Oif Simchas Sunday May 5

היום שלשה עשר יום שהם שבוע אחד וששה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas

Skaist - Ringo Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Rakower - klein  Lake Terrace 

Kupfer -  Rotberg Ne'emas Hachaim

Reiner- Weingarten  Toras Menachem

Lando - Bitran Bais Faiga

Over 25 vorts k"ah

שלושים event for Habachur Levy Grunner ZL at Estria hall.

Sunday May 5 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 56° Cloudy with showers. High 56F. Chance of rain 60%.

-Birchas Ilanos Brocha on the blossoming of fruit trees at 1140 Forest Av,(cor. Carey) Lakewood and Clifton Ave corner 9th st.

Toms River 2320 Owen st,1393 Fiddlers Run

Jackson 41 Highland Dr

- Hachnosas sefer Torah to BM Aleksander procession leaving at 3:45pm from Monmouth Ave and 9th st to 1201 Monmouth 

- Continued tehillim for Refoel Yehoshua Ben -zion ben Zissel Necha who had an aneurysm on pesach who is undergoing a procedure today 

-Levaya of HaRav Yechiel Perr zatzal Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Of Far Rockaway is at 11:00am at the yeshiva 802 Hicksville Rd.

 watch Livestream HERE

call in # 732 929-7310 ID: 548-378-7326

- Mesivtos begin summer zman today for 9th - 11th grades. Bais Medrash starts the zman on Wednesday 

- May 5 Cinco Demayo Mexican holiday

- צאתכם לשלום  to all those heading to learn in EY for summer zman with flights leaving today from Newark and JFK

- Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) begins tonight in Israel

- Nutmeg Supermarket coming to town shops mall at Lakewood/Toms River border near Belz

20,000 Sq ft with focus on customer service and high end shopping experience. Opening around Shavuos time 

- Leading Reform Rabbi: What Did We Do Wrong? Manhattan Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch says the Reform movement must explore why it has produced so many anti-Zionist Jews who are participating in the college campus protests. The solution he says is: Instilling in our youth Ahavat Yisrael—love and concern for fellow Jews.

- WSJ report: “Activist groups trained students for months before campus protest, The political tactics underlying some of the demonstrations were the result of months of training, planning and encouragement by longtime activists and leftwing groups.” These were not spontaneous demonstrations.

-Lakewood Townahip LDC to acquire the wells Fargo building at 317 Main st for $2.5 Million 

Israel At War

Israel at war day 212

-Update:  Three soldiers killed in the Hamas-claimed rocket attack against a staging ground near Kerem Shalom in southern Israel earlier today. This brings death toll of Gaza operation to 266

Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline, 19, from Ra'anana.

Ido Testa, 19,  from Yerushalayim 

Tal Shavit, 21, from Kfar Giladi.

-Netanyahu: If Israel is forced to stand alone against the enemy, we will stand alone

- Report: The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials said. This is the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military. 

-At least seven people were wounded some seriously after Hamas fired ten rockets toward the Kerem Shalom area along the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday afternoon. At least one of the individuals wounded was in critical condition.

Shortly after the attack, the IDF closed the Kerem Shalom crossing located in the area, halting the entry of humanitarian. Hamas claimed responsibility, saying it targeted a gathering of troops. Israeli airstrikes are reported in southern Rafah.

- Hezbollah fired 65 rockets in one of the largest attacks over Northern border into Kiryat Shmona and other areas today, no reports of injuries.

- Israel Govt shuts down AL Jazeera. Israel's cabinet on Sunday unanimously voted to shut down the Qatari news outlet Al Jazeera's operations in Israel, nearly six months after first announcing its intentions to do so due to security concerns related to the Israel-Hamas war.

-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says Israel has identified signs that Hamas is not interested in a hostage deal, and in turn, the military will launch its offensive in southern Gaza’s Rafah in “the near future

- National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi revealed on Saturday evening in an interview on Channel 12 that the IDF was very close to eliminating Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. "This man is on borrowed time, and it requires patience. The Americans waited ten years for bin Laden, and I'm sure our moment will come and won't be that long," Hanegbi stated. "He escapes from tunnel to tunnel. We were close to him, some say even very close. We missed him by less than a few days. He will not get out of this confrontation alive; his fate is sealed."

- US House Democrats are pressuring President Biden to consider stopping arms sales to Israel if it doesn't change its conduct in the war against Hamas. The letter from 88 Democrats increases pressure on Biden to take a tougher stance on Israel.

Motzei Shabbos Achrei News Updates

היום שנים עשר יום שהם שבוע אחד וחמשה ימים בעומר

- Nutmeg Supermarket coming to town shops mall at Lakewood/Toms River border near Belz

20,000 Sq ft with focus on customer service and high end shopping experience. Opening around Shavuos time 

- New York synagogues hit with bomb threats 

Police evacuated a West Side shul with about 250 people, police say, with nothing found. 

