Chol Hamoed Sukkos Lakewood 5779

Shmini Atzeres/ Simchas Torah

Weather second days: Shmini Atzeres  HI of 79° morning fog; otherwise, mostly sunny; more humid
Simchas Torah: 82°HI intervals of clouds and sunshine; very warm and humid

Simchas Torah:
BMG Hakafos will be in Bais Aron

Leli Hoshana Rabba Motzei Shabbos הושענא רבה 
-Aravos, Hoshanos available at BMG Sukka 7th street and Gourmet Glatt
-Mishna Torah משנה תורה Barditchev Kloiz 9:30m Somerset walk 9:00 pm, prospect vines 9:30 pm Ner Yisrael ridge 10:00 pm, Ohr Yecheskel 10:15
-Shiur by Harav Yitzchok Sorotzkin at Lutzk B"M 11:15pm on Inyona Dyoima
-Roberts shul HOSHANA RABA ALL NIGHT LEARNING Refreshments
 SHACHRIS NETZ 6:15(6:152)& 8:30
-KZY (R' Gissinger) Shiur from Rav Nosson Stein 10:00 pm followed by seder
- Bais Mordechai Mishna Torah 10:00, followed by meleva malka/Simcha's Bais hashoeva. Tehillim by chatzos. Shachris 8:00 AM.
-Shloimy's Kosher World open Motzoi Shabbos 8.30pm-12.00am. Fresh challa available, full meat and chicken showcase, all grocery and produc

Lakewood Zmanim Erev Succos 5779 ערב סוכות

Erev Succos 14 Tishrei 5779/September 23, 2018/ י״ד תשרי תשע״ט

Candle lighting 6:34 pm
Shkiah 6:52 pm
Rainy weather throughout Yom Tov
Simchas Bais Hashoeva BMG Thursday night

Rainy weather first days Sukkos: Potential clearing for seuda first night Yom Tov in Lakewood

Get the shlocks out. There will be  a small window with little or no rain  between the hours of  8:00 pm and 11:00 pm in Lakewood for the first night of sukkos. The forecast calls for rain from erev sukkos straight through Monday Tuesday and for Chol Hamoed. The first sunny day is shabbos chol hamoed.

Daled Minim/Sukkos Shopping Lakewood 5779

LNN Photos Erev Yom Tov Shopping in Lakewood see HERE

-BMG Shuk 7th street between Private way and Lakewood Avenue till 2:00am
-Shuk South side at 1000 Cross street at Cheder Toras Zev open till Erev Sukkos
-Shain Hadasim at Forest Avenue, corner Carey Street 732-364-8046 or at the BMG Shuk
-Center of town open erev sukkos till 3 pm
-Lakewood Sukka Center 12 Teaberry and at Cross River mill Plaza rt 9 South
-Sukka Depot at Judaica Plaza 1700 Madison Ave and Westgate Plaza
-Lakewood sukkah center restocked last night on bamboo and Mehadrin mats available at the Schach store in Shloimys Kosher world Plaza next to the French press coffee shop ! Plenty in stock

Lakewood Zmanim ערב שבת פרשת האזינו תשע״ט

Friday, September 21, 2018 / י״ב תשרי תשע״ט ערב שבת פרשת האזינו Lakewood, New Jersey

-Candle lighting 6:37
-Shkia/Sunset 6:55

-Weather Shabbos day:  75°HI  Precipitation 4% Partial sunshine

משה ממשיל את יחסי הקב״ה ועמו לנשר וילדיו
 ״כנשר יעיר קנו על גוזליו ירחף יפרוס כנפיו יקחהו ישאהו על אברתו. ה׳ בדד ינחנו ואין עמו א-ל נכר״.

BD"E

BD”E: The Levaya of Rebbetzin Leah Kreiswirth a'h (eishes R’ Dov) will take place today at 3:00 PM in front of BMG on 7th Street. Kevurah in the Lakewood Bais olam. TNZBH

Erev Yom Kippur 5779 Lakewood Zmanim, Info

                                    יַעֲלֶה תַחֲנוּנֵנוּ מֵעֶרֶב וְיָבוֹא שַׁוְעָתֵנוּ מִבֹּקֶר וְיֵרָאֶה רִנּוּנֵנוּ עַד עָרֶב.

שנה טובה, גמר חתימה טובה,  וצום קל – שיתקבלו תפילותיכם לרצון לפני אדון כל
Tuesday, September 18, 2018  Lakewood, NJ/  ט׳ תשרי תשע״ט ערב יום כיפור לייקווד

-Chatzos 12:50 pm
-Gourmet Glatt open till 2 pm, Evergreen till 3 pm, NPGS 3 pm all locations
-Candle lighting 6:42
-Shkiah/sunset 7:00 pm
What time is fast over? -Yom Kippur ends at 7:40 pm or 8:11 on September 19
-Weather: Erev YK Thunderstorms likely. High 82F.  Chance of rain 100%. 1 to 2 inches of rain
 Yom Kippur: Mostly sunny skies. High around 80F.

