decades, his fellow Yidden were inconvenienced…
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Motzei Shabbos Chayei Sara 5783
- Elon Musk has reinstated Trump's account on Twitter Tonight after a poll of 15 million voes to do so. Musk said the people have spoken. Trump did not issue any new tweets.
-Hespedim tonight in Lakewood for Rav Yitzchok Sekula Ztl at yeshiva Ohr Torah 924 E. County Line rd @9:00pm
- Ohel Pesel Melava Malka event for shidduchim at Ateres Reva hall ezras Nassim opened. 10 popular shadchanim will be on hand.
- Over 10,000 gathered according to media reports, Friday night in Boro Park at the tish of Rav Shaul Alter that took place in a tent set up for his visit. Police closed off the area. On Motzei shabbos screens were set up outside for the overflow crowd.
- Record snow fall in Buffalo NY over 6 ft in 24 hours due to Lake Effect.
- An unhinged 22-year-old man has been arrested for making threats to New York synagogues. The suspect, was arrested at the Long Island Rail Road platform at Penn Station late Friday night, carrying weapons and a Nazi armband recovered in his bag.
- Elon Musk set up a poll about reinstating Donald Trump's account on Twitter. Trump urged his followers to vote but said hes not going back there yet "Truth Social is special!"Trump won the poll with 15 million votes to reinstate his account.
- Ted Cruz slams “politicized” Biden DOJ for appointing Trump special counsel "This is camouflage designed to set up the next step which is the Biden Department of Justice intends to indict Donald Trump."
Shalom Seudos with Rav Shaul Alter in BP
Friday, November 18, 2022
Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פר' חיי שרה מברכים חודש כסלו תשפ''ג
אִם אֵין בָּנוּ מַעֲשִׂים זָכְרָה יְשֵׁנֵי חֶבְרון. וְהֵם יַעֲלוּ לְזִכָּרון
Friday, November 18, 2022 / כ״ד חשון תשפ״ג ערב שבת פרשת חיי שרה
- Candle lighting 4:20 pm
- Shkiah/sunset 4:38 pm
- Rosh Chodesh Kislev is Thursday and Friday
- Molad is Wednesday evening, 28 minutes and 8 chalakim after 10:00 pm
- Weather Friday night: A few clouds. Low 27F. Shabbos day Sunny skies. High 43F.
מהמגיד הירושלמי רבי מרדכי דרוק זצ"ל בת ק' כבת כ' - הכוונה היא לפרק כ' ופרק ק' בתהילים כאשר יהודי נקלע לצרה - הוא פותח תהילים בפרק כ', ובוכה בפסוקי "יענך ה' ביום צרה"...אבל כמה יהודים זוכרים לפתוח גם את פרק ק' בתהלים ולומר "מזמור לתודה" בת ק' כבת כ'
More on the פשוטו של מקרא
The following article was placed in several frum media outlets this week explaining the backgroud about the letter of the gedolim regarding the sefer on chumash “פשוטו של מקרא” “Pshuto Shel Mikra”. To see a lengthy kuntress on the issue click HERE
This article is being written to bring awareness to the American public about an extremely serious topic, which many Rabbonim in Eretz Yisrael have been speaking out about. This issue has the potential to affect the foundations of our Yiddishkeit. The critical nature of the following information cannot be overstated, because the problem has already reached almost every frum community. Here we bring you not our own words, but a summary of the words of our Gedolim, whose writings we quote and attach below.
THE ISSUE:
A number of years ago, the Leshem publishing company put out a pirush on Rashi called Rashi Kipshuto, which has the haskamos of the Badatz and a few other choshuve Rabbonim. A couple of years later, they came out with a pirush on Chumash called Pshuto Shel Mikra, which explains the pesukim very differently than Rashi. Their implication is that Rashi is saying the “drash” and they are saying the pshat- the “basic meaning” of the pasuk. They even put their explanation above that of Rashi. Officially, they state that they “made a likut of Rishonim to explain the simple meaning of the pesukim, according to those Rishonim.”
Sounds nice, many think. What could be wrong?
ONE: What have our Gedolim said about making our own commentary on Chumash?
