Friday August 25 News Updates Lakewood

Friday, August 25, 2023 / ח׳ אלול תשפ״ג

ערב שבת פרשת כי תצא

- Candle lighting 7:21pm

- Shkiah/Sunset 7:39pm

Weather 82° Variable clouds with showers and scattered thunderstorms Chance of rain 100%.

- BDE:  Sudden Petirah of Reb Efrayim Rabinowitz Z”L of Lakewood from 13th street father is Reb Shlomo Avigdor. Levaya this afternoon at the Lakewood chapel with Kevurah in EY leaves behind his wife (nee Leeder) and 3 children. He was learning in yeshiva high 40's.

- Donald Trump Mug shot Tweet has 175 million views 

- The Justice Department is weighing possible charges against NJ Sen. Bob Menendez after a yearslong public-corruption probe, Prosecutors are expected to meet with his lawyers in the coming weeks ahead of a final decision. WSJ

- Lakewood R"Y Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita is back in yeshiva after a brief trip for a family simcha in Eretz Yisrael

- Bingo now accepting WIC at all locations 

- Trump “They insisted on a mug shot and I agreed to do that,” he said. “This is the only time I’ve ever taken a mug shot.” “It is not a comfortable feeling—especially when you’ve done nothing wrong.” “This is all about election interference It all comes through Washington and the DOJ and Crooked Joe Biden—nothing like this has ever happened in our country before.”

- Prime apt tenants have filed another motion Order To Show Cause seeking for emergent relief from the Court more

- Nichum Aveilim The Satmar Dayan of Lakewood Rav Mordechai Betzalel Klein shlita is sitting Shiva for his Brother R' Nota Klein Z"L at his home on 6th st getting up Sunday Morning.

- Shabbos Hachtara at Rachmastrivka Lakewood the tish Friday night will begin at 11:45 pm at the B"M on E. County line. There won't be a tish at Rachmastrivka BM at Oak and Vine.

- R' Aaron Lang: It's essential to elect BOE candidates that support the litigation. The current BOE supports the commissioner, that education has improved and the courts shouldn't order the legislature to fix the formula. They'll spin data during the review to highlight their misguided position.

See  article in APP. Monitors have been here for a decade reporting monthly to the commissioner. The state had four lawyers against us, also for a decade, presenting to the court everything possible to know about Lakewood. She still needs more information?

- Gallery of Levayah of Harav Aharon Moshe Schechter, Zt”l Here

- Inaugural issue of new Achdus magazine of Lakewood distributed to local residents.

- NJ Gov Phil Murphy "Today, we settled the debate once and for all that Central Jersey exists by designating the area — rich in American history, innovation, and the outdoors — as an official tourism region of the Garden State.

 If you're making travel or vacation plans, come visit Central Jersey!". Lakewood area included.

At the Levaya of Rav Aaron Shechter zatzal