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Oif Simchas Lakewood January 8, 2020

Chasunas:
Schwartz - Maizes at Ateres Chana Hall  Bais Faiga
Kaplan - Weg at Ateres Reva Hall
Ganz - Tendler at  Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder
Edelstein - Cohen at  Lake Terrace Hall
Koslowitz - Karelitz at Ne'emas Hachaim Hall

Vort: Hachosson Ephraim Mack to Hakallah Tziporah Zahner Bas R' Avrohom Dovid at R' Blech's shul 1250 Madison Avenue Lakewood 7:00 pm

Agudah: Winners of Just One Daf Raffle

We are pleased to announce the winners of the "Just One Daf" raffle.

But first, a thank you to the thousands of people who participated and learned Daf Beis of Berachos in memory of Rabbi Meir Zlotowitz.
Even one Daf is an accomplishment - but we hope that this first step is the first step towards another Daf, and another Daf after that.  As Rabbi Frand said at the Siyum HaShas, even if one does not finish the entire Shas, taking part in even a small portion of Daf Yomi is its own accomplishment. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good!

Now, the winners:

We congratulate Shlomo Berelowitz for winning the print edition of the complete ArtScroll Schottenstein Shas.

BOE Reorganization Meeting Tonight

Lakewood Board of Education annual reorganization meeting tonight January 8, 2020 at 855 Somerset Avenue 7:00 pm
Watch Live stream HERE
Agenda HERE
Board members will vote for president and vice president
Last Meeting Board had to repay $3,939,095 repayment title 1 audit findings

Approve the Tuition Adjustment for Ocean Academy Charter School for 2019-2020 based on
October 15, 2019 enrollment from $4,471,605.00 to $4,715, 607.00

Lakewood Planning Board Meeting

Lakewood Planning Board meeting today January 8, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Reorganization and appointment of members, consultants and personell
Watch Live stream HERE
See Agenda HERE
Flea Market, school campus
PUBLIC HEARING

Shas Illuminated Shiurim now Available by Phone

Shas Illuminated shiurim now available by phone: We are excited to announce that the Shas Illuminated daily shiur is now available by phone! The Call-in number is 610-206-1100

Credit:Agudath Israel

Lakewood News Briefs

-Lakewood Industrial Commission reorganization meeting 11:30 am watch HERE

- Swastika graffiti Spreyed in Hearthstone park police investigating (GL)
- Wind advisory today 10:00 am - 8:00 pm winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph
expected.
-Montclair NJ NAACP suspends member for comments about Jews in Lakewood. He called Lakewood the orthodox Jewish capital of America, they control the Board of Education and city council they spend millions to send kids to yeshivos and they've gutted the budget for the black and Latino communities who go to public school. Read more here.

-Shop Rite annual Can Can sale going on this week

Oif Simchas Lakewood מוצאי עשרה בטבת תש''פ

Chasunas:
Zimmerman - Rechnitz at  Ateres Reva Hall
Bamberger -  Klein at Lake Terrace Hall
Pinter - Werblowsky at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder

-Vort: Hachosson  Yitzchok Simcha Kotkes to Hakallah Rochella Lapan at  Ateres Yeshaya hall 908 E. County Line Road Lakewood 7:30 pm

Motzei Asarah B' Teves 5780 Lakewood

Weather: Rain showers possible at 5:30 pm chance of snow/Rain  at 10:00 pm

-Rav Amnon Yitzchak shlita will be  speaking in Lakewood  today at yeshiva Orchos Chaim 410 Oberlin avenue Event begins at 8:00 pm open for men and Women Watch live stream HERE

-Yeshiva Bais Hatalmud Lakewood reception at Yeshiva Ohr Torah 780 Vasser Avenue  Shmues by Rav Yisrael Ehrlich shlita at 5:00 pm followed by Maariv 5:47 pm and Milchig buffet. Guest speaker Rav Michel Handelsman shlita


-Parlor Meeting for Mishpacha of Rav Nissan Kaplan shlita at 100 White street Lakewood at 6:00 pm

-Sinai Academy Parlor meeting at 203 Columbus Avenue South 8:00 pm Divrei Bracha Harav Yehuda Svei shlita, Divrei Chizuk Harav Abba Brudny shlita

-Daf Hashavua Inaugural parlor meeting 1 Capital lane Lakewood 7:30 pm Guest speaker R' Eytan Kobre, Milchig buffet by Circa

-Mesibas Lechaim at Skulen B"M siyum masechtes Chagiga hascholas masechtes Megilla 8:00 pm

