End Of A Era

The iconic toy store in downtown Lakewood Toys For Thought that has been serving the community with construcrive and  creative toys for kids for over 22 years will be moving out of the current location by next month. The store will have a 30%  off sale on all items beginning this Sunday May 12. Plans are underway to relocate at several locations in the greater Lakewood area. The address is 310 3rd Street corner Clifton Ave, Lakewood NJ 08701.

Haforah of Parshas Kedoshim Will Be read 1st time in 27 years

 For the first time in 27 years the haftorah of parshas Kedoshim "Hasishpot" will be leined in shul according to minhag Ashkenaz. That is because the parshiyos of Achrei Mos and kedoshim are usually combined and although when you have a double parsha you lein the haftorah of the 2nd one, when it comes to Achrei kedoshim the minhag is to read Haftorah of Achrei Mos. 

Even in years that Achrei and kedoshim are seperate, the shabbos of  Achrei falls out many times on erev Rosh chodesh which the haftorah of Macha chodesh is read, or when Achrei falls out on shabbos hagadol, the haftorah for kedoshim  the following  week is that of Achrei Mos.

Although not the common custom, there is even an old Yerushalmi minhag not to ever read the haftarah of Kedoshim; and even when the Parshiyos are separate, Acharei Mos’s haftarah is read two weeks in a row. Dayan Rav Yisroel Yaakov Fisher ZTL would lock the Aron kodesh in zichron Moshe shul on shabbos Kedoshim to not allow access for anyone to lean the haftorah from Yechezkel.

The reason for the uncharacteristic change is that the haftarah of Parshas Kedoshim, ‘Hasishpot’, from sefer Yechezkel, includes what is known as ‘To’avas Yerushalayim,’ referring to a revealing prophecy of the woeful spiritual state and the terrible happenings that will occur to the inhabitants of Eretz Yisrael for not following the word of G-d.

Background 

Israel At War Friday May 10

 Israel at war day 217

- The Biden administration on Friday said it was reasonable to assess that Israel has used US-supplied weapons in instances that are "inconsistent" with its international humanitarian law obligations.*

-  The U.N. General Assembly just voted by a wide margin to grant new rights to the Palestinian Authority and Hamas and called on the Security Council to revive its membership bid. Israel, USA, Argentina, Papua, New guinea, Micronesia, Hungary, czheck republic, Nauru, Palau were the states that opposed the resolution. The resolution does not give them full UN membership, but recognises them as qualified to join and extends their rights and privileges.

-Shrapnel from an intercepted rocket falls on playground in Beer Sheva no injuries reported

- 4 more IDF soldiers killed in North Gaza Zeitoun area by a explosive device, bringing death toll to 271

Itay Livny, 19, from Ramat Hasharon.

Yosef Dassa, 19, from Kiryat Bialik.

Ermiyas Mekuriyaw, 19, from Beer Sheva

Daniel Levy, 19, from Kiryat Motzkin

- Sirens sounding in the south after Hamas launches rockets toward Beer Sheva

- Arab media reports of heavy fighting in Gaza with injuries to IDF soldiers

- Hamas claims the rescued an Israeli hostages from a suicide attempt 

- Security cabinet said to approve measured expansion of Rafah operations

- Israeli tanks advanced on a main road dividing the eastern and western halves of southern Gaza’s Rafah today, Reuters reports. The IDF had said that it captured part of the Salah a-Din road when it launched its operation on eastern Rafah late Monday

-Soldiers destroyed terror infrastructure and eliminated terrorists in areas of Gaza. In addition to the ground activities, the military stated fighter jets had struck terrorists and Hamas terror targets. Of particular note was a booby-trapped building in which many weapons. 

- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is reportedly expected to submit a report to Congress as early as Friday on Israel’s conduct in Gaza that criticizes the IDF’s conduct but stops short of concluding it has violated international law,  the submission will include cases in which international humanitarian law was suspected of being broken, describing them using “very critical terms.”

- Twelve soldiers were wounded after being stung by wasps in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today. A tank had driven over a large wasp nest, leading the insects to sting the troops. One of the soldiers is listed in moderate condition, and the other 11 are lightly hurt, the IDF says. They were taken to a hospital in Israel for treatment.

- Police have dismantled an anti-Israel tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and moved to clear protesters from the University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia, just hours after police tear-gassed protesters and took down an encampment at the University of Arizona.

BDE: The Biala Rebbe Zatzal

 האדמו"ר מביאלא זצוק"ל, זקן אדמו"רי מועצת  גדולי התורה , בעל ה'מבשר טוב' וזקן חברי המועצת שחיבר למעלה ממאה ספרים 

Hamodia: The Torah world in general, and the Chassidic community in particular, was plunged into mourning on Friday morning, with the news of the petirah of the Biala Rebbe, Harav Betzalel Simcha Menachem Ben-Zion Rabinowitz, zy”a, at the age of 89.

In recent months, the Rebbe had been hospitalized several times, and was hospitalized this week in a serious condition. His situation took a sudden turn for the worse on Friday morning, and the Rebbe’s pure Neshamah returned to its Maker.

The Rebbe’s levayah is to be held Friday afternoon in Yerushalayim with kevura on Har hazeisim.

The Rebbe was born in the city of Siedlce in Poland, on 8 Adar I, 5695/1935, the youngest son of his father, the Chelkas Yehoshua of Biala, zy”a.

His mother, Rebbetzin Chana Fesha, a”h, was the daughter of Harav Eliezer Bernholz, z”l, who was a Biala Chassid from the city of Voldova.

When the Nazis conquered Poland, and among other places, they arrived in Biala, they began their destruction by abusing the Rabbanim and Admorim. Then his father fled to Barnovice, which was then under Russian rule. In Barnovice, the Koidanover Rebbe, the brother-in-law of the Chelkas Yehoshua, resided. When they wanted to return to Poland, the Koidanover Rebbetzin, who was childless, lo aleinu, pleaded with the Biala Rebbetzin, a”h, to leave her at least one child of her children in her care, so that at least one memory of the family would remain.

In the end, it turned out that the family members were transferred to Siberia as part of the rescue operation from Barnovice, after all the Jews who remained in Barnovice or in Biala were killed, and the Rabinowitz family remained for refuge, b’chasdei Shamayim.

With time, they managed to obtain approvals from the Polish government to leave Siberia and arrived in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, not far from the Persian border, closer to Eretz Yisrael.

