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Tomorrow fast of שבעה עשר בתמוז Hi of 103° Hot and humid.
- NWS: Issues extreme heat warning starting today 12:00 pm through shabbos day 8:00 pm
Fast of 17 Tamuz starts tomorrow morning at 3:45 AM dawn degrees or at 4:20 AM dawn fixed minutes
Tips on how to prepare for a fast according to Rabbi Yechezkel Aschayek author of the sefer חיים בריאים כהלכה One should start preparation from the morning 2 days before by drinking 50 % more water of your daily intake. Drink 20 minutes before eating and after meals, don't drink until the food is digested in order not to dilute the acids that digest the food.
- Update: Some schools have notified parents if their bud routes have no AC and offering an option to pick up their child with early dismissal tomorrow.
- PSA Please note: Many school buses do not have air conditioning. With the current heat wave, it's something to keep in mind if your children have a long bus ride. Make sure they're well hydrated before leaving and consider sending them with extra water on hot days.
- BDE: Petirah of R’ Moshe Nechemya Lipshitz Z”L of Lakewood, following an illness at the age of 75.Levaya today in Lakewood at the chapel off 7th street, with kevurah at the adjacent bais olam
- Giyus: The Basic Law on Torah Study passed first reading in Knesset plenum. The law is intended to allow the continuation of funding for the yeshivos and the exemption from draft conscription. to the IDF
- Death toll in Venezuela earthquake climbs to : - 2,295
- Nearly 20 campers from a junior air force academy were taken to local hospitals near Goshen, Ny after a Coach USA charter bus traveling from an upstate New York camp to New Jersey lost air conditioning during the trip. Officials said the campers suffered from heat exhaustion and dehydration, and emergency responders evaluated and treated those affected
- Giyus: Vizhnitz chasidim from Bnei Brak set up an outdoor bais medrash outside the Attorney General's office to protest the arrests of yeshiva students.
- NJGOP blasts Gov. Sherrill, Democrats plus Bob Singer and Sean Kean over $60.7 billion budget
“Families across New Jersey are struggling with skyrocketing property taxes, utility bills, tolls, insurance costs, and the highest cost of living in the region,” Hanlon said. “Instead of exercising fiscal discipline, the Governor and Trenton Democrats responded by passing the largest budget in New Jersey history.”
Two Republicans who represent parts of Ocean and Monmouth Counties including Lakewood, State Sen. Robert Singer and Assemblyman Sean Kean, voted with the Democrats to approve the budget.
- NJ Assemblyman Alex Sauickie Nothing in this budget will make NJ more affordable this year.
Not property taxes.
Not utility bills.
Not tolls.
Not insurance. Trenton keeps spending. You keep paying.
- NJ Legislature OKs bill to fine some employers (with over 50 employees) for workers on Medicaid. This will cost businesses in Lakewood and across New Jersey including yeshivos and school who have rebbein on NJ family care
Assemblyman Avi Schnall defended the employer Medicaid assessment, saying:
“This is called tax fairness. This is called getting the record straight.” Schnall (D-Ocean) said under the current system, taxpayers are left to foot the full bill for Medicaid, which is expected to cost some $26 billion over the next year, with more than $7 million from New Jersey coffers.
Schnall argued that under the current system, taxpayers bear the full cost of Medicaid, while the new law requires certain large employers with workers enrolled in Medicaid to contribute toward the program's cost. Nj monitor
- New Jersey's ongoing drought, combined with an expected heatwave, is increasing the risk of wildfires and putting additional strain on water supplies and farms. Monmouth and Ocean counties remain in severe drought, while parts of southern New Jersey's coastal region are experiencing extreme drought conditions.
- Kamala Harris has reportedly reached out to Zohran Mamdani & pro-Palestinian activists as she lays groundwork for a possible 2028 run.
- BDE: Thousands participate in the Levaya Mekubal Rabbi Amos Guetta zt"l in Netanya after he was murdered last night by an individual who is in police custody. According to initial reports, the suspect was known to police and was believed to have been connected to the rabbi’s circle. He allegedly arrived seeking to daven with Rabbi Guetta, an argument broke out, and he then stabbed the rabbi four times before fleeing. MDA teams fought to save the rabbi’s life, performing prolonged resuscitation efforts before evacuating him in critical condition to Laniado, where doctors were forced to pronounce him dead.