Oif Simchas/ Events Lakewood עשרה בטבת January 6 20

-Tomorrow fast of עשרה בטבת Begins in Lakewood at 5:52 am and ends at 5:32 pm (45 minutes after shkia) shkia is 4:47 pm

-Chasuna:
Basala - Bensoussan at Ne'emas Hachaim hall
-Parlor Meeting for Local Yeshiva at 25 Kathleen Drive 8:00 pm
יש נוהגים ליל ניטל למספרם ינואר 6

-President Trump will hold rally in Wildwood NJ on Tuesday January 28, 2020 you can register for free tickets HERE

Lakewood Zoning Board Meeting

Zoning board  meeting Monday January 6, 2020 at  7:00 pm municipal hall,  hiring Planner, reorganization meeting for attorney, Engineer, Planner

Watch Live stream HERE
See Full Agenda HERE

REORGANIZATION – Attorney, Engineer , Planner

TVOL: Opinion

Video: Dancing with his Number on the Arm

R' Dov Landa A holocaust survivor and relative of The Lubliner rav, HaRav Meir Shapiro zatzal dances at a Siyum Hashas in Modzitz B"M showing and waving the number Tatooed on his arm by the nazis YM"S. Video: Shuki Lerer

BD"E Rav Shimon Zeffren ZTL

Levaya in Lakewood this morning 10:00 am at the 7th street chapel kevurah in Lakewood

Oif Simchas Lakewood January 5, 2020

                                                               "תנא היכא קאי דקתני מאימתי"
-Siyum Hashas at Bellworks watch live stream HERE
Chasunas:
-Fisgus - Reiss at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder
-Horowitz - Eckstein at Lake Terrace hall
-Kempler - Mermelstein Ateres Chana Hall  Bais Faiga
-Vort: Hachosson Yekusiel Elbogen to Hakallah Chumy Bloch Bas R' Meir at B"M Ohr Yechezkel 307 Ridge Avenue Lakewood 7:30 pm
-Vort: Hachosson Moshe Benyamin to Hakallah Chana Leah Haddad at Circa Restaurant 415 CedarBridge Avenue Lakewood  6:30 pm

Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch Mesivta campus groundbreaking at 1732 W County Line Rd

Video tribute to the Lomdei Daf Yomi and Shiurim of Lakewood

Video wasshownat  the Lakewood community Siyum Hashas last night

News Briefs January 5, 2020

-Klal Govoha Start the Daf at Lake Terrace hall watch live stream HERE 10:00 am

-List of Daf Yomi Shiurim in Lakewood see HERE

-A Evening of Chizuk and a  Seudas Hodaah and Hakoras Hatov for the Greenville kehilla will take place this evening in  Jersey City kehilla to thank hashem for the past and to strengthen for the future.

-South side Sandwhich Shop & Smokehouse in Lakewood has been sold and is now under new management. The previous owner R Yosef Mutterperl said it was time to part ways with the store and thanks all those who patronized. Wishing much hatzlocha to the new owner.

NJ NAACP official:  "People in Jersey City may be fearful, "..because people remember Brooklyn and Lakewood." gets sharp rebuke HERE

Motzei Shabbos Parshas Vayigash 5780 Lakewood

Siyum Hashas:
Fountain Ballroom, Lake Terrace, Breslov at KBT hall, Pine River Bais Medrash
-Chayeinu: Rav Yisrael Ehrlich shlita will deliver a shmues in the Bais Horaah 10:00 pm
-Cliffwood yeshiva annual melava Malka reception at Orchos Chaim hall 410 Oberlin 8:15 pm
-Atzeres Hisoirerus and hespedim for Harav Gershon Weiss ZT"L at his Bais Medrash 125 Glen Avenue South 9:00 pm

Siyumei Hashas in Lakewood This Motzei Shabbos

The Daf Yomi cycle concludes this motzei Shabbos and the next cycle begins on Sunday. There will be many siyumim public and private taking place in Lakewood. 

-Lakewood Community wide Siyum Hashas for Lomdei Daf Yomi at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder Guest speaker Rav Aharon Dovid Dunner Zemiros at the event will be led by Shloime Daskal and Shira Choir. The formal seudah will be followed by an extended rekidah shel mitzvah and musical program, with a full smorgasbord served, open to all bnei Torah.