His father, the Chelkas Yehoshua, made sure that his young son and his brother and sister left for Eretz Yisrael, via Tehran, Iran, where they stayed for several months.

Eventually, they arrived by buses through Transjordan to Eretz Yisrael. The journey was full of immense difficulties, and the fact that they managed to overcome the great turmoil, under the conditions prevailing at that time, was in itself a miraculous feat.

In Eretz Yisrael, he initially stayed in the Battei Avos, established by the Ponevez Rav, and later with his great-uncle, Harav Yosef Zvi Kalish, zt”l, Rav of Bnei Brak, where he stayed for two years while his father, the Chelkas Yehoshua, was still in Poland and he maintained contact with his father through letter exchanges.

Already in his youth, the Rebbe was recognized as one of the greatest and most diligent bachurim of the Ponevez Yeshivah. His vast knowledge in all areas of Torah was dazzling. He was an outstanding talmid of the Roshei Yeshivah, Harav Elazar Menachem Shach, Harav Shmuel Rozovsky, and Harav Dovid Povarsky, zt”l.

Oif Simchas Thursday Rosh Chodesh 1 Iyar

היום שבעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות ושלשה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Frand - Pruzansky Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Frankel - Censor Ateres  Reva

Schwartz - Schulgasser Bais Faiga

Zeffren  - Gross Ne'emas Hachaim

Gwartin - Miller 

Weinstock  Lake Terrace 

Agudah Statement on the WH Unprecedented Decision to Cease Supplying Certain Arms to Israel

 Agudath Israel of America Statement on the White House’s Unprecedented Decision to Cease Supplying Certain Arms to Israel

Agudath Israel of America is deeply troubled by the White House’s unprecedented decision to cease supplying certain arms to a country whose security the President has reiterated his ironclad commitment to, especially amidst Israel’s multifront war against its mortal enemies.

Nor is this arms embargo limited to large bombs, but, according to sources, could include smart bombs designed to hit targets with precision and artillery – in other words exactly the tools an army needs to fight while limiting civilian casualties.

Agudath Israel appreciates the administration’s longstanding support for Israel, including supplying the Iron Dome so Israel may defend

Thursday May 9 News Updates

 Weather: 70° Partly cloudy this morning, then becoming cloudy during the afternoon. Slight chance of a rain shower. High around 70F.

Asked by New Jersey Assemblyman Gary Schaer if calling for the genocide of Jews is free speech, Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway says "no it is not," and adds that "calling for genocide or violence against people in any form is speech that should not be protected."(SSchorr)

-Former State Sen. Ed Durr will announce his bid for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey on Monday. (Njinsider)

- The Lakewood Board of Education gave final approval to a $309 million budget for next year, which includes a $104 million state loan request, officials admit that may not be the final word on the spending plan or how much the district borrows from the state. If the $104 million is approved for next year the loan debt would approach $236 million, or more if that loan amount is increased. (App)

- Lag Baomer In Meron Cancelled: Following a situation assessment, the IDF has officially decided to cancel the upcoming Lag Baomer events at Kever Harashbi in Meron, scheduled for May 24-27, due to rising terror threats and tensions with Hezbollah in the North

- Chavrusah Tumult continues today at BMG. The yeshiva will be learning masechtos Nedarim  and Shavuos for this coming summer zman.

- A Melava Malka will take place this motzei shabbos in Lakewood for the yartzeit of Reb Shayala Keristir hosted by the Admor Mshedlitz Lakewood Khal Yeshuos Dovid. It will take place at yeshiva ktana hall with the attendance of Rabinim and Admorim.

-Five structure fires in the past week are unusual but have proven to not be intentionally set, according to Lakewood's fire chief. nj 1015

- Israel releases population data  at 9.9 million with 73% as Jewish. This year the country added 189,000 people while 60,000 passed away including 1500 killed in the war. There are sadly 502 yesomim from the war.

- Bingo having bulk sales this week,GG has dag yam fish sticks for $4.79

- Assemblyman Avi Schnall praised the Howell Township Council’s unanimous decision to pass a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in all its forms. “This resolution is a testament to Howell Township’s commitment to inclusivity and respect for all individuals,” “At a time when antisemitism is disturbingly on the rise, including overt expressions of hate on college campuses and elsewhere, it is imperative for leaders at every level to voice their opposition to such hateful sentiments and actions unequivocally.” Assemblyman Schnall remarked, “It is especially important now for elected officials to stand boldly and firmly against antisemitic hate and bigotry. The Howell Township Council has set a commendable example of leadership by acknowledging the serious implications of such hatred and taking clear steps to combat it.”

- Zoning board approves application for school with waiver not to have sidewalks. Faa

- For the second time in the past year, the - Lakewood School District has proposed a plan that will change where some students go to school, according to a letter sent to parents.

The move has teachers’ union leaders upset, claiming they were only told about it days before it was approved by the Board of Education. Under the proposal, set to take effect for the 2024-2025 school year, Spruce Street School, which currently serves only first graders, will also house all district second graders. 

Israel At War Thurs May 9

 Israel at war day 216

-Republicans have begun working on a bill that would deny President Biden the ability to prevent the transfer of military aid to Israel because of the war in Gaza. such a bill is unlikely to pass because the Senate has a Democratic majority.

- Lag Baomer celebration in Miron canceled this year due to Hezbollah rocket threats.

-The Israeli delegation has left Cairo. The negotiation collapsed because Hamas refused to compromise.

-Donald Trump Before Entering NY Courtroom: 

"What Biden is doing with respect to Israel is disgraceful. If any Jewish person voted for Joe Biden, they should be ashamed of themselves. He's totally abandoned Israel."

-American-Israeli business tycoon, Haim Saban, one of the largest contributors to the Democratic Party, just wrote a letter to President Biden and National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, telling them that the Biden Administration’s decision to block the shipment of weapons to Israel in the midst of it campaign to defeat and destroy Palestinian terrorists in Gaza is “bad … bad … bad on every level.”

- House Speaker Johnson said he feels betrayed by President Biden's willingness to withhold offensive weapons to Israel, accusing him of reneging on their aid deal, saying he hopes Biden's threat is just a "senior moment". (Politico)

- IDF announces soldier was killed in Hezbollah attack on army post in north in a Hezbollah mortar and missile attack on an army position near the northern community of Malkia yesterday, the military announces.