- President Trump says Micron will invest $250 million in Trump Accounts, calling it the largest corporate investment of its kind.
- Today A couple who scale tall buildings have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building in New York City, holding a banner from the skyscraper's antenna reading, at 1,454 feet above the ground.
- NJ Transit fares increased by 3% on July 1, marking the second consecutive year of automatic annual fare hikes. The increase follows a 15% hike in 2024 and brings the total fare increase since then to 21%. Under current policy, NJ Transit fares are scheduled to rise by 3% each July 1.
- President Trump took the inaugural presidential flight on a Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar and upgraded for use as Air Force One, departing from Joint Base Andrews to Medora, North Dakota. The flight was to attend the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library and a Freedom 250 event.
- Teachers in the Montclair Public Schools district walked out of a mandatory staff training session that included the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The training was required under a federal settlement following a complaint alleging discrimination against Jewish students. Critics, including CAIR-NJ, argued the IHRA definition could suppress legitimate criticism of Israel, while supporters say it helps identify and address antisemitism in schools.
- NJ Assembly GOP NJ Assembly GOP Last night at Gov Sherrill’s "Affordability Agenda" press conference:Nobody smiled. She signed the budget privately at 11:22 PM. 38 minutes before the deadline. After promising no new taxes. After promising to end pork giveaways. $800M in new taxes. $360M in pork. Schools underfunded $400M.
- Daily anti ICE protests continue in downtown Lakewood following a recent ICE operation that resulted in the arrest of 10 people. Supporters of those arrested have been holding daily demonstrations, with some comparing the arrests to kidnappings. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that 10 individuals it described as being in the country illegally were arrested during the June 24 enforcement action. APP
- The FBI has reportedly determined the original ransom notes tied to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance were fake, according to a new Reuters report citing two FBI sources.
The report says investigators concluded the initial notes sent to media outlets were not authentic
- More than 70,000 had visited the kever of the Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh, as of Wednesday morning to mark the 283rd yartzeit, Israeli officials said.
- Starting today A new Medicare pilot program launching July 1 will allow some eligible beneficiaries to receive certain Ozempic GLP-1 weight-loss medications, including Wegovy and Zepbound, for a $50 monthly copay through the end of 2027. The program is limited to qualifying participants
letter calling for strengthening tefillos during the 3 weeks of bein hamstring in light of the gezeiras giyusVishnitz chasidim Giyus protest in front of AG office building
Confused, I thought Vishnitz in EY are major Tzionim
ReplyDeleteYes, seriously confused.
DeleteThey are not major tzionim.
But even if they were, they can still believe that it is more important not to leave Yeshiva for the army.
Your black and white world is seriously warped.
Some major tzionim feel they want to serve their country the way they want to and be told by others.
Deleteeveryone who does not agree with you, who is not a kanoi like you, is a major tziyoni.
DeleteMajor Tzionim implies the idea of Lieutenant Tzionim and Corporal Tzionim.
DeleteMain viznitz like a son to his uncle r mottle who was a major kanai
ReplyDeleteR mendele is aguda
Even seret moved toward the right
Pushkan another story
Sine you mentioned "major Kanoim", i thought I'd share something timely for this week's parsha. Q. What is the difference between Pinchas and today's kanoim?
DeleteA. Pinchas had to look aound, find a Roimach and pick it up from the ground.
Today's kanoim walk around with a roimach in their hands.
Cuz your children's school bus have air conditioning? How many hours are your children going to spend on them today?
ReplyDeleteBetter yet, the school has to tell you? You don't know on your own?
DeleteThey are major zionists that's why todays Toldos Aaron passed up the oldest son because he had become a chassud of the Vishnitz from Bnai Brak
ReplyDeleteSO now Toldos Aaron gets to call the shots.
DeleteGot it.
Yes they r big Tzionim. That's why it is such a joke that in Monroe they looks Aaron as Satmer Rebbe while his wife is a daughter of the previous Zionist Agudist Vishnitzer. What was the Sigiter thinker when he agreed to that shidduch??
ReplyDeleteHelp is available. You don't have to suffer in silence.
DeleteThe sigeter was thinking that his son needs a shiduch. Period.
DeleteEmployers are taxpayers too.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to know that the elected officials representing Lakewood voted to increase taxes and went against their own party. It makes you wonder who they actually represent, because it certainly doesn't seem to be the general community that's struggling with rising bills. It's time for a public town hall meeting. Let them explain exactly what they're voting for instead of putting out polished PR articles.
ReplyDeleteNot only was the Lakewood community promised free tuition, but now many families may end up paying even more. This new employer tax could increase costs for schools, and those costs may ultimately be passed on to parents through higher tuition. Assemblyman Avi Schnall should hold a public town hall and explain directly to his constituents why he voted for this measure and how he believes it will affect Lakewood families and businesses
ReplyDeleteConstituents? colonists
DeleteSchnal has been a disaster be keeps voting on raise taxes on the poor and pass legislation that helps his nursing home handlers
DeleteThe voting bloc and resources have been hijacked by a select few who abuse the koach hatzibur to enrich themselves. The politicians are beholden only to them and divert all grants and monies to their projects.
DeleteBut after 120 they will have to pay up for the theft of the public trust
Until then?
DeleteThey will justify the theft
DeleteSeems Marx & Engels were right.
DeleteReligion is just an opiate, convincing the masses to dream of a better next world. To get them to passively take more and more abuse in this world from those above them
Our Torah doesn't talk that much about the next world. Our primary job is to fight the corrupt of this world
Opiates are (practically) legal.
DeleteThanks to President Obama.
Satmar Ruv was upset
ReplyDeleteToday avrum yitchok make havganas toldos ahron don’t protest rebbe is friends with r dov kook
Menahel Satmar Lakewood nephew or r zl grandson of sereter who was in army speaks to Cheder every hay iyur
Sheker!
DeleteThe Satmar Rav was not upset about the shiduch at all.
That revisionist history was invented when some baalebatim in Satmar decided they don't like their Rav.
Because someone takes care of soldiers and hostages doesn’t mean tzioni
ReplyDeleteR c m and r moishele were chinyuks and aguda same time
Was r Ahron Kotler a tzioni
ReplyDeleteR ahron chazon ish r Moshe r yankev had some “major tzioni” opinions and ideas
ReplyDeleteSuch as?? Not details or nice conduct, please.Goals
DeleteThey foght zionism and zionists their way
DeleteThey protested the zionist whenever possible.
They even sent to vote in the zionist elections, sometimes, to fight the zionist and demonstrate how many jews that have voting power are against them.
So this is how they play the game, if a boy in their own yeshiva is arrested then they go out and turn over the world, so one week it was Shalom ber yeshiva, recently it was mir, they canceled at the last minute because he was released, then a ger boy so they protested by the tens of thousands then now viznitz, so basically as long as it doesn't affect you directly nobody cares
ReplyDeleteTaka a joke, Aaron Tietelbaum Ruv of Monroe married to daughter of one the days biggest zionists/agudists
ReplyDeleteIdk if you know, but the Agudah fights the zionists. They don't sit at the side and bark, they actually get in there and fight.
DeleteA few; the rest make for self-serving noise for pretense
DeleteToldos Abraham Yitzchak are big Tzionim
ReplyDeleteIn todays world it seems that what defines a person is if he is anti this or pro that. Years ago the gedolim were not all about these 'so' important issues that concern us so much. Shhh... Rav Kook ztl was mesader kidushin at rav elyashivs chasuna. Rac Aryeh Levin ztl held Rav kook as his rebbi. We like to redraw history to our liking as the kanoim have a strong PR campaign. Yes Rav Aron had Rav JB Solovetzik at the Dinner.
ReplyDeleteThis is one reason why I struggle with the gedolims books and don’t read pashkevilim / kol koreis anymore.
DeleteFYI AGUDAH stopped so low as to actually JOIN the trief medina and sit together with them in the kenneset. What a Chillil Hashem!!
