Monday May 9th News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: A mix of clouds and sun with gusty winds. High 63F. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph. Coastal flooding and gale warning still in effect for the area.

- Agudah writes letter to Lufthansa CEO demanding a meeting after Orthodox Jews were denied to continue on a flight. 

- You Tube & Instagram reinstates Dans Deals video of Lufthansa clerk.

- Rav Shaul Alter wrote to his talmidim that this year there is no reason a yeshiva bochur should stop his learning and travel  to Miron as Rav Shimon Bar Yochai is found in the gemara and also due to the restrictions those who have a minhag to go  every year may do so.

- Sens. Kristin Corrado and Anthony M. Bucco of NJ introduced a "Parental Bill of Rights." The legislation is designed to give parents more information about what their children will learn in school and expand their power to "exclude their children from lessons that conflict with their values," 

-Gas prices continue to soar Analysts say crude prices are unlikely to fall as long as the supply remains tight and oil cost remain over $100 a barrel. Average in Lakewood $4.47 a gallons 

Teffilos for the Toldos Avraham Yitzchok rebbe who was hospitalized name is Shmuel Yaakov Ben Yenta 

BDE: Petirah of הרב אליהו אבא שאול זצ"ל  Rosh Yeahivas אור לציון was 70 years old. The only son of הרה"ג רב בן ציון אבא שאול זצ"ל. Levaya today in Yerushalayim.

- Update on DansDeals Lufthansa airlines report: YouTube just removed our video showing a Lufthansa supervisor blaming problems on The Jews due to it "violating our hate speech policy". Don’t stay silent on AntiSemitism!

- Loaf of bread and bottle of Milk are now an average of $8 up $2.50 from a few months ago

  

- Morning rush hour traffic in Lakewood got even worse over the last week and spread to other areas

- Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy formally entered the race for chair of the Ocean County Republican Party today, setting up a potential showdown in June against former county chairman George Gilmore. “It has never been more important for us to have a strong Republican Party,” Mastronardy said in his announcement speech. “If we are going to fight back, win, and keep the country we love, we need to be united. We need to fight together – all of us. That is why we must unite here in Ocean County and why I am running for Ocean County Republican Chairman. (NJ Globe)

-  Lakewood Rosh yeshiva Rav Malkiel Koler shlita and Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita were in Toronto yesterday for a klal  fundraiser 

 

הקמת מצבה for Reb Chaim Kanievsky זללה"ה

The Matzeiva at the kever of Rav Chaim Kanievsky  zatzal was erected  and unveiled Today in Bnei Brak. The text of the Matzeiva was made by the family, similar to the wording on the kever of his father Maran The Steipler zt”l which is located nearby. It lists the seforim that he wrote.

ספירת העומר ח' אייר תשפ"ב oif Simchas

 Sunday night היום שלשה ועשריום שהם  שלשה שבועות ושני ימים בעומר

Rainy weather tonight no visible Levana. Cloudy with occasional rain...mainly this evening. Low 44F.

- Tefilah of בה" ב tomorrow morning, there will be a Minoan mincha with Krias Hatorah ויחל at Rabbi Forcheimers shul 418  5th st 2:10 pm

Oif Simchas

Sunday May 8 News Updates Lakewood

- Weather: Mostly cloudy and windy with showers developing this afternoon. High 53F. Chance of rain 40%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

- Baby boy born to Sadigura rebbe of Bnei Brak his first son.

- First Lady Jill Biden makes surprise visit to Western Ukraine today

- NY gov Cathy Hochul tests positive for covid19

- Dan's Deals Investigation German Airline Bans Jews From Flying; Lufthansa Supervisor: It’s “Jewish People Who Were The Mess, Who Made The Problems, Everyone Has To Pay For A Couple!” see full story Here

-Daf Yomi today Yevamos 62 discusses talmidei רבי עקיבא who died during sefirah

- Dr Zelenko was banned again from Twitter  for Questioning Why Kids Should be Vaxxed Against Covid if 99.99% recovered with no vaccine. His account was recently reinstated after he was banned since covid in 2020.

Hatzolah central Jersey launches fundraiser ride along camping $1 million goal May 7- 12 Here

- Tuition for girls high school goes up with a school asking for 10k another went up to 9k

- Parents in some schools are asked to raise funds and contribute to the Torah Unesorah teacher campaign to up the salary.

- Update R' Osher Ben Chana Frumit the defense saw siesta dishmaya at the hearing and the judge concluded the new evidence could have changed the jury's verdict and there is no reason to question the credibility of the witness. While the prosecution pushes for a retrial the main argument now is if the evidence was easily discoverable at the time of trial citing precedent from another case even if the defense failed to provide the evidence at the time but if it totally exonerates than a motion  may be granted.  The family asks that people  should  say a few Kapitlach of tehillim daily throughout  this time.

- Milk prices soar,Golden flow anounce price increases beginning tomorrow with 60 cents for  a bottle of 1/2 a gallon.

- Chasdei Dovid post pesach chometz sale this Sunday fill up a box with items for only $10 today Sunday May 8 at 532 Applegate Dr Jackson 11:00 am to 6:00 pm over 25k items. Food is from the chometz drop locations.

