Hashkafa by Rav Gershon Ribner shlita
Hoarder clashes with spendthrift spouse Less conventional methods of exhibiting deference to a Torah scholar The vulnerability of a learning which doesn't infuse self-definition and worth Rebuilding consistency lost during Corona A Talmid Chacham Gadol refused to make a seder with the son of his supporter Mother’s concern: the intellectual stimulant is absent in all my chores↧
Hashkafa Q&A
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Oif Simchas Sunday night
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Monday February 20 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 62° Sun and clouds mixed. High 62F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph.
Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar today. Rosh Chodesh
- Today is presidents day legal federal holiday govt offices are closed as are most banks. There's no USPS mail delivery.
-Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine.
- The chosson R' Hershel Schwartz Z"L who was killed in N. Miami Beach in a robbery of some sort, was remembered by friends as someone who was an amud Hachesed who always helped everyone at all times of the day. He was unit 18.(Kol Mevaser)
- Satmar mosdos of Boro Park under R Zalman Leib have anounced they signed a $20 million contract to purchase the Torah Temimah yeshiva building located on Ocean Parkway corner Ditmas Avenue. The satmar yeshiva was already leasing the building. (Matzav)
Lakewood shomrim helped arrest 2 suspects responsible for car burglaries Friday night. (Kol Mevaser)
- Bde: Petirah of Harav Shmelke Leifer, zt”l, the Chust Rav who was niftar Sunday evening. He was 78 years old. The levayah is scheduled to take place today in front of his Beis Medrash at 16th Avenue & 55th Street at 10:00 a.m., with kevurah in Monsey at the Har Shulem Beis Hachaim.(Hamodia)
Lakewood developer receives the free road vacation they requested, and Lakewood's Township Committee quietly relinquished the requirement for the developers to give back to the neighborhood by constructing a park more at Faanews
- UENJ tuition releif aims to create a program that will give at least 50% of nonpublic-school students scholarships amounting to at least $7,500 per year. That would mean about $560 million for nonpublic school students in New Jersey. (LNN)
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Minyanim for Mincha Yom Kippur Koton Erev Rosh Chodesh Adar 5783 Lakewood
- Satmar Forest ave 12:40 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30
- Mordy’s Shtiebel - 15 Delaware trail 12:45pm
- Ishay Yisroel 110 Miller Road 1:05 pm
- Somerset walk- Mincha Yom Kippur Katan 1:30 pm and 5 pm
-Hearthstone Tiferes Shmuel 1:15 (941 Princewood Ave)
Kehilas Hearthstone 911 Hearthstone drive. 1:15pm
-Chateau Park (1:10) 3:50, sefard before shkiah
- Khal Bnei Yissoschor - Babad - Toms River 1:15
Columbus shul mincha with YKK at Torah Links/kollel 1:25pm
-Lev Avos 1:20 pm
- Kol Aryeh 1:30 pm
-Alumni B'M 1:45 pm
-Arlington 1:45
-B"M Westgate 1:15
- Prospect Square 1:30
- Lutzk 1:45 pm
-B"M Kelmwoods westgate 2:45 pm (Ezras Nashim open)
-Kol Shimshon 12:30, :45 pm
- Central court shul upstairs (3:50 pm)
- Breslov 944 E County Line 5:00pm
- Lakewood Residence courtyard shul /1st between forest and madison-direct entrance to shul) at 4:55pm 45 minutes before shkia (ezras nashim too)
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Oif Simchas Monday Night א'ראש חודש אדר
משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה
Hoberman - Perr Lake Terrace
Ehrlich - Feldberger Fountain Ballroom
Selengut - Garfinkel Bais Faiga
Twersky - Sekula Kesser Moshe Yehuda
HaRav Yechiel Moskowitz will be giving a series of Shiurim every night this week & next week, on Megilas Esther at 10:30 PM. It will be available thru CHAYEINU or by calling 701-802-5287 access code 6391175*
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Tuesday Feb 21 Rosh Chodesh Adar News Updates Lakewood
משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה
Weather: 52° Overcast skies with heavy rain likely during the afternoon. High 52F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%.
NWS: There is a marginal risk of severe weather today.
- The American Dream Mall DreamWorks Water Park is closed today and tomorrow after four people were injured over the weekend. A large decorative helicopter fell from the ceiling into a swimming pool below while people were in the water.
- Updated letter of for the chumash peshuto shel Mikrah from dayanim in England see letter below by Dayan Rav Gavriel Krauss shlita see below.
