Wednesday Nov 11 Rosh Chodesh Kislev

Rosh Chodesh Kislev 5787

Weather:  65° sunny. 000New Jersey residents can expect widespread rain and gusty winds on Thursday and Friday, followed by much colder temperatures this weekend.

Today Wed is Veterans Day an official U.S. federal holiday observed annually on November 11 to honor all military veterans who have served in the United States Armed Force, Banks and post offices will be closed.

- Psak Din issued in Stutchin chassidus: 44 years after the petirah of the Stutchiner rebbe,  a bais din ruled  that the grandson Rav Elazar Yudkovsky shlita  will have the  name aa the Stutchin Rebbe, and Rav Mottel Zilber shlita  who is called  Admor Toldos Yehuda will change name to Ropshitz-Stutchin.

- Israel's security cabinet, led by Netanyahu, orders the military to step up preparations for a possible attack on Iran — KAN

- LPD Traffic Alert: Avoid the area of Clover St between Cedarbridge and Rt 88 for emergency road work until midnight tonight.

- The Satmar Rebbe brothers are expected to meet at the chasunah of the daughter of Harav Yaakov Ber Teitelbaum, Av Beis Din Sighet, son of the Satmar Rebbe Rav Zalman. This follows a recent lengthy meeting between the Satmar Rebbe  Rav Aron and R’ Lipa Friedman, who played a key role in arranging the division of the Bruch Moshe’s yerushah among his descendants this past summer, bringing renewed achdus between the two courts and the family.

- The Sadigeura  rebbe from Bnei Brak is currently on a visit to the US.

- Faanews reports a Explosive petition seeks 5-year ban on LSTA  Lakewood School Transportation Authority, removal of state monitor and oversight committee. A major new legal challenge has been launched against the Lakewood School Transportation Authority (LSTA), with a newly filed petition asking New Jersey's Commissioner of Education to disqualify the organization from doing business with any school district in the State for five years, FAA News has learned. But the petition does not stop there. It also seeks the removal of Lakewood School District State Monitor Louise Davis and the replacement of the entire Consortium Oversight Committee, accusing those responsible for overseeing LSTA of knowingly allowing serious financial and regulatory violations to continue unchecked. See full story HERE

- One person was killed in a massive Brooklyn building collapse Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Multiple people were reported trapped when the facade tumbled down on Bedford Avenue between Newkirk and Flatbush avenues around 4 p.m., according to the FDNY.

- Tonight Yartzeits of Rav Aharon Kotler ZTL and The Mashgiach Rav Nosson Wachtfogel ZTL

There will be hespedim and kinnus Zikaron tonight in BMG during 2nd seder at 6:15 pm. Divrei Zikaron by Rav Dovid Schustal shlita, Rav Zevulun Schwartzman shlita and the Mashgiach, Rav Reuven Hechster shlita. Tomorrow Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita will deliver a shiur Zikaron and Motzei Shabbos there will be a melava Malka siyum with a Shiur by Rav Dovid Breslauer Shlita and Divrei Zikaron by Rav Aaron Zuckerman shlita from the talmidim of Rav Aharon zatzal.

- State police with traffic enforcement today in Lakewood.

 Howell PD ticketting in unmarked vehicles along rt 9 near Shop Rite and Kent Rd.

- ICE activity a day arrests today along the rt 88 area in Lakewood 

– A state judge will allow the Department of Education's takeover of the Lakewood Board of Education to continue App reports.

- A campaign has been launched to help the families who lost everything in the devastating fire. Donate HERE

- Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita is coming to the US  tonight to raise funds in behalf of Slabodka yeshiva he  will visit  and spend shabbos Lakewood in the 14th street area.

- Lakewood school bus drivers have begun checking students for bus passes using tablets that verify each child as they board. The new system has caused delays on some routes, with reports of children being denied boarding despite being eligible for transportation on another nearby bus serving their neighborhood.

- Degel MK Yaakov Asher and Avigdor Lieberman met at noon for their first substantive meeting and discussed the conscription law and regulating the status of yeshiva students in an attempt to find wording that would satisfy Rabbi Dov Lando and the Supreme Court justices.

-About a month and a half after being critically wounded: The son of the US ambassador, Neria Leiter, has been discharged from the hospital to a rehabilitation facility. He remains unconscious but is breathing independently

- Campaign launched for a mishpacha following the loss of a parent, fund is under the guidance of Rabbi Sherwinter shlita donate HERE

-  The McDonald's store at Jackson Crossing across from Aisle 9 has officially closed. There's speculation of a kosher store moving in.