- Elad: Terrorists were captured earlier today after hiding out for 4 days first at a empty school building and than in a nearby forest.

- Israel- starting May 20 there will no longer be mandatory pcr tests for those arriving at Ben Gurion Airport. Thus, starting May 20 there is no quarantine upon arriving in Israel. The pre flight tests before coming to Israel are still required for anyone who is not Israeli or does not hold an A-class visa. However, starting this Tuesday May 10, for the pre flight test, lab based antigens within 24 hours of takeoff to Israel will be accepted if one doesn’t want to take a pcr within 72 hours of takeoff. The 48 hour entry form is still required for all passengers entering Israel. 

Motzei Shabbos Kedoshim 5782 Lakewood

 Seminar Reminder

היום שנים ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות ויום אחד בעומר

- Stormy weather continues through the evening NWS issued storm advisory until 6:00 am and wind advisory until 5:00 am several areas briefly lost power.

- Search continues in Elam for the 2 terrorists who murdered 3 residents last week. On shabbos people refrained from going outside others walked around with sticks and permit holders were told to bring guns to shul. Security forces were spread out all over the city with helicopters circling as the manhunt continued.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Eli Margolies Ztl of Yerushalayim was a known American Gabbai tzedaka and mechaber seforim on machshava learned in the kollel  of Mir Yeshuva and Brisker Kollel he was 64. Levaya was held tonight in Yerushalayim

- Tomorrow Chasdei Dovid post pesach chometz sale this Sunday fill up a box with items for only $10 this Sunday May 8 at 532 Applegate Dr Jackson 11:00 am to 6:00 pm over 25k items. Food is from the chometz drop offs and were sold with a mechira.

Agudath Israel spokesman writes oped to NBC in support over overturning Roe v Wade "Our position is impelled by traditional Judaism’s stance on abortion. While there are many Jews who favor an unfettered right to abortion, and there are Jewish religious movements that wholeheartedly embrace Roe, no source in the Jewish legal tradition considers abortion to be a “right” that a woman can simply choose to act upon. Judaism is overwhelmingly about responsibilities, not rights. And while Judaism considers a fetus to be something other than a baby, it considers it the responsibility of both women and men to be concerned about not-yet-babies, i.e. potential lives."more

- Tomorrow May 8 the Legacy  jusaica auction  will take place at at Estreia, 978 River Ave, Lakewood 1:00 pm 

Lakewood Zmanim עש"ק פרשת קדושים תשפ"ב

 Friday, May 6, 2022 / ה׳ אייר תשפ״ב ערב שבת פרשת קדושים

Candle lighting 7:38 pm

Shkiah/sunset 7:56 pm

Weather: windy with rain hi of 52  

- מפטירין הלא כבני כושיים

- מברכים בה''ב

- 'פרקי אבות ב

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 

                                                                         

Friday May 6 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather Rain. High 58F. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch. Heavy winds and rain will continue into shabbos with a hi of 52

עש" ק פר' קדושים ה' אייר תשפ"ב 

candle lighting 7:38 pm Shkiah 7:56 pm

- Update on Rabbi Eisemann Hearing: The team says it was BH positive for Reb Osher as the judge wants to hear additional arguments.

Judge Paone says he will not schedule an evidentiary hearing, noting that he won't doubt the integrity of former witnesses but says he will allow more documents to be submitted before deciding if the case should go to a retrial.(Shlomo Schorr)

- New York state reports 13,902 new coronavirus cases, up 65% from last week and the highest since January

- Keren Hashviis will hold a Asifa in Lakewood in two weeks honoring the farmers. 

- One of the victims in Thursday's terror attack drove the terrorists to the scene of the attack under the impression that he was helping by offering him a ride, When they arrived, one of the terrorists attacked and killed him.

- New incoming white House press secretary will be the first black woman and the first openly LGBTQ+ person to serve the position.

- Roshei Yeshiva ask the Lakewood community to say 3 Kapitlach Tehillim this morning as a zechus for R' Osher Ben Chana Frumit who has a crucial hearing this morning.

- Elad:  Yonatan Chavakuk, 44, Boaz Gol, 49, and Oren Ben Yiftach, 35, were named  as the victims of the  terrorist attack that took place in Elad, on Thursday night. They left behind 16 yesomim R:L  A large levaya took place today in the city of Elad for the 3 kedoshim HYD. Rabbonim called for hisoirerus following the attack on the city. A manhunt continues for the two murdering palestinian arab terrorists who who came from the town of Jenin 

- עִקְּבוֹת מְשִׁיחָא חֻצְפָּא יִסְגֵּא, וְיֹקֶר יַאֲמִיר. הַגֶּפֶן תִּתֵּן פִּרְיָהּ, וְהַיַּיִן בְּיֹקֶר Gas prices today $4.50 in Lakewood dozen eggs $3 (on the low end Aldi). $4 bottle of low fat milk in some stores

- EAP grant not everyone getting $2500 some people are getting much less based on the submitted info of tuition expenses

- Bde" Petirah of Mrs. Georgi Holder A"H wife of Ybl"c R' Roni "Hasandler" from Sunset road. levaya and Kevurah in Lakewood bais hachaim 7th street chapel at 1:00 PM

- B"H the 2 children injure in a acciden on the GSP before Pesach have returned home LNN reports. Please continue davening for a full reuahh Leah Tzirel bas Shaindel Gittel, Avraham Aharon ben sheindel Gittel

- Warriors of Torah event expected to draw up to 10,000 including Roshei yeshivos and admorim from the US and some from E"Y, honoring the youngeleit. The event is expected to be a short program that will take place Sunday after Shavuos at the Cure arena in Trenton, NJ.