The slain soldier is named asHaim Sabach, 20

-Biden accused of helping Hamas as Israel outraged by threatened weapons freeze

Trump: ‘Crooked Joe’ siding with the terrorists; FM Katz: Fight against Hamas won’t halt; envoy to UN: Biden could suffer in Nov.; US Jewish groups, GOP, some Dems denounce move 

- Several national and international newspapers write editorials about Bidens betrayal of allies.

- Itamar Ben Gvir tweets: “Hamas loves Biden” 

- Netanyahu, Gallant issue messages of defiance, without responding directly to Biden

-Trump:“Crooked Joe is taking the side of these terrorists just like he has sided with the Radical Mobs taking over our college campuses, because his donors are funding them,” 

- Republican Senator Mitt Romney of Utah tweeted, “We stand by allies, we don’t second guess them. Biden’s dithering on Israel weapons is bad policy and a terrible message to Israel, our allies and the world.”

- Israel Border Police says that for the first time in its history, some 30 ultra-Orthodox men have been drafted into the force for their mandatory military service.

- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters that he has “faith” in what President Biden is doing to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza, including a decision to pause the delivery of 3,500 bombs as his administration assesses a potential Israeli invasion of Rafah.

“I believe that Israel and America have an ironclad relationship, and I have faith in what the Biden administration is doing,” Schumer said when asked if it is appropriate for the Biden administration to hold up the shipment of bombs amid intensifying opposition on the left to the war.

Oif Simchas Wed Rosh Chodesh Iyar

היום ששה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות ושני ימים בעומר/לעומר

יעלה ויבוא 

Chasunas:

Krupenia - Krasner Ateres Reva

Weinberger - Schaum Toras Menachem 

Kessin - Templeman Ne'emas Hachaim

Schwartz - Levin Fountain Ballroom

Seidenfeld  - Mandel Lake Terrace 

Karmel - Levi Bais Faiga 

- Shiur in Tanya by the Amshinov Rebbe shlita at 910 E. County Line Rd after 10pm Maariv

Israel At War Wed May 8 News Updates

 Israel at war day 215

 - President Biden tells CNN that the US will stop providing Israel with artillery shells, bombs for fighter jets and other offensive weapons if it invades Rafah.

- US ambassador to Israel Jack Lew met with Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch in Bnei Brak and told him  that the war in Gaza is ‘very unpopular’ in the US.  He said Biden is trying to make his positions clear while being able to continue to help Israel accomplish what it needs to accomplish  and when he needs to, saying when he thinks Israel needs to do some things differently  as friends must.”

- The senior Republican Senator, Lindsey Graham torched the US Defense Secretary a short time ago, for the decision to examine some of the military aid to Israel.

- "Do you think that Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah want to destroy the Jews?"

- "Yes".  "So how do you impose restrictions on Israel's ability to defend itself? What an absurdity. Give Israel what it needs to conduct the war, which it cannot afford to lose."

- 44% of Americans oppose ceasefire deal that doesn’t include the release of the remaining hostages, 28% support. 50% oppose the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses, only 26% support. Majority support taking action, including 33% who want arrests.

- IDF says around 30 terrorists killed in ongoing Rafah operation so far

- US confirms holding up sale of heavy bombs it feared Israel would use in Rafah. Feeling its concerns over looming major offensive weren’t getting through to Israel, Washington took unprecedented step to ensure its heavy explosives weren’t used in south Gaza city

Def secretary Austin stressed that no final decision had been made regarding that shipment or other arms transfers to Israel. 

He said the pause in arms did not impact the $26 billion in supplemental aid that Congress approved last month.

- Aid for Gaza is being loaded onto a ship in Cyprus in what is expected to be the first cargo to be delivered using a US pier built to expedite supplies to the besieged enclave.

-Border Police Ch.-Insp. Yatev Lev Halevi succumbed to his wounds on Wednesday after being severely injured on Saturday while operating in Deir al-Ghusun, which is near Tulkarm in the West Bank.

- Anti-Israel ads are continuing to pop up on city subway trains, leaving red-faced MTA officials fuming, The Post has learned.

“Free Palestine. The US spends your tax money on a genocide in Gaza,” one professional-looking poster spotted on an F train this week reads. “Read up. Get Organized. Fight back.”

Wednesday May 8 Rosh Chodesh Iyar News Updates

 Weather: 88° A shower or two possible this morning with partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. Warm. High 88F Chance of rain 30%.

There is a marginal risk of severe weather today.

- Tax Dollars: Lakewood officials yesterday voted to go ahead with the purchase of the wells Fargo building on Main St for $2.5 Million. At the LDC meeting members did not ask any questions nor was there any discussion about what the plans are after the purchase. See more at FAA.

- The LDC also approved spending $635k for a new program that will assist seniors divorcees and widows in finding jobs as Lakewood is experiencing a new phenomenon where seniors are moving in and divorce rates and widow-ship has seen an uptick in the past decade.

- Agudah chairman: Erev Pesach, the governor of New York called me, in my capacity as chairman of Agudath Israel, to wish a happy holiday. I could hear the trepidation in her voice as she assured me that the state would invest every resource at their disposal in keeping our community safe. She also realizes that the threat is very real. We are grateful for the support we received from government officials and from law enforcement. We appreciate every voice of friendship.

- Summer zman begins today at Bais Medrash Govoha in Lakewood with the Chavrusa Tumult taking place at the various Botei Medrashim

- Girls high school acceptance letters coming in the mail while some were verbaly notified of where they got accepted to.

- Continued tefilos for רפאל יהושוע בן ציון בן זיסל נעכא in need of rachmei Shamayim

-Can't make it to Reb Shayala in Kerestir? the Baron HIrsch cemetery in Staten Island, NY will be open from friday through Sunday evening were people can daven at the Rabbi Yeshaya Steiner Memorial at the society grounds of Hungarian Brotherly Love Yehuda Yorkville, in section F8 at the kever of the brother R' Moshe Steiner. No Vehicular Traffic will be permitted – Street Parking Only, Car Pools are encouraged due to limited parking availability.