- BDE: Petirah of hagaon Rav Yosef Chaim Kopshitz ZTL Rosh yeshivas Porat Yosef in yerushalayim at the age of 88. The Levaya is at 4 pm with kevura in Har Hazeisim. he was a talmid of Chevron Yeshiva and learned under rav Yecheskel Sarna ZTL. he leaves behind a mishpacha of talmidei chachomim and thousands of talmidim
- Monsey Mevaser weekly newspaper now available free of charge at Lakewood area supermarkets
- Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the U.S. warns of global war he made clear he would not change his strategy in the war in Ukraine.
- Girls high school Acceptance letters still going out as previous system falls apart and going through a correction
- Lakewood planning board meeting tonight February 21 @ 6 pm watch live stream Here
see Agenda Here. Applications to be heard Migdal Bais Yaakov seminary building on Joe Parker, Nchlas Bais Yaakov Site Plan for a school, 319 Ocean Avenue, Dewey Ave major Subdivision to create six lots. The 118 Ocean Avenue, LLC daycare for VIne and Spruce will not be heard tonight and carried to the March 14 meeting
- Project Veritas, the right-wing organization known for its undercover sting operations, has split with James O’Keefe, the group’s founder and chairman, following a bitter management dispute
- Lakewood: Construction of a large inflatable sports dome, likely to be completed in early 2024, is expected to begin this spring at the John F. Patrick Sports Complex. The 75,000 square feet dome was planned by Township Committee “to serve the constituents, and give them something that they can appreciate and have the ability to utilize when necessary,” said municipal manager Patrick Donelly. The township expects to issue $4.9 million in bonds to fund the project, part of an $18.1 million bond package for a range of capital improvement projects. The dome will include a multi-purpose arena that could serve as a soccer field and baseball field. (APP)
- Retraction letter about support for חומש פשוטו של מקרא from England rabbonim.
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Oif Simchas Tuesday ב'ר"ח אדר Lakewood
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Wednesday Feb 22 Rosh Chodesh Adar News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 44° Partly cloudy skies this morning will give way to occasional showers during the afternoon. Chance of rain 50%.
- Flu going around again, Lakewood area pharmacies are running out daily of certain antibiotics, forcing doctors to keep on changing prescriptions based on whatever is available at that moment
- With long waits to schedule doctor appointments and a lack of specialists, a group of balei batim are working on bringing higher medical care for the growing Lakewood community to keep up with demand as it is currently considered by some in the category of a עיר שאין בה רופא.
- FAAnews LPlanning board attorney urges board to approve a dormatory despite pending court litigation that the board lacks jurisdiction to approve dormitories in residential zones. More here
- Israel is preparing for possible revenge attacks and rocket fire from the Gaza Strip after 10 Palestinians were killed and over 100 others were injured in armed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Shechem.
- The weather service’s Mount Holly office sent a team of meteorologists to the West Windsor and Lawrenceville areas of Mercer County, NJ to inspect the storm damage, and they found evidence to confirm the damage was caused by a tornado that touched down in the Quaker Bridge section of Lawrence Township.
- Visible tonight a bit before shkiah you can see the 2 planets venus and Jupiter near the moon which will be visible lower than the planets (Reb shea Ostreicher Kol Mevaser)
- Jewish ad agency produced an ad for the NJ Dept of health Ad targeting the orthodox Jewish community to vaccinate the ad reads "Purim is back but Covid doesn't need to be" social media posts called out the DOH to get some sensitivity training as it appears they were pushing the notion that certain communities spread the disease
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Oif Simchas Wednesday 2 Adar
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Thursday February 23 Updates Lakewood
Weather: 54° Considerable cloudiness. High
- Tragedy in Monroe: A Frum couple and their 6 year old daughter passed away after a fire broke-out overnight at their home in the village of Monoroe on the outskirts of Kiryas Yoel. The fire broke out at 1:00 am in the 2 story home at 44 Highland Avenue. The couple have been identified as R' kalman Luzer & Sara Goldstein A"H and their 6 year old daughter Miriam a"h.
- Mega shopping mall coming to Cedarbridge corporate park. FAAnews reports that Plans have been revived for a massive retail shopping center in the Cedarbridge Corporate Campus, In 2017, a for-profit corporate arm of Beth Medrash proposed a 187,000 sq foot mall project known as Lakewood Shopping Village on this site. The new proposal, submitted by Tower Park Equity, is for a total of 3 buildings with a total of 115,236 sq feet of retail shopping space with 600 parking spaces. The application is confirming and will be heard in the planning board this March 14. See full story at Faanews
- Six rockets were fired from Gaza to Israel on Wednesday night, and most were intercepted by the Iron Dome. The IDF struck a Hamas weapons production factory and a military site belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.
