Friday, March 1, 2024 / כ״א אדר-א תשפ״ד ערב שבת פרשת כי תשא
candle lighting 5:31 pm
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weather: 45° Sunshine Friday night 35° Cloudy this evening with showers after midnight.
Shabbos day 53° Rain. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall near a half an inch.
- שנים אוחזים בטלית. Daf yomi begins maseches Bava Merziah today
- Powerball jackpot $443 million drawing Motzei
Mega millions jackpot $607 million drawing Friday night
- Jewish dentist shot and killed in California by a Muslim patient. Benjamin Harouni hy”d, an orthodox Jewish dentist, is identified as the person killed in the shooting in El Cajon, California yesterday. The killer, 29 year old Muslim patient Mohammed Abdulkareem is now in custody. Two others were injured.
- Lakewood highest popularion growth in New Jersey. The population has grown 46 percent from 2012 to 2022, when the town's population ballooned to 133,875.
The 10 towns in NJ with the highest populations in 2022 were Newark (307,355), Jersey City (287,899), Paterson (157,864), Elizabeth (135, 665), Lakewood, Edison (107, 018), Woodbridge (103,400), Toms River (95,997), Hamilton Township (91,819) and Trenton (90,055).
- Adirei Hatorah,adireinu fundraiser event This Motzei Shabbos, in Westgate located at the Tent on Hillside Blvd (Ropshitz entrance) 9:15pm
-Nikki Haley calls for all Trump legal cases to be "dealt with" before the presidential election in November
- BDE: Petirah of R' Naftoli Anshin Z"L of Beitar following a short illness was editor of Rashi Kpshuto. He was 66.
- Kollel cheshek shlomo puts out ad in local papers with a defiant message calling out disgruntled neighbors about a change in strategy as they will only submit an application for the daycare which does not require a variance and must be approved by the planning board (this was discussed at the last meeting) the ad says "this move may put disgruntled neighbors at a disadvantage as the revised plan includes an exit onto white road a concession the cheshek shlomo was willing to make in earlier negotiations . The campus application will be resubmitted at a later date. The ad concludes "the planning boards decision will be closely watched as it may set precedent on future projects in lakewood.
A state budget proposed by Gov. Phil Murphy this week would fully fund New Jersey’s school aid formula for the first time, with a $901 million increase But not every school district would benefit equally.
Lakewood aid will increase by 3.6% to $27,541,324 from $26,575,697
Jackson and Toms River will lose out
Jackson goes down -9% to $28,180,559 from $30,978,802
Toms River hit hard -16% to $23,402,010 from $27,861,779
Manchester up 11.4% to $5,986,685 from $5,372,064
Republicans on social media called out Phil Murphy
"Guess which three counties are seeing net school aid cuts for FY 2025?
-Cape May
-Ocean
-Monmouth
Save Jersey tweeted "Once again, Gov Murphy
is punishing red counties that won’t submit to his agenda.
- Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer has announced that the decedent at the center of an investigation originating out of Lakewood Township has been identified as David Koscuik, 57, of Lakewood. On February 28, 2024, at approximately 12:13 p.m., the Lakewood Township Police Department received notification concerning an unconscious male located inside the trunk of a vehicle, parked in the area of Fairway Court in Lakewood Township. Upon responding to the area, Officers located the body of a deceased male.
This investigation remains active and ongoing; there is no known danger to the public, and additional information will be released when it becomes available.
Kollel cheshek shlomo is running a terrorism campaign. The neighbors aren't stupid. But in the end the board will give them everything they ask.
ReplyDeleteCheshek shlomo is using to much the word "Torah" sounds like $$$$$$ to me. CHS/Real estate venture.
DeleteSo much for Avi Schnals tuition relief as Trenton will tax Ocean county residents out of their homes
ReplyDeleteWhy would you concern yourself with Avi Schnall and tuition relief when the whole future of Lakewood is now being determined. What a bunch of cowards in this town to get all excited about him bringing in a couple million dollars at most when the Senate Leadership, DOE and Court are focused now on Lakewood and state funding for the district. Your homes; value at $500,000 or $250,000 might well be determined because no one is going to be able to afford the local tax levy is this matter is not fixed. And all of you just talk about vouchers and send back the BOE incumbents as if nothing HUGE and HISTORIC is happening.