 At least three synagogues and a museum in New York received bomb threats on Saturday but none were deemed credible by the New York Police Department.

- Hamas official says no hostage deal without explicit end to war as talks set to resume

- Bochurim begin returning tomorrow to E"Y for the summer zman

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Ayson of Far Rockaway. He was 89. He attended high school at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and then at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, where he learned under the rosh yeshiva, Rav Aharon Kotler, from 1954 to 1962. Rav Aharon sent Rav Perr to learn at Yeshiva of Philadelphia and be a member of the group of the founding talmidim of the yeshiva. Rav Perr married his wife, Rebbetzin Shoshana, née Nekritz, daughter of Rav Yehuda Leib Nekritz. In 1969, he founded Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, which he led for decades together with the late menahel, Rav Ahron Brafman. 

The levayah will be held tomorrow morning 11:00am at Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, located at 802 Hicksville Road in Far Rockaway, NY. With kevurah in EY on har Hamenuchos(Matzav)

Lakewood Zmanim עש"ק פר' אחרי מות מברכים חודש אייר

Friday, May 3, 2024 / כ״ה ניסן תשפ״ד ערב שבת פרשת אחרי מות

-Candle lighting 7:36pm

-Shkiah/Sunset 7:54pm

Molad is Wednesday morning, 41 minutes and 8 chalakim after 11:00 am

Rosh Chodesh Wednesday & Thursday 

- S"'Z Krias shema Gr"a 9:23 am

- Minhag Hayeshiva  not to say אב הרחמים this shabbos mevorchim even though it is sefirah (sefer Noheg Bachachma)

- פרקי אבות פרק א

 - מפטירין הלא כבני כושיים

וְשַׁבְתִּי אֶת שְׁבוּת עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבָנוּ עָרִים נְשַׁמּוֹת וְיָשָׁבוּ וְנָטְעוּ כְרָמִים וְשָׁתוּ אֶת יֵינָם וְעָשׂוּ גַנּוֹת וְאָכְלוּ אֶת פְּרִיהֶם. וּנְטַעְתִּים עַל אַדְמָתָם, וְלֹא יִנָּתְשׁוּ עוֹד מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם אָמַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ 

                                                 

שלא חסר בעולמו כלום וברא בו בריות טובות ואילנות טובים להנות בהם בני אדם

Friday May 3 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, May 3, 2024 / כ״ה ניסן תשפ״ד

ערב שבת פרשת אחרי מות מברכים חודש אייר

Candle lighting 7:36 pm

Shkiah/Sunset 7:54 pm

Rosh chodesh Iyar is Wed & Thurs 

Weather today 30 degrees drop from yesterday 

56° Mostly cloudy skies. High 56F

Shabbos day hi of 57 overcast

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Avrohom Stefansky ZTL from the early talmidim of Rav Aharon Kotler Zatzal. Brother of  Rav Lazer Stefansky of BMG. The Levaya will take place today in Lakewood 2pm at the BMG Yoshon Bais Medrash. 

- Simchas: Vivaser daily lists iver 75 engagements since Pesach

-No Yated this week,  the Ami and Mishpacha issue is out

- Fire rips through Apartment complex Early Friday morning, in Lakewood  at the 200 block of Cedarbridge  ave near MLK, firefighters battled the blaze for a few hours, no injuries reported. But some families have been displaced.

- Groceries In NJ Cost 25 Percent More Since COVID, New Study Finds The price of beef roasts increased by 40 percent, canned fruits and vegetables increased by 31.6 percent and chicken increased by 29.2 percent since March 2020, according to the analysis. New Jersey households also average $275 on weekly grocery spending, and $290 per week for four-person households.

- Yeshiva Nesivos HaTorah moves into its new building, 

- Ocean county adds turning lanes along Cedarbridge Ave by Vine st narrowing the shoulders.

- Eight New Jersey towns in March made the top 150 list of most expensive homes nationwide.  Deal, Alpine and Avalon topped the list in New Jersey, where all homes ranked were over $1.9 million, and most were located at the Jersey Shore.

- Mishpacha magazine article: The MAGA influencers who've turned on Israel "It’s clear that the progressive left in the US is hostile to Israel, and often also anti-Semitic. But American Jews hoping to find a political home among conservatives now have to contend with a new trend: a rising right-wing populism with unfortunate historical echoes. Mishpacha speaks with Jewish conservative writer David Harsanyi to get the lay of the land

Israel At War Friday May 3

Israel at war day 210

- Report: The US is exerting heavy pressure both to prevent action in Rafah and to promote a deal. The intense American pressure is also reflected in the urgent dispatch of the head of the CIA to Cairo, also US threatens to harm the supply of weapons to Israel if it operates in Rafah, and in repeated public statements against action in Rafah.

