Salary Increases with Tax Increase for Lakewood

Township employees getting  raises while More tax increases approved by LFD just after the township committee members increased their salaries by $20,000 and raising taxes by 4 million 

-TAX Dollars Lakewood Development corporation LDC annual virtual reorganization meeting today increasing employee salaries including appointment of executive director David Klein whose salary will increase from $124,852  to $160,000 plus a $2,000 car allowance see agenda Here watch live 1:30 pm Here. Accordingly, the previously approved budget amount of $462,500 just 2 months ago will be increased to $507,500 

-LFD TAX increase faanews reports the Lakewood fire dept. voted last night on the annual budget for 2024 and it went up to over $12 million an increase of $1.4 million since last year  A typical new duplex, such as in Oak and Vine,  assessed at $560,000, will pay $619.46 in 2024, a $59.46 increase over the 2023 tax of $560. An older townhouse which is assessed at $417,900 will pay $462.27 in 2024, a $44.37 increase over the 2023 tax of $417.90 The budget includes a salary of $240,000 for Chief Jonathan Yahr, $185,000 for Administrator Yehuda Beer, and $110,000 for Deputy Administrator Steven Mulholland.

-Lakewood planning board reorganization meeting today appointing and swearing in professionals  not reappointing a current board member while reappointing former chairman see agenda Here meeting will be at 6:00pm watch live stream Here

Israel At War Tuesday Dec 9

 Israel at war day 95 

- Israel repeatedly preparing for a potential full fledged war with Hezbollah: Health Ministry ordered hospitals to ensure readiness for treating thousands of wounded; northern Israel medical centers instructed to prepare for operating for days without incoming food and medicine supply, Kan News reports.

- Another soldier killed in Gaza bringing total to 186, Elkana Neulander, 24 from the Efrat 

- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel must stop causing additional harm to civilians in Gaza, and protecting civilian infrastructure in Gaza,

- The commander of Hezbollah’s aerial forces in southern Lebanon, Ali Hussien Barji, was killed in an Israeli drone strike. He was killed on his way to the funeral of another senior Hezbollah commander, Wissam al-Tawil, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike yesterday.

-Another five soldiers HYD killed during fighting in the Gaza Strip yesterday, by explosives that detonated in central Gaza’s Bureij camp, possibly ignited by IDF tank fire, bringing the toll of slain troops yesterday to nine, and since the start of the ground offensive against Hamas to 185.

They are:

Amit Shahar, 25, from Ramat Yohanan.

Denis Krokhmalov Veksler, 32, from Beersheva.

Ron Efrimi, 26, from Hod Hasharon.

Roi Avraham Maimon, 24,from Afula.

Akiva Yasinskiy, 35,from Ramat Gan.

- Gedolei Eretz Yisrael call for tefilas yom kippur koton and Tehillim tomorrow

- Hezbollah claims to have targeted the IDF's Northern Command HQ in Tzfas with a number of drones

- Another four  soldiers hyd killed during fighting in the Gaza Strip yesterday, bringing the toll of slain troops since the start of the ground offensive against Hamas to 180.

Roi Tal, 19, from Kfar Yehoshua 

David Schwartz, 26, from Elazar, who was close to the boyaner rebbe

Yakir Hexter, 26, from Yerushalayim 

Gavriel Bloom, 27, from Beit Shemesh.

- IDF moves deeper into Khan Younis, with forces killing 40 Hamas terrorists yesterday

- Numerous rocket and hostile aircraft alerts blare in northern towns, including Tzfas

State of Emergency Ahead of Rain Storm

 Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday declared a state of emergency in New Jersey ahead of a fierce storm that’s expected to blast the state with flooding rains, wind gusts as strong as 60 mph, and the potential for widespread power outages. The state of emergency goes into effect 5 p.m. Tuesday across the entire state. Lakewood area expected to get 4 inches of rain.

“Do not underestimate this storm just because it’s rain in January and not snow,” Murphy said during a storm briefing Monday afternoon at the Statehouse in Trenton. “Trust us: This is one we have to take very seriously.”

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Oif Simchas 28 Teves Monday Night

Chasunas:

Ginsburg - Gordon Lake Terrace 

Neuhaus - Lowenthal Bais Faiga

Purec - Finkelman Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Green - Kreiswirth Ne'emas Hachaim

Bais Yaakov Dinner Fountain Ballroom 

Monday January 8 News Updates

Weather: 43° A mainly sunny sky. High 43F. 

STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS

The Chabad-Lubavitch community is pained by the vandalism of a group of young agitators who damaged the synagogue below Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway Monday night.

These odious actions will be investigated, and the sanctity of the synagogue will be restored. Our thanks to the NYPD for their professionalism and sensitivity. We are grateful for the outpouring of concern, and for the support of our Chabad-Lubavitch institutions around the world. 

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

Chairman

- Zoning board meeting tonight application to allow Lake Terrace use as a banquet hall

To construct 2 office buildings at 1510 Pine st

- 10PM crews are still working the fire with the help of excavators and tractors to knock out the remaining fire

-A  Pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle earlier today at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Locust Street in Lakewood faanews reports. The female was transported by EMS to Kimbal hospital where she passed away

- Bit of a chaotic scene at the Chabad headquarters at 770 in Crown Heights - NYPD are on scene as another mysterious tunnel (hiding spot) has been discovered after Bochrim took apart a section of the wall. A source tells Belaaz that 770 will be closed shortly to regain control. Belaaz

Update: Workers were seen entering 770 with construction equipment on Monday night to start the repairs of the destruction. COLlive was told that the goal is to enable the Shul to open to the public as soon as possible.