DeleteWhat happened to דרכיה דרבי נועם why would a mossad Hatorah put out such ads and resort to such behavior
ReplyDeleteExactly!! This mossad claims to be a higher caliber institution. Only the best of the best can get in. Is this how the best of the best act????? Definitely not a role model. Shame on all those involved. Total embarrassment to Torah scholars!
ReplyDeleteCheshek shlomo is shoel eitzah by di vas lenrt karate
ReplyDeleteReb Naftali Anshin hy"d
ReplyDeleteBase interests created a 'yiddishkeit' war against a person who revolutionized Chumash Rashi for the world. The question is, can we say ידינו לא שפכו את הדם הזה? Did we protest those that signed tzetlach against someone, with no thought to the truth and the person's feelings?
Many did protest these false kol koreis, I being one of them, realizing how amazing and beneficial his chumash was (and is!); but once these so-called kana'im sniffed blood, they never had enough of it and kept going, despite R Shlomo Miller, R' Avrohom Gurwitz and others lauding its importance in glowing terms
DeleteOne of the signers of one of the Kol Kores claims, to everyone who asks, that he only signed because of the kavod of the other signers, and his name was never really necessary.
DeleteI wonder if he ever came across a Mishna that teaches us העניש הכתוב על הנטפל לעוברי עבירה כעוברי עבירה. In Shamyaim, they will remove his kapote and shmeiss him for fighting against the Torah, writing nonsense, and hurting Yidden,
He damaged our whole value system.But so would you,just for a bowl of lentils- earthy interpretation pulling down everything lofty to your low levels
DeletePractically every person who signed it said the same thing: they never actually looked at the Chumash but relied on the one who started the campaign. And because of all this falsehood, the Chumash "Peshut shel Mikra", which was a best-seller for the seven years of its existence, and rightfuly so, is tragically no longer available in stores. I don't know how these people sleep at night.
DeleteFalse again.R A Feldman went through it.
DeleteFurthermore we have here several fine deciphers who are very disturbed by it
All the so-called ta'anos against the Chumash are pure devarim beteilim, as was proven over and over again, which is why almost all the chosmim, who never even looked at it, regretted signing against it. The whole clamor against it is rooted in Eitz politics and was carried forth by their supporters in the US. This is the greatest sheker I've ever seen in my adult life, and I've been around for a while.
DeleteI just don't understand why this town keeps reelecting the same BOE. That have gotten us into a huge amount of debt and do not do their job. What gives? I put up candidates last November and they only got 20% of the vote. A Lang
ReplyDeleteI am not releasing the DOE report today but, I would like the oilam to know what the experts found concerning governance:
• Board Meetings. Public Board meetings practices do not align with practices of
comparable districts or follow recommendations from the New Jersey School Boards
Association.
• Board Policies. Board meeting agendas contained policy updates and new policies;
however, there was no policy discussion during any of the observed meetings. There
are outdated and/or ill-informed policies that directly impact student learning.
• Financial Transparency. Board involvement with budget development was reported
to be minimal. There were no observed board meetings that discussed financial
issues or presented detailed information regarding budgets. There appears to be no
urgency or accountability for the District’s financial situation by leadership.
• Board Attorney. The Lakewood Board of Education attorney plays a far more active
role than the typical board attorney in District business. The Board Attorney stated
that his role is not only Board Attorney, but he also provides the District a service like
a Communications Director. Lakewood's legal expenses per pupil are significantly
higher than comparison districts.
• Culture. A culture of low expectations for students was observed, and high levels of
distrust between central office administration and school-based staff.
• Communication. There are communication gaps from the central office
administration with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Strategic Plan. The organizational management of the District is not based on a
coherent system focused on a District strategic plan. Without a strategic plan, the
District relies on a series of annual goals that lack accountability as they do not have
metrics that can determine how successful the District is in meeting their goals.
Several annual goals are duplicated from previous years.
• Reporting Structure. The organization’s reporting structure does not follow typical
practice, as it is designed with many administrators reporting directly to the
Superintendent. The Superintendent has 24 direct reports, including all curriculum
supervisors, and there is no Assistant Superintendent.