-BDE: Petrah of Rav Menachem Haber Zt''l Rav of Tiferes Shaul of Flatbush  and leader of sefardi communities in Deal,NJ. Levaya at Magen David, 67th Street in Brooklyn 10:00am 

-Misameach founder the chosson Lipa Schwartz invites the community to partake in his wedding taking place tonight at Fountain Ballroom 

-President Donald Trump to Hold a Rally in Wildwood, New Jersey this shabbos afternoon at 5pm

-Georgia appeals court grants Trump's request to consider whether Fani Willis should be disqualified in his criminal case

-In his first public comments on the demonstrations at Rutgers university

Gov Murphy criticized the school for not treating the Jewish students fairly and said he’s particularly upset that entire groups are being harassed or held accountable for a long list of perceived grievances.(Onejerseyschorr)

- Howell township takes a stand Anti-Semitisim Ignoring strong opposition to the matter, the Howell Township Council tonight unanimously took a vocal stand Against anti-semitism.

The move came in the aftermath of an anti-semitic billboard having been placed on Route 9. The billboard stated: Stand with Humanity. Stand with Palestine. Paid for by Voice for Humanity Project.

Faanews reports It was a noisy meeting with numerous members of the public speaking up, both in strong support, and in fierce opposition to, the adoption of the resolution. "We have no authority to restrict constitutionally protected speech which is on any billboard. However we are voicing our condemnation of the hateful message on the billboard," the Council added.

- Update on Lakewood shidduch meeting yesterday with some Roshei yeshiva: It was discussed that the burden of resolving the shidduch crisis is not to be borne solely by the bochurim. Young women are also called upon to make significant adjustments, delaying the commencement of their dating by a year subsequent to their return from seminary.

The roshei yeshiva underscored the need for collaboration among both young women and their families, recognizing that shidduch solutions focusing solely on the bochurim will prove inadequate in addressing the overarching issue. A comprehensive outreach campaign is on the horizon, aimed at persuading and incentivizing young women and their families to embrace this adjusted timeline for entering the shidduch scenae.(Matzav)

- Rosh chodesh Iyar Shachris woth Musical Hallel by Yossi Lebowitz at Babad shul  in Toms River 9am

Oif Simchas Tuesday Night Rosh Chodesh Iyar

היום חמשה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות  ויום אחד בעומר/לעומר

יעלה ויבוא tonight 

Chasunas:

Jacobs - Hirschberg Ateres Reva

Broyde -  Tapick Ne'emas Hachaim 

Jacobs -  Pollak Bais Fauga

Privalsky -  Kasten Lake Terrace

Zimmerman -  Sorotzkin Toras Menachem

Karmen  - Klein Fountain Ballroom 

Tuesday May 7 News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 79° Sunny to partly cloudy. 

Tonight coastal flood advisory 7pm - 1am

Allergy forecast today high pollen count 9.6

Erev Rosh Chodesh Iyar, minhag is not to say Yom Kippur katan since no tachnun in Nissan.

- Donald Trump’s classified documents trial in Florida “postponed indefinitely” by Judge Cannon.

- Howell townhall Watch livestream HERE

- A Niturei  Karta Delegation with Arabs attended the Howell township committee to oppose the resolution against anti semitisin and the billboard on Rt 9.

- Howell, NJ township to pass resolution tonight against an anti semitic billboard on Route 9 after complaints from residents.

 Howell NJ is considering a resolution tonight  that the statement: "Stand with Humanity Stand with Palestine"   is or could have been used as a rallying point for anti-Semitic thought or as a battle cry against jews in America or throughout the world. The governing body of the township of Howell condenms such anti-semitic sentiment in no uncertain terms and stands against hate in all of its manifestations  

- Shidduchim: A special meeting for roshei yeshiva is taking place this morning in Lakewood at the home of Rav Shlomo Feivel Schustal shlita to address the new proposals to aliviate the shidduch crisis by having bochurim leave earlier to learn in Eretz Yisrael and not stay for 4th year Bais Mesrash, on the flip side the girls are asked to start shidduchim a year later from when they finish seminary.

- Authorities arrest  man wanted in connection with 15 burglaries in Lakewood and Toms River, Christopher Gree has been apprehended. The arrest, which took place on May 1st, culminates a multi-agency effort to apprehend Green.  authorities seized four firearms, including an AR15 and a sub gun. Green now faces a total of 17 criminal charges, including 1st Degree Robbery, 2nd Degree Armed Burglary, Conspiracy, and multiple weapons-related offenses.

- Tax dollars LDC will be purchasing the wells Fargo bank building at 317 Main st in Lakewood at a price if $2.5 Million dollars. No word on what they plan on doing with the property. The LDC meeting takes place today.

- Allegations of antisemitism on American airlines Dans Deals story American Airlines Ejects 17 Year Old Orthodox Jew From Flight Due To The Actions Of An Unrelated Orthodox Jewish Passenger full story HERE

- Lakewood Planning board meeting today watch livestream Here see agenda here

- Adirei Hatorah shabbos with the Roshei Yeshiva in Parsippany, NJ donors will get to  

 spend time in the presence of the Roshei HaYeshiva and dynamic speakers.

Surrounded by magnificent accommodations and an awe-inspiring program of inspiration and song including private appointments, vaadim and Q&A. babysitting and camp catering by Nesher tefillos and zemiros register ht

- Lawsuit  filed in suspected ponzi scheme more on faanews 

Israel At War Tuesday May 7

Israel at war day 214

- Israel has identified 39 bodies out of 132 hostages held by Hamas.

- Ziv Kipper hy”d, a dual Israeli-Canadian citizen, was murdered in Alexandria, Egypt, by a local citizen. The Israeli Foreign Ministry is still verifying the details.(Belaaz)

- The Biden administration is holding up shipments of two types of Boeing-made precision bombs to send a political message to Israel. The U.S. has yet to sign off on a pending sale of Boeing’s Joint Direct Attack Munitions — both the munitions and kits that convert them to smart weapons — and Small Diameter Bombs, according to six industry and congressional sources with knowledge of the discussions.

- Israeli official involved in the hostage deal negotiations, as slamming Egypt, Qatar and the United States for their conduct in the talks so far, charging that “the mediators acted fully on Hamas’s side.” “If there is no change of approach by the mediators and Hamas, we are on the way to an expansion of the [military] activities in Rafah,” the official says.

-Two IDF soldiers were killed in a Hezbollah-claimed explosive-laden drone attack against an army position near Metula in northern Israel yesterday afternoon, the military announces.  Dan Kamkagi, 31, from Kfar Ha-Oranim. Nahman Natan Hertz, 31, from Elazar.