- Hamas says it’s going to Cairo with ‘positive spirit’ to reach agreement

- Remains of Elyakim Libman, presumed a hostage since Oct. 7, found in Israel

Libman, a security guard at music festival, was erroneously buried with someone else as a result of difficulties identifying mangled bodies; discovery lowers hostage figure to 132

 - WSJ: Israel has given Hamas a week to agree to a cease-fire deal or it will begin a military operation in Rafah, Egyptian officials said.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-gives-hamas-a-week-to-strike-a-deal-or-rafah-offensive-will-begin-2ffe70bd?mod=mhp

- 10 rockets shot towards Miton some landed on Mt. Miron

- A "suspicious aerial target" that entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon was shot down by air defenses, the IDF says.

- US Senators met on zoom with the ICC team in the Hagu to try to prevent arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.

- Hamas chief terrorist Yihya Sinwar and his family may be surrounded by 20 hostages, former US Army official tells Sky News.

- Group of 400 Jewish Americans have arrived at UCLA to help clean up the campus after anti-Israel activists covered the entire campus in trash.

- Trump: Soros is behind college campus protests “You have a lot of paid agitators, professional agitators…you know when you see signs and they are all identical that means they are being paid by Soros.”

- Kibbutz Be'eri has announced that Dror Or, who was believed to be among the Israelis taken hostage by Hamas, was killed on October 7.  Or's body is still being held by Hamas. 

Yonat, Dror's wife, was also murdered at the home on the kibbutz and their two children, 17-year-old Noam and 13-year-old Alma, were kidnapped but released in November.

- Top ministers huddle as Israel expects Hamas to decline latest hostage deal offer

War cabinet discusses possibility of launching Rafah incursion, as reports say Sinwar will reject deals that don’t explicitly end the war; US says Hamas remains obstacle to truce

- U.S. Officials are reporting that the Army’s Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore Floating Dock off the Coast of the Gaza Strip is nearing Completion and will likely begin receiving Humanitarian Aid from Cyprus by this Weekend.

-Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel as of Thursday, the Turkish trade ministry said, citing "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in the Palestinian territories.

- Only two out of eight SM-3 missiles launched by the US military during Iran’s large-scale missile and drone attack on Israel on April 13 successfully intercepted their targets, amounting to a 75% failure rate.

Oif Simchas Thursday 24 Nissan

היום עשרה ימים שהם שבוע אחד ושלשה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Stern - Rabinowitz Ne'emas Hachaim 

Gruen - Cohen Ateres Reva 

Makovsky - Bernstein  Bais Faiga

Saltz - Kaplinsky Fountain Ballroom

Cooper -  Goldberg Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Shlissel Challah, the Key to making it, the reasons behind it

10 Reasons for Shlissel Challa on shabbos after Pesach see below

There is a minhag to bake shlissel challah (shlissel means key in Yiddish) for the Shabbos after Pesach. Shlisel challos are best known as a segula for parnasa,Some bake the challah with an actual key inside,
some make the challah in the shape of a key and some put sesame seeds on top in the form of a key. The Ohev Yisroel says about shlisel challah that “the minhagim of our fathers are most definitely Torah”. There are many reasons given for this minhag of baking shlissel challah; (Some of the items written below can also be found in Taamei Minhagim, Nitei Gavriel, Sefer Hatoda’a and Minhag Yisroel Torah)

Thursday May 2 News Updates Lakewood

 weather: 85° Partly cloudy. High near 85F

- Suspect of multiple home burglaries  in Lakewood arrested more here

- Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway has issued an ultimatum to pro-Hamas protesters, giving them until 4 pm to dismantle their encampment on the New Brunswick campus. Failure to comply will result in law enforcement intervening to remove both the protesters and their belongings.

- Turkey suspends all trade with Israel 

 - Biden said that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear. “Dissent is essential for democracy,” Biden said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.” Violent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is,” Biden said.

- First round of girls  High school acceptance letters suppose to go out to parents 

- New dairy restaurant opening in Toms River at the Row shopping plaza  Lutali Italian cuisine 

- Early morning fire destroyed a home on Linda Rd in Jackson, B"H no injuries reported

-Birchas Ilanos Brocha on the blossoming of fruit trees at 1140 Forest Av,(cor. Carey) Lakewood and Clifton Ave corner 9th st.

Toms River 2320 Owen st,1393 Fiddlers Run

Jackson 41 Highland Dr

- Rutgers University says "due to anticipated escalation of protest activities and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our students," final exams which were scheduled to take place today on the College Avenue campus have been postponed.

- The NYPD rips down the Palestine flag at City College NY, throwing it on the ground before replacing it with the American flag.

