Friday February 6 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, February 6, 2026 / י״ט שבט תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת יתרו

candle lighting 5:03 PM

Shkiah/Sunset 5:21 pm

Weather: 36° cloudy skies this afternoon tonight low of 18° Snow showers. Chance of snow 50%. About one inch of snow expected.

Shabbos day hi of 22° Windy A few flurries or snow showers possible. temps falling to near 10.

Motzei shabbos low 3°

- KABOLAS PANIM  at BMG this Sunday for  the newly appointed Mashgiach Rav Reuven Hechster Shlita as he joins the hanhalas Hayeshiva. It will take place Sunday 6:50 pm at Beren hall

- The U.S. government has issued a new travel alert for Iran.

Heightened security measures are underway:

Road closures and transport disruptions

Widespread internet and phone restrictions

Flights limited or canceled

U.S. citizens are being advised to prepare for prolonged outages and, if safe, consider leaving Iran by land via Armenia or Türkey.

- BDE Petirah of Mrs. Yehudis Kugielsky A"H of Parkside Dr Lakewood following an illness she was 61. Wife of Rav Pinchas. The Levaya will take place today erev Shabbos 1:30pm at the Lakewood chapel followed by kevurah in Deans,NJ Floral park.

- US-Iran nuclear talks conclude in Oman, with another round said planned for coming days The Wall Street Journal quotes reports in the Iranian media that it clarified in talks today with the US that it refuses to stop uranium enrichment. Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi: We emphasized in talks in Oman that every dialogue requires avoiding threats. The talks deal exclusively with the nuclear issue.

- Update WIC now covers Mehadrin flavored yogurt in 8‑pack of 4 oz containers total , 32 oz but the individual 32 oz cups are no longer accepted due to high sugar content.

- Rav Yehoshua Eichenstein shlita R"Y Yad Aharon will be spending this shabbos in Lakewood 

-Rep. Chris Smith Secures $23.8M Federal Package for Ocean and Monmouth

funding $2,000,000 for Lakewood Township to improve roadway, drainage, and sewer infrastructure along the Cross Street Corridor, including Maplehurst Avenue, Newport Avenue, Franklin Boulevard, and Faraday Avenue and $275K for Lakewood Shomrim radio communications

- Last night’s Lakewood Township meeting lasted about five minutes and there was no public comment. The mayor briefly thanked the Public Works Department for its snow cleanup efforts. Committeeman Miller abstained from voting on an ordinance that canceled property taxes for a parcel owned by Yeshiva Toras Aaron.

- As mesivta farhers continue, there are still bochurim who do not yet have a placement. This has resulted from the system working itself out, as some bochurim had their farhers canceled when they were not a school’s first choice and those classes subsequently filled up.

- At last night’s asifah at BMG, the roah yeshiva and rabbonim warned of the severe spiritual, emotional, and intellectual dangers posed by artificial intelligence that can be a danger even to bnei Torah and the younger generation. See more at post below.

- Hakomas Matzeiva for Habachur Yosef Eisenthal HYd who was kiled bny a n arab bus driver on his way back from a atzeres on the matzeiva it said To our great sorrow, he was taken from among us at the height of his blossoming by a wicked assailant, as he returned from a atzeres tefillah for the preservation of Torah in our Holy Land.” 

הקדוש חיים יוסף איזנטל הי"ד.

 

- e cap summit will take place this Monday Feb 9 in Florida

- AG Bondi announces the arrest of Zubayr Al-Bakoush, one of the key participants behind the attack at the U.S. embassy in Benghazi.

- Brooklyn Bagel in marine Park has closed permanently the address is 2835 Nostrand Avenue (off Kings Highway) 

- El Al has just published new safety guidelines restricting the use of portable chargers on flights. “There shall be no use whatsoever of the portable charger from the moment of boarding the aircraft until landing, including a prohibition on charging the charger itself using the electrical outlets located on the aircraft.”