Fire has been brought under control after more than 2 hours crews will enter and search premises

News helicopters hovering over the scene

Fire still not under control police pushing back crowds as fire continues to burn

Crews still working the fire under the roof 

- Fire at old lumber yard off Ocean Ave in Lakewood  near the tracks 3rd alarm 4:30 pm reports of people inside. Heavy traffic Clifton and Rt 88 with roads shut through park Ave.

Crews are battelling the blaze for over an hour smoke visible from far. Crews say they don't see anyone inside and firefighters will not enter the building.

- The New Jersey state Senate has voted 35-1 to approve the free lunch expansion bill, sending it to  Gov Murphy for his signature.

Outgoing Republican Senator Ed Durr was the lone no vote. Children from households earning up to 224% of the federal poverty level will now be eligible (Sschorr)

- Full Video replay of the Levaya of Rav Mattisyahu Salomon ztl an Mir yeahiva Yerushalayim HERE

- Shiva is at 637 6th street the daughters will be getting up on Wednesday, the sons are getting up Thursday. Sachris 8 Mincha, 1:45, Maariv 7:45 family requests that no unfiltered devices be brought inside.

- Assemblyman elect Avi Schnall will be sworn in tomorrow Tuesday January 9th to the New Jersey legislator as a democrat representing the 30th district which includes Lakewood and Howell. He ran on a platform to bring tuition relief for private schools, with many hoping will  be a reality.

- LPD is investigating a shooting in Westgate the details seem sketchy after a 27 year old Asbury Park man driving to Toms River somehow ended up in Lakewoods Westgate neighborhood and was shot at in his car by an unknown assailant. The victim said he was injured on his hands and checked himself in to a local hospital 

- Downtown Lakewood could see more police patrols, expanded parking and improved infrastructure as part of $5 million in improvements being proposed in coming months, APP reports. The renewed efforts, which include a recently revived downtown business group, come as the area has seen a diminished retail base while other parts of Lakewood have expanded under a population boom.

- Buses of migrants have arrived at train station stops in various parts of New Jersey, in cities of Trenton, Edison ,fanwood an apparent response and workaround to New York City’s executive order limiting an influx of migrants. Details of the drop offs remain unclear, although Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s office said that migrants were taking the train to New York City.  

- Last day of NJ legislative session a number of bills will be voted on including  expanding eligibility access to free school lunch for children whose families annually earned not more than 224% of the federal poverty level. For a family of four, 224% of the federal poverty level would be equivalent to an annual income of roughly $67,20. 

Another bill Requires institutions of higher education to maintain supply and develop policy governing use of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray for opioid overdose emergencies.

Israel At War Monday Jan 8

Israel at war day 94

- 4 more soldiers killed in Gaza yesterday death toll is at 180

- Hamas claims they foiled a hostage rescue attempt by the IDF

- Reports of a serious incident in Gaza possibly of friendly fire  no information available  yet.

-“A senior Biden administration official traveling with Blinken told NBC News that the U.S. expects the fighting in Gaza to end in a matter of weeks. 

- Blinken is expected to tell Israel in meetings this week that it needs to wind down its military campaign as soon as possible and employ better targeting to reduce the number of civilian casualties.”

 - IDF says it killed Hamas official in Syria responsible for firing rockets at northern Israel

- The sirens in central Israel earlier this evening were triggered by eight rockets fired from southern Gaza, no injuries reported 

- A large atzeres tefillah will take place at the Kosel this Wednesday erev Rosh chodesh shevat on behalf of the hostages and current war tens of thousands are expected including gedolei harabonin.

- Netanyahu: Israel ready for Hezbollah war

- Hezbollah and foreign media reports claimed on Monday that the IDF killed Wissam al-Tawil, known as Jawad, a key operations commander in southern Lebanon, in an air strike in Khirbat Salem, Lebanon.

 - The IDF reports intensive fighting in southern Gaza's Khan Younis overnight, with the Israeli Air Force carrying out strikes on some 30 "significant" Hamas targets in the area.

- Ahead of a visit to Israel by Secretary of State Antony Blinken of the U.S., which has urged Israel to do more to avoid civilian casualties, Gallant indicated Israeli forces would be shifting from what he called the “intense maneuvering phase of the war” toward “different types of special operations.”

- Israel acknowledged that the intelligence outpost on Mt. Meron suffered significant damage from hezbollah rocket strike 

- The IDF says that troops of the Maglan commando unit meanwhile spotted a group of more than 10 Hamas operatives at a rocket launching site in Khan Younis, and directed a drone strike against them.

Oif Simchas Sunday 27 Teves

Chasunas:

Kuessous - Malka Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Lederer - Mittel Fountain Ballroom 

Sauber - Klein Bais Faiga 

- There's an event in Bell works

Sunday January 7 News Updates Lakewood

- Weather forecasters are looking at a potential serious storm threat that could bring significant and widespread flooding to the state Tuesday with up to 4 inches of rain and wind gusts up to 60 mph along the Jersey shore” the National Weather Service said in its update Sunday morning.

- Updated: Shiva information for the mashgiach Rav Mattisyahu Salomon zatzal. 637 6th st

Shachris 8:00am

Mincha 1:45 pm

Maariv: 7:45pm

The family asks that as a kavod for the mashgiach no one should enter the home with an unfiltered device.