- Ocean county crews installed a new traffic light  over Tom Tov at the intersection of Gudz/  Lakewood New Egypt and Old whitesville. The light will be operational in a few weeks time

Road cres are restriping Cedarbridge ave at the MLK intersection after installing updated traffic signals 

- Arboretum parkway residents take lakewood township to court over repeated flooding, alleging negligent stormwater management has caused environmental damage and property destruction Full story at Faanews 

-Were developers doing traffic counts in Lakewood on chol hamoed? More 

- Rav Avrohom Schorr: It is very easy to criticize someone else about their smart phone, our job is to overcome our own smartphone in our heart and not focus on someone else איזהו גבור הכובש את יצרו

Oif Simchas Isru Chag Pesach Wed Night

Chasunas:

Barkany -  Zelishovsky Fountain Ballroom

Pritzker -  Klein N'eemas Hachaim

Gradman - Pfeiffer Bais Faiga 

Isru Chag Pesach 5784 Wednesday May 1 News Updates Lakewood

                        אסרו חג פסח תשפ"ד

Weather: 72° A mix of clouds and sun. 

- Breadberry Lakewood message: Please note the Rotunda (with pizza) is now closed, the rest of the store is open.

- The Jackson Zoning Board's meeting scheduled for tonight has been canceled. The Board was scheduled to consider an application to legalize a shul in a tent at 263 Jackson Pines Road. This application has been rescheduled to August 7.

Full story at faanews 

- Forest fire along Cedarbridge Ave at tent city property multiple agencies responding, planes dropping water on fire.

- BDE: Petirah of Dr. Shamshon Rube Z"L at the age of 85. Levaya 4:30 pm at the Lakewood chapel

- Greater Adventure learning program today at Bais Faiga 10:00 am- 11:00 am

- Post pesach restocking at local stores long lines for fresh bakery items as they keep replenishing. Shortage on Sour pickles due to a bad crop, industry hopes to have product back on store shelves asap.

- Clifton Ave shut bet 4th and 5th st due to sinkhole in roadway.

- Missionaries have ben going around Lakewood door to door dropping off material and paraphernalia in some cases knocking on doors and attempting to engage in conversation or enter homes,

-Yeshiva with dormitory approved in bass River township, NJ. 45 minutes south of Lakewood, the former Bass River Township Elementary School, is now approved to be converted into a yeshiva with dormitory facilities. full story at Faanews 

- Toms River Police chief sues township over suspension with no hearing more at faanews 

- Agudath Israel issues action alert to support Jewish students on college campus " We have all been stunned and outraged by what we have been hearing and seeing on America’s college campuses: Antisemitic and anti-Israel vitriol from students and professors; praise for Hamas and its butchery; threats, assaults, and violence against Jewish students; tepid response from university officials. Jewish students are rightfully scared for their safety. And we must support them! Jewish students are rightfully scared for their safety. And we must support them!

- New Jersey police are sounding the alarm after a string of burglaries were reported in Toms River within the last week. (WABC)

Nichum Aveilim

Shiva for Rav Yisroel Moshe Fried Zt"l 1108 Somerset Ave 

Shiva for R' Berel Fried Z"L at 5 Hawk way Lakewood in Pine River Village

shachris 8:30 Mincha 2pm, Maariv 9 pm

Shiva for Rav Yitzchok Notis Zt'L at 120 Powderhorn Dr, shachris 8 MIncha 1:45, Maarib 8:45 Hours for Rebbetzin Notis 11:30am -8pm

Shiva for R' menachem Weider Z"L 433 Monticello Enclave Shachris 8:00 am MIncha/Maariv 8:20 pm

Shiva for Mrs. Esther Lefkowitz A"H150 New Egypt Rd shachris 8am, MIncha, 7:40 Maariv 8pm Monticello Enclave Shachris 8:00 am MIncha /Maariv 8:20 pm

Post Pesach Gluten Free Gemach

AKO: Post Pesach 2024 Shopping Information

AKO Association of Kashrus Organizations post pesach 5784 list of stores for shopping and purchasing chometz products

 Introduction:

- The following memo provides important information about nמץ שעבר עליו הפסn at various establishments. In general, it is difficult to make definitive statements about the acceptability of purchasing chametz from specific stores after Pesach because of practical and halachic ambiguities.

Israel At War May 1

 Israel at war day 208

-Netanyahu tells Blinken that if Hamas continues to demand an end to the war, the military will launch an offensive in Rafah and there will be no truce deal.

- Giyus Update: State tells High Court Government plans to draft charedim within 'immediate time frame' but it needs several more weeks to write up Haredi draft plan. Yair Lapid calls on the government to “stop wasting time and recruit the charedim immediately,” 

- 2 more IDF soldiers killed in Gaza, as a result of friendly fire accident. Bringing Gaza operation death toll to 263

Ido Aviv, 28, from Karmiel.q

Kalkidan Meharim 37, from Petah Tikva.

- Lag Baomer in Miron is likely to be closed this year if there's no changes due to thr current situation and Hezbollah rocket attacks on the mountain. Authorities may allow the annual lighting to take place with the Boyaner rebbe with only a handful of people.

