Thursday December 22 4th day Chanukah News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 51° Rain likely. High 51F. Winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch. Friday Temps will drop from 50 to 20 during the day and down to 8 degrees shabbos night expect a glaze of ice as the rain will hit a cold surface.

- Gov Phil Murphy  Due to the forecast calling for hazardous road conditions, state offices will be closed tomorrow, Friday, December 23. State employees will still be available to handle essential business via telework. We strongly encourage everyone to stay off the roads and be safe.

- Hadlokas Ner Chanuka K' Minhag Hayeshiva 4:58 pm  neiros should burn until 6:17 pm 

- Bagel Nosh not taking orders for today or Sunday will be closed Motzei shabbos Chanuka. Walk ins welcome store closes at 6pm

- Mesivtos with Friday schedule for shabbos chanukah vacation 

- More than 1,000 flights have been canceled across the United States, according to the flight tracking site FlightAware, as severe winter weather threatens holiday travel.

- Masa Umatan rental list 9 pages long average price for apt is $2000 Here

Jackson Township Zoning Board  last night denied a Use Variance for a new shul building at 26 Whitesville Road. see full story at FAAnews

- -A powerful storm packing a hazardous mix of heavy rain, flooding and wind gusts up to 60 mph will hit New Jersey today followed by the potential for a dangerous flash freeze Friday as temperatures plummet to the coldest temperatures in four years. The National Weather Service has issued several severe weather alerts (see full list by county below) ahead of the multi-faceted storm including a flood watch for much of the state, coastal flood warnings along the Jersey Shore and wind advisories.

- Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed that his “unstoppable” nuclear missile dubbed the “Satan II” will soon be ready for combat, He said the new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile will be deployed for combat in the near future  the missile “is capable of overcoming all modern means of anti-missile defense.” and can be launched anywhere across the world. 

- Chanukah at American dream mall  Mens swimming Thursday Dec 22nd 7:30-11pm Women Monday Dec 26th 6:30-9:30pm $75 a ticket

- From a email that was sent out by a Respected Rov following up on the letter posted in Lakewood shuls by TAG regarding new kosher APP's for Jewish videos and musicand podcasts

-There is a new device being marketed to the Olam Hatorah by the frum media [which tragically has no rabbinic oversight]. 

This malevolent device can potentially wreak havoc on the minds and souls of young & impressionable future Talmidei Chachamim and Imahos B'Yisroel.

Be aware -

1. This device is essentially a smartphone and only time will tell if it is truly "Internet safe".

2. Who exactly is determining the kashrus of all the videos it contains? One has to be a fool to assume that all the content on the device is of the type that ehrliche yidden are comfortable allowing their children to see.

3. Even if every single video on this nefarious device is truly kosher, putting endless videos in the hands of a child is a sure-fast way to perpetually distract a child from his/her studies, besides for the long term harmful effects it will have on their brain capacity & function.

4. Even just the audio part of this device contains grave danger to young Bnei Torah. Many of the singers featured are frum in name only. Their jarring tunes and provocative lyrics share more in common with hellinistic culture than with the culture of מתתיהו ובניו דרך ישראל סבא

5. Although formidable parental controls are being offered allowing discerning parents to control exactly what their children will see or listen to. The sad reality is that once this powerful device is in the hands of the children, the super majority of parents won't be able to withstand the relentless pressure of their children to make more and more of its very alluring content available to them, and at all times.

Perhaps for the type of children who anyway have free access to poorly filtered Smartphones, this device might be beneficial, but for the children of Bnei Torah who have sacrificed so much to keep their children technologically pure, this device is the proverbial wolf in barely discernible sheep's clothing. It should be considered beyond the pale for anyone who is part of the Olam HaTorah!