Friday Sept 4 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, September 4, 2026 / כ״ב אלול תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת נצבים-וילך

Candle lighting 7:05 pm

Shkiah/Sunset 7:23 pm

Weather: 86° Sun and clouds mixed. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. 

Tonight 66° Overcast. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible.

Shabbos day 81° Partly cloudy

Last shabbos of the year The Nesivos Shalom adds: Aside from the restoration of the past year that can be achieved on this final Shabbos, this Shabbos serves also as the gateway and preparation for the awesome Yomim Noraim of the following year.

Selichos begins this Motzei Shabbos. Rosh Hashana is next shabbos and Sunday. This coming Sunday is the last regular  Sunday before Sukkos.

This shabbos 23 Elul is the 25th yartzeit of the yidden who were killed in the September 11 attacks.

- Admor M"Kaliv will be spending shabbos in Lakewood at the Stamford Meadows community and selichos motzei shabbos will be in New Square.

- Rachmastrivka Oak and Vine will have Selichos at the new B"M building corner Oak and Vine Lakewood 

Sefardi chief Rabbi the Rishon L'Tzion Chacham David Yosef will be spending shabbos in Deal, New Jersey 

- Bingo/Misachei Lev Yom Tov sale going on now thru September 8. Side of Salmon $6.99 a LB

Wooden Sukka panel $35

Electric small car $5k at the Lakewood store

- Toms River’s zoning board has approved Rabbi Moshe Rotberg’s plan to expand Khal Zichron Yechezkel, an Orthodox synagogue on Old Freehold Road. The project will add 4,000 square feet to the existing 3,000-square-foot building, bringing it to about 7,000 square feet. App

- The Skver Rebbe’s son who was at the meeting with Trump said after learning 99.9% of New Square voted for him, Trump jokingly asked who the remaining 0.1% were.

- From the township meeting last night

Hazardous Route Busing: Mayor Coles said the Lakewood BOE will pay for courtesy busing for non-mandated public school students who live along hazardous routes. However, approximately 300 students will not be covered.

As for hazardous-route busing for yeshiva and private school students, the mayor said officials are looking into the issue, adding that the funding should go “across the board.”

A parent whose children attend a yeshiva on Cross Street told the mayor that the route is too dangerous for children to walk, while parents are still required to pay for LSTA. He questioned why the new budget does not include funding to help ensure the safety of children traveling to school.

- Budget Vote Delayed: The Lakewood Committee did not vote on the budget tonight. The budget still requires approval from the Division of Local Government Services and must be advertised again. The committee hopes to vote on the budget next month, before the fourth-quarter tax bills go out.

Terrorist attack thwarted near the kosel after selichos last night A 33-year-old knife-wielding attacker attempted to chase and stab Jews and Border Police officers in the Old City early Friday near shaar Shchem at Damascus gate. Police shot the terrorist, preventing casualties.

- Giyus: A Charedi dual American-Israeli citizen was arrested while attempting to leave Israel over alleged draft refusal, hours after rabbonim  met with President Trump about this specific  scenario  asking for diplomatic intervention on the arrests of American citizens by IDF military police.

- State employees in New Jersey next year will pay about 13.3% more for their health insurance premiums and local public workers will pay an average of 22% more under rate plans approved Thursday. This is the fourth consecutive year the 450,000 state, county, and local government workers and retirees who belong to the State Health Benefits Program have faced double-digit premium increases. This will increase property taxes across New Jersey.

- Trump: Great jobs number just announced, breaking all estimates (except mine!) by double and triple - And you haven’t seen anything yet! EMPLOYERS ADDED 162,000 JOB IN AUGUST. Lower the interest rates because the U.S.A. is a much stronger credit than it was just a short time ago! A STRONG COUNTRY MEANS A LOWER INTEREST RATE - IT’S A BETTER CREDIT…Very simple! We should have the LOWEST RATE of any country in the World, like “the old days.” Without the United States agreeing to allow them their big surpluses, and we could stop that immediately, they would no longer be considered financially ELITE! LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT, which the U.S. Supreme Court, in its ridiculous and very costly Tariff decision, strongly acknowledged “the President” has an absolute right to do. ITS BETTER THAN TARIFFS! The Fed Board, with its great new leader, must get smart - BE PATRIOTS for a change. High interest rates put the U.S.A. at a very unfair disadvantage, and I won’t allow that to happen! President DONALD J. TRUMP