-Netanyahu says Israel will invade Rafah with or without a hostage deal

- CBS News reports that the Biden administration is considering giving "permanent safe haven in the U.S." to Palestinian refugees, which includes many Hamas family members, because no other middle eastern country is ready to host them. 

- Senior Israeli Officials stated that they have Reduced the number of Hostages that Hamas must Release for a 40-Day Ceasefire Deal from 40 to 33 due to the likelihood that less than 40 of the over 130 Hostages are still Alive in the Gaza Strip; U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said following this that the Israeli Proposal is Extraordinarily Generous with Hamas being the only Side that is preventing a Deal.

- United  airlines early flight 84 from Newark-Tel Aviv is now canceled through 5/6 and return flight 85 is now canceled through 5/7. United late flight 90 from Newark-Tel Aviv is now canceled through 5/24 and return flight 91 is now canceled through 5/25.(Dansdeals)

Motzei Pesach Lakewood 5784

  היום שמונה ימים שהם שבוע אחד ויום אחד  לעומר/בעומר

- Very long lines at local pizza shops with wait times at 45 minutes. Stores are giving out numbers to customers to keep their place. Evergreen open tonight until 2am Gelbsteins open, aisle 9 open all night 

- Post pesach chometz bonanza at ShopRite Howell will be open all night motzei Yom Tov 4594 Route 9 South. Saker Shop Rites are fully owned by Saker family and has no חשש of חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח

-2024 post pesach shopping  guide by AKO - The Association of Jewish Kashrus Organizations HERE

- Dozens arrested as NYPD cops dramatically storm Columbia campus to clear out anti-Israel mob.  NYPD was seen moving in on Columbia University’s anti-Israel protests on Tuesday evening, with dozens of protesters being filed into buses by authorities.

- BDE: Petira of HaRav Yisroel Moshe Fried Zt”L the Mora D’Asra of Khal Neustadt in Lakewood, following an illness. The Levaya took place today the second day of Yom Tov, at the Neustadt Bais Medrash on E. County Line Road with  Kevura was held in Monsey.

- BDE: Petirah of R' Berel Fried Z"L of Lakewood/Brooklyn at age 65 a resident of Pine River village in Lakewood. Levaya tonight at the Lakewood chapel off 7th st. At 11:15pm

- BDE: petirah of Rav Asher Halevi Soloveitchik zt”l, youngest son of Rav Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Brisk, at the age of 54, he was niftar on Isru Chag in Yerushalayim. On Chol Hamoed, Rav Asher collapsed in his home on Rechov Nechemiah in Yerushalayim, and after prolonged resuscitation efforts, he was transferred to Shaarei Tzedek Medical center, where it was determined that he suffered a severe stroke. He was an outstanding talmid chochom and boki who was known at Yeshivas Brisk for his hasmadah, learning at Brisk since his younger years.The levayah was held this morning at Yeshivas Brisk, followed by kevurah on Har Hamenuchos

 in Yerushalayim. (Matzav)

- POST PESACH GLUTEN FREE Gemach

Lakewood Zmanim שביעי של פסח תשפ"ד

 Lakewood Zmanim ערב שביעי של פסח תשפ''ג

Fourth Day Chol Hamoed Erev Yom Tov Sunday, April 28, 2024 / כ׳ ניסן תשפ״ד ערב שביעי של פסח

Segulah for shidduchim, Parnassa, Refuah today after chatzos see below

- Check shabbos clothing for Muktzah items

- PSA if you set fridge on shabbos mode before shabbos make sure to turn it off and back on or the light will turn back on on the 2nd day of YT as it only goes for 96 hours.

-Candle lighting: 7:31 (No Shehechyanu)

-Shkiah 7:49

- (yizkor Lecht) בשביעי של פסח אומרים תפילת יזכור (Achron in חו"ל)

Weather: -Shvii Shel Pesach: sunshine and some clouds high 81. Achron shel Pesach High 70f

- Kriyas Yam Suf at Toldos Mordechai Vizhnitz Clifton Ave 12:00 am

- Shiras hayom at Satmar Rockwell 12:00 am Shvii Shel Pesach

-Sterling Forest Krias Yom Suf 11:15 'Bizas Hayam 'All Night long

-Lev Avos Krias Yam Suf 11:15

-N'eelas Hachag at BMG Beren hall Achron shel Peach Mincha 7:00 pm

חסל סידור פסח כהלכתו, ככל משפטו וחוקתו, כאשר זכינו לסדר אותו, כן נזכה לעשותו לשנה הבאה בירושלים 

Chol Hamoed Pesach 5784 Lakewood

 Gut Moed

Sunday fourth day chol hamoed April 28

ערב שביעי של פסח

Candle lighting 7:31 shkiah 7:49

79° with peeks of sunshine expected late. 