- Bde: Petirah of R' Menachem Daum Z"L of Boro Park at age of 77 levaya held today in bp

- Six yidden nifter today in Borp Park Here

- Shiur: Why the Mashgiach ztl came to Lakewood, from his son in law Rav Yisroel Moshe Sorotzkin shlita HERE addressing the dream the mashgiach spoke about from Rav Aaaron Kotler zatxal about staying in Lakewood 

- Playa Bowls on Rt 9 N in Howell near Kohls is under the hashgacha and kosher supervision of the JSOR the dairy  is NOT  Chalav Yisroel the strawberries are checked daily most of the items are parve.

- Shiva for the mashgiach Rav Mattisyahu Salomon zatzal is at the home on 6th st between Lakewood Ave and Private Way, his sons will be sitting in Lakewood 

- Shiva for R Leiby Minzer A"h is at 11 Remon ln Lakewood (White Oak) Mincha 4:30 Maariv 5:30 getting up Tuesday 

- Gathering for ladies tonight to commemorate the first yartzeit of Mrs. Shevy Askenazy a"h at Chayei Yisroel Simcha hall 11 Gudz Rd. @7:45pm Speaking Rav Uri Deutsch and others

- Ahead of the BMG freezer opening on Tu B'Shvat with rosh chodesh shevat this week,the hanholas hayeshiva sent a reminder about keeping the takanas Hayeshiva for bochurim who cane for winter zman  not to meet a  perspective shidduch until Tu Bshvat.

- Manchester Kosher supermarket Manko will be opening this Thursday Jan 11 it is located on Rt 70 acroos Toast cafe

- The Lakewood Planning Board is about to go through some serious shakeups. FAA  reports, the township committee has not reappointed a member who was vocal against developers seeking to quietly get approval for changes to already approved applications without notifying the neighbors of the change requests. The previous chairman Yechiel Herzel has been brought back see full story here

- Biden will pull out of presidential race over poor health, top JPMorgan strategist predicts

Israel At War fay 93

 Israel at War day 93 January 7

Israel Radio: Former Head of Israeli Military Intelligence, Amos Yadlin, says that the IDF know precisely where Hamas head, Yahya Sinwar, is located in Gaza but is inhibited from eliminating him because he has surrounded himself with many of the remaining living Israeli hostages who are serving as human shields.

-Israel and Egypt are negotiating the future of a corridor between Egypt and Gaza that Israel says has been used by Hamas to smuggle weapons and people through underground tunnels WSJ

- 1 Israeli Border Police officer killed and 3 injured overnight by a roadside bomb and six terrorists were killed in an airstrike during an overnight raid in the terror city of Jenin.

- Retired Supreme Court Justice Aharon Barak, 87, will be Israel’s appointee to the 15-judge panel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague that will hear South Africa’s case against Israel accusing it of genocide in Gaza, the Foreign Ministry tells The Times of Israel.

- Israel’s talk of expanding war to Lebanon alarms U.S. officials. Biden has dispatched his top aides to the Middle East with a critical objective: Prevent a full-blown war from erupting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. officials are concerned that Benjamin Netanyahu may see an expanded fight in Lebanon as key to his political survival amid domestic criticism of his government’s failure to prevent Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. Officials fear that a full-scale conflict between Israel and Lebanon would surpass the bloodshed of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war on account of Hezbollah’s substantially larger arsenal of long-range and precision weaponry. “The number of casualties in Lebanon could be anywhere from 300,000 to 500,000 and entail a massive evacuation of all of northern Israel,” (Washington post)

Motzei Shabbos Shemos News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 37° Windy with a steady rain this evening. Showers continuing overnight. Potential for heavy rainfall Winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch. Tomorrow Rain and snow in the morning. Overcast in the afternoon. High 41F. Chance of rain 70%.

Snow falling in Northwestern NJ, Monsey getting snow tonight

 

- Minhag Nittel tonight for those who observe it on Jan 6th

-Hespedim in English  on the Mashgiach Rav Mattisyahu Salomon Ztl on Torah anytime HERE

Events tonight:

Yeshiva Orchos Chaim annual dinner at Fountain Ballroom

Yeshiva gedolah of Toronto Lakewood Melava Malka with  the R"Y Rav Chaim Mendel Brodsky at Tiferes Bais Yaakov 613 Oak Street

Zichron Chana Leah Westgate parlor meeting at 31 Kelmwoods speaker Rav Heshy Basch shlita

Kollel Zichron Yaakov Veyrushalayim LZ'N Rav Yaakov Landau ztl at 191 St. Nicholas Ave divrei Bracha Rav Avrohom Gurewitz  shlita

Newly Redds shidduch event for girls 19 and up at Ateres Reva hall

-Now open Motzei shabbos  Jus by Julie 700 Cedarbridge

- Tammy Murphy tweeed this today "January 6, 2021 was one of the darkest days in our nation’s history, shaking the very foundation of our democracy to its core. We must defend and preserve our democracy from right-wing extremists at all costs.

- Several people were injured Friday afternoon when a car crashed into the front of the ShopRite on Route 70, according to police. an  89 year old resident, who lives in the township, lost control of her 2017 Toyota Camry as she was attempting to pull out of a parking space at the supermarket and smashed into the front of the building — injuring several customer.

BDE: Petirah of R’ Meir Weiner z”l, the visionary behind Yedidim, an organization in Eretz Yisroel dedicated to assisting individuals stranded on the road, passed away at the age of 43 on Shabbos.