 -Siyum Hashas Motzei shabbos at Bais Madrash of Pine River L"zecher Nishmas Harav Nosson Herzka zt"l at the Pine River Bais medrash 500 River Avenue 8:15 pm, Drasha by Rav Nosson Levine shlita rav of Somerset Walk

 -Siyum Hashas and Melava malka for ther Breslov shul of Lakewood commemorating the Yartzeit of Rav Nosson of breslov at KBT simcha hall Monmouth and 3rd

-Lakewood fellowship Hascholas Gemara 8:15 pm at BMG Bais Yitzchok public is invited to learn with chavrusos followed by Grand Siyum Meleva Malka at Lake Terrace hall 10:30 pm

Lakewood Zmanim עש׳׳ק פרשת ויגש תש׳׳פ

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Friday, January 3, 2020 / ו׳ טבת תש״פ ערב שבת פרשת ויגש

-Candle lighting 4:25 pm
-Shkia/sunset: 4:43 pm

Weather:  Friday night periods of rain low 44 Shabbos day showers at times. High 56F

הנה אני לוקח את בני ישראל מבין הגויים אשר הלכו שם וקבצתי אותם מסביב 

והבאתי אותם אל אדמתם ועשיתי אותם לגוי אחד בארץ  

   (הפטרת ויגש)

RUOC Taken off Facebook

Updated: The page is back up.Admins say it was under a hack attack and it was pulled as a defensive measure. But on Twitter  NJ Attorney General Gurbir Grewal tweeted:
"It's outrageous that just as our Jewish brothers and sisters are gathering to celebrate the Sabbath, "Rise Up Ocean County" decides to reinstate its page. Is this really the kind of online community that Facebook wants to cultivate?"

Facebook has apparently taken down the Rise Up Ocean County page. No official reason or statement is given but the page can no longer be found on the Facebook platform. Recently NJ politicians have called out the page for spreading hate and anti semitisim in its posts and called on Facebook to take action.

Audio: Trooper Spares A Ticket on the GSP to learn the Daf

Re Listen HERE to Rabbi Paysach Krohn say the story of the Yid that was pulled over on the GSP.
The story happened yesterday morning January 2nd the day after the Siyum Hashas
Rav Binyomin Ginsburg  of Toms River a noted mechanech was scheduled to speak in brooklyn he was running late and while traveling on the Garden State Parkway  was pulled over by a state trooper for weaving in and out of traffic. The trooper looked at him and said I have one question for you, did you do your page yet today?  Rabbi Ginsburg was shocked and asked the trooper to repeat the question and then feeling embarrassed he answered that he didn't do it yet. The trooper said I'll let u off if you promise to do the page later today. The trooper, who was at the Siyum Hashas in Metlife stadium said that another trooper at the event told him he wishes he could be Jewish,  they celebrate the fact that they understood a page!. he said we party for many reasons but not because we understand a page!   אשריכם ישראל.

BDE

Matzav.com -It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Yisroel Halevi Verschleiser zt”l. A tremendous ben aliyah, talmid chochom and yorei Shomayim, Rav Yisroel was among the early talmidim of Rav Shneur Kotler zt”l and Rav Nosson Wachtfogel zt”l at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, NJ. Rav Yisroel, who suffered from illness for the last period of his life, was mekabel yissurim b’ahava for close to 30 years.
The levayah will be held this morning, from 8:45 to 9:45, at Bais Medrash Govoah, located at 617 6th Street in Lakewood, NJ. The kevurah will follow in Long Island, NY.

Flea Market in Lakewood closes

This past Sunday was the final day of the Lakewood Flea Market at rt 70 located there for 40 years. The Market was frequented by residents early on Sundays to get cheal sale items particularly childrens ikes and riding toys. The land was sold to developers recently and the area will be the home to kiryas Viznitz of Lakewood with 166 town homes under the leadership of the Lakewood Viznitz Rebbe Rav Lazer Hager shlita.
The flea market owners are reportedly searching for areas to continue the tradition

Oif Simchas/Events Lakewood January 2, 2020

Chasunas:
Goldfarb - Zemel at Ateres Chana hall Bais Faiga
Schustal -  Glieberman at Fountain Ballroom Lakewood Cheder
Preis -  Moseson at Ne'emas Hachaim hall
Rosenberg - Wulliger at Ateres Reva hall

-Siyum Hashas Kol Aryeh daf Yomi chaburah
-Siyum Hashas Chateu Daf R Meir Baruch Turin shlita
-Kabolas Panim Viznitz rebbe of Williamsburg at Khal Toldos Mordechai Viznitz 1501 Clifton Avenue Lakewood Maariv 10:00 pm
-Hachtara for Rav Nachum Binder shlita as the new rav of the Hampshire heights community at the shul 7 Hunter way 7:00 pm