- Traffic at the new roundabout traffic circle at ew Central Ave and Hope rd at tve Lakewood/Jackson border due to partial road closures.

- If you missed this in the AM, 11/11 11:11:11 you can look at your watch again in the PM

-Tefillos  for Vizhnitz Rebbe shlita, Yisroel ben Leah Esther

- Tefilos for the Sanz-Zmigrad Rebbe shlita, Sinai ben Beila shlita.

- Applications approved last night at Planning board 

At last night’s  Lakewood Planning Board meeting, the board approved an application to build 15 duplexes at the corner of Route 70 and New Hampshire Avenue, despite serious safety concerns raised by neighbors and members of the public. Residents presented evidence that school buses currently stop along Route 70 to pick up children because drivers often avoid entering the cul-de-sacs, citing difficult turns, traffic and limited maneuvering space. With no sidewalks along Route 70, residents warned of serious safety risks for children. The public also questioned the lack of designated play areas and whether the proposed duplexes meet the required minimum lot sizes. Despite these concerns, the board approved the application with conditions, including road widening, while acknowledging that it has no authority to force school buses to enter the crowded development.

The board also approved the Ohel Gittel application on Newport and the Kollel Chesed Shlomo/Kinyan Torah application, ending a nearly three-year saga after the applicant and neighboring residents reached an agreement. Meanwhile, a proposal for 34 duplex lots at 300 Route 70, the former Harley-Davidson site, faced opposition from neighbors. The hearing was halted after several board members had to leave, leaving the board without a quorum. The application is expected to be heard again on December 1, without additional notice.

- A judge has ruled that American Dream won’t face a tax assessment increase for two years.

The ruling came on a motion filed by American Dream after East Rutherford sought to raise the mega-mall’s tax assessment from about $1.65 billion in 2025 to nearly $1.9 billion in 2026

- A new malware called Remus Stealer is targeting Gmail users, allowing hackers to access inboxes through stolen login sessions—even after users change their passwords. Google advises users to remove any malware from infected devices, sign out of unrecognized sessions, and revoke unauthorized access. Users should also check email forwarding rules, filters, recovery settings and third-party app permissions for suspicious changes

- Israel elections: Eisenkot urges Netanyahu against non-urgent military action, says PM refusing to give him security briefings Netanyahu dismisses Eisenkot’s demand as ‘transparent attempt’ to politicize national security “Eisenkot’s letter is an irresponsible move to discuss sensitive security issues in public,” says the PMO. “This is a transparent attempt to introduce politicization into Israel’s national security issues.”

- Report: Iran said producing up to 50 ballistic missiles a month, as IRGC unveils underground ‘missile city’

- President Donald Trump claims Washington has already won the war against Iran but doesn’t want to pull out until there has been a knockout.0“We fought back… and we won. [It’s] just a question of when we want to end it,” Trump says in a Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery.

“We want to make sure we have a total victory not a 93% victory. It’s going to be total,”

“We lost 18 beautiful souls, but when this conflict is over  and it will be soon the entire world will be a much safer… more peaceful place.

- Giyus: Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch is  reportedly prioritizing legislation to protect yeshiva bochurim from being classified as draft evaders or criminals securing their legal status while putting funding demands and political arrangements on the back burner for any coalition negotiation.

- Giyus: Following the government’s decision to appoint Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to also serve as interior minister, the High Court of Justice orders Sa’ar to decide within 30 days whether and how he will condition municipal tax discounts available to low-income households in compliance with military service orders.

The court also orders the transportation and finance ministers to decide within 21 days if public transport discounts can also be conditioned on military service compliance.

- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has moved out of his private residence and into a military installation following threats against his life linked to Iran, as American intelligence agencies warn that Iranian plans to target U.S. officials have become increasingly serious, according to a report published Tuesday by The New York Times.

- Honda recalls 635,000+ vehicles in the U.S. over a software defect that could cause drivers to suddenly lose power steering assistance.

- Following the announcement by MDY magid shiur about appointing a vaad to oversee the AI videos, one of the rabbonim who criticized the shiur commended the move saying it shows they are לשם שמים as the hardest thing for someone to do is admit they were wrong.