- FAA First report: Beth Medrash Govoha of America has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), FAA News has learned. The yeshiva plans to redevelop the former Woodlake Country Club on New Hampshire Avenue in Lakewood with classrooms, a student activity center, residential dormitories with 928 beds, 9 residential/housing buildings for married student housing, 1,800 parking spaces and a child-care facility. The issue at hand is that the DEP is demanding that the yeshiva obtain a costly and timely CAFRA permit for the dormitory and residential housing buildings, and the yeshiva apparently wants to avoid this regulation. see full story at FAAnews

- Lakewood girls high schools trying not to repeat acceptance fiasco from last year and announce that acceptance letters will only be sent out after Pesach.

Israel At War Day 92 Motzei Shabbos

 Israel at war

- Rockets fired towards Miron Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets in ‘initial response’ to killing of Hamas leader  more than 40 projectiles sets off alarms in 90 Israeli communities; no injuries in strikes that targeted Mount Meron area; IDF hits terror infrastructure in response

- 3 months into war, IDF says it’s dismantled Hamas ‘military framework’ in north Gaza

Army says it killed commanders of Hamas battalion that carried out Be’eri massacre;

- Another soldier killed in northern Gaza, taking military toll in ground operation to 176

Roee Yohay Yosef Mordechay, 31

השבת נועם הנשמות

 קה אכסוף נועם שבת

Lakewood Zmanim עש"ק פר' שמות מברכים חודש שבט תשפ"ד

                     ויצא אל אחיו וירא בסבלותם

Friday, January 5, 2024 / כ״ה טבת תשפ"ד ערב שבת פרשת שמות

- candle lighting 4:27 pm

- Shkiah/sunset 4:45pm

- Rosh chodesh Shevat is Thursday 

- Molad: Molad Thursday morning, 45 minutes and 4 chalakim after 8:00 am

- Weather: Friday night Mostly clear. Low 24F  Shabbos Day 40° Cloudy with rain developing later in the day. Precipitation may start as snow.. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch.

כשמברכים חודש שבט נכון לומר  שְׁבָט בקמץ ככתוב בספר זכריה זו פעם היחידה שנזכר שם החודש בתנ׳׳ך" בְּיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לְעַשְׁתֵּי־עָשָׂר חֹדֶשׁ, הוּא־חֹדֶשׁ שְׁבָט, בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ, הָיָה דְבַר־ה' אֶל־זְכַרְיָה בֶּן־בֶּרֶכְיָהוּ בֶּן־עִדּוֹא הַנָּבִיא לֵאמֹר" (ספר זכריה, פרק א', פסוק ז')  

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וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִתָּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל וּבָאוּ הָאֹבְדִים בְּאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר וְהַנִּדָּחִים בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לה' בְּהַר הקודש בירושלים (הפטרה שמות)

Friday January 5 News Updates Lakewood a

Friday, January 5, 2024 / כ״ד טבת תשפ״ד

ערב שבת פרשת שמות

Candle lighting 4:27pm

 Shkoah/Sunset 4:45pm

Weather: 36° Plentiful sunshine tonight, low 24° partly cloudy.

Shabbos day 41° Cloudy with rain developing later in the day. Precipitation may start as snow. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a half an inch.

Motzei shabbos Rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers late. Potential for heavy rainfall. near a half an inch.

Sunday Rain and snow showers in the morning. Then remaining overcast in the afternoon

- The latest weather models show the heaviest snowfall totals for this weekend's storm will be in upstate with 6-10 inches forecasted for Monsey, Monroe and Catskill areas. NYC will get mainly rain and no more than 1-2 inches of snow. Lakewood Rain mostly  chance is snow Sunday morning 

- Lakewood girls high schools trying not to repeat acceptance fiasco from last year and anounce that acceptance letters will only be sent out after Pesach.

- A fire broke out at a warehouse in Elizabeth, NJ near the Newark airport area at the Jersey gardens mall with smoke visible along the NJ Turnpike. There are several frum businesses that stored their goods att he warehouse 

- Now law! 17-Year-Olds in New Jersey will now be able to vote in primaries if they will be 18 by the General Election

- BDE Tragedy in Kiryas Tosh Montreal a frum couple has died after a fire broke out in their apartment the victims are R’ Dovid Teichner z”l, 93, and his wife Yafit a”h, 46, askanim are hoping to have the levaya before shabbos 

- This motzei shabbos Redd shidduch program at Areres Reva hall for girls ages 19 and up 

- You no longer have to go back if you are not sure if you forgot to say ותן טל ומטר as 90 Shemona Esrei's have passed since we start saying it (corrected)

- Nichum Aveilim  For mrs. Miriam Szmidt as at 9 Devash Lakewood getting up Tuesday 

- The mishpacha of the mashgiach ztl, including his sons will be sitting Shiva at the home on 6th street bet Lakewood Ave and Private Way

- Yoel Ackerman, a 36-year-old New Jersey resident and father of three, and a first-year law student at Rutgers University is facing suspension or even expulsion from the school simply for objecting to being subject to antisemitism! More 

Photos: At the Levaya in Yerushalayim

 Levaya of the Mashgiach הרב מתתיהו סלומון זצ"ל at the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim.