ReplyDeleteUsually, when someone says 'chilul hashem', it is a sign that he does not have a real claim.
Delete3:43
DeleteDon't make that a blanket statement.
Have u ever seen a video from the kenneset when someone Frum gets up to speak? Everybody walks out. They make fools out of us
ReplyDeleteHungairan kaanaim loved the ahavas Yisroel of viznitz even though was agudist
ReplyDeleteAnd who didn’t love the imrei Chaim
In EY u always see Vishnitz & Ger yungerlite doing meeluim wearing the army shmatas and shlepping a gun. Since when are they against going to the army?
ReplyDeleteThey play both sides
DeleteActually, today every yid should be carrying a gun
DeleteOr a long rifle.
In US or Europe. Canada or Australia. Or Israel.
Don't rely on government "assurances". We know we can't rely on that.
Rav kook was gaon adir in all of Torah, one of the greatest meishivim in this time , with palpable yiras shamayim of previous generations, and was a tzadik yesod olam
ReplyDeleteAt this point I guess you can look at the product of his shitos and judge for yourself or as the brisker rov said mizrachi is avoda zarah giluy arayos and shfichas damim. And by this day and age it's obvious
DeleteLet's look at the product of Brisk first.
DeleteYou can't judge the Brisker Rav by the Yerushalaymer, and you can't judge Rav Kook by the Mizrachi, by kal vachomer. Rav Kook had less influence on the Mizrachi than the Brisker Rav had on Charedim
Well put. It's actually difficult to tell of those two whose descendants are more righteous; and which even more charedi!
DeleteDefinitely one's descendants are nicer and sweeter than the other
Just like the comment of giluy arayos and shfichat damim and avodah zara has no basis in reality (it's just polemics), Rav kook was never a Mizrachist.
Delete"You can't judge the Brisker Rav by the Yerushalaymer" my friend you are seriously out of your depth are you a baller teshuva or a first generation Yeshiva student? The brisker rav is the central figure in the torah world we are all students of his just like the mizrachi consider themselves to be students of rabbi kook.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes let's compare the two
Rav kook was not a member of mizrachi and they dismissed his shitas even when he was alive.
DeletePs mizrachi mostly doesn't even exist today. The official party mafdal is gone and the new religious Zionists parties are not really connected to them at all.
Rav Kook wasn't part of the Mizrachi political party and was critical of some of their policies
DeleteBut the RZ of today are his biggest talmidim, they formulate their hashkafos based on his teachings
You would find it hard to honestly disagree that he was a great impetus and a driving force behind all their ideas yes they did not exactly follow everything he stood for names of parties come and go but the basic idea of placing yishuv EY Above All Else was his theme and although you might find others who supported that idea he was a central figure especially at that late date. It's hard to compare someone who supported the theory in the early stages we are the facts were not being brought out to fruition whereas he supported it when he saw all the chilled shabbos etc. And still was blinded by his love for ey as the imerei emes not known for his zealotry commentedאהבתו לארץ ישראל העבירו על דתו ועל דעתו . Reading his writings objectively you can sense a man which was a bit off not only hashkaffically which can be debated but he has lost his touch with reality.
ReplyDeleteAll on target.
DeleteBe that as it may,
a.He began to regret at the end how he was used by others.
He was preparing to start a new more religious movement.
b.Most of his descendants & nephews' descendants somehow are all charedi
FYI there is a letter from R IZ Melzer that he wrote about Rav Kook AFTER he was nifter that he was a big Tzadik etc. So maybe you all know better than R IZ!
ReplyDeleteBrisker wives do not have fillings in their teeth as it is a chatzitza. Brisker men don't shave , or have a chup. Do you know any so called Brisker today who keeps this
ReplyDeleteRav yoshe ber soloveitchik was asked how come he didn't follow r chaim regarding standing for havdala or kiddush i forget which, his response never forget i had 2 grandfather's (meaning he followed r elya prushaner).
DeletePretty sure he only stood for kiddush on the first night of Succos
DeleteSince when are we all students of the Brisker Rav!? I am a Satmer and have ZERO interest in anything Brisk!!
ReplyDelete