-Several explosive-laden drones launched at northern Israel, causing minor damage and no injuries

- Official says army launched ‘limited operation’ aimed at pressuring Hamas to accept a deal; army says 20 gunmen killed, 3 tunnels found, explosive-laden car hit as it drove at tank

-UN says Israel capture of Rafah Crossing ‘chokes’ aid, warns Gaza has 1 day of fuel

- Hamas has said some of the 33 hostages it would release under the first phase of a prospective hostage deal with Israel would not necessarily be alive. Israeli officials say nothing is stopping Hamas from killing the hostages and returning their bodies.

- The hostages to be released reportedly include women, female soldiers, children under the age of 19, adults above the age of 50, and those who are suffering from illnesses. 

Hamas plans to release 33 hostages, both living and deceased, in the first stage of the hostage deal, according to details cited in Israeli media reports. 

- White House National Security Council, John Kirby was asked if the United States supports Israel’s Intention to Eliminate Hamas, which he Responded, “You’re not going to Eliminate an Ideology through Military Operations.”

-Israel is committed to winning the war, while the United States wants the war to end, an Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post after the Biden Administration expressed its opposition to a major Israeli military operation in Rafah.

“Americans want the war to end, and we want to win the war. And I hope that those two things can converge,” the Israeli official said. 

Oif Simchas Monday Night May 6

היום ארבעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות בעומר/לעונר

Chasunas:

Gelley -  Stefansky Lake Terrace

Spector - Olshin Fountain Ballroom

Sender - Leshinsky Bell Works

Berelowitz - Broyde Bais Faiga

Gruenebaum -  Pruzansky Ateres Reva 

Max - Farkas Ne'emas Hachaim

Schorr - Rosenman Toras Menachem

Rosenberg -  Dershowitz Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Monday May 6 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 69° Cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 69F. Winds light and variable.

- Breadberry: We are continuously striving to provide the best service products and good food and we will continue to do so B'Ezras Hashem

 The store is open and have resumed operations promptly after Pesach as usual 

- High school acceptance letters to go out this week

- Israeli MK Eichler met with Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles and Committeeman Meir Lichtenstein during his visit to Lakewood. (Kol Haolam)

- Today marks th3 87th anniversary of the Hindenburg airship disaster that crashed in Manchester , NJ on May 6 1937 at Lakehurst naval base  There will be a event today at the Ocean county Library Manchester branch The Hindenburg Experience Talk!  Monday, May 6, 2024, 2 – 3:30pm 

 - Updated: Tonight's meeting is cancelled all applications will be rescheduled to June 17. Lakewood zoning board meeting today  no link posted yet for the livestream see Agenda HERE

- Judge Ruling no dormitories in Lakewood if not an educational campus. Ridge Avenue neighbors, represented by Attorney Jan Meyer, have just received a victorious ruling from the Appellate Division against Yeshiva Toras Chaim and the Planning Board. The ruling makes it crystal clear that dormitories are permitted in Lakewood only in an Educational Campus, which requires 3 acres and is available only to schools that give graduate degrees - but not in residential neighborhoods. Full story Faanews

- PSA: Som airlines flying to EY via stopovers such as KLM are demanding visas prior to boarding if you are not returning within 3 months

- Trump: “Columbia just canceled their commencement...That shouldn't happen. It also just came out that many of the protesters are backed by Biden’s donors.

-Local Residents of a house cut a hole in their garage door to rescue a man trapped inside while a fire blazed early Saturday morning, in the Raintree area of Lakewood. authorities said. fficers found an unconscious 25-year-old Lakewood man lying on the floor, suffering complications from breathing in the smoke and heat from the fire. The victim's condition is not known as of Monday morning.

Further investigation determined that the fire was started by an improperly discarded cigarette, police said. 

Israeli At War Monday May 6

 Israel at war day 213

- Report: The Biden Administration has reportedly Delayed the Sale of 6,500 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Kits to Israel worth roughly $260 Million due to Domestic Political Pressure against the Israeli Plan on a Full-Scale Ground Invasion for the City of Rafah in Southern Gaza.

- Israeli Ground Forces supported by Tanks and Armored Vehicles have reportedly now Captured the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and Southern Gaza; this was likely always to be the First Objective of any IDF Ground Operation in Rafah, in order to prevent Hamas Members from Fleeing into Egypt.

- The IDF Spokesperson said on Monday night that the military conducted precise, targeted strikes against Hamas terror targets in Eastern Rafah. 

- The War Cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continues the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to promote the release of our hostages and the other goals of the war.

-Israeli official says Hamas' ceasefire proposal includes "far-reaching" terms which are unacceptable to Israel - Reuters

-Republican senators in a letter to the chief prosecutor at the International Court of Justice in The Hague: "If you hurt Israel, we will hurt you"

- Israeli officials say they are not taking Hamas proposal seriously as it is a ploy to postpone the Rafah operation 

- Hamas now says it accepts ceasefire proposal after Israel announces Rafah operation The announcement does not specify what those terms are.

- Hamas said it’s pausing its ongoing hostage negotiations talks.

- A fourth soldier died after Hamas-claimed rocket attack against a staging ground near Kerem Shalom  yesterday bringing Gaza death toll to 267

Michael Ruzal, 18, from Rishon Lezion.

Another 10 soldiers were wounded, including three in serious condition.

-IDF tells 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate eastern Rafah ahead of planned offensive

-EU top diplomat pans Israel’s ‘unacceptable’ Rafah op plans

 -Egypt warn Israel to refrain from escalation that can damage the ongoing ceasefire talks. 

- Biden and Netanyahu discussed Yom HaShoah, the talks in Doha to get a hostage deal, and the Kerem Shalom crossing for humanitarian relief, according to a readout of the call. And then, per White House, “the President reiterated his clear position on Rafah.”

 

Oif Simchas Sunday May 5

היום שלשה עשר יום שהם שבוע אחד וששה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas

Skaist - Ringo Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Rakower - klein  Lake Terrace 

Kupfer -  Rotberg Ne'emas Hachaim

Reiner- Weingarten  Toras Menachem

Lando - Bitran Bais Faiga

Over 25 vorts k"ah

שלושים event for Habachur Levy Grunner ZL at Estria hall.

Sunday May 5 News Updates Lakewood

Weather: 56° Cloudy with showers. High 56F. Chance of rain 60%.