There is a strongly worded letter on this subject from Rav Shach and Rav Elyashiv. Rav Shach writes to this effect: “I must warn publicly about authors who allow themselves to print collections of commentaries on Chumash and Shas, to be equivalent to Rashi, using their own judgement to decide between opinions of Rishonim. This is so, even if they note which Rishon they took each piece from. In an orphaned generation such as ours, for the authors to pick a view among the Rishonim, using their own logic, and stand this up as a pirush on par with Rashi – and actually CONTRADICTING Rashi – and that this is RECOMMENDED to teach talmidim – is a terrible breach and should put trembling into the heart of anyone who hears it, for the end result is unfathomable.” Rav Elyashiv added to the effect: “It is beyond understanding that in our days, an author should allow himself to print a Shas, and along with the words of the angels – Rashi and the Rishonim – allow himself to print his own commentary.
Although the Chumash calling itself Pshuto Shel Mikra displays haskamos from the Badatz and other Gedolim, they are “borrowed” haskamos. They took the haskamos they had gotten on their Rashi sefer and put them onto the Chumash without asking permission. Subsequently, the Badatz issued a letter stating that there are many problems with the Chumash.
It is clear that the underlying idea of presuming to make one’s own pirush by choosing views among Rishonim goes against our Gedolim. But it gets much worse than this.
Friday Nov 18 News Updates Lakewood
Friday, November 18, 2022 / כ״ד חשון תשפ״ג ערב שבת פרשת חיי שרה מברכים חודש כסלו
- Candle lighting 4:20 pm
- Shkiah/Sunset 4:38 pm
Weather Friday night low of 27 shabbos day high of 43
- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland named former federal prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel for two ongoing criminal investigations by the Department of Justice of former President Donald who will recommend whether criminal charges should be lodged against the ex-president.
- Off shabbos this week for mesivtas and BM some yeshivos will have off next shabbos.
- Shabbos Chevron thousands gather to spend shabbos Chayei Sarah in the city of Chevron
- Admor M'Strikov will spend shabbos in Lakewood at the Oak & Vine area at BM Sanz Klausenberg and in the Chateau park shul.
-Bingo is having a early black Friday sale
- Adderall, a drug commonly prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is in short supply and people are struggling to fill their prescriptions. Local pharmacies in Lakewood have run out of stock.
- Kevin McCarthy GOP Leader "In just 47 days, House Republicans will have the gavel, and we will be prepared to hold the Biden administration accountable from day one.
Our investigations are just getting started."
-A lawsuit was filed against yeshiva Toras Chaim for the dormitory application brought on by their neighbors who are seeking to overturn the Township Planning Board's approval of the yeshiva's dormitory expansion without regard for the privacy concerns expressed by the neighbors, which were caused by numerous variances the Board granted, the neighbors. See full story at Faanews
- On Wednesday Lakewood public s school parents huddled in a restaurant around a 75-inch screen to watch the latest Lakewood Board of Education meeting via Zoom. Lakewood remains the only district in the area that has not returned to in-person board meetings since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, APP reports. The gathering was organized to bring attention to the rise of bullying in Lakewood schools. But despite their effort, the parents never had the chance to join the meeting because the Zoom link through which the public should be able to make comments was not placed on the district website in time. (APP)
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Hashkafa Q&A
By Harav Gershon Ribner shlita
Absorbing the BMG aura without becoming the stereotypical "Lakewooder" From Brisk to Harvard The Triple F Syndrome Flipping houses during bein hasdorimThursday Nov 17 News Updates
Weather: 46° Some clouds this morning will give way to generally sunny skies for the afternoon. High 46F.
- Lakewood Matza Bakery now accepting EBT you can pick up fresh baked matza on erev shabbos too.
- Nancy Pelosi announces her resignation from House Democratic leadership.
- Rav Shaul Alter arrived this morning in the US for a brief visit to his Mosdos in Boro Park were he will spend shabbos there in a large tent. Theresbtalk of coming to Lakewood but has yet to be anounced on the official schedule.
OCHD updated covid cases Nov 7 - Nov 15
- 39 new covid cases +3 deaths in Jackson totals 14928/159
- 88 new covid cases +2 deaths in Lakewood totals 26357/388
- 52 new covid cases in Toms River totals 25420/478
- Gas prices fall by average of 20 cents currently $3.79 a gallon
- Republicans announce an investigation into Joe Biden alleging Biden was directly involved in business dealings with son Hunter Biden, they have 14 FBI whistleblowers.
