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Friday אסרו חג פסח 5783 Isru Chag Lakewood

April 14, 2023, 6:04 am
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Friday erev shabbos פרשת שמיני מברכים חודש אייר
Friday, April 14, 2023 / כ״ג ניסן תשפ״ג אסרו חג
Candle lighting 7:16
Shkiah/Sunset 7:34
Rosh chodesh Iyar is next Friday & Shabbos 

- Greater Adventure learning program today at Bais Faiga 10:30 am- 11:30 am

- Post pesach restocking at local stores long lines for fresh bakery items as they keep replenishing. Cream cheese now available in stores 

- Flight delays from Orlando as Fort Lauderdale International Airport will remain closed until Friday 9am after severe storms brought historic flooding that grounded flights, stranded travelers and left cars throughout Broward County stranded.

- BDE: Petirah of R' Yaakov Yuda Kohn Z"L in his 90's. Levaya today at Lakewood chapel off 7th street 9:30 am with kevura in Wellwood Cemetery Long Island. Survived by his sons Reb Yechezkel shlita,Reb Shmuel shlita Shiva at 32 Green Cove Westgate.

- Six Flags open today 10:00am - 8:00 pm

- Those keeping first half of sefira will be able to shave and take a haircut next Friday rosh Chodesh Iyar according to the משנה ברורה and other poskim)

- Authorities have charged Alejandro Huerta-Arias, 24, of Toms River, and indicted with Vehicular Homicide in the fatal crash in Lakewood that killed R’ Feivish Mandel z”l in March, 2022.

- Jersey city mayor Steve Fulop will run for NJ Governor race as a Democrat next year in what is expected to be a crowded field of candidates after Murphys second term.

Post Pesach Gluten Free Gemach

You might not need your leftover KFP products, after pesach, but the GF children (and adults)
look forward to eating them all year. If you would like to be a part of this ingenious solution for helping families with Celiac or gluten sensitivity, you can donate your unopened, non gebroks pesach leftover products. All types of unopened foods. Cookies, cakes, potato starch and potato chips. Macaroons, frozen kugels, Pesach rolls and pizza.

Drop off locations:
Lakewood: 3 Salvatore Dr.
Lakewood (Sunset / James):145 Cannonball Dr
Lakewood:94 Wadsworth Ave
Lakewood (Raintree): 1281 County Line Rd E
Lakewood:1486 Towers St
Lakewood (squankum): 314 Lawrence Ave
Lakewood: 364 New Central Ave
Jackson: 8 Spectrum Ct.
Jackson: 17 Imperial Place
Toms River: 2214 Vermont Ave

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Shlissel Challah, the Key to making it, the reasons behind it

April 14, 2023, 7:21 am
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10 Reasons for Shlissel Challa on shabbos after Pesach see below

There is a minhag to bake shlissel challah (shlissel means key in Yiddish) for the Shabbos after Pesach. Shlisel challos are best known as a segula for parnasa,Some bake the challah with an actual key inside,
some make the challah in the shape of a key and some put sesame seeds on top in the form of a key. The Ohev Yisroel says about shlisel challah that “the minhagim of our fathers are most definitely Torah”. There are many reasons given for this minhag of baking shlissel challah; (Some of the items written below can also be found in Taamei Minhagim, Nitei Gavriel, Sefer Hatoda’a and Minhag Yisroel Torah)


First of all, the second mishna in Rosh Hashanah says on Pesach we are judged on the grains, parnasa. Rabbeinu Nissim asks if we are judged on Rosh Hashana then how are we judged on Pesach? He answers that on Pesach it is determined how much grain there will be in the coming year for the world, but on Rosh Hashana it is decided how much of that grain each individual receives. The
Meiri, however, says that on Rosh Hashana it is decided if one will live or die, suffer or not and other such things, but on Pesach is when we are judged on the grains. Based on this there are customs in Sephardic communities to do things Motzei Pesach as a sign that we want Hashem to give us livelihood. In Aram Soba (Syria) and Turkey they put wheat kernels in all four corners of the house on Motzei Pesach as a sign of prosperity for the coming year. (Moed L’kol Chai -R’ Chaim Palagi, Beis Habichira). From a mishna we already see that there is a connection between Pesach and parnasa.