- Yizkor candle reminder

-- Tehillim for  Refoel Yehoshua bentzion ben Zissel Necha a Lakewood father who had a aneurysm on Shabbos.

- PSA if you set fridge on shabbos mode before shabbos make sure to turn it off and back on or the light will turn back on on the 2nd day of YT

- Potato starch shortage several stores have run out

- Jenkinsons Beach boardwalk parking lots are full,   you could drop off passengers and park further down about 10-15 minute walk

-Kashrus alert if you are buying Gbroktz products that have matza in it make sure it is shemurah. Some Osem products are not shmurah matzah

- Pedestrian Bridge at Lake Carasaljo open

- Post pesach chometz bonanza at ShopRite Howell will be open all night motzei Yom Tov 4594 Route 9 South.Saker Shop Rites are fully owned by Saker family and has no חשש of ח ץ שעבר עליו הפסח

- Petition launched to remove pro Hamas antisemitic bill board on Rt 9 in Howell 

A petition on Change.org urges Howell Mayor Theresa Berger and the advertising company hosting the billboard, Lamar Advertising, to take it down.

-Tefillos for Rav Asher Soloveitchik son of Tav Dovid who is in critical condition after he collapsed from a possible stroke. Name is Asher shlomo zalman ben Yehudis.

Chol hamoed trip ideas found at beentheredonethattrips.com Search options by area, topic, deals...

Israel at war Update

 - IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi approves plans for Rafah op.

- Harvard University has replaced a A.erican flag with a Palestinian flag on the campus under the statue of John Harvard

- Soldier lightly injured in Hezbolllah rocket attack near Miron after 20 rockets were fired overnight. Officials may shut downah Baomer events this year in Miron due to Hezbollah threats.

- Saudi report: Egypt is working to reach a comprehensive agreement that will prevent Israel's entry into Rafah - "If the parties do not reach a comprehensive agreement, the agreement should be revised to meet the demands of both sides in the first phase and postpone the issues in dispute to later stages."

 kann_news

- The Prime Minister's office is worried that the ICC will soon issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as IDF Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi. 

In light of this growing concern, Netanyahu posted on X Friday that, "Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by the ICC to undermine its inherent right of self-defense.”

- The International Criminal Court could not act against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top IDF brass without overt or tactic support from the United States, an Israeli diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post.

“Where is [US President Joe] Biden? Why is he quiet while Israel will potentially be thrown under the bus?” the source said.

- Sephardic Chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchok Yosef addressed the recent missile attacks on Israel, attributing the nation’s protection to lomdei Torah. Reflecting on the onslaught of thirteen thousand missiles, Rav Yosef asserted, “What miracles. By whose merit is it? In the merit of the Chief of Staff? In the merit of the Torah learners, the yeshiva students. This is the correct perspective.”

א כשרין פסח

 Candle lighting 7:25 pm Shkia 7:43 pm  

Most people have the מנהג that the woman says שהחיינו at נרות הדלקת ;others rely on 

קידוש at שהחיינו

Weather over Yom Tov

first day YT Tuesday 63°Mostly sunny skies. High 63F

2nd  day YT 69°  chance of a rain shower. High 69F.

-Sefiras Haomer 2nd night

 להדר לברך לעלה ולקלס למי שעשה לאבותינו ולנו את כל הניסים האלו הוציאנו מעבדות לחירות מיגון לשמחה מאבל ליום טוב ומאפלה לאור גדול ומשעבוד גאולה  יגיענו למועדים ולרגלים אחרים הבאים לקראתנו לשלום שמחים בבנין עירך וששים בעבודתך, ונאכל שם מן הזבחים ומן הפסחים

       זך שוכן מעונה קומם קהל עדת מי מנה בקרוב נהל נטעי כנה  פדויים לציון ברינה

                                    לשנה הבאה בירושלים הבנויה

Erev Pesach 5784 Lakewood

Candle lighting 7:25pm

סוף זמן אכילת חמץ is at 10:15 am

סוף זמן ביעור חמץ is 11:35 am. 

Chatzos is 12:55 pm

Chatzos midnight 12:54am

Weather: 61° Plentiful sunshine. High 61F

Weather over Yom Tov

first day YT Tuesday 63°Mostly sunny skies. High 63F

2nd  day YT 69° Cloudy skies early, Slight chance of a rain shower. High 69F.