-Birchas Ilanos Brocha on the blossoming of fruit trees at 1140 Forest Av,(cor. Carey) Lakewood and Clifton Ave corner 9th st.

Toms River 2320 Owen st,1393 Fiddlers Run

Jackson 41 Highland Dr

- Hachnosas sefer Torah to BM Aleksander procession leaving at 3:45pm from Monmouth Ave and 9th st to 1201 Monmouth 

- Continued tehillim for Refoel Yehoshua Ben -zion ben Zissel Necha who had an aneurysm on pesach who is undergoing a procedure today 

-Levaya of HaRav Yechiel Perr zatzal Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Of Far Rockaway is at 11:00am at the yeshiva 802 Hicksville Rd.

 watch Livestream HERE

call in # 732 929-7310 ID: 548-378-7326

- Mesivtos begin summer zman today for 9th - 11th grades. Bais Medrash starts the zman on Wednesday 

- May 5 Cinco Demayo Mexican holiday

- צאתכם לשלום  to all those heading to learn in EY for summer zman with flights leaving today from Newark and JFK

- Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) begins tonight in Israel

- Nutmeg Supermarket coming to town shops mall at Lakewood/Toms River border near Belz

20,000 Sq ft with focus on customer service and high end shopping experience. Opening around Shavuos time 

- Leading Reform Rabbi: What Did We Do Wrong? Manhattan Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch says the Reform movement must explore why it has produced so many anti-Zionist Jews who are participating in the college campus protests. The solution he says is: Instilling in our youth Ahavat Yisrael—love and concern for fellow Jews.

- WSJ report: “Activist groups trained students for months before campus protest, The political tactics underlying some of the demonstrations were the result of months of training, planning and encouragement by longtime activists and leftwing groups.” These were not spontaneous demonstrations.

-Lakewood Townahip LDC to acquire the wells Fargo building at 317 Main st for $2.5 Million 

Israel At War

Israel at war day 212

-Update:  Three soldiers killed in the Hamas-claimed rocket attack against a staging ground near Kerem Shalom in southern Israel earlier today. This brings death toll of Gaza operation to 266

Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline, 19, from Ra'anana.

Ido Testa, 19,  from Yerushalayim 

Tal Shavit, 21, from Kfar Giladi.

-Netanyahu: If Israel is forced to stand alone against the enemy, we will stand alone

- Report: The Biden administration last week put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, two Israeli officials said. This is the first time since the Oct. 7 attack that the U.S. has stopped a weapons shipment intended for the Israeli military. 

-At least seven people were wounded some seriously after Hamas fired ten rockets toward the Kerem Shalom area along the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday afternoon. At least one of the individuals wounded was in critical condition.

Shortly after the attack, the IDF closed the Kerem Shalom crossing located in the area, halting the entry of humanitarian. Hamas claimed responsibility, saying it targeted a gathering of troops. Israeli airstrikes are reported in southern Rafah.

- Hezbollah fired 65 rockets in one of the largest attacks over Northern border into Kiryat Shmona and other areas today, no reports of injuries.

- Israel Govt shuts down AL Jazeera. Israel's cabinet on Sunday unanimously voted to shut down the Qatari news outlet Al Jazeera's operations in Israel, nearly six months after first announcing its intentions to do so due to security concerns related to the Israel-Hamas war.

-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says Israel has identified signs that Hamas is not interested in a hostage deal, and in turn, the military will launch its offensive in southern Gaza’s Rafah in “the near future

- National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi revealed on Saturday evening in an interview on Channel 12 that the IDF was very close to eliminating Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. "This man is on borrowed time, and it requires patience. The Americans waited ten years for bin Laden, and I'm sure our moment will come and won't be that long," Hanegbi stated. "He escapes from tunnel to tunnel. We were close to him, some say even very close. We missed him by less than a few days. He will not get out of this confrontation alive; his fate is sealed."

- US House Democrats are pressuring President Biden to consider stopping arms sales to Israel if it doesn't change its conduct in the war against Hamas. The letter from 88 Democrats increases pressure on Biden to take a tougher stance on Israel.

Motzei Shabbos Achrei News Updates

היום שנים עשר יום שהם שבוע אחד וחמשה ימים בעומר

- Nutmeg Supermarket coming to town shops mall at Lakewood/Toms River border near Belz

20,000 Sq ft with focus on customer service and high end shopping experience. Opening around Shavuos time 

- New York synagogues hit with bomb threats 

Police evacuated a West Side shul with about 250 people, police say, with nothing found. 

 At least three synagogues and a museum in New York received bomb threats on Saturday but none were deemed credible by the New York Police Department.

- Hamas official says no hostage deal without explicit end to war as talks set to resume

- Bochurim begin returning tomorrow to E"Y for the summer zman

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Ayson of Far Rockaway. He was 89. He attended high school at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and then at Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, where he learned under the rosh yeshiva, Rav Aharon Kotler, from 1954 to 1962. Rav Aharon sent Rav Perr to learn at Yeshiva of Philadelphia and be a member of the group of the founding talmidim of the yeshiva. Rav Perr married his wife, Rebbetzin Shoshana, née Nekritz, daughter of Rav Yehuda Leib Nekritz. In 1969, he founded Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, which he led for decades together with the late menahel, Rav Ahron Brafman. 

The levayah will be held tomorrow morning 11:00am at Yeshiva of Far Rockaway, located at 802 Hicksville Road in Far Rockaway, NY. With kevurah in EY on har Hamenuchos(Matzav)

Lakewood Zmanim עש"ק פר' אחרי מות מברכים חודש אייר

Friday, May 3, 2024 / כ״ה ניסן תשפ״ד ערב שבת פרשת אחרי מות

-Candle lighting 7:36pm

-Shkiah/Sunset 7:54pm

Molad is Wednesday morning, 41 minutes and 8 chalakim after 11:00 am

Rosh Chodesh Wednesday & Thursday 

- S"'Z Krias shema Gr"a 9:23 am

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

- פרקי אבות פרק א

 - מפטירין הלא כבני כושיים

וְשַׁבְתִּי אֶת שְׁבוּת עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבָנוּ עָרִים נְשַׁמּוֹת וְיָשָׁבוּ וְנָטְעוּ כְרָמִים וְשָׁתוּ אֶת יֵינָם וְעָשׂוּ גַנּוֹת וְאָכְלוּ אֶת פְּרִיהֶם. וּנְטַעְתִּים עַל אַדְמָתָם, וְלֹא יִנָּתְשׁוּ עוֹד מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם אָמַר ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ 

                                                 

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

Friday May 3 News Updates Lakewood

 Friday, May 3, 2024 / כ״ה ניסן תשפ״ד

ערב שבת פרשת אחרי מות מברכים חודש אייר

Candle lighting 7:36 pm

Shkiah/Sunset 7:54 pm

Rosh chodesh Iyar is Wed & Thurs 

Weather today 30 degrees drop from yesterday 

56° Mostly cloudy skies. High 56F

Shabbos day hi of 57 overcast

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Avrohom Stefansky ZTL from the early talmidim of Rav Aharon Kotler Zatzal. Brother of  Rav Lazer Stefansky of BMG. The Levaya will take place today in Lakewood 2pm at the BMG Yoshon Bais Medrash. 

