PurimIsGreatAgain

(כל המועדים עתידין ליבטל וימי הפורים אינן בטלים לעולם (ילקוט שמעוני, משלי, רמז תתקמד

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Rosh yeshiva caught using chatGPT to prepare shiur 

A  R"Y delivered a shiur that didn't have his typical brisker mehalach but it was more of a pilpul style shiur the talmidim were surprised by this major change and inquired about it, It turns out that due to a busy schedule and limited time to prepare  shiur the rosh was advised about using AI for Torah purposes. Word got out and the shiur was coined the  instant soup 8 minute shiur nevertheless he was unapologetic and said that he explained that GPT stands for גפ"ת

New fleishig restaurant opening in Lakewood "Noisar" 

This restaurant promises to offer something unique to the sophisticated  Lakewood/Toms River palette that is tired of high end steaks. The Noissar menu will feature the favorite Sunday night leftovers that bubbly and mom would serve back in the day, bringing a nostalgic feel to today's fast food era. The Thursday night leftovers will also be from the previous shabbos. The freshest leftovers will be available on Sunday.

Large Balloon seen Flying over Lakewood

A gigantic balloon was seen flying over Lakewood hovering over neighborhoods and developments, there's been some rumors it is from RAG (Ruchniyus against Gashmiyus) with sophisticated software spying on residents to see if they have unfiltered internet. The Lakewood govt was hesitant about  taking action since they were remotely and could not get their act together. As the balloon crossed over the border to Toms River it was immediately shot down.

New vaad formed to tackle Lakewood high school and mesivta acceptance crisis 

After the debacle and fiasco that took place the old vaad was forced out and an outside independent vaad was appointed. One idea was to just keep all the 8th graders back for another year which gives a full year to fix the problem if at that point there's still no breakthrough schools will hold them back for a 2nd year. Another proposal was to have mechitzos in the classrooms and have the girls go to the new mesivtos that have a hard time filling up. Surprisingly the feminists did ot like it; they wanted an all girls classroom.   

Parents  flip inquiry on school faculty

Fed up with constant tuition hikes and a lack of transparency a group of parents have banded together to audit the school faculty and tuition committee. It should go both ways: tuition committees have to answer to us too after all we are partners in the children's education. A questionnaire was sent asking if they have a smartphone to itemize their family vacation spending if they purchased real estate or apts in Florida or yerushalayim. and how much they made off covid. one school owner got out of it claiming that he is also a parent.

Rav finds genius way to stop talking by leining

At a shul were talking was too much the rav ordered the baal korei to lein  the parsha on double speed. "If you do so for daf yomi this should be done at leining too" he said, it cut the timing down by half and the talking stopped. The mispalelim suggested that the rav also give  his drasha at double speed. 

Mesivta Rebbe goes overboard

A local mesivta rebbe just lost it during his musser seder when the talmidim placed a meat board on his desk. Do You know why we have this churban he pounded with his hands because the olam is bored and you have balei batim in board meetings who think up these things out of boredom. Let them jump off a diving board instead he fumed. Now they have all these boards from pickle board to fish board to pastrama and popcorn boards. With boards you build a mishkan and instead they are destroying klal yisrael with these boardzz. it's not a meat board its a beheime board banging his desk the board flew off the table and landed all over the floor. Its not baal tashchis said the rebbe  just call it a floor board. 

News Headlines 

- Inspired by Adirei hatorah youngerman needed chizuk to stay in kollel instead of going out to work and support Torah

- Shadchan to boy - "Take her out to an expensive place" Boy "I'm taking her to the grocery to buy eggs''..

- Politicians tell askanim seeking office, public office is not as lucrative as it used to be, there's just too many cameras around.

- Young Toms River Baalabatim devastated after they flew private and no one found out about it

- Amshinov welcomes a new daylight savings bill that would finally put all klal yisrael on the same time zone.

- Its starting: petition hanging in BMG to change the nusach hatefilah to Sefard  

- Rebbe: Gas prices are so high that Reform Jews are starting to walk to shul on shabbos.

- Askan calls FBI to his home he thinks theres classified documents there

- Influencer gives up instagram after asifa and joins TikTok instead

- A kosher Marijuana restaurant is opening in Toms River it will be called am yisrael high, Pot yisrael under the high K

- Mishpacha magazine puts vashti on the front cover without a tail feminist outraged

- Litvish yeshiva  coming to oak and Vine

- Political strategists come to Lakewood for campaign tips, meet local politicians and ask them how do they stay in power for so long getting reelected without campaigning and not even helping the residents.

Sourdough Matzos Joining the  craze

A local Matza bakery in the five towns  is adding a special run of sourdough matzos for this coming pesach the price is steep at $54 a pound but well worth the price for those who are health conscious and can't let a shabbos seuda go by without a sourdough challah. The bakery is under the hashgacha of the vaad amei haratzos matzah is Glatt shmurah and under 18 minutes.

Venahapoch HU Gvir culture The Rich don't feel rich and the poor feel rich

 This year the mitzva of matanos L'evyonim is much harder to come by as the rich don't feel rich and the poor are hard to find as one gevir said, "I thought I was the big boy on the block until my neighbor put up a house bigger than mine. I had a private Jet but the other guy is flying to the moon. A yente columnist for a local paper interviewed a fundraiser who said they are facing a crisis and when they are not  feeling relevant it impacts donations and support of mosdos. One real estate guy thought he was the richest guy in town after completing a big business deal  in town only to be outdone  a few days later by a nursing home mogul. On the other hand the youngeleit received loads of stimulus money and a the new kollel check increase. They feel like gevirim and  some are questioning if one is yoitze the mitzva of matanos l'evyonim. Rabbonim suggested giving to Ukraine but only if the money ends up in the pocket of the refugees. 

- A kosher Marijuana restaurant is opening in Toms River it will be called am yisrael high, Pot yisrael under the high K

Lakewood township to offer free tax abatements to all properties in town

 The township committee will vote on an ordinance granting everyone in town a tax exemption for their property. Agudah filed a lawsuit to get Jackson and Manchester to follow Lakewood's lead 

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Morah announces she will be home on Purim

it's not something you would expect but a Morah made a courageous move telling her students they can actually come bring shalacmano to her on Purim day, The kids in her class were confused they never knew you can bring it the day after taanis esther

Lakewood township committee running for higher office

After a successful run of 20 years with no opposition and always winning several committeemen will be running for the presidential candidacy of 2024. When asked on what platform they are running the mayor said he will reach out to the county and ask them about it.

- Political strategists come to Lakewood for campaign tips, meet local politicians and ask them how do they stay in power for so long getting reelected without campaigning and not even helping the residents.

Traffic in Lakewood  an old Purim joke

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 Weather: 47° Plenty of sunshine. High 47F. Winds at 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.

- Bochurim returning home from E"Y early may have to deal with delays at Ben Gurion airport tomorrow after activist against judicial reform are planning to block all major arteries and roads leading to the airport. Officials have told the public to use the train from Yerushalayim and elsewhere to access the airport.

- Since January 1, 2023, the Lakewood Police Department have arrested 163 individuals including 9 juveniles as young as 14 years old.(FAAnews)

- LIC held a early morning meeting today on Shushan Purim adding another partner in the lease of the blue claws stadium in addition to American Baseball company  the new operator is  PSC/Levy 

- Politico headline on Lang case: The school district that pays its attorney $1 million a year "Court deals blow to Murphy administration in Lakewood" In a blow to the Murphy administration that could cost it millions of dollars, a high court on Monday sided with attorneys in Lakewood who argued the state hasn’t lived up to its constitutional duties.The Appellate Division ruling is a win for Lakewood, which has seen its population explode in recent years but mostly with students who attend private schools, which are not covered by state funds. The ruling could have broader implications for districts with private schools.

- R' Aaron Lang: I hoped that the decision would be erev Purim. I's the z'chus tzibur. I always sought out the smartest teachers everywhere I went to school, yeshiva, and l'havidil, UT and Rutgers. That is a derech..NJ is a national leader in education. When NJ gets it right,  so will NY.

- NJ AG Matt Platkin  cites 28 towns for violating marriage license rules for LGBTQ community excluding certain LGBTQ individuals from marriage license applications on their websites.

-Purim recap: Purim in Lakewood and surrounding towns was celebrated joyfully with a festive atmosphere. There was noticeably more groups of yeshiva bochurim going around collecting  post covid when he groups stayed in yeshiva and campaigned via phone. The traffic was also back to pre covid era specifically during peak hours of 12 - 4 with crossing guards at some key intersections. as the surrounding communities grow Purim was felt in the air in Jackson, Toms River & Manchester  with many communal and private parties inviting the public to join in Local gevirim hosted purim parties for the public with singers and musicians inviting everyone to join in. while checks were written out for tzedaka. Fire works went off all over adding to the Purim spirit

Some meshulachim observed they made less many this year vs previous years from the general public but got larger donations from a few select gevirim 

 On purim night there were several learning programs in many shuls wedding halls and yeshivos with participants getting a small stipend. In BMG  the annual Purim Tish attracted thousands who danced with the roshei yeshiva until the wee hours of the morning. For this years  the supporters of the Adirei Hatorah were on stage getting proper recognition for their efforts in support of the youngeleit Music and neginah was provided by mishpachas Brodt and they introduced a new song as is done yearly a purim kollel learned from Chatzos to Netz. The music and dancing continued for the 2nd night into the early hours of shushan purim. 

- Hachnosas Kallah For Lakewood Magid Shiur donate Here

- Agudah will host a Shabbos Maamad event at Prudential stadium with over 20,000 men women and  children to celebrate the Matanah Tovah  Hashem has gifted us - Shabbos. it will take place Monday March 27 tickets on sale Here There will be inspirational  speeches Singing and dancing  a maamad that will impart the joy and kedusha of shabbos.

- Kashrus alert: Landau Panko Crumbs (Plain) and Kemach Vegetable Soup with Mushrooms have been recalled due to bug infestation

- Tenka Rebbe will spend shabbos in Lakewood at K;hal Shemen Lmincha in brokhill

- Wooridge rebbe will spend  shabbos in Lakewood at B"M Michtav Sofer 1051 W County Line

- Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to resume diplomatic relations after secret talks in Beijing mediated by the Chinese government, the two countries announced on Friday. This can be a blow to the Israeli govt who was working on warming relations with Saudi Arabia to counter Iran. 

- Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday that he would question the TSA after a woman posted reports of repeated antisemitic discrimination at JFK airport on social media. Liz Mair, a British-American political strategist, alleged that everyone she saw at the airport on a recent trip who was visibly Jewish was forced to undergo more extensive screening, and one Orthodox woman was asked to remove her sheitel.

- R' Aaron Lang comments on local media not reporting about court case. "TLS would take my press release. Maybe there simply was not enough room for the story on the TLS website given all the important local matters. The Lakewood court case story is not just local but national news. It will significantly affect other districts and its outcome might become a model for all districts with large numbers of nonpublic students. As it turned out, lack of newsworthiness was not the reason. TLS replied to my email, "We generally don’t post things sent out all over." I guess they wanted an exclusive. You can't own news. TLS does not have a monopoly over the news. The First Amendment is the property of all Americans, not that of one organization.

Motty Ilowitz performing the Yiddish version of MBD's popular song "Just one Shabbos".

 Weather: 45° Mainly cloudy. High around 45F. Tonight & Tomorrow heavy rain. Tuesday snow in the forecast with gusty winds.

- Update: Second Bank closed: Regulators close New York's Signature bank, citing systemic risk”… depositors will have access to their funds tomorrow.

- לקיים בנו חכמי ישראל Tehillim for Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita who came down with Pneumonia on top of his other health issues and condition has worsened. Name is Moshe Hillel Ben Mindal

-Mike Pence: "History will hold Donald Trump accountable for January 6"

- Bde: perirah of Rebbetzin Deena Weinberg a"h wife of Rav Noach Weinberg ztl of Aish. Levaya tonight at the nome in Kiryat Sanz in Yerushalayim 

- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that the federal government would not bail out Silicon Valley Bank, but is working to help depositors who are concerned about their money. Elon Musk said he is open to buying the bank.

- Lakewood PD: Rt 88 closed between Clover St & Linden Ave due to downed pole. Avoid the area. Expect delays.

- Gas prices shoot up in the Lakewod area by 25 cents a gallon over past 10 days.

- Pesach aisles and sections open in local supermarkets.

- New York State Department of Health is urging all New Yorkers planning travel this spring to Israel and other countries with circulating poliovirus to get fully immunized against polio and to follow CDC recommendations for such travel.

- Bochurim returning home from E"Y

Today Pre Yom Tov shabbos shoe sale at the Toras Aron gym 500 summer avenue from 11-5 selling large selection of boys and girls shabbos shoes sizes 22-42 $35 a pair.

- Real estate several residential homes in Lakewood go on market asking for over $3 Million

- NJ division of civil rights and law against discrimination will hold a webinar in Lakewood  at the Strand theater this week  March 16 to discuss bias and discrimination. 

Pesach list 5783 by Rabbi Yudel Shain

 

 Weather:39° Occasional snow showers. Quite windy. Temps nearly steady in the mid to upper 30s. Winds at 25 to 35 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Winds could occasionally gust over 50 mph.

- LPD update on machete wielding man: A male later identified as 22 year old Max Sanchez of Lakewood, had approached five pedestrians along Forest Avenue while brandishing a machete. Although no specific threats were made to any of the victims, his menacing behavior caused fear of eminent injury or harm to each of them. All of the victims fled from Sanchez and contacted the police, he was quickly located and taken into custody without incident. The machete was also recovered. He was subsequently transported to the Ocean County Jail.

 - BDE: Petirah of  Harav Dovid Zev Ben Moshe Menachem Wicentowsky ZTL of Monsey, Levaya today at Bais Medrash L"Torah Rav Feivelsohns yeshiva 10:45am  in Monsey. Kevura in Lakewood approx 2 pm. There will be a call in number for the levaya 848 220 3300 conference ID 835-508

Former President Donald Trump attacked his potential 2024 opponent and current rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, during a Monday night speech in Iowa comparing him to Sen. Mitt Romney.

-Theres has been an influx of cleaning ladies in the Lakewood area ahead of the busy Pesach season due to the lax border policies. In previous years it was hard to find cleaning help with people accusing others of stealing away their workers.

- At a meeting a few weeks ago took place in Lakewood among senior roshei yeshiva in the US about the shidduch crisis. A possible plan was discussed to eliminate a grade in either Mesivta or Bais Medrash to lower the age of bochurin returning from Eretz Yisrael to start shidduchim earlier. The elimination of 12th grade seemed to be gaining support, although not everyone is on board with this. Balei batim involved said there would be a fund set up in case some rebbeim lose their jobs.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Moshe Ivgi ZT"L of Bnei Brak at the age of 92, he was  mechaber of the seforim  'חכמת המצפון' a work of 17 volumes on chumash He was a talmid of Novardik and learned in France under his rebbe Rav Gershon Liebman Zatzal. He built mosdod Ohr Yisrael in bnei Brak. Levaya this afternoon from his home in Bnei Brak.

 - Moody’s Investors Service on Monday cut its view on the entire US banking system to negative from stable.

in Boro Park yesterday at the signature bank there were no long lines reported of customers taking money out. Some did so already over the weekend others are counting on the FDIC to keep it secure and not rushing to pull money out.

- On Monday evening, Lakewood Shomrim received multiple calls concerning a person using a machete who chased and threatened people in the area of the Satmar Shul on Forest Avenue. Multiple Shomrim members responded swiftly to the scene and secured the area while maintaining visual surveillance of the suspect as he attempted to flee. The suspect was subsequently arrested by police at gunpoint and his knife recovered by law enforcement and taken in as evidence. (Hamodia)

 Reb Aaron Lang fought a 8 year  battle single handedly on behalf of Lakewood children to get state funding and fix the formula. Erev Purim he got a victory as the court acknowledged his argument and agreed to his points. Throughout the court proceedings he received no support from anyone in positions of leadership or from the Lakewood Vaad Igud, Agudah, BOE, Township l etc nor was it covered in some media outlets. He was even fought against and demoted in his job at the public school and no one stepped up to help him.

In a surprising statement the Lakewood Vaad has for the first time publicly thanked him for his efforts. See statement below posted on LNN

“The Lakewood Vaad is pleased to offer a huge Yosher Koach to our dear Chaver Aaron Lang for his recent resounding win in his long-standing lawsuit against the New Jersey State Education Department in the NJ Appeals Court,” The letter reads. “By winning this case, he has finally established - by law - that Lakewood has been cheated by the state funding formula for years in the amounts of state aid they allocated to the Lakewood Board of Education.

 “In brief, Aaron, in collaboration with a distinguished Rutgers law professor, succeeded in establishing that the State drastically underfunded Lakewood by tens of millions of dollars in the funding formula by refusing to count the 50,000 Talmidim/os in our hundreds of Mosdos. It was clearly proven that while the State and district have the legal responsibility for transportation and special education services for the entire Lakewood community, they refused to count our students in their calculations for State aid. Hopefully we expect that this huge win will fund the Lakewood School District properly and permanently, so that they can provide full and robust services to all of Lakewood’s children as required by law.

“On behalf of the entire Kehilla, we offer our deep Hakoras Hatov and Bracha that Aaron and his mishpacha should be gebenched with bracha and hatzlacha.”