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- BDE: Belaaz reports the evil Iranian authorities have executed 20 year old Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani hy”d, the Persian Jew from Tehran who mistakenly killed a man in a brawl two years ago in a act of self defence when he was 18.
- New leadership in Yeshiva Chaim Berlin
Following the Petirah of Rav Shlomo Halioua zatzal the next generation will be leading the Yeshiva mesivta Rabeinu Chaim Berlin as his son Rav Yosef Halioua shlita and son in law Rav Tzvi Fink shlita have assumed the mantel of leadership as roshei Yeshiva. They will be sitting on both sides of the Aron hakodesh. The empty seats of Rav Hutner and Rav Aaron Shechter were moved away from its current place as the Yeshiva continues on. There's no word on a formal Hachtara more imfo to follow
- Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky says to vote for Trump: Two days to Election Day, Belaaz obtains a recording of 100 year old Zkan Roshei Yeshiva of America, Philadelphia Rosh Yeshivah Hagaon Rav Shmuel Kaminetsky Shlita, blessing Donald Trump to win the election.
“I’m blessing he should win the election”, the Rosh Yeshivah said in the rare recording, which was past on today to the Trump campaign. Listen HERE
- Long lines at the early voting in Lakewood today
- Voter turnout in Lakewood for the 2024 general election (as of shabbos):
7,312 voters have returned their vote-by-mail ballot and 10,749 voters have voted in-person for a total of 18,061 votes, or 28% of the municipality's 63,617 eligible voters.(sschorr)
- Obama in Milwaukee:
If you’re a Jewish American “worried about the rise of antsemitism. Why would you place your faith in somebody .. who sat down for pleasantries with Holocaust deniers, who said that there were very fine people on both sides of a white supremacist rally?”
- Winter zman begins today in BMG Lakewood yeshiva with chavrusa tumul taking place as talmidim settle in for the long 5 month zman. Hundreds of new talmidim joined the Yeshiva this zman. The Yeshiva will be learning מסכת יבמות
- Freezer cut off day begins today for new bochurim until Tu B'shvat
- Last day of early voting today in Lakewood polls open until 6pm at the township building 3rd and Clifton
- Shloshim hespedim for Habachur Chatzi Katz ZL tonight at Tehilas Chayei Sara hall
- Kehilas Bais Medrash Emunas Yisroel Lakewood moved into the new building this past shabbos with a large crowd of mispalelim who appreciate the direct that was taught by the mashgiach Harav Moshe Wolfson ZTL.The new building is located at Clover and Rt 88. A chanukah habayis will IYH take place.
- A minyan was formed this shabbos at the Monmouth manor development in Howell
- Issues reported at the Lakewood voting location as some machines only printed the choice. For township commitee a d not the selection for presidential and other candidates. voters are advised to carefully review their ballots. Polling booth staff reportedly said they were unable to fix the issue.
- Anchor rebate applicion event today at Chemed from 12pm - 2pm. Assemblyman Avi Schnall said some residents didn't properly fill out their forms this not getting the rebate. The NJ treasury will be on hand to help fill out the applications.
-Final NYT/Sienna poll for swing states shows Trump leading on only one state.
The result, released on Sunday, shows Harris leading in Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia. The candidates are tied in Pennsylvania and Michigan, while Trump leads in Arizona.
Nate Cohen senior pollster said their final NYT polls saw a non response bias as bad as 2020 and polls may be underestimating Trump again.
- WH official: Biden has been telling staffers he doesn't think Republicans and Independents have been responding to pollsters' calls. Does not take Iowa poll seriously in the slightest(Jack Posobiec)
- Knesset committe passes daycare bill to remove a significant financial sanction against charedi yeshiva students who have not enlisted for IDF service, allowing the wife to receive financial assistance for day care if she works. Since the high court ruled that everyone must serve, charedi families were punished by not getting the subsidies for day care. Naftoli Bennet spoke out strongly against the bill and charedim claiming they don't deserve it if they don't serve.
Israeli media reports that the latest vitriol from the national religious camp directed at charedim us coming from Bennet who is looking to make a come back
- 139,778 people voted early yesterday in New Jersey
- Elise Stefanik: New York IS IN PLAY!
President Trump is polling ahead in New York swing districts where Joe Biden won by 15 points in some cases.I urge all New Yorkers to get out and vote early in-person to elect all of our incredible gop candidates.
- Tonight 3 Cheshvan is the yartzeit of Rav Ovadia Yosef ZTL
PLEASE WHOEVER COULD, to stop this trump.... It definitely could sway yeshmaeilim away which trump needs every last yeahmaeile to win Michigan and so on
ReplyDeleteCbn all in for the vaad totally ignorant of what Meir and Menashe have done or not done. Shifting blame on planning and zoning board members while it's meir and menashe who hired the board members and instructed them all these years
ReplyDeleteRaitzik was on the planning board and for those who actually followed how he voted will see that he always pushed for safety and normal development. He was removed from the board when he didn't vote the way the askanim wanted.
