Weather: Rain Rain, Snow Possible

The National Weather Service says snow is possible Tuesday night, lasting into Wednesday.The jersey shore including Lakewood/Toms River will likely get no more than 1 or 2 inches.  The NWS says much of the state will likely get at least a wintry mix or rain

Monday will be rainy, windy with temperatures in the upper 50s. Wind gusts could reach nearly 30 mph. Tuesday will be warm with temps in the low 60's.
Tuesday evening, temperatures will dip toward the upper 30s and raise a chance that rain could transform to snow overnight. Little accumulation is expected through Wednesday. temps will then drop into the 20's

Tonight: LFD Meeting to Introduce Budget Tax Increase Expected

The Lakewood Board of Fire Commissioners will introduce the proposed district budget for coming year a tax increase of 1 million dollars is expected according to reports as the dept looks to increase the amount of paid firefighters to 32 in addition to the volunteer force of 70 firefighters.
The Lakewood Board of Fire Commissioners will meet tonight and adopt the budget for 2019. The Fire budget last year was at  $6,606,402.  a 33 percent increase over the previous year.
 The  meeting will take place at fire house  733 Cedarbridge Avenue, Lakewood, New Jersey. the board will vote to adopt  the budget and establish a date for the public hearing as well as for the fire elections next year in February. 
The regular scheduled meeting will follow some items on the agenda:

-Awarding Contract to Winner Ford for a 2020 Ford F-250 Pickup Truck in an Amount of $45,473.00
-Award a Contract for the Purchase of Firehouse Furniture to This End Up Furniture in an Amount Not to Exceed $11,684.20

Letter to Stop Bill that Will Remove Religious Vaccine Exemption

This week Thursday, Dec. 12 there will be a hearing at the NJ  Statehouse annex on eliminating the religious exemption for childhood vaccinations. in a letter dated July 23, 2019 BMG Roshei Yeshiva and poskim  ask the NJ  legislators to halt New Jersey bill S-2173, which aims at removing religious vaccine exemptions.

They write "The decision whether to vaccinate is truly a religious one a orthodox jew should have should retain the right to consult with a Rabbi whether to vaccinate as per his unique situation just as he is allowed to regarding any other medical procedure. The right to act based upon our sacred beliefs, is protected by the constitution we humbly request that you do everything in your power to ensure that there remains a religious exemption in regard to the law of vaccination.

Oif Simchas Lakewood December 8, '19

-Chasuna:
 Tropper - Yudkowsky at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder
-Weinreb wedding at Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga
-Vort: Hachoson  Reuven Levin to Hakallah Buna Shulman at Ohr Meir
30 5th Street Lakewood 8:00 pm

-Vort: Hachosson Aryeh Leib Ackerman to  Hakallah Baila Frankel at YTT 873 Vine Avenue Lakewood 7:30 pm


 -Parlor meeting for yeshivas ruach Hatorah at  2403 Forest Circle Toms River 8:00 pm
-Veretzky Rebbe shlita is in Lakewood at 1507 Parkside

Video: Recap Lakewood Township Committee Meeting

-8:10 why the committee accuses others with anonymous sources  while getting the same favorite coverage and it's ok to attack neighboring govt officials- Ordinances should be to help the public not only individuals
18:11- Why is  county giving Township 1 million dollars for restricted land in cedarbridge development
23:00 why does township put out bid to hire land consultant and not utilizing the services even once, this looks like a whitewash
-26:45  Township sells property at a private sale at under market value since zoning is changing to more density, assessed value does not consist with what it can sell for- as a member of the public it does not look good if the township never uses the services they paid for. (committeeman Akerman votes no on the ordnance)
32:00- Mayor says this will be last meeting of the year thanks everyone for past year, Town clerk resigned, next meeting in January 2020 committee will appoint a mayor.

