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- Latest poll shows Trump leading Biden 41% to 40% in New Jersey
- BDE: sudden Petira of R' Yosef Basker Z"L of the Raintree neighborhood in Lakewood after suffering a heart attack. He was 41, was a english teacher at several local yeshivos and ran Miahmayos programs in Raintree. He leaves behind a Almana Mrs.Shulamis Basker with 9 Yesomim. The Levaya is scheduled for 10:15pm tonight at the Lakewood chapel off 7th st. With kevura in Lakewood. Matzav reports Beyond his contributions in the classroom, Rabbi Basker was also a tireless advocate for cholim, providing essential support and care to those in hospitals.
- Joe Bidens family encourages him to stay in the race according to a new report from the New York Times.The “strongest voice” in the family for him to remain in the race was Hunter Biden, who Joe calls the “smartest” man he knows.
- BDE: Petira of the Ziditchover Rebbe of Chicago, HaRav Yehoshua Heschel Z"tl at the age of 81 after an illness. The Levaya is planned for this evening 6 or 7pm the Aron will be flown to EY with kevurah on Har Hazeisim. The rebbe was a masmid and always helped meahulachim who would visit Chicago. His sons live in Chicago, Baltimore, Marine Park. He's a mechutan with the Boyan, Bobov 45, Skvere, Satmar, Vizhnitz Monsey & Yerushalaim, Toldos Ahron, Kalov, Vien, Skulen Monsey, Vieliopol, etc..
He was also a brother in law of the Novominsker Rebbe z"l, & the Vizhnitzer Rebbe Reb Mendele
- Bill O'Reilly news headquarters. The decision has been made that the President will quit the campaign. Two reasons: Democrat internal polling says he cannot recover from the debate, and fundraising is drying up. So, it's over forqa0 Joe. But the White House doesn't yet know how or when to make the announcement. Stay close.
- Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita at the rally in Yerushalayim: There's no difference of a bochur is learning in yeshiva or not, either way they are not allowed to join the army al pi halacha it is a place of impurity and kefira. We have no right to compromise on anyone. Dear bochurim stay strong we are fighting for you and will even sit in jail in your place.
- France: Far right National Rally dominates the first round of parliamentary elections in France, a fataI blow to Macron. Leftist begin to riot in the streets and burn stores
- Hurricane Beryl has just become the first June Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in history.
- Tens of thousands gather in Yerushalayim at the Badatz atzeres against the Gezeiras Giyus at kikar Shabbos. Rav Moshe Shternbuch shlita addressed the crowd.
- Ruby label shoe sale today in Lakewood at Esther Gerber hall 5th st & Madison from 12pm - 7pm only $20 a pair for boys and girls shoes
- CBS News poll finds that 72% of registered voters do not believe he has the mental and cognitive health necessary to serve as president.
- The Lakewood Catskill bus begins today service today $50 one way leaving to the Catskills Sundays at 5pm and Thursday at 7:O5pm from Westgate plaza 82 Hillside with additional stops at Forest Ave and 9th, Squankum and E. Kennedy
- Hakomas Matzeiva for Rav Moshe Wolfson ZTL a week following the petirah see photo of kever below.
-Following many recent tragedies and petirah of manhigei Yisrael, the gedolei yisroel are forming a letter calling for a yom tefilah this Thursday erev Rosh chodesh Tamuz Yom Kippur katan mukdam
- Full episode: Rav Tzvi and Rebbetzin Kushelevsky discuss their journey of emunah and Bitachon following the birth of their baby boy at his age of 88. Watch Here
- Chavivim of Ocean county vehichle inspection event today in Toms River at 2084 Lakewood Rd, Toms River,NJ From 5pm-11pm refreshments will be served
- Ted Cruz: I believe the odds are north of 80 percent that the Democrat Party will remove Joe Biden from the ticket and replace him," "And I believe they are likely to replace Joe Biden with Michelle Obama.
- Bais Chinuch Lebanos girls school in Lakewood was founded and guided by the Kosssover rebbe ZTL. The mosad took out ads announcing the loss of their leader.
- A El Al flight from Warsaw had to make an emergency landing in Antalya Turkey for a medical emergency. Turkish authorities are not allowing the plane to take off again.
-Yeshiva and Mesivta of Long Beach will locate to a hotel in NJ for the remainder of the zman as the beach season opens near the current location the yeshiva is building a new campus near Monsey, NY.
- President Joe Biden was set up in a 'soft coup' to oust him, a top Democratic insider claimed last night. Daily mail reports. A former aide to Hillary Clinton said: 'There has never been a debate this early before. Traditionally the debates are held after the Republican and Democratic conventions, which are in July and August. 'Biden's inner circle demanded this early debate. There is a growing belief this was a 'soft coup' because they know he isn't fit to govern and have known for some time.
-BDE: 41-year-old Adina Zahavi A"H, a mother of 9, was niftar last night after rescuing her children from a fire in their Kochav Yaakov home in Samaria. 19 others were injured in the the fire that was triggered by an e-bike battery.(Kol Haolam)
- Lakewood zoning board will hear application tomorrow July 1st to construct a cell communications tower on the Georgian Court property behind 14th street. Faanews reports the new site will be mostly visible from Cedarview Avenue and Case Road, with some visibility from Lakewood Avenue.
- NJ budget: Many school districts remain unhappy, including some that have cut jobs and services. Of the 593 school districts in New Jersey, 140 will see their aid decline. Republican law makers spoke out against Murphy and dems budget as some towns “are being forced to raise property taxes,” some more than 9%. ”Where is all that money going?
Ziditchoiv Rebbe of Chicago ZTL
Tens of thousands demonstrate in Yerushalayim against gezeiras giyus or any compromise
Matzeivah of Rav Moshe Wolfson ztl
Rav Avrohom Schorr on the Petirah of the Kossover rebbe
The chasidishe world and Boro Park community is in mourning with the perirah of the Kossover Rebbe Rav Shraga Feivish Hager ZTL who was niftar over shabbos after an illness at the age of 66. Levaya will take place tomorrow in Boro Park 11:00am at his Bais Medrash 1355 55th street the Aron will travel to Monsey for a levaya at the Vizhnitz Bais Medrash on Phyllis Terrace with no hespedim followed by kevura in Monsey at the Vizhnitz Bais Hachaim . The rebbe was a leader to thousands who seeked his guidance and was the head of many Boro Park institutions.
Matzav reports: The rebbe was born on January 10th, 1958. He was an alumnus of the yeshivos of Chachmei Lublin, Ponevezh, and Lakewood.After his marriage, he resided in Bnei Brak, on the s block as Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l. He spent time in Shikun Viznitz, attending the tishen d tefillos of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe, Rav Moshe Yehoshua Hager.Upon movin g to the United States, he settled in Borough Park, Brooklyn, where he was part of the Tartokover Kollel and Beis Din. He also spent time at the Bais Horaah of the Debrecener Rav, Rav Moshe Stern, and considered himself a primary disciple of Rav Fishel Hershkowitz in Williamsburg.
The rebbe was the eldest son and successor of Holocaust-survivor Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel Hager, the Kossover-Zalishchiker Rebbe of Borough Park, who passed away in 1999.
The rebbe was married to Rebbetzin Sara Rachel, daughter of Rabbi Chaim Meir Wosner, rov of Zichron Meir in Bnei Brak, and granddaughter of Rav Shmuel Halevi Wosner.
The rebbe served as the dayan of the Vizhnitzer kehillah in Borough Park and was a posek for Chesed Shel Emes.
Friday, June 28, 2024 / כ״ב סיון תשפ״ד ערב שבת פרשת שלח
Israel at war day 266
- Heavy clashes in Gaza Foreign media reports At least four IDF soldiers have been killed, and 10 injured, several of them seriously, but details have yet to emerge. Field reports indicate the deaths are higher. Hamas terrorists recycled an unexploded F-16 missile to rig a house it lured soldiers into in Shujaiya, using a tunnel entrance rigged with high explosive devices. I
-Rocket, drone sirens triggered across north after IDF strikes Hezbollah air defense site Red alerts all over the north of Israel now. A massive barrage of rockets and drones fired by Hezbollah
-US pier again removed from Gaza coast due to sea conditions, Pentagon says the military would monitor weather conditions to determine when the pier should return, but acknowledges the marshaling area is nearly full of stockpiled aid awaiting distribution by the United Nations.
Hashkafa with Rav Gershon Ribner shlita
The consequences of a family living with holier-than-thou standards Exposing youth to adult trauma stunts their growth Awareness of the power of the Evil Eye
The High Court in Israel the Bagatz put out the ruling unanimously that all ultra-Orthodox men eligible for service must be drafted to the IDF. All 60,000 of them at the current state absent a draft law.
The nine-judge panel of the High Court of Justice on Tuesday ordered a full draft of charedim into the IDF and the freezing of all funds for institutions that do not comply starting April 1. Meaning funding to yeshivos and kollelim will stop this August 8 at the end of the current school year.
