- HaRav Yechiel Moskowitz Shlita will give a Shiur on Parshas Hashavuah tonight at 10:30. To join, please call 605-313-5894 PIN# 783618#
-11:30 p.m. HaRav Yeruchum Olshin Chumash Live- 646-726-9977
- Students, teachers, and staff in Chicago Public Schools will be required to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status, when they return to classrooms in August.
- Lakewood School district served a total of 5,372,782 kosher meals and 1,896,951 non kosher meals since the pandemic began in March 2021
- R Aron Lang: State is shifting all expenses to the local taxpayer under the guise of the loan statute. Law says our local share is $120 million but this year we pay over $180 million with the incumbrance of latest loan. The loans cannot be forgiven by the governor or commissioner.
- This was posted by the Lakewood school district BOE meeting. However LNN reports it does not mean boxes will continue in the fall
"Lakewood School District will switch to the Seamless Summer Option as per the Department of Agriculture, and at no cost to the District. The Lakewood School District will continue to provide drive through service during the 2021- 2022 school year. Children 0-5 will also be eligible to receive food".
Excerpt from article in Yated by R' Avrohom Birnbaum
"Publications with agendas on how to “update” the frum community, or that choose to interview and idolize figures who are not role models for our youth, are, to say the least, in some way going in the footsteps of “The Moment” newspaper of old and other more benign Maskil-oriented publications. It is tragic that the entire premise upon which frum journalism was established has been turned on its head, and now, the very instrument that was established to save multitudes from ideas that cool them off from
Hashem and His Torah are now being used at times to do just that – cool people off from Hashem and emunas chachomim. We should become discerning consumers when patronizing frum media". Read full article at Yated.comFriday, July 23, 2021 shabbos Nachamu / י''ד אב תשפ''א ערב שבת ואתחנן/ נחמו ט''ו ב'אב
נַחֲמוּ נַחֲמוּ עַמִּי יֹאמַר אֱלֹהֵיכֶם. דַּבְּרוּ עַל-לֵב יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְקִרְאוּ אֵלֶיהָ כִּי מָלְאָה צְבָאָהּ כִּי נִרְצָה עֲוֹנָהּ
וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר, וְהָרְכָסִים לְבִקְעָה. וְנִגְלָה כְּבוֹד ה׳ וְרָאוּ כָל-בָּשָׂר יַחְדָּו, כִּי פִּי ה׳ דִּבֵּר
Weather: Cloudy skies early will become partly cloudy later in the day. High around 90F.
- IRS is sending out child tax credit payments even to those that are NOT eligible. These funds may have to be returned and paid back. For example People who file taxes as non residents are not eligible yet some have received the payments. If you receive the payments make sure you are eligible before spending it because it will have to be paid back.
-Lakewood Zoning Board meeting today in person 7:00 pm see Agenda Here Livestream info not posted yet on the township website. On the agenda a communications cell tower at 655 Squankum Road, Block 172 Lot 7, B-4 zone. Construction of a 145 foot monopole with 12 antennas and related equipment.
- Aisle One, the new kosher supermarket that will anchor Brook Haven Mall in Passaic is now open more
LPD alert Beginning Wednesday at 7am, James St will be shut between Williams and Sunset for construction with no access. Expected to reopen Saturday. The construction is for the traffic light that will be installed at the Williams James intersection. Township officials did not explain why this can not be done over the weekend or at night instead of during the day that inconveniences the residents and causes serious backups on Route 9 Prospect Central ave. The township committee ignored what happened last week without even acknowledging the traffic that shut down the morning camp commute.
Last week the construction and road closure on James street shut down a main artery in Lakewood causing gridlock and traffic back ups that resulted in people sitting for hours in traffic coming late to work and camp losing money and putting people in bad moods. Now again the road is shut for 3 days even though it is bein hazmanim the town is full of people and there is no reason given why it can not be done over the weekend.
Discussing the vaccination rates in Lakewood theres no mention of the 50,000 kids who are not eligible for the vaccine or the natural immunity factor but a attempt to explain the lower vaccination rates on anger with the media coverage.
Nj spotlight: Nearly half of Lakewood’s adult residents have received at least one shot, according to the latest data from the state Department of Health, but the township still has the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rate among New Jersey communities of 10,000 or more. While Lakewood is somewhat unique — it has a large Orthodox Jewish population, many of whom claim to have immunity after contracting COVID-19
Coles, the Lakewood mayor, said there is a sense of frustration in his town about how the Ocean County enclave has been the subject of regular media attention during the pandemic. At the start of the virus’ second wave in New Jersey, in October, COVID-19 cases were spiking
in Lakewood, and state officials raised concerns that the infection was spreading amid the large families and religious gatherings that are central in the community’s culture.“There’s still an awful lot of anger in the Orthodox community about the stories that targeted them early on in the pandemic,” Coles said. Despite that, efforts continue to encourage more of Lakewood’s diverse residents to get vaccinated.
“It’s a work in progress,” Coles said, but with the persistent spread of the virus and the emergence of new variants, “there’s a sense of urgency in the community.”
Read more Here
Weather: Sunshine and a few afternoon clouds. High 92F.
- Surfside: Estelle Hedaya a”h, 54 years-old, The final victim of the surfside the collapse in Florida has been identified Levaya today at Magen Dacid 67th street Brooklyn 11:30 am
- The Lakewood police National Night Out will take place next Tuesday August 3 2021at Pine Park from 4 - 8 pm. There will be Pizza and BBQ in separate locations under rabbinical supervision
- RWJBarnabas Health, one of New Jersey's biggest health care providers, Includes kimball hospital inLakewood will require all of its 35,000 employees and medical staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by mid-October, those who dont comply will lose their jobs
- Ocean county to restripe Prospect Street in Lakewood starting tonight around 6:00 pm which includes removing the current stripes from about 200-feet north of Cross Street to Williams Street then to a three-lane section which includes a two-way left turn lane, left turn lanes at specific intersections as well as two through lanes. Prospect Street will be open while work is being done the project should be done by Wednesday night.
- Jackson township officials reject court claim of discrimination against orthodox Jews alleged to have used zoning powers to prevent an influx of Orthodox Jews from establishing residency in the township and to make it more difficult to practice their religion. The zoning and planning board urged the court to dismiss three counts of the four-count complaint from the state attorney general’s office more
- Ben &Jerry's: the Kof-K released a statement, saying that they will not be pulling their certification at this time, but will use its influence to ensure that this new policy from Ben & Jerry’s will never be implemented.
-Lakewood zoning board will continue to hear application on cell tower in September meeting
A letter signed by American Roshei yeshiva and rebbeim of talmidim learning in Yerushalayim call out the sakana ruchnis and spiritual danger by the city of Yerushalayim for bringing Toavah and tumah into the holy city which is meant to cause a Michshol to the Yeshiva bochurim and Seminary girls. No specific details are mentioned. Besides for the chiyuv to be moche they call on anyone who can, to use their influence in stopping it.
Food Distribution Times and locations may change, due to bein hazmanim check for updates
- Bnos Melech distribution Bgan weekday box R&S Shabbos box 7:30 - 9:30 pm 550 James1
-Yeshiva Ktana weekly Summer boxes 6:00pm - 8:00 pm behind the building on 120 2nd street on Division
- Toras Zev Cross st 6:15 pm
- Yeahiva 950 Massachusetts 5:45 pm
- Bnos Esther Malka 488 Old Whitesville 5:00 pm
- OTL box at SCHI Oak st and Center on Prospect st at 6:00 pm
- Jackson Dinner box 2 distributions 1. Royal Grove area 12 Knight Dr 6:30 pm-7:15 2. at school 1025 Larson 7:15 - 8:00
- TRJCC Meals boxes for Toms River residents 5:00 pm. at The Hatzolah Garage 2139 Lakewood Rd (Rt 9.) Toms River, NJ.
- Belz 5:45 pm at 388 Chestnut st
- Yeshiva Ohr Avrohom Chaim at 1839 New Central distribution at 1:30 pm box includes Kj frankfurters, smoked turkey, yogurt, sliced mozzarella cheese,Shibolim knockers, frosted flakes, Frankfurter buns, cake, onions, plums, bananas, mango, assorted milk
-Gelbsteins boxes at public school locations 3:30 pm Middle school , Clifton school
Weather: Mainly sunny to start, then a few afternoon clouds. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 83F
- 10 new covid cases in Lakewood totals 13849/311
- Update The three bochurim who were killed in a plane crash were part of a larger group of around fifty bochurim on a Lalechet tour of Jewish historical sites. They were spending the afternoon on a sightseeing plane. Several of the bochurim had already been flown on the plane and more were waiting for their turn when it crashed. Authorities kept them at the scene of the crash as part of the investigation. Misaskim is working on bringing the niftarim to kevurah
- Bike4Chai will have a 1 day event tomorrow with team Lakewood raising $1,509,051.12
- Food distribution for today see Here
- NJ mandates all unvaccinated state employees to wear masks indoors at work even at their desk or work station
-Gov. Phil Murphy and the state’s top health official announced Wednesday that all people in New Jersey regardless of vaccination status are ”strongly recommended,” but not mandated, to wear masks indoors in public settings where there is “increased risk”
- BDE: 3 yeshiva Bochurim were killed along with the pilot Wednesday in Prykarpattia, western Ukraine, when the small plane they were in crashed directly into the roof of a private home. They were identified were identified as Avrohom Fromowitz Z”L a chosson from Monsey, Lazer Brill Z”L from Williamsburg and Heshy Weiss Z”L from London. see more at (Hamodia) The bochurim were an a trip bein hazmanim visiting kivrei tzadikim
- Last night the Lakewood Planning board held a special meeting on a application for Cheder Bnei Torah to convert a residence into a school, the board voted to approve with some conditions restricted a access way that will be constructed between 6th and 7th street to one way. Committee man Albert Akerman was sworn in to listen to the application since they needed a quorum.
- Today at 7am, James St between Williams and Sunset is shut down due to construction with no access. Expected to reopen Saturday. Plan alternate route.
- Hachnosas Sefer Torah will take place tomorrow night Thursday 7/29 Liluy nishmas Hayeled Eliyohu z"l ben R" Aaron Baruch Gruskin commemorating the first yartzeit כ''א אב תשפ''א The procession will start at 6:30 pm from the corner of Park Ave and Ocean Ave(Rt 88) to Minyan Shelanu 145 Ocean Ave
-The traffic light at the intersection og Hope chapel and 14tth st will be activated today (LNN)
- The Aron of Dr Binyamin Sokol Ztl will be exhumed and taken to Eretz Yisroel. Anyone who would like to be melaveh should come to the Lakewood Bais Hachaim at 9:40 (on the side of the Chapel)
- 3 arrested for Hate crime in the Catskills at Fleischmans: New York state police have arrested three men and charged them with grand larceny in the third degree as a hate crime.The three men are accused of approaching a Jewish man on 10:42 a.m. on Shabbos July 24 and stealing his streimel, then driving away in a pickup truck while shouting antisemitic slurs.The incident occurred along Main Street in Fleischmanns Village in Delaware County.( Hamodia)