10 Reasons for Shlissel Challa on shabbos after Pesach

1).In Shir Hashirim (which we read on Pesach) it says פִּתְחִי-לִי אֲחֹתִי רַעְיָתִי - “Open for Me, My sister, My beloved". Chazal say that Hashem asks us to open up for Him a small whole like the tip of a needle and He will open up a huge hole for us. Also, Klal Yisroel is called a bride and they are called the bechina (aspect) of bread. During Pesach all the upper gates and minds are open and after Pesach they close and we need to open them. Therefore, we put a key in the challah after Pesach to hint at us opening a small “hole”, through the mitzvah of Shabbos (and, if I might add, the mitzvah of challah) and now Hashem should open up all His good from his storehouses and the heavens like He gave the mon to our fathers in the month of Iyar, and this Shabbos we bless the month of Iyar.

2) After Pesach is when the mon stopped falling and we brought the Omer. From then on we needed to eat from the produce of the ground; we needed parnasa, since untill now we had the mon. It is known that everything has a gate. Therefore just as we daven to Hashem to open up the gates of parnasa we have a minhag to put the form of a key on the challos to allude that Hashem should open up the gates of parnasa for us.

3) During sefira we count 49 days till Shavuos, the 50th day, which is the shaarei bina. We go from gate to gate, and each gate has a key. That is why we make an image of a key on the challah.

4) It says in Shir Hashirim 1:11 תּוֹרֵי זָהָב נַעֲשֶׂה לָּךְ עִם נְקֻדּוֹת הַכָּסֶף - "We will make for you circlets of gold with spots of silver." By the Mishkan it says זהב וכסף ונחשת, putting zahav (gold) before kesef (silver). In Bereishis, by the creation of the world, the first day it says Yehi ohr which is chesed (which is represented by silver) and the second day represents gevurah, which in turn represents gold. The reason is that by the creation of the world it was pure chesed, as it says “the world was built on chesed” (Tehilim 89,3), therefore chesed, which is representative of kesef, precedes gevurah, which is representative of zahav. By the Mishkan, however, Hashem had to, so-to-speak, contract (tzimtzum) the Shechina (Divine Presence) to dwell in it, and tzimtzum is from the aspect of gevurah, therefore zahav precedes kesef by the Mishkan. However, the zahav written there has the nekudah (vowel sound) of a פַתַּח (it has a patach instead of the usual kometz), it says זְהַב הַתְּנוּפָה (Shemos 38,24), and that is the nekuda of chesed –the nekuda of chochma. And פתח (the vowel) also means opening like פתח ושער- from there comes all the kindness. Putting it all together, this that we say in Shir Hashirim תּוֹרֵי זָהָב נַעֲשֶׂה לָּךְ עִם נְקֻדּוֹת הַכָּסֶף means the Mishkan was made with zahav, the aspect of tzimtzum, but with the nekuda of kesef, meaning the (word “zahav”,instead of having the usual vowel, kometz, is written with the)nekuda of patach, which is chesed. And the Shabbos after Pesach is always in the second week of sefira which is gevurah, the aspect of zahav, except that it is menukad with kesef, nekudas patach. Through this we say that we will open up all the gates of blessing and since every gate has a מפתח (key) we make the image of a key on the challah.

5) The previous four reasons are all brought by the Ohev Yisroel in Shabbos Acher Pesach and Likutim Parshas Shmini. There is a fifth reason brought by the Ohev Yisroel, also based on the posuk תּוֹרֵי זָהָב נַעֲשֶׂה לָּךְ עִם נְקֻדּוֹת הַכָּסֶף, connecting the written and oral Torah to challah. (See Ohev Yisroel, Shabbos Acher Pesach)

6) The matza we ate on Pesach is supposed to instill in us Yiras Hashem. And Yirah is compared to a key as we see from the following Gemara in Mesechta Shabbos 31a-b: “Rabbah bar Rav Huna said: Any person that has Torah but doesn’t have Yiras Shomayim is comparable to a treasurer who has the keys to the inner parts (of the treasure house) but the keys to the outer area was not handed to him. How can he get to the inner parts (if he can’t first get into the outer parts)?” Therefore we put a key in the challah the Shabbos after Pesach to show we want the Yirah obtained from the matzos to stay with us, because if one has Yirah then the Torah will stay attached to him. (Yismach Yisroel)

7) The Rambam lists out at the beginning of Hilchos Chometz U’Matzathat there are 8 mitzvos (3 positive & 5 negative) involved there. The key we put in the challah alludes to this Rambam: the letters of מפתח (key) spell פ״ת ח׳ מ׳צות. (פ״ת is bread, representing the “chometz” and מ׳ is for matza- these allude to Hilchos Chometz U’Matza, and theח׳ is the 8 mitzvos involved) (Tzvi LaTzadik)

8) The Shabbos after Pesach we make challos that look like matzos, as an allusion to the matzos that were eaten on Pesach Sheini. And we put a key in it to allude to the “gates” being open untill Pesach Sheini. (Imrei Pinchos)

9) The minhag is to put keys in the challah and make them in the form of matzos. The reason is that in these seven weeks of sefira we are supposed to work on our Avodas Hashem until we reach the the level of the first night of Pesach. The way to do this is to put the “left into the right”, meaning mix the trait of ahava (right side) with yirah(left side). In this second week of sefira we have these two traits in our hands, since the first week of sefira is chesed- ahava, and the second week is gevura - yirah. That is why we make the challah look like matza. Matza is representative of the yetzer tov, the right, andchometz is representative of the yetzer horah, the left. Now, we havechallos which are true chometz, in the form of matza; “the left is in the right”, chometz in matza. (Shearis L’Pinchos)

10) There are many reasons given for the shlissel challah, and I say that the shlisel challos are the keys to parnasa. (Segulas HaBeShT V’Talmidov quoting Nachlas Yaakov)

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Lakewood Zmanim עש"ק פר'שמיני מברכים חודש אייר אסרו חג תשפ"ג

April 14, 2023, 11:13 am
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Friday, April 14, 2023 / כ״ג ניסן תשפ״ג ערב שבת פרשת שמיני

- Candle lighting 7:16 pm
- Shkia/sunset 7:34 pm
- ראש חודש אייר is Friday & Shabbos
- Molad is Thursday afternoon, 8 minutes and 13 chalakim after 2:00 pm.
- weather; Friday night Cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low around 60F.
 Shabbos day: 67° Cloudy skies during the morning hours followed by thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 67F. Chance of rain 60%.

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

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

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Sunday April 16 News Updates Lakewood

April 16, 2023, 8:26 am
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 Weather: 71° Mostly cloudy skies with some morning fog. High 71F. 

- Hachnosas sefer Torah at Arlington shul 3:00 pm

- Bracha on blossoming fruit treee 1140 Forest Avenue Lakewood corner Carey street. Clifton Ave corner 9th street.

- 2023 post pesach shopping  guide by AKO - The Association of Jewish Kashrus Organizations HERE

- Vehicle car crash report i. Lakewood for March 2023 Total Crashes 544 resulting in 55 injuries including 18 Pedestrians struck. Since January there's been over 1300 crashes and 43 pedestrians struck averaging 4 per week. Town officials have remained quiet and issued no statements. Faa

- Faanews Lakewood's Zoning Board is set this coming Monday, April 17, to review a proposal for construction of a large shopping center as part of The Parke development at the Eagle Ridge golf course. Many questions are waiting to be answered. See more

- Hachnosas sefer Torah today in Lakewood going to Teitelbaums B"M procession leaving at 2:30 pm from 15. 14th street to the BM 1375 Princeton Ave.

- Update: one of the victims from the chol hamoed ride accident in Lakhas B"H returned home from the hospital. Other still hospitalized.

Yeshivos Bein hazmanim programs this week at several shuls until bochurim return for summer zman.

- new COVID-19 variant is causing concern in India and it may be 1.2 times more infectious than the Kraken variant. The new strain, dubbed Arcturus, has increased 13-fold in the last month in the country. The WHO is monitoring the spread in the UK and US a symptom is itchy ed eyes

- BD”E: Legendary Singer Reb Michoel Schnitzler, Z”l he was niftar late on Friday afternoon at the age of 62. He suffered a massive heart attack in the Monsey area on Friday afternoon, after he returned to New York from Eretz Yisrael, where he spent Pesach. For several decades, the name Reb Michoel Schnitzler was synonymous with entertaining and inspiring Yidden, through his musical abilities and his sterling middos. He was born in California to his father, Reb Meshulam Zusha Schnitzler, z”l, who was also niftar young. Reb Meshulam Zusha was the son of Harav Shraga Shmuel Schnitzler, zt”l, the Tchaba Rav.Levaya this morning in Monsey Airmont bais olam watch live Here (Hamodia)


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Oif Simchas 25 Nissan Sunday evening Lakewood

April 16, 2023, 4:51 pm
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Chasunas:
Mann - Press Neemas Hachaim
Godfrey - Brus  Bais Faiga

Lots of Vorts tonight for the pre and pesach engagements
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Monday April 17 News Updates Lakewood

April 17, 2023, 8:50 am
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 Weather: 69° Cloudy skies Slight chance of a rain shower. High 69F.

- Lakewood, NJ tops the list for voting on new Tesla Supercharger locations. Tesla owners can visit Tesla's website to cast their vote for the next charging station. (Yinfo)

- Dor Yesharim mass screening today for boys at Yeshiva Ktana hall 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $250

- Pita Hut on Spruce corner River Ave renamed PH modern deli

- James street repaved at Williams st intersection with new added turning lanes a traffic light will soon be installed.

- Lakewood zoning board meeting today at 7:00 pm watch livestream Here see Agenda Here.Applicatiion To construct a 44,600 sf retail building with associated parking and amenities at the new planned development by Eagle Ridge golf course.

- R' Aaron Lang on Twitter: I'm told the people want me to stay in the district, yet nobody has any influence ... It's all or nothing .... Absolute power can't be tolerated. Rest assured, government of the people, by the people, and for the people will not perish. 

- Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi has BH been released from the hospital 

- Early morning construction road closures White Street Jackson and Washington St off Pine St 

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Tehillim For the Mashgiach Shlita

April 17, 2023, 3:21 pm
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 Urgent Tefillos for the Lakewood Mashgiach Rav Mattisyahu Solomon Shlita who is in critical condition. All Botei medrash of BMG are reciting Tehillim. Name is Mattisyahu Chaim ben Ettel.  לרפו"ש בתוך שאר חולי ישראל

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Oif Simchas Monday Night כ"ז ניסן

April 17, 2023, 4:26 pm
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היום שנים עשר יום שהם שבוע אחד וחמשה ימים בעומר

Chasunas:
Greenberg - Cohen Lake Terrace
Berkowitz -  Goldstein Bais Faiga
Snow - Pollack  Ne'emas Hachaim
Stern - Halberg Tiferes Bais Yaakov Oak st
Levin - Bernstein Ateres Reva
Bendkowski - Sigfried Kesser Moshe Yehuda
Potchin - Levin Fountain Ballroom 

Vorts:
Grey Eisenberger Bais Hachinuch
Tashman Garfunkel Miller  Central
Jacobs Augenbraun Adams  st.
Bender Malek Cheshek Shlomo
Feuer Schonfeld Ateres Yeshaya
Sultan Ateres Malka
Sokol Grama Westgate hall
Nussbaum Jacobovitz at Kahnow shul Miller rd
Stern Brotsky Westgate hall
Kops Rappaport R Forcheimers shul 5th st
Bronspiegel Burzstyn KBT 3rd & Monmouth 


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Tuesday April 18 News Updates Lakewood

April 18, 2023, 10:06 am
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 Weather: 62° Windy. Cloudy this afternoon. High 62F. Winds 20 to 30 mph.

- Undercover cops pulling over motorists on Cedarbridge Ave area

SOUTHWEST Airlines have resumed after lifting a brief nationwide stoppage caused by an internal technical issue.
 grounded all flights across the US after experiencing a systemwide outage.

- Continued Tefillos for the Mashgiach shlita in need of Rachel shamayim

Adirei hatorah second event planned for Sunday after Shavuos at Philadelphia Wells fargo stadium

 - N.J. no longer requires masks at all health care facilities to fight COVID-19, Murphy says

- Seared restaurant opening soon at The Avenue shopps off New Hampshire. Known in Brooklyn as the Loft Steakhouse 

- Lakewood zoning board approves shopping center at future Eagle Ridge development Engineer said that they purposely used a pre-Covid traffic report as they assume that now, more people work from home and therefore there are less cars traveling the roads. see full recap at FAA 

- Jackson Township's Zoning Board is set this Wednesday to face - what appears to be - their first ever Yeshiva dormitory application. The application was submitted by Yeshiva Tiferes Talmud FAAnews reports  

- The Lakewood Township Committee and Industrial Commission have been quietly pushing forward a proposal to permit construction of 150 feet high rise buildings near airport road and the GSP. Township fire officials have warned the Township Committee that the proposal would increase our property taxes by $6 million due to the need to double the size of the career department, read the letter from fire commissioner Here 

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Oif Simchas Tuesday Night כ"ח ניסן

April 18, 2023, 5:06 pm
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היום שלשה עשר יום שהם שבוע אחד וששה ימים בעומר
Chasunas:
Rabinowitz - Kupfer Ateres Reva 
Lax -  Groner Kesser Moshe Yehuda 
Lichtenstein - Golombeck Fountain Ballroom 

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Taking a Haircut or Shaving on Friday Rosh Chodesh Iyar This Year

April 19, 2023, 6:49 am
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By: Rabbi Doniel Neustadt

QUESTION: For those who began observing the sefirah restrictions on the second night of Pesach, is there any special dispensation to take a haircut or a shave on Rosh Chodesh Iyar when it falls on a Friday [and Shabbos] – as it does this year?

DISCUSSSION: Mishnah Berurah,(1) followed by almost all of the poskim,(2) rules that when Rosh Chodesh Iyar falls on a Friday, it is permitted to take a haircut or a shave that Friday, even for those who are already in the midst of the sefirah mourning restrictions. This exception (which is for haircut and shaving only – not for other sefirah restrictions such as listening to music) is permitted in honor of the double occasion of Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh.(3)

Mishnah Berurah, however, does not clearly address whether or not this also applies to those who follow the special restriction recorded in the Will and Testament of Rabbi Yehudah Hachasid never to take a haircut or a shave on any Rosh Chodesh throughout the year, even if Rosh Chodesh falls on Friday.(4) Other poskim, however, do discuss this issue directly: Some hold that Rosh Chodesh Iyar is an exception and permit taking a haircut or a shave on Friday, Rosh Chodesh Iyar;(5) others maintain that Rosh Chodesh Iyar is not an exception and is no different from any other Rosh Chodesh;(6) while a third opinion suggests that one should take a haircut or a shave on Thursday afternoon after chatzos.(7) One should consult his rav as to which opinion to follow.
Torah.org


1 O.C. 493:5.

2 A dissenting view is quoted by Kaf ha-Chayim 493:42.

3 If, for some reason, one will be unable to take a haircut or shave on Friday, it is permitted to do so on Thursday night.

4 As quoted by Mishnah Berurah 260:7.

5 Harav M. Feinstein (quoted in L’Torah V’horahah, vol. 2, pg. 20); Harav Y. Kamenetsky (Emes L’yaakov O.C. 260:1). Note, however, that even according to this opinion, only those who are already observing the sefirah restrictions may be lenient on Rosh Chodesh. Those who customarily begin sefirah restrictions on Rosh Chodesh should do so this year as well and take their haircut and shave on Thursday.

6 Harav Y. Y. Kanievsky (quoted in by Harav C. Kanievsky in Bein Pesach L’shavuos, pg. 246.)

7 Kaf ha-Chayim 493:47, quoting several poskim.

https://torah.org/torah-portion/weekly-halacha-5766-tazria/


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Wednesday April 19 News Updates Lakewood

April 19, 2023, 9:43 am
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 Weather: 65° Abundant sunshine. High near 65F

- LIC meeting today 11:30 am watch live stream Here  see Agenda Here 

- The Lakewood Township Municipal Utilities Authority (LTMUA) has just successfully settled a massive racial discrimination lawsuit which all began with a "mistakenly sent text message,"  see more at FAA News  

- Simcha hall nightly traffic with many vorts and simchas taking place some halls have hired security and off duty Police to control the parking and traffic. There have been traffic backups on roadways in the evening. 

- While the Lakewood township has yet to approve the budget for 2023 the estimated tax bills will go out with a recommended tax rate of  2.394 

- The Jackson Township Planning Board granted Final Major Site Plan Approval for 279 town homes in section 2 of the Jackson Woods South East development, a total of 465 homes will be built in Jackson Woods South East, off of Freehold Road (Faa)

- N.J. wildfire in Burlington county 85% contained at 257 acres. Fire danger remains very high today across New Jersey.

- Tomorrow the Lakewood Township Committee will vote on a ordnance that will change zoning to allow 15 story buildings in the GSP rt 70 area on the Brick border. It is zoned as non residential but previously applications for student residential units were submitted as research and science facilities which are allowed.


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Oif Simchas Wednesday כ"ט אייר

April 19, 2023, 5:21 pm
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היום ארבעה עשר יום שהם שני שבועות לעומר/בעומר
Chasunas:
Bleich - Weingarten Ateres Rev
Koenig  - Katz Kesser Moshe Yehuda
Bak - Schabbes  Fountain Ballroom 

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Thursday April 20 News Updates Lakewood

April 20, 2023, 8:37 am
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 Weather:61° Plentiful sunshine
Erev Rosh Chodesh Iyar we do not say Yom Kippur Katan today.

- BMG summer zman begins Sunday there are many new bochurim coming and to accommodate  everyone the Yeshiva will be opening the new bais medrash at the Former Woodlake country club off New Hampshire Ave.

- Gov Murphy: Climate change is real, and what we do today will determine the future of our state.

- Today Lakewood township committee meeting  vote to allow 150 feet high rise buildings at Lakewood brick border meeting is virtual only at 5:30 pm  watch live stream Here see Agenda Here Comments may be made via email during the meeting via comments@lakewoodnj.gov

- An event for women in Lakewood of the 55+ communities Join Connections for an event this Tuesday, April 25th at Eagle Ridge Country Club, 2 Augusta Boulevard, Lakewood, NJ.
The Meet & Greet Lunch will begin at 12:00 PM, and the program at 1:00 PM, with guest speaker Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro, followed by a mini expo with services geared towards seniors, as well as a raffle.Zahav's new (and free) Senior Guidebook will be given to all participants.

-20 days to Lag Baomer to get a permit for a bon fire fill out a form at the Ocean county fire marshall Here or call  732-370-7360 application fees are $54 and muist be approved 72 hours before Lag baomer fire is to be lit.

 - SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket, its 500-foot-tall Starship, on a historic test flight Thursday morning — only for it to explode mid-air just minutes later.

- Arthur Lang: See the Commissioner's pathetic testimony on Tuesday before the Senate Budget Committee about her responsibility to Lakewood kids and the Appellate Division at 44:26. It is one thing to delay but quite another to be ignorant. Watch Here 

- NJ senate majority leader Teresa Ruiz Newark expresses concern about Lakewood the traditional public school students seem to be catching the short end of the stick

- FAA: LIC claims they have nothing to do with their proposal for high rise buildings in the township. At their monthly meeting on Wednesday morning, they received two public comment emails opposing this high rise building proposal. The emails urged them to kill the deal before our taxes go sky high, as high as the high buildings. Instead of taking this opposition to heart, or at the very least, denying the potential tax increase, LIC Executive Director Steven Reinman simply waived his hands up in the air, saying "the zoning has nothing to do with us. That lies with the Committee and Planning Board. Our job is simply to sell land for ratables and businesses." 
This is patently absurd. Moreover, the Township's proposed ordinance clearly sets forth the LIC as the ones who are requesting the zone change in order to assist their contract purchaser. There it is. In black and white. The LIC has a contract purchaser who seeks to develop the property with 150 feet high buildings. Therefore, the LIC has requested that the Committee change the zoning to permit 150 feet high buildings here. How in the world can the LIC cry "not involved" and simply point fingers at the Committee and Planning Board??

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Hashkafa Q&A

April 20, 2023, 2:10 pm
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 Hashkafa with Reb Gershon Ribner shlita

Modernity has forfeited a critical ingredient in achieving satisfaction Maintaining Standards when Thrown into Challenging Surroundings Bein Hazmanim Is vacationing at a hotel for Pesach and Succos frowned upon by the Rabbinate?
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Oif Simchas ר"ח אייר תשפ"ג

April 20, 2023, 5:07 pm
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Chasunas:
Zupnik - Levovitz Ateres Reva
Levovitz - Schachter Kesser Moshe Yehuda
Aronshon - Pam Bais Faiga
Veiner - Bressler Ne'emas Hachaim
Deutsch - Aisenstark Fountain Ballroom

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Lakewood Committee Meeting Recap

April 21, 2023, 5:23 am
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 Township Committee meeting recap.

The meeting was virtual despite all covid restrictions lifted, committeeman Mike Delua was a no show. Deputy mayor Menashe Miller who is currently deployed said he would have not been able to attend if not for the virtual meeting. Interestingly, Miller made no public mention previously to resort to in person meetings when he is home in Lakewood. Members of the public have repeatedly asked for a hybrid system of in person meetings with the option of joining virtually.