Practically speaking the Bagatz left it up to the govt and IDF to work out a Giyus law. For this year, the army said it can only absorb the conscription of up to 3000 charedim. Therefore even if there's no giyus law voted on, the government can survive by pushing it off for another year and the funding will continue for another year for the tens of thousands of young men that the army says it cannot accept.
Despite tough talk of the frum knesset members, none of them threatened to bolt from the coalition and bring down the government.
The blockbuster ruling could lead to new elections or, if not, a change in the political landscape on the issue of haredim in the IDF.
Nine Supreme Court judges unanimously ruled that there is no legal framework that makes it possible for the State to avoid drafting bnei yeshivos and therefore must act in accordance with the provisions of the Security Service Law. in the absence of a legal framework for exempting bnei yeshivos, funds to yeshivos and kollelim for students eligible for the draft cannot be transferred.
Charedi pundits explain, In the situation created after the ruling, it is better for the ultra-Orthodox to pass a conscription law, so they can determine the number of yeshiva members who will be conscripted, according to the IDF's ability to absorb them.
The interesting question is about the funding. After all, if the IDF is prepared to recruit only 3,000 ultra-Orthodox, apparently it will be possible to continue budgeting for the tens of thousands of young men that the army says it cannot accept.
It should be noted that even if the conscription law is not approved in the end, the ultra-Orthodox will be able to live in the coming year with the conscription of 3,000 yeshiva students, and the meaning is that from a political point of view, the crisis regarding conscription seems to have been postponed.
Another potential financial blow is the subsidies to Avreichin for childcare at 1500 shekel per child which would be terminated. Moreover, the Attorney-General has stated that several other budgets for charedim could be stopped as well, including municipal subsidies for poorer families and child care subsidies for families where the male is studying Torah. (Though they could be prevented if the Shas ministers in charge of the Interior Ministry and Labor and Social Affairs Ministry change the criteria for receiving subsidies to refer only to families where the wife works irrespective of the husband’s other activities.)
The ועד הישיבות responds to the ruling:
הישיבות הקדושות שמימיהם של אבותינו לא פרשו מהם ותלמידיהם השוקדים על תלמודם - זהו סוד קיום אומתנו לדורות והינם למגן וצינה לעם היושב בציון. בהיותנו אמונים על דברי חכמינו ז"ל שבשעה שהקול קול יעקב אין הידים ידי עשו, הרי שדוקא בשעה שעת צרה היא ליעקב ראוי היה לחזק את מבצרי התורה - הישיבות הקדושות ולסייעם להשמיע ביתר שאת ועוז את קולו של יעקב.
מובטחנו בסייעתא דשמיא שקול התורה הנשמע בהיכלות התורה ימשיך בכל עוז כי היא חיינו ונשמת אפינו.
Another point, the court carefully worded the ruling that only yeshiva students who received a deferment in the past will be cut funding,this was to spare all Arabs leftists and other draft dodgers from the ruling. Ironically political commentators point out that yeshiva students associated with peleg yerushalayim who followed the rulings of the leaders not to go and get a deferment, will technically still be eligible for funding.
Rav Dov Landau spoke harshly against the Bagatz yesterday at a fundraising dinner in Manhattan
"We came from Eretz Yisrael, the situation of the Torah students is terrible and terrible! The reshaim there and the authorities took the budgets that the yeshiva and kollel had, and the yeshiva are in a situation where they have no possibility to continue, some kollels have already closed The yeshiva leaders say they can't continue any longer, and it's all because of the convictions of the authorities there."
This was reported today in the Washington Post lauding the ruling and attacking the charedim.
Israeli Supreme Court rules ultra-Orthodox must serve in the military The decision could result in ultra-Orthodox lawmakers pulling out of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and collapsing it. "The ultra-Orthodox, also known as Haredim, are Israel’s fastest-growing minority. They receive government subsidies for privately run schools and religious and social organizations. For years, there has been a movement of lawmakers to cut them off, condemning the systems that allow their quasi-autonomous societies to exist within Israel, all while eschewing taxes (because few work) or military service (because few enlist)."
