Friday Rosh Chodesh Iyar News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, April 17, 2026 / ל׳ ניסן תשפ״ו

ערב שבת פרשת תזריע-מצורע ראש חודש אייר

חדש עלינו את החודש הזה לטובה ולברכה לששון ולשמחה לישועה ולנחמה לפרנסה ולכלכלה לחיים ולשלום למחילת חטא ולסליחת עון

Candle lighting 7:19 pm

Shkiah/sunset 7:37 pm

weather 79° cloudy skies and a few showers this afternoon.Chance of rain 30%.

Friday night 51° Partly cloudy this evening. Fog developing late.

Shabbos day 63° clouds during the afternoon.

This shabbos marks the 20th yahrzeit of Rav Moshe Shmuel Shapiro ZTL R"Y Beer Yaakov

Vizhnitzer Rebbe R' mendele will be spending shabbos in Toms River

Rav Moshe Hillel HIrsch will be spending shabbos in Chicago

Rav Shaul Alter will be spending shabbos in Boro Park with thousands of chasidiim at the Ateres Chaya Hall

Birchas Ilanos 

- Camden County  became the latest New Jersey government entity to declare that ICE cannot conduct operations on its property without a judicial warrant.

- Round trip train tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup games at MetLife stadium will cost $150 per ticket, NJ Transit and FIFA officials announced today. Only 40,000 tickets will be sold and they must be purchased in advance.

- Lechem Bakery announced that all sourdough bread and challah currently available today in the store are made from a new starter prepared after Pesach.

- Now open in Lakewood  Reb Shayala's kitchen, thanks to askanim of Oak & Vine. Feel free to come join, so that no Yid should ever go hungry.

Open everyday from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM with fleishig menu. 944 East County Line Rd, Lakewood, NJ 08701 under Breslov shul (Feder status)

- HT busing woes continue as the company has not serviced the routes to Lakewood schools since schools began after Pesach. a notice said it was due to insurance issues. No word from LSTA or township officials, as parents are carpooling and making arrangements.

At the same time the township last night approved emergency salaries for the Lakewood shuttle bus liason citing a emergency affects public health safety and welfare and and immediate action was needed.

- Kollel Chazu continues the bein hazmanim learning program in lakewood area shul today as the zman resumes Sunday evening 

- Giyus this week over 460 Chareidin Bochurim were inducted into the IDF

- State troopers in Lakewood over the past few days with traffic enforcement 

- TAG is now offering a Kyocera E4831 phone at a special reduced price! $199 (regular price $275) Talk only ,Talk & Text, Talk, Text & Waze options

- Trump rips apart Tucker Carlson: “It’s easy! Tucker is a Low IQ person - Always easy to beat, and highly overrated!!! So are Megyn Kelly, “Candace”(Really Dumb and mentally ill!), and Bankrupt Alex Jones, who is completely “fried.” There are others, also! Then we have some that are VERY GOOD, true MAGA all the way, and smart. I should do a list of good, bad, and somewhere in the middle. Wouldn’t that be fascinating??? President DJT”

- NJ Assemblyman Rabbi Avi Schnall has officially taken on the role of COO of Agudath Israel of America.In an email to members, he announced a new Washington office and called for contributions and dedications to help complete the project.

- BDE: Petirah of Rabbi Yitzchok Mitnick zt”l of Brooklyn, NY, a noted mechanech and talmid of Rav Hutner at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin He was 89 years old. Rabbi Mitnick went on to found Mesivta Gur Aryeh, As a mechanech, Rabbi Mitnick was widely regarded as a pioneer. He possessed a rare ability to connect to talmidim Many of his talmidim went on to become bnei Torah, marbitzei Torah, He is survived by his sons: Rav Elimelech Mitnick, rosh chaburah at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood; Rav Yaakov Mitnick, rebbi at The Cheder in Brooklyn; Rav Simcha Mitnick, rebbi at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin; and Rav Mordechai Mitnick,The levayah was held yesterday at JFK International Airport, and kevurah took place today Erev Shabbos on Har Hamenuchos in Yerushalayim. (Matzav)

- Passengers on trains to and from Yerushalayim must now pre-register and get a barcode voucher under a new rule from Israel Police.The policy caps trains at 1,200 passengers to improve safety on the mostly underground route, including Yitzhak Navon Railway Station.

- Now Offering Optometry at OHI From routine eye exams to vision care, 101 Second Street, Lakewood, NJ

- The Jackson Fire Bureaus are now accepting permit applications for Lag Ba’omer bonfires.

- Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie may have a new home in New York City, according to multiple news reports.Christie reportedly purchased a $1.5 million unit in the Gramercy co-op.

Rav Shaul Alter arrives in Boro Park