Friday, June 12, 2026 / כ״ז סיון תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת שלח

Candle lighting 8:08 pm

shkiah/sunset 8:26 pm

Rosh chodesh Tamuz is Monday and Tuesday 

Molad Monday morning, 46 minutes and 16 chalakim after 6:00 am

Weather: 

Tonight 66° Scattered thunderstorms, partly cloudy skies after midnight. Storms could contain damaging winds Chance of rain 40%.

Shabbos day 89° Sunny skies. 

הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עָבַרְנוּ בָהּ לָתוּר אֹתָהּ טוֹבָה הָאָרֶץ מְאֹד מְאֹד

                                   שבת איז שיין. שבת איז ריין

 Friday, June 12, 2026 / כ״ז סיון תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת שלח

Candle lighting 8:08 pm

shkiah/sunset 8:26 pm

Rosh chodesh Tamuz is Monday and Tuesday 

Molad Monday morning, 46 minutes and 16 chalakim after 6:00 am

Weather: Day 93° Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Near record high temperatures. Chance of rain 50%.

Tonight 66° Scattered thunderstorms, partly cloudy skies after midnight. Storms could contain damaging winds Chance of rain 40%.

Shabbos day 89° Sunny skies. 

N.J. weather: Severe thunderstorms, record heat possible today.

Yartzeit today of Rav Chaim Stein ZTL R"Y Telz

Yartzeit today of Rav Dovid Trenk ZTL

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Yechiel Moskowitz zt”l, a noted marbitz Torah,  Rosh  Chabura in BMG and former magid shiur at Yeshiva of  Bayonne he was 70 years  old. A son in law of YBL"c Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky Shlita. Levaya Sunday in Lakewood details TBA .

- NWS: Unfortunately, there has been little change in the Drought Monitor from last week. Most of the region remains in at least a Moderate Drought, with the exception of the Poconos. An extreme drought is now posted for portions of the Delmarva & southern NJ.

- Elon  Musk just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day. 400 of them are now worth over $100 million.

- Stock Market Today: Dow Rises On Iran Peace Deal Hopes; SpaceX Shares Hit 168 In Debut

Elon Musk company SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 per share, raising about $75 billion and valuing the company at roughly $1.77 trillion, making it the largest IPO in history. Shares reportedly rose on early trading, pushing valuation higher amid strong investor demand.

- The Keren Olam HaTorah delegation will travel to Florida on Sunday 

- Rav Dov Landau, will spend Shabbos in Monsey 

Rabbi Avraham Salim, will spend Shabbos in Kew Gardens Hills

Rabbi Yosef Chevroni, will spend Shabbos in Kew Gardens Hills 

The Modzitz Rebbe will spend Shabbos in Lakewood 

The Koson Lakewood Rebbe is spending Shabbos in Tosh Hungary for the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Meshulam Feish of Tosh.

Rav Don Segal will spend Shabbos in Boro Park 

- Lakewood police have increased police presence on local roads, with LPD motorcycle officers conducting traffic enforcement and pulling over motorists.

 Jackson Police have also stepped up enforcement efforts, issuing more traffic tickets along the Lakewood–Jackson border. At W, County line rd

- Slices Pizza in Deal has moved to a new location at 232 Norwood Avenue 

- Giyus: Seven yeshiva bochurim were released this morning from Prison 10 after detention periods of 3–20 days. The released individuals were greeted with song, dance, and excitement by their family members and friends who arrived to welcome them upon their release.

- Jackson officials approved a fifth straight budget with little or no tax increase, but concerns are growing over the township's finances after at least $9 million was taken from surplus funds to balance the budget. Some council members warned that continued reliance on surplus could create fiscal challenges in the future APP

- Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick is suing the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, alleging it interfered with township oversight of the police department by denying the business administrator access to a police radio and the department's Facebook page.

- Rav Moshe HIllel HIrsch shlita i at a wedding last night was surrounded by talmidim as they danced to songs עוצו עצה ותופר against the military campaign to arrest yeshiva bochurim 

- NJ Assembly GOP: After months of careful study, Trenton Democrats have finally identified New Jersey's most urgent crisis. The state nut. We don’t have one. You think we’re joking.

- Dime Commercial Bank opened its newest branch in Lakewood located at 500 Boulevard of the Americas.

- Hapeles newspaper editorial argues that the recent anti-draft protests demonstrated the strength of the Chareidi community's opposition to drafting yeshiva students. It calls for even broader participation from all segments of the Chareidi ציבור, claiming that a united mass movement could halt any effort to impose military service on bnei yeshiva, while criticizing reliance on political and parliamentary solutions alone.

- Giyus: Chanel 13: Very senior officials in the police conveyed a message to leading Charedi figures that the police are expected to stop conducting proactive arrests of charedi draft evaders. On Monday, a meeting will be held between police commanders and senior frum leaders. The commanders reportedly assured the Charedi representatives that the goal is to "calm tensions" and return to a policy under which a police officer who encounters a draft evader will only issue a summons to report to the Israeli military (IDF), rather than arresting him.

-  LGBT bill: Rutgers law professor Ronald Chen and the New Jersey Press Association, said the language could punish protected speech, truthful reporting, and political advocacy. Supporters say the bill is intended to protect patients and providers from harassment and intimidation, not restrict free speech. The Assembly is expected to amend the legislation before moving forward with a vote later in June.

At Keren Olam Hatorah Atzeres in Lakewood 

- Araghchi: After completing the final stages of the negotiations, the agreement will be signed and officially announced. In the first stage, the signing will be done digitally and remotely; this may happen as early as in the coming days

- US official: An agreement has been reached on the destruction of enriched material, so Israel will cooperate

- Pakistan declares that a final draft of the peace deal has been reached. Currently working with the parties to complete the next steps.

- Trump reposts this from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

"The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has never been closer. Pending its finalization, the media should refrain from entering speculation about its content.

In line with our responsible and transparent approach, all details will be shared with the public in due course."

- Trump: "The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing. What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith. AMAZING! Also, their totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. They better get their act together, and FAST! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

- A senior US official: As part of the agreement, enriched uranium will be destroyed and removed. The nuclear program will be dismantled, and NO funds will be released to Tehran until there are on-the-ground results. The Strait of Hormuz will be opened, and Iran will NOT fund terrorist organizations. The deal with Iran is based on performance.

- Bloomberg: Switzerland has been raised as a possible location for signing the agreement between the US and Iran, possibly on Sunday

- The US military was about three hours away from an attack on Iran when President Trump announced the achievement of an agreement, NBC reported citing official US sources

- Iran's Mehr news agency publishes a draft deal with the United States which would, if adopted, secure the release of $24 billion in frozen assets within a 60-day period.

- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “As long as I am the Prime Minister of Israel, Iran will not have a nuclear weapon. There is an agreement between President Trump and me on this issue. For over 30 years, I have been at the forefront of the international fight against Iran's nuclear program. Without this fight, Iran would have long since had the nuclear bomb to destroy Israel. Iran is acting to destroy the Jewish state, and I am dedicating my life to preventing it from doing so. As long as I am the Prime Minister of Israel, this will not happen."

- Hezbollah is confident that Iran will insist on Lebanon being included in a deal with the United States, a leading Hezbollah politician said on Friday, as hopes grew for an agreement between Tehran and Washington.

- Iranian News Agency Mahar: The MOU with the US includes US commitments to lift sanctions, withdraw its forces surrounding Iran, and lift the naval blockade. Additionally, the memorandum includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of oil sanctions, and the release of Iran's frozen funds.

- The Israeli Air Force recently struck and destroyed five Hezbollah launchers used to fire rockets at troops in southern Lebanon, the military says.

-The Iranian news agency IRNA details the content of the MOU between the US and Iran:

In the current Memorandum of Understanding, NO agreement will be reached on the nuclear issue, and Iran will NOT make any new commitment.

 Discussions on the nuclear issue will take place within 60 days from the date of signing.

The US commit to forcing Israel to end the war in Lebanon.

There is no place in the text of the agreement for the term "extension of the ceasefire."

 Some of the frozen Iranian assets will be released immediately upon signing, and the rest will be released gradually during the negotiations.

 Iran does NOT commit to handing over the management of the Strait of Hormuz. The issue of managing the strait will be settled within a regional framework and through dialogue and joint decision-making between Tehran and Oman.

The mechanism for implementing the payment of compensation will be determined during the negotiations that will last 60 days after the signing.

During the 60-day period, the removal of all US sanctions and the cancellation of relevant international decisions will be examined.

The negotiations, which will last 60 days, will focus on ONLY three issues: the civilian nuclear program, the removal of unilateral US sanctions, and compensation. No other issu

Severe Thunderstorm Watch From Thu 7:15 pm until Fri 12:00 am Low 72 Chance of rain 70%

Chasunas:

Antebi - Kuperman Bais Faiga

Berkowitz - Berger Foun,tazin Ballroom 

Dreyfus - Carlebqch Neemas Hachaim 

Paretzky - Zucker Ateres  Blima 

Grossman - Nossonchuck Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Joseph - Lench Lake Terrace 

Chumash Shiur by Harav Yeruchom Olshin shlita 11:30 pm at B"M Ateres Bracha live 646-726-9977  

Road closures:

LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/11 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following: Providence (25 ft), Finchley(25 ft), Elmhurst (25 ft), Yale (25 ft), Ford (25 ft), Roosevelt (25 ft). There will be FULL CLOSURES of Route 9 between 11pm and 7 AM. Southbound detour is Prospect st to Massachusetts Ave to Cross St. Northbound Detour is Chestnut to New Hampshire to Oak St.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 8 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St.

LPD Traffic Advisory: Residents should expect increased traffic in the area of ShoreTown Ballpark (BlueClaws Stadium) today due to the Banana Ball game.

Heavy traffic is anticipated between approximately 2:30 PM and 10:00 PM, particularly on Cedar Bridge Avenue, Route 9, and surrounding roadways.

9:15pm Event concludes with music as crowds disperse. Tents along the perimeter offer to sign up ans support the keren. Maariv followed.

Tehillim recited  by Rav Shimon Galei shlita capital 20, 142, followed by kabolas Ohl Malchus Shamayim by Rav Saalim shlita.

9pm 

Rav Bunim Shreiber shlita addresses the crowd  we are in a milchama and we must fight back and show Hashem that we are on his side weather financially or increasing our Torah learning as the was by the  reshape is waged against Hashem and his followers the bnei Torah.

- Rav Chaim Mordechai Ausband speaks to the crowd. He was asked by the gedolim that  everyone be mekabel to support one month salary of a youngerman. But more importantly that thousands together will join to support financially that will win the mikchama and defeat the  coach HaTumah 

Music plays songs of Torah as crowds dance

- Rav Yaakov Hillel shlita addresses the crowds in English. He said this gathering is a machaa on the desecration and degradation of Torah in EY the humility and vicious campaign by The wicked reshape against the bnei Torah in EY. At the same time he said we gathered to show solidarity with our brothers in EY as Tensbof thousands in the NY area alone came out to show support. He called on everyone to continue learning and being mechazek in Torah.

8:35 Rav Don Segal addresses the crowd as the music plays his niggun tattaleh kum shoin aheim as circles of bochurim dance. He mentioned the gezirah in EY is a milchama of Tumah and ttahara in Shamayim  and if we in the  US are mechazek then it will bring a yeshuah in EY.

8:30 pm Rav Dov Landau addresses the crowds calling on everyone to support the keren and take on the budget of one youngerman 

Video screenshot and water stations throughout the parking lot.

- 8:00pm thousands fill the parking lot and surrounding streets awaiting the arrival of the Gedolei Yisroel. 

Weather holding up for now with a severe thunderstorm threat. 

Heavy security in the perimeter 

Keren Olam Hatorah Kabolas panim in Lakewood pushed back to 7 30 pm due to potential severe weather 

Keren Olam HaTorah Kabolas Panim and Atzeres tefilah will take place today in Lakewood to Strengthen the Keren HaTorah and daven for the bnei Torah in EY.

 Location: In the Township Parking Lot Clifton Ave between 9th and 10th Street across from Bais Aaron and Bais Shalom 7:00 PM With the participation of leading Roshei Yeshiva and members of Keren Olam HaTorah. All residents are invited men, women, and children.

Atzeres weather forecast  is 92° with showers at 7pm and scattered thunderstorms at 8 pm.

 Weather: 96° Partly cloudy early followed by scattered thunderstorms this afternoon. Near record high temperatures. Chance of rain 40%.

Tonight 72° Showers early, then cloudy overnight. Chance of rain 50%.

NWS Mount Holly The hottest heat indices so far this year are expected today, topping out near 100° this afternoon in most areas. Near record breaking highs in the low to mid 90s. A Heat Advisory remains in effect through Friday for portions of the area

N.J. weather forecast: Severe thunderstorms, high winds possible today after dangerous heat, humidity Scattered severe thunderstorms with gusty winds and hail are possible Thursday evening after heat and humidity soar to dangerous levels across New Jersey. from 5pm - 11 pm

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LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/11 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following: Providence (25 ft), Finchley(25 ft), Elmhurst (25 ft), Yale (25 ft), Ford (25 ft), Roosevelt (25 ft). There will be FULL CLOSURES of Route 9 between 11pm and 7 AM. Southbound detour is Prospect st to Massachusetts Ave to Cross St. Northbound Detour is Chestnut to New Hampshire to Oak St.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 8 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St.

LPD Traffic Advisory: Residents should expect increased traffic in the area of ShoreTown Ballpark (BlueClaws Stadium) today due to the Banana Ball game. Heavy traffic is anticipated between approximately 2:30 PM and 10:00 PM, particularly on Cedar Bridge Avenue, Route 9, and surrounding roadways.

- Rav Don Segal shlita will be spending shabbos in Boro Park with his kehila.Tefilos will take place at the Stolin Yeshiva 18th Ave and 54th

- At a Keren Olam HaTorah parlor meeting in Lakewood, a bochur posed a question to Rav Chaim Mordechai Ausband that required identifying every machlokes between Rabbah and Rav Yosef throughout Maseches Bava Basra. Rav Ausband referred the question to Rav Bunim Schreiber, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Nesiv Hadaas, who was present at the event. Demonstrating his remarkable bekius and mastery of Torah, Rav Bunim mentally reviewed the entire masechta from memory and provided the answer on the spot

- Adirei HaTorah announced that a fraudulent look-alike website used to solicit donations has been shut down. The organization said only limited contact information was exposed, with no evidence that financial systems, donor data, or payment information were compromised. The public is urged to verify donation requests through official Adirei HaTorah channels and report suspicious messages. To help protect our community going forward All official text messages from Adirei HaTorah will come only from 848-261-8251 or 732-800-1524. All official email communications from Adirei HaTorah will clearly identify Adirei HaTorah as the sender and will be sent only through our official communication channels. Before making any donation, please verify that you are visiting our official website: www.adireihatorah.com

- Traffic in the vicinity of Blueclaws stadium due to a ballgame event road closures in the area with PD directing traffic 

- Agudah announced they pulled a provision from the Toeava bill scheduled for vote in NJ assembly A2218/S2260.

Agudahg statement: Baruch Hashem, we are pleased to report that, following significant outreach and discussions with legislative leaders, as well as your efforts, the provision that would have allowed lawsuits against individuals accused of "interfering" with a person's decision to obtain gender-related healthcare services has been removed from the bill and was pulled from today’s voting session.

This was reported earlier today in the media. Opponents of New Jersey's reproductive and transgender health care protection bill say they are not objecting to the provisions that increase penalties for assault, threats, intimidation, obstruction, or property damage.

Instead, critics, including the New Jersey Press Association, are challenging a section that would allow lawsuits against those who cause reputational, financial, or emotional harm to individuals or organizations involved in providing or receiving reproductive health care. They argue the language could infringe on free speech and potentially punish truthful reporting and protected opinions. As a result, lawmakers plan to amend the bill before bringing it back for a vote.

- Vaad Harabbanim D'Gittin Monsey  Statement:

The Vaad Harabbanim D'Gittin is pleased to confirm that a complex divorce which has drawn significant communal attention in recent months has been brought to a successful resolution. We wish both parties bracha and hatzlacha as they move forward with their lives.

The Vaad does not ordinarily comment on the cases it handles, and it does not intend to depart from that practice going forward. We offer this brief statement only because of the unusual degree of public attention this particular matter attracted.

The work that brought this to a close was carried out privately, with unwavering fidelity to halacha, sound legal judgment, and respect for the dignity of everyone involved, as is our practice in every case we undertake. We are grateful to the rabbanim, askanim, and professionals whose deliberate and methodical efforts made this outcome possible.

The Vaad Harabbanim D'Gittin remains available to assist anyone facing difficulty in obtaining or resolving a get, and confidentiality is assured in every matter brought before us. Inquiries may be directed to [email protected].

Rabbanim:

Rabbi Chaim Schabes

Rabbi Noach Shapiro

Rabbi Avrohom Cohn

Rabbi Dovid Grunbaum

Chief Counsel:

James J. Sexton, Esq

- Tehillim: Tefillos for  Rav Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Brisk, who was hospitalized today at Hadassah Ein Kerem following a deterioration in his condition.

Thr Rosh Yeshiva underwent a complex heart procedure last week performed by a specialist from abroad. Following complications, he was hospitalized Thursday morning name is Avraham Yehoshua ben Ettil.(Bhol)

- Keren Olam Hatorah Kabolas panim in Lakewood pushed  back to 7 30 pm due to potential severe weather 

- The New Jersey Assembly has approved legislation designating the hazelnut as the official state nut. Assemblyman Schnall voted yes.

- The New Jersey Assembly is delaying a vote on bill A2218,  a Toeiva which aims to expand protections for reproductive and transgender health care, after constitutional concerns were raised. A dangerous bill that could expose Rabbanim, educators, counselors, schools, and even parents to costly lawsuits and potential criminal penalties for expressing views or providing guidance regarding gender-related medical procedures in New Jersey. 

The bill, already passed by the Senate. Lawmakers plan to amend the bill before bringing it back for a full Assembly vote later this month.

- Keren Olam Hatorah  today Kabolas panim Atzeres Tefillah  Clifton Avenue parking lot bet 10th st and 9th st 7pm

- Pentagon is under lockdown after a suspected hazardous materials incident, with hazmat teams deployed and emergency response underway. Cause remains under investigation. 

-  Giyus: Thousands of members of the Bnei Torah and the Edah HaChareidis are protesting across central Israel after the decision to transfer 17 yeshiva students, arrested during protests outside the home of Deputy Supreme Court President Justice Noam Sohlberg, to military prison. The demonstrations are expected to significantly disrupt major transportation routes in the area. Police have closed Route 4 to traffic in both directions ahead of demonstrations expected to draw thousands of protesters to central Israel.

- The Jackson Township Council unanimously voted to begin the process of merging Fire Districts 2 and 3, saying the move could reduce costs and improve efficiency as the town continues to grow. The proposal now heads to the state Local Finance Board for approval. Fire District 4 would not be affected.

- 13 additional hesder yeshiva heads joined the call not to send students to the Armored Corps after IDF decision to bring female combatants into the Armored Corps into tanks this brings the numbers to 25 Hesder leaders.  

- NYC: Knicks fans smashed a yellow cab, waved a Palestinian flag and stood on top of the destroyed car like a hunting trophy in a disgraceful scene as the streets outside Madison Square Garden descended into chaos after Game 4 of the NBA Finals Wednesday night. Two fans proudly brandished a Palestinian flag as they sat upon the wrecked vehicle. (NYP)

-  Trump: The United States States of America cannot live with the shackles of Birthright Citizenship. It is not economically, or otherwise, sustainable, and no other Country in the World, of consequence, does it! President DJT

- A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll found that 83% of New Jersey voters view misinformation as a major problem, including 61% who consider it a "very big problem." The survey also found that 77% get their news through search engines, making them the most common news source.

- Despite concerns about misinformation, 67% of New Jerseyans say they trust government news websites for accurate information, while a majority also expressed trust in social media platforms, including 61% for X, 59% for YouTube and TikTok, and 51% for Instagram.

- New stores coming to Freehold mall Levi's Gap Kids Empire

- New video Caleb Snyder on Kryas Yoel I Investigated New York's "Jewish Invasion" Here

Trump  says settlement almost reached with Iran. Calls off strikes. Deal can be signed this weekend in Europe.

- Israeli Prime Minister's Office: President Trump spoke this evening with Prime Minister Netanyahu about the emerging memorandum of understanding with Iran to enter negotiations. Although Israel is not a party to the memorandum of understanding, the prime minister expressed his appreciation for President Trump's commitment that the final agreement at the conclusion of the negotiations will include the removal of enriched material, dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limiting missile production, and stopping Iran's support for its terrorist proxies in the region.

- Iran has not yet made a final decision on a possible agreement with the US and will not compromise on its “red lines” in negotiations, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says, according to Iran’s IRNA news agency.

Al-Arabiya - This is the framework agreement:

Extension of the ceasefire to 60 days

Opening the Strait of Hormuz to international navigation within 30 days

Allowing Iran to sell and export oil with phased consideration of sanctions relief

- Trump: We are expected to sign soon, and the documents are already in the almost final stage. This is supposed to conclude very quickly.

- Trump: We have reached a wonderful agreement. We can finalize the details in the coming days and sign soon. The documents are at a fairly final stage. I spoke with Netanyahu."-

 "The Strait of Hormuz will open the moment we sign. We might sign by the end of next week. The signing will take place in Europe, and Vice President Vance will be there." 

- Trump: “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening. Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The Naval Blockade will remain in full force and effect until this Transaction is finalized — Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly.

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”

-  Trump: “The United States will be hitting Iran (Whose Navy, Air Force, Radar, Anti Aircraft, and all other forms of Defense, together with most of its offensive capability, are GONE!), VERY HARD TONIGHT. At some point in the not too distant  future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

- Trump to Fox News:  "It could be the greatest deal in history. They could wave the white flag of surrender. They could say, ‘We surrender, we surrender. We're finished. We've had it. The United States is the greatest power. Praise be to Allah.’ And they could do all of this. They could say it loud and clear. And the fake news would say it was a great victory for Iran.”

- The Iranian Ministry of Defense in a statement: "Our enemies have no choice but to accept a ceasefire and end hostile acts on all fronts. We will not fold under pressure, and our enemies must understand that the solution to the region's problems is not in wars."

- Iran claims: We struck an American ship off the coast of Oman

- Jordanian Army in an official statement: "Air defense systems intercepted and shot down 20 missiles fired from Iran towards the Al-Azrak area. There were no casualties, and no damage was caused."

- Iranian sources: Tehran is still engaged in negotiations with Washington on the initial agreement, including on the mechanism for unfreezing Iran's frozen funds

- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene top ministers and aides for a security discussion this evening, The meeting comes amid ongoing fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon, and after a new wave of US strikes on Iran, which has targeted US military sites in Arab states.

Hashkafa With Rav Gershon Ribner Shlita Utilizing the contribution of 24six to yeshiva world Compromising oh prohibitions in the name of kiruv Seeking a mentor when deviating from parents standards The cosmic impact of Adirei Event. audio video option below

Chasunas:

Deckelbaum - Greenberger Bais Faiga

Kempler  - Schreibman Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Dick - Feinzeig Ateres Reva 

Broyde - Cziment Fountain Ballroom 

Shischa- Berliner Ateres  Esther

Eisman  - Gradman Ateres Blima 

Weather: 69° Showers and thundershowers likely this evening with a shower or two possible overnight Chance of rain 100%.

LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/10 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following: Halsey St (25 ft), Broadway (200 ft), Chateau(200 ft), Cushman (25 ft). There will be FULL CLOSURES of Route 9 between 11pm and 7 AM. Southbound detour is Prospect st to Massachusetts Ave to Cross St. Northbound Detour is Chestnut to New Hampshire to Oak St.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St

 Weather: 86° cloudy skies this afternoon. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Tonight Scattered thunderstorms early, then mainly cloudy after midnight.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected across New Jersey on Wednesday, followed by dangerous heat and humidity Thursday and Friday and chances for more thunderstorms.

- LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/10 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following: Halsey St (25 ft), Broadway (200 ft), Chateau(200 ft), Cushman (25 ft). There will be FULL CLOSURES of Route 9 between 11pm and 7 AM. Southbound detour is Prospect st to Massachusetts Ave to Cross St. Northbound Detour is Chestnut to New Hampshire to Oak St.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St

- The Knesset voted 56-43 on Wednesday in a preliminary reading to advance a Basic Law declaring Torah study a foundational value of the State of Israel, and effectively equating the study of Torah with military service. The vote passed despite several coalition lawmakers breaking ranks to vote with the opposition against the divisive legislation, causing an uproar in the plenum. The bill will now be sent to the Knesset House Committee, which will determine which committee will prepare it for its subsequent readings. The coalition hopes to pass the bill before the upcoming national election in the fall.

- Monsey: A large rescue operation took place in Nyack after 71 children became stranded in an underground sewer tunnel while following a creek during a hike. Emergency crews, including the Nyack Fire Department, Hatzoloh, and Chaveirim, safely rescued all of the children after a bystander spotted them and called 911. No injuries were reported

- Action alert by Agudah NJ URGENT: New Jersey Residents Take Action Against Dangerous Bill Jeopardizing Religious Rights Tell Your Assembly Members to Vote NO on A2218/S2260

The New Jersey General Assembly is expected to vote this Thursday on A2218/S2260, a dangerous bill that could expose Rabbanim, educators, counselors, schools, and even parents to costly lawsuits and potential criminal penalties for expressing views or providing guidance regarding gender-related medical procedures in New Jersey. 

- PSA! A sophisticated scam is targeting the community. Someone has been sending out text messages & emails with a link to donate using a duplicated web page that looks like Adirei HaTorah's website. Please note:Adireitorah .com is a scam website. The correct website is Adirei"Ha"Torah.

- Rav Bunim Schreiber shlita delivered  more shiurim around Lakewood yeshivos on several sugyos hashas.

- LSTA: The Lakewood Student Transportation Authority Oversight Committee held its quarterly public business meeting this morning, June 10, via Microsoft Teams. 

The meeting was mot advertised in local papers.

During the meeting, the committee received a report from the transportation consortium regarding its operations, as required under New Jersey administrative regulations. Committee members also heard public testimony related to the consortium's operations. If you have any questions concerning this matter, please

email Student Transportation at [email protected]

- Giyus: Stormy Hafganos are taking place today across Eretz Yisroel with escalated protests against the arrest and transfer of yeshiva students to military authorities. Rav Moshe Sternbach called on The Edah HaChareidis and  Rav Ezriel Auerbach called on the the bnei Torah faction  to go out and join  the protests, which were sparked by the planned transfer of 19 detainees who were arrested for protesting outside the home of Justice Solberg, to the  IDF military police.

 Demonstrations and road blockages were reported in central Israel and near detention facilities, including clashes in Yerushalayim  and Abu Kabir.

- Attorney Natan Rosenblatt on Kol Chai: “There is no legal prohibition on protesting outside a judge’s home, and the High Court has repeatedly ruled that there is full freedom of protest in the country. Out of 65 detainees, 64 have no connection to the breaking of windows, and the police have no shred of evidence against them in court, their representative simply stood there stammering without answers. This is a clear silencing event intended to make the charedi public afraid to go out and protest in the future against the draft.”

- World cup traffic Severe traffic delays and gridlock are expected across New Jersey and the Northeast Millions of visitors are expected in the New Jersey–Philadelphia region during June–July 2026 due to the FIFA World Cup and major U.S. 250th anniversary celebrations.

Matches will be held in East Rutherford, NJ and Philadelphia from June 11 to July 19, with fan festivals in Harrison (NJ) and Philadelphia. These events will significantly increase traffic and transit usage. The heaviest congestion is expected around game days, especially from about 5 hours before kickoff through 5 hours after.

- Keren Olam HaTorah Kabolas Panim and massive Atzeres tefilah will take place tomorrow in Lakewood to Strengthen the Keren HaTorah

 Location: In the Township Parking Lot Clifton Ave between 9th and 10th Street across from Bais Aaron and Bais Shalom 7:00 PM With the participation of leading Roshei Yeshiva and members of Keren Olam HaTorah. All residents are invited  men, women, and children.

Atzeres weather forecast is  95 Overcast with possible  stray thunderstorm 

The delegation was in Chicago yesterday and today have scheduled events in Brooklyn.

- With summer vacation starting next week, several bungalow colonies in the Catskills have reportedly informed residents that e-bikes and electric scooters will be banned on property, due to safety concerns, liability issues.

- Planning board meeting recap 

Points made  by the board Lakewod a disaster but applicants have the right to build based on the masterplan

At Wednesday night's Planning Board meeting, members approved an application to create 75 residential lots on a 10-acre parcel behind the High Point development off Massachusetts Avenue. The hearing featured extensive testimony and public comment, with neighboring residents raising concerns about drainage, lighting, utility access, and traffic impacts. Particular attention was given to the project's proposed access plan, which currently calls for a right-turn-only exit onto Massachusetts Avenue. Residents argued that adding more than 100 vehicles to an area already experiencing congestion from Prospect Street would worsen traffic conditions.

The meeting also saw tense exchanges between board members and an attorney representing opponents of the project. The board chairman and several members repeatedly criticized the attorney, accusing him of filibustering rather than presenting substantive arguments. Board members also expressed frustration with the length of the hearing, despite the meeting ending before 9 p.m.

- LGBT Toeva bill up for vote tomorrow in the NJ Assembly all eyes on our representatives in Trenton.

The state Assembly is scheduled to vote on a bill Thursday that would outlaw protesters blocking access to clinics and video-recording people outside of clinics and hospitals. Health insurers also would be prohibited from denying or limiting coverage of abortion and gender transition and identity medical services. NJ Bill S2260/ A2218 Would Criminalize Lo Sa'amod, Endanger Children S2260 criminalizes Torah-mandated efforts to save kids and others from "transforming" their "gender" - and from committing abortion.

 A Yeshiva Rebbe, Rov, Rosh Yeshiva, Principal, Teacher/Morah, Social Worker, mental health professional, therapist, chevrusa, mentor - perhaps even a parent - could potentially face massive fines - and hefty jail time - for merely: • trying to verbally convince a girl or boy out of transgendering,

- Road closures in Lakewood are continuing, and the LPD has begun issuing nightly closure alerts. There is still no clear timeline or official communication from township authorities about how long the situation will last or what measures are being taken. There are also growing safety concerns, as emergency responders have reportedly been forced to take longer detour routes to reach calls, potentially delaying response times. In other news the Township posted a Press release  to the media  that they repaved and restriped a dozen roads across its downtown and Central Avenue corridor in recent weeks, continuing an infrastructure push that gained momentum during the spring season. "We greatly appreciate the professional dedicated work of Lakewood's Engineering team and Township subcontractors," said Committeeman Meir Lichtenstein. "Thanks to their efforts, our Town's infrastructure is continuously being updated, enhancing both safety and quality-of-life for our residents."

- Lakewood Industrial Commission meeting today on the  agenda a resolution to advance plans for the proposed  CHEMED Lakewood Medical Village development on nearly 60 acres along Airport Road. The project involves a minor subdivision and boundary reconfiguration of portions of Lots 242 and 246 in Block 1160, totaling about 59.8 acres.

- Senator Andy Kim: I visited Barnert Temple last week to speak with members of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey and Temple leadership. With rising antisemitism, federal grant funding is vital for temples across our state to address their security needs. We must do everything we can to protect our Jewish communities and combat antisemitism.

- Masa Umatan Lakewood rental List June 10 HERE  

-LPD: They’re silent. They’re speedy. And they’re easy to miss. If you're riding an e-bike or e-scooter, stay visible, signal your moves, and don’t ghost traffic rules

-Rav Don Segal at Keren Olam haTorah:  Just as those who participated in building the walls of Yerushalayim until the Second Temple merited having their names remembered forever, so too those who will contribute to saving the Torah now will merit an inconceivable merit for eternity upon eternity.

At the kever on Chazzan Yosseleh Rosenblatt on Har Hazesim on his 93rd Yartzeit

7:30pm

- The Iranian news agency Tasnim: Trump's claim that he spoke with Iranian officials who asked to stop the attacks is an absolute lie. There was no conversation with Trump, and Iran will respond to the aggression against it by military means

- Trump added, "Either the war returns and they get hammered on the battlefield or ultimately they sign this deal that American negotiators presented."

- Trump said 49 Tomahawk missiles were used in strikes on Iran, with some targets reportedly as close as 40 miles from Tehran. He added that U.S. fighter jets are operating over Iran, targeting radar and air defense systems in the country’s southwest.

- Trump says Iran called him directly tonight and asked for the bombing to stop, so it will "stop shortly." Then came the condition: sign the deal or "we'll bomb ..... them tomorrow night."

Speaking to Fox from the Situation Room alongside Vance, Kushner, and Witkoff, the president detailed the night's campaign, 49 Tomahawks fired at targets as close as 40 miles from Tehran, with fighter jets sweeping Iranian radar and air defenses near the Gulf.

- WSJ: Trump insists that the crisis with Iran is under control, but US sources say that Trump did not expect the ceasefire that lasted months to collapse and certainly did not expect to see Iran launching missiles and drones without restraint, inflation soaring to a three-year high, and fuel prices rising and erasing recent wage gains

- Israel: Security officials are preparing for the possibility of missile launches toward Israel.

- Iran’s state media posted photos of a drinking water reservoir that officials said was destroyed in a missile strike as well as images of munition fragments that experts told CNN appeared to be from a US-made bomb.

- Qatari negotiators still in Iran, source says, as US launches new strikes

- New York Times: Chances for a breakthrough in the negotiations have decreased after the Qatari mediation delegation left Tehran today without any progress in the talks

- Iranian media reports that Iran attacked US ships near the Strait of Hormuz using missiles and drones

6:30 pm

- Iran has fired ballistic missiles and drones at the Al-Harir American base in Northern Iraq.

- A source in the IRGC told CNN that “Trump is delusional” and said he should recognize the “great power and momentum of the Iranian people.”

- U.S. Central Command forces began launching additional self-defense strikes today at 5:15 p.m. ET against multiple targets in Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction. The strikes are in response to Iran’s unwarranted and continued aggression

- US officials say the strikes on Iran have begun

- IRGC visw to attack American interests 

- News reports of explosions across Iran.

-  Reports in Iran of explosions on Qeshm Island and in Sirik near the Strait of Hormuz

5:30 pm

- Hegseth: "Tonight's attacks will be powerful and 'clear.'"

- President Trump held a discussion this evening in the White House situation room to discuss possible additional strikes against Iran, just hours after telling reporters that the US "will hit them again hard today," according to two American sources

 - VP Vance says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “certainly gotten some things wrong" but has ultimately “been a good partner” to the U.S. “Sometimes, we have interests that are perfectly aligned, and sometimes, we have interests that are misaligned." Vance said CBS

- Defense Minister Israel Katz says Israel’s campaign against Iran is “far from over” and that the military remains prepared to “attack with great strength.”

- US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee: “Things may get a bit spicy in the neighborhood soon.”

- Trump continues with threats against Iran: “We will attack them very strongly today”

- Trump reveals: We captured 22 Iranian ships containing millions of oil barrels. The Iranians won't know about this until this moment

- CENTCOM: At 11:14 p.m. on June 9, U.S. forces disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman for the second consecutive day after another vessel violated the ongoing blockade by attempting to transport oil from Iran.

- Trump was asked about Erdogan's threats against Israel and replied: "Erdogan is a good friend of mine. I haven't heard these things; if I had heard them, I would have called him. Nothing bad will happen - as long as I am the president."

- Trump to Fox News: These two pilots were able to take [the Apache] down into the sea, where ultimately, they were rescued, for the first time in U.S. military history, by an unmanned sea drone. He said the Iranians had tried to rebuild their defensive capabilities during the ceasefire. Still, they were unable to stop these U.S. strikes overnight, and they were hammered by U.S. fighter jets. The bully of the Middle East is dead,' I may keep going'. They had a chance to sign a deal and survive.

- Trump: ran’s Military is a complete and total mess. Much of it, like their Navy and Air Force, doesn’t even exist anymore - They have been completely defeated. Iran is all talk and no action. The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!! They’ve taken too long to negotiate a deal that would have been great for them, now they will have to pay the price!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- President Donald Trump says he may order fresh strikes on Iran’s power plants and bridges, saying that Tehran is taking too long to reach a deal. “I may keep going,” he says in comments in a phone interview, cited by Fox News. “They had a chance to sign a deal and survive.”

- Netanyahu calls Turkey president Erdogan a ‘antisemitic dictator’ who supports Hamas after the Turkish leader condemned Israeli strikes. Erdogan said earlier today that Israel’s attacks on Syria and Lebanon have reached a point where they also threaten Turkey, adding Israel’s “aggression” poses a threat to the whole world and must be stopped.

- A Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran after consulting with the U.S., seeking to bridge the remaining gaps in negotiations.

- Trump: “The Fake News Media refuses to report how EFFECTIVE the U.S. Naval BLOCKADE is, the most successful Blockade in the history of Naval Warfare. NOTHING GETS THROUGH unless we want it to. IT IS A STEEL WALL! Iran is doing ZERO business, not paying their military, or any of their bills, and quickly becoming a FAILED NATION! Lots of oil is getting out. Praise be to Allah! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- WSJ: Trump initially thought the US should not attack Iran in response to the downing of the helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, but was convinced otherwise after SOW Pete Hegseth and General Dan Caine advised him to do so

- Trump on Netanyahu tonight: “It's an open question whether Netanyahu will want to continue to run in the elections. I don't know, he had an amazing career. Does he want to continue? You know, he's a wartime Prime Minister- does he even want to continue?"

Chasunas:

Wain - Koppel Ateres Esther 

Yardly - Lurie Ateres Blima

Rubnitz - Kotler Ateres Reva 

Schwinder  - Metchik Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Lowenthal - Berkowitz  Fountain Ballroom 

Yeshiva Tashbar Rabbi Meir Hertz legacy dinner at Neemas Hachaim hall 

- LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/9 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following streets approx 25ft off RT 9: Gila Ln, Haddasah Ln, Halsey St, Pine Blvd, Cushman St, Oak St will be paved from RT 9 to Elroy St

SB lanes of RT 9 will be closed at Prospect St starting 1030PM - detour is Prospect/Massachusetts/Cross. Starting 12AM NB may be closed as well (specifically at Oak)

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St

 Weather: 82° Sun and clouds mixed

- Agudath Israel of America, event today at the new Washington DC office thanking Rabbi Abba Cohen upon his retirement  and announcing  that Rabbi AD Motzen will serve as the new Washington DC Director of Aguda Washington office. Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey was there and said a Dvar Torah on the Parsha.

- LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/9 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following streets approx 25ft off RT 9: Gila Ln, Haddasah Ln, Halsey St, Pine Blvd, Cushman St, Oak St will be paved from RT 9 to Elroy St

SB lanes of RT 9 will be closed at Prospect St starting 1030PM - detour is Prospect/Massachusetts/Cross. Starting 12AM NB may be closed as well (specifically at Oak)

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St 

- House passed $70 BILLION secured for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029. A 214-212 vote which now heads to President Trump to sign in to law

- 12 hesder yeshivas (religious Zionist institutions that combine Torah study with military service) have decided: "We will not enlist students into the  IDF Armored Corps because female soldiers are being integrated into tanks."

-  Trump announces: The Iranians are the ones who shot down a US helicopter last night - we will have to respond to this attack.

- FIFA world cup games will begin in New Jersey June 11

- Keren Olam haTorah delegation visits Chicago today, Kabolas panim planned  in Lakewood for Thursday late afternoon at the Clifton avenue parking lot bet 9th and 10th streets

- NJ’s plastic bag ban was supposed to save the environment. But a recent industry-sponsored analysis suggests the result was: MORE plastic, MORE emissions, and HIGHER costs for shoppers.  About $200,000 a year in bag-sale revenue for the average store

Democrats promised an environmental win. NJ families got another bill. Once again, you're left holding the bag. (NJ GOP)

- Oil prices fall around 5 percent, to below $90 a barrel, after US President Donald Trump again says an Iran peace deal could be close. locally Gas is $4.19 a gallon 

- New simcha hall opens at the Skver cheder building off Squankum rd. Tiferes Yonasan hall.