הגואן הצדיק רבי משה וולפסון זצוק"ל זקן המשגיחים בארה"ב ורב קהילת 'אמונת ישראל' ומשגיח ישיבת 'תורה ודעת' שהסתלק לבית עולמו בגיל 99. אבל כבד בכל עולם
watch video of Kabolas Panim event in Lakewood for Gedolei Eretz Yisroel at Bais MedrashbGoviha 10th street Camput attended by approximately 20,000
Watch on YouTube HERE
Updates refresh
9:10 event concludes. (Band announces minyan maariv)
9:00 pm Music going strong and thousands dancing to the tunes giving kavod Hatorah
8:50 pm תנו כבוד לתורה Isshouted as Music plays Sisu vesimcha and leibidig music. Crowds form large circles in the parking lots screens display the dancing all over the area Clifton Ave like Simchas Torah with thousands dancing together
Updated: Reports of a serious injury to a kid
8:46 Rachmastrivka rebbe shlita leads the crowd with Kabolas Ol Malchus Shamayim
Rebbe welcomed with chasidishe niggun Kol Rena veyeshuah
Adirei Hatorah logo displayed on sign above dais
845 pm people leaving due to rain
8:40 music plays Ra7v Don Segals niggun Tattaleh kum shoin aheim dais dances crowds dance again in the streets as rain starts to pour
8:31 Rav Don Segal shlita speaks in Yiddish Hashem should have rachmamus on us
- Perimeter of event surrounded by DPW trucks for security with swat teams on location
8:18 Harav Yaakov Hille welcomed with music and dancing. Speaks in English about the sinas Hatorah of the Israeli government as the Brisker Rav Said 60 years ago. He said the Torah dosent need us to support ut ut supports us and when we are mechabed we have the zchus as ארון נושא את נושאיו. Today in EY and US you have 5 Kollelim in every street with thousands upon thousands of bnei Torah in this day and age. The funding cut is a serious blow but we need not worry the Torah will support us. The bracha that the Israeli govt had all these years for hachzokas Hatorah will now go-to the American Balei batim supporting Torah. We have to be mischazek how lucky we are to raisevour children as the olam Hatorah keeps on growing.
Organizers keep yelling at crowd to move back as it is sakanas nefashos pikuach nefesh
8:12 Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita speaks in Yidddish about the mesiras nefesh in America on behalf of the yeshivos in EY will be a zechus for the Torahbin EY through that kavod shamayim
8:08 Rav Dov Landau speaks welcomed with music he started speaking in Hebrew and was asked to speak in Yiddish thanking everyone for contributing
8:00pm Rav Malkiel Kotler speaks and welcomes the Gedolei Torah from EY .He said the Gezeiras Giyus and redifas hadas is the core of what the Israeli government wants to attack the yeshivos and we here in America will do whatever it takes to help the bnei yeshiva in EY
7:55 Crowd urged to move back before program begins rain coming down hard with thunder.
7:40 : Music playsbCrowd dances in the streets as the gedolim enter the dais while rain trickles down
7:30 pm thousands on hand men women and children all dressed in white shirts awaiting the program to begin. Lakewood roshei yeshiva enter on dais
7:25 Music plays and choir begin singing Rav Dovid Scustal shlita sitting on Dais that is partially covered by a tent
7:20 Rain slows down crowds making their way outside to thr parking lots
7:15pm Motorcade arrived with gedolim as event is postponed due ti rain. Thousands waiting under overhangs and inside hallways of yeshiv. Botei medrash are full while the olam waits. The temperature has cooled down .
7pm severe thunderstorms watch crowds gathering in BMG buildings as thunderstorms hit the area.
85% Rain at 7pm
6:00pm Thosudands of chairs set up, scrwwns ans sound systems as crowds begin to trickle in. The bnei hayeshiva will walk over feom all locations after 2nd seder at 7pm. Thousands of water bottles on hand
5:00pm Private event in Lakewood ateres Malka hall with gedolei Eretz Yisrael and Lakewood Roshei yeshiva with the attendance of gwvirim at 50,000 a plate. RAV uri Deutsch shlita spoke.
4:30pm Clifton Ave shut bet 11th st -9th st Ocean county sherif on scene
70% chance of thunderstorms at 7:00pm
-Torah Tteasures will close today at 7pm in honor of the maamad
Map of area and instructions released by Adireinu as the yeshiva will be hosting the kabolas panim.
Historic Ma'amad Kabolas Ponim for the Gedolei Yisroel מעמד קבלת פנים היסטורי
Important Note: The weather is expected to be very hot. Please bring water bottles.Parking: Please Park in downtown parking lots and walk to the area.
Photo credits to the photographers
Friday, June 21, 2024 / ט"ו סיון תשפ״ד ערב שבת פרשת בהעלותך
