Wednesday Tu B'Av Aug 2 Lakewood

Weather: 79° Abundant sunshine. 

Mega Millions jackpot at $1.25 billion after no winner last night next drawing Friday night 

- Despite being offered $20 million in state aid, Nemours Children’s Health Hospital in Dupont say they will begin to phase out care for more than 10,000 special-needs children in New Jersey with Medicaid managed-care plans from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield and Amerigroup.(Onejersey)

- Audio: Validating the practice of finding a mate on Tu Bav

Tu B'Av

People begin wishing each other a Kesiva Vachasima Tova

In keeping with his fathers minhag the Steiplers zatzal, Rav Chaim Kanievsky would inspect a Esrog on Tu B'Av for the upcoming yom tov of Sukkos.

- Pittsburgh synagogue shooter has been sentenced to death for killing 11 Jews at the Tree of Life Congregation in 2018.

- Alan Dershowitz: the conviction of Trump would be overturned by the Supreme Court. The government has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt that subjectively, Donald Trump actually believed that he lost the election and acted contrary to that belief."  "There is no smoking gun," "There is no one who is credibly prepared to testify that Donald Trump said to him, 'I know personally I lost the election'. There's a lot of evidence that people told him he lost the election, but you know Donald Trump, and you know that he's gonna make up his own mind."

- Tragedy in E"Y a 44 year old rebbe Rav Binyomin Parga ZL has tragically passed away after getting dehydrated while on a trip to a nachal. He leaves over 10 yesomim R"L

- Former VP Mike Pence reacts to Trump Indictment  “Today’s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States,”  “Our country is more important than one man. Our constitution is more important than any one man’s career. On January 6th, Former President Trump demanded that I choose between him and the Constitution. I chose the Constitution and I always will,” 

- Completion of Lakewood Township's long-awaited Vermont Avenue Extension, between Route 70 and Chestnut Street, is still awaiting final authorization from the NJDOT, Township officials are now advancing plans to additionally pave the dirt road portion of the northern portion of Vermont Avenue from Essex Street to Oak Street, FAA News reports  

- Bein Hazmanim in Lakewood Reb Moshe Yasolovsky interview with Kol Mevaser about the chizuk he gives to those going away on vacation with the roof top luggage gemach GPS , coolers and other equipment. 

- Four people, including two children, died in a fire in Lacey township Ocean County last night. Investigators say it may have been caused accidentaly by a cigarette butt. The victims were a 39 and 33byr old woman a 14 year old girl and 4 month old infant.