- Tonight Lakewood Planning board meeting watch livestream HERE 6pm.

On the agenda The board will consider two correspondence items involving signage, retail use, and landscaping modifications, along with three subdivision applications, including a major 75-lot development proposed by Keypoint Equity LLC on Massachusetts Avenue.

- New Jersey American Water's lead service line replacement program is currently canvassing homes in portions of the Park Avenue and Ridge Avenue/Brook Road neighborhoods of Lakewood to identify and replace potential lead service lines.

- PSE&G - the gas and electricity provider for much of North and Central Jersey - announced that it will cut gas bills by an average of 5%, effective October 1st, the company announced.

Nearly 2 million New Jersey residents could see their natural gas and home heating bills drop this year, despite high electricity costs and the rising price of motor fuel. Natural gas is widely used for home heating, cooking and water.(Onejersey)

- Lakewood zoning board meeting recap:

At last night's Zoning Board meeting, proceedings began late due to the lack of a quorum. With only five board members present, applicants were given the option to table their applications rather than proceed with a reduced board.

Several residents who spoke during the public comment portion expressed frustration that they were rushed by the chairman and were not given sufficient time to fully address concerns related to safety, privacy, traffic, and other quality-of-life issues.

An application to construct 66 duplexes off Cross Street, near the entrance to Eagle Ridge, was ultimately tabled following an extended back-and-forth discussion. A large group of senior residents attended the meeting to voice their concerns during public comment. The application is expected to return to the board at its July 6 meeting.

The board approved an application on Prospect Street after the applicant agreed to reduce the project from 16 duplexes to 14. The developer also agreed to reserve the eliminated building site for a future shul with 11 parking spaces. As a condition of approval, the board stipulated that the final duplex may not receive a certificate of occupancy until the shul is constructed. Neighbors raised privacy concerns because the development backs onto an existing community. The applicant agreed to plant 77 Green Giant trees along the property line, with the HOA responsible for maintenance and irrigation for two years.

The board also approved an application to construct four apartment buildings off Route 70, containing a total of 35 two-bedroom units. During the hearing, a resident questioned why the project was not subject to an age restriction, citing language in the township master plan and concerns about the suitability of family housing along a busy highway corridor. The board attorney responded that the project did not require a variance from the master plan's provisions.

- The Knesset Finance Committee votes to advance a bill restoring daycare subsidies for the children of Charedim who are considered  draft evaders, sending the measure to its first reading in the Knesset.

- Giyus: Two bochurim and  1 youngerman from Bais Meir arrested by military police.

Hafganos continue today in Bet Shemesh over the  arrest of 52 people who protested outside the home of a supreme court judge.

- New Jersey Senate Republicans: Gov. Sherrill's budget proposal cuts $100K of funding for vital services like Meals on Wheels for seniors. At the same time, she is dedicating an additional $13 MILLION in taxpayer $ to fight the deportation of illegal immigrants. Those priorities speak for themselves.

- 4 Jersey Shore Drownings In Three Weeks Have Officials Worried

Officials are urging beachgoers to stay out of the water when lifeguards aren't present.

- A traffic stop in Jackson, NJ is under discrimination investigation after a Black man shared video of police stopping him, allegedly saying it was because he was wearing a hoodie in 80-degree weather. The man says officers followed him for several miles before pulling him over. Jackson Township police say they are reviewing the incident and will conduct a full internal investigation.

-לקיים בנו חכמי ישראל

continued tefilos for gedolei yisroel 

Rabbi Dov Kook of Tiveria (Chizkiyahu Dov HaKohen ben Shoshana)  in serious condition

Rabbi Shalom Bitan R"Y Daas Chaim (Shalom ben Esther Lizet)  after surgery

Rabbi Chaim Berman, Ponovezh (Chaim ben Ra’asha Rizel)  in a delicate condition

Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik (Avraham Yehoshua ben Etel)  recovering after heart surgery

The Vizhnitz Rebbe (Yisrael ben Leah Esther) dealing with health issues

Rabbi Bunim Schreiber (Yisrael Bunim ben Chaya Roiza) 

- Public records allegedly show some noncitizens were mistakenly added to New Jersey voter rolls for years, with a few reportedly casting ballots before being removed. The findings, based on county data requests by NJGOP and the RNC, are raising concerns about DMV-related registration errors and voter roll safeguards.

A 22-year-old Wayne, NJ man from Passaic County, Mohamed Sagha, was arrested and charged with attempting to provide support to ISIS, according to federal officials. Authorities say he allegedly discussed plans to carry out an attack targeting either a National Guard facility or a Jewish place of worship in New Jersey.

Rav Malkiel Kotler with Rav Don Segal shlita

- CENTCOM forces completed self-defense strikes against Iran, June 9, at the Commander in Chief’s direction in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter

- Iran: We attacked US bases in the area in response to US attacks in the south of the country.

-The IRGC says it will respond harshly to American attacks in Iran: “Iran will respond to US aggression. As warned hours earlier, Iran will deliver a decisive response to the US aggression, which is being carried out under the pretext of an Apache helicopter crash.”

- The US military’s retaliatory attacks struck several Iranian air defense and radar systems around the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reports, citing a US official.

- US military says it has launched strikes on Iran in response to the downing of an army helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM confirms: We have started strikes in Iran in response to the downing of the Apache helicopter at the orders of US President Donald Trump,

- ABC reporter: "I was on the phone with Trump as CENTCOM announced US retaliatory strikes against Iran. Here's what he said: "I think it's very important to respond. They shot down a helicopter, and we are responding as we speak. This is a response to what they did with our helicopter last night, and I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful, and that's what this one is."

- FOX: Trump to Order “Something Big” to Be Blown Up in Iran.

Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Peter Doocy reports President Trump is preparing to order major action targeting Iran after Trump confirmed that it was Iran who shot down the US Apache helicopter. 

- Trump said in a phone call with The Wall Street Journal that the crash of the US helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz is "not a big deal" and that "the pilot is fine."...

- Al Jazeera is quoting the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister: "Iran is not behind the attack in which a US Apache helicopter was hit over the Strait of Hormuz. Such incidents may occur unintentionally due to the tense atmosphere in the Strait of Hormuz. There was no intention on Iran's part to harm the US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz."

- Trump: I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz. There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- KAN Israel News, citing an Iranian-linked news network, reports that $3 billion was transferred from Abu Dhabi to Tehran aboard a private Boeing 737. According to the report, Iran agreed to halt direct attacks on Israel after receiving a U.S. message, delivered through Qatar, that Israel would refrain from further strikes in Lebanon. The funds were reportedly flown to Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport aboard UAE Royal Jet aircraft A6-RJF, which was tracked traveling from Abu Dhabi to Iran.

- IDF chief: Israel planned ‘much more significant and severe blow’ to Iranian regime, is prepared to return to war

- A terrorist from Lebanon opened fire on Israeli troops at the border on Tuesday afternoon before they shot him dead, No troops were injured. The gunman briefly entered Israeli territory, but did not cross the border fence, an initial probe found.

- Israel Hayom is reporting that the Secretary Marco Rubio was the one who backed and helped Israel to secure Trump's green light to strike Iran two days ago.

- Israeli strikes killed eight people in Tyre after the military issued its first-ever call for residents to flee the entire coastal city

- Trump and Vance on Iran war: “Everything is working out very well, You're really gonna win this over the next two weeks when we declare total victory." Vance on an agreement with Iran: "Israel may like it, and it may not."

- CENTCOM: on June 8, two crew members from a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache were rescued by American forces after their helicopter went down near the coast of Oman while patrolling regional waters.

- Trump told Sky News tonight that he believes Israel will not return to war with Iran. He was asked if he would stand by Netanyahu if he renewed the war with Iran, and said, "I don't think that will happen; everything is moving in a very good way. Iran is doing what it needs to do. I don't think that's going to happen, okay?" James Mathews reported that he asked Trump again what he would do if Netanyahu ignored his request, but according to him, the president "hung up the call."

- Pakistani source to al-Hadath: “Talks are taking place with all parties to reach an agreement this week."

Chasunas:

Feigenbaum - Neuhaus Lake Terrace 

Berkowitz - Gibber Bais Faiga 

Frankel - Rockove Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Salzberg - Schmukler Fountain Ballroom 

Goldwasser - Goldblatt Ateres Blima 

Adler - Selengut Neemas Hachaim 

Road closures continue tonight:

LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/8 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following streets starting 10 PM. Buttell 20ft from Rt 9. Prospect 100ft from Rt 9. Sherwood 40ft from Rt 9. Spruce 40ft from Rt 9. W Spruce 40ft from Rt 9. The Prospect St detour is Williams/James/Route 9.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center Stret.

Weather: 73° Mostly sunny. 

New Jersey residents can expect a brief break from the heat on Monday, followed by highs in the 90s and the threat of daily thunderstorms by midweek.

- DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin criticizesNJ Gov.  Mikie Sherrill over her comments about the Delaney Hall detention facility, saying he personally granted her access despite her having no federal oversight authority. He emphasizes that she was told in advance she would not be allowed to speak with detainees and accuses her of turning the issue into a political matter.

He also argues that conditions at Delaney Hall are better than those in New Jersey state prisons, claiming the facility has more medical personnel per detainee, more space, and lower detainee death rates, and suggests she should instead focus on improving conditions within her own state’s detention system.

- United communities of Williamsburg:

We stand in solidarity as two innocent individuals face false accusations made by an alleged guard who assaulted innocent people as can clearly be seen in a video  clip, claiming assault an unfounded and fabricated lie.

We urge everyone to join us tonight at 9 PM in front of the  @NYPD90Pct located at 211 Union Avenue, to protest this injustice.

Let our voices be heard: justice must pr

- Satmar on Twitter: Two innocent people were falsely accused and arrested by NYPD and are now at Brooklyn’s @NYPD90Pct

 station house. We urge everyone to gather at 211 Union Avenue to demand their immediate release! Let’s stand together for justice.

- Road closures continue tonight:

Rt 88 and Clifton Avenue traffic light down

LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/8 NJDOT Contractor advises they will be repaving the following streets starting 10 PM. Buttell 20ft from Rt 9. Prospect 100ft from Rt 9. Sherwood 40ft from Rt 9. Spruce 40ft from Rt 9. W Spruce 40ft from Rt 9. The Prospect St detour is Williams/James/Route 9.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center Stret.

- Hafganos today in Yerushalayim protesting the light rail as cres begin to lay down tracks Yirmiyahu bar Ilan streets. In another area Several bochurim were arrested as well for Draft dodging.

- NWS Mount Holly In case anyone is wondering... yes, there is a wildfire in New Jersey on land under JB MDL jurisdiction. The east winds are bringing the smoke westward towards Philadelphia

- The Mashgiach Rav Don Segal shlita is in Lakewood today joining thedelegagtion on behalf of keren Olam HaTorah 

- Thousands attend a shiur today given By the R"Y Rav Bunim Schreiber shlita in BMG Beren hall 

- New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she was finally granted access to Delaney Hall in Newark after weeks of being denied entry, but described the visit as a tightly controlled tour. Sherrill said she was not allowed to meet or speak with detainees at the ICE detention facility, raising what she called "serious questions" about conditions inside and the treatment of those being held there.  

- The NJGOP says it found cases of noncitizens seeking U.S. citizenship asking to be removed from New Jersey voter rolls because they were registered despite not being eligible to vote.

Many said they didn’t know how they became registered in the first place.

- Traffic light installed at intersection of Cross street and White street

- Pizza bagels 18 ct for sale this week at Bibgo and Gourmet Glatt $7.99

- BOGO sale at Kallamata on any pizza pie today and tomorrow 

- Vaad L'Mishmeres Shatnez dvisory warns against using unqualified shatnez testers, citing a case where improper testing left linen in a Hugo Boss wool suit that was later worn. The notice stresses that garments including rekelach and bekeshes should only be checked by qualified shatnez laboratories, as proper testing and removal require expertise. It urges the public to rely exclusively on certified labs and references a list of recommended shatnez testing locations in the Lakewood–Toms River area.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Dov Aharon Zelaznik zt”l, Rshei yeshiva of Yeshivas “Maor HaTalmud” in Rechovot at the age of 81. He was from the early Talmidim of Brisk yeshiva under Rav Berel Soloveitchik ZTL. A Talmmid chochom a mechaber seforim well-versed in all areas of Torah His hasmada and yegia in Torah was extraordinary. Levaya today in Yerushalayim Gush 80 neighborhood to Har Hazeisim  

-Tonight Lakewood zoning board meeting see live stream Here 

 see agenda Here 

several major applications  for Prospect Cross st area

- SK Prospect Cross Lakewood, LLC (Prospect Street) – Seeking a use variance and major subdivision approval to construct 8 duplex buildings (16 residential units) in the M-1 zone.

- 60 Cross Street, LLC (560 Cross Street) near entrance to Eagle Ridge Seeking approval for a 71-lot subdivision in the M-1 zone, including: 66 residential lots for duplexes 3 stormwater management lots 1 retail/office lot

1 house of worship lot, potentially creating 132 residential units through 66 duplex lots

- Rabin & Company, LLC (Nassau Street, Amsterdam, Columbus & Nostrand Avenues) – Requesting a use variance to develop a mix of single-family homes and duplex residential units in the R20/12C zone.

-Chestnut Equity, LLC (Route 70) – Returning to the board regarding a previously approved use variance for a 4-story apartment building along Route 70 between Evergreen Boulevard and Woodcrest Avenue.

-  Tomorrow night at the planning board an application on the agenda to create 75 lots odd Massachusetts Avenue Block 423, Lot 156.01

- Trump: “Has anybody been watching the CROOKED Election going on in California. Two great Republican Candidates are being cheated, and so is America… Watch this ‘Election’ closely!!!”

Not possible for Spencer Pratt to have lost the L.A. runoffs after the big lead he had. 3rd World Nation. Rigged Elections! Now they’ll be working on great guy Steve Hilton. Won’t have results for, possibly, TWO WEEKS, according to officials. President DJT

- Merger Setback: The NYS Health Dept rejected NYC Health + Hospitals proposed takeover of Maimonides Hospital. for now

- BDE: Petirah of R’ Aryeh Danziger z”l, from Brooklyn and recently moved to The Fairways in Lakewood was 84. R’ Aryeh is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Weiss and his children R’ Shmuel Duvid of Lakewood, R’ Tzvi of Boro Park, and Mrs. Shoshi Weiss, the rebbetzin of Rav Moshe Meir Weiss of the fairways.  The levaya will take place today at 3:30 PM at the Lakewood chapel off 7th st followed by kevurah the adjacent bais olam.

- The FBI is investigating the theft of a half-million dollars’ worth of bourbon that was taken from a Philadelphia warehouse last week before its scheduled delivery to New Jersey. Eighteen pallets containing 1,800 cases of Noble Oak Bourbon (not approved by kosher organizations) slated for commercial distribution were stolen. It usually is distributed in the Elizabeth area.

- Experts from SavATree say New Jersey may see a heavy tick season because a warmer-than-average winter (5–10°F above normal, per NOAA) likely prevented ticks from going dormant, allowing them to stay active and feeding through much of the season.

- Ocean County voters will decide this November whether to increase the county’s Open Space Trust Fund tax from 1.2 cents to 2.2 cents per $100 of assessed property value. County officials say the increase is needed to keep up with rising land preservation costs. Since 1998, the fund has helped preserve more than 30,000 acres of open space and 3,600 acres of farmland across the county.

-  Once again, school schedules are creating challenges for working parents. This year, schools will end a full week before camp begins, leaving parents scrambling to arrange childcare and balance their work and home responsibilities. As for the official start of the new school year, the girls' school has yet to commit to a firm opening date. There is a possibility that classes could begin a week before Rosh Hashanah, making planning even more difficult for families.

-Road crews have completed paving and implemented new traffic patterns at the James/Pine Streets intersection with Route 9 in Lakewood, including extended left-turn lanes and updated traffic signals. A new traffic pattern is in place on Central Avenue after restriping: westbound traffic from Hurley Street now continues as two lanes farther before merging, while eastbound traffic toward Hurley Street splits into two lanes after Sunset Avenue to improve flow.

The light at Avenue of the states and ave of the Americas intersection went live today.

- Call your assemblyman to vote No.

NJ assembly Bill 2218 that can criminalize parents rebbeim mentors for speaking to patients who want to transition their gender is now Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing: Jun 8 @ 11:00 am in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ. The bill already passed in the senate. State senator Bob Singer voted against the bill. it will be voted soon on the assembly.

- LDC meeting today 4:30 pm

-  NJ Assembly GOP: What a week in Trenton, and in Newark. Samsung left. ExxonMobil left. 522,000 residents gone this decade. $31B in income - gone. Democrats' response? Make the hazelnut New Jersey's official nut. (Grown in Oregon, btw.)

Rav Bunim Schreiber shlita delivering a shiur today at BMG Lakewood yeshiva 

Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbe in Lakewood visiting the Hornstaple Rebbe from Milwaukee who was in Lakewood too.

Last night Talmidei chachamim, marbitzei Torah gathered at Lakewood High School for a live “Rischa D’Oraisa” with Harav Dov Landau shlita where the crowd posed questions in learning to Rav Dov who is visiting on behalf of Keren Olam HaTorah 

Rav Bunim Schreiber R"Y Nesiv HaTorah in Yerushalayim visits Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita

Today 23 Sivan is a day of Yeshuah

On this day in 355 BCE, Haman's edict for destroying the Jewish people was overturned. The date is mentioned three times in megilas Esther.

כ"ג בסיוון, הוא יום מסוגל לישועה יום סגולה היום - יום שמחה יום אשר נאמר עליו 'ליהודים הייתה אורה ושמחה וששון ויקר היום , כ"ג בסיוון, הוא יום מסוגל לישועה על פי סיפור המגילה, תאריך כ"ג בסיוון, הוא התאריך שבו נכתבו הספרים לביטול הגזירות שגזר המן הרשע על כלל היהודים ב-127 מדינות מלכותו של המלך אחשוורוש מובא בספרים הקדושים כי מדובר ביום שמסוגל לישועות ולבטל גזר דין מעל כל אדם. ביום זה, מומלץ לקרוא את פרק כ"ב בתהילים, המיוחס לאסתר המלכה, וכן במגילת אסתר עצמה את פרק

ח', פסוקים ג'- ט"ו. יִּקָּרְאוּ סֹפְרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ בָּעֵת הַהִיא, בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי הוּא חֹדֶשׁ סִיוָן, בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים בּוֹ, וַיִּכָּתֵב כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מָרְדֳּכַי אֶל הַיְּהוּדִים וְאֶל הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִים וְהַפַּחוֹת וְשָׂרֵי הַמְּדִינוֹת ..וגם, מיום זה ואילך החל להתקיים: "ליהודים הייתה אורה ושמחה וששון ויקר... שמחה וששון ליהודים משתה ויום טוב", וכן "ונהפוך הוא אשר ישלטו היהודים המה בשונאיהם

- VP Vance: "Let's be honest. The Iranians don't want this war to continue. It's not in their best interests. They're coming to the table, putting some real things on the table. If we get this deal, it's going to be a home run for the American people."

- The IDF intercepted a drone from Yemen.

- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly called off a major strike on Iran with fighter jets on the runway, after US President Donald Trump instructed him on Monday not to escalate Israel’s fight with Iran  Instead, in a brief address to the nation on Monday, Netanyahu said he would halt attacks on Iran “for now,” but warned that Israel would strike Iran and Hezbollah if it is attacked again.

El Al Due to the security situation and uncertainty, we allow these days wider flexibility in changing and cancelling flights.

- New York Times: Trump asked Netanyahu to refrain from additional strikes on Iran, in a phone call they held today, according to a senior US official and two Israeli sources According to the report, Trump told Netanyahu that he believes the US and Iran are approaching an agreement on a framework that will bring the parties to the negotiating table towards a long-term agreement

- Amit Segal: Iran was emboldened to attack Israel because it perceived weakness from the Trump administration, believing Washington was more focused on securing a deal with Tehran than deterring aggression

- Wizz Air announced a temporary suspension of its flights to Israel June 8-9

 following the latest security developments in the region.

- Defense Minister Katz: Any attack on the northern cities will lead to an attack on Dahieh. The IDF will continue to operate in Lebanon against the terrorist organization Hezbollah. We categorically reject Iran's threats. Any Iranian attempt to link Lebanon and Iran and attack Israel will be met with great force, as happened yesterday.

- Israel attacked the pump that transports the material in the large petrochemical plant in Iran last night. An attack on a critical (and expensive) component intended to disable the factory completely

- Senior Israeli official: At Trump's request - Israel stops attacks on Iran. Attacks on southern Lebanon will continue in full force in the coming days. We will also strike the Dahiya if attacks on our communities and citizens continue from Lebanon

- "Senior Israeli official: The sense during the meeting was that the current round of fighting/escalation is over."(Amit Segal)

Israel attacked southern Lebanon after Iranian threat. Hezbollah fired back but rockets didn't  cross into Israel and fell short of the border.

Netanyahu and Trump spoke a short while ago.

- Fars News Agency: Iranian armed forces announced the end of military operations against Israel, and warned that if Israel attacks Lebanon again, the response will be more severe

- Trump: “Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on “Peace” are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way. The Blockade will remain in place, and in full force and effect, until a “Final Deal” is reached. Things should move quickly. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

-Trump: “Israel and Iran must immediately stop “shooting.” President DONALD J. TRUMP”

The IDF is briefing military correspondents:

Preparations are being made for at least several days of fighting.

The Americans are assisting in intercepting the missiles.

So far, Iran has launched 22–24 missiles at Israel the Houthis have fired two.

From the IDF's perspective, this is not considered a new operation, but rather a continuation of Operation Rising lion.

- Iranian military source to news agencies: Tehran is prepared for a prolonged confrontation with Israel and to attack US interests

-Iran Revolutionary Guards: We warn - the Zionist enemy, by acting against non-military targets and damaging the oil industries, has started a dangerous game whose scope will include all energy targets in the region

- Israeli source confirms to i24NEWS: Iranian petrochemical facility was attacked

Keller- Brog Ateres Reva

Levine -Swerdloff  Ateres  Chaim Elazar 

Pfeiffer -Hess Bais Faiga

Pfeiffer -Zelishovsky Ateres Blima

Hoffman - Bertram Lake Terrace 

- Lakewood cheder/Bais  Faiga dinner at Fountain Ballroom a day Kesser Moshe Yehuda halls

- Rischa Doyraysa event on behalf of Keren Olam Hatorah with Rav Dov Landau shlita. By invitation only at Lakewood high school 

- Telz Cleveland dinner at Bellworks

 10:50 pm

Israel hit 15 targets in Iran 

Red siren alert incoming rockets towards Iarael missile  was intercepted

- Rocket launched towards Israel  from Yemen 

- IDF struck targets in Tehran and Isfahan

- IRGC has vowed to respond and retaliate for Israel's latest attacks on Iran. Iran will retaliate against Israel and throughout the Gulf.

- Unconfirmed reports of 2 explosions in Saudi Arabia. Iranian ballistic missile attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

- Israel Defense Forces: The Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran a short while ago.

- The IDF struck Tehran's Mehrabad Airport and a drone manufacturing plant

- Senior US official: Trump asked not to respond to the missile attack, to wait a few days for the negotiations, and "not to interfere." According to the official, who is familiar with the details of the conversation between the figures, Netanyahu tried to oppose but eventually - "kind of agreed." - Barak Ravid

- Hospitals instructed to move operations underground amid renewed Iranian attacks

- Trump to the Financial Times: "Netanyahu will have no choice but to accept a deal with Iran. I decide, not him."

- Netanyahu and Trump spoke on the phone. Bibi updating the security  cabinet.

- Trump to Barak Ravid: If Bibi strikes them back, it’s just going to keep going like the last 47 years or the last 3000 years. The Iranian strikes [on Israel] didn't hurt anybody. Hopefully, Israel is not going to retaliate. We are very close to a final deal with Iran. It is going to be a good deal. I don’t want it to blow up because of what is happening now."

- Speaker of the National Security Committee in the Iranian Parliament Ebrahim Rezaei is mocking Trump: “The firing took place from the very place where Trump claimed he had destroyed them! We are ready; beyond the readiness of February 28th/March 9th.  

We will stand firm until the complete punishment of the rabid dogs of the region, and we will not yield.”

- Trump: I will call PM Netanyahu now and tell him NOT to attack Iran in response (Barak Ravid)

- President Trump to Foxnews: "What I would suggest to Iran: You've shot your missiles, that's enough. Get back to the table and make a deal,"

- Amit Segal: "This is Trump's problem and the free world's problem after two months of a ceasefire: the Iranians are convinced they won't have to pay a price

3Tomight in EY 23 Sivan is a day of Yeshuah

On this day in 355 BCE, Haman's edict for destroying the Jewish people was overturned. The date is mentioned three times in megilas Esther.

- Iran launched missiles toward Israel.

All missiles in all 4 waves were successfully intercepted by the IDF.

- The senior military advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Mohsen Rezaei: The attackers received their response. Any new action will be met with a more crushing response and at a very heavy price

- IRGC: "Tonight's operation was only a warning. If the aggression continues, the responses will be broader and will include all US and Zionist targets in the region. Iran agreed to a ceasefire on April 8 on the condition of stopping fighting on all fronts. However, as usual, the US and the Zionist regime did not fulfill their commitments. They continued aggression and crimes in Lebanon and, at the same time, violated the ceasefire by repeated strikes on Iranian coasts and vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman, and the Indian Ocean"

- Fourth waves of missiles from Iran to Israel

Red alerts across northern Israel; all schools and gatherings in the ENTIRE country have been canceled until further notice. Israel is bracing for attacks from Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen.

Senior Israeli official: We will respond with force

Senior US official: President Trump was updated about the escalation between Israel and Iran

3pm

- U.S. military: 'Our forces in the Middle East remain ready and vigilant.'"

- IDF exposes a major Iranian-financed Hezbollah tunnel network in the Shaqif mountains, built inside a civilian zone under six kilometers from Metulla. Designed for hundreds of fighters with long-term quarters, anti-armor platforms, air defense infrastructure, and surgical facilities. 

Drones and missiles were launched from the site toward Israel. 

- Threats from Iran continues: Mojtaba Khamenei's advisor: "In the bombing in Beirut, the enemy ignited the negotiation table for the third time."

- The United States plans to use Iranian assets to help rebuild its Gulf allies. “The Treasury Department will use all tools at its disposal to make Iranian assets available to our Gulf allies, to support reconstruction and repair efforts for any future damage caused by Iran."

- Iranian response to the IDF strike in Dahieh - Spokesperson for the National Security Committee of the Iranian Parliament, Rezaei: “We will deliver a decisive and painful response to the Zionist regime's attack on Dahiyeh. These rabid dogs must be disciplined and put back in their place. Look at the sky over the occupied lands tonight.”

- Israeli Air Force strikes Beirut after Hezbollah fires rockets at north. The strikes targeted two apartments in the Hezbollah stronghold of the a Dahiya area. Israeli officials said the military struck Hezbollah headquarters two terrorists killed 11 injured.

- President Donald Trump says that Washington is “very close” to reaching a deal with Iran but is currently seeking additional provisions to ensure Tehran does not obtain a nuclear weapon, in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press.

- Trump to NBC on Mojtaba Khamenei: "He is younger, and I think he is more rational." Trump also said he is willing to talk directly with the new supreme leader of Iran: "I would do it if he wants, but I have not spoken to him directly

- Trump: I will not lift the freeze on Iranian assets or any sanctions before any agreement. If Iran behaves well and does a good job, then we will start talking. We will work with Iran to return and destroy its enriched uranium if we reach a deal to end the war.

- Trump to NBC: If we do not reach an agreement with Iran, we will further weaken the Iranian military until our forces can safely take the uranium. We will keep US forces in the region until we reach a final agreement with Iran. We have completely destroyed the Iranian army, and I believe they only have about 21% or 22% of the missile stock they had before the war.

- One killed, five wounded in central Israel terror shooting spree by Arab Israeli

Two men in serious condition after rampage in communities bordering the West Bank north of Tel Aviv; one terrorist  shot dead, an accomplice arrested

Footage from a deadly terror attack shows a security officer firing at a terrorist in a car attempting to enter the Sal'it settlement, after the gunman carried out a series of attacks on targets in the adjacent Kochav Ya'ir area of central Israel)

An Arab Israeli terrorist opened fire in several locations in a shooting spree in central Israel on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five before he was shot dead by security forces, first responders said. Police later arrested a second man accused of involvement in the attack.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it treated two men in their 30s shot at a gas station near Kochav Ya’ir, one of whom was in serious condition; a 31-year-old man and 61-year-old woman shot in the entrance to Tzur Yitzhak, both of them in moderate condition; and two men shot on the road outside Tzur Natan — a man of about 35 who succumbed to his wounds and a man in his 40s who was in serious condition. TOI

 Weather: 86° Sunshine and some clouds.

Medium pollen count at 7

- Harav Bumim Schreiber shlita is in Lakewood as he came in with the delegation on behalf of Keren Olam Hatorah. He met with the R"Y Rav Malkiel Kotler and will deliver a ahiur tomorrow at BMG at the end of 1st seder 12:45 pm

- Iran just launched missiles toward Israel.

- Rav Dov Landau shlita is in Lakewood today he will meet later with Rabbonim, Roshei chabura and rebbeim in a private  event called "Rischa Deoraysa" similarto jow it'sdone in EY in a Q&A format, at  the Lakewood high school entrance by ticket only. 

- Ruby label shoe sale today at Esther Gerber hall 5th and Madison open until 7pm Shabbos shoes at $40 a pair and lower prices on other shoes

- Updated (this is for Next week Sunday Hachnosas sefer torah lz"n habocher dovid yitzchok handler zt"l Ben rav moshe shlita he was niftar just over a year ago in the car accident with other bochurim right before shavous . Will take place next Sunday Parahas Korach at yeshiva Netiv hatorah (rabbi aron yeshiva) 2040 whitesville rd roms river. Ksiva is at 3:00 and dancing at 5:00)

- Keren Olam Hatorah delegation left EY last night  to begin their fundraiser campaign on behalf of yeshivos in Eretz Yisroel . The goal is ro raise $144 million ro cover $12 million per month. The leadership circle goal is $124 million. Klal yisroel goal $20 million.

Rav Dov Landau left earlier today with a scheduled event later today for Rabbonim in Lakewood for a Q&A Torah discussion 

- Yeshiva Telz cleveland dinner today at Bellworks. Please factor in heavy beach traffic on the GSP today.

- Baby wipes recall at Target.

Target has recalled select Up & Up Fragrance Free and Fresh Cucumber Scented baby wipes due to potential contamination with Burkholderia cepacia complex  bacteria. Consumers should immediately stop using these products and return them to any Target store for a full refund. Product Description:

Up & Up Fragrance Free Baby Wipes – 20, 72, 216, 800, and 1200 count, Up & Up Fresh Cucumber Scented Baby Wipes – 72, 216, and 800 count.  More

- Once again, school schedules are creating challenges for working parents. This year, schools will end a full week before camp begins, leaving parents scrambling to arrange childcare and balance their work and home responsibilities. As for the official start of the new school year, the girls' school has yet to commit to a firm opening date. There is a possibility that classes could begin a week before Rosh Hashanah, making planning even more difficult for families.

- Adirei HaTorah releases the featured production video shown at the recent 5th annual mammad in Philadelphia. You can watch it HERE

Responding to claims that  AI was used for the production video, there's a disclaimer shown prior to the video:

Disclaimer, in accordance with the guidance of daas torah, No generative ai was used to create the content, music, lyrics, script, concepts,

or creative direction of this presentation. to the contrary, it is the product of hundreds of hours of work invested by singers, writers, video producers, graphic designers, and many others. the only use of ai was as a technical production tool during portions of the graphic rendering process, where it assisted the design team in enhancing visual quality and visual effects.

all creative concepts, content, messaging, and artistic direction were conceived, developed, and produced by the production team.

-  Giyus_:_ military police arrested  a bochur today on the tunnel road in Yerushalayim. In addition the courts extended  the detention of 52  protestors by another 4 days, after they demonstrated at the home of a Supreme Court judge. Major hagganos are planned to secure their release.

- For the first time in over a year Shas leader Aryeh Deri and other knesset members visited Military Jail 10 where a sefardi father is holding a protest for his son who is serving a jail sentence for Draft evasion. There's outrage among sefardi bochurim at the leadership  for having a banded them while  some ashkenazi bochurim are released due to pressure_. With_ elections approaching many voters are calling for a change in the knesset for the frum representatives.

- In recent days, leaders of Degel HaTorah, Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch and Chevron R"Y Rabbi Dovid Cohen, were asked whether yeshiva bochurim should join the "צבע שחור" hotline that operates to disrupt the arrests of yeshiva bochurim through protests. Both of their responses were unequivocal: Yes. The phone system alerts people when IDF military police Arabia and area to arrest talmidei yeshiva for Draft dodging.

- Soft opening today for Brick and Basil restaurant in Howell/Lakewood at Grebow shopping center off rt 9.

- A front cover article in The Voicenof Lakewood, “Convenient Care Comes at a Cost” by Dr. Robert Shanik and Dr. Ira Haimowitz, argues that increasing reliance on urgent care centers and convenience-based medical services can lead to substandard pediatric care. They argue that many families are choosing urgent care centers or home-visit services for convenience rather than consulting their child's regular pediatrician. According to the authors, this can result in: Misdiagnoses,Unnecessary testing and treatments, Incomplete medical records, Different providers treating the same child without knowledge of prior history, Missed serious medical conditions.

A  consistent relationship with a primary pediatrician generally leads to safer and more effective care than relying on multiple urgent care or home-visit providers.

- Tens of thousands of New Jersey homes and businesses lost power Saturday evening as severe thunderstorms swept across the state, including Burlington County.

- Clashes between protesters and police continued outside Delaney Hall in Newark last night as police tried to impose stricter rules on what protesters could bring to the site.

Police were seen ordering about 70 protesters to disperse around 10:30 p.m.

- Road crews have paved and restricted the James/Pine streets intersection with Route 9 in Lakewood. Extending the  left turning lanes with new traffic signals.

- A new traffic pattern has been implemented 

 on Central Avenue following recent lane restriping by county crews.Westbound traffic on Central Avenue from Hurley Street now extends further with two lanes continuing before merging into a single lane farther down than in the previous configuration. In the eastbound direction toward Hurley Street, the roadway now transitions from one lane into two lanes after Sunset Avenue, adjusting the flow of traffic through the area.

- Call your assemblyman to vote  No.

NJ assembly Bill 2218 that can criminalize parents rebbeim mentors for speaking to patients who want to transition their gender is now Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee Hearing: Jun 8 @ 11:00 am in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ. The bill already passed in the senate. State senator Bob Singer voted against the bill. it will be voted soon on the assembly.

Terrorist shooting attack in Kochav Yair 1 killed 4 injured. One terrorist neutralized by security forces.

Two IDF soldiers killed in Lebanon in separate incidents. HYD. Shahar Gamla (23) from Golan Z"L Ohad Yaari (21) from Rechovot

Student protest demonstrations today in a large number of cities across the country. The official reason: protest against changes in university exam conditions.

- Exchanges of fire between Iran and the US in the Gulf over the past 24 hours:

4 Iranian drones were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz - and were intercepted by US military forces.

In response, the US military attacked radar sites on the coasts of Iran "to defend against further naval attacks."

In response to that - Iran launched 7 ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain - 6 of them were intercepted and the seventh did not hit its target. According to CENTCOM, no American personnel were injured and the Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain was not damaged.

- Lebanese network reports from its sources that the IDF has launched a ground attack towards Mifdun and towards Kafr Tabnit, aiming to take control of the Ali al-Taher ridge 

- The Lebanese army said an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Shabbos killed a senior commander, another officer and a soldier, as the IDF issued fresh evacuation warnings and Hezbollah continued launching drones toward Israeli troops and communities along the northern border.

- Trump on Friday: ” The situation with Iran seems to be going quite well.”

- Trump on Iran: “This should've been done long ago. This should've been done by other presidents or other countries

Tom Cotton: “Iran has never won a war, but has never lost a negotiation. “

- Iran's Supreme Leader's military advisor, General Mohsen Rezai, in an interview with CNN:

 The talks are at an impasse, and Trump must unlock them by unfreezing Iranian assets.

“$24 billion is not a large amount for the US if it wants to reach an agreement with Iran. This is our money (Iran's), not America's."

 “The cost of diplomacy for America is far lower than the cost of fighting us (Iran)."

 “If the war and siege continue, Iran will expand the conflict to the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the Mediterranean Sea.

A meeting between Trump and the Supreme Leader "will not take place."

Friday, June 5, 2026 / כ׳ סיון תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת בהעלותך

Candle lighting: 8:04 pm

Shkiah/Sunset: 8:22 pm

weather: Shabbos day 93° Generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds.

Motzei shabbos rain possible with Thunder

Pirkei Avos פרק ב

-Shiur on the פרשה ויהי בנסוע and נ הפוכות by Rav Moshe Shapiro zatzal Here 

ויעש כן אהרון אל מול פני המנורה העלה נרותיה כאשר ציוה ה' את משה". אומר על זה רש"י "להגיד שבחו של אהרון שלא שינה". שואל על זה רבי מאיר מפרימישלאן: מה כל כך מדהים בזה שאהרון שלא שינה? וכי מישהו ציפה שאהרון

יקבל הוראות לעשות בצורה מסוימת ויעשה את ההדלקה אחרת? הלא ברור שאהרון הצדיק יעשה כמו שה' ציווה! אלא,

שגם לאחר שקיבל אהרון את הכבוד ונכנס לתוך המשכן לעשות את עבודת ה', הוא עדיין המשיך להיות אותו אהרון שהיה קרוב לציבור,שהיה איכפתי לצרכי העם ושהקדיש את זמנו לעשיית שלום ועשיית טוב, בלי לתפוס מעצמו. להגיד שבחו של אהרון שלא שינה את

 Friday, June 5, 2026 / כ׳ סיון תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת בהעלותך

Candle lighting: 8:04 pm

Shkiah/Sunset: 8:22 pm

weather 90° A good deal of sunshine. Hot. 

Shabbos day 93° Generally sunny despite a few afternoon clouds.

Motzei shabbos rain possible with Thunder

Air quality alerts have been expanded to cover 16 counties in New Jersey because of high concentrations of ground-level ozone pollution Friday as temperatures rise into the low 90s.

- Several hafgamos took place with public kabolas shabbos minyanim in Yerushalayim Bnei Brak and Bet Shemesh in front of police stations as 60 remain locked in jail over shabbos.

- Tom Homan says President Trump is prepared to send the national guard to Newark NJ ICE facility after the Democrat mayor said he's withdrawing  NJ state police.

- Vizhnitz Monsey rebbe will be spending shabbos in Lakewood please note change of location the tefilos and tish will take place at Rachmastrivka Bais Medrash on 610 ECounty Line Rd not in bais Faiga, Friday night tish 11:15 pm. Mincha and Shaleshudis 7:52 pm 

- Admor Kosson Lakewood Oak and Vine will be spending Shabbos in Bnei Brak Shikun Vizhnintz for shabbos sheva brachos of a grandchild 

- Update While shloimys Kosher world is closing uit seems this is only temporarily as they will reopen after some construction with a new concept and shopping experience more detail TBA per Feder status  

- A new traffic pattern has been implemented on Central Avenue following recent lane restriping by county crews.Westbound traffic on Central Avenue from Hurley Street now extends further with two lanes continuing before merging into a single lane farther down than in the previous configuration. In the eastbound direction toward Hurley Street, the roadway now transitions from one lane into two lanes after Sunset Avenue, adjusting the flow of traffic through the area.

- Giyus:  Avreichim and bochurim will be spending this shabbos in prison. There are currently 26 bochurim serving sentences for Draft evasion. 

