Motzei Shabbos Chayei Sara 5786 News Updates Lakewood

Weather tonight low of  48° Showers this evening becoming a steady rain overnight. Low Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch. Tomorrow gusty winds up to 40mph

- The Satmar Rebbe, Rav Aharon shlita, is scheduled to depart from Newark Airport tonight at 11:45 PM on his journey to Eretz Yisroel on Emirates airline with a brief stayover in Athens. The Rebbe will be leading a major nesia accompanied by thousands of chassidim and supporters, culminating in a special Shabbos in Meron.

-  Yeshiva S Fallsburg Alumni Melava Malka for years 1988- 2002 at Bnos Devorah hall. Hishtatfus the Rosh Yeshiva shlita

- Bina BX25 Rehabilitation and disability expo tomorrow Sunday, November 16, 2025 12:00–5:00 pm Beru Grand 2373 US-9  Toms River, NJ Free admission 

- Bingo  black Friday event open tonight 

- Patis Cafe location in Lakewood is closed.

- Jewish New Yorkers rushing to buy guns for protection after anti-Israel Zohran Mamdani’s victory. Jewish New Yorkers are arming themselves before an anti-Israel “mayor who despises us” takes the helm of New York City, several told The Post this week(NYP)

- Hachnosas Sefer Torah tonight at the Berkeley Hotel in Asbury Park for shabbaton for almanos of October 7 war 

- Gitus: Protesters intensified their opposition to the proposed giyus draft law on motzaei Shabbos, targeting several frum Knesset members. Shas MK Yoav Ben Tzur was leaving a shiur when protesters surrounded his car; reports say a window was smashed, though he was not harmed. Another protest took place outside the home of Degel HaTorah MK Yaakov Asher. Meanwhile, several Likud ministers are quoted as saying it is becoming increasingly likely that the government will not pass a giyus law.

- Resident Joel Kleinman has won a seat on the Lakewood Board of Education after securing roughly 5,000 write-in votes out of about 7,000 cast in the recent election. However, despite this significant write-in victory, the state-appointed monitor who currently oversees the district has overruled the board and effectively taken control of its operations. 

- President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to a Orthodox Jewish former nursing-home executive from Monsey, New York, who had been sentenced this past April to 36 months in federal prison.

- One lucky ticket in Georgia matched all six numbers of Friday night's estimated $980 million Mega Millions drawing, scoring one of the largest jackpots in the lottery game's history. 

- Heavy rains poured over Shabbos in Eretz Yisroel, and power was knocked out in several cities as the first winter rains came down. The Kosel was noticeably empty Erev Shabbos due to the stormy weather.”

-Trump says he doesn't care if the Epstein files are released, "I was never on his island... this is a democrat hoax... if they had anything, they would have used it before the election" and that "it's bad to talk about it, because it gets away from the subject of how well the Republicans are doing."

-Giyus: Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman Boaz Bismuth clarified that the government’s updated giyus proposal would maintain long-standing exemptions for those immersed in full-time Torah learning, while establishing a gradual framework to draft some members of the chareidi public who are not actively in yeshiva.

- New Jersey: About 54% of registered voters cast a ballot in the 2025 election, unofficial voting data shows. That’s the highest turnout for the past seven gubernatorial races, and the second-highest for a non-presidential year since 1998.

- Updated count for the New Jersey Gubernatorial Race Mikie Sherrill 1,892,320 (56.85%)Jack Ciattarelli 1,416,219 (42.55%) Sherrill leads by 476,101 votes or 14.3%

- Trump: Lightweight Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Brown (Green grass turns Brown when it begins to ROT!), betrayed the entire Republican Party when she turned Left, performed poorly on the pathetic View, and became the RINO that we all know she always was. Just another Fake politician, no different than Rand Paul Jr. (Thomas Massie), who got caught being a full fledged Republican In Name Only (RINO)! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s receiving increased safety warnings after former President Trump withdrew his endorsement. She claims Trump’s rhetoric is encouraging threats against her, stating that private security firms have alerted her to potential dangers. Greene called Trump’s behavior “shocking” and said she takes the threats seriously, particularly as a woman.

- Far Right lawmakers called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to clarify that a Palestinian state will never be established or recognized by Israel. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Netanyahu's silence on the matter led to a diplomatic deterioration over the issue.