Sereifas Chometz locations:

-Jackson

-113 N New Prospect Road 

-Johnson Park Fire house 200 Kierych 

Royal Grove shul 518 E Veterans 

-Toms River sreifas Chometz 

1780 Church road 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Riverwood park  off Whitesville Rd

Sreifas Chometz in Lakewood

All sites will be open, from 8:00am until 12:00pm

Blue Claws stadium parking lot

Patrick Park soccer parking lot  VIne street

D’zio park / Harmony park

Sunset Khal Zichron Yaakov 175 sunset

Pine Park front parking lot

BMG Private way & 7th st

BMG Clifton Ave & 10th st

Brook Rd -Frank Bartolf  Park

1839 New Central Avenue - Ohr Avrohom Chaim School

Manchester location:

Ridgeway Fire House, 2848 Ridgeway Road

Segulah for Erev Pesach to recite letter from Rav Shamshon Astropoly

                                           איגרת רבי שמשון מאוסטרופולי
The following mystic and great segulah was written by Mekubal Rabenu Shimshon Magid of Austropoli, zt'l HY'D. Any person that reads (Learns) this, especially Erev Pesach, is promised to be saved the entire year from stumbling, unusual death, tragedy, no person will rule over him, his enemies will perish, and will succeed in all business endeavors till the Redemption will arrive. See below or Download HERE

Nes in Yerushalayim as Terrorists Gun Jams

 Update: Both terrorist were captured hiding in a nearby building. 18 year old Hamas members from Chevron.

A Nes happened this morning  erev Pesach in the frum area of Yerushalayim as terrorists tried to carry out  shooting attack at a packed bais medrash in the Ganei Geula section of Romema. The terrorists started with a car ramming attack hitting 3 pedestrians  their car crashed into a parked vehicle they got out holding rifles and pointed the gun trying to shoot passesrs by.  For some reason their guns jammed and they fled the scene on foot leaving the guns behind. Media reports say the attack was right near the Central Nachlas Akiva  shul where thousands daven daily. The terrorists deliberately chose this location but bechasdei  Hashem failed.

Israeli media reported a terror hit-and-run in Yerushalayim where three pedestrians were hit by the same car at separate locations. Magen David Adom arrived promptly, treating the injured.

Magen David Adom (MDA) arrived at the scene and provided the following statement: "At 07:52, a call was made regarding two people that were hit from what would seem the same vehicle in two different locations."

 

The terror ramming was on Yermiyahu Street in Romema, Jerusalem, both pedestrians were mildly injured, one was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, the other preferred not to recieve further treatment.

MDA provided them with the initial treatment, .

The paramedics further explained that "People at the scene told us that while he was busy with burning chametz, a vehicle hit him at the entrance to the parking lot between buildings."

A Tefillah for Hostages for Leil HaSeder

 Gedolei Eretz Yisrael issued their support for a special refilah composed by Rav Binyomin Finkel shkita the Mashgiach of Mir Yeshiva. On behalf of the hostages in Gaza to be said pesach by night at the seder.

Shiurim Measurements For the Seder

 Please note shiurim are for reference only please consult with your LOR OR FAMILY MINHAGIM as there are various shitos for moitze matza some poskim rule the mevorech should it 1 and a half times the shiur of Moitze matzoh.

-Shiurim for the seder  based on Rabbi Dovid Braunfeld shiurim:

-Seder Scale call  732-791-6148 available to purchase in local Judaica stores or at 132 Powderhorn

Hand Matza

Motzie Matza  1.02 oz of (29.0g) even if you want the chumra of 2 kezaysim

Korech .4 oz (11.2g)  stringent shiur for korech .6 oz (16.7 g)

Afikoman  .8 oz (21.9 g )

Pesach Guide and info 5784 Lakewood

Pesach Guide and info 5784 Lakewood

Pesach Medley for Kids

 Pessach Medley with Micha Gamerman

Sunday April 21 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 54° A mix of clouds and sun High 54F

Shkiah tonight is 7:42

Sof zman Achilas chometz tomorrow is 10:15am

Sof zman biur chometz 11:35am

- Long lines at fast food restaurants in Lakewood tonight

-Missionaries in town square on Clifton Ave, residents gathered and drowning them out with loud music

- Lakewood library open today

- Busy shopping day traffic at shopping plazas. Evergreen buy one het one free danish.

- Bde: petirah of Habachur Chesky Friedman z”l, 20. Son of  R’ Moshe and Mrs. Pessy Friedman, og Lakewood. The levaya is scheduled to take place at 2:45 PM at the Lakewood Chapel, with kevurah at Har Shalom Cemetery in Monsey

- The Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia University/Barnard College sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290 Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them to be on campus because of extreme antisemitism.(kol Haolam)

- Matzav: No problem with chometz in township owned bins. It is because these bins belong to the township that several Lakewood poskim, notably Rav Shmuel Felder, a posek of Beth Medrash Govoha, have ruled that there is no halachic concern if town residents leave chometz in their trash cans on Yom Tov. Since the cans are in the reshus of the township, there is no issue of baal yeira’eh and baal yeimotzeh.

-Please double check pesach products bought in stores as some non chometz items get mixed up and end up on the pesach aisles. GG sent out a psa about not kosher for pesach Torino chocolate bars that ended up in the pesach section. 