Recordings of Hespedim can be heard on  Chayeiinu 732-301-4043 opt 1-8-2

Or  732 -952-1900 option 6 from 65-63

Or here

Photos credit of photographer Shuki Lerer

 

Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch

Rav Tzvi Kushelevsky

Rav Lazer Yudel Finkel

Audio: Hasped of Rav Moshe Sternbuch Shlita on Rav Mattisyahu Salomon ZTL

Hesped from Rav Moshe Shternbuch shlita at the Levaya in Yerushalayim of Rav Mattisyahu Salomon Zatzal.  The hesped was said via telephone from his house delivered in Yiddish as he describes the greatness that was lost  how the mashgiach was humble and a tzadik throughout his life he was a ish Emes. In previous generations such a loss would have shook the world but now we are a poor generation with no one to be mechazek us at these dangerous times as klal Yisroel faces tzaros daily. He called on everyone to be mekabel something and be mechazek in Emunah by going in his ways.

Oif Simchas 24 Teves Thursday

Weather Colds 22 tonight 

Chasunas:

Weinberg - Wassserman Fountain Ballroom 

Herskowitz - Gordon Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Serebrowsky - Leifer Ne"emas Hachaim

Newmark - Berl Bais Faiga

Off Shabbos welcome home Bochurim

-Chumash Shiur by Harav Yeruchom Olshin shlita 11:30 pm at B"M Ateres Bracha live 646-726-9977)

- Harav Yosef Dovid Korbman Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva Gedola South Lakewood BE”H weekly Chumash shuir 11:15 pm in Bais Yitzchok (bmg) Ezras Nashim every Thursday night 11:15 pm

- Shovavim: Minyan to say sefer Tehillim at B"M Skver off W. County Line 5:45pm

Thursday January 4 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 44° Partly cloudy. Winds at 10 to 20 mph. Rain over shabbos possible snow showers on Sunday 

Only northwestern parts of New Jersey are likely to see more than a couple of inches of snow on Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service.

- At the Agudah yeshiva summit today in staten Island,  a group of Niturei Karta stood outside and protested

- US says Russia has used North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine and is seeking Iranian missiles

- Hatzolah of Central Jersey announced today R' Meilich Ezterzohn, a current members, to be the new CEO.

- Yartzeit today of Mr. Marrin Schtamf Z"L who used to learn in BMG and was niftarb3byears ago

- Rav Avrohom Gurewitz shlita The Rosh Yeshiva off Gatshead is in Lakewood to partake in the wedding of a grandchild

-Yartzeit of Rav Mordechai Gifter ZTL

- NJ assemblyman to raise their salary from 49k to 75k

- Toms River Planning Board is set to receive its first from frum member more

- Biala rebbe from Bet Shemeshbis currently visiting the Lakewood area for appointments email vaadbiala@gmail.com 

- New Ocean County Commissioner Frank Sadeghi said that Route 9 should be upgraded to a four-lane roadway, adding that county officials can’t keep blaming the state for inaction on the issue. Sadeghi noted that a drive of just a few miles on the portion of the 9 running through Lakewood and Toms River now takes 45 minutes “if you are lucky,” and that the Commissioners should be forging partnerships with local municipalities to demand that “the state of New Jersey live up to its responsibilities regarding the improvements to Route 9 as well as other state roadways.”

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Levaya in Eretz Yisroel for The Mashgiach Zatzal

Tens of  Thousands are expected at the Levaya of the Mashgiach Rav Matisyahu Salomon Zatzal in Yerushalayim at the Mir Yeshiva set to get underway at 7:30 Pm (12:30 est)

Live Hookup numbers  for the Levaya 

712-432-4305 or 712-432-6507 or on Lakewood radio station 107.9 fm

The levaya went on for 3 hours in the rain

Divrei hesped by:

Rav Yitzchok Ezrachi

Rav Moshe Sternbuch

Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman

Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsh

Rav Tzvi Kushelevski

Rav Don Segal

Rav A Dinner

Rav Dovid Cohen

Rav Lazer Yudel Finkel

Rav Yehuda Salomon, son

Rav Meir Tzvi Bergman being maspid

The Aron arrives 

Preparations at the Mir for the Levaya

Israel At War Thursday Jan 4

Israel at war day 90

-Indications are very likely that Iran is planning an extensive retaliation against US & Israel both. The retaliation could be within days or even hours according to a source in the International Coalition. In Iran Billboards have been put up stating that "Revenge will be swift and it's coming soon".

- Three Israelis who were previously considered missing are now considered to have been taken hostage in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total back up to 136, IDF spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari announced. At the request of the families, the names of the hostages were not immediately publicized. Two were subsequently identified as Tel Aviv resident Hanan Yablonka and Idan Shtivi from Ganei Tikva. 

- Israeli strike on southern Lebanon takes out 4 Hezbollah fighters including commander

in the city of Naqoura, near border with Israel.

- Another soldier killed in Gaza bringing military death toll in ground op to 175

Moshe Meiron Gersch,21 from Petach Tikva. 29 soldiers have been killed by friendly fire and accidents.

- The IDF says reservists operating in southern Gaza have killed many Hamas fighters of northern and eastern Khan Younis battalions, and significantly damaged their command and control, preventing operatives from carrying out large-scale attacks on troops.

- Biden has dispatched special envoy Amos Hochstein to Lebenonand Israel as Washington intensifies its diplomatic engagement in a bid to lower roiling tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

- Israeli Officials are “Alarmed” and have reached out to U.S. Defense Officials regarding their Decision to Withdraw the USS Gerald R. Ford and her Carrier Strike Group from the Eastern Mediterranean at a time when Hostilities in the Region are expected to soon Escalate.

