Saturday, February 14, 2026

Motzei Shabbos Mishpatim News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 27° Partly to mostly cloudy.
Careful for black ice as surfaces refreeze melted snow.
Tomorrow night Rain and snow in the evening turning to all snow late.  Chance of precip 100%. Snow accumulating 1 to 3 inches.

NWS: Up to 2 inches of snow is now expected Sunday night into Monday for northern and central ares of New Jersey, while southern counties can expect mostly rain. 

- Melava Malka Gatshead Yeshiva with Rav Oppnheimer at Ateres Esther Chupa room.

- Shiras Devorah Expo tonight at the  school 

- Seminary acceptance letters coming tonight to girls going next year

- PTA tonight for several boys schools

- Costume closeouts open tonight until 11pm at former Walgreens 27S Hope Chapel Jackson 

Talmud Beyado Melava Malka at BMG

- Melting snow is expected to slightly ease New Jersey’s drought conditions, with about 1.5 to 2 inches of water currently stored in the snowpack. However, the state still needs steady rainfall in the coming months. Officials say a slow, gradual melt would be ideal, as rapid melting combined with heavy rain could cause flooding and ice jam issues.

-President Trump: “regime change would be the best thing for everyone” after 47 years of endless talk from Tehran.

 - Witkoff and Kushner have told President Trump that a nuclear deal with Iran is “difficult to impossible”

- Zohran Mamdani just booted out a drone manufacturer in NYC due to its ties with Israel.

- American proposal rejected by Iran:  
The Americans proposed that Iran completely cease its enrichment activities for 3 to 5 years, then proceed with enrichment at only 1.5%  
Iran would have to hand over 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60%  
The United States would not lift sanctions and would only refrain from attacking Iran

- President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu agreed in their meeting that, alongside negotiations with Iran and preparations for military action, the US will increase economic and political pressure on Iran, according to two senior US officials. "We agreed to go all out on a maximum pressure policy against Iran, for example, regarding the sale of Iranian oil to China," said the American official

- A powerful dust storm that traveled from Egypt into Eretz Yisroel  blanketed much of the country on Shabbos morning before gradually weakening later in the day, as forecasters warned of additional weather swings in the days ahead.

-NJ Gov Sherrill: The first $30 million for the Gateway Tunnel has been released, but Trump needs to pay up and send us the $200 million we are owed.

We’ve been fighting for this funding in court and we’re not going to until every worker is back on the job.

-BDE: Petirah of Rav Ben Zion Bobchik zt”l, longtime rov of the Gerer kehillah in Kiryat Gat and rov of the Beis HaChassidim Baal Shem Tov in Bnei Brak. Rav Bobchik, author of the sefer Batzar BaMidbar, passed away over Shabbos at the age of 72


3 comments:

  1. Anyone know where to get tickets for the expo?

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  2. btw seminary rejections came last night too, not just acceptances

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    1. if the envelope is thick, it's an acceptance, with required forms.
      if it's a rejection, a thin form letter is enough.

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