- FDA limits use of J&J vaccine over rare blood clots people can still get the J&J vaccine if they are allergic to the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer or Moderna, or if personal concerns with the other vaccines mean they would otherwise go without any inoculation.  

 

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising once again in New Jersey following Easter and Passover gatherings and a busy spring break travel season. But health officials said that while the virus' BA.2 variant continues to spread rapidly this spring, it's not causing anywhere near the severe outcomes that the delta and omicron variants did in the past year.

Audio: Kibud Av Vaim Asifa in Lakewood

Project כבד Rav Ephraim Eliyahu Shapiro shlita at the כבד את אביך ואת אמך  Asifa in Lakewood  this week for women and girls.

 Passionate words about child alienation  severing the connection and uprading and enhancing our Kibud Av V'Aim one of the  עשרת הדברות. 

Events/Shiurim Thursday

Thursday night

 היום עשרים יום שהם שני שבועות וששה ימים בעומר

Hesped today  for Rav Nota Greenblatt zt"l at 6:00 PM at Ohr Meir (30 5th St. between Monmouth and Princeton

Hespedim for Rav Yosef Rosenzweig ZLfrom Monsey/Passaic tonight 7:45 pm at Zichron Shneur 282 Oak Knoll Maspidim: HaRav Malkiel Kotler shlita Rav Osher Kalmanowitz shlita, R"Y Mir,Rav Nosson Weissman Salita Mashgiach Passaic yeshiva. 

Atzares tefillah tonight for R' Osher Ben Chana Frumt at BMG Ateres Esther hall 10:30 pm

Thursday May 5 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 68F. Winds E at 5 to 10 mph. Sefiras Haomer 19

- Gas prices shoot up today average $4.50 a gallon along Brick/Lakewood  border. wawa rt 70 & near Rt 9 $4.53

- Stoliner chassidim in EY were told all who are permitted to carry guns should do so even on shabbos when coming to shul 

- The hot Chulent saved the day: David Amar was sitting in his car enjoying a 2 pounde container of piping hot chulent when the terrorist lunged at him with an axe. David didn’t think twice and threw the entire chulent at the savage and saving himself as the terrorists backed off and continued down the street.

First victim identified as R' Yonassan Cbabakuk HY"D a Breslover chosid was 68 from Elad. 

- Terror Attack in Israel: 3 dead, 4 injured in terror attack in Elad in central Israel near petach Tikva. search for 2 arab terrorists who went on a killing spree with knives and hammers.

- Russian President Putin apologized to Israeli Prime Minster Bennett for comments made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who said that Hitler had Jewish blood and that jews are the biggest antisemites. 

- There will be a hesped today (Thursday) for Rav Nota Greenblatt zt"l at 6:00 PM at Ohr Meir (30 5th St. between Monmouth and Princeton.)

- NJ DEP set up snitch line to report contraband plastic and styrofoam users. They are in charge of enforcement of the plastic  bag ban.

- Acceptance and rejection letters go out for girls' high schools, girls now wait for the second round.

- Israeli Flag flies above Ponovezh yeshiva today on Yom Haatzmaut a tradition enacted by the ponovizher Rav.

- Checks arrive in the mail for alakewood residents who were eligible for the EAP grant administered through Agudah and the township for $2500. The amount of money for the grant has not been publicized.

- Inflation prices 1/2 gallon of low fat milk now $4 at some stores in Lakewood.

- Movement Underway to Halt 6th Street Verizon Antenna in lakewood - 

Members of the community reached out to the building’s owners at 500 Clifton Avenue in an attempt to inform them of the potential health and safety issues of the antenna’s radio frequency emissions. Dozens of neighbors signed a petition essentially pleading with them to “put an end to this.”  On April 8th, a member of the community met with the building’s manager, presenting him with extensive documentation about the inherent dangers. The manager reportedly presented all the information to the building’s owners. Documentation was hand-delivered to the owners as well. On Tuesday, April 27th, the building’s manager reported back to the local community with a phone call, indicating that the owners regret their original decision and claim that they will be working on a resolution. Rav Forchheimer concluded, “I am hereby of the opinion that, considering the halacha of chamira sakanta mei’issura, all involved parties should ensure that this proposed antenna does not become a reality.” Matzav 

- Agudas Israel says they are waiting for the final ruling of the supreme court on Abortion per email sent by Abba Cohen the Washington DC director to the JTA.  “While Agudath Israel is closely monitoring this important — if irregular — development, the Jewish perspective on abortion is nuanced, Thus, we would have to review the precise nuances of the final decision itself — how, for example, it treats abortion rights when the ‘mother’s life or health is endangered,’ or when the ‘mother’s sincerely-held religious beliefs allow or require’ her to seek an abortion, “We would also have to carefully examine state statutes and prospective legislation on these matters. Only then can we responsibly determine the true impact of the Dobbs decision and future steps we might deem necessary.”