Sunday Lakewood 12/8/19

-Hachnosas Sefer Torah לע''נ חיים  ע''ה בן אברהם kesivas oisiyos at 1800 New Central Avenue 12:00 pm Mincha 1:45 pm followed by procession to central court shul
-Chinuch convention and educational expo at  Bais Tova 555 Pak street Lakewood Sunday 11 am - 5 pm 7 Pm -10:15
-Toys for Thought Chanuka sale 3rd and Clifton
-Yapchik grand reopening event at 12:00 pm
-Photo Express Grand Reopening at Shliomys Plaza Clifton & Kennedy
-Veretzky Rebbe shlita is in Lakewood at 1507 Parkside

Menorah Returns to Town Square in Lakewood

A few years after the Lakewood township removed a menorah from town square, it has been put back up due to the effort and activism of R' Hershel Herskowitz. In 2015 the menorah removal became a international media story.

Motzei Shabbos ויצא תש''פ Lakewood

-Chanuka mall at Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga
-Chinuch convention and educational expo at  Bais Tova 555 Pak street Lakewood 7:30 pm -11:15 pm Motzei shabbos sunday 11 am - 5 pm 7Pm -10:15
grand reopening at Sky Zone

-Reception for Yeshiva Ohr Simcha of Englewood at 9 Kelm Woods Lakewood 8:30 pm

Lakewood Zmanim ערב שבת פרשת ויצא תש׳׳פ

Shortest Friday shkia 4:13:09
וְהָיָה זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ וּפָרַצְתָּ יָמָּה וָקֵדְמָה וְצָפֹנָה וָנֶגְבָּה וְנִבְרֲכוּ בְךָ כָּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה וּבְזַרְעֶך

Friday, December 6, 2019 / ח׳ כסלו תש״פ ערב שבת פרשת ויצא

Candle lighting: 4:13 pm
Shkia/sunset: 4:31 pm

weather shabbos: Night low of 29f  day Partly cloudy skies. High 39F

List of Write in Candidates for this past Lakewood General Elections

Scroll down below for the list of write in Candidates  submitted for the general Elections in Lakewood this past November 5 for school board, township committee, Sheriff, Assemblyman and Freeholder.

Oif Simchas Lakewood December 5, 2019

 Tonight we begin to say ותן טל ומטר לברכה
Chasuna: Lazaroff -  Malinowitz at Ateres Chana Hall  Bais Faiga
 Chasunah at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder out of town wedding please help be mesameach


Vort: Hachosson Elozor Simcha Grawitzky to Hakallah Haddasa Lieberman at Ateres Yeshaya hall 908 E County Line Rd, Lakewood 7:30 pm

Hespedim for Rav Nissim Karelitz zatzal at the Bais Horaah 10:45 pm divrei Hesped by Rav Dov Kahan shlita
Free Tasting meal mart at Gourmet Glatt Madison location till 10:00 pm

Professor Against Trump in Impeachment Trial Spent Elul Zman in Lakewood

Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman, a witness for the Democrats impeachment inquiry against president Trump, spent a few days in Lakewood yeshiva for Elul zman in 2013 at the Bais Aaron Bais Medrash . He tweeted a photo of the yeshiva (see below)  Though he has written articles critical of Yiddishkeit against frum Jews and the Modern orthodox schools he went to, he wrote a more favorable article in Bloomberg news about his experience in BMG  "Where Jewish Life Thrives in America"

But BMG matters. It matters for the future of Jews in America precisely because it matters for the future of Judaism in America. By privileging ideas and thought over identity, it proudly stakes out a position of genuine durability "Only 5 percent of BMG alumni become congregational rabbis. And 25 percent become educators. The rest are engaged in study for its own sake. They will enter the workforce when they are done; armed with skills of logic, formal reasoning and a type of critical thinking, they largely succeed after training in a professional field or going directly into business. "

Today: Lakewood Township Committee Meeting Last one for 2019

Lakewood Township Committee Meeting Thursday December 5, 2019 at 5:30 pm. This is the last meeting  for this year the meeting scheduled for Dec, 19 has been canceled. The committee will appoint a new mayor at the first meeting in January 2020.
Watch Live stream HERE  5:30 pm
See Agenda HERE

Public land sale
Accepting A Grant For The Lakewood Airport
Authorizing UEZ Zone Assistance Funds For Fiscal Year 2020 For The LDC

Renewed Subpoena in the US Department of Justice’s continuing investigation

Jacksonleaks.com - The US Department of Justice continues to request documents from Jackson in an investigation into the township’s land use laws, with a renewed request coming earlier this year. This subpoena came in soon after the mayor and council decided to walk away from an agreed-upon settlement of a lawsuit brought by Agudath Israel over recent laws banning schools and dormitories. The township is also reminded not to destroy any (more) documents:

Tefillos For Rav Dovid Soloveitchik Shlita

The Rosh Yeshivas condition has taken a turn for the worst. He is currently in ICU name is Neshulam Dovid Ben Alte Hendel.

Tonight in Chutz Laaretz ותן טל ומטר לברכה

Tonight Thursday evening December 5th 2019  Yidden in Chutz Laaretz begin to say ותן טל ומטר לברכה in Shmoneh esrei. Since this coming year will be a civil leap year it is said on December 5th instead of the 4th.
Tal umatar in chutz Laaretz is said 60 days after the tekufa which is September 23.

in the 20th century – the day which would have been September 23 according to the Julian (Shemuel’s) calendar is October 7 of the Gregorian calendar, and the 60th day following October 7 is December 5. Since we begin Tal U-Matar during the Ma’ariv service, it turns out to be said beginning with the night of December 4. Every fourth year, however (in the Jewish year divisible by four), the Tekufah will begin after tzeis ha-kokhavim on October 7, so the 60th day on those years will be December 6, and Tal U-Matar will commence on the evening of December 5.

Halachos if one forgets to say during the winter:

Oif Simchas Lakewood December 4, '19

Chasunas:
Friedman -  Mandelbaum at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood cheder
Simon -  Nussbaum at Ateres Chana Hall  Bais Faiga
Marburger -  Wohlgelertner at Ne'emas Hachaim Hall

-Vort: Hachosson Rafael Englard  to Hakallah Yonina Zussman (Denver) at  Ateres Yeshaya hall 908 E County Line Rd Lakewood 7:00 pm
-Vort: Hachosson Yechezkel Schorr to Hakallah Breindy Bodek Bas R' Eliezer at the simcha hall  805 Cross Street Lakewood 7:30 pm
 -Vort: Hachosson Yossi Rosenberg to Hakallah  Devorah Lefkowitz  at Mesoras Avos hall  230 Ocean Avenue Lakewood corner Congress Street 7:30 pm

 Lakewood Parlor meeting  for Yeshiva Zichron Melech (Rav Chaim Epstein zt"l) at R' Gissinger shul 175 Sunset Lakewood 8:00 pm Divrei Zikaron by Harav Aaron Zuckerman shlita 9:00 pm followed by divrei Bracha from the Rosh Yeshiva

Yapchik Reopening This Sunday

Yapchik Restaurant and takeout in Lakewood will have a Grand Opening this Sunday at 12:00 pm after it was closed for 3 months due to a fire.

Siyum Hashas Tickets go on Sale Locally for Barclays Center

In Lakewood they are Available at Keter Judaica and Z. Berman Books all 3 Locations.

Property Tax Increase for Lakewood Homeowners Across the Board, more coming

If your paying a monthly mortgage on your home you may not have realized the payments have gone up as did the money kept in escrow, after Lakewood township and the BOE raised taxes this year, The average homeowner of a single house in Lakewood will now pay an additional $550 a year, a townhouse went up $430 a year. 

A Report in the Lakewood shopper shows the breakdown of tax increases. The township municipal increase for a average home homes assessed at $551 is $208 a year after increasing the tax rate from $0.592 to $.0642 per $100 of assesed property value an increase of 8.15% . The Board of Education tax increase went up from $1.012 per $100 of a property'e assessed value to $1.041 a 2.9% increase an increase of $167 for the average single family home.

To make matters worse, the Lakewood  fire district is expected to raise taxes again next week over 1 million dollars for the 3rd consecutive year while previously stating the money was needed for capital improvements.
Finally, NJ natural Gas also raised the rates by $10 a month.

Oif Simchas Lakewood December 3 '19

Chasunas:
Jurkansky -  Breisch  at Ateres Reva Hall
Krasnow - Cziment at  Ne'emas Hachaim Hall
Lieberman - Friedman at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder

Video: Tripping Kosher At Glatt Bite- Lakewood

Tonight: Lakewood Planning Board Meeting

Lakewood Planning Board meeting Tuesday December 3, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Watch Live stream HERE
See Agenda HERE and below

PUBLIC HEARING
1. SP 1838D NJ Hand, Inc.
 Towers Street & Vine Avenue Block 807-809, Lots 1; 1 & 2; 1 & 2
Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan for Phase 6 of the Lakewood Commons for
65 affordable units and a recreation building

There are more bachurim and yungerleit learning in Lakewood today than in all the pre-war yeshivos of Lita put together.

Agudah convention 2019

State of Klal Yisroel Today

Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, Novominsker Rebbe and Rosh Agudas Yisroel, noted that in certain ways Klal Yisroel’s growth is phenomenal. “There are more bochurim and yungerleit learning in Lakewood today than in all the pre-war yeshivos of Lita put together.” This was echoed by Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff, Rav of Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin, in the Shabbos Mini-Keynote, who shared the podium with R’ Sholom Kamenetsky, Rosh Yeshiva Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia, in a session chaired by Rabbi Yeruchim Silber, Director of New York Government Relations for the Agudah. In that session, Rabbi Lieff noted that Klal Yisroel has grown, in both Gashmius and Ruchnius, It should fill us with pride to be ehrliche yidden, he said, and if we can show that pride in our homes and to our children, it will help us raise the next generation to even greater heights.

Video: Q&A Session at the Agudah Convention

3:00 - What can one do or stop doing to improve their marriage
14:00 -Are we too reliant on the Therapy industry
18:45 -Asking for picture of a girl on a shidduch resume
24:15- Everyday there are new Segulos out there for  what is our attitude?
33:40- What is the perspective of what is going on now in Eretz Yisrael?
47:30 -Can you dress differently for a interview in order to get your child into a school?
56:00 - Why are botei medrash not full with those that  learned in the system and currently working?
1:00:30 - How to respond to Orthodox Feminism demanding Pictures of women in magazines
1:08:00 - What is the Response to Antisemitism.

Oif Simchas Lakewood December 2, 2019

1 to 3 inches of snow expected. Snow this evening will give way to lingering snow showers late. Low around 30F.Chance of snow 100%.

Chasunas:
Segal -  Veshnevsky at Ateres Reva hall
Goldberg -  Lowenthal Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder
Feldman - Spiegel at Lake Terrace Hall
Freilach - Adler at Ne'emas Hachaim Hall

Ger  Rebbe's sons from EY will be in Lakewood tonight visiting the shtieblach.

Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita is  in Eretz Yisrael for the Bris of a Einikle.

Girls still Not in School Chanukah in 3 Weeks

 And Then There Were 4.

It's snowing outside Chanuka is in three weeks we  begin saying  Vesain Tal Umutar this week on Thursday, but for 4 high school girls the school year did not start yet. Yes the number of girls not in school has gone down but its still not done yet. These 4 girls are looking at Chanuka while they still have no uniform to put on to go to school in Lakewood. Please daven.

Tonight: Lakewood Zoning Board Meeting

Zoning board meeting  December 2, 2019 at 7:00 pm
Watch live stream HERE
See Agenda HERE and below

Trump Administration Proposals could cause Millions to Lose Food Stamps

Three proposed rule changes by the Trump administration could cause millions of poor people to lose access to food stamps and decrease the size of the benefit for millions more.

Over the past year, the Department of Agriculture proposed three changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP or food stamps. The new rules create stricter work requirements for program eligibility, cap deductions for utility allowances and “reform” the way 40 states automatically enroll families into SNAP when they receive other forms of federal aid.

Weather advisory Snow alert for Ocean County

Lakewood could get 2 inches of snow later today.
A winter weather advisory, was issued for Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hudson, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Mercer and Hunterdon counties. until 4 am Tuesday. Lakewood could see 2 inches of snow  A coastal flood advisory was also in effect in Ocean and Monmouth counties until 4 p.m. on Monday. The bulk of the snow in North Jersey is expected to fall between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday. Rain is expected to change to snow by-mid-day Monday in Central Jersey, South Jersey and the Jersey Shore. As many as 2 to 4 inches may fall.


A commercial vehicle travel restriction on portions of I-78, I-80, and I-287 was issued beginning at 12 midnight on Monday. The restriction applies to the entire length of all interstate highways in New Jersey including: