Friday, February 14, 2025 / ט״ז שבט תשפ״ה
ערב שבת פרשת יתרו
Candle lighting 5:13 PM
Shkiah/Sunset 5:31 PM
Weather:
36° Sunny, winds 15 to 25 mph. Higher wind gusts possible.
Friday night: Low 24F cloudy
Shabbos day: 40° Cloudy with periods of snow during the afternoon. Chance of snow 100%.
- US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would take a hard stance on Saturday on Gaza: “I don’t know what’s going to happen at 12 o’clock. If it was up to me, I’d take a very hard stance. I can’t tell you what Israel is going to do.”
- The Associated Press has been completely BANNED by the Trump Administration from the Oval Office and Air Force One for refusing to accept and use the updated name, the Gulf of America.
- President Trump's mugshot is now displayed outside the Oval Office. It serves as a testament to defiance and resilience for everyone who walks through the door.
- Heavy erev shabbos traffic on Cedarbridge heading to main Street
- The Chernobyl Rebbe of boro park will spend next Shabbos in Lakewood at the Skuken BM
- Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for the forced removal of New York City Mayor Eric Adams after he cooperates with the Trump administration's deportations.
AOC: "We cannot be governed under coercion. If Adams won’t resign, he must be removed."
Names for Tehillim:
Shmuel ben Mirav
Shmuel ben Devorah Leah
- Crown Heights: Fire Engulfs Eastern Parkway Home, Multiple Injured
Update: Tehillim for the injured will be posted as information becomes available.
FDNY is reporting that seven people were injured in the blaze, one of them critically. Injuries: 1 Red Tag, 3 Yellow Tags, 3 Green Tags including 1 Fire Fighter. (Ch info)
- Rav Shaul Alter shlita will be coming to the US after shabbos. He will give a shiur Khali in Lakewood on Thursday at Yeshiva Tiferes Yerachmiel 911 Somerset 8:30pm on the sugya אם חובה על היודעים להכחיש עדי שקר
He will spend next shabbos in Lakewood with a shalushudes for the public.
- BDE: Petirah of Rav Dovid Shmuckler z”l. A Lakewood talmid from the early talmidim of Tav Shneur Kotler ZTL Levaya will take place l 10:30 AM Friday morning at the Lakewood Chapel off 7th st.
- Lakewood and Jackson public schools are closed today for presidents weekend
- The Howell zoning board unanimously rejected a plan for a religious Jewish cemetery on Route 524 that would have held 5,400 grave plots. Neighbors were concerned the natural burials would affect the well water they drink.
An attorney for the applicant John Jackson said there is a growing population of Orthodox, Hassidic and "different stripes" of observant Jews in Howell and the surrounding area. He referred to Lakewood as "kind of like an epicenter which is right around the corner from this site." App
- President Donald Trump will be in attendance at the NASCAR Daytona 500 on Sunday, at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida.
- In a new interview with the WSJ, VP JD Vance has warned that the US could impose sanctions and potentially take military action against Russia if President Putin refuses to agree to a peace deal that guarantees Ukraine's long-term independence.
-Ukraine announced that an Iranian drone launched by Russia hit the protective complex of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. No severe damage was caused, and there is no change in radiation levels at the site