- Simchas: Vivaser daily lists iver 75 engagements since Pesach

-No Yated this week,  the Ami and Mishpacha issue is out

- Fire rips through Apartment complex Early Friday morning, in Lakewood  at the 200 block of Cedarbridge  ave near MLK, firefighters battled the blaze for a few hours, no injuries reported. But some families have been displaced.

- Groceries In NJ Cost 25 Percent More Since COVID, New Study Finds The price of beef roasts increased by 40 percent, canned fruits and vegetables increased by 31.6 percent and chicken increased by 29.2 percent since March 2020, according to the analysis. New Jersey households also average $275 on weekly grocery spending, and $290 per week for four-person households.

- Yeshiva Nesivos HaTorah moves into its new building, 

- Ocean county adds turning lanes along Cedarbridge Ave by Vine st narrowing the shoulders.

- Eight New Jersey towns in March made the top 150 list of most expensive homes nationwide.  Deal, Alpine and Avalon topped the list in New Jersey, where all homes ranked were over $1.9 million, and most were located at the Jersey Shore.

- Mishpacha magazine article: The MAGA influencers who've turned on Israel "It’s clear that the progressive left in the US is hostile to Israel, and often also anti-Semitic. But American Jews hoping to find a political home among conservatives now have to contend with a new trend: a rising right-wing populism with unfortunate historical echoes. Mishpacha speaks with Jewish conservative writer David Harsanyi to get the lay of the land

Israel At War Friday May 3

Israel at war day 210

- Report: The US is exerting heavy pressure both to prevent action in Rafah and to promote a deal. The intense American pressure is also reflected in the urgent dispatch of the head of the CIA to Cairo, also US threatens to harm the supply of weapons to Israel if it operates in Rafah, and in repeated public statements against action in Rafah.

- Hamas says it’s going to Cairo with ‘positive spirit’ to reach agreement

- Remains of Elyakim Libman, presumed a hostage since Oct. 7, found in Israel

Libman, a security guard at music festival, was erroneously buried with someone else as a result of difficulties identifying mangled bodies; discovery lowers hostage figure to 132

 - WSJ: Israel has given Hamas a week to agree to a cease-fire deal or it will begin a military operation in Rafah, Egyptian officials said.

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-gives-hamas-a-week-to-strike-a-deal-or-rafah-offensive-will-begin-2ffe70bd?mod=mhp

- 10 rockets shot towards Miton some landed on Mt. Miron

- A "suspicious aerial target" that entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon was shot down by air defenses, the IDF says.

- US Senators met on zoom with the ICC team in the Hagu to try to prevent arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.

- Hamas chief terrorist Yihya Sinwar and his family may be surrounded by 20 hostages, former US Army official tells Sky News.

- Group of 400 Jewish Americans have arrived at UCLA to help clean up the campus after anti-Israel activists covered the entire campus in trash.

- Trump: Soros is behind college campus protests “You have a lot of paid agitators, professional agitators…you know when you see signs and they are all identical that means they are being paid by Soros.”

- Kibbutz Be'eri has announced that Dror Or, who was believed to be among the Israelis taken hostage by Hamas, was killed on October 7.  Or's body is still being held by Hamas. 

Yonat, Dror's wife, was also murdered at the home on the kibbutz and their two children, 17-year-old Noam and 13-year-old Alma, were kidnapped but released in November.

- Top ministers huddle as Israel expects Hamas to decline latest hostage deal offer

War cabinet discusses possibility of launching Rafah incursion, as reports say Sinwar will reject deals that don’t explicitly end the war; US says Hamas remains obstacle to truce

- U.S. Officials are reporting that the Army’s Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore Floating Dock off the Coast of the Gaza Strip is nearing Completion and will likely begin receiving Humanitarian Aid from Cyprus by this Weekend.

-Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel as of Thursday, the Turkish trade ministry said, citing "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in the Palestinian territories.

- Only two out of eight SM-3 missiles launched by the US military during Iran’s large-scale missile and drone attack on Israel on April 13 successfully intercepted their targets, amounting to a 75% failure rate.

Oif Simchas Thursday 24 Nissan

היום עשרה ימים שהם שבוע אחד ושלשה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Stern - Rabinowitz Ne'emas Hachaim 

Gruen - Cohen Ateres Reva 

Makovsky - Bernstein  Bais Faiga

Saltz - Kaplinsky Fountain Ballroom

Cooper -  Goldberg Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Thursday May 2 News Updates Lakewood

 weather: 85° Partly cloudy. High near 85F

- Suspect of multiple home burglaries  in Lakewood arrested more here

- Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway has issued an ultimatum to pro-Hamas protesters, giving them until 4 pm to dismantle their encampment on the New Brunswick campus. Failure to comply will result in law enforcement intervening to remove both the protesters and their belongings.

- Turkey suspends all trade with Israel 

 - Biden said that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face a wave of violence, outrage and fear. “Dissent is essential for democracy,” Biden said at the White House. “But dissent must never lead to disorder.” Violent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is,” Biden said.

- First round of girls  High school acceptance letters suppose to go out to parents 

- New dairy restaurant opening in Toms River at the Row shopping plaza  Lutali Italian cuisine 

- Early morning fire destroyed a home on Linda Rd in Jackson, B"H no injuries reported

-Birchas Ilanos Brocha on the blossoming of fruit trees at 1140 Forest Av,(cor. Carey) Lakewood and Clifton Ave corner 9th st.

Toms River 2320 Owen st,1393 Fiddlers Run

Jackson 41 Highland Dr

- Rutgers University says "due to anticipated escalation of protest activities and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of our students," final exams which were scheduled to take place today on the College Avenue campus have been postponed.

- The NYPD rips down the Palestine flag at City College NY, throwing it on the ground before replacing it with the American flag.

- Ocean county crews installed a new traffic light  over Tom Tov at the intersection of Gudz/  Lakewood New Egypt and Old whitesville. The light will be operational in a few weeks time

Road cres are restriping Cedarbridge ave at the MLK intersection after installing updated traffic signals 

- Arboretum parkway residents take lakewood township to court over repeated flooding, alleging negligent stormwater management has caused environmental damage and property destruction Full story at Faanews 

-Were developers doing traffic counts in Lakewood on chol hamoed? More 

- Rav Avrohom Schorr: It is very easy to criticize someone else about their smart phone, our job is to overcome our own smartphone in our heart and not focus on someone else איזהו גבור הכובש את יצרו

Oif Simchas Isru Chag Pesach Wed Night

Chasunas:

Barkany -  Zelishovsky Fountain Ballroom

Pritzker -  Klein N'eemas Hachaim

Gradman - Pfeiffer Bais Faiga 

Isru Chag Pesach 5784 Wednesday May 1 News Updates Lakewood

                        אסרו חג פסח תשפ"ד

Weather: 72° A mix of clouds and sun. 

- Breadberry Lakewood message: Please note the Rotunda (with pizza) is now closed, the rest of the store is open.

- The Jackson Zoning Board's meeting scheduled for tonight has been canceled. The Board was scheduled to consider an application to legalize a shul in a tent at 263 Jackson Pines Road. This application has been rescheduled to August 7.

Full story at faanews 

- Forest fire along Cedarbridge Ave at tent city property multiple agencies responding, planes dropping water on fire.

- BDE: Petirah of Dr. Shamshon Rube Z"L at the age of 85. Levaya 4:30 pm at the Lakewood chapel

- Greater Adventure learning program today at Bais Faiga 10:00 am- 11:00 am

- Post pesach restocking at local stores long lines for fresh bakery items as they keep replenishing. Shortage on Sour pickles due to a bad crop, industry hopes to have product back on store shelves asap.

- Clifton Ave shut bet 4th and 5th st due to sinkhole in roadway.

- Missionaries have ben going around Lakewood door to door dropping off material and paraphernalia in some cases knocking on doors and attempting to engage in conversation or enter homes,

-Yeshiva with dormitory approved in bass River township, NJ. 45 minutes south of Lakewood, the former Bass River Township Elementary School, is now approved to be converted into a yeshiva with dormitory facilities. full story at Faanews 

- Toms River Police chief sues township over suspension with no hearing more at faanews 

- Agudath Israel issues action alert to support Jewish students on college campus " We have all been stunned and outraged by what we have been hearing and seeing on America’s college campuses: Antisemitic and anti-Israel vitriol from students and professors; praise for Hamas and its butchery; threats, assaults, and violence against Jewish students; tepid response from university officials. Jewish students are rightfully scared for their safety. And we must support them! Jewish students are rightfully scared for their safety. And we must support them!

- New Jersey police are sounding the alarm after a string of burglaries were reported in Toms River within the last week. (WABC)

Nichum Aveilim

Shiva for Rav Yisroel Moshe Fried Zt"l 1108 Somerset Ave 

Shiva for R' Berel Fried Z"L at 5 Hawk way Lakewood in Pine River Village

shachris 8:30 Mincha 2pm, Maariv 9 pm

Shiva for Rav Yitzchok Notis Zt'L at 120 Powderhorn Dr, shachris 8 MIncha 1:45, Maarib 8:45 Hours for Rebbetzin Notis 11:30am -8pm

Shiva for R' menachem Weider Z"L 433 Monticello Enclave Shachris 8:00 am MIncha/Maariv 8:20 pm

Shiva for Mrs. Esther Lefkowitz A"H150 New Egypt Rd shachris 8am, MIncha, 7:40 Maariv 8pm Monticello Enclave Shachris 8:00 am MIncha /Maariv 8:20 pm

Post Pesach Gluten Free Gemach

AKO: Post Pesach 2024 Shopping Information

AKO Association of Kashrus Organizations post pesach 5784 list of stores for shopping and purchasing chometz products

 Introduction:

- The following memo provides important information about nמץ שעבר עליו הפסn at various establishments. In general, it is difficult to make definitive statements about the acceptability of purchasing chametz from specific stores after Pesach because of practical and halachic ambiguities.

Israel At War May 1

 Israel at war day 208

-Netanyahu tells Blinken that if Hamas continues to demand an end to the war, the military will launch an offensive in Rafah and there will be no truce deal.

- Giyus Update: State tells High Court Government plans to draft charedim within 'immediate time frame' but it needs several more weeks to write up Haredi draft plan. Yair Lapid calls on the government to “stop wasting time and recruit the charedim immediately,” 

- 2 more IDF soldiers killed in Gaza, as a result of friendly fire accident. Bringing Gaza operation death toll to 263

Ido Aviv, 28, from Karmiel.q

Kalkidan Meharim 37, from Petah Tikva.

- Lag Baomer in Miron is likely to be closed this year if there's no changes due to thr current situation and Hezbollah rocket attacks on the mountain. Authorities may allow the annual lighting to take place with the Boyaner rebbe with only a handful of people.

-Netanyahu says Israel will invade Rafah with or without a hostage deal

- CBS News reports that the Biden administration is considering giving "permanent safe haven in the U.S." to Palestinian refugees, which includes many Hamas family members, because no other middle eastern country is ready to host them. 

- Senior Israeli Officials stated that they have Reduced the number of Hostages that Hamas must Release for a 40-Day Ceasefire Deal from 40 to 33 due to the likelihood that less than 40 of the over 130 Hostages are still Alive in the Gaza Strip; U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said following this that the Israeli Proposal is Extraordinarily Generous with Hamas being the only Side that is preventing a Deal.

- United  airlines early flight 84 from Newark-Tel Aviv is now canceled through 5/6 and return flight 85 is now canceled through 5/7. United late flight 90 from Newark-Tel Aviv is now canceled through 5/24 and return flight 91 is now canceled through 5/25.(Dansdeals)