- Oiraysa Amud Yomi will be hosting a siyum on Mmaseches Yomabon Thursday evening Chol Hamoed pesach for the Lakewood community. It will take place at the Toras Menachem hall with the participation of the Lakewood Roshei Yeahiva, with negina by R'Yisroel Werdyger

- Thursday chol Hamoed there will be a shiur in Lakewood by Rav Elya Chaim Swerldloff shlita R"Y of Paterson, in Bais Faiga hall

- Roberts KNA carnival will take place Thursday 11:30am-5:30pm at the blue claws stadium parking lot. 

- The New Jersey reform rabbi serving a decadeslong sentence in a 1994 murder-for-hire plot targeting his wife has died. Fred Neulander, 82, was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday at a hospital in Trenton after he was found unresponsive in his cell in the New Jersey State Prison infirmary.

-Earthquake aftershocks keep shaking the ground in NJ. Giant layers of rocks below the ground in western New Jersey have been shifting slightly — sometimes once a day, sometimes a few times a day since the earthquake on April 5.

The Maamad Adirei Hatorah 3rd annual gathering event will tale place on Sunday  after Shavuos 10 Sivan June 16th. The location has yet to be announced.

No Garbage pick up on Erev Pesach

 It's an embarrassment to the Lakewood township committee which is predominantly frum to not arrange for an additional garbage pick up erev yomtov instead of making people walk their garbage for blocks or shlep the cans and trash in back of their clean cars.

This is ludicrous,  any other town or city with frum eesidents has additional pick ups erev pesach. Lakewood isn't bigger then boro park ,Williamsburg, monsey or Monroe who each service the community with an additional pick up. Perhaps we don't pay enough taxes??

The DPW workers are wonderful and doing a great job at the drop off locations but why not come around and pick it up.

Unless your one of the VIP citizens who get a personalized xtra pick up erev yomtov. It all boils down to who you know  Like everything else on this town why do some zones get a double pick up while others have garbage spilling over for another week.

It's the season to clean house that goes for the township committee as well time for term limits the current boys are way too comfortable!

Get rid of the chometz!

(Submitted)

Israel At War Sunday April 21

 Israel at war day 198

- Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Channel 7: “I don't like to reveal what is going on in the cabinet, but I can say that Gantz and Eisenkot are not the ones who pushed to enter Rafah, and if it weren't for them we would have already been there.”

- Gedolei Eretz Yisrael composed a special tefllah for the hostages to be said at the pesach seder

- IDF rejects the American charges that the Netzach Yehuda battalion committed gross violations of human rights. It says the soldiers of the unit acted professionally and courageously in fighting the terrorists who seek to destroy the Jewish State.

- A reservist officer critically wounded in the Hezbollah drone and missile attack on the northern border community of Arab al-Aramshe last week has succumbed to his wounds, the military says. He is named as Maj. (res.) Dor Zimel, 27, a deputy company commander in the Etzioni Brigade, from Even Yehuda. Another 13 soldiers and four civilians were wounded.

 - The Shin Bet has responded to the claim by a British  newspaper that only 40 hostages remained alive: "these numbers are not substantiated."

- Entire IRGC command wing in Syria was eliminated in strike, Bloomberg reveals

Bloomberg reported Israel's attack on Iran's consulate in Syria, killing Revolutionary Guards' command, prompting Iran to suspect Syria's involvement in previous assassinations.

-United cancels flights to Tel Aviv through May 2.

- U.S. Secretary of State Blinken will announce sanctions against the "Netzach Yehuda" battalion of the IDF in the coming days due to allegations of violence against Palestinians. 

The American sanctions will prohibit the transfer of U.S. military aid to the "Netzach Yehuda" battalion, prevent its soldiers and officers from participating in training with the U.S. Army, or participating in activities funded by the U.S. The battalion is made up of frum Soldiers.

- Netanyahu in a video message asks the Ma nishtana why is this night different he answered that 133 hostages remain captive in Gaza by Hamas and will not participate in the seder with their families. Israel has negotiated the release of 124 and is working to free the rest but Hamas is holding it up. He said that every year our enemies try to destroy us but Hashem saves us.

-US Congress passes bill to send $61 billion to Ukraine and $26 billion to Israel.

-The IDF carried out a counter-terrorism operation in the West Bank's Nur Shams refugee camp. Amid the raid near Tulkarem, at least 14 gunmen have been killed and 15 wanted Palestinians have been detained, according to the IDF. Eight soldiers and a Border Police officer have been wounded so far amid the operation. They are listed in light and moderate conditions.

An Israeli Man suffered Minor Injuries this morning while attempting to Remove a Booby-Trapped Palestinian Flag in the West Bank near the Israeli Settlement of Kokhav HaShahar; the Flag was Rigged with an Explosive which 

- Gili Cohen: The dimensions of the damage to Iran are becoming clear - and, among other things, it appears that Israel attacked an S-300 air defense system, according to reports, which was designed to provide protection for the nuclear facility in Natanz. 

שבת קודש

 Shabbos kodesh