- Residents of Linden, NJ, have received hate mail over the past few weeks. (Hamodia)
- Assembly Republicans are proposing a new plan they say will fully fund all school districts in New Jersey and lower local property taxes statewide: Put more state aid into the already existing school funding formula. Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio said Wednesday his party in the lower House wants to increase the state’s contribution to education aid by anywhere from $1.2 billion to $2.95 billion.
- United airlines unveils 3 New snacks free for economy passengers. The new options include:Dark chocolate and sea salt chocolate crisps by Undercover Snacks, starting March 1.Apple and mango fruit bars by That’s it, starting April 1. Savory snack mix by Summer Harvest, starting April 1. Both the chocolate crisps and apple and mango fruit bars are certified Kosher and are free from most allergens.
- ADL has been monitoring plans for a day of antisemitic action set to take place nationwide this shabbos on 2/25. This day may include antisemitic and white supremacist propaganda distributions and banner drops. At this time, ADL has not tracked any direct or specific threats of violence
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Oif Simchas Thursday 3 Adar Lakewood
Mazin - Rayman Ateres Reva
Simon - Schustal Bais Faiga
Krueger - Plotkin Fountain Ballroom
Shayowitz - Fischer Kesser Moshe Yehuda
- HaRav Yechiel Moskowitz will be giving a series of Shiurim every night this week & next week, on Megilas Esther at 10:30 PM. It will be available thru CHAYEINU or by calling 701-802-5287 access code 6391175*
- Chumash shiur by HaRav Yeruchum Olshin shlita live at B"M Ateres Bracha 11:30 pm call in 646-726-9977
- Rav Yosef Dovid Korbman shlita Rosh Yeshiva Yeshiva Gedola South Lakewood weekly chumash shiur Thursday night 11:30pm in Bais Yitzchok (BMG) Ezras Nashim
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Video "The Real Live Nazir"
Interview: "The Real Live Nazir" R' Eli Stefansky speaks to the Nazir, R' Ohad Turgeman
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Friday Feb 24 News Updates Lakewood
Friday, February 24, 2023 / ג׳ אדר תשפ״ג
ערב שבת פרשת תרומה
Candle lighting 5:24 pm
Shkiah/Sunset 5:42 pm
- Weather forecasters say some areas of New Jersey could get a light coating of snow on Saturday, Feb. 25, as two fast-moving storm systems drift across our region.
- Bde: Petirah of Mrs. Zohara Weiss A"Hb(nee Badousch) wife of Reb Shlomo Shlita from Forest Park neighborhood. The levaya will take place Sunday Morning at the Lakewood chapel 9:30 am. Kevurah in E"Y.
-Admor M'Skulen shlita will spend shabbos in South Lakewood
- Old Building on 3rd street in Lakewood sells for $4 Million more
- Yeshiva Springfield Mesivta Tiferes Baruch annual dinner this motzei shabbos at Kesser Moshe Yehuda
-OCHD updated weekly covid cases as of 2/21/2023
49 new covid cases in Jackson totals 15520/166
72 new covid cases +2 deaths in Lakewood totals 27310/403
103 new covid cases in Toms River +2 deaths totals 26661/495
- Construction expected to finish up for the traffic light at the intersection of Williams street and James st in Lakewood
- Those who make a shidduch for boys and girls above the age of 24 will receive NIS 16,000 from an organization associated with the Sanz chasidus in Israel (Matzav)
- Purim meat board at a nearby steakhouse advertised at $999
- The Secure Community Network (SCN) on Friday emailed a Situation Report to Jewish communities and the media on the upcoming “Day of Hate,” suggesting this is a low-risk situation since there has been “no specific or direct threat or even a threat at all,” and pointing out that the chatter online about the event is “a call to the non-violent actions of protest, flyering (sic.) and stickering, banner drops, and vandalism.”
- A record 342,000 New Jerseyans signed up for health coverage this year
through the Affordable Care Act, state officials announced Thursday. That's almost 18,000 more than last year.
- Nj Globe: Frank Sadeghi, a developer and GOP fundraiser, was the choice of the Ocean GOP screening committee earlier this week. The incumbent, Joseph Vicari, is retiring after 42 years as a county official. But [Menashe]Miller, a former mayor and a township committeeman since 2004, is part of the Orthodox Jewish community that has been seeking greater representation in public offices outside of Lakewood
Mishenichnas Adar MARBIM Besimcha
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Lakewood Zmanim עש'ק פר'תרומה תשפ"ג
Lakewood Zmanim עש''ק פרשת תרומה תשפ''ג
Friday, February 24, 2023 / ג׳ אדר תשפ״ג ערב שבת פרשת תרומה
candle lighting 5:24 pm
Shkiah/sunset 5:42 pm
Weather Friday night low of 22 shabbos day 34° Cloudy. High 34F. Light snow possible shabbos day
weather Friday night Rain showers Low 19F shabbos day cloudy skies. High near 30
בלבבי משכן אבנה להדר כבודו
ובמשכן מזבח אקים לקרני הודו
ולנר תמיד אקח לי את אש העקדה
ולקרבן אקריב לו את נפשי היחידה
(עפ״י רבי אלעזר אזכרי)
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Motzei Shabbos Terumah 5783 Updates
- Yeshiva Springfield Mesivta Tiferes Baruch annual dinner this motzei shabbos at Kesser Moshe Yehuda
- Over shabbos national guard trucks were patrolling in Lakewood for extra security
- Yeshiva of Staten Island Alumnai Melava Malka at Ateres Malka hall 140 Lehigh
- A fire broke out at the Satmar Shul in Yerushalayim on rechov Yonah on shabbos morning the building was completely destroyed. 8 Sifrei Torah were damaged, and hundreds of Sefarim and tefillin were burned. Cause of the fire is not known
- BDE Petirah of Mrs. Zohara Weiss A"Hb(nee Badousch) wife of Reb Shlomo Shlita from Forest Park neighborhood. The levaya will take place Sunday Morning at the Lakewood chapel 9:30 am. Kevurah in E"Y.
- Motion filed seeking to completely shut down Lake Terrace for numerous violations of the court orders. Faa
- Rav Avrohom Noach Ben Yehudis Palei has briefly opened his eyes over shabbos he has been hospitalized since he was injured in the Ramot terror attack in which 2 of his children were killed hy"d.
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Sunday Feb 26 News Updates Lakewood
- Weather: 51° Cloudy skies early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 51F. Windsat 10 to 20 mph.
Chance of snow Monday night
- Satmar Rebbe Rav Aaron calls for a yom tefillah and fast day this Tuesday ז 'אדר after a fire destroyed 2 sifrei Torah and many pairs of tefillin in the BM in Yerushalayim. A levaya for the tashmishei kedusha will take place tomorrow evening
- Expect heavy traffic at the stores for Purim shopping
- Lakewood cheder plans new schools building in Jackson for the elementary school. Faa reports the cheser bought a 12 acer property for $2.1 Million near the Flair neighborhood off of Brewers Bridge Road. More Here
- Mesivta Ohr Chaim Meir Chanukas Habayis tonight 8pm at 1065 W. Cross street
- If you receive SNAP, Medicaid, or other qualifying government assistance, you can save more with Amazon Prime Access. For half the price.
- If you bring your own box to shop in a store you may have to box it yourself at the register. A manager at a local store has not allowed the baggers to package the groceries since the customer brought their own box and did not purchase it there.
-Terror attack in Israel 2 brothers killed R"L: Two Israelis were murdered on Sunday in a terrorist shooting attack in the town of Huwara in the northern West Bank. The terrorist used a car to ram into an Israeli vehicle that was driving and shot them from point blank range The two victims were confirmed to be brothers Hillel Menachem and Yigal Yaakov Yaniv HYD.
- Girls that applied for high school and did not get an answer yet should reach out to their elementary school as they are the ones taking the responsibility in placing the girls after mixed messages from the placement vaad.
- The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress. Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory. (WSJ)
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Oif Simchas Sunday night 6 Adar
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Monday February 27 News Updates
Weather: 43° Partly cloudy this morning. A few showers developing during the afternoon. High 43F. Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%
-Up to 8 inches of snow is possible for a large area of northern New Jersey starting today and into Tuesday from a winter storm that could also bring a few inches of snow and a wintry mix through the central part of the state. lakewood area expected to only get rain
- The deadline for NJ's ANCHOR property tax relief program is tomorrow Feb. 28
The program is open to homeowners and renters who lived in their primary residences on Oct. 1, 2019. To be eligible, applicants must file or be exempt from New Jersey income taxes. APPLY Here
- Seared restaurant, a 200 seat fine dining establishment that is located at the avenue shoppes off New Hampshire ave in Lakewood expected to open after Pesach.
A poll from Fox News showed that 43% of voters prefer Trump followed by 28% preferring DeSantis, following a trend that support for DeSantis is losing its strength in a matchup against the former president, who is hoping to reclaim the White House.
Kollel bus campaign donate Here Please note, they are not asking you to help pay for commuters' ride to the city. Kollel Bus members will continue to pay for tickets on par with public transit prices. "We are simply asking you to help cover the extra expenses of maintaining this Bais Medrash to house this unique mosad haTorah - expenses that are above and beyond what is covered by ticket prices".
- NJ Rep. Jeff Van Drew Blasts Fauci and Co. After Bombshell Lab Leak Report What’s most hurtful, not only did the Chinese and we and we know the real truth, poison the world and the United States, I mean, let’s just tell the truth. Hopefully it was an accident. But not only did they do this, but they lied about it.
- The operator of the dock lakeCarasaljo in Lakewood says there will be no boating activity this summer due to vandalism of equipment (NJ1015)
- More terror in Israel An Israeli man was killed in a shooting attack near the Beit HaArava Junction on Highway 90 in the Jordan Valley on Monday afternoon. 30 minutes from Yerushalayim. A car with Arab terrorists shot at him in a drive by shooting.
- Bde: Petirah of Rav Avrohom Eliezer Kviat zt”l. He was 72. Rav Kviat was a R”M at Yeshiva Tiferes Shmuel-Aleksander in Boro Park and the mara d’asra of Agudas Yisroel of 18th Avenue in Boro Park. Rav Kivat was a son of Rav Dovid Kviat zt”l, Levaya was held yesterday in BP kevura in EY
- Girls High school acceptance: there's been several anonymous articles printed in some Lakewood media shifting blame and not taking responsibility with no clear direction from any vaad members about going forward. Parents should reach out to their elementary school principal if they did not hear back yet from any high school.
- Thousands traveling to Meron to celebrate ז אדר
משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה with Reb Hillel
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Oif Simchas ז'אדר Monday Night
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Tuesday ז'אדר Feb 28 News Updates Lakewood
Weather: 43° Cloudy with occasional light rain...mainly in the morning. High 43F. Chance of rain 80%.
- Murphy’s budget proposal, appropriates $53.1 billion, with a huge $10 billion surplus. He expounded on the issue of tax relief and emphasized his budget proposal’s lack of new taxes or fees. At the top of the governor’s budget agenda are property taxes. Child Tax Credit: Murphy proposed doubling the Child Tax Credit to $1,000 per child under age 6. It is currently a $500 credit.ANCHOR: The governor intends to continue funding the ANCHOR property tax relief program. It is expected to provide up to $1,500 in relief for homeowners and $450 for renters. Republicans review Murphy’s budget: too big, too much unused surplus, too many gimmicks "Murphy administration continues to hoard tax overcollections while people are suffering."
- US State dept issues travel advisory to Israel and West bank due to security concerns.
- Ami magazine Purim issues features Israeli comic duo Bardak
- Hespedim tonight at the lederman shul in Bnei brak ahead for the first yahrzeit of Harav Chaim kanievsky that comes out o Shushan Purim
- forecasters tracking another winter storm threat for Friday in North Jersey up to 2 inches. Central and Southern NJ to only have rain.
- NJ Residents Can Lease A Tesla Model 3 Lease For Just $350/Month! After 4k rebate See ofer at Dansdeals
- Murphy to unveil new N.J. budget plan with property tax relief and more Today as he delivers his sixth state budget address 2 p.m. at the Statehouse in Trenton.
- OHI will be giving covid shot doses and boosters available at Lakewood high school from 2:00pm - 7:00pm. A $25.00 gift card for each patient (6 months+) that gets vaccinated first come first served.
- A nearly 10 year long project to construct a 5-story Courtyard Marriott hotel on Pine Street and New Hampshire Avenue is moving forward, with water and sewer connection service having just been finalized, FAA News has learned.he project was the subject of years of litigation due to the Lakewood Planning Board approving the application despite its faulty legal notice more Faanews
Despite all the previous pinky swears from school developers that "the very next school that they bring to Newport Avenue will provide a second access roadway," the Lakewood Planning Board once again approved a school on Newport Avenue without any provisions for the previously "assured" second access road. More at Faanews
- R' Aaron Lang anounces planned move to Toms River but reassures he will keep on fighting for Lakewood schools.
Hisachdus kashrus update: Mezonos rolls are only if it is not for kvias seuda otherwise a hamotzie is made with Birchas Hamazon.![]()
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