Itsb astonishing how they have no shame to keep on lying to the klal spreading misinformation ro promote the vaad and well connected askanim.
Anchor rebate applicion event today at Chemed from 12pm - 2pm. Assemblyman Avi Schnall said some residents didn't properly fill out their forms this not getting the rebate. The NJ treasury will be on hand to help fill out the applications.
ReplyDeleteI already got 2021 check, do I need to apply again for the next year?
Why has Meir and Menashe let Ray Coles pull off the zoom township meetings hiding from the public
ReplyDeleteWhy has mayor and menashe not been on top of construction projects that make traffic worse such as all week of chanuka last year drake rd was closed forcing ppl to sit for hours getting Home they are AWOL and should have done the honorable thing and resigned years ago once they were burned out of the job and cashed out
Us Bnai Torah are not interested in the zionest Chief Rabbi's
ReplyDeleteIt affects us & officially represents us whether we care for it or not. As you hold the common arab responsible for the misdeeds of those officially running their show,the same charges should be laid against yourselves
DeleteIirc Rabbi Micha Halevi was likely more right wing tzionish yet more ehrliche & frum than the final charedi backed winner Ber
You can't be a Zionist & arhriche at the same time
ReplyDeleteI'm with daas Torah and the VAAD. I'm with aguda who follow the moetzes
ReplyDeleteAgudah didn't follow its own daas Torah when they continuously attacked President Trump. The moetzes was not asked and where furious that the lay leadership acted on their own with public condemnations of Trump.
DeleteBut this is nothing new as the history of agudah has bamaei batim fighting with the moetzes on many points
The latest fiasco was the Washington rally to free the hostages it played itself out on full display
Believe me it is not Rabbi Weisberg or any rabbi. About 40 years ago chushuva talmidei ha'yeshiva would pass out flyers for te kehilla, not at the polling station, and certainly not within 100 feet. Yesterday, was a ridiculous site, using undocumented aliens, noncitizens, to influence an American election. Like he could not find a cheder kid to pass out the flyers. Shanda. A Lang
DeleteAgudah - DOA
ReplyDeleteactually MIA
DeleteAgudah will be remembered as irrelevant for the lack of leadership during this.critical and difficult time for klal yisroel
DeleteThey are busy putting out statements on mundane news yer have been silent while other rabbonim and leaders are speaking up
Message to special message from the Va'ad spokesman
ReplyDeleteTownship committee - have any of these candidates done a thing to help the town in the past 18 years in office?
Presidential election - Which Gedolei Yisroel said that Trump is pikuach nefesh? Why have we not heard from them?
Congressman Chris Smith - Why? What do we have from him?
School board - Why should we vote for the bottom three when the top three are the ones who have proven results for us, under Aaron Lang?
So it seems that The vaad engages in what appears as gneaves daas hatzibur by printing voting cards given out near polling stations to ignorant members of the kehila
ReplyDeleteThese tactics are deceptive and taking advantage of the naivete of the tzibur who think these askanim have their best interests in mind.
Chazal spoke against this in the strongest of terms for those enriched themselves on the backs of the poor
Woe to Lakewood that this is allowed to take place. What a chutzpah
What an achzariyus thing to do
And also to use a old letter from the roshei yeshiva from two years ago
Don't be fooled by the bloc vote talk and the talking points that if we all vote we get more money from Trenton
ReplyDeleteThe reality is that all funding and resources that come to Lakewood don't go to help out the residents or lower taxes.its the same few powerful well connected individuals and organizations that get the money and divert it to their own projects.
Chris Smith got funding for Lakewood traffic and it went to build roads in the new GCU development
Avi schnall and Bob Singer made big announcements that they gpt more funding from Trenton with another 7 million extra to the township. None of it made a dent as the township raised taxes despite this money and took increases for their salaries. Avi schnall did not make sure that the taxpayers git a penny of relief.
The LCSC and Chemed both well connected organizations also receive funding all beacuse lakewood has a lot of people but in reality our taxes still go up the roadways are dangerous with no sidewalks.
Basically the bloc vote and high turnout only helps those who pretend to represent the Lakewood community abusing our resources and diverting funding for their projects.
