About the Hashomrim Cards

A Release published in support of cards designed to subvert children against their parents was greatly misleading The Voice Of Lakewood magazine, claims.
Shomrim cards features grotesque caricatures of frum adults using smartphones, and of children complaining of the negative influence their parents have on them. The cards are aimed at convincing children to demand that their parents stop using smartphones.  A Advertisement published in a Lakewood publication a few weeks ago expressed support for the cards and encouraged people to donate. It included a letter signed by the roshei yeshiva. TVOL has learned that the rabbonim were never shown the cards and the letter was merely meant to support a project promoting awarness to the dangers of smartphone usage. When shown the cards, the Rabbonim  strongly disapproved of their content and message.

A ad published In the Yated Neeman

Lakewood Math Teacher's Effort to secure more school funding continues

Administrative Law Judge Susan Scarola denied a state motion to dismiss a challenge to the school funding formula brought by a Lakewood High School math teacher Arthur Lang  APP reports

"Evidence and testimony presented by Lang "tends to show that (Lakewood Public School District) cannot provide a thorough and efficient education with the level of funding it receives under the (school funding formula) and that, as a result, the (formula) is unconstitutional as applied to the Lakewood public school district."

Lang said “I’m encouraged that we’ll be able to resolve the Lakewood funding conundrum,” he said. "It has been our position since we filed that the lack of funding has had detrimental effects upon student achievement and has reached constitutional dimensions."

His effort has been ongoing since 2014.

Lakewood Industrial commission Annual Reorganization Meeting

Lakewood Industrial commission Annual Reorganization Meeting
 January 9, 2019  11:30 AM  Lakewood Municipal Bldg. - Room C
Agenda HERE
Resolution Designating Depositories of the Lakewood Industrial Commission for the year 2019
Resolution accepting Award of contract for 2019 Airport Engineering and Consulting Services to DY Consultants for Lakewood Township Airport

Oif Simchas Lakewood January 8, '19

-Chasuna: Wulliger - Lieber at  Ne'emas Hachaim hall
-Chasuna: Kleiner - Jacobovitch at Lake Terrace hall
-Chasuna: Melamed - Freundlich at Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga

BMG Shalva women's program at Bnos Devorah hall  360 Oak 8:30 - 10:00 pm $20 for a 2 part program  invividual workshops given by veteran Kallah teachers January 8 and 15

Security funding doubles for private and religious schools in NJ Lakewood gets biggest share

Religious and private schools in New Jersey will get an additional $11.3 million in security funding from the state.  Private schools in Lakewood will receive an additional approximately $2.2 million in state funding to keep students  doubling the amount they currently receive  under a  bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Tuesday. (Lakewood will get the largest share of the new funding because of its large private school student population. In the 2017-2018 school year, Lakewood's 32,000 private

BDE

Petirah of Reb Yosef Gelbwachs ztl Rosh Yeshiva Noam Hatorah of Lakewood who suffered a heart attack R"L He was 61 years old
 Levaya will take placce tomorrow morning Wednesday  10:30 am at 218 6th street Lakewood NJ. Kevura is in Long Island  (Welwood )
Matzav.com reports: Rav Gelbwachs spent his life in the world of chinuch and harbotzas haTorah. For many years, he led Yeshiva Ohr Hatalmud, successfully imparting Torah to numerous talmidim. The yeshiva was located on Park Avenue, two blocks from his home.

Rav Gelbwachs later opened his yeshiva, Yeshiva Noam Hatalmud, where he continued with his trademark derech of imbuing bochurim with cheishek haTorah and strong, unwavering hashkafah.

Rav Gelbwachs leaves behind his wife, Mrs. Miriam Gelbwachs, and their wonderful family

New Kosher Pantry in Hospital of University Of Pennsylvania (HUP)

Philadelphia - It took Bikkur Cholim of Philadelphia 20 years of perseverance, lobbying and cajoling but now, finally, Jewish cholim from all over the world will be able to have a user-friendly experience as they access one of the most prestigious medical centers in the world, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP).

Sadly, until very recently, frum patients in HUP didn’t have access to kosher food or other frum amenities for caregivers. All this changed with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the kosher pantry which took place on Thursday, December 5.

“Already 20 years ago, we realized how vitally important a kosher pantry would be for frum patients,” said Mrs. Malkie Schwartz, co-head of Bikkur Cholim of Philadelphia. “We started lobbying the leadership of the hospital back then, but, due to layers of bureaucratic red tape we were met with all kinds of obstacles.

Lakewood Planing Board Meeting

Lakewood Planning board and reorganization meeting Tuesday January 8, 2019 6:00 pm

Watch Live stream HERE
See Agenda HERE
OATH OF OFFICE

Oif Simchas Lakewood January 7 '19

Weather A mix of wintry precipitation this evening. Then periods of rain expected overnight. Low 31F.

- Chasuna: Sussman - Meisels at Fountain ballroom Lakewood Cheder
-Chasuna: Aryeh - Dunst at Lake Terrace hall
-Chasuna: Moniker - Nathan at Ateres Reva hall
-Chasuna: Garfinkel - Gramma at Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga
-Chasuna: Harnik - Herskowitz at Ne'emas Hachaim Hall

 Parlor Meeting for Zichron Mattel keren Chasanim tonight after second seder "for Bochurim helping Bochurim" downstairs from Bais Yitzchock B"M in Ateres Esther hall 7th and private way Lakewood, NJ Divrei Bracha by Harav Yeruchom Olshin shlita

Tefilos for A Yeshiva Bochur

Matzav-  An 18-year-old yeshiva bochur from Baltimore is in serious condition after sustaining injuries in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike while en route to his yeshiva in Lakewood after spending Shabbos in Cleveland. A talmid at Rav Tzvi Menachem Feigenbaum’s yeshiva, the bochur’s car went over the roadway guardrail during the incident. All are asked to daven for Yehuda Yitzchok ben Yael Sarah.

Zoning Board Meeting Lakewood

Lakewood, NJ Zoning board meeting tonight January 7 2019 at 7 pm
-Watch live stream here
-See Draft agenda

-REORGANIZATION – ATTORNEY, ENGINEER, PLANNER

-NEW BUSINESS
Appeal # 4090 – 570 Ocean LLC, Ocean Avenue, Block 538 Lots 13, 14 & 42. R-7.5 zone.

Kashrus Today

Headlines podcast
1/5/19 Kashrus today: Can Chassidisher hechsheirim do what the large organizations do today? What hechsher is good and how do we know? China: A Kashrus nightmare - Hear the world’s experts

January 4, 2019

with Rabbi Moshe Elefant - COO, OU Kosher - 12:55

with Rabbi Chezky Auerbach - Rav Hamachshir, NPGS - 55:40

with Rabbi Yisroel Halberstam - Rav Hamachshir, SKS - 57:00

with Rabbi Avrohom Moshe Weisner - Rav Hamachshir, KCL - 1:34:00

Videos: President Trump at the Achim Byachad Shabbaton

At the Achim Byachad shabbaton for Chai Ifeline in Toms River Video credit @Rafi King

Oif Simchas Lakewood Rosh Chodesh Shevat 5779

-Chasuna: Berenbaum - Landau at Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga

 - Vort: Hachosson Naftoli Simcha  Scheinberg to Hakallah Nechie Kesselman Bas R' Avi at R' Gissinger shul 175 Sunset Lakewood 6:00pm - 10:00 pm

Yom Kippur Koton Minyanim Erev Rosh Chodesh Shevat 5779 Lakewood

Rosh  Chodesh Shevat is this Monday

-Kol Shimshon
-Shemen L'Mincha 1:00 pm
-Lev Avos 14th street  1:20 pm
-Hearthstone shul 1:15 pm In upstairs beis medrash.
-Somerset Walk 1:25 pm
-Alumni 1:45 pm
-B"M Kelmwoods Westgate 2:45 pm
-Breslov 6th street 3:45 pm
-Bais Horaah upstairs 4:05 pm
-B"M Lutzk 4:00 pm
-Bais Mordechai 4:15 pm
-Satmar B"M  on Forest  every bottom of the hour
-Lakewood Courtyard shul 40 minutes before shkia

Motzei Shabbos וארא 5779 Lakewood

-Lakewood Bikur Cholim Raffle tonight Buy tickets HERE
-Melava Malka B"M Zichron Yoel at 1014 Lawrence Avenue, Lakewood NJ 8:30 pm
-Melava Malka Yeshiva of Staten Island Alumnni at Rav Gissinger shul 175 Sunset 8:30 pm
-Parlor Meeting for Mifal Torah Vodaas at 109 Elm Street Lakewood 8:30 pm
-Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Lakewood alumni Melava Malka at 908 Vermont Ave Lakewood 8:30 pm
-Yeshiva of Cliffwood Lakewood Parlor meeting at Orchos Chaim hall 8:15 pm
-Bais kaila melava Malka Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga 8:00 pm
-Bnos Bais yakov Isamar Play sold out
-Camp Chabura- Hafla reunion -open house 218 Joe Parke

Lakewood Zmanim שבת קודש פרשת וארא שבת מברכים חודש שבט תשע''ט

 Lakewood, NJ Friday, January 4, 2019 / כ״ז טבת תשע״ט ערב שבת פרשת וארא

Candle lighting 4:26 pm
Shkia/Sunset 4:44 pm

Rosh Chodesh Shevat is on Monday January 7th
The Molad for Shevat will be: Sunday morning, 13 minutes and 14 chalakim after 11:00 am

Weather: Friday night Rain after midnight low of 40
Shabbos day Cloudy with periods of rain. High 48F. . Chance of rain 90%.

כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ אלוקים: בְּקַבְּצִי אֶת בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן הָעַמִּים אֲשֶׁר נָפֹצוּ בָם, וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בָם לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם, וְיָשְׁבוּ עַל
אַדְמָתָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לְעַבְדִּי לְיַעֲקֹב
(הפטרת וארא)

At Bingo

Rav Avigdor Miller on Nachal Chareidi

Rav Avigdor Miller on Nachal Chareidi by Toras Avigdor

Q:
There has been talk in Eretz Yisroel about the frummeh agreeing to join the IDF in separate regiments called nachal chareidi. What does the Rav think about this?

A:
Some people are proposing to take frum boys into the army in frum regiments. You should know that it's a shtus, a complete foolishness. The army is made lichatchilah for the purpose of changing the minds of the boys while in the army. The purpose of the army is to make the youth into Israelis. This is something that their leaders have said long ago. And it's well-known by those who understand things. And we don't want our children to become Israelis. We want them to remain Jews.

Oif Simchas Lakewood. January 3, 2019

-Chasuna: Richter - Mayer at Ne'emas Hachaim hall
 -Chasuna: Heller - Engel at Fountain ballroom Lakewood Cheder
 -Hespedim for Harav Shmuel Berenbaum at Chevra Lomdei Torah 617 5th street 10:15pm Divrei Zikaron Harav Avrohom Berenbaum shlita
 -Hespedim for Rav kalman Krohn at Yeshiva Orchos Chaim 10:00 pm
 -Parlor Meeting on behalf of Mesivta Gaon Yaakov at 803 Morris Avenue Lakewood (Hearthstone) 8:00 pm
 Shiur from Harav Yaakov Drillman at 500 Marc 11:00 pm

Rebbe's Choice Herring Now Available

Welcome to the Rebbe' s Choice, a Chasidishe inspired herring  now available in Lakewood at Kosher West supermarket. Try Sweet Black Pepper Herring fresh and peppery inspired by Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev , Zesty Matjes Herring inspired by Rebbe Menachem  Mendel of Rimanov, the Honey Mustard Sriracha Herring a sharp fiery herring is inspired by the chassidus of Kotzk and many others. 
www.rebbeschoice.com

Tonight: Hespedim for Reb Kalman Krohn ZT"L

There will Hespedim tonight in Lakewood for Rav Kolman Krohn ztl. It will take place at yeshiva Orchos Chaim 410 Oberlin Avenue Lakewood,  NJ At 9:00pm.
 Maspidim, Rav Abba Brudny shlita, Rav Shmuel Zev Rotkin Shlita and others.

Satmar Rockwell Expansion

The Satmar Rockwell development in Lakewood will begin its 3rd phase. According to the approved site plan, the new phase will include 3 rows of duplexes between Elmwood Village and Hearthstone, a new shul & open space lot, and new sidewalks on Elmhurst Blvd and Route 9. Site clearing is expected to begin shortly.

More people moved out of New Jersey than any other state in 2018

Lakewood may be the fastest growing town in NJ but on a national level more people moved out of New Jersey in 2018 than any other state. Interestingly the high property taxes is not mentioned in the study.
Each year for the last 42 years, United Van Lines has released its National Movers Study, which examines which states U.S. residents are leaving, and which ones they’re moving to. In 2018, New Jersey leapt past last year’s champion Illinois to take the top spot … on the wrong end of the spectrum. According to the study, 66.8 percent of New Jersey’s moves last year were outbound, the highest rate in the country.
Illinois (65.9 percent), Connecticut (62 percent), New York (61.5 percent), and Kansas (58.7 percent) round out the top five most moved-from states.

Oif Simchas Lakewood January 2, 2019

-Chasuna: Glick At Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga.
Chasuna at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder
-Yeshiva Gedolah of Hillside parlor meeting at 606 9th street Lakewood 9:15 pm
-Admor M'Loitzk shlita I'm Lakewood at 968 w. Kennedy Blvd until next Week Tuesday.

Traffic Improvements at Cedarbridge Ave in Lakewood paid by Ocean County

LNN -  Ocean County  awarded contracts for major traffic safety improvements to 2 busy intersections in Lakewood, and 1 of those projects will be funded in part by the Transportation Trust Fund, which is funded by the gas tax increase.

Major upgrades are coming to Cedar Bridge and Oberlin Ave, which include road widening to 4 lanes in each direction on Cedar Bridge Ave and 2 lanes in each direction on Oberlin Ave, left turn lanes and new traffic lights with left turning arrows for all 4 approaches, and associated drainage upgrades.
On Oberlin Ave, the islands will be removed to make way for 12' left turning lanes, and 16' right/through lanes. On Cedar Bridge Ave, the road will be widened from Flannery Ave to fit the additional lanes. New curb and sidewalk, as well as drainage and infiltration basins, will be constructed. As an added bonus, during the morning rush hours, this light will be augmented, to increase the green light time for Oberlin Ave.

Oif Simchas Lakewood January 1, 2019

-Chasuna: Bitton - Rosack at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder
-Vort: hachosson Simcha Berkowitz to Hakallah Raizy Bamberger at  Ateres Yeshaya  hall 908 E. county Line rd  6:30 pm
-Vort: Hachosson Chesky Schwartz to Hakallah Machli Braun (Montreal) at  1009 West Kennedy Blvd Lakewood  8:00 pm

NJ Laws Taking Effect, health insurance Mandate, Ban on Smoking on Beaches

TRENTON (AP) - A ban on smoking at public beaches, a state mandate for health insurance and the ability for courts to take away guns from people who pose a danger are among the laws going into effect in the new year in New Jersey. There are about two dozen new laws taking effect in 2019, according to a tally kept by the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services. A handful of them grabbed headlines when they passed.

New Jersey's minimum wage will rise to $8.85 an hour on Tuesday.

Smoking Ban: Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill banning smoking at the state’s public beaches and parks in July, though local communities can opt out and designate small smoking sections. The law takes effect Jan. 16.

Weekly Minyanim

News briefs Lakewood January 1, 2019

-As expected Ray Coles voted as Lakewood Mayor for 2019 Miller Deputy mayor.
-Matzav- update: Missing girl was FOUND! B"H
-Watch Live here Lakewood township organizational meeting 11:00am
-Agra Dpirka shiurim today at Rav Gissinger shul 175 Sunset Lakewood Rav Uri Deutch will speak on the Inyan of Dina Demalchusa as it pertains to Wills and inheritence, Rav Yitzchok Kozlowitz shlita will speak at 11:15 am about Safrus with Ksav Ari.
- Shiur: Sterling Forest Yarchei Kallah today at the Bais Medrash learning sugya of מוליד on Shabbos.  9:00am- Mincha. Harav Simcha Bunim Cohen Shlita will give shiur at 12:45
-Lakewood Township Reorganization Meeting 11:00am, all municipal offices will be closed