Friday March 20 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, March 20, 2026 / ב׳ ניסן תשפ״ו

ערב שבת פרשת ויקרא

Candle lighting 6:51pm

Shkiah/Sunset 7:09 pm

Weather: 60° Sunny to partly cloudy. 

tonight: 45° A steady rain overnight. Chance of rain 80%.

Shabbos day 59° Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower.

Bein Hazmanim Bochurim are back 

- A Muslim man working as a USPS mail carrier has been arrested after attacking a four-year-old child in Monsey, New York, while delivering mail on his route. It was captured on video.

- Again people coming from EY will be arriving late today in Newark airport die to issues with connecting flights in Europe as TSA delays after landing. Rabbonim issued individual psakim based on the circumstances. 

- Rita's is celebrating the first day of spring by offering free Italian ice on Friday, including the debut of a new flavor

- CBS News is shutting down its radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation as part of a round of layoffs  NBC

- The Kollel Shomrei Hachomos pushka  collection truck will be making rounds throughout the Lakewood area, today it will drive through  the Route 9 South developments, to collect money from pushkas.

-Mir Yerushalayim Yeshiva spending shabbos in the tri state area ahead of the dinner this Sunday in Bellworks

- This motzei shabbos there will be a seudas melava Malka marking the Yartzeit of Rav Chaim Moshe Strulowics ZTL who was niftar during the onset of covid. it will take place at the Bais Medrash 8th and Madison.

- Lottery for 40 affordable homes in Jackson apply Here before Isru chag Pesach

- Nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen made for Taro Pharmaceuticals USA have been recalled after reports of contamination, including gel-like masses and black particles.

The recall, issued by Strides Pharma Inc. and reported by the Food and Drug Administration, affects 100 mg/teaspoon liquid sold in 4-ounce bottles and is still ongoing

- R' Shlomo Schorr of Agudath Israel of Americ NJ division director urged the New Jersey General Assembly to increase nonpublic school security funding from $205 to $260 per student, citing rising threats and growing security costs

- Update: Badatz Eidah HaChareidis has issued a new letter clarifying that claims circulating in their name suggesting they permit the use of xanthan gum on Pesach are false.

The letter (see below)states clearly that they do not approve or permit the use of xanthan gum for Pesach. This comes in response to recent reports or advertisements that may have implied otherwise.

- Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced Friday that New Jersey and Roxbury are suing President Donald Trump‘s administration in an effort to stop controversial plans to convert a warehouse in the Morris County township into an ICE detention center.

- Stop & Shop on Lakewood Road &  rt 70  in Toms River closed permanently yesterday as the 3rd store in the area following the closure of the locations in Howell and jackson, There's some rumors that Amazing Savings will open up a location there. 

- Trump: Without the U.S.A., NATO IS A PAPER TIGER! They didn’t want to join the fight to stop a Nuclear Powered Iran. Now that fight is Militarily WON, with very little danger for them, they complain about the high oil prices they are forced to pay, but don’t want to help open the Strait of Hormuz, a simple military maneuver that is the single reason for the high oil prices. So easy for them to do, with so little risk. COWARDS, and we will REMEMBER! President DONALD J. TRUMP

-NJ.com reports on  recent Toms River council meeting They yelled over each other. They called each other names. They dropped expletives  and even cursed each other out.

Town meetings are often contentious, featuring big egos and long-simmering political rivalries.

And then there’s Toms River, where fights between Mayor Daniel Rodrick and a majority on township council have taken the vitriol to a whole other level.

- Concern arose over Rav Moshe Sternbuch after reports of slight weakness, prompting tefillos. His family clarified that his routine remains normal and there is no major concern.

The Rav remarked, “We need rachamim,” and the ציבור is asked to daven for Rav Moshe ben Devorah.

- Rav Shlomo Machpud arranged a special charter flight to bring Shochtim back home to Eretz Yisroel from South America  home from South America for Pesach, He ensured both continued meat supply and their safe return to their families.

- Will the Strait of Hormuz Be the Site of the Final War of the End of Days? R' Daniel Glatstein

Machon Maggid Harakiah on Torah anytime Here