The only way this will end is if we form a legal halachicaly representative body appointed by All lakewood residents who will meet with the politicians and decide how the money will be distributed
Send a clear message to all the politicians that thre people who claim to represent the Orthodox community of Lakewood are self appointed and not passing the buck to the tax payers
Funny how the Johnny come late whatsapp admins who've just showed up on the scene are ignorant about the issues they get paid to promote and expect everyone to trust them
ReplyDeleteDid moshe velvel weisberg disclose any of his financial dealings with lakewood taxpayers money before making his endorsement on robo calls and video on tls
ReplyDeleteWhat right does he have to preach any recommendations of candidates especially that his organizations receive funding from Lakewood tax money
How is this yashrus
Was he appointed by the Lakewood voters to tell them who to vote for
Did he apologize for referring to Lakewood citizens as bad apples during the program arrests against lakewood bnei Torah
Menash and Meir had over 20 years to fix all the broken promises and mistakes there no more chances they only made it worse and ignored the plight of crying lakewood residents
ReplyDeleteThey should resign in shame embarrassed to show their face for how they treaded the olam all these years taking advantage of our vote and laughing with their buddies all the way to the bank
Despicable behavior
Oh but they did so many personal favors bla bla yes to their buddies and well connected all others in town who don't know or have access suffered sitting in traffic with bad quality of life and high taxes there's no hakoras hativ for abusing our rights ignoring and plain disrespecting the constituents who voted for you
You had your chances for 20 years
Why would anyone concerned about antisemitism trust Obama, the guy who willfully invited Sharpton, Farakahn and so many more and the guy who chose to spend 20 years with Jeremiah Wright.
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't even touch the surface.
There have been complaint of electioneering within or about polling place which is a disorderly persons offense.
ReplyDelete19:34-15. If a person shall distribute or display any circular or printed matter or offer any suggestion or solicit any support for any candidate, party or public question within the polling place or room or within a distance of 100 feet of the outside entrance to such polling place or room, or within 100 feet of a ballot drop box in use during the conduct of an election, the person shall be guilty of a disorderly persons offense
Overheard local liberal askanim who have profited off the town through their connections by acquiring land telling everyone to vote for Harris
ReplyDeleteIt dosent look good for them that Lakewood is all in for Trump when they ask for goodies from NJ democrats
How old are they
ReplyDeleteWhy does anyone pay attention to the freezer? What will happen if no one listens to the freezer? Will Lakewood expel all the bochurim?
ReplyDeleteThose who are serious ovdei Hashem and recognize that they learn His Torah, readily follow the rules, honestly. If they didn't plan on following the rules, they would choose to go elsewhere.
DeleteYour advocacy for chomos is completely wrong.
There needs to be a nachson (or a few nachsons) who break the freezer. After that, everyone else will follow.
DeleteThe rules are that we get married when we can. Real Bnei Torah don't follow arbitrary rules made by a woman who had no idea what Torah is.
DeleteLearn Hashem's Torah, and get married when you can. Don't let anyone stop you following Hashem's Torah.
חֹפֵ֥ר גּוּמָּ֖ץ בּ֣וֹ יִפּ֑וֹל וּפֹרֵ֥ץ גָּדֵ֖ר יִשְּׁכֶ֥נּוּ נָחָֽשׁ
Deleteקהלת י ח
Learn Hashem's Torah, and get married when you can. Don't let anyone stop you following Hashem's Torah.
DeleteRight. Don't get married in order to advance some agenda. Don't join a yeshiva with the intention to undermine its rules.
If you get married, it's to fulfill your obligation.
If you join a yeshiva, it's to fulfill Hashem's will. רמאות is not it.
Learn Hashem's Torah without LISTENING to His Torah is a terrible sin. The Torah is clear that one is forbidden from delaying marriage. It isn't רמאות. You are following Hashem's Torah. A rule which goes against the Torah isn't a rule. It is a chilul hashem.
DeleteThe chofetz chaim - the auther of the Mishna Berura - strongly disagrees with you.
DeleteWhat does the Chofetz Chaim say?
DeleteSHAME, SHAME, SHAME. Hiring Mexicans to pass out leaflets in an AMERICAN election. If they are Mexican American, then they were my students and were duped. SHAME AGAIN. The whole thing is funny that they could not get A SINGLE BEN TORAH to pass out their flyers. Otherwise, SHAME, SHAME, SHAME using noncitizen in this year's election, of all elections I have seen, where the people are more engaged than ever in democracy. I will find out who you are, you who hired the people that violated N.J.S. 19:34-15 by coming within 100 feet. What a joke. You could not get even a cheder kid to do it? (BTW the Court said 100 feet is one minute and the voter needs that one minute of solitude to consider his vote. It is our highest duty as members of the kehilla and it not only violates the law to cheat, or higher stupid people who don't know the law, but it also violates Ch. M. 163). Aaron Lang
ReplyDeleteBetter to vote for the moral and financial supporter of Holocaust deniers like Abbas (who has a doctorate from Moscow university in Holocaust denial and has yet to renounce it) and hundreds of millions (if not billions) of actual American cash supporter of Iranian antisemites
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