- Nasrallah vows response to Arouri assassination, warns of fight ‘without limits’ if Israel goes to war it was a ‘major and dangerous crime’ that won’t go unpunished; says Israel would ‘regret’ all-out war

- Hamas hostage Sahar Baruch, 25, was killed on December 8 in connection with an IDF rescue attempt, the military revealed Wednesday.  The IDF acknowledged that within a day of the rescue attempt, Hamas had killed him.

- Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said it backed South Africa’s genocide claim against Israel over its military operation in Gaza. The opening hearing is expected to be held next Thursday and Friday before the International Court of Justice at The Hague.

At The Levaya of Rav Mattisyahu Salomon ZTL

 Media courtesy of JDN and the photographers

- Full Audio of the Levaya HERE

- Hesped on The Mashgiach -Rav Matisyahu Salomon by Rabbi Simcha Bunim Londonsky Here

 - Rabbi Aaron Kotler reflects watch Here 

Oif Simchas 23 Teves

Chasunas: 

Friedman - Muller Lake Terrace 

Cohen - Goldstein Bais Faiga

Eisenberger - Vinagray Fountain Ballroom 

Schiff - Kramer Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Chopp - Privalsky Eagle Ridge

Levaya in Lakewood Of Harav Mattisyohu Salomon ZTL

Levaya will be 12:00pm at BMG Bais Medrash Bais Yitzchok in the Herzka building at 605 7th st.  Kevura in Eretz Yisrael on Har Hamenuchos

- Replay of Hespedim at the Levaya in Lakewood Call the Chayeinu hotline 732-301-4043 press option 1 then 8 then 2

4:10pm Kayl Molei Rachamim levaya procession will go down 7th and down Forest avenue 

- 4:00 Rav Avrohom Gurewitz R"Y Gatshead

- 3:48 Rav Binyamin Jacobs  son in law

- 3:28 Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel

- 3:13 Rav Ephraim Wachsman

- 2:52 Rav Shmuel Yeshaya Keller

- 2:42 Rav Mordechai Yosef Yanovsky Mashgiach Gathead yeshiva

Due to mincha speakers were asked to keep hespedim to 5-10 minutes 

- 2:10 Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin

- 1:45 Rav Elya Brudny

Some of the maspidim will be speaking in English 

- 1:30 Rav Yisroel Neuman

- 12:55 Rav Dovid Schustal

-12:33 Rav Yeruchom Olshin

- 12:05 Rav Malkiel Kotler spoke first

-The levaya in Eretz Yisrael will be Thursday evening 7pm in the Mir Yeshiva

- There's water bottles and bathrooms set up along Forest avenue 

-Maspidim to speak: The 4 Lakewood Roshei Yeshiva, Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel, Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, Family members

Phone hook up on the BMG conference line 347-202-0666, 732-645-9444, 857-347-0100, ext 125000,001,002,003,004,005,006

Audio hookup in the Yoshon B"M and Mizrach Maariv B"M and Bais Aaron on 10th st

There will be a video hookup in The Beren hall dining room of BMG,Ateres Esther hall and upstairs in the Herzka building

Erase Nashim in Herzka building and outside at the corner of 6th and Private way

There is no livestreamas of now

-The Lavaya will be aired live on Radio Kol Berama 107.9 fm Lakewood at 12pm or on 104.7 fm

Listen to audio HERE

- Bittul Melacha :Many Lakewood stores and businesses will be closed throughout the duration of the levaya.

- Elementary schools are sending kids from 7th grade and up

Over 50,000 expected to attend the levaya

LPD: Avoid the area of Forest Ave btwn 4th St & 14th St from 10am to 6pm for a funeral. Expect delays in this area as road closures will be in effect. Plan alternate routes. Buses should come down Forest Ave and drop off at 7th st. They can park at Blue Claws stadium while they wait

Talmidim departing from their rebbe

Agudas Yisroel of America:

Sar V’gadol Nafal Hayom Hazeh B’Yisroel.

With broken hearts and tear-filled eyes we must share the terrible news of the petirah of Rav Matisyahu Salomon, zecher tzaddik v’kadosh l’verachah. Rav Matisyahu, as mashgiach in Bais Medrash Govoha, and beforehand in Gateshead Yeshiva, inspired tens of thousands in their limud Torah and Avodas Hashem. Through his Matnas Chaim, he influenced many thousands more.

Mah nomar u’mah nedaber. Rav Matisyahu's impact cannot be captured in a few words; our loss is incalculable. This is a time for introspection, when each and every one of us should recognize the special achrayus we have to strengthen ourselves in mussar and avodas Hashem, to collectively fill in some small measure this terrible void created by his petirah.

T’hei nishmaso tzerurah bitzror hachayim.  

בד"ה הגאון המשגיח הרב מתתיהו חיים סלומון זצוק"ל משגיח רוחני ישיבות בית מדרש גבוה ישיבת גייטסהד

  אבל גדול בעולם התורה ויהדות החרדית בארה"ב   בפטירתו של הרב המשגיח  רבי מתתיהו חיים סלומון זצ"ל  

Harav Mattisyahu Chaim Solomon ZT"L

Levaya 12:00pm at BMG There will be audio hook up on Chayeinu phone lines. As of now there's no livestream.

Petirah of Rav Matisyahu Chaim Salomon zt”l, mashgiach of Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, NJ. Who went into cardiac arrest this evening at his home he was 86. The Levaya will take place tomorrow 12:00pm  at Yeshiva Bais Medrash Govoha 7th street Lakewood. A massive levaya is expected with tens of thousands  coming to give kavod acharon. Kevurah in Eretz Yisrael on Har Hamenuchos

There's a large presence of security and police in the BMG area preparing logistics for the levaya tomorrow with road closures and setting up satellite parking lots. Close talmidim family and rabbonim at the house on 6th street.