Mahwah Settles Discrimination Lawsuit

“We commend Attorney General Grewal for standing up for religious freedom, and congratulate them on their settlement,” said Buchweitz. “The people of the Bergen Rockland Eruv Association have been enjoying religious freedom for over a year now in part because of the great efforts of people like the New Jersey Attorney General.”

Hamodia - Mahwah Township, New Jersey, reached a settlement agreement with the state resolving a lawsuit related to two ordinances that were alleged to be motivated by anti-Semitism, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Monday. One of the ordinances had banned non-residents from using Mahwah’s public parks, and the other banned the posting of eruv lechis – plastic strips on utility poles, within the municipality.

Teshuva Drasha

Guest post

I Harold (hershel) Herskowitz have no connection to this website or its content.

Once again today I received a call from someone asking me if i can remove something from my website. The website people are referring to is usually Hefkervelt. I usually dont care when I get such a call. I explain to the person that I not only have no control over Hefkervelt, I dont even know who runs it. I like anyone else submit my articles or requests in the comment box on a random post. If it is something I want posted or announced I respectfully ask the website owner to do it. I am very often edited and censored in what I write. I appreciate the owner for allowing me to tell his readers things I feel are important. He even allows me to announce special sales in my store. I appreciate that he has a website that is not under the control of people trying to hurt our town. I do not agree with much of his politics, but I respect his opinion.
Now to get to the point. Today I received a request from a very respected member of our community

Erev Yom Kippur 15 Girls still Not in School

It's Erev Yom Kippur 5779  in Lakewood and there are still girls out of school.
15 elementary girls waiting and a few girls still out of high school. Parents and children are heading into sukkos not knowing what will be. Some of those who were supposed to work on placement and deal with the issue went away for the yomim tovim and there  is no movement.
Hoping this gets taken care of before kol Nidrei. A Gmar Chasima Tova to all.

Support Khal East 5th street win a Trip to Antarctica

Win A Kosher Cruise Aboard The Journey Of A Life Time To Antarctica and $3,500!
Khal East 5th of Lakewood NJ is a warm and friendly neighborhood Shul, that welcomes everyone that comes through the door. Your raffle entry will help us with our building campaign to help us move in to our permanent building.

The winner will receive:
• Tickets for 2 passengers to cruise in a private superior cabin from Argentina to Antarctica.
• $3,500 cash

Lakewood BOE Meeting Today

Lakewood BOE Meeting today Monday September, 17, 2018 see full agenda here
Items on the Agenda

-Lakewood Township gives a  $1,157,222.00. Grant to the BOE
-Lakewood School district approves contract to the parents of Lakewood special ed students  for   transportation not to exceed $18,800. 00. Prorated Effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019

Oif Simchas/Events Lakewood Sunday Aseres Yemei Teshuva

-Vort: Hachosson Yoni Neuman at R' Forcheimers shul 418 5th street 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
-Vort: Hachoson Gavriel Pirutinsky to Hakallah Esti Makovsky  at Ohr Tuvia 969 East End Lakewood, NJ 8:00 pm
-Vort: Kamenetzky at 1445  14th street
Vort: Hachosson Yanky Krieger  to Hakallah Nechama Newman at Zichron Shneur 282 Oak Knoll
-Parlor meeting to benefit yeshiva Bais Yehuda of Bnei Brak with the  participation of Hagaon Harav  Dovid Feinstein shlita and Hagaon Harav   Reuvein Feinstein Shlita at 12 Tori Drive Lakewood 8:00 pm - 9:45 pm

-Philly Yeshiva Alunai Gathering 8:30 pm at Orchos Chaim

-Passaic Yeshiva Alumni Gathering for Aseres Yemei Teshuva

Kabolas Panim Admor Sanz Zhill at 115 Hogh Grove 7:30 pm
Kabolas Panim Admmor M;Krasna at Satmar shul 1100 Twin Oaks 9:00 pm

Bikur Cholim Of Lakewood Sukkos Raffle

                                                              Enter HERE for only $10
                                                          see the wonderful work HERE

KNA Sukkos Chol Hamoed Carnival 5779

The 2018 Sukkos Chol Hamoed Roberts Carnival will take place on Thursday  September 27th, 2018 at the Lakewood Cheder. Dr Rich Roberts is again requesting that you not endanger others by bringing someone who is not immunized this was posted on the KNA website
                Please do not endanger others by bringing someone who is not immunized.

FROM DR. KASRIEL (RICH) ROBERTS
Chol Hamoed Carnival at The Lakewood Cheder

 2018 Sukkos Chol Hamoed Carnival Sponsored by Kollel Ner Avrohom, Inc. – At The Lakewood Cheder on Vassar Avenue

Lakewood Zmanim ערב שבת פרשת וילך שבת שובה תשע׳׳ט

Lakewood, New Jersey Friday, September 14, 2018 / ה׳ תשרי תשע״ט

Candle lighting: 6:49 pm
shkia/sunset: 7:07 pm
Weather shabbos day: high of 77 Humid; cloudy and sun 23% chance of rain

שׁוּבָה יִשְׂרָאֵל עַד ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי כָשַׁלְתָּ בַּעֲו‍ֹנֶךָ. קְחוּ עִמָּכֶם דְּבָרִים וְשׁוּבוּ אֶל ה׳.
שבת שלום, גמר חתימה טובה

Shabbos Shuva Drashos

Tzedaka Priorities

                                    ותשובה ותפילה וצדקה מעבירין את רוע הגזירה
          To Whom Do We Give Tzedakah and Who Comes Before Whom?

Aseres Yemei Teshhuva between  Rosh hashana and yom kippur when many tzedaka requests are made by  Mosdos, Yeshivos individuals and organizations asking for donations as klal yisrael is in a giving mode of tzedaka during this time. we are bombarded by Tzedaka letters in the mail, robo calls, telemarketers soliciting donations, emails, a meshulach knocking at your door or approaching you in shul. Some have family obligations to support a relative.    

If one can afford to give to all that would be wonderful, however not everyone is capable of that.  The question is is whom do I have to give

According to Halacha there are priorities in who to give tzedaka to first. Please discuss this with your Local Rabbi as there are differences of opinions. 
Some Poskim rule that Hachzokas hatorah is the highest form of giving tzedaka.  categories in giving based on the shulchan aruch Yore Deah: The Laws of Tzedakah siman 251

Category 1: Captives, prisoners and matters of life and death- pikuach nefesh
Category 2: Very close relatives

Oif Simchas/Events Lakewood September 13, 2018

-Kabolas Kahal Admor Bluzhev Ribatitch at 1440 Kimberly Drive Lakewood from 7:15 pm

-Edison Yeshiva annual Lakewood parlor meeting at the  19 Roselle Court at 8:00 pm. Maariv 8:45.

Vort: Hachosson Meir Winkler to Hakallah Yehudis Frank Bas R' Menachem at 132 St Nicholas Avenue Lakewood 7:30 pm
Vort: Hachosson Avrohom Eisenberg to Hakallah Cohen at Zichron Shneur Simcha hall 7:00 pm
Vort; Hachosson Yosef yechiel Harnick to Hakallah Rivky Hershkowitz bas R' Yosef at Bnos Yaakov hall 7:00 pm

Rock Climbing Center coming to Howell, Barnes and Noble Leaving

Some stores go while others come. Best Buy in Howell has closed and today Barnes & Noble  are expected to close as they did not renew their lease. At the same time a Rock climbing center ClimbZone is opening near BJ's at the GreenLeaf shopping center expected to open in My 2019. ALDI will be opening soon in its new Howell location at the corner of Lanes Mill and Rt 9

ClimbZone. The entertainment attraction features 75 climbing walls, which replicate adventure scenes from King Kong to Mount Rushmore. The climbing center concept, launched in New Zealand, opened its first U.S. location in Laurel, Maryland, in 2014. Howell will be the company's third spot in the United States, and its first in New Jersey.

Garden State Parkway: Eliminating Exact Change Lanes from the Toll Plazas

Photo: NJ.com

Patch- The Garden State Parkway has made a big change that could impact your commute by the end of the September. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority says it's getting rid of exact change lanes at its highway toll plazas, except for those on entrance and exit ramps. All coin machines will be removed from the 11 mainline barrier toll plazas. The work to remove the machines and convert the coin lanes to full Service or E-ZPass Only is scheduled to begin during the week of Sept. 24th.

According to the NJTPA:

Lakewood News Briefs - Sep 13, 2018

Royal Prince comes to Lakewood
 Malchus!
Prince Edward, youngest of Queen Elizabeth II's children, and tenth in line to the throne will be in Lakewood today. He is scheduled to play a centuries-old form of tennis Thursday at Georgian Court University. The sport is played in an enclosed court with cork-based balls that are heavier and less bouncy than modern lawn tennis balls. Rackets are shorter than lawn tennis rackets and the rules of the game are more complex than the modern version. The prince is participating in a nine-day tour of the United States court tennis courts as part of an effort to raise support for his father Prince Philip's International Award program. The court Tennis court at GCU is the second to oldest in the USA built in 1899. APP

Judy Franco: No Media coverage on Newark welfare fraud
NJ 101.5 - A Newark family that managed a local convenience store is accused of taking thousands of unearned dollars through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by exchanging $5 million in benefits for cash.
"I’m pretty sure this story wont be covered with as much unabashed glee as it would be if there were Lakewood Jews involved, so I thought it was important to let you know"... many, many, many people from all walks of life from all races, religions, and ethnic groups steal from the welfare system every single day. I thought I’d let you know. If it weren’t so easy to defraud welfare, no one would.


APP Editor -OCP should  investigate severance package paid to Lakewood township manager

Why I’m Taking Control of My Family’s Health Care by Joining a Health Share

 by Victoria Dwek posted at Betweencarpools.com

Now, there’s finally an answer for the health insurance frustration we all endure. United Refuah HealthShare is the exciting alternative for Jewish families

 In my house, like in any other, there are certain things my husband takes care of, and certain things I take care of. The bills, thank G-d, are in his court. Towards the end of each year, though, when it comes time to decide whether we’ll be staying on our current insurance plan or switching to a new one, it’s up to me to do the research, analyze the fine print, and decide which plan makes the most sense for us. Once I finish my research, I present the information to my husband, who gives me his go ahead to sign us up, trusting that I know our family’s health care needs and can determine what gives us the best value and cost efficiency.

Chestnut Esrogim Pre selected sets of Arba Minim

Back for the 6th year!!!!!!
Chestnutesrogim.com Pre selected sets all checked by Rabbi Greenfeld Shlita. All orders must be in on 9/14 by 3 PM with pick up on 9/20 between 8-10 pm at the shul. For inquiries and orders please go to: Chestnutesrogim.com Email us at: Csarbahminim@gmail.com Call us at: 215-316-6373

Motzei Rosh Hashana 5779 Lakewood, NJ

Rosh Hashanah passed  with thousands attending tefillos in Yeshivos and  shuls across Lakewood. The weather did not hold up as it rained straight through most of Rosh hashana. Tashlich at Lake Carasaljo was emptier due to the weather.

Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall directly on North Carolina. As of now no impact or threat to NJ but Officials say depending on what happens afterwards could cause flooding and heavy winds in NJ.

Selichos tonight 12:50@ Alumni,  Barditchev, 11:30pm at 388 chestnut

Tzom Gedalia fast day begins in Lakewood 5:12 am fast ends 7:52 pm

Lakewood Zmanim Erev Rosh Hashana ראש השנה תשע"ט - הבא עלינו לטובה ‬‎

                                                  כתיבה וחתימה טובה

Erev  Rosh Hashanah 5779 Sunday 29 Elul 5778/September 9, 2018 לייקווד

Rosh Hashana is on Monday and Tuesday Sep -10 & 11

Chatzos 12:53 pm
Candle Lighting 6:57 pm
Shkiah sunset 7:15 pm

Weather
First day RH 77°HI  periods of rain in the morning, then a shower or thunderstorm around
Second day RH 83°HI Mostly cloudy, a shower or thunderstorm around; very humid

                                       תכלה שנה וקללותיה, תחל שנה וברכותיה 
                                (13 מהפיוט "אחות קטנה" מאת רב אברהם חזן מגירונדי, ספרד, במאה ה-) 

אבינו מלכנו חמול עלינו ועל עוללנו וטפינו

Erev Rosh Hashana and still over 20 Lakewood girls not in elementary school and some still out of high school. Makes no different if its anyone's fault not a time to play the blame game just something to keep in mind as we daven on Rosh Hashana there are children who did not start the school year yet.

Minhagim for Erev Rosh Hashana 5779

-Some have a minhag to purchase a new knife on Erev Rosh hashana as a  segulah for parnassah.  החותך חיים לכל חי
-The minhag is for men to fast on erev Rosh Hashana up to chatzos (12:53 pm in Lakewood)
-Some go to visit kivrei tzadikim on erev Rosh Hashana.
-Minhag is to go to the mikva on erev yom tov.
-The bracha on candle lighting for Rosh Hashana is lihadlik ner shol yom tov, without mention of Yom Hazikaron

Hurricane Florence Update

Hurricane Update: state of Emergency declared in the Carolinas and Georgia risk for impacts along the east coast has increased according to the NWS.
Florence is gradually strengthening with max winds of 70 mph, Rapid intensification expected Sun-Mon. Florence is forecast to be a dangerous major hurricane near the Southeast coast by late next week. Risk is increasing for direct impacts, but details remain uncertain as to exactly where it will make landfall. All those from north Florida to New York need to watch closely. Current trends have it making landfall in the Carolina's before turning north. However, that track will likely shift as it's still 5+ days away.

LNN VIdeo: R' Moshe Gellis on Tefillah