The committee as usual ignored public comments about several issues  such as, traffic in Lakewood or the daily gridlock, the not involving the community on big construction projects, lack of infrastructure and the condition of Mike Delia. The mayor did respond to a favorable comment about a drainage issue thanking the resident and a guardrail lawsuit on Cedarbridge Ave.

The committee tabled the ordnance to allow high rise buildings after conflicting comments from the fire commissioners and chiefs about the cost to tax payers. No traffic or quality of life issues were mentioned. The mayor asked that it be sent back to the fire bored of fire commissioners for clarification and abide by their recommendation next meeting May 18.

Committeeman Miller announced the upcoming memorial day parade,the mayor thanked chaverim for unlocking his daughters vehicle after a dog got locked inside by mistake. Anew road called Mikes Way will be named after firmer inspection dept head Mike Sacaamano. The meeting lasted a total of 16 minutes. 

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Friday April 21 News Updates Lakewood

April 21, 2023, 8:41 am
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Friday, April 21, 2023 / ל׳ ניסן תשפ״ג
ערב שבת פרשת תזריע-מצורע ראש חודש אייר
Candle lighing 7:23 pm
Shkiah/Sunset  7:41 pm
Weather 65° Mainly sunny, shabbos day, chance of rain later in the day hi of 71.

- Thousands spending shabbos in Kerestir ahead of the yahrzeit this Monday 

- Adirei hatorah pre event for Roshei chaburah took place last night at Ateres Esther hall 

 - Forecasters say a strong cold front is expected to trigger a batch of thunderstorms  shabbos day across parts of NJ  the storms could generate heavy downpours and high wind gusts.

- Oral arguments on Rabbi Eisenman prosecution appeal will take place this Tuesday

- Lakewood community wide Seuda for Yartzeit of Reb Shayala Kerestirrer at Yeshiva Ktana hall this Sunday night  120 2nd street Lakewood 
Yeshiva of Belle harbor moving to the Monsey area with new campus in Pomona, NY

- Changes at Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim - Rav Asher Arieli shiur will now be delivered during the daty at 12:20 pm instead of 6:00 pm The entire Bais Shalom building  will be dedicated only to Rav Asher Arieli’s shiur and chaburos(Matzav)






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Shortage of Wedding Halls

April 21, 2023, 10:13 am
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 As the community grows there currently is a shortage of wedding halls n the Lakewood area and newly engaged couples are finding it hard to find dates for the chasunah. The wait now is 5-6 Months out for most halls which is a serious issue as the general litvish community don't have long engagements. There are about 10 new halls expected to open within the next few years but it's not a fix for the current time.

People are booking halls outside Lakewood to make simchas

 Several factors have contributed to the halls being booked up. Lakewood has become the prime destination to host weddings for the frum community due to affordability and location with many family members living there. Chasidim who have long engagement get to book wedding dates 9 months in advance and many are living  in theakewood area. 

 As a result  of the shortage the second half of sefira which was not typical to make weddings is now fully booked every night as rabbonim do not like long engagements for couples who get engaged after the freezer opens and can't find a wedding date until July or August.

B"H theses are challenges from bracha but still an issue that needs. Fixing.

- There is a apartment shortage as well now with couples desperate to find where to live.

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Zmanim Lakewood עש"ק פר'תזריע -מצורע שבת ר"ח אייר

April 21, 2023, 1:15 pm
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Friday, April 21, 2023 /   ל׳ ניסן תשפ"ג ערב שבת פרשת תזריע-מצורע ראש חודש אייר

-Candle lighting: 7:23 pm
-Shkia/Sunset 7:41 pm
-Maariv/Yaale vayavo Sefiras Haomer 16
-Weather shabbos day 69° Mainly cloudy. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 69F.
-Musaf/אתה יצרת Minhag Hayeshiva not to ay אב הרחמים
-Pirkei Avos Perek ג

Iyar is also a segula for refuah and healing Reb Pinchos of Koritz says the rains that fall between Pesach and Shevuos is a great refuah for diseases that have no cure, rachmana litzlon. One should let the rain fall on their head and open their mouth to let the rain go straight in (some places say to the right side of the mouth mouth)
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