- Pelosi to speak about her future today after losing majority
- Biden statement after Republicanswin the house: “I congratulate Leader McCarthy on Republicans winning the House majority, and am ready to work with House Republicans to deliver results for working families.”
Rav Shaul Alter arriving in the USA
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Wednesday November 16 News Upd
Weather: 52° Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon. Expect mist and reduced visibilities at times. High 52F. Winds WNW at 15 to 25 mph.
- Chuck Schumer calls for amnesty for "all 11 million" undocumented migrants in the US because the American population "is not reproducing on its own with the same level that it used to."
- Senator Ted Cruz lambasted the Biden administration over its decision to open an FBI investigation into whether Israeli soldiers were responsible for the death of an Arab American journalist during a firefight in Jenin this spring. Sen. Cruz said: “Joe Biden and his administration view Israel and Prime Minister-elect Benjamin Netanyahu as political enemies, and so they are responding to them the way they respond to all their political enemies: by unleashing the FBI
- Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, Lakewood gets a B grade in safety hospitals scores.
- The Lakewood Planning Board did not make any recommendations last night regarding the proposed banquet hall ordinance. Faanews reports. Rather, they are soliciting their contracted Engineers and Planners from Remington & Vernick to do a comprehensive review on the proposal, and they will discuss the matter further at their next meeting on November 29th. Although that is past their 35 day deadline, the Township Committee is anyways not going to meet to vote on the ordinance until December 8th. See full recap of meeting here.
- The GOP needs to win only one of the ten House races that have not been called to get a majority – and it’s possible Lauren Boebert will deliver them that victory.
- JBIZ expo going on today at blue claws stadium
- With all the mail ballots now counted, turnout in Lakewood for the midterm election was just over 40%, committeeman R' Issac Akerman got a even 20,000 votes at 86%. (Reporter SSchorr)
- The Lakewood School District was hit with a lawsuit alleging non-compliance with an Open Public Records Act (OPRA) request for records, and all BOE contracts and bids with the LSTA . Faa reports on the backstory if this is meant to recent efforts to revamp the LSTA. More
- Poland's president says it's "very likely" the missile blast that killed 2 was from the Ukrainian air defense, calling it an "unfortunate accident."
- The defense in the Eisnman case filed their appeal yesterday
Hashkafa Q&A
How Gedolim advise others in fields they lack training and experience
Perceiving the supremacy of Torah while stationed on the floor of the stock exchange
Rescued from drowning in a sea of liesTuesday, November 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15 News Updates Lakewood
- JBIZ Expo & Conference taking place tomorrow 16, in Lakewood, NJ at the Blue Claws stadium from 10:00 am - 5:00 PM
- Lakewood Planning board meeting today Tuesday Nov 15 at 6:00 pm watch live stream Here see agenda HERE the board will review and vote on the township ordnance to allow banquet halls in residential neighborhoods The Planning Board will not accept comments from the public during the meeting when they review and vote on this ordinance. The Township Committee will hold a public hearing and second reading on the Ordinance at their next meeting in November.
- Yeshiva Chemdas Hatorah application to create 130 lots at James and Cross street has been tabled until further notice
- Former President Donald Trump will imminently announce his plans to run for president in 2024, and it will be a "professional, very buttoned-up announcement," his longtime advisor Jason Miller said
Trump has been teasing a "big announcement" due to take place at Mar-a-Lago tonight November 15, which is widely expected to be about his 2024 candidacy.
-At least two dead after Russian missiles land in NATO state Poland on Ukraine border
- Petirah of Reb Shmuel Shmelka Pinter The levaya will take place at Beis Medrash Bikovsk, 1951 New Central Ave (Bais Pinchos) at 6:00 pm. Watch livestream Here
- At least two dead after Russian missiles land in NATO state Poland on Ukraine border
- local leader of Royal Grove development in Jackson stated that they "are not endorsing the schools, but they are also not opposing them".
- The proposed school site is currently 3 separate lots, totalling 37.9 acres. Bais Yaakov of Jackson already closed last year on a $3,950,000 purchase on 2 of the lots at 245 East Veterans Highway; the remaining lot at 279 East Veterans Highwa (Faanews)
-A Hachtara was held this past Motzei shabbos for Rav Naftalie Eisgrau who will serve as the Rav of Khal Torah Utefilah in the Arlington neighborhood, Lakewood
- The Pittburger rebbe will be visiting Lakewood tomorrow and Thursday the rrbbe will be staying at the Ridge area
Banquet Hall ordnance to be Reviewed by Planning Board
The Lakewood planning board roday will vote on a simcha hall ordnance sent by the township for review there will be no public comment at the planning board. The public will have a chance to comment at the second reading by the township meeting. The planning board has 35 days to issue a report and recommendation. If no report is given the township Committee shall be relieved of the requirement to obtain a Planning Board Report for the Proposed Amendment to the Plan in accordance with N.J.S.A.