- Fence erected overnight around the U.S. Supreme Court building.

- Moscow confirmed its troops ran simulated nuclear missile strikes in the western enclave of Kaliningrad on the NATO border yesterday amid heightening tensions over the war in Ukraine.

- Middlesex County Judge Joseph Paone, who was recently assigned to the case of SCHI founder Rabbi Osher Eisemann, will preside over a critical hearing this Friday to determine if the two convictions – each of which carries up to 10 years in prison – should be tossed, or if the case should proceed to resentencing. A phone hotline for updates on the case can be reached by calling 732.363.1011. The tzibbur  is asked to daven for a just outcome in the case for  Osher ben Chana Frumet (Yated)

The Life and Legacy of Rav Dov Kreiswirth ZT"L - Rosh HaYeshiva - Toras Chaim

 Today is the first yartzheit ד אייר

Events ד' אייר תשפ"ב

 Wednesday night

Kiddush Levana

- Rabbi Milstein’s weekly Chumash shiur  tonight at 830.  At Ishay Yisroel 110 Miller Rd

The IDF Thinks – and the Torah Winks

 NOT A SNOWBALL’S CHANCE IN GAN EDEN

The IDF Thinks – and the Torah Winks

Re: The One who Wields the Sword 

Not so many nights ago, the People of the Book made a Seder and retold the ‘Sipur’ of our odyssey in Egypt.

The One Above extricated His nation from Pharaoh’s reign via ten plagues that turned nature on its head.

The ultimate objective was realized as we received Torah from Sinai – that’s the narrative – but are we on the same page?

The Seder message is – 

למען תדע כי אני ה' בקרב הארץ" [שמות: ח,יח]"

The Boreh Olam runs this world and orchestrates the course of history.

Iran is a kid on the global block and is not going away!

According to the Talmud [Yoma 10A] ‘Poras’ has a pivotal role to play in the world, a colossal confrontation with Edom – or Western civilization. One opinion says ‘Poras’ will prevail – that doesn’t sound like F-35’s flying out of a Negev airbase and decimating Natanz nuclear facility.

Naftali Bennett and Putin will dance the Kizatzka, sooner than Teheran disappears from the world scene.

If  רצון שמים decrees by design that Iran realize its aspirations for hegemony, any endeavor by Tzahal to the contrary, is a waste of energy and resources, and won’t impact the calculus.

The issue with this Ami piece is not only that it’s wishful thinking that will never transpire, but also the tone of the title and interview, a cavalier worldview that we’ll take care of things [as if it’s up to them]; the Haggadah’s directive casts this philosophy aside into the dustbin, with the rest of the sour-dough chometz.

The Torah’s pen is mightier than [the one who yields] the sword.

Wednesday May 4th News Updates

 Weather: 70° Showers this morning becoming less numerous during the afternoon hours. High around 70F.  Chance of rain 40%.

-OCHD updated covid numbers April 27- May 3 no deaths reported 

- 70 new covid cases in Lakewood  totals 24712/ 374

- 70 new covid cases in Jackson 12972/143

- 111 new covid cases in Toms River totals 22053/ 433

- U.S. surpasses 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News.

- Free sandwiches today at Hot Bagles 232 2nd street until closing 6:00 pm

- EAP Grant checks of $2500 from covid care act arrive in the mail to lakewood residents who were eligible and won a lottery. 

- Plastic bag bans goes into effect today in NJ

- Yesterday Chemed set up a corona vaccine shop on the corner of North Lake Drive and 2nd Street at the North Lake Park. Two individuals came to protest. (Jnews)

- Chasdei Dovid post pesach chometz sale this Sunday fill up a box with items for only $10 this Sunday May 8 at 532 Applegate Dr Jackson 11:00 am to 6:00 pm over 25k items. Food is from the chometz drop offs and were sold with a mechira.

- Today  May 4, Wawa convenience store in NJ will be giving away 1,000 free reusable bags with a purchase, while supplies last. afterwards they will charge 35 cents for it.

- Kol haolam reports 200 Jews were stranded at Frankfurt airport overnight after not being allowed to board their connecting flight to Budapest. Airline officials claimed some of them refused to wear masks on their original flight from JFK. All non-Jews were allowed onto the connection. travel agents are working on alternate options but for now they are still stuck due to not many available tickets. Some will fly to Vienna and drive from there, others will just return home.

- Fed  Set to Raise Interest Rates a Half Percentage Point today

- Chavrusah Tumul winding down in BMG as summer zman begins. The yeshiva will be learning maseches Kesubos.

- This Friday, May 6th, a crucial hearing on the motion for a retrial in the case of SCHI founder Rabbi Osher Eisemann will take place Please daven for Osher ben Chana Frumet.

- Lakewood residents who applied for the tuition grant from the New Jersey Educational Assistance Program through Agudah have still not received any checks. They are reportedly set to go out next week.

- Anytime a student of Rabbi Wallerstein would give in to his pleas to take off a piercing they had, he would take that piercing and put it on his tallis bag. He always told his students, “I will be buried with it” and yesterday, he was. (meaningful moment)

 

Events ג' אייר תשפ"א

 היום שמונה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות וארבעה ימים בעומר

Yartzheit Seudah in Lakewood for Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner ZTL of Kerestir will take place Tonight 10:00 pm at Yeshiva Ktana hall with the participation of the Admorim  and other rabbonim 120 second street.

Lakewood Zoning Board Sued For Ignoring Neighbors Concerns on Cell Tower

 A Lakewood resident has filed a lawsuit against the Township Zoning Board after the Board approved a cell tower facility on top of the Senior Citizen resident building on Clifton Avenue and 5th Street despite health concerns presented by numerous neighbors.

Back in March, Lakewood Township's Zoning Board granted a Use Variance as well Bulk Variance relief to a Verizon subsidy to install a cell tower facility on top of the Senior Citizen resident building on Clifton Avenue and 5th Street.

Numerous neighbors attended the Zoning Board hearing and spoke up in opposition to the installation of the cell tower, citing health concerns due to the proximity of the proposed tower to residential homes.

Attorneys for Verizon counter asserted that the Zoning Board is precluded from considering the health effects of the cell tower, beyond whether they followed FCC guidelines.

In response to this assertion, the neighbors attempted to distribute to the Board articles regarding a Federal appeals court opinion that the FCC, which has not updated their  guidelines regarding the standards for cell towers since 1996, has failed to adequately respond to credible evidence, such as from the American Academy of Pediatrics, of the impact of radio frequency radiation on children. The American Academy of Pediatrics has presented credible evidence that exposure to radio frequency radiation can have health impacts and environmental impacts even at levels lower that those  permitted under the existing guidelines.

The neighbors implored the Board to table the application to a future date to permit them to retain a professional to better present their concerns to the Zoning Board.

The Zoning Board refused to postpone the hearing, and even to look at the federal court opinion after the Board Attorney asserted the articles were irrelevant because "he is sure there are other articles that say differently."

The neighbors have filed a Complaint in Lieu of Prerogative Writs asking the Superior Court asking the Judge to overturn the Zoning Board's decision, arguing that the Board's refusal to adjourn the hearing, despite multiple objectors requesting the opportunity to secure a expert witness was contrary  to applicable law; and was arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable and otherwise wrongful against the neighbors.

Tuesday May 3 News Updates Lakewood

Weather:  Some sun this morning with increasing clouds this afternoon. High 62F.

- Yartzheit Seudah in Lakewood for Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner ZTL of Kerestir will take place Tonight 10:00 pm at Yeshiva Ktana hall  with the participation of the Admorim  and other rabbonim.

- A  anonymous gvir from lakewood sponsored hundreds of pizza pies in Yerushalayim ganei geula in memory of reb Shayala Kerestir.

- The number of severe complications after vaccination against Sars-CoV-2 is 40 times higher than previously recorded by the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI)," a study with around 40,000 participants by the Berlin Charité concludes.

- U.S. coronavirus death toll hits 999,000

- Gas is at $4.30 in Jackson & Lakewood, stations in Brick are at $4.15 

- SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts in a statement says the Politico document is real, but doesn't represent the final decision of the court. Calling the leak "egregious breach of trust,"  says he's directing the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.

- The Brother of Reb Shayala of Kerestirer Rav Yehuda Tzvi ZTL,  is buried in Staten Island at The Baron Hirsch cemetery 2 minutes off the SI Expressway It is said over that Reb Shayala appeared in a dream and told someone that you can go daven at my brothers kever in New York and will be helped just as if you came to me in Kerestir. The cemetery will be open late with lighting no vehicle traffic will be allowed inside his yahrzeit is next week 12 Iyar and many go then as well. The address for GPS is 1125 Richmond Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10314. Exit 7 off the SI expressway.

- Biden says “stability of our law” demands high court not overrule Roe, he will work to codify abortion right into law.

- Going to Miron for lag Baomer  you will need to purchase a bus ticket which will work as a entry ticket gov sets up website with info.

-At the Lakewood zoning board meeting last night

The cell tower application was pushed off to the end of the night and went until 11:00 pm there was no time for any public comment and the application will continue at the June 13th meeting. testimony was given about the need to place the tower in the proposed location and that it is well below fcc standards as for safety reasons. The board asked the applicant if they factored in the BMG student housing that will move into the area, lawyer said they saw that in the paper and the professionals will address all safety concerns in the testimony. 

 A application to construct 15 units at the Chestnut new hampshire area was denied by default after the board did not make a second motion to approve. Neighborhood residents came out forcefully opposing any new density construction threatening to take the matter to court if the board approves anything that is not within the masterplan, They noted the numerous traffic accidents ion the corner of chestnut st and New hampshire and that the county is in no rush to put up a traffic light there.

A application for a duplex on sherwood avenue was denied after 3 members voted against it as it needed variances and was setting precedent int he area, many neighbors came out in support.