 In the last tekufah of his life the mashgiach single handedly fought the battle for kedushas Yisrael taking on the dangers of technology starting with the internet asifa until his last days that he functioned.

Matzav.com reports Rav Salomon was the mashgiach of Gateshead Yeshiva, a position he held for more than thirty years, before the mashgiach and his rebbetzin moved to Lakewood in 1997.

Rav Salomon was a unique baal mussar and mashpiah, who throughout his decades as a marbitz Torah and mashpiah impacted tens of thousands of people across the globe through he powerful shmuesses and unparalleled oratory.

Rav Salomon was born in Gateshead, England, a son of R’ Yaakov and Ettel Salomon, and he received his formative chinuch in London.

During his yeshiva and kollel years, he learned for 16 years with Rav Chaim Kaufman, who went on to found the Gateshead Yeshiva L’Zeirim.

Rav Salomon also learned under the famed mashgiach Rav Elyah Lopian and later considered him to be his rebbi muvhak.

Rav Salomon became mashgiach ruchani of Gateshead Yeshiva, a position he held for more than 30 years, as mentioned. He was mashgiach in Gateshead Yeshiva initially under Rav Moshe Schwab and then as the senior mashgiach, before moving to Lakewood in the spring of 1998.

A number of seforim have been published based on his shmussen and shiurim under the title Matnas Chaim on topics including the Yomim Noraim, Moadim, Sha’arei T’shuva L’Rabeinu Yonah, Mesilas Yesharim, Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh, and Kinyanim. The book With Hearts Full of Love is based on a series of talks from Rav Salomon.

His passing is an end of an era, Klal Yisroel losing one of its great mashpiim and mussar personalities.

The levaya will be held tomorrow at Beth Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, NJ. Details will be posted once they are finalized.

Yehi zichro boruch.

Oif simchas 22 Teves Tuesday

Chasunas:

Wax - Katz Ateres Reva

Teichman - Benedik Toras Menachem

Schustar - Dubovik Ne'emas Hachaim

Heineman - Berger Lake Terrace 

Shain - Green Bais Faiga

Tauber - Schulman Fountain Ballroom 

Akerman Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Tuesday January 2 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 42° Plentiful sunshine. 

- BDE: Petirah of R Leiby Minzer Z"L of Lakewood at the age of 39. Levaya was held early Wed morning. He worked at NPGS. Leaves behind wife and 4 children. 

ברוך דיין האמת Rav Mattisyahu Solomon Zatzal

Levaya tomorrow at Lakewood yeshiva

- TEHILIM: BMG Mashgiach, Rav Matisyahu Solomon Shlita is in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest The Tzibur is asked to please Daven for R’ Matisyahu Chaim Ben Ettel.

-Petiirah of Mrs. Toni Berger, longtime manager of the kosher restaurant Mermelstein Caterers in Crown Heights, which provided food to the Rebbe's house, passed away. The levaya is today at the Lakewood  chapel 4:30pm.  She was 101. Mrs. Berger was born to the Mermelstein family in Vienna, Austria, in 1922. The family was connected to Bobov and Kapishnitz Chassidim. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, she went on the Kindertransport, the organized rescue effort of children from Nazi-controlled territory in 1938–1939. More at col

- Petirah of Mrs. Miriam Szmidt a”h, a longtime Monsey resident who recently moved to Lakewood She was 75. She is survived by her children – R’ Yitzchok Uri, R’ Nachum, R’ Shneur,  R' Eli, Mrs. Ziva Altman, and Mrs. Adina Haldorson. The levaya will take place tomorrow afternoon Wednesday in Lakewood.

- Harvard President resigns: Claudine Gay will resign Tuesday afternoon, bringing an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history.

- BDE: Tragedy in Yerushalayim a wall collapsed in a apt of  Mir Yeshiva bochurim in the bais Yisrael neighborhood on rechov Habesht due to illegal construction next door, as a result a 25 year old yeshiva bachur was niftar R"L he was learning in Silvers yeshiva his name is Itzik Steinberg Z"l he was staying with freinds who were at the Mir yeshiva.

- NJ monitor: In Shore district, incumbent-toppling rabbi brings a fresh voice to the Assembly Rabbi Avi Schnall will join the Assembly on Jan. 9 as the first Democrat to represent the 30th District in decades

“My vote in Trenton is what the district I represent wants me to vote. It’s not about what Avi Schnall feels as a personal, private individual. I no longer am a personal, private individual; I’m now an assemblyman representing 250,000 voters,” he said. “Every bill has to be judged on its own particular merits, with lots of dialogue from all sides.”

“The Democrats don’t need him in order to pass a bill. He’s not the 41st vote. They have 52 total votes. If he strays away from the party position, it’s not the end of the world,” Dworkin said. Moee

- Accuweather: Major winter storm brewing with snow, ice and rain to blast Northeast including those along Interstate 95, this weekend. Travel conditions will deteriorate due to snow, ice and rain. The Jersey shore area will likely have rain.

- The Sadigura rebbe from Bnei Brak will be spending next shabbos in Lakewood at the B"M on Holly Street rhe renbe will be in the US from Rosh Chodesh Shevat until 7 Shevat.

