Elevating the Youngeleit Through Adirei Event

By Reb Gershon Ribner

Elevating the youngeleit above uncertainty through Adirei event

Oif Simchas Wednesday night 12 Sivan

 Chasunas:

Notis - Kaufman Fountain Ballroom

Farkas - Frank Kesser Moshe yehuda

Levy - Shifrin Eagle Ridge

Levy - Sabo Bais Faiga

Chumash shiur by Rabbi Milstein at BM Ishay Yisrael 110 Miller Rd 8:30

Wednesday May 31 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 72°Abundant sunshine. Hazy. Air quality alert issued for Ocean county code orange air quality alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include children...people suffering from asthma... heart disease or other lung diseases...and the elderly. The effects of air pollution can be minimized by avoiding strenuous activity or exercise outdoors.

- Nightly road closures on Cedarbridge between  MLK and Vine

- Adirei Hatorah: Tickets were emailed out to⁰ those who purchased tickets. Attendees are told to print out their tickets as digital form will not  be scanned for entry into the stadium.Last year they scanned digital tickets to enter..

- Update: There has been improvement in the condition of Maran Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, Philadelphia rosh yeshiva. Today, boruch Hashem, the family relates that the rosh yeshiva is responding well to the medication he has been given and is feeling much better.All are asked to continue davening for Rav Shmuel ben Itta Ettil. (Matzav.com)

- Authorities are currently investigating a suspicious death that stemmed from a wellness check on Tuesday. Police responded to a residence on Thornbury Court in Leisure village Lakewood for a wellness check and discovered that body of a deceased woman.County officials and police t are currently investigating. There is no danger to the public and more information will be released when it becomes available,” 

-BDE: Petira of Mrs. Chavi Levovitz a"h of Lakewood a long time teacher in Bais Faiga she was 73, wife of  Reb Dovid Levovitz shlita , long-time 3rd grade rebbi at Lakewood Cheder. She was brought earlier to the hospital after not feeling well. levaya  6:45pm at the Lakewood chapel followed by Kevurah 

- Trump turns on  his former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and posted this on Truth social: "Kayleigh “Milktoast”McEnany just gave out the wrong poll numbers on FoxNews. I am 34 points up on DeSanctimonious, not 25 up. While 25 is great, it’s not 34. She knew the number was corrected upwards by the group that did the poll. The RINOS & Globalists can have her. FoxNews should only use REAL Stars!!!"

- Kosherfest will no longer take place this year the organizers released this statement: After a very thorough analysis, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue Kosherfest for 2023. Due to today’s changing supermarket ecosystem and the consolidation of responsibilities in many major supermarket chains we feel we could not provide the value and experience that our audience has come to expect from Kosherfest. We thank our loyal attendees and exhibitors for many years of support.

-JFOOD expo kosher food show will take place  June 13-14  at the NJ Expo Center

 

- Israeli yated neeman gives title of  מרן הגאון to Rav Dov Landau shlita following the petirah of rav Gershon Edelstein

-Adirei Hatorah: Bussing is no longer available from the Lakewood area locations. Schedule and itinerary not made public yet. Rav Dov Landau expected to leave motzei shabbos from E"Y and will attend the event. 

- DWD ladies designer clothing. Sale will be tomorrow, Thursday, June 1st @ Toras Aron gym, 500 Summer Ave. 7:30-9:30. Very large selection of assorted sweaters, t-shirts, skirts and dresses. sizes xs-3xl $15-20 each cash or check.

- Christie 2024: Former NJ Governor Chris Christie to announce presidential bid next week in New Hampshire.

- Burger Bar kosher fast food to open this coming sunday in Jackson in the NPGS  plaza near Bagel King 

- Jackson Township's Zoning Board is again set today, Wednesday May 31, to face - what appears to be - their first ever Yeshiva dormitory application. The application was submitted by Yeshiva Tiferes Talmud Faanews

- Lang case: The State responds to the motion for leave to appeal and says it should be denied and continues to postpone. R' Lang tweeted If the Commissioner really wanted to help Lakewood, she'd get rid of school district officials during her review of district governance. 

Oif Simchas/Events Tuesday Night 11 Sivan

 Chasunas:

Biron - Hess Bais Faiga

Kokis - Weil Fountain Ballroom 

Saslow  - Weiland Eagle Ridge

Rokeach  - Atlas Lake Terrace 

Rosenwasser -  Steinberger Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

- Hespedim for Rav Michoel Bender Zatzal of Stamford Yeshiva commemorating his first yartzeit tonight at Rav Blech's Shul 9:45pm. Madison Avenue corner 13th street Lakewood.

Last few Photos of Rav Gershon Edelstein 

Learning with talmidim in the hospital 

Notes for shiur that he wasn't zoche to deliver on this world.

Tuesday May 30 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 67° Sunny. Areas of smoke and haze are possible, reducing visibility at times. High 67F. 

-NJ DEP issues Air quality alert for Ocean county, NJ tomorrow A code orange with high concentrations of pollution in the air.

- Hespedim tonight in BMG for Rav Gershon Edelstein ZTL at Beren hall 6:30 pm Divrei helped by the RY Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita and Rav Yeruchum Olshin Shlita. Available 857-347-0100 conference ID 125005

 

- Agudah: Please say Tehillim for the zkan Roshei HaYeshiva in America, Chaver Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky shlita, Rosh HaYeshiva of Philadelphia Yeshiva, Shmuel ben Ita Ettel, who was taken to the hospital with pneumonia and is in need of a refuah shelaima, b'soch she'ar cholei amo Yisroel. May we share besoros tovos.

- FAAnews  Report: Number of Tax  Exempt parcels in Lakewood, NJ has increased  by 37 from last year. There are a total of 2,302 parcels of land in Lakewood Township that are currently exempt from paying property taxes. This comprises 23.12% of all 26,799 parcels of land in the township. Faa reports "All of these parcels of land together would be assessed at $2,515,913,800. At the current tax rates, these properties would pay $59,347,890.63 in total annual property taxes, of which $18,139,738.50 would go to Lakewood Township's municipal budget". see full breakdown of theses parcels at faanews  

-Some  Degel hatorah officials have said that Rav Dov Landau shlita is the manhig Ruchni to replace Rav Gershon Edelstein zatzal. Reb Dov is still scheduled to attend the Adirei hatorah event this Sunday in Philadelphia. The secular media in Israel is reporting how the inheritance wars have begun following the petirah of Rav Gershon claiming the leadership for the litvishe community will be co hosted by a few including  Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsh shlita.

- Palestinian terrorists murdered Meir Tamari, a 32-year-old Hermesh resident, in a shooting attack carried out near the northern West Bank settlement today

- The Pashkan-Gilo Rebbe R' Hoshea Friedman Brigadier General IDF, visited Lakewood yesterday 

לקיים בנו חכמי ישראל

 Tefilos for Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita who was taken back to the hospital with pneumonia per update from Philadelphia yeshiva. Please continue to daven for שמואל בן איטא עטיל

Live: Levaya Of Rav Gershon Eidelstein Zatzal

 Live Hook up from The Levaya of Rav Yerachmiel Gershon Eidelstein ZTL at Ponovezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. There's a video hook up at B"M Lutzk in the simcha hall. Audio streaming on kol berama 107.9 Lakewood

For phone hookup call Chayeinu: 712- 832- 5656  500#

other video stream in Hebrew 

בד"ה: נשבה ארון הקודש: מרן הגאון רבי גרשון אדלשטיין זצוק"ל ר"י פונוביז נשיא מועצת גדולי התורה

 The Torah world is in mourning as news broke of the petirah of Harav Gershon Eidelstein Zatzal Rosh Yeshivas Ponovezh nasie Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah after he fell ill over Shavuos. He was 100 years old. A Massive levaya will take place at the ponovezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak this afternoon 3:30pm Israeli time. Rav Berel Povarsky shlita R"Y Ponovezh instructed all talmidei hayeshiva to Reiss Kriah at the levaya.The maspidim at the levaya are Rav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, Rav Berel Povarsky, Rav Dov Landau, Rav Eliezer Kahaneman, Sons and sons in law. There will be a live hook up. HERE  in Lakewood there is a live hookup at B"M Lutzk sincha hall..For phone hook up dial Chayeinu hotline  712- 832- 5656  500# 

Inside Pokovezh yeshiva before the Levayaa

 Reb Meir Gelly from Lakewood who was a talmid and put out the seforim of Rav Gershon  was from the last people to speak to the RY and received a bracha from him in the hospital

Hashkafa Q&A

 Hashkafa with Rav Gershon Ribner Shlita

Extricating oneself from being unnoticed Artillery to combat a belligerent Yezter Hora The void felt by misnagdim who lack invigoration by a Chassidishe Rebbe

Oif Simchas Monday Night Lakewood

Chasunas:

Gewirtz - Rubelow Bais Faiga

Berkovitz  - Levi Fountain Ballroom

Levin - Levy Ateres Reva

Ribiat - Klitnick Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Video: Hachnosas Sefer Torah yesterday at yeshivas Brisk Reb Dovid donated by Hoffman family from Lakewood 

Monday May 29 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather:78° Partly to mostly cloudy. 

- Admor M'Pashkan will visit Lakewood today with a Kabolas panim at 13 Gem drive

- More Admorim speak out against the AI and chat GPT like services since they are accessible by phone too and pose a sakana ruchniyus.

-  NJ Senator Joe Cryan who is in the 20th district covering Elizabeth and surrounding areas tweeted this about the NJ AG who said they will appeal the ruling in favor Or R" Osher ben Chana Frumet: "so outrageous

@NewJerseyOAG . OPIA lost, cheated & got caught. Time to stop persecuting the Rabbi 4 pride only. Bankrupting him & trying 2 force a plea by driving up his legal bill. Apologize, & pay his legal bill 2, since your guy cheated. Then clean house at OPIA, a NJ disgrace.

- Memorial day Monday May 29th banks and govt offices are closed as is the USPS, stores are open but some are on a  different schedule Costco is closed.

- Lakewood Memorial Day Parade today begins with  - 11:00 raising of the flag in town square

11:15 Lakewood High School Marching  Band the parade will proceed down Clifton Avenue to All Wars Memorial at Lake Carasaljo, on North Lake Drive After the parade, there will be a Memorial Day ceremony conducted by Mayor Raymond Coles & Deputy Mayor Menashe Miller at the All Wars Memorial beginning at 12:00pm All are welcome to attend

- Toms River parade marched down Main Street to Washington Street, to Town Hall, where a ceremony will be held.

- Jackson parade at the Jackson Memorial High School on Don Connor Boulevard.  Memorial Services will take place at the monument in the Jackson Municipal Justice Complex immediately following the parade.

- Agra D'pirka learning program today at B"M Kol Chaim 618 Cananetta 10:15 am shiurim by Rv Meir Baruch Turin and Rav Micha Cohen

- Tehillim gatherings in all yeshivos across E"Y today as the condition of Rav Gershon Eidelstein has worsened the vaad hayeshivos asked that everyone daven at 6:30 pm there will also be a atzeres tefilah at the kosel tonight name is Yerachmiel Gershon ben Miriam

- UEZ grant seminar for the heimish tzibbur helping fill out applications for the businesses that qualify at the Cares office 525 Rt 70 Suit A#3 from 12:00 pm - 2:00 p,m

- A psak issued by Bais Din regarding the Prime Apartments matter highlights some of the problems caused - to both the landlords and the tenants - by the Lakewood Township Committee's abolishment of the Township's Rent Control Board.see more at Faa 

 

- Seniors at  The Horizons at Woodlake Greens age-restricted senior community off Joe Parker Rd in Lakewood were forced to take Lakewood township to court after nearly losing their clubhouse and recreational space for unpaid taxes more 

- Bde: Petirah of Mr. Rob Taylor a"h mispallel at R' Gissingers shul  Levaya at the Lakewood chapel 2pm

- Adirei Hatorah : Rav Elya Chaim Sweldloff shlitaR"Y Paterson, NJ will be the guest speaker at the maamad, Partial obstructed tickets are no longer available for purchase online

- Video R' Lazer שיינר handing out 100 Shekel bills at the Kosel

Oif Simchas Sunday אסרו חג שבועות Lakewood

 Chasunas:

Pinter - Ashkenazy Fountain Ballroom 

Hirschberg -  Bursztyn Ateres Reva

Braun -  Rieder Lake Terrace 

Klugman - Falk Bais Faiga

Solomon - Krybus Ne'emas Hachaim

Video: Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi shlita with Talmidim of yeshiva Ateres Yisrael at the Kosel last night motzei Shabbos after Shavuos 

Sunday May 28 Isru Chag Shavuos 5783 News Updates

 Weather: 73° Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 73F.

- NJ Senator Joe Cryan of the 20th district reacted on Twitter to the news that the NJ AG plans on appealing the Eismann verdict: "so outrageous @NewJerseyOAG OPIA (Office of public integrity) lost, cheated & got caught. Time to stop persecuting the Rabbi 4 pride only. Bankrupting him & trying 2 force a plea by driving up his legal bill. Apologize, & pay his legal bill 2, since your guy cheated. Then clean house at OPIA, a NJ disgrace".

- Tehillim for "Rebbe Alter" from the kids music tapes and songs, who is in critical condition name is אלתר צבי אריה בן חנה חיה

- Continued tefillos for Rav Gershon Edelstein who is hospitalized in Bnei Brak Yerachmiel Gershon ben Miriam.

- Update: Adirei Hatorah partially obstructed seats are available for $100 a ticket. The schedule has yet to be released.

 

-Adirei Hatorah only VIP tickets available to purchase online via the website for $360 each. Waiting list for general tickets. Local Shul gabbaim still have availability for shul searing tickets.

- Satmar rebbe speaks out against AI chatgpt. The rebbe told those assembled for neglected on Shavuos whoever stood at Har Sinai should stand far away from the AI technology as it poses a great danger and full of kefirah.

- Chasunah seasons resumes tonight with halls booked until 17 Tamuz

- Grand opening weekend Boutique at Jackson crossings 

- NJ AG office respond to judge ruling in Eiemann case: "disagree strongly with the Appellate Division's opinion, and we will be appealing further to the New Jersey Supreme Court."

-Today Bowling tournament  fundraiser for Yeshiva Nesiv Hatorah for post E"Y bochurim who are working located in Tom's River. Eventvtakibg place at Ocean lanes with 48 teames Day of Strikes Here

- Hachnosas Sefer Torah today to Khal Meor Chaim Tav Herzkas shul procession leaving from 100 Reagan ct 4:15pm to the shul 2 Adam's st.

Continued tefillos for 10 year old girl injured in a car accident last week on the GSP name is Chana bas Esther Ettil.

Bde

 Petirah of Mrs. Sara Malky Wosner A"H wife of Reb Menachem Shlita daughter of Rav Shragi Schiff shlita(Monsey) following an illness. She was a beloved Morah at Bnos Devorah elementary school. The levaya will take place this morning on Lakewood at the chapel off 7th street with Kevurah at the bais olam in Lakewood. Shiva at the hone 68 W. Spruce St Lakewood. 

Motzei Yom Tov Shavuos

A Gezunten Zumer

Beautiful weather over yom tov in the Lakewood area, YT concluded with a Neelas Hachag at BMG that continues late after the zman with people driving over after Yom Tov to join.

White House and GOP reach tentative debt ceiling deal

- Reb Gershon Edelshtein Shlita, was hospitalized on Shavuos night after having trouble breathing. B”H his condition improved overnight but doctors have decided to keep him  in the hospital for further observation. Please Daven for Yerachmiel Gershon ben Miriam.

 Over 100,000 visit the kosel over shavuos including 14000 who davened kevasikin on shavuos morning.

- Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita was back at yeshiva after recovering from treatments and asked everyone to daven for Rav Gershon Edelstein 

Heavy traffic along the jersey shore towns as thousands flock to the area for memorial day weekend 

Ron DeSantis says as president he will scrap the Trump Era prison reform bill known as the first step act. He called it a jail break as people were let out of prison early and went on to re- offend. Askanim were behind the legislation which helped free Frum Yidden who had long jail sentences.

Rabbi Eismann Wins Appeal

Motzei Shavuos 5783

Faanews: Over Yom Tov, the New Jersey Appellate Division granted Rabbi Osher Eisemann a key victory in his years long legal saga!

With this affirmation of a new trial, the case can not head directly to sentencing where the Prosecutors were hoping to seek a 12-year long prison sentence. This affirmation does not guarantee that the matter is over now, however, this decision is hoped to be the end of Rabbi Eisemann's years long legal saga, as the defense team has previously stated that if the Appellate Division denies the Prosecutors appeal, it is likely that the Prosecutors will then agree to drop the case instead of actually holding a whole new trial.

The Tzibbur is asked to continue to daven for Osher ben Chana Frumet.

See full report on Faanews

Rabbi Eisemann's original trial jury proposed a real prison sentence. However, citing Rabbi Eisemann's contributions to the community and school, the support he received from his

Lakewood Zmanim ערב שבועות תשפ"ג

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

Eruv Tavshilin

-Yizkor candle reminder 

- Candle lighting 7:56 pm להדליק נר של יום טוב/שהחיינו

-Shkia 8:14 pm 

-(Maariv 1st night Minhag Hayeshiva to wait 72 minutes 9:26 pm for Temimos) 

-עלות השחר is 3:51 am

-Earliest zman for bracha on Tzizis/Talis  is 4:34 am

-נץ החמה is 5:33 am

-Sof zman Krias shema gra 9:13 am

-Sof zman tefila 10:27 am

- Weather first day yom tov high of 71Second  day high of 71

Niggun Kad Yasvin Who Wrote it?

 
The stirring song is sung on several occasions in the Jewish calendar most prominently on Shavuos and Simchas Torah there is great debate on who composed the niggun and where the lyrics come from some attribute it to the Chazon Ish, Rav Meir Shapira, others say the vilna gaon, click HERE for more. Article in Mishpacha Magazine HERE the story behind the song. Watch this video for a different niggun sung by Benny Frieman to the words of Kad Yasvun. כד יתבין ישראל ועסקין בשמחת התורה, קודשא בריך הוא אומר לפמליא דיליה חזו בני חביבי דמשכחין בצערא דילהון ועסקין בחדוותא דילי

Erev Shavuos Thursdays May 25 News Updates Lakewood

                    Reminder Eruv Tavshilin

Candle lighting 7:56

Shkiah 8:14

-Weather: 70° Sun and clouds mixed. High around 70F

Both days of Shavuos high of 71 sunny no rain

FAAnews JUST IN: MASSIVE LEGAL DECISION IN RABBI EISEMANN'S LEGAL SAGA IS SET TO BE RELEASED OVER YOM TOV. The New Jersey Appellate Division is set, over Yom Tov, to release a major decision in Rabbi Osher Eisemann's years long legal saga, FAA News has learned. The court can choose to affirm Judge Paone's decision granting a new trial, or they can chas vesholom send the case directly to sentencing (where the Prosecutors will seek a 12-year long prison sentence). This decision is hoped to be the end of Rabbi Eisemann's years long legal saga, as, if the Appellate Division denies the Prosecutors appeal, it is likely that the Prosecutors will then agree to drop the case instead of actually holding a whole new trial, the defense team has stated.

The Tzibbur is asked to continue to daven for Osher ben Chana Frumet. Faa

 - מתן תורה on Har Sinai was 3,335 years ago in the year 2448

- Remember to buy Yizkor Lecht if needed.

- 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.

- There is a segula for one that wants to have a son to separate 91 perutahs on Erev Shavuos and then add more till he gets to 104, the gematria of 2 times בן , and then give it to a humble, worthy talmid chacham. (R’ Yaakov Falagi, Father of R’ Chaim Falagi) Shevuos is a good time to daven for barren woman. It is brought down from mekubolim that when the Mishna in Roshana says that we are judged on fruits of the RoseaBarrens it refers to children, because man is called a 2h and the fruits are the children.

- 1st night Yom Tov Maariv Minhag Hayeshiva to wait 72 minutes 9:26 pm for Temimos

- Water and drinks on their front lawns for the Tzibbur to enjoy. Dark areas near walking paths will be lit up  up for those going to learn shavuos night. There will also be extra security over the days of  yom Tov. Lakewood Chaveirim and put up lighting at the Eastern pedestrian bridge over Lake Carasaljo between  N. Lake and S. Lake drives.

 סגולה לרפואה – בעת קריאת התורה של עשרת הדיברות מושפע על העולם שפע עצום, כשם שהושפע על העולם לפני כ-3,335 שנה, בעת מתן תורה בהר סיני. כשם שבעת מתן תורה, נרפאו כל החולים, כך בכל שנה ושנה ניתן לזכות לישועות ורפואות, גם למחלות שבדרך 

- Adirei Hatorah website: Shul selection is no longer available General seating is 100% sold out. Limited Premium seats available

- New data released ahead of Shavuos in E"Y there are over 100,00 thousand avreichim learning in kollelim throughout the country and over 46000 bochurim of bais medrash age  learning in 1700 yeshivos and 36000 bochurim of mesivta age learning across 400 yeshivos

- Neelas Hachag and shalosh seudos second day YT at BMG Beren hall 7pm

 

- Kashrus alert some standard products an Aldi with an OU are now OU such as cookies please check each item as the company uses different manufacturing plants

- CRC hisachdus warns that people that have a betty crocker for fleishig and milchig to have them in different colors or label them as there have been many mixups resulting in serious issurim of Bassar Bechalav

- Roshei Yeshiva in the US issue updated letter against the Eretz hakodesh as it attempts to Eretz Hakodesh has now mounted a major campaign to entice American Charedi Jews, here and in Eretz Yisroel, to vote for it in the coming WZO elections, promising to bring monetary benefits to Jewish institutions. But no matter how great the supposed financial gain, it is forbidden to support,join and identify with an organization whose purpose is to remove Torah as the foundation of the Jewish people.

 

Erev shavuos Photos

Rav Chaim Kanievsky learning 

Hilchos Uminhagei Shavuos

 Hilchos uminhagei Shavuos 5783 (For reference only) 

- This year we make an Eruv Tavshilin on erev Shavuos since the first day Yom Tov is Friday there are those who make sure not to eat the seuda too late after plag.

- The shabbos candles should be prepared ahead of time on the first day or prior to YT.

-  poskim discuss taking a warm shower on the first day Yom Tov lekavod Shabbos. Ask you LOR

- On Shavuos at night the minhag is to wait until it is night (Tzeis Hakochavim) to daven Maariv in order to have 49 complete days. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:1. BMG davens at 72 most shuls daven earlier 50 0r 60 

(some poskim say that  women should wait until it is night to light candles and say Shehechiyanu on Shavuos night. Luach R' Yechiel Michel Tukatchinsky, Piskei Tshuvos 494:2)

There is a minhag (brought in The Zohar) to stay up the night of Shavuos and learn Torah. This is based on the Midrash which says that Klal Yisroel overslept the night before Matan Torah and Hashem had to awaken them to receive the Torah. Therefore we stay up all night to rectify their oversight. Shulchan Aruch with Mishnah Brurah 494:1

 The Ari'zal writes that one who does not sleep the night of Shavuos and toils in Torah is assured to live out the year and no harm will occur to him. Shulchan Aruch with Mishnah Brurah 494:1

There is a compilation of torah learning known as "Tikkun Lay'l Shavuos" which has The Zohar and the writings of The Ari'zal as its source, and many have the minhag to say/learn this on Shavuos night. Kaf Hachaim 106:7, Lev Dovid L'Hachidah.

 Generally women should not say the "Tikkun Lay'l Shavuos". However, some say that a woman who counted all the days of Sefiras Ha'omer may learn the portions of the Tikkun which are from Tanach. S'U Rav Poalim 1SY:9, Kaf Hachaim 106:8

 One who stayed awake all night of Shavuos should immediately, at Alos Hashachar  wash one's hands for Netilas Yadayim without a beracha, and listen to Birchas Hatorah from someone who slept, before one continues to learn.

Shulchan Aruch 4:14, 47:12MB28

 Before Shachris one should use the restroom, wash his hands and then make the berachos of "al netilas yadayim" and "asher yotzar". Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 594:1

 One who stayed awake all night should not make a beracha on his tzitzis. Rather, he should make the beracha on his Tallis Gadol and have in mind to be yotze for his tzitzis with the same beracha. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:1

 One who stayed awake all night should listen to the berachos of "Elokai Neshama" and "Hamaveir Shayna Mayeinoi" from someone who slept during the night.

Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 46:MB24

 One who goes to sleep after Alos Hashachar Shavuos morning (or on any day) does not say the beracha of Hamapil. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 239:1MB8, Piskei Tshuvos 494:5

 There is a well known minhag to bring flowers into shul and one's home as a remembrance that on Shavuos we are judged on "Peiros Ha'ilon" - fruits. However, one should not cut off branches from fruit bearing trees for this purpose because of the Torah prohibition of "Bal Tashchis". Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3, Piskei Tshuvos 494:10

 There is a (not so well known) minhag to bring good smelling grasses into shul to be passed around for people to make a beracha and smell the grass in remembrance of the Simcha of Mattan Torah where Har Sinai was surrounded by grass.

Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3

 Many have the minhag to eat a milchige meal (and milk and honey) on Shavuos. Some eat milchig at night and fleishig at the day meal, while others eat milchig, bentch, and then wash again, and eat fleishig to be yotze Simchas Yom Tov with meat.

Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3

 If one eats milchig but not "hard cheese" (which requires one to wait six hours before eating meat) one need not bentch and wash again before eating meat. However, one should wash his /her mouth well and the tablecloth should be changed. (Other poskim require one to bentch).

Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3, Piskei Tshuvos 494:12

 One should be careful not use leftover challah from a milchig meal at a fleishig meal. (This is applicable all year as well). Rather, one should use new challahs for each meal. This also fulfills the minhag of remembrance of the Shtei Halachem (Two Loaves) brought on Shavuos in the Beis Hamikdash. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3

 We read Megillas Rus on Shavuos because it was written to document the yichus of Dovid Hamelech and (according to one opinion) Dovid Hamelech was born and niftar on Shavuos. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 490:9, see also Shaarei Tshuvah 494:3

Oif Simchas ה- סיון Wednesday

היום תשעה וארבעים יום שהם שבעה שבועות בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Bronspiegel - Burszytyn  Fountain Ballroom

Sherwinter - Francis Ne'emas Hachaim

Audio: Rav Ephraim Wachsman Song for Shavuos תשפ"ג

 Annual pre Shavuos Drasha and niggun at yeshiva Shaar Yashuv Far Rockaway NY by Rav Ephraim Wachsman shlita erev shavuos 5783/2023 (To listen by phone dial 718-258-2008 press 3 option 3)

First part is the shiur, the song starts at minute 40:00

Please consider donating $18 dollars or more to Rabbi Wachsman's yeshiva. All donations are appreciated. Yeshivas Meor Yitzchak HERE  or quickpay, at Info@meoryitzchok.org

Wednesday May 24 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather 74°  Slight chance of a rain shower. High 74F

Shavuos weather no rain expected over the 2 days of Yom Tov

Eruv Tavshilin reminder for erev shavuos 

Yizkor candles

- Magazines charge more for the YT issue 

Ron DeSantis: I’m running for president to lead our Great American Comeback.

- Nichum Aveilim Mishpachas Reiss at 86 Enclave blvd getting up tomorrow after Mincha  1:40

- Shivty shavuos night learning  new sugya this year  ther status of Bnei Yisrael prior to Mattan Torah  download Here 

- Gvir culture: Cheesecake with gift set & keepsake floral arrangement  sold for $395.00  product has Sold out

- Philanthropists headed to Eretz Yisrael for Shavuos will make a seuda for the American Yeshiva bochurim on second day Yom Tov 

- Ron DeSantis to Announce 2024 Candidacy During Conversation with Elon Musk on Twitter 

- Aisle 9 free samples cheese blintzes 11-4 Jackson Location side of salmon Fillet family pack $9.99 lb

Sushi nation free tasting a t Gourmet Glatt Madison location until 2:30 pm

Flower shops at all supermarkets, Shop Rite Howell with large selection pop up stores, tomorrow near Aisle 9 Lakewood location 10th st and rt 9

- Adirei Hatorah shul reps send out messages to mispalalim to urgently buy tickets as it will be sold out soon and the website links will be closed.

-One ocean county org: This is a big week for flower shopping in Lakewood in honor of the Shavous holiday. We're grateful to our friends at Tali's Global Flowers for generously donating a portion of their sales to support our Community Garden.

- Due to heavy opposition from numerous neighbors who demanded a shul and a playground, Lakewood Township's Planning Board tonight denied an application to construct 13 duplex structures (26 houses plus basement apartments) on a new cul-de-sac bulb off of Chestnut Street, across from Evergreen Avenue. Faa

- LIC meeting today was conducted remotely Due to constraints imposed  to contain the COVID-19 pandemic,

- According to reports major changes are coming to Yeshivas Brisk, led by Rav Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik. Among the changes is the appointment of yungeleit who will oversee “shemiras hasedorim” and record who arrives on time and who arrives late.(Matzav)

 - Target confirmed "adjustments" to the Pride merchandising plans are underway after they said "we've experienced threats impacting our team members’ sense of safety and wellbeing while at work. Given these volatile circumstances, we are making adjustments to our plans, including removing items that have been at the center of the most significant confrontational behavior

- Toms River, New Jersey Mayor Sends Out Mailer Implying Orthodox Jewish Community “Threatening the Way of Life” in Town Last week, residents of Toms River, New Jersey, which houses a growing Orthodox Jewish community one hour south of New York City, received a campaign mailer from Mayor Mo Hill that some are describing as antisemitic. More 

Oif Simchas ד' סיון Tuesday Night

 היום שמונה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וששה ימים בעומר/לעומר

- Kiddush Levana opportunity 

Chasunas:

Pereira - Elbaz Ateres Reva

Frisch  - Crystal Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Borenstein - Greenspan Bais Faiga

Oraysa Siyum on Pesachim at Lake Terrace 

Tuesday May 23 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 65° Sun and clouds mixed. High around 65F. 

- BDE: Petirah of Mrs. Leah Reiss A"H wife of R' Nosson shlita who passed away today from a aneurysm at the age of 69. Originally from Los Angeles and than Lakewood (Enclaves). Levaya tonight 10:30pm at the Lakewood chapel on 7th street with no hespedim followed by Kevurah at the Lakewood Bais Olam. Survived by her sons R' Motty R' Dovy.

- Nichum Aveilim: Mishpachas Schorr at 39 Lapsely Ln Lakewood sitting Shiva for the Mother Sara Sara Fraidy Schorr a"h Shachris 8, Mincha 1:45 & 7:30 Maariv 9:15.

- Torah is trending on Twitter today ahead of kabolas hatorah

- Ron DeSantis will launch his presidential bid with Elon Musk

- Target stores holds "emergency" meeting over LGBTQ merchandise in some stores to avoid backlash from customers after Target locations across the country including Howell feature massive June Pride month displays and have been criticized by some conservatives for the displays, with children’s items particularly irking many customers.

- Pre-Shavous Shiur by Rav Uri Deutsch shlita at the Enclave Clubhouse, Tuesday at 8Pm, mincha 7:45

-Update on condition of Philadelphia Rosh Yeshiva Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita  the R"Y had a small setback but is BH doing well and appreciates all the refills. Please continue to daven for Shmuel ben Ita Ettil. see below

- Annual pre shavuos  shiur from Rav Efraim Wachsman will take place this evening in Lawrence 

- Ford reverses plan, vows to keep AM radio for its electric, non-electric vehicles

-  Another Shiur for the forthcoming Chag HaShavuos from Horav Michoel Sorotzkin shlit"a about the Yichus of Dovid Ha-Melech and Megilas Rus Here

- BDE: Petirah of Reb Velvel Finkelstein Z"L Nasie of yeshiva of Bayonne after a lengthy illness the levaya is at the yeshiva 735 Avenue C, Bayonne, NJ at 11:30 am. Kevurah  in Eretz Yisrael  Beit Shemesh. Reb Velvel was a son of Rabbi Yaakov and Shaindy Finkelstein zt”l. Reb Velvel was the nosi of Yeshiva Gedolah of Bayonne, an outstanding baal chesed who assisted yechidim and the klal continuously. He was a longtime resident of the Kensington neighborhood in Brooklyn. Matzav 

- Bde: Petirah of  R’ Eliezer Berkowitz, ztl Brooklyn/ Lakewood. The levaya at 11 AM at the Seventh Street Chapel, in Lakewood 

- Adirei Hatorah ;Lakewood roshei yeshiva in last few days have reached out to other communities outside lakewood such as five towns Passaic Baltimore to invite the rabbonim and communities to participate in the event 

Lakewood planning board meeting tonight  watch live stream Here  see agenda Here   applications for 28 lots off Chestnut street, sephardic shul on Sunset ave, Shopping plaza off Locust and New Hampshire 

 - Lilac and cream cheese cakes most are sold out for shavuos

Update from Philadelphia yeshiva

Treif Into Kosher: The Story Of Eretz Hakodesh

Article authored by Harav Aharon Feldman shlita R"Y Ner Yisrael Baltimore. It appeared in a recent issue of diologue magazine here. The R"Y explains in great detail the danger falshoods and attempts by Eretz hakodesh to persuade the charedi public to vote for it. The charedi public must do its utmost to uproot this chilul hashem from its midst and refrain en mass from voting in the next WZO elections. See pages 22- 24 regarding the opinions of Rav Chaim Kanievsky zatzal and YBL"C Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita 

"From its inception until today, Eretz Hakodesh’s campaign to enlist the support of Chareidi Jewry has been accompanied by a very disturbing phenomenon: the dissemination of numerous partial or complete untruths and factual distortions intended to shape public opinion about Eretz Hakodesh and the permissibility of voting for it. It began with its founder claiming in the frum press that “Eretz Hakodesh has the backing of numerous rabbanim, ..

"During the WZO election campaign in 2020, the founder of Eretz Hakodesh twice approached Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, the senior Rosh Hayeshiva in North America, to give his support to the group, which the Rosh Yeshiva declined to do. Rav Shmuel confirmed his opposition to Eretz Hakodesh in a meeting at his home in 2020, which the Lakewood Rosh Hayeshiva, Rav

Malkiel Kotler, and the author of this article attended.

'For all intents and purposes, there was no written response forthcoming from Rav Chaim at all. Once this became apparent, Rav Kamenetsky discounted the veracity of the claim of Rav Chaim’s support. Rather than allow ourselves to be caught up in the web of innuendo and

untruths being spun by Eretz Hakodesh around Rav Chaim’s position on the WZO, we ought to speak openly and honestly about that which we all know—who Rav Chaim was and what he believed and stood for his entire life. And in that spirit, we must ask: Is it logical to believe that Rav Chaim was prepared to permit that which gedoley olam, including his uncle, the Chazon Ish and father-in-law, Rav Elyashiv, prohibited"....

Oif Simchas Monday ג סיון שלשת ימי הגבלה

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

Chasunas:

Dicker - Pernikoff Ne'emas Hachaim

Weinfeld - Green Fountain Ballroom 

Neumann- Weinberg Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Monday May 22 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather73° Sunny. High 73F.

- Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Harav Malkiel Kotler shlita went to Passaic to personally invite the Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Meir Stern shlita to the Adirei Hatorah event in Philadelphia. 

- Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Harav Yeruchom Olshin shlita traveled to Baltimore to deliver a shiur at yeshivas Ner Yisroel and presented a personal invitation to the roshei Yeshiva Rav Aaron Feldman shlita to attend the Adirei Hatorah event

- Ocean County Superior Court  judge overturned the Lakewood Planning Board's denial of an application on East 8th Street because the Developer refused to install a full-sized cul-de-sac bulb on the long and narrow road, which, he claims is not required, in this particular case, by local or state laws. See full story Faa

-Tzedek organization lobbies congressmen to have insurance companies pay couples struggling with fertility issues. 

- WABC reports Police search for people who tossed explosive from truck in Lakewood, New Jersey over shabbos

 Bais Din issued a ruling on when neighbors may or may not oppose the yeshiva's upcoming Planning Board application, FAAnews l

- Adirei Hatorah: In addition to Rav Meir Tzvi Berman shlita, It was announced that Rav Dov Landau shlita will also be attending the event. As for local speakers there's talk of Rav Elya Chaim Swerldloff shlita and Dayan Dunner shlita from London may be coming too. 

- Bingo will be open nightly this week 12 am until shavuos XL Eggs now .79

- N.J. seat belt ticket blitz starts today he state’s annual crackdown on unbuckled people  the “Click It or Ticket” campaign runs through June 4, Lakewood will be participating after it received a grant  for  $10,500, Howell too is joining with a $7000 grant

- Ahead of shavuos there's an abundance of cheesecakes and other cheese products on the market more than previous years says industry expert R Menachenm Lubinsky in a interview with Kol Mevaser 

- Lakewood police continue to investigate the incident Friday night on Squankum Rd near Shafto when 2 pick up trucks threw an explosive device towards residents Detectives are urging anyone with information related to the incident to come forward

- Lakewood planning board meeting will take place tomorrow evening 

- Daf yomi shiur delivered in Lakewood yesterday afternoon by R' Eli Stefansky he apologized to the bochurim and youngeleit due to a flight scheduled the event was held earlier which they were not able to attend watch video below

ב' סיון יום המיוחס

- Yom HaMeyuchas - The Second Day of Sivan And Its Special Yichus No Tachnun is said
The second day of Sivan is called Yom HaMeyuchas.  The Taamei HaMinhagim brings a number of reasons for this.  This is the day that Hashem told Bnei Yisroel "V'Atem Tihiyu Li Mamleches Kohanim", you will be to me a kingdom of Kohanim (Yisro 19:6).  This is the day we received our special Yichus setting us apart from the rest of the nations.

Another explanation he brings is that according to the Yalkut, when the other nations questioned why Bnei Yisroel received the Torah, Hashem told them to bring their Sefer Yuchasim, to see if their pedigree stands up to the level of Bnei Yisroel's whose forefather's included Avrohom, Yitzchok, and Yaakov.
Rav Shlomo Kluger says in HaElef Licha Shlomo (also brought in Taamei HaMinhagim) that since this day is between two special days it also is considered special.  The day before is Rosh Chodesh and the day after starts the Shloshes Yimei Hagbala, the final preparation for Kabalas HaTorah.

Oif Simchas Sunday night ב' סיון יום המיוחס

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

Chasunas: 

Plotzker- Ostrov Fountain Ballroom 

Braun - Reider Lake Terrace 

Lieberchuk  Kochavlev Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

- Asifa for women and post high school girls  ahead of Shavuos tonight Sunday night at Ne'emas Hachaim Guest speaker Rav Yissocher Frand

Sunday May 21 News Updates Lakewood

 ראש חודש סיון תשפ"ג

Weather:  75° Sun and clouds mixed. High around 75F.

- Adirei Hatorah:  Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman Shlit"a zekan gedolei Eretz Yisroel chasna debi nesia will be coming in feom E"Y to participate and speak at the event. Rav Elya Chaim Swedloff shlita will also address the olam Hatorah.

- The sefer שונה הלכות of Rav Chaim Kanievsky with his own handwriting sold today at the Genazym auction for $380,000.

- Tenants respond more at Faa

- Rt 70 eastbound Left lane reopened right lane remains closed East of CR 623/New Hampshire Ave in Lakewood due to a downed pole and wires. Line and pole work continues. Use caution, slow down and expect delays

- Shavuos shopping Bingo rye bread for $2.99, (Remember yizkor candles)

Grocery price list here

- Adirei Hatorah 80% sold out according to organizers, ticket sales via shuls will be closing on Wednesday. 

- Hachnosas sefer Torah at B"M of Pitney, Jackson 5:00 pm from 10 Bear trail to 45 Pitney

- Park Place kosher of highland Park will be closing for good as of June 4th after serving the community for 16 Years Park Place is under the strict supervision of the Vaad HaRabonim of Raritan Valley.

- Genazym judaica auction today here

- Mercaz Daf Yomi live shiur with R' Eli Staefansky today Sunday at Ateres Reva hall Lakewood 

- The annual post pesach Chometz sale will take place this year this coming Sunday May 21  from 11am - 6pm at 1965 RT9 in Toms River The price is  $20 a box, empty boxes provided

- Bais Din issues hasraaha in Lakewood Landlord  Tenants dispute more

Motzei Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5783

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

- ADL says  they are aware of an incident that happened Friday night in Lakewood as an explosive device was thrown from a car on residents who were walking home from shul they are  reaching out to law enforcement and community partners to learn more.

-Oorah auction Oorathon tonight watch live HERE 

- Power in the Pines air show tomorrow morning at Jointbase MDL doors open at 9am

US Presidential Election Poll By Harvard-Harris: - Biden: 40% - Trump: 47%

- MDY with R' Eli Stefansky live shiur tomorrow in Lakewood at Ateres Reva hall

-Asifa for women and post high school girls  ahead of Shavuos this Sunday night at Ne'emas Hachaim Guest speaker Rav Yissocher Frand.

- The annual post pesach Chometz sale will take place this year this coming Sunday May 21 at 1965 RT9 in Toms River The price is  $20 a box, empty boxes provide

Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת במדבר שבת מברכים חודש סיון תשפ"ג

Friday, May 19, 2023 / כ״ח אייר תשפ״ג ערב שבת פרשת במדבר

Candle lighting: 7:51 pm

Shkia/sunset:8:09 pm

Sefiras haomer tonight is 44

-Weather 67° A steady rain in the morning. Showers continuing in the afternoon.Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a half an inch.

-S"Z Krias shema- Gra: 9:15 am

-Molad: Shabbos morning, 52 minutes and 14 chalakim after 2:00 am.

 דער מולד איז געווען שבת פארטאגס צווי און פופציג מינויט מיט פערצין חלקים נאך צווי

-  מפטירין מחר חדש הפטרה לער''ח שחל בשבת ואומרים אב הרחמים

פרקי אבות פרק ו

One should be mindful to avoid any shailos of saying Yaaleh Veyavo by benching on Shalashoudos.

We do not say ויהי נועם on Motzei shabbos

הפרשה נקראת במדבר, ועל כך אומר מדרש רבה:

Friday May 19 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, May 19, 2023 / כ״ח אייר תשפ״ג ערב שבת פרשת במדבר שבת מברכים חודש סיון 

Candle lighting 7:51

Shkiah 8:09 

Rosh chodesh is on Sunday

Weather: 68° A cloudy skies this afternoon. High 68F

Shabbos day: Rain in the morning. Showers continuing in the afternoon. High 71F.  Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch

No ויהי נועם on Motzei Shabbos 

- BDE: Petirah of Mrs. Sarah Fraidy Schorr (nee Goldblatt) wife of R’ Eli Schorr shlita from the Lapsley area followingan illness., she was in her 40s. The levaya is today Erev Shabbos, 6:45pm  at the Lakewood Chapel at 6:45pm with Kevurah at the Bais Olam

She is survived by her husband, as well as 16 children, four of whom are married and the youngest who are three-year-old twins.

- Actvists are calling on the klal to join and come Protest this Sunday morning Rosh chodesh Sivan in Williamsburg where a conference is taking place to discuss the health topics for the Orthodox Jewish community. Among those speaking claim the activists are those who promote atheism and abortion if they don't like the danger. The event is at a hotel on Wythe Avenue.

- Lakewood mayor Ray Coles was defiant yesterday at the meeting defending his decision to keep the monthly meeting on zoom despite pleas from Lakewood residents calling for the return of in person meetings. The mayor did not respond to questions about Mike Delia's absence even from the virtual chaplain. and disrespecting lakewood residents by keeping the seat bacant.. He insisted that more residents can participate this way online and that committeeman Menashe Miller can also join when he is on deployment as a chaplain. Residents countered the the committee has snuck in big changes that ruined their neighborhoodd during the video meetings and they have no way to talk directly face to face with township officials. Th a mayor said he is available at his office to which the response was that they went three trimes but he's MIA. Lakewood is from one of the only municipalities in NJ still meeting  virtually after covid. All other committee members remaind quiet and did not respond at all to the public comments.

- Bingo selling XL eggs for .79 cents  rye bread for $2.99

- Wokifying the Torah: Sefaria which many people rely on for text of the torah has introduced   a new English translation on Tanach with gender sensitive translation and gender inclusivity The Revised JPS (RJPS) edition aims to "present a more linguistically and historically accurate translation that reflects advances in scholarship and changes in the English language, while staying true to the original Hebrew". In response tothis people have said they have deleted the APP from their phones.

- A Baal teshuva couple got married in Lakewood last night as they do not have many relatives ,volunteers from the Lakewood community came by to participate and join with them in their simcha

- Oorah auction taking place this motzei shabbos in Lakewood

- MDY live shiur with R' Eli Staefansky this Sunday at Ateres Reva hall Lakewood 

 -R' Aaron Lang files motion brief ith the Appellate Division supporting the motion for leave to file an interlocutory appeal (meaning the matter is not done in the court/agency HERE 

Oif Simchas Thursday כ"ח אייר Lakewood

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

Chasunas:

Minyanim for Mincha Yom Kippur Koton Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan Mukdam 5783 Lakewood

Minyanim for Mincha Yom Kippur Koton Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan Mukdam 5783 Lakewood

ערב ראש חודש  סיון מוקדם תשפ'ג

 Please add times or corrections in comments section

Video: Do What's Right For the People of Lakewood, Not your Friends

 Message To the Lakewood township committee from R' Hershel

Thursday May 18 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather 

-Today is ער"ח סיון מוקדם With יום כפור קטן and many recite the תפילת השל"ה. Rosh Chodesh Sivan is on Sunday..

Tefilas Hashlah HERE

- Committee approves but reduces height limit to 75 feet instead of 150 feet for new zoning off rt 70 more

- Updated: Fastest growing cities in NJ Lakewood Toms River Jackson Brick in top 5.

 Lakewood's population swelled by roughly 4,122 residents from 135,384 in July 2020 to 139,506 by July, 2022, according to new data from the U.S. Census released Thursday.  The second largest surges in population between 2020 and 2022 were Toms River (2,688 new residents), Cherry Hill (2,125),  Brick (1,906) and Jackson (1,558), according to Census figures.(APP)

- Arrest made in murder of Hershy Schwartz on Feb 18 in North Miami Beach. 22-year-old Louis Redmon Antuwn  was apprehended in Jacksonville, FL after a  3-month investigation. He was set to get married a few weeks after he was killed R"L his kallah is from Lakewood. 

- Several Lakewood rabbonim have been working on getting the schools to start the yeqr earlier rhan labor day the Brooklyn schools doing so was a result of the Lakewood hishtadlus, however some bigger schools in Lakewood have not yet committed to an earlier start.

- Lakewood is the fastest growing city in NJ according to latest data from the US Census bureau.

- The Ocean county document shredding program will be in Toms River on Friday, May 19, in the parking lot at Riverwood Park from 9 a.m. to noon Park is at 250 Riverwood Drive.

Each resident is limited to four file boxes of documents or four clear bags. Black plastic bags are not permitted. 

-Asifa for women and post high school girls  ahead of Shavuos this Sunday night at Ne'emas Hachaim Guest speaker Rav Yissocher Frand.

- Another digital billboard coming to the busy intersection of Cross street and Route 9

- Lakewood township meeting today virtual only at 5:30 pm watch livestream Here see Agenda Here  

On the agenda  vote to allow high rise buildings in Lakewood up to 150 feet

Raising taxes by over 3 million dollars

Budget introduction

Opening paper street as for new CHEMED facility off Chestnut street known as Pineview avenue 

Residents can submit comments during the meeting via email  comments@lakewoodnj.gov

- Conversation about the high Cost of Frum Summer Sleep-Away Camps see more at Matzav 

- The annual post pesach Chometz sale will take place this year this coming Sunday May 21 at 1965 RT9 in Toms River The price is  $20 a box, empty boxes provided

- Members of the Orthodox Jewish community in Ocean county heald a fundraiser event launching a super pac to promote unity in the republican party of Ocean county Dozens of Ocean County elected officials and candidates attended a gala hosted by United Ocean County PAC at Glatt Bite Kosher in Lakewood Township on Wednesday. among the elected officials were  Ocean County Commissioner Gary Quinn and Jackson Township Mayor Michael Reina.toms River Mayor mo HIll (Shorenews)

וויז די פרייז

Awsrness campaign in Yiddish for the heimishe customers to demand that stores show the price of food items and all products at grocery  and supermarkets list all items with correct up to date prices.

Oif Simchas Wednesday כ"ז אייר

היום שנים וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Friedman - Steinberg Bais Faiga

Karmel - Goldblatt Fountain Ballroom 

Levichayim - Shoob Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Bnos Orchos Chaim dinner at Lake Terrace

Bais Kaila dinner at Neemas Hachaim

Vort:

Wednesday May 17 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 66° Sunny. High 66F.

Allergy forecast medium to high Pollen count at 8.5

- Following the filing of this lawsuit, by the tenants  the landlord  served the them with a Hasra'ah (a warning) from the Beis Din of the Central Rabbinical Congress of the U.S.A. and Canada (the CRC). More

  - Montana becomes first state to completely ban TikTok; law expected to become litmus test for rest of United States.

 - A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible became the most expensive book ever sold Wednesday when it drew a price of $38.1 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. The buyer of the item, known as the Codex Sassoon, was revealed to be the American fundraising group on behalf of ANU — Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. The museum said Alfred Moses, a former U.S. ambassador to Romania, and his family provided the funds for the purchase.

-Tax increase: Lakewood Township will be raising property tax after adding 3 Million to the municipal budget. The budget will be introduced at the meeting tomorrow see more

- Today's Daf Yomi ויוקר יאמיר high costs will pile up. Side of Salmon at Bingo $9.99 Potatoes 2 x 5lb in Shoprite Russets $5.00 this week Stop & Shop yellow, 5lb 4.99, buy one get one free.(Submitted)

-  Lakewood township will vote tomorrow to allow highrise buildings in Lakewood up to 150 feet off rt 70 near the Garden State parkway, Township officials have remained mum about the project as to how many buildings wil be put up and who is developing it.

- Despite the covid emergency declared as over, Lakewood continues to have only virtual meetings denying the public a chance to speak up in person at the meetings. Committeeman Delia has not logged into the last few online meetings either. Committeman Miller and Lichtenstein log on with audio. Mayor Coles has said that more people can now join the meeting since they can listen online but refused to hold a hybrid in person meeting while also streaming online. Members of the public who submit comments online can not engage in a conversation with follow up questions. Those who join the audio get cut-off at times.

- This year since rosh chodesh comes out on Sunday there are those who say Tefilas Hashla on Thursday which is erev rosh chodesh Sivan mukdam and also yom kippur kotton (based on rav Chaim kanievsky דרך שיחה פר' יתרו) Others say you can say it on shabbos since asking for ruchniyus needs is allowed (Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach)

- Several Lakewood girls schools have not indicated yet when they will be starting the school year after the summer. in brooklyn the schools will be starting earlier in August before Labor day

- Daf Yomi finishing maseches Sotah today begin maseches Gittin tomorrow.

- Food establishments opening soon in the Lakewood area:

Burger Bar in jackson at NPGS plaza, Hot bagels 3rd location at E kenedy and route 9 Lakewood, Seared restaurant at the Avenue shoppes, Panini cafe Jackson, Klein's Ice cream house route 9 Lakewood/Toms River border.Taam Eden Bakery from New Sq opening at Chestnut and Rt 9' Breadberry opening by Brook Rd.

- Freehold schools was set to eliminate courtesy busing to 300 students but now appears to have it restored through subscription busing although parents may have to pay for it. 

In Lakewood the township pays courtesy busing for public school students while private yeshiva students have to pay. Township officials have yet to explain this blatant discrimination others say it is totally illegal to pay for some and not pay for others. 

- Frum medical centers in the tri state area including CHEMED in Lakewood  are listed as “hosts” for a event this sunday in Williamsburg on improving healthcare for the orthodox Jewish community for healthcare professionals and community members one of the featured speakers , Dr. Peter Hotez, according to a report, believes that it is critical to fight “anti-science” - potentially including legislation to fight the belief that Hashem created the world. see more Here and Here

Analyzing the Legacy of the Legendary Rebbetzin David A"H

 By Rav Gershon Ribner shlita

Oif Simchas Tuesday כ"ו אייר תשפ"ג

היום אחד וארבעים יום שהם חמשה שבועות  וששה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Chayn - Haber Fountain Ballroom 

Kaufman Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Eisenberg - Loeb Bais Faiga

Parlor Meeting for Yeshiva Mishkan Hatalmud R"Y Rav Yisroel Ehrlich shlita at 223 14th street 

Farbrengen At Mordy's Shteiebel with R Avshi Weingot shlita of Tzefas 9:45pm

Video: Halacha on Haircuts and shaving

 Halachos on haircuts and Shaving this shiur for barbers was given in Lakewood a few years ago.

Tuesday May 16 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 82° Sunny to partly cloudy. High 82F.

Yeshivos in Brooklyn have agreed to start the new school year earlier than Labor Day to close the gap between camp and start of school. The plan is for the Yeshivos to start the school year on Tuesday, August 29/12 Elul, and the Bais Yaakovs to start the school year on Thursday, August 31/14 Elul.

- "Apartment tenants in Lakewood have served their landlord and property manager with a "laundry list" of allegations including illegal rent increases as well as associated harassment, intimidation and retaliation. FAAnews reports

- Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, set to fetch up to $50m at auction tomorrow by Sotheby's, NY likely to become most expensive book or historical document ever sold, touted as ‘undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history’ Known as the Codex Sassoon, the book — which was written by a single Jewish scribe on 400 pages of parchment about 1,100 years ago  it will be sold at auction and is estimated to fetch between $30 million to $50 million.

- Mir yeshiva in Yerushalayim makes some changes to the daily shachris minyan in the mercazi main bais Medrash trimming 10 minutes off the previously daily time ending at 8:00am instead of 8:10am. In order to make it appealing and get more bochurim to daven in yeshiva the R"Y Rav Lazer Yehuda Finkel enacted some changes including putting up only Israeli bachurim for the amud who go at a quicker pace, and moving the mi shebeirach lecholim to the tehillim recital after davening. 

- Chasdei Hashem: Rav Avrohom Noach Palei shlita who lostb2 sons in the Ramot terror attack came home today after spending a few month in rehab for injuries he sustained back then.

- Update: Cedarbridge construction project will take place overnight 8pm -6am. Apparently Lakewood Township Committee were not aware of the projet details and when it was starting.

- NJ baby wipes Ban Legislators are backing away from a proposal to ball all non flushable baby wipes from New jersey as it clogges the sewer systems offering a new proposal that would require non-flushable disposable wipes to be clearly labeled as such and would prohibit the sale or distribution of these products without stringent “do not flush” labeling.

- NJ.com reports on the latest news with the Lang lawsuit to fix the founding formula for Lakewood after the New Jersey  education chief requests another report "One of the public school students’ lawyers, Arthur Lang, questioned the need for the report, noting that the department has had monitors in Lakewood for a decade. “They wear you out for 10 years to produce a record,” he said of the department, “and then, when you finally win based on the record, they say that the record is too old.”nj

- The Lakewood Zoning Board is scheduled at their next public hearing to consider an application from Verizon for a new cell tower at 1364 River Avenue, in back of the Taubers store building. This new tower will replace the tower installed behind Finnigans Lanes on Locust Street Faanews reminds readers  residents who wish to oppose this application for any reason are urged to bring an attorney to the public hearing.

- Lakewood daf yomi chaburah has traveled on a European tour visiting kivrei Tzadikim. R' Eli Stefanskybof MDY will be in Lakewood next Sunday with a live shiur at Ateres Reva starting maseches Gittin.

- By the numbers on a tour of BMG yesterday it was pointed out that 3.6 Million cups of coffee are drunk annualy to help the talmidei hayeshiva with their limudin.

Sign posted Lakewood regarding threat to kedushas shabbos by construction of Eruv with people possibly carrying on Rt 9

Oif Simchas Monday Night כ"ה אייר

 היום ארבעים יום שהם חמשה שבועות וחמשה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Kosowsky - Rozen Bais Faiga

Krems - Levovitz Ateres Reva

Dublin -  Katz Kesser Moshe 

Max -  Lind Fountain Ballroom 

DWD women's clothing sale tonight at Toras Aaron gym

Monday May 15 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 77° Sunny. High 77F. 

Allergy forecast high with pollen count of 9.7

- Update Jackson Township's Planning Board tonight approved an application for 3 high schools on Farmingdale Road at the corner of Pfister Road. The application was submitted by WB Ocean 26, LLC, and represented by Attorney Donna Jennings Esq..(Faa)

- Donald Trump reacts to Durham Report: ‘Total vindication “I was very honored by this report,” Trump said in an interview with the John Solomon Reports Trump sais about Hillary Clinton Russian collusion “It's a shame. It's a total violation of about every rule and principle you can have. It's total dishonesty, and more than anything else that affected the 2020 presidential election, much more so than the 2016 election,” he said.

- Special Counsel John Durham has finally reached its conclusion and found that the investigation into former President Donald Trump and Russian collusion should have never happened. , Exonerates Donald Trump According to the Durham Report, the plan by Hillary Clinton to create a false story linking Donald Trump to Russia was briefed in August of 2016 by CIA Director John Brennan to President Obama, VP Biden, AG Loretta Lynch, and FBI Director Comey.

- Mark Levin responds to automakers who are planning on pushing out AM radio : “The automobile is essential to liberty. It’s freedom. So the control of the automobile is about the control of your freedom. They finally figured out how to attack conservative talk radio.” 

 major car manufacturers have begun phasing out AM radio in select vehicles in what will certainly be a huge blow to conservative talk radio. “AM radios are being phased out of electric vehicles due to interference issues from electric engines. Ford, plans to take things a step further and eliminate AM from every one of its vehicles,” Breitbart reports.

 Adirei Hatorah organizers reach out to the new heimish and surrounding communities of Lakewood  giving a tour of BMG during 1st seder today to residents of Oak and Vine.

- Food boxes for summer have yet to be approved.While the covid funds are no longer available the regular summer lunch program is administered on location in schools and camps. Last year the gor allowed vendors and the schools to give the summer lunch program in a box instead of getting it inside. For this coming year there no word yet if same can be done again this year.

--Brooklyn liquor store purchases liquor license in Toms River A company that runs a kosher liquor store in New York City has purchased a liquor distribution license in Toms River for a record-breaking $1.6 million. The Township Council awarded the license to MB Vineyards, which operates a discount liquor store on Avenue J in Brooklyn. The license is a new one; the township was allowed to sell one new distribution license and two new consumption licenses after Toms River's population increased in the 2020 U.S. Census.(App)

- The Ocean County Board of Commissioners debate preserving a Lakewood farm and buying it for $6 million even as the township has zoned the land for a future housing development. The parcel is an 11 acre property on Drake road that was designated as farmland a video of the meeting posted by APP show officials arguing if Lakewood will need it to fill a housing shortage while others countered there's no housing shortage but more of an affordable housing shortage. Other officials said there's plenty of room to build in Jackson.  (APP)

-A house in Lakewood that sold for $1.5 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in the Lakewood area between May 1 and May 8. In total, 30 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $411,737. The average price per square foot ended up at $296. NJ

- Lakewood  Caffoteria cafe makes list of best cafeterias in each state.  Cafeterias are synonymous with comfort food, so why not consider getting lunch at Cafotteria Modern Eatery, a Kosher Dairy restaurant with a sophisticated cafeteria layout in Lakewood, New Jersey? The stylish dining room is a great place to enjoy a meal whether it be a straightforward breakfast of an omelet and potato hash or a sushi-grade poké bowl. Prices will be steeper here than at other cafeterias (it's New Jersey), but it doesn't skimp on creativity — dessert picks include an oven-fired s'mores pizza. source 

Traffic Alert: Daily Lane Closures on Cedarbridge Ave For Next Year

 With out any prior warning or notification from the township or county to Lakewood residents, a major construction project is set to begin today on Cedarbridge  Avenue and last for a year.

Faanews  reports: They usual traffic congestion along Cedar Bridge Avenue in Lakewood is about to get even more bottlenecked, as daily lane closures are set to begin this Monday morning as part of Ocean County's long awaited $2.2 million traffic safety improvements project. The lane closures will take place eastbound 10:00am - 6:00pm between MLK Drive and Vine Street 

Cedar Bridge Avenue is one of Lakewood's most traveled road. According to 2022 traffic counts, eastbound there are 1,162 trips in the morning peak hour and 977 trips in the afternoon peak hour, westbound there are 848 trips in the morning peak hour and 1,003 trips in the afternoon peak hour.

Cedar Bridge Avenue is also the most crash prone road in Lakewood, and 2 of its intersections are ranked first and second on the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority's (NJTPA) list of high-crash intersections in the County.

Oif Simchas Sunday כ"ד אייר

 היום תשעה ושלשים יום שהם חמשה שבועות וארבעה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chaaunas:

Sanders - Fox Ateres Reva

Basch  - Rosenblatt Ne"emas Hachaim

Gerstel  - Askarinam  Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Vort: Gindoff Shmuckler Tashbar hall 82 Oak

Sunday May 14 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 72° Partly cloudy. High 72F

 - Ocean county: traffic delays starting tomorrow May 15,  10:00am - 6:00pm on Cedarbridge Ave East, Vine Ave to MLK Drive Purpose: Overhead Utilities 

Traffic Impact: Shoulder Closures

- Adirei Hatorah date and venue is set for Sunday June 4th at Wells Fargo arena after Philadelphia 76ers were knocked out of the playoffs today in game 7.

- Shiur today in BMG by Reb Meir Shmuelevitz shlita son or Rav Chaim in Yeshiva dining room Beren hall today at 6:30 on perek hamafkid

- Hespedim tonight for Rav Meir Hershkowitz ztl at B"M Ner Dovid on 14th and Tanglewood 8:45 pm

-  Elementary schools and Yeshivos in Lakewood are setting up 3rd party technology consultants to meet personally with parents and discuss awareness and fo over the filtering of devices and internet at home.

- Campaign launched by heimish activists to have people demand that grocery stores and supermarkets place updated prices on all products so shoppers can kmow and compare brands.

- Home owners show today at RWJ Barnabas Arena 1245 Old Freehold rd Toms River 10:00am - 7:00 pm $20 Admission fee.

- New Jersey Appellate Division has just released a decision with far reaching effects which may be used as a basis to overturn many "agreements to arbitrate" which are common practice in our community to be included in agreements for divorces, partnerships, business dealings, lending, rental agreements, nursing homes, and the like FAAnews. 

- 300 newly arrived migrants to NYC will be placed in Staten Island at a former school in the Tompkinsville section near the border with NJ.

- Adirei Hatorah: Ticket prices remain the same as signs in shuls with all local rabbonim call on community to attend. game 7 today will determine if Philly advances to the next round of the playoffs that can have the venue changed or postponed.

- Letter from R' Aaron Lang to the Roshei mosdos. On latest development in court ruling with funding formula for Lakewood. Taxpayers are paying back the loans every year. This year, Lakewood taxpayers are paying $20 million.

Motzei Shabbos Behar Bechukoisei Lakewood

 היום שמונה ושלשים יום שהם חמשה שבועות ושלשה ימים בעומר/לעומר

- A ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic Jihad terror group is in effect as of 10 p.m. local time, over 1250 rockets were fired into Eretz Yisrael from Gaza Israel killed 33 terrorists. 

- Beware of Missionary material sent to Lakewood residents in the mail. The return address is from Howell, NJ.

- Judge dismisses Cell tower lawsuit for the one ontop of Levovitz building on Clifton Ave. FAA In a blow to the neighbors on 5th Street, Ocean County Superior Court Judge Francis Hodgson on Friday formally dismissed a lawsuit filed by the neighbors which sought to overturn the Lakewood Zoning Board's approval of a cell tower facility on Clifton Avenue. See more at faanews

- Boys Yeshivos send home note to parents about a disturbing trend among frum barbers that are giving haircuts bordering on חוקות העמים as well as not leaving enough for peyos.

- Tomorrow Home owners show atvTWJ Barnabas Arena 1245 Old Freehold rd Toms River 10:00am - 7:00 pm Admission fee.

- Lakewood restaurant owner receives letter with money repaid from former customer.