- Acceptance Letters for high school acceptance are in the mail while many girls were accepted without official letter notification 

- Mike Blasi, Republican candidate for Congress in New Jersey's 4th District announces that he will be suspending his campaign to make it easier for others to beat Chris Smith.. He wrote "This race has never been about me. Having three candidates in the race guarantees Chris Smith an easy victory. As upsetting as this is, I will always do what is in the best interest of the people of District 4.

- LPD drug take back said they received 26 boxes of medications which weighs 330 lbs.

Supreme Court to Overturn Roe V. Wade

 US Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows. A leaked draft decision reveals SCOTUS seems set to overturn Roe v. Wade

Police set up security barricades around the United States Supreme Court building after a draft opinion reportedly overturning Roe vs. Wade was leaked st 8:30 pm by Politico reporters.

The Supreme Court has written an opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that provides women with a constitutionally protected right to an abortion, a report said.

The majority opinion was written by Justice Samuel Alito and leaked to Politico in an extraordinary breach of Supreme Court procedure.

“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito writes in the 98-page draft opinion, obtained by the outlet.

The Democratic leaders in Congress, Senator Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, issued a joint statement saying that the draft opinion, should it become the court’s decision, “would go down as an abomination, one of the worst and most damaging decisions in modern history.”

Governor Phil Murphy said "A truly dark day in America with the news reports that the Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. This year, I signed the Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act – codifying a woman's right to choose into state law. New Jersey will not go backwards on reproductive rights".

The opinion rejects the 1973 decision that guaranteed constitutional protections for abortion rights as well as the subsequent Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision in 1992.

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” he writes in the document, labeled as the “Opinion of the Court.”

A ruling overturning Roe would be transformational -- legally, politically and socially. Twenty-six states would be likely to ban most abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that backs abortion rights. 

The draft ruling, which was written in February, would end the federal abortion protections and instead leave the decision up to each state to restrict or ban abortions.

It’s not clear if there have been subsequent changes to the draft, Politico reported.

No draft decision in the court’s modern history has been released publicly while a final decision on a case was still pending, according to the outlet.

SCOTUS judges are known to have changed their votes as opinions circulate, Politico noted, and major decisions such as this can go through multiple drafts before a final decision is made.

Oif Simchas א' אייר תשפ"ב

Monday night

היום שבעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות ושלשה ימים בעומר

Chasunas:

Another Cell Tower In The Heart of Lakewood

 Updated: Location is behind 14th st and Case opposite Fernwood by the dead end on the GCU property.

Application to be heard Tonight. Just weeks after the Lakewood zoning board approved a cell tower in the heart of Lakewood despite public opposition from neighbors including the Satmar dayan and Rabbi Forcheimer citing serious health concerns, tonight May 2nd the board will hear another application for a cell tower a few blocks away in the heart of Lakewood right down the block from BMG. The location  will be along 14th street behind Fernwood and Case rd. A Lawsuit has been filed against the zoning  board for the approval of a tower on Clifton ave.

 A 150 foot communications tower for cell service is up for approval at the Lakewood zoning board meeting  it will be located on the Georgian court property on the agenda: "Cellco Partnership – 900 Lakewood Ave, Block 44 Lot 1, R-12 zone -to  construct a wireless communication tower". Agenda

The zoning board does not allow public comments via email since the covid restriction for them is up and the meetings are in person. The hearing is scheduled at 7:00 pm

Map of cell tower location upper left red area

Monday May 2 Rosh Chodesh Iyar News Updates Lakewood

Weather: Cloudy and damp with rain this morning...then becoming partly cloudy. High 67F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100%.

- Heading out - thousands of Jews on the way to  Kerestir on May 3-4 to mark the 97th yahrzeit of  Reb Shayale Kerestirer. 

- Lakewood zoning board meeting today Monday May 2 at 6:00 pm

see agenda Here watch livestream Here

on the agenda:

 Application for a cell communications tower on the Georgian court property behind 14th street and Case rd.

Application for 15 units on Chestnut st west of New Hampshire ave

- NJ plastic/paper bag ban begins on Wednesday Food pantries at churches and non-profits will get a six-month reprieve from the bag ban to help make the transition. And any penalties of the Styrofoam ban will come with a warning to start. Businesses and institutions can also apply via an online application for a waiver to be exempt from the Styrofoam ban for up to one year. Egg cartons  will be exempt from the law for two years.

- Israel demanded an apology from Russia after foreign minister Sergey lavrov rants  Zelensky has Jewish blood 'just like Hitler'

- High school acceptance letters are expected to arrive in the mail this week. was pushed off from last week. 

- President Joe Biden hasn’t announced a plan to enact wide-scale student loan cancellation, but there’s already speculation Biden could cancel $10,000 for student loan borrowers if he proceeds with mass student loan forgiveness.

Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein Ztl

watch levaya livestream on Torah Anytime HERE 11:00 am 

Matzav- BDE: petirah of Rabbi Zecharia Wallerstein z’’l. He was in his sixties. Rabbi Wallerstein was the founder of Ateres Naava Seminary for Girls and Ohr Naava Women’s Institute in Brooklyn, NY.

Over three decades in chinuch, Rabbi Wallerstein, with his trademark passion, clarity, and love, touched the hearts and souls of thousands of students from all shades of the religious spectrum.

Oif Simchas ר"ח א' אייר תשפ"ב

היום ששה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות ושני ימים בעומר

- יעלה ויבוא 

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Sunday Rosh Chodesh Iyar May 1st News Updates Lakewood

Weather: Partly cloudy skies this morning will become overcast during the afternoon. High 67F.

 - A single-engine Cessna 172 crashed at Ocean County Airport in Berkeley about 6 p.m. Sunday, Two people were on board, "Nobody was injured. Everybody got out ok," The plane appeared to suffer mechanical issues before the crash, Berkeley Police Sgt. Taylor Butler said near the crash site on Route 530. (App)

- New study: Face mask usage during covid correlates with higher death rates: Using data from 35 countries and 602 million people, peer-reviewed study confirms previous research and cautions use of face masks "may have harmful unintended consequences." "Correlation Between Mask Compliance and COVID-19 Outcomes in Europe" has demonstrated that use of face masks, even widespread, did not correlate with better outcomes during the COVID epidemic. (INN)

- Women of the wall plan provocation tomorrow at the kosher by the ezras Nassim with reform movement. 

- Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita spoke today in Lakewood at a chanukah Habayis he mentioned that if one does not stop the building of a shul it is considered as if he helped build it.

- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: The fact that Zelenskyy is Jewish does not deny the Nazi elements in Ukraine. I believe Hitler also had Jewish blood.

- 2:00 pm Levaya of Rav Nota Greenblatt ztl watch livestream Here

- When you don't know that it's Pesach: Reporter comes shopping in Lakewood but it's Yom Tov. "You picked the wrong day,” said Lue World, sitting with two of his friends in the Town Square. That’s because the first and last two days of Passover are the most solemn of the eight-day observance. Orthodox businesses and yeshivas (schools) were closed so people could gather in their homes, go to synagogue and take walks, as I noticed driving around. more at NJ

- BMG summer zman begins tomorrow 

- Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) to introduce a joint resolution that would "authorize the use of U.S. Armed Forces to defend Ukraine" should Russia use chemical, biological, and/or nuclear weapons.

-  NJ plastic  bag ban begins this week along with ban on Styrofoam. Shoppers will need to bring their own bags or buy reusable ones.

- Girls high school applications some schools sent out letters before shabbos others to send out early this week.

- Food prices soar at local groceries loaf of bread $4.29 package of Liebers snackers $6.49 at one store. Danish $3.99

- Chanukah Habayis Hachnosas sefer Torah at Kollel chested shlomo this afternoon 1:30 pm at 580 New Egypt Ave.

-  Pelosi visits kitchen leading a congressional delegation including  Reps. Jason Crow, D-Colo., Jim McGovern, D-Mass., Gregory Meeks, D-NY, and Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

- Lakewood Mayor interview in Ami magazine blames state and county for traffic woes as they are not keeping up with the infrastructure like widening route 9, or light at chestnut and rt 70. says township has not sold property for residential development in the past 20 years only for schools.

- Adventure crossing sports complex going up in Jackson next to six flags was approved for a indoor water park and wave pool. There will be a top golf opening there as well. The developers are seeking to bring a kosher food establishment to the complex.

- Lakewood  residents file law suit against the zoning board for the approval a cell communication tower on top of the Eleanor Levovitz building on Clifton Ave. Yated Neeman reports  the suit claims that the board refused to allow testimony showing serious health concerns from the radiation of the tower. There is another application for a cell tower on the Georgian Court property behind 14th st and Case to coming up. The Satmar dayan and Rabbi Forcheimer senior posek at BMG wrote strong letters to the board to reconsider due to serious health risks associated with theses towers.

Motzei Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Iyar 5782

Weather- Mostly clear. Low near 40F.

 היום חמשה עשר יום שהא שני שבועות  ויום אחד בעומר

- Levaya of Rav Nota Greenblatt will be tomorrow 2 pm at Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim MTJ in NYC. There will be a livestream video hookup Here (streets in NYC will be closed for bike tour)

Navie Shiur  by Rav Michoel Sorotzkin Motzei shabbos 10:45 pm at KNA Robert's shul

-A kumzitz was held for one of the victims of the Lakewood/Jackson terror attack at the rehab facility in Freehold. Other victims of the attack came along for Bikur choline. Please continue to daven for moshe Yigal Ben Brunyah

- Five boroughs bike tour in NYC The Staten Island-bound lower level of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge will be closed on Sunday from 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m. The upper level of the bridge will remain open in both directions throughout the entirety of the event.

- Israeli security guard in Ariel was shot and killed Friday night by Palestinian terrorists. They were captured on Shabbos.

- Daf Yomi today Yevamos 54 mentions several  pesukim from  todays parsha.

- Vladimir Putin is set to undergo an operation for cancer and will hand over power to his hardline spy chief, a Kremlin insider has reportedly claimed. There is speculation reports that he is battling both abdominal cancer and Parkinson’s Disease. No date was set for the operation.

Lakewood zmanim עש"ק פר' אחרי מות מברכים חודש אייר תשפ"ב

 Friday, April 29, 2022 / כ״ח ניסן תשפ״ב ערב שבת פרשת אחרי מות

- Candle lighting 7:31 pm

- Shkiah/Sunset 7:49 pm

- Rosh chodesh Iyar is Sunday & Monday 

Molad is Sunday morning, 20 minutes and 1 chelek after 5:00 am.

- Weather tonight Low 39F. Shabbos day Sunny skies. High 66F.

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

- פרקי אבות פרק א

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

בד"ה HaRav Nota Greenblatt ZTL

 Levaya will be held Sunday 2:00 pm at Mesivta Tiferes Yerushalayim MTJ in New York City

Matzav- It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Nota Greenblatt zt”l, av bais din of Memphis, TN and noted rov and posek. He was 96 years old.

Rav Greenblatt was born in 1925 in Washington, DC. In 1928, his parents moved to Ellenville, NY, where his father, Rav Yitzchok, a native of Brisk, became the rov of the shul. Rav Yitzchok then became a shul rov in Newark, which had a large Jewish community. Rav Yitzchok was not only a talmid chochom who wrote seforim, but was also a maggid, traveling around and speaking. In 1943, Rav Yitzchok started the first day school in Newark, which was the second religious day school to open in New Jersey.

Rav Nota Greenblatt was born in Washington, but spent the years age 8 to age 12 in Israel. He returned to the US by himself at the age of 12 in 1937 to study under Rav Dovid Leibowitz at Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim on South 9th Street in Williamsburg. The mashgiach of the yeshiva was Rav Chaim Pinchos Scheinberg. Rav Greenblatt learned with bochurim who were much older than him and was able to hold his own due to his in-depth, Yerushalmi chinuch. He spoke a fluent Yiddish, which helped him become close to Rav Dovid. Rav Dovid told him, “If you’re sincere and you know where you want to go in life and have a plan, you’ll never fail. You will always succeed.”

Friday April 29 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: Plentiful sunshine. High 63F. Winds NW at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible

עש"ק פר' אחרי מות מברכים אייר

Candle lighting 7:31 pm Shkiah 7:49 pm

Rosh chodesh is on Sunday & Monday

Pirkei Avos begins this shabbos. In EY it is parshas kedoshim

-Ocean county sheriff pulling over cars today along Central Ave bet Rt 9 and Jackson border 

- Strauss foods from Israel announced a recall on all Elite, Energy, gum and toffee products after 10-year-old was hospitalized with salmonella. The factory where the bacteria was found will be shut down for three months. Local stores in Lakewood and the US have removed some of the products from the shelf such as chocolate bars. 

- Birchas Ilanos list of fruit trees in Lakewood  by Misaskim resources (2016) HERE 

- Lakewood  residents file law suit against the zoning board for the approval a cell communication tower on top of the Eleanor Levovitz building on Clifton Ave. Yated Neeman reports  the suit claims that the board refused to allow testimony showing serious health concerns from the radiation of the tower. There is another application for a cell tower on the Georgian Court property behind 14th st and Case to coming up. The Satmar dayan and Rabbi Forcheimer senior posek at BMG wrote strong letters to the board to reconsider due to serious health risks associated with theses towers.

- Putin could declare World War III within days, says UK defence secretary

UK defence secretary Ben Wallace has warned that Putin may try to "mobilise" the Russian people with a global offensive against "Nazis" as his invasion of Ukraine has "failed"

- Prices of food items continue to rise ALDI raises price  eggs  at$1.99 a dozen.

- Styrofoam plates, cups won’t be sold in N.J. stores when bag ban starts It’s not just plastic and paper bags that will be going away May 4 once New Jersey’s single-use plastic bag ban goes into effect statewide. Styrofoam products  including cups, plates, and to-go containers — will be going to the wayside too. (NJ)

- R' Aaron Lang  Lakewod attorney and BMG alumnus currently litigating on behalf of lakewood residents to fix the funding formula. "We need visionary leadership. We need to innovate and lead. What we do here has significance elsewhere. On the Lakewood BOE yearly budget: " $220M budget is wasted, run by mediocre administrators without vision, b/c they protect $20M for mosdos. Why sacrifice $200M for $20M? Get both! (Same w/elections, b/c of favors, we overlook visionless government) A true innovator can turn the $220M into $1B worth of public weal! First thing I will do when I'm in the saddle is to make Lakewood beautiful. My generation did it for all of America, we can do it for Lakewood. "We'll open our cutting-edge facility/teachers/equipment to yungeleit and their wives to learn professional skills and the trades".

- Lakewood BOE swears in R' Eli Greenwald as new board member this morning to fill the seat vacated by Mr. Bentzy Treiser watch Here

- Photo Nadvorna rebbe placing a shlissel in the challah while saying a special tefilah.The key is from a Aron kodesh

Hashkafa Q&A

 Hashkafa Q&A with Rav Gershon Ribner Shlita

Rebgershonribner.com

Justifying the practice of nepotism prevalent in all Yeshivos The primary factor in driving youngerliet out of Kollel Questionnaire to determine what level Ben Torah one has reached Why does the Yitzra D'arayos relax its belligerence on a zakein

Oif Simchas כ"ח ניסן תשפ"ב

היום שלשה עשר יום שהם שבוע אחד וששה ימים בעומר

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