52 protesters will remain arrested following the demonstrations at the home of Supreme Court judge this week.

- Trump: With a great Jobs Report, like just announced, stocks should go up, not down. That’s the way it was for 200 years. Growth does not mean inflation! How else can a Country attain GREATNESS??? President DJT

- Keren Olam HaTorah delegation will be leaving EY this Motzei shabbos. A city wide Kabolas Panim will take place in Lakewood this coming Thursday at Clifton and 10th street

- Brick and Basil Italian Cuisine will have a soft opening this coming Sunday at the former Ottimo location in Howell/Lakewood border

- NJ assembly Bill 2218 that can criminalize parents rebbeim mentors for speaking to patients who want to transition their gender is now Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee

Hearing: Jun 8 @ 11:00 am in Committee Room 11, 4th Floor, State House Annex, Trenton, NJ. The bill already passed in the senate. State senator Bob Singer voted against the bill. it will be voted soon on the assembly 

- The former Sheraton Meadowlands hotel, recently rebranded as the World of Blue Hotel in East Rutherford near MetLife Stadium, hosted a Sheva Brachos celebration last night The property was recently acquired by frum investors and transformed into the new World of Blue, with plans to make it a premier destination for frum weddings, Sheva Brachos, and other simchos. The hotel features more than 35,000 square feet of event space and is located just across from MetLife Stadium

- President Trump will spend the weekend at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he is scheduled to arrive Friday evening and stay until Monday afternoon, from where he will head to the New York Knicks game in Madison Square Garden.FAA local restrictions will remain in effect for the duration of his stay.

- NYC Mayor Mamdani said he will also attend the NIcks game but will not be sitting next top Trump. Several Jewish knick fans on the upper east side have launched a campaign to keep shabbos this week so the Ny Nicks should win as they are playing Friday night.

- During a visit to the home of Rav Moshe Sternbuch, the head of OU kashrus Rabbi Moshe Elephant and the head of the Israel division Rabbi Yissachar Krakowski came to meet him. He praised the OU, saying: “They send mashgichim all over the world in intense, diligent work in order to reach the highest standards of mehadrin kashrus and he gave them a bracha with Hatzolacha and Siyata Dishmaya 

- Dept of Homeland Security: "CLEANING UP JERSEY: Yesterday in New Jersey, ICE arrested several illegal aliens during a targeted operation, including a child predator and an illegal alien wanted in his home country for aggravated robbery. Sanctuary politicians should be thanking the brave men and women of ICE and cooperating with them to get CRIMINALS like these out of their communities:"

- A California appeals court has temporarily allowed Kars4Kids to keep airing its ads and jingle while it appeals a lower court ruling that had blocked them. The organization said it welcomes the decision and continues to dispute the lower court’s findings, arguing they misrepresented its work funding youth programs through its sister group Oorah.

- Mayor Zohran Mamdani came under fire Thursday for failing to denounce the disgusting antisemitic attack of a Big Apple nurse on the subway  which came as the city saw a shocking 70% spike in anti-Jewish crimes. (NYP) 

ADL: We are appalled that a young, visibly Jewish woman was hospitalized with a concussion after a reported vicious antisemitic attack on a crowded NYC subway. The attacker allegedly screamed the blood libel that “Jews eat children,” grabbed her by the throat, threw her to the ground, and ripped out her hair. No one should have to fear for their safety because of their identity, and we hope more people will step up to protect their fellow New Yorkers. We commend the NYPD and its Hate Crimes Task Force for swiftly making an arrest. The message from Mayor Mamdani and all NY elected leaders must be clear: antisemitism will be met with condemnation and consequences.

- The U.S. dollar rebounded against the Israeli shekel after several weeks of declines, rising to a Bank of Israel exchange rate of 2.8950 shekels per dollar (up about 0.8%).

The move is being linked to market expectations that the Bank of Israel could speed up interest-rate cuts if inflation continues to ease. The euro also strengthened against the shekel. Despite the short-term gains, analysts are cautioning that currency volatility may continue depending on future monetary policy signals.

Ahead of the visit to The US on behalf of Keren olam HaTorah.Rav Dovid Cohen R"Y of Chevron hivesa Birchas Kohen to Rav Dov Lando.

The Twentieth of Sivan History of כ' סיון
By Rabbi Kaganoff
Question:

“I noticed that the back of my siddur contains a large section devoted to selichos for the 20th of Sivan, yet I have never davened in a shul that observed this day. What does this date commemorate?”

Answer:

The Twentieth of Sivan was established in Ashkenazi communities as a day of fasting and teshuvah to remember two major tragedies of Jewish history. First, let us discuss the halachic basis for the observance of commemorative fasts.

Biblical Source

When the two sons of Aharon, Nadav and Avihu, died, the Torah says, “And Moshe said to Aharon and to Elazar and Isamar, his sons, ‘You shall not allow your heads to remain unshorn, nor shall you rend your clothes — so you shall not die and cause that He become angry with the entire community. Rather, your brethren, the household of Israel, will weep for the inferno that Hashem ignited’” (Vayikra 10:6). From this description, we see that the entire Jewish community bears the responsibility to mourn the loss of great tzadikim.

Communal Teshuvah Observances

The Rambam (Hilchos Taanis 1:1-3) explains: “It is a positive mitzvah of the Torah to cry out and to blow the trumpets whenever any danger afflicts a Jewish community, as the Torah says, ‘When someone creates troubles for you, you shall blow the trumpets (Bamidbar 10:9).’ On any matter that afflicts you, such as food shortages, plague, locusts, or anything similar, you should cry out in prayer and blow the trumpets. This is part of the procedure of doing teshuvah, for when difficulties occur and people come to pray, they realize that these happenings befell them because of their misdeeds, and doing teshuvah will remove the troubles.

“However, if they do not pray, but instead attribute the difficulties to normal worldly cycles — this is a cruel approach to life that causes people to maintain their evil ways.”

In a future essay, I hope to discuss why we no longer blow trumpets on fast days.

The Creation of Fast Days

To continue our quotation of the Rambam, “Furthermore, the Sages required a fast on every menace that afflicts the community until Heaven has mercy” (Rambam, Hilchos Taanis 1:4). “There are days on which calamities occurred that all Israel fasts in order to arouse people to teshuvah” (Rambam, Hilchos Taanis 5:1). The Rambam then proceeds to mention the fasts that are part of our regular calendar year: Tzom Gedalyah, Asarah beTeiveis, Shiva Asar BeTamuz, Tisha B’Av and Taanis Esther.

The History of the 20th of Sivan

This date is associated with two major tragedies that befell European Jewry. The earlier catastrophe, which occurred in the 12th Century, was recorded in a contemporary chronicle entitled Emek Habacha, and also in a selicha entitled Emunei Shelumei Yisrael, from which I have drawn most of the information regarding this tragic event.

One night in the city of Blois, which is in central France, a Jew watering his horse happened upon a murder scene in which a gentile adult had drowned a gentile child. The murderer, not wanting to be executed for his crime, fled to the local ruler, telling him that he had just caught a Jew murdering a child!

The tyrant arrested 31 Jewish leaders, men and women, including some of the baalei Tosafos who were disciples of the Rashbam, Rashi’s grandson. The tyrant accused his prisoners, several of whom are mentioned by name in Emunei Shelumei Yisroel, of killing the gentile child to obtain blood for producing matzah.

After locking his captives in a tower, the despot insisted that they be baptized, whereby he would forgive them, telling them that he would execute them in a painful way should they refuse baptism. None of them considered turning traitor to Hashem’s Torah. On the 20th of Sivan, 4931 (1171), they were tied up and placed on a pyre to be burned alive. At the fateful moment, the Jews sang aleinu in unison: Aleinu leshabayach la’adon hakol, “It is incumbent upon us to praise the Lord of all.”

The fires did not consume them! The undeterred tyrant commanded his troops to beat them to death and then burn their bodies. However, the fires were still unable to consume their bodies, which remained intact!

Banishment from France

This libel was a major factor in the banishing of the Jews from France that occurred ten years later. (Although the King of France declared that they must be exiled from the country, he did not, in fact, have sufficient control to force them out completely. This transpired only a century later.)

As a commemoration for the sacrifice of these great Jews and as a day of teshuvah, Rabbeinu Tam and the other gedolei Baalei Tosafos of France declared the 20th of Sivan a fast day. Special selichos and piyutim were composed to memorialize the incident, and a seder selichos was compiled that included selichos written by earlier paytanim, most notably Rav Shlomoh (ben Yehudah) Habavli, Rabbeinu Gershom, and Rabbi Meir ben Rabbi Yitzchak, the author of the Akdamus poem that we recite on Shevuos. Each of these gedolim lived in Europe well before the time of Rashi. Since most people know little about the earliest of this trio, Rav Shlomoh Habavli, I will devote a paragraph to what is known about this talmid chacham who lived in Europe at the time of the Geonim.

Rav Shlomoh Habavli, who lived around the year 4750 (about 990), was descended from a family that originated in Bavel, today Iraq (hence he is called Habavli after his ancestral homeland, similar to the way people have the family name Ashkenazi or Pollack, although they themselves were born in Brooklyn). He lived in Italy, probably in Rome, and authored piyutim for the Yomim Tovim, particularly for Yom Kippur and Shevuos, and many selichos, about twenty of which have survived to this day. The rishonim refer to him and his writings with great veneration, and the Rosh (Yoma 8:19) quotes reverently from the piyut for the seder avodah in musaf of Yom Kippur written by “Rabbeinu Shlomoh Habavli.” The Maharshal says that Rabbeinu Gershom, the teacher of Rashi’s rabbei’im and the rebbe of all Ashkenazic Jewry, learned Torah and received his mesorah on Torah and Yiddishkeit from Rav Shlomoh Habavli (Shu’t Maharshal #29). Rav Shlomoh Habavli’s works are sometimes confused with a more famous Spanish talmid chacham and poet who was also “Shlomoh ben Yehudah,” Rav Shlomoh ibn Gabirol, who lived shortly after Rav Shlomoh Habavli.

Instituting the Fast

When Rabbeinu Tam instituted the fast of the 20th of Sivan, the selichos recited on that day included one that was written specifically to commemorate the tragedy of Blois. The selicha that begins with the words Emunei Shelomei Yisroel actually mentions the date of the 20th of Sivan 4931 in the selicha and describes the tragedy.

The Crusades

Since this tragedy took place during the general period of the Crusades, the 20th of Sivan was often viewed as the mourning day for the murders and other excesses that happened during that era, since each of the early Crusades resulted in the horrible destruction of hundreds of communities in central and western Europe and the killing of thousands of Jews. In actuality, the blood libel of Blois occurred between the Second Crusade, which occurred in 4907-9/1147-1149 and the Third Crusade, which was forty years later, in 4949/1189.

Gezeiros Tach veTat

The fast of the 20th of Sivan also memorializes an additional Jewish calamity. Almost five hundred years later, most of the Jewish communities of eastern Europe suffered the horrible massacres that are referred to as the Gezeiros Tach veTat, which refer to the years of 5408 (Tach) and 5409 (Tat), corresponding to the secular years 1648 and 1649. Although this title implies that these excesses lasted for a period of at most two years, the calamities of this period actually raged on sporadically for the next twelve years.

First, the historical background: Bogdan Chmielnitzky was a charismatic, capable, and nefariously anti-Semitic Cossack leader in the Ukraine, which at the time was part of the Kingdom of Poland. Chmielnitzky led a rebellion of the Ukrainian population against their Polish overlords. Aside from nationalistic and economic reasons for the Ukrainians revolting against Polish rule, there were also religious reasons, since the Ukrainians were Greek Orthodox whereas the Poles were Roman Catholic. Chmielnitzky led the Ukrainians through a succession of alliances, first by creating an alliance with the Crimean Tatars against the Polish King. The Cossacks’ stated goal was to wipe out the Polish aristocracy and the Jews.

When the Tatars turned against Chmielnitzky, he allied himself with the Swedes, and eventually with the Czar of Russia, which enabled the Ukrainians to revolt successfully against Polish rule.

The Cossack hordes swarmed throughout Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania in the course of a series of wars, wreaking havoc in their path and putting entire Jewish communities to the sword. Hundreds of Jewish communities in Poland and Ukraine were destroyed by the massacres. The Cossacks murdered unknown thousands of Jews, including instances in which they buried people alive, cut them to pieces, and perpetrated far more horrible cruelties. In sheer cruelty, many of their heinous deeds surpassed even those performed later by the Nazis.

These events were chronicled in several Torah works, including the Shach’s Megillas Eifa, and Rav Nosson Nota Hanover’s Yevein Metzulah. The title, Yevein Metzulah, is a play on words. These are words quoted from Tehillim 69:3, where the passage reads, tavati biyevein metzulah, “I am drowning in the mire of the depths,” which certainly conveys the emotion of living in such a turbulent era. In addition, the author was using these words to refer to Yavan, Greece, referring to the Greek Orthodox religion of the Cossack murderers.

Chmielnitzky, the National Hero

By the way, although Chmielnitzky was a bloodthirsty murderer and as nefarious an anti-Semite as Adolf Hitler, to this day he is a national hero in the Ukraine, held with respect similar to that accorded George Washington in the United States. The Ukrainians revere him as the Father of Ukrainian nationalist aspirations, notwithstanding the fact that he was a mass murderer.