Below are the ordnance sent to the planning board for review
View comments from members of the public submitted to the township committee HERE
for background see Faa
ORDINANCE 2022-046
Monday, November 14, 2022
Roshei Yeshiva issue Kol Korei
Roshei Yeshiva of Lakewood and gedolei Torah in America issued a kol kore regarding a pirush on Chumash. They write in the letter that is is a michshol to the public as it ignores דברי חז"ל and looks to replace pirush Rashi which was the foundation to learn it. There is also Winds of haskala included and one should not have it or do business with and should be removed from homes and botei medrash as the gedolei EY have already ruled on it. See below
Monday November 14th News Updates Lakewood
Weather:48° Sunny. High 48F cold weather over next few days
- President Biden said Democrats are likely to come “very close” but not keep control of the House once all races are called
- NJ.com report there's a shortage looming in NJ for OB-GYNs many of whom have opted to flee the Garden State and practice elsewhere, doctors and experts say. Relatively low salaries, sky-high malpractice insurance premiums, lower insurance and Medicaid reimbursement rates, an exorbitant cost of living and the state’s litigious climate are driving away the specialists. NJ
- Lakewood Zoning board meeting Today Nov 14th at 7:00 pm watch livestream Here see Agenda Here. On the agenda application for 28 homes Lakewood Township 28-unit duplex development (plus basement apartments) off Route 70.
- Moadim L'Simcha additional chicken distribution deadline tonight Niv 14th. The distribution will take place on Monday Nov 28 at blueclaws. call 732-402-6956 to hear further updates.
- Lakewood car crashes continue with high numbers and dangerous roadways. For October there were 464 car crashes with 48 injuries including 14 pedestrians struck and 1 fatality. See more at Faanews
- Former President Donald Trump was honored last night at the Zionist Organization of America with the Theodor Herzl Medallion/ Speaking at the ZOA, Trump called out American Jews for failing to vote for Republicans in sufficient numbers “You do have people in this country that happen to be Jewish that are not doing the right thing for Israel – too many,” Trump said, ”The Democrats get 75 percent of the [Jewish] vote, which is hard to believe. We can’t let that continue,” he said. “all of the horrible things that have taken place with Biden and Barack Hussein Obama ... and then it’s 75 percent of the vote.”
- Health emergency continues, all those on Jersey care and medicaid wont be affected until renewals which may not come so fast as a surge of covid is expected this winter.
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Sunday November 13 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 53° Sun and clouds mixed. Much cooler. Winds 10 to 20 mph
- Nusach Ashkenaz- As of Mincha today, 90 Shemonah esreis will have been said with the inclusion of משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם therefore beyond this point one who is unsure if he added Mashiv Haruach can halachicaly be presumed to have said it and need not to repeat shemonah esrei for (nusach Sefard never needs to repeat) (one who served as a shliach tzibbur during this time period may count his chazaras hashatz toward the count of 90. (Tidbits by Klal Govoha)
- Gov Murphy: "With Dems holding the majority in the U.S. Senate, we need to continue pressing forward on lowering costs for families, protecting the right to choose, and expanding opportunity for all.
- Application for the new Bais Yaakov of Jackson by the Lakewood cheder/ Bais Faiga for a campus on East Veterans Highway has been halted, as Ocean County officials have put the brakes on the proposal due to traffic concerns, see full story at Faanews
- Control of congress still up in the air as analysts say Republicans will have majority byv1 at 219. Msnbc says it will tilt toward the dems.
- Tonight shloshim and Hespedim for Rav Dovid Gruman ztl at Bnos Devorah hall 360 Oak street 8:00 pm followed by maariv.
- Lakewood HUD conducted a lottery on the recently submitted applications participants received a email if they were selected for the current lot. Those not picked are still on a waiting list.
Saturday, November 12, 2022
News Updates Lakewood
Motzei shabbos Vayera 5782
-Several kumzitz gathering at local eateries tonight in memory of shlomo Carlebach
- 2nd yartzeit of Rav Dovid Feinstein Zatzal
- Decision desk projects Nevada senate for Catherine Cortez Masto (D) Democrats have retained control of the United States Senate. As things stand, they have netted a gain of one seat (Pennsylvania), pending the result of Georgia's runoff election scheduled for December 6.
Congress, Republicans poised to take control
- Syracuse children’s hospital runs out of beds as RSV surges. Some kids sent out of town no report of uptick in the Lakewood area BH
- Ontario's top doctor will ask the public to start wearing masks again -
- Affordable housing option opens in Howell at Squankum & Oak Glen Rd. First time home buyers must qualify for income guidelines. The price of the units is estimated $353,000 for a four-bedroom unit. Deed restrictions for 10 years.
- Avos Ubamin programs resumed with winter motzei shabbos schedule
- School Boe elections candidate Moshe Bressler who ran on the vouchers bussing ticket received 4,799 votes which was at 9% the 3 incumbents won receiving 30% each.
Friday, November 11, 2022
Lakewood Zmanim עש"ק פר' וירא תשפ""ג
Friday, November 11, 2022 / י״ז חשון תשפ״ג ערב שבת פרשת וירא
- Candle lighting 4:25 pm
- Shkiah 4:43 pm
- Shabbos weather: Friday night Thunderstorms, some with heavy rainLow near 65F. Winds at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. shabbos day Sunshine along with some cloudy intervals. High 72F. Winds 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.
- Reb Shayala Keristir would dip his challah from hamotzie in Honey this shabbos since the leining is the parsha read on Rosh Hashana
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מנהגו בקודש של רביה"ק ר' ישעי'לע מקרעסטוער זיע"א לטבול פרוסת המוציא בדבש בש"ק פרשת וירא שקוראים קריאת התורה של ימי ראש השנה
כִּי בָרֵךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ וְהַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה אֶת זַרְעֲךָ כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכַחוֹל אֲשֶׁר עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם וְיִרַשׁ זַרְעֲךָ אֵת שַׁעַר אֹיְבָיו
Friday Nov 11 News Updates Lakewood
Friday, November 11, 2022 / י״ז חשון תשפ״ג
ערב שבת פרשת וירא
Candle lighting 4:25 pm
Shkiah/Sunset 4:43 pm
Weather 68° A steady rain this morning. Showers with perhaps a rumble of thunder developing for the afternoon. High 68F. Winds at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100%.
- NWS There is a marginal risk of severe weather today. The remnants of Hurricane Nicole are expected to hit New Jersey today with winds gusting up to 50 mph, wind advisory tonight
- Early Friday schedule remember to adjust timers and shabbos clocks
- Today Nov 11 is Veterans Day one of 10 of the United States' federal holidays, meaning nonessential government offices, like the post office, are closed. While banks are not required to close on federal holidays, most branches will likely give staff the day off.
- Mir Rosh Yeshiva Rav Binyomin Carlebach shlita will be spending Shabbos in Lakewood at the Central/New Central area.
- Satmar Rebbe speech on Trumpisim is one of the top news story links on the drudge report
- Inflation: Yated Ne'eman newspaper goes up to $5
- Egg prices soar as farmers battle inflation, avian flu
- Lakewood car crashes continue with high numbers and dangerous roadways. For October there were 464 car crashes with 48 injuries including 14 pedestrians struck and 1 fatality. See more at Faanews
- UENJ thanks the residents of the five towns of Lakewood, Toms River,Jackson,Manchester and Howell for coming together and voting which is the first step in the goal to get funding for tuition.
- Renewal events this week took place for TTFY on behalf of the Adirei Hatorah in several developments and are on track to reach the goal which helped raise the kollel check for year 2.
- Federal judge rules Biden's plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt is unconstitutional and must be vacated.
- Shiva for Rav Chaim Walkin Ztl. The brother will be sitting today in Lakewood at 31 Flannery DR.
- NY Gov Kathy Hochul Phones Satmar Rebbe R' Aron to Thank Him for his unwavering support during the election, the governor pledged to do everything to help the community. “God knows we will always work together when you need it,” she said
- Trump will hold a “special announcement” at Mar-a-Lago Club on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 9pm per advisory
- Trump continues to knock other Republicans ahead of expected 2024 announcement with fresh attack on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin "Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me," Trump wrote on TruthSocial. "I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him - or he couldn’t have come close to winning." "But he knows that, and admits it," Trump continued. "Besides, having a hard time with the Dems in Virginia - But he’ll get it done!"
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Thursday Nov 10 News Updates Lakewood
- Weather: 70° Sunny to partly cloudy. High around 70F.
- Romaine lettuce pre-checked kosher brands are now only 16 oz bags but selling for the same price as the 24 oz.
- Responding to Sharp attacks on Trump from Rupert Murdoch’s news outlets Trump responded with a email "NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn’t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors, whose overall numbers for a Republican, were just average—middle of the pack—including COVID, and who has the advantage of SUNSHINE, where people from badly run States up North would go no matter who the Governor was, just like I did!
- Decision desk election update: As things stand in the U.S. House, Republicans are projected to win 210 seats to Democrats' 192. The GOP has netted a gain of 7 seats thus far. That number is subject to change in either direction, given outstanding votes in 33 races currently too close to call.
-Adirei Hatorah: UTJ Likud Coalition talks in Israel announcing plan to double the monthly stipend of kollel youngeleit in Israel to 1400 shekel a month which is $400 and 730 shekel for bochurim which is $209 per month.
- Arizona's Maricopa County begins hand count audit as estimated 400K ballots unprocessed
- NJ. com columnist says that in the republican stronghold of Ocean county known as powerful Republican county in the nation. It's time for The Donald to wave goodbye. In the 2020 election, the Ocean GOP managed to get out 217,740 votes for Donald Trump, giving him an 80,000-vote edge over Joe Biden more
- Mark Levin: I have nothing against Karl Rove But he's a predictable mouthpiece for the GOP establishment His attack in the WSJ on Trump as the fall guy for Tuesday's disappointing outcome is more of the same. Many of the candidates for whom Rove raised funds and worked with McConnell to promote did quite poorly. It's time for McConnell and this gang to go. They take credit for raising and spending hundreds of millions of dollars and then blame conservatives (the base) when their efforts fall short. We don't need any lectures from them.
- FBI arrests individual identified as a muslim who threatened to attack shuls in NJ last week. The statement says A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for transmitting via the internet a manifesto containing threats to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Omar Alkattoul, 18, of Sayreville, New Jersey, was arrested this morning and is charged by complaint with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce on or about Nov. 1, 2022. He is scheduled to appear this afternoon in Newark federal court. He wrote . I am a Muslim with so many regrets but I can assure you this attack is not one of them and Insha’Allah many more attacks like these against the enemy of Allah and the pigs and monkeys will come. The Jews are in fact a very powerful group in the west which is why western countries today shill for them on top of the murtadeen in Saudi Arabia and every Arab country. This attack was just to remind the Jews that as long as 1 Muslim remains in this world they will never live a pleasant life until the Muslims in Palestine, Syria, West Africa, and South Asia are living a pleasant life.
.- Romaine lettuce pre-checked kosher brands are now only 16 oz bags but selling for the same price as the 24 oz. The increase in lettuce is due to lower vegetable yields in California’s central valley due to a set of plant viruses that continue to increase in frequency and intensity across the region. Growers report 20-acre fields without a single head of lettuce harvested.”. Inflation is also a factor.
-AMI Magazine turning on Donald Trump? The magazine has tweeted out several tweets on election day. "It's high time for the Republicans to acknowledge that while Donald Trump was the 45th president of the United States, he was not re-elected as president nor does he stand a chance of being elected president ever again. The time has come to turn the page.
@GovRonDeSantis. Followed up by another tweet "No red wave. Just a lot of embarrassed red faces.@GovRonDeSantis is the new king and kingmaker in the Republican Party".
- P-EBT cards have arrived again in the mail for those that are eligible and received in the past. don't throw out the envelope addressed to your kids. There is money on the cards.
- The 10th for the annual AKO Convention of the Association of Kashrus Organizations will take place today in NYC at the OU headquarters to discuss a myriad of concerns that face kashrus organizations around the world, The convention comes at a time when kashrus organizations are faced with a critical shortage of experienced mashgichim. and following the recent kashrus scandal with the Manalapan, NJ chinese restaurant
Lakewood township committee meeting today virtual only at 5:30 pm see Agenda Here watch livestream HERE
-Ordinance No stopping or standing (except Sundays and public holidays) on New Hampshire Avenue West between Route 70 and Locust Street see more to this on Faanews
- Ordnance to crack down on unsolicited tow trucks who come to crash scenes that can intervene with a police investigation However, "if the Police Officer at the location of the disabled vehicle has safety concerns regarding the location of the vehicle or the towing service requested cannot respond within a timely manner, the Officer may supersede the owner's desires and call a tower based on the Police towing rotation list. Once the vehicle has been removed from the roadway and deemed safe by the Police Department, the owner can make arrangements to move their vehicle"
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Wednesday Nov 9 News Updates
Weather: 55° Sunshine and clouds mixed. High around 55F.
- Hamodia: Rav Yisroel Reisman this morning “We have no regrets,” said Rav Yisroel Reisman, rosh yeshiva of Torah Vodaath and rav of Agudah of Madison, one of the rabbanim who made a rare endorsement for Zeldin, viewing the yeshiva regulations as an existential threat to the community. “A person has to do what is right, not what is expedient. Revach v’hatzalah y’amod la’yehudim mimakom acheir.” (Relief and rescue will arise for the Jews from elsewhere [Esther 4:14]).”
- Vine street road extension moving along as crews install curbs alongside the road
- Shloshim event tonight for Rav Yekusiel Weinstein ZTL will take place at his shul Chevra Lomdei Torah 617 5th st Lakewood 6:30 pm
- High voter turnout in frum areas means the frum community’s turnout allows them to forcefully make the case for more services and more recognition of their rights.(Mishpacha)
- Satmar Rebbe Rav Aaron spoke this morning about the Trumpisim that has seeped into the heimishe yidden.
"Trumpism has infiltrated the Jewish camp and twisted so many minds. Everyone with common sense understands this (re: Hochul). Why did people think otherwise? The answer is incitement and brainwashed. Incitement by Trumpists. .. see letter below a
- Faanews: Royal Grove residents, are now eagerly awaiting to see if newly-reelected Mayor Reina will return the favor of his supporters and change his plans to instead swap land with The Cheder so as to preserve District 11 and save them from the school development which they have expressed opposition more Here
- Networking event tonight by the chamber of commerce on the Town Appliance Rooftop
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Audio: Satmar rebbe speaks about Trumpisim
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Midterm Election Results 2022
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5:00 pm
- Trump touts ‘tremendous’ wins for endorsed candidates, says ‘why would anything change?’ on 2024 announcement, says more than 200 of the candidates he endorsed won and says suggestions he was angry are 'fake news'.
- Biden says midterm vote was a 'good day for democracy' and notes the 'red wave' didn't happen
- There are 3 Senate seats left in play There are 47 House seats left in play
2:00 pm
- Republican Senator Ron Johnson wins Wisconsin
- The blame game is already erupting between the pro-Trump and anti-Trump wings of the party. Other Republicans, meanwhile, say they're simply confused about what happened at the ballot box. "Clearly something was off, I mean a target was missed," a House GOP aide told Fox News
12:30 pm
- Lee Zeldin to concede to Kathy Hochul in 2022 New York gubernatorial race: per his campaign
- Dow slides by 200 points as control of Congress remains unclear
-Inflation and abortion topped the list of issues motivating U.S. voters inthe midterm elections, followed by crime, immigration and gun policy, an exit poll Research showed.
- New Jersey Dem Tom Malinowski has conceded his race for the 7th district to his Republican Tom Kean Jr.
- Raphael Warnock (D) and Herschel Walker (R) advance to a runoff in GA Senate race
11:00 am
- Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, and Arizona remain uncalled for in senate race.
- Ben Shapiro election takeaways. Democrats will not change course on anything; they wildly outperformed expectations, except in Florida. Biden is their 2024 nominee unless he is fully incapacitated. Republicans wildly underperformed, and heads should roll. Their candidate quality was poor and their leadership was either absent or counterproductive. Donald Trump was a major drag on Republicans, from his picks to his antics.
- Lawler (R) wins in NY 17th against powerful dem Sean Patrick Maloney, who called Republican Mike Lawler to concede his Lower Hudson Valley race.
- Warnock in GA at (49.42%) is a margin of 22,800 votes from reaching 50%
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9:00 am
- With 93% in Hochul leads Zeldin by 5% with 300,000 votes. Zeldin has yet to concede.
- Mike Lawler has a slight edge of 1.2% over Sean Maloney with 95%, in NY 17
- Zeldin won 49 counties while Hochul only won 13. Which includes the big cities.
- Mark Levin: Something is very broken in our country when several million people vote to make Fetterman a U.S. senator.
7:00 am
- Key races across the country still too close to call as control of Congress hangs in the balance] Senate tied at 48 - 48 with 4 seats in play.
- Republicans blame Donald Trump for lack of ref wave.
- Republican strategists: buying votes works. Student loan forgiveness did its job. If not for the under 30 democrats vote there would have been a smashing red wave
1:00 am
- Zeldin: 'We will be able to prevail'
- Zeldin not conceding at his campaign headquarters, says their are still over 1.4 million election day votes that still need to be counted. With 90% counted Hochul has 2,870,481 at 52.93% and Zeldin with 2,553,139 at 47.07%. 'We will be able to prevail'
Williamsburg voted 12,598 Zeldin and 1,105 for Hochul
Monroe 3,844 Hochul and 2,858 Zeldin
- Networks not making a call on senate yet as Control of the Senate remains uncertain. Projections in several high-profile Senate races, including Wisconsin, seem like they could happen tonight, and still waiting on significant returns in Nevada and Arizona, and Georgia seems likely to head for a runoff in December.
- Republicans are 10 seats away from winning the house according to ABC.
12:00am
- NBC: Fetterman defeats Oz in Pennsylvania senate race flipping seat from GOP
-Senate tied currently at 47- 47
- Republican Lawler is ahead of incumbent Democrat Representative Maloney 53% to 47% in the local 17th Congressional District race, with 94% of the vote in.
- No Senate seat has flipped yet and several key contests are too close to call, including in Georgia and Pennsylvania.
- Georgia senate race likely will have a runoff
- Andy Kim wins reelection in 3rd district
- Tom Kean leads in 7th district
11:20 pm
- Hochul tweets: I’m deeply honored to be elected Governor of the State of New York.
- NBC calls NY Gov race for Kathy Hochul winning reelection
- Fetterman(D) leading senate race in PA by 1% with 75% in
- With 64% counted NY gov Kathy Hochul with 2,412,197 at 55.3% over Lee Zeldin with 1,950,852 at 44.7%44.7
11:00 pm
- Republicans set to take the house, senate too close to call as battleground states results come in.
- With 47% in, NY Gov Hochul maintains lead with 1,892,855 at 58.9% over Lee Zeldin with 1,318,389 at 41.1%
10:00 pm
- Mike Lawler takes 14% lead over Maloney in NY 17th district with 40% counted
- Dan Goldman(D) wins new seat in NY 10th district.
-With numbers currently in, Lakewood voter turnout was a bit over 41% of registered voters.
- Committeeman Albert Akerman gets 18,716 votes with 86.01% out of a total of 21,760 votes cast in Lakewood.
Herschel Walker takes lead in GA senate race
AOC(D) wins reelection in NYC
MTG(R) wins reelection in GA race
Gov Ron DeSantis speaks crowd chants 2 more years
“We chose facts over fear. We chose education over indoctrination. We chose law & order over rioting & disorder. Florida was a refuge of sanity when the world went mad. We stood as the citadel of freedom for people across this country... Ron DeSantis
- Hochul takes early lead 65% over Zeldin 35% with 21% reported
-Jackson council candidates oust incumbents(App)
9:00 pm
-Michael Reina wins reelection in Jackson mayoral race by 6% over Martin Fleming total Reina with 9,254 votes at 52.91% and 8,165 votes for Flemming at 46.68% with 72 write ins.
- Chris Smith wins 22nd term in 4th district
- Van Drew wins reelection in 2nd district
- Ocean county Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy and Commissioners Jack Kelly and Virginia E. Haine win re-election
- No gain or loss yet in senate elections
- Jackson Mayor: With 21/34 districts in Reina has 7% lead over Fleming
- NY Polls close at 9pm heavy turn out long lines still reported in frum areas of the 17th district Monroe/Monsey
- All local Lakewood incumbents keep their seats
- DeSantis and Rubio win Gov & Senate seat in Florida
NY races Here
Jackson Mayor Here
Jackson town council Here
Lakewood township committee Here
Lakewood BOE Here
Manchester Mayor Here
Congress 4th district Chris Smith Here
Ocean county Sheriff Here
Ocean county commissioner Here