• Decision-making. Large-scale district planning appears to occur behind closed
doors. For example, the District changed the configuration of schools for elementary
and middle schools this school year. The grade configuration consisted of moving
hundreds of students and staff with little notice or explanation as to why the decision
was made. There was no discussion at Board meetings or opportunity to provide
public input.
• Human Resources Practices. The District reports struggling to hire staff to fill all
their vacancies each year. Lack of competitive salaries with neighboring districts was
cited as a key barrier, yet several current practices may impact staff morale. New
staff are hired at a higher pay rate than veterans and 77 teacher contracts have been
non-renewed in the past five years. School administrators reported frequent building
reassignments, with limited communication or notice.
• Morale. Staff stated multiple times that the District has a morale issue. Staff reported
not feeling respected and fear retaliation from the administration if they speak out in
a critical way. Instances of unresponsiveness or unclear communication from the
District contribute to a perception of inadequate support.
So nu,answer your own q
DeleteI don't know the answer to my q except that everything hereafter is going to change.
DeleteEverything was exposed in the expert report but it makes no difference to me because the state has admitted the T & E element and got wrong the standard of proof on the legal issue.
DeleteAsk the BOE for a copy.
This wonderful talmid chochom of the highest caliber Rav Naftali Anshin zatzal did a great service to the Klal by publishing a chumash with Rashi that benefitted millions, explaining the pesukim beautifully and the Rashis splendidly. For many years not a single person had any issue with it, that is until some unscrupulous individuls with nothing better to do launched an unholy campaign against him that falsly maligned, denegrated and vilified his holy works, probably contributing to his demise. He will get his rightful reward in the World of Truth, where false, misguided kol koreis hold no sway. Yehi zichro baruch!
ReplyDeleteIgnoramus.Just because you're new to our long experience with these types,keep the treife out.
DeleteHe inserted paragraphs from your encyclopedia into the texts, cherrypicked the most maskilic interpretation when it so suits his inclination,but that's how you like it.
I'm not 'new' to anything, and can in all liklihood mop the floor with you in any sugya in Shas. What 'encyclopedia' are you talking about?! You probably never even looked at it but are just trying to spew hateful nonsense. If you did and are unable to see through the lies and propaganda that fueled the 'kol korei' against this phenominal Chumash, if you can't detect the rotten agenda behind it, which seems to be the case, you are the greatest am ha'aretz in the world! I'll take the 'haskalah' of the Ramban, radak, Ibn Ezra, Ha'aemek Davar, Malbim, R' Hirsch etc., all quoted thousands of times throughout this chumash, over ignoramouses like you
DeleteYou know nothing. There isn't even a remote hint of any form of 'haskalah' there. It's a very useful work that was squelched by a mob who had it in for this person and looked with a magnifying glass for every form of rediculous dikdukei aniyus mamesh to find fault with it. Why don't you provide us with some examples of this 'enlightenment'? You can't, because they don't exist. Period.
DeleteSuperb Hooty self promotion for an obvious ignoramus
DeleteJust a sample eg beginning of Mekeitz where he inserts his typography of Egypt as if it's from a religious source into the commentary.But that's probably way above your grade to tell a difference
Nebach, you guys were incapable of living with the sacred traditional commentaries.It was way above you.
DeleteIt should stay that way too.
Every class has some of those on the bottom.& Now need to pull everybody else who isn't so mediocre & our most cherished commentaries to where you phonies are.
When you have a personal agenda, it's always of course everybody else.
That single sample was just something so blatant, except for the empty uninitiated eg you blokes - out in the field. Hey, it happens, just come clean.It was never a part of the curriculum.
DeleteThere are dozens & dozens mostly comparatively insidious but less sheer blatant
the maskilim both in their graves & those still kicking amongst us are rubbing are their hands in glee.They found others to accomplish it for them.
They'll take a victory lap.
From the way you "write," it is evident that you're an immature young kid who knows nothing -- or close to it. You're not worthy of being my bar-plugta (look that world up in an Aramaic-English dictionary, if you know what that is, or ask your father).
DeleteWhen flailing evidently on substance,the last resort will naturally always be knee-jerk attempted ad hominems.So manifestly typical of blowhards.Hummm,ready to take them for the team.Keep them coming.