Video: Billion Dollar Stadium Built to Host Siyum

Video at Siyum: Daf Yomi Dedicated to 6 Million Kedoshim

Live: Siyum Hashas of Agudah in Eretz Yirael

Recap: Speeches At the Siyum Hashas

MetLife siyum recap:

Rabbi  Chaim Dovid Zweibel: Our only hope during this turbulent time is to hold onto the Daf hasefina the Blatt Gemara he than gave over a message from R' Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz:
 You don't have to give money to be a tomech Torah the mere fact that you are sitting here braving the cold rejoicing with the masaymei hashas is hachzokas hatorah he said   the gematria תומכיה is סיום הש''ס both equal to 481.


Harav Malkiel Kotler: Spoke in English  Klal Yisrael learned shas all of us were enriched by this shas even though not all of us finished it. When a yid learns a masechta the Torah is written on his neshama how much greater is this simcha when so many people finished shas. Torah is blossoming and growing all over the world so many talmidei chachomim that are learning torah mitoch hadechak, We are expressing a simcha that torah is our life this gathering is a tremendous kavod hatorah we should see the continuation of torah in yeshivos, kollelim, lomdei daf yomi and share in the simchas HaTorah.

R' Leibish Lish: A round of applause to Shimon Yehuda Brodsky 10 year old child from Yeshiva Bais Hatorah in Lakewood who was undergoing surgeries and treatments but never gave up on learning maseches Brachos not skipping a day he made a siyum on the entire maseches Brachos.

Novominsk Rebbe: Klal Yisrael is alive despite all the persecution through the ages even now in America we are reminded that anti semitisim is on the rise. The secret of our survival is the Torah Hakedosha. The mesaymim are joined by the tallmidei hayeshivos and chavrei Hakolelim, those who cant keep up with daf yomi but are kovea itim all came to give an expression to hHashem we rejoice with your torah and mitzvos forever.
 The rebbe than spoke directly to the Israeli government leadership. You too were meant to be part of the am hatorah but you must remember that Yerushalayim was  not meant to be NY or Paris or Hong kong, it is the residence of the shechiana hakedosha do not violate the comfort of the shechina. See that you care for EY as HKBH cares for it by allowing its neshama to flourish. Come back to the bais medrash of our day understand the meaning of this great mitzva, consider the support of yeshivos and kollelim as a zechus.

Rav Yissochor Frand: The Brisker Rav said the time of a siyum of one masechta is an es Ratzon can we begin to fathom what a siyum hashas is of thousands of yissin finishing shas. The emotions we should feel is to have a sense of gratitude how far weve come in the last 75 years since churban europe to part of this vast olam haTorah that should lead us to a sense of gratitude to hkbh who built the olam hatorah. The nazis ym''s  had a hatred for the talmud they gave frum Jews the title of Talmud Lerers and decreed no exit visas should be accepted they proclaimed the lerners and teachers of the talmud have the power to  rebuild judaism in America. They  were 100% correct and  YOU are those talmud  lehrers and Talmudishe yidden. Finishing shas begins with 1 blatt The Torah has kept us all these years, לולי תורתך שעשועי

Rav Nosson Sherman Learned the last mishna in shas with masmidei hasiyum  Held a small Barrel and Said a mashal from the Vilna Gaon a Barrel that has a hole will lose everything לא מצא הקדוש ברוך הוא כלי מחזיק ברכה לישראל אלא השלום the barrel is all the tens of thousands of yidden gathered,

Rav Aaron Shiff: Spoke in Yiddish
 Daf Hayomi symbolizes the unity of klal yisrael with the torah, Rav Meir shapiro forsaw what the gemara in the end of Sotah says that the torah will keep us through the ages and bikvasa demeshicha.  said a story of Reb Dovid Weiss a who suffers from ALS was approached by his doctor from Colombia hospital a secular Jew who said i have everything in life, successful family, money homes anything I want but have no happiness and  feel an emptiness  yet you are like a dead person you can't live  much yet everyday you have a happiness  how do you have such happiness,  he said i don't have wealth or health but i have the daf yomi that gives me life and happiness if you didnt taste it you cant understand it. How happy should we be after all these blatt gemara this is true simchas hachaim  We all gather together on their festival when the omos haolam  celebrate by wasting time, we are here giving kavod hatorah to thousands of Yidden who are finishing shas this keeps us as a nation.

Rav Chaim Kanievsky: A Live siyum hashas transmitted from the home of Harav Chaim Kanievsky shlita. The moetzes psak is not to answer amen to the Kadish recited by Rav Chaim since the transmission is delayed, Rav Chaim gave a Bracha to all those finishing shas they should be zoche to understand it.
Rav Reuven Finstein shlita read a letter from Rav Chaim Kanievsky how chasuv it is when Balei batim who are kovea itim finish masectas and shas this is a great simcha in shamayim. He continued with his own personal bracha that everyone should keep trying to reach an understanding of kol haTorah kulah,
Rabbi Shlomo Farhi pays tribute to R' Mendy Rosenberg an ALS patient who can only communicate with his eyes and finishes the daf daily 7 and a half years ago he waas at the 12th siyum and today he has finished shas,

Harav Shmuel Kamenetzky: Thanked HaRav Dovid Feinstein for giving him the opportunity to be mesayem since he gave it up and gave me this zechus to make the siyum  A siyum is a haschala from the beginning we are starting a new begining we should be zoche to learn torah for many years again and again

During music after the hadran the video streamed to other siyumim taking place around the world from Israeli soldiers to a siyum in Lublin, Poland, Barclays Center and other locations.

HaRav Ahron Feldman: The first mishna of מאמתי is the beginning of the first seder in shas, Zeraim that deals with laws of produce of the fields which  portion  you your give to kohanim leviim and the poor and of Masechta Brachos that deals with the blessings we say before we partake in our food the question is that this mishna makes no mention of any of these halachos but talks about the laws of krias shema and why was this mishna chosen to be placed at the head of Shas?Seder Zeraim says the earth is not ours but Hashem's we first have to give away to those who hashem designated it too Masechtes Brachos says that the world is not ours. Krias shema says that our lives are not ours and belongs to hashem our lives and possesions we have to give up therefore this mishna is the logical beginning of Seder Zeraim masechte brachos. Shas is the blue print of our lives and shema tells us to live by this blue print. Shema is followed by the next parsha vehaya im shom Hashems will is for us to study Torah. This gathering probably the biggest since the churban bayis,  is a recognition of what totah means its an expression of the words ki heim chayeinu torah is the life blood of the Jewish people. Without the learning of Torah and its support we can not survive.

Harav Uren Reich:  This weeks parsha Yosef was still alive od yosef Chai  he sent a message through the agalos it was a remez to Yaakov avinu that yosef was still spiritually alive as to the same way he was prior to going to mitzrayim. The Remez of Eglah Arufa was that being alone puts you in great jeopardy but when a person is melava you and accompanies him its symbolically as if hes accompanied all the way.   Yosef sent a message to Yaakov that he  accompanied him all the way through not physically but spiritually. Yaakov gave Yosef the strength to refuse they were miles apart physically but spiritually there was a connection despite being in the house of potifar. Yes im firmly in mitzrayim but you are accompanying me all the way. the message that yosef sent was to uplift him and he was succesful in giving yaakov a new life. Yaakov new that Yosef was the first who went through galus but wont be the last he said the pasuk of Hamalach hagoel should bless all the generations that come after Menashe and ephraim but they should be called in my name bnei yisrael they will be llike fish who swim in water so too klal yisrael will be together with Yaakov throughout the generations there should be a multitude of yiddin who are engaged in the world bekerev Haaretz but have the capacity to make torah part of their lives. The thoudsands that are here today are sending the same message we are clinging to the torah in all circumstances. In the last 7 and a half years there have been many milestones and siyumim there are gedolei torah and amcha bais yisrael yiddin whose wives and children are all part of a lifestyle of Veyidgu  Larov we are not only hear to rejoice with the milestones and achievements of the past but to make commitments for the future more kvias itim latorah more consistency concentration anf focus so we can truly say yaakov Avinu Lo Mes.  Like fish in water who jump for every drop  we should realize the preciousness of every word of Torah.

The tefillah of ahava Rabbah we say every morning before krias shema,  we are all ahava rabbah yiddin and we should spend a few extra seconds focusing by saying this tefillah. Let us cherish the last few minutes to commit to further intesity of limud hatorah more shiurim more concentration and more kavana by ahava rabba and we will be zoche to vehaishiv lev avos albanim velev Banim Al avosam.

Rabbi Yoel Gold:  Spoke about a gift of Daf Yomi every parent should give to their children by starting the next cycle.