Friday October 23 News Updates Lakewood

Friday, October 23, 2026 / י״ב חשון תשפ״ז ערב שבת פרשת לך לך

Candle lighting 5:47 pm

Shkiah/Sunset 6:05 pm

Weather: 59° Abundant sunshine.  tonight low 39

Shabbos day 63° generally sunny.

- Pittsburg rebbe will ne spending shabbos at the  Royal Grove community in Jackson 

- Admor Toldos Mordechai Vizhnitz of Lakewood will have a shabbos Oifruf for an einikel tefillos and tish will take place in the Nais Medrash on Clifton Ave and 12th st.

- In Eretz Yisrael they will be changing the clock this motzei shabbos while the USA will fall back next week.

- Rav Nissan kaplan  will attending a Yarchei jallah for his Talmidim this aSunday at Bell Works 

- Trump: The judge in the Charlie Kirk case is doing a terrible job! This case should be tried within a month, not three years — and it should be over with! The judge is desecrating the memory of the Great Charlie Kirk, while taking forever to ask questions that people already know the answer to. The whole Country is mocking him and our “Legal” System. JUSTICE FOR CHARLIE! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- A ElAL flight on the way  from EY  to Newark had a medical emergency last night for one kf the pilots and landed in Paris since it was too close to shabbos the frum passengers will be staying at a local hotel and continue their flight on Motzei shabbos.

- SAFECELL BULLETIN: FIG phone Siddur now show ותן טל ומטר as in EY they already started saying it. You need to change it in settings to USA. If anyone has trouble configuring it, they can bring it into Safecell at 1771 Madison (2nd floor). Safecell will also have the option of printed Siddurim so you can save yourself all this heartache (and from receiving SMS while davening).

Israel elections. The Charedi Achi party fkr sefardim, backed by Rav Chaim Yosef David Abergel, has announced its withdrawal from the race following heavy political pressure aimed at preventing vote fragmentation within the religious right-wing bloc. They reportedly have told their followers to vote for Likud.

A letter signed by  several American Roshei yeshiva in support of voting for UTJ Gimmel.

A large election rally with thousands took place last night in Boyan BM in Yerushalayim for Degel Attended by roshei yeshiva and rabbonim.

- Giyus: Whike Eight yeshiva bochurim were released from IDF Military Prison this morning after serving jail sentences. There's a few more who were arrested yet there's silence  from the frum knesset members about the arrests.

- An article by Rich Roberts in this weeks Voice magazine  addresses if frum Jews should vote for democrats in New Jersey since they will win anyways 

On voting for Cory Booker: "So now I’m being asked if we should support this Senate run because he will likely win in blue New Jersey. The US in 2026 is not Germany in 1933. But there are some too-familiar themes. Supporting Booker will not curry favor with him if the woke wave is against us. It will only show that our values can be compromised.

When Lakewood voted against the vaad

"When Christie ran against Corzine for New Jersey governor, the Lakewood leadership told the community to vote for the Democrat Corzine because he would win and we wanted to curry benefits from him. The Lakewood frum community re-voted and heavily favored Christie for one reason: the sanctity of marriage. That was the first time the yeshivah community didn’t follow the directive of the leadership."

Tuition relief only came from Trump

"More recently, the community leadership instructed us to abandon a Republican who had been loyal and dedicated to our community for many years in favor of a Democrat so that we would “have a seat at the table.” We were told that we would get tuition vouchers. The Democrat won, and the only chance for financial relief for school tuitions came from the Trump Republican party, which passed federal legislation that will help fund tuitions in states in which the governor of that state opts in. At the time that we abandoned a loyal Republican for a Democrat, violating our values, I publicly wrote that the Democrats only care about the support of the teachers’ union, so they will never support school vouchers. It was the Republicans in the House and Senate that passed this law.

- Chewing gum could be banned in the state of  New Jersey under a recently proposed law focused on reducing our inadvertent consumption of microplastics. The bill includes a list of daily products that could no longer be sold in the state if it’s passed. Gum was included in the bill after researchers discovered microplastics were released into the human body during the first few minutes of chewing. The Protecting Against Microplastics Act, introduced last month by Democratic Assemblywomen Shama A. Haider and Margi Donlon, proposes labeling products such as chewing gum and tea bags as including “intentionally added microplastics” for two years, before outright banning their sale in the state. Foodware  like plastic plates, forks, knives, and containers cleaning products and cosmetics are also included in the bill. NJ.com