DeleteShall we compare then?When was your graduation?
Some of us use difficult blocked phones altz that thingy so-called Judaism
Rav Gavreil kraus, a gadol in his nineties who was the memalei makom of the Minchas Yitzchak in Manchester, writes in a letter that although he'd been giving shiurim on Chumash for many years, from the moment he learned through this great perush "peshuto shel Mikrah" he realized that he had never learned Chumash properly. Anyone who actually learns from it -- la'afukei the fools who criticize it and never looked at it -- feels the same way. It's a great tragedy that "hitzliach ma'aseh satan." and nobody can buy it anymore. The campaign against it was complete and utter sheker gamur and people will burn for this!
DeleteThere nebach were many decent individuals without expertise in the subject lulled in past generations with tragic consequences. So sad, though we've been here before unfairly forced to fight over & over spinning the same thing. Anything has changed?
DeleteHe made a great likkut of the "sacred traditional commentaries," most of which you probably never looked at, because if u did, you'd have an appreciation for what he did -- unless you never looked at this sefer either, which would put you in the same category of practically all the signatures on the balony kol korei who admitted that they never even looked at what they were signing against, a travesty in and of itself!
DeleteWhat a wonderful peirush it was.
DeleteThe anti-PSSM people wrote kuntreisim to explain their position, and none of their claims held water.
But when we found out where the fight began, everything made sense. Harav Anshin hy"d had a staff working with him, and one person wanted a job. That person was deemed not good enough, and did not receive the job. His revenge was - an international fight against PSSM.
If the previous post may to some be confusing as to which side, it isn't.It is against those who in innocence refuse to condemn it such as RGK
DeletePoor things Moshe Rabeinu going up to Heaven is too lofty for the nasty defenders of PSSM
Deletego make it a bit more prosaic.*
If even that's too difficult for ya' as it was for the Israelites in the midbar, they constructed instead an..
*Earlier commentaries in context can & have for the lay public.They are entitled within limits & there was a place for that. But kept below the normative mainstream approach & without attempting to subvert the normative mainstream.
To 'anonymous' at 3:43 AM. Any topography that R Anshin hy'd discusses there (beginning of Mikietz) is mefurash in the Ramban and Radak there, as he writes. Because you never knew this Torah before he informed you (or before he informed the enlightened fellow you heard it from), you deem it 'haskalah.' ch'v. Afra lepumeichu!
DeleteLike Goebbels when you guys want to make a sheker, you really keep going all the way. Neither of them say anything like that. Neither does the Rashbam or the Ibn Ezra. Especially with reference to climate and seasons. That came out of his high school textbook. Know what those are?
DeleteHmm since you guys keep harping this over and over. I learned the Ramban on Bereishis 17 years ago. How about yourselves? How about?
Note: Whenever the author puts in bold his preferred peirush itself rather dubious, he invariably chooses the out of the box prosaic over the traditional loftier commentary
I don't work for the CIA's decoding department, so I -- and any other half intelligent person -- would have no clue what you're talking about. How about informing us which comment on which pasuk you're busy railing about?
DeleteSomebody who trumpeted for months to be so familiar with the work
Deletedenying that to anybody else BUT unable to find it on his own. Judicial Notice please. The other challenges couldn't garner suddenly a responses-after months of vulgar gauntlet laying-either. That Too.
Ok. Have the jury now decide
You need a beginner's course in writing if you want anybody to know what in the heck you're talking about.
DeleteNobody came out against Rashi Kepshuto
ReplyDeleteBut they came out against the peshuto shel mikrah part, which, for as anyone that actually looked at it and uses it knows, is an outstanding perush of the words of each pasuk, unequalled in clarity and based on gedolei rishonim and achronim; and not a singly word of 'haskalah' ch"v. The entire clamor against it was completely unfounded and pure slander by troublemakers. Because of them all future doros will be deprived of this outstanding and very necessary contribuiton. [Incindentally, Oz Vehadar company did the same thing called Mikra Meforash (which is not nearly as good), but nobody came out against it. They had a personal vendetta against Rav Anshin. Hashem yikom damo!
DeleteReally?!?!
Deletehmm.. now he is a martyr.
DeleteDitto
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