- Toms River Mayor Dan Rodrick discussed his plans to stop development and cut $500K in positions in town hall App reports " For the last eight years, the township has been rolling out the red carpet for developers," he said. "But when residents want to improve their property, they are tangled up in bureaucratic red tape....The special deals for politically connected developers ends today as well." Rodrick noted that the first item on the new council's agenda was repealing the controversial home inspection law, which  was causing delays and difficulties with property sales. (APP)

Israel At War Tuesday January 2

 Israel at war day 88

- The US State Department expressed disapproval of the remarks made by Israeli Ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, who advocated for the relocation of Palestinian Arabs outside of Gaza. State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller stated, “The United States condemns the provocative and irresponsible comments made by Israeli Ministers Smotrich and Ben Gvir. The forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza is not acceptable.”

- IDF says it’s at heightened state of readiness following Hamas leader’s assassination

- Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns effective tomorrow 

-  Islamic Republic state media is confirming that senior Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an explosion in Beirut tonight. 

This is a significant development. Israeli intelligence has been trying to kill al-Arouri for years and the United States has had a 5 million dollar bounty on him. Al-Arouri is a deputy political leader for Hamas and one of the founders of al-Qassam Brigades, the so-called military wing of Hamas.

- A massive explosion in Beirut. Reportedly a Senior Hamas leader Salach Arouri was killed by Israel in his apt with another senior terrorist Mohamad Chamdan and 4 other terrorist 

- Another soldier killed in Gaza today, bringing the toll of slain troops to 174.

Sufian Dagash, 21, from Maghar.

- The IDF says troops recently captured a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, with special forces battling terror operatives inside tunnel networks beneath the site. The strategic” stronghold was used by Hamas’s intelligence division and other units of the terror group to “manage the fighting in the entire Gaza Strip.” all hamas terrorists hiding there were killed in  that battle

- US official: Biden admin pushed Israel for lower-intensity fighting in Gaza, troop withdrawal Israel’s plans to withdraw some forces from combat in the Gaza Strip appear to signal that Israel is shifting to lower-intensity fighting in the Palestinian enclave, a move the Biden administration has been pushing for, a US official tells NBC News.

- Joint Navy, Air Force and ground troops strike takes out Hamas operatives along Gaza coast

-Israeli aircraft and tanks stepped up strikes in southern Gaza overnight, after it announced plans to pull back some troops.

- Israel says the war in Gaza has many more months to go.

- Of the 171 Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas, 29 were killed by so-called friendly fire and other accidents, according to data released by the IDF on Monday.

Oif Simchas Monday 21 Teves

Chasunas:

Kleinbard - Hellman Lake Terrace 

Horowitz - Loker Fountain Ballroom 

Monday January 1 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 45° cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower.

forecasters in NJ are closely tracking the potential for a major weekend storm that could bring “the first significant snowfall in nearly 2 years,” according to the National Weather Service.

The weather service stressed that much uncertainty remains several days ahead of the storm. Temperatures could remain warm enough by the weekend to keep the storm rain, or some mix of precipitation between northern and southern parts of the state.

- South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung stabbed in his neck at press conference

- Russian missile attack on Ukraine expected today

It is related that Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev would sometimes wish others “Happy New Year” on January 1. This is based on the verse in Psalms, “G-d will count in the register of the nations.”

- Lakewood committee and mayor use virtual meeting to deflect criticism and questions from the public. At the meeting today several members of the public submitted comments about the high salaries or not holding open meetings and appointing a township lawyer without properly filling out the forms. The mayor just read thru the emails without responding to the tough questions.

- NJ state offices Township offices will be closed. no trash pickup. United States Postal Service offices will be closed besides for Priority Mail Express mail. FedEx and UPS will deliver only FedEx Custom Critical and UPS Express Critical. The vast majority of banks will be closed. faa

- Powerball lottery drawing Tonight jackpot is $810 million 

- Lakewood Township reorganization meeting today at 12pm live stream HERE Agenda for meeting HERE appointing mayor deputy mayor swearing in new committeewoman and raising their salaries, residents can submit comments during the meeting itself via email to comments@lakewoodnj.gov 

Tolls are set to increase by 5 percent Monday, Jan. 1, on the New York State Thruway for first time in 14 years. E-ZPass rates rise by 5%, while non-E-ZPass drivers face a 75% hike. Mario Cuomo Bridge commuters will see tolls climb from $5.75 to $6.25.

- Yeshiva Tiferes Torah (YTT) annual Campaign Video skit for 2024 here  donate Here

Israel At War Monday January 1

Israel at war day 87

- IDF kills Hamas commander who helped lead Oct. 7 attacks 

- Access to a busy terminal at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport was restricted Monday as pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protesters converged on the airport for the second time in a week

-Another soldier killed in Gaza 

Amichai Israel Yehoshua Oster,24  from the Shomron

- Sadly since the beginning of the war 11 soldiers were killed in accidents and 18 by friendly fire according to reports 

- IDF strikes Hezbollah cell preparing to launch drones from southern Lebanon

- “Israel has destroyed 70% of residential buildings in #Gaza after launching 29,000 rockets and shells upon them. The devastation inflicted upon the Gaza Strip resembles what occurred in Germany during World War II” according to the WSJ

- Kibbutz Be’eri announces that Ilan Weiss, who has been considered missing since the Hamas-led massacres on October 7, was killed in the assault on his community.

- The IDF’s Home Front Command is preparing to allow the return of displaced civilians from some Gaza border communities, beginning with those that are between four and seven kilometers from the Strip. The IDF believes rockets will continue to be launched from the Gaza Strip at the southern towns, and therefore nobody will be forced to return at this stage of the plan