The cataclysmic effect on Jewish life caused by the gezeiros tach vetat was completely unparalleled in Jewish history. Before the Cossacks, Poland and its neighboring areas had become the citadel of Ashkenazic Jewish life. As a result of the Cossack excesses, not only were the Jewish communities destroyed, with the Jews fleeing en mass from place to place, but virtually all the gedolei Yisrael were on the run during this horrifying era of Jewish history. Such great Torah leaders as the Shach, the Taz, the Tosafos Yom Tov, the Kikayon Deyonah, the Magen Avraham, the Nachalas Shivah, and the Be’er Hagolah were all in almost constant flight to avoid the Cossack hordes.

Among the many gedolei Yisrael who were murdered during these excesses were two sons of the Taz, the father of the Magen Avraham, Rav Yechiel Michel of Nemirov and Rav Shimshon MeiOstropolia.

Rav Shimshon MeiOstropolia

Rav Shimshon MeiOstropolia was a great talmid chacham, mekubal and writer of many seforim, whose Torah ideas are quoted by such respected thinkers as the Ramchal and the Bnei Yisasschar. It was said that he was so holy that he was regularly visited by an angel, a magid, who would study the deep ideas of kabbalah with him. (Whether one accepts this as having actually happened or not, it is definitely indicative of the level of holiness that his contemporaries attributed to him.)

Rav Nosson Nota Hanover writes in Yevein Metzulah that, during the bleak days of the Cossack uprising, the magid who studied with Rav Shimshon forewarned him of the impending disaster that was to befall klal Yisrael. When the Cossacks laid siege to the city, Rav Shimshon went with 300 chachamim, all of them dressed in tachrichim, burial shrouds, and their taleisim to the nearby shul to pray that Hashem save the Jewish people. While they were in the midst of their prayers, the Cossacks entered the city and slaughtered them all.

Rules of the Vaad Arba Ha’aratzos

After this tragic period passed and the Jewish communities began the tremendous work of rebuilding, the Vaad Arba Ha’aratzos, which at the time was the halachic and legislative body of all Polish and Lithuanian Jewry, banned certain types of entertainment. Strict limits were set on the types of entertainment allowed at weddings, similar to the takanos that the Gemara reports were established after the churban of the Beis Hamikdash. Selichos were composed by the Tosafos Yom Tov, the Shach, and other gedolim to commemorate the tragedies.

The Vaad Arba Ha’aratzos further declared that the 20th of Sivan should be established forever as a fast day (Shaarei Teshuvah, 580:9). The fast was declared binding on all males over the age of 18 and females over the age of 15. (I have not seen any explanation for the disparity in age.)

Why the 20th of Sivan?

Why was this date chosen to commemorate the atrocities of the era? On the 20th of Sivan, the Jewish community of Nemirov, Ukraine, which was populated by many thousands of Jews, was destroyed by the Cossacks. The rav of the city, Rav Yechiel Michel, passionately implored the people to keep their faith and die Al Kiddush Hashem.  The Shach reports that, for three days, the Cossacks rampaged through the town, murdering thousands of Jews, including Rav Yechiel Michel.  The shul was destroyed and all the Sifrei Torah were torn to pieces and trampled. Their parchment was used for shoes and clothing.

Merely five years before, the community of Nemirov had been proud to have as its rav the gadol hador of the time, the Tosafos Yom Tov, who had previously served as rav of Nikolsburg, Vienna and Prague. At the time of the Gezeiros Tach veTat, the Tosafos Yom Tov was the rav and rosh yeshivah of Cracow, having succeeded the Bach as rav and the Meginei Shlomoh as rosh yeshivah after they passed away.

An Additional Reason

The Shaarei Teshuvah 580:9 quotes the Shach as citing an additional reason why the Vaad Arba Ha’aratzos established the day of commemoration for the gezeiros Tach veTat on the 20th of Sivan: this date never falls on Shabbos and therefore would be observed every year.

The Selichos

The style of the selichos prayers recited on the 20th of Sivan resembles that of the selichos recited by Eastern European Jewry for the fasts of Tzom Gedalyah, Asarah beTeiveis, Shiva Asar BeTamuz (these three fasts are actually all mentioned in Tanach), Taanis Esther and Behab (the three days of selichos and fasting observed on Mondays and Thursdays during the months of Marcheshvan and Iyar). The selichos begin with the recital of selach lanu avinu, and the prayer Keil erech apayim leads into the first time that the thirteen midos of Hashem are recited. This sequence is the standard structure of our selichos.

However, the selichos for the 20th of Sivan are actually lengthier than those of the other fast days. Whereas on the other fast days (including behab) there are four selichos, each followed by a recitation of the thirteen midos of Hashem, the selichos for the 20th of Sivan consist of seven passages and seven recitations of the thirteen midos of Hashem, which is comparable to what we do at neilah on Yom Kippur. Thus, in some aspects, the 20th of Sivan was treated with more reverence than were the fast days that are mentioned in Tanach!

In addition, one of the selichos recited on the 20th of Sivan is of the style called akeidah, recalling the akeidah of Yitzchak. The inclusion of the akeidah is significant, since these selichos were included to commemorate the martyrdom of Jews who sacrificed their lives rather than agreeing to be baptized. To the best of my knowledge, these selichos are recited only on the 20th of Sivan, during the Aseres Yemei Teshuvah and on Erev Rosh Hashanah.

The liturgy for the recreated 20th of Sivan used the original selichos procedure, created to commemorate the martyrs of Blois almost five hundred years previously (Siddur Otzar Ha’tefillos, Volume II, Section II, page 65).

The Prayers for 20th of Sivan

During the repetition of shemoneh esrei at both shacharis and mincha, the aneinu prayer was recited, as is the practice on any public fast day. For Shacharis, selichos were recited, Avinu Malkeinu and tachanun were said, and then a sefer Torah was taken out and the passage of Vayechal Moshe that we read on fast days was read (Shaarei Teshuvah, 580:9).

At mincha, a sefer Torah was taken out and Vayechal Moshe was read again. Each individual who was fasting recited aneinu in his quiet shemoneh esrei.

Bris on the 20th of Sivan

The halachic authorities discuss how to celebrate a bris that falls on the 20th of Sivan. The Magen Avraham (568:10) concludes that the seudah should be held at night, after the fast is over, so that it does not conflict with the fast. Thus, we see how seriously this fast was viewed.

Why don’t we observe this?

“It is customary in the entire Kingdom of Poland to fast on the 20th of Sivan.” These are the words of the Magen Avraham (580:9). I do not know when the custom to observe this fast ended, but the Mishnah Berurah quotes it as common practice in Poland in his day (580:16). Perhaps, it was assumed that the custom was required only as long as there were communities in Poland, but that their descendants, who moved elsewhere, were not required to observe it. Most contemporary siddurim do not include the selichos for the 20th of Sivan, which implies that it is already some time since it was observed by most communities.

Notwithstanding this, I have been told that in some communities that no longer observe the 20th of Sivan as a day of selichos and fasting, still have a custom not to schedule weddings on this day. Personally, I would advise people to avoid scheduling the wedding this day, but to instead make the chuppah either before sunset on the 19th, or to wait until after dark, thus pushing off the chupah to the 21st of the month.

Conclusion

We now understand both the halachic basis for why and how we commemorate such sad events in Jewish history, and why we no longer observe the 20th day of Sivan. May Hakadosh Baruch Hu save us and all of klal Yisrael from all  further difficulties!

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- A Kabolas Panim will take place this evening to greet the Vizhnitz Monsey rebbe as he comes to spend shabbos in Lakewood. It will take place at the Bais Medrash Toldos MOrdechai Vizhnitz 1501 Clifton Avenue following Maariv at 10:00 pm

Road closures

Thursday 6/4 – Various side street closures off Route 9, from Pine Street to Central

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 Weather: 88° A good deal of sunshine. Very warm

Allergies pollen count today: 8.1 medium-high Top Allergens Oak Mulberry Hickory

- 25% off all store at Ahloimys Kosher  world as store closes up. Per Feder status unconfirmed rumors a discount store meitiv by take over the location 

- The White House Director of Jewish Engagement, Martin J. Marks, visited Kiryas Joel and New Square, where he met with the Satmar Rebbe and the Skverer Rebbe, and attended a family wedding. The visits included greetings from President Donald Trump and discussions with community leaders aimed at strengthening ties between the administration and these communities.

- A preliminary NTSB report says a United Airlines flight landing at Newark Liberty Airport on May 3 encountered a strong wind gust before touching down. The first officer warned the pilot they were “slow and a little low” moments before the aircraft struck a light pole and a tractor trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike.

-  NJ Assembly Republicans criticized Gov. Mikie Sherrill for increasing funding for deportation defense lawyers while saying there is not enough action to reduce high utility costs, questioning the state’s affordability priorities.

- Trump: A very big THANK YOU to the National Capital Planning Commission on the 8-1 approval of the Great Triumphal Arch to be built at the base of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, which has been waiting for this structure for over 200 years. When completed, it will be, without question, the Greatest Arch of them all! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Air quality alerts have been issued for 12 counties in New Jersey including Monmouth and Ocean county because of high levels of ground-level ozone pollution expected on Friday as temperatures turn steamy.

The alerts will be active from 11 a.m. through 11 p.m. Friday 

- Tax Dollars: NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill announced that New Jersey is adding $12 million more to expand legal aid for illegals  facing detention or deportation, bringing the total to $20.2 million. The state is also creating a rapid-response program to provide emergency immigration legal help and support immigrant families.

- Keren Olam HaTorah Delegation Coming to Lakewood. A Kabolas Ponim for the Gedolei Eretz Yisroel representing Keren Olam HaTorah is scheduled to twke place next Thursday in front of  BMG Bais Aharon and Bais Sholom Botei Medrash  at 9th Street and Clifton Avenue in Lakewood the same location where a similar gathering was held two years ago. According to reports. 

Organizers are calling it the largest delegation of Gedolei Yisroel ever to travel to the United States on behalf of Keren Olam HaTorah. As part of the campaign, the public is being encouraged to contribute financially. The cost of supporting one month of an avreich’s learning is $276, which works out to just $23 per month when spread over the course of a year.

- Applications tro be heard at the zoning Board meeting this Monday 

SK Prospect Cross Lakewood, LLC – Prospect Street – Seeking a use variance and major subdivision approval to construct 8 duplexes (16 units).

Rabin & Company, LLC – Nassau Street, Amsterdam Avenue, Columbus Avenue, and Nostrand Avenue – Seeking a use variance to construct single-family homes and duplexes.

Chestnut Equity, LLC – Route 70 between Evergreen Boulevard and Woodcrest Avenue – Seeking modifications related to a previously approved 4-story apartment building.

560 Cross Street, LLC – 560 Cross Street – Seeking approval for a 71-lot subdivision with 66 duplex residential lots, a retail/office lot, and a house of worship lot.

- Giyus: Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita said the following today: "We are truly at war, and sacrifices must be made for the war. I am not speaking about the war with Iran, but about the battle against those among us who are fighting against us. We have no way out of this situation except through special siyata d'shmaya. The bochurim need to have the situation explained to them."

Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch: 'They wanted this law to result in 50% of the charedim going to the army, but that wouldn't have happened anyway.'"

- The US state department has issued a travel warning to US citizens traveling to Israel

- New York Democrats voted to update official forms, replacing “mother” and “father” with gender-neutral terms like “gestating parent” and “non-gestating parent” in certain legal and administrative contexts. Officials say the change is meant to modernize language and improve inclusivity in legal and medical documents, and it applies only to government forms, not everyday usage. It now awaits Governor Hochul’s signature. The move has drawn criticism from opponents who say it unnecessarily replaces traditional family terms and reflects misplaced priorities.

- LPD Traffic Alert: A water main break has shut MLK Drive northbound at Center Street as crews work to make repairs. Southbound remains open. Expect closures until noon.

- A Kabolas Panim will take place this evening to greet the Vizhnitz Monsey rebbe as he comes to spend shabbos in Lakewood. It will take place at the Bais Medrash Toldos MOrdechai Vizhnitz 1501 Clifton Avenue following Maariv at 10:00 pm

- Tuition: With the school year ending in less than three weeks, many Lakewood area schools are reaching out to parents to settle outstanding tuition balances, which are reportedly at record levels. This comes as families continue to struggle with rising day-to-day living costs alongside steadily increasing tuition over recent years. meanwhile Gov Mikie Sherrill has yet decide if NJ will opt into president Trump's Tuition Tax credit of $1700 per family

- American dream performing arts event center and theater opening next week

- Nichum Avelim: Harav Eliyahu Levin Shlita is sitting Shiva for his sister Mrs. Elisheva Tropp A"H daughter of Rav Moshe Levin ZTL chief Rabbi of Netanya wife of Rav Moshe Mordechai Z"L and a granddaughter, of Rav Naftoli Tropp ZTL Shiva at his home 1495 14th St Corner Hope Chapel, Lakewood. Mincha (1:30pm) Maariv 9:10 pm shachris 8:30 am

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- Giyus: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Kalman Ber condemned violent demonstrations after reports that ultra-Orthodox protestors damaged property and tried to break into the home of High Court Deputy President Noam Sohlberg in Alon Shvut. He stressed that even in disputes over sacred issues, there is no permission to harm others or their property, and that disagreements must be conducted with restraint and without chilul Hashem

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- Road crews in Lakewood have been paving and stripping the new traffic pattern along Rt 9 by the Lake.

 New traffic signal has gone up along Ave of the states intersection with a e of the Americas.

Another traffic signal going up at the entrance of Westgate Hillside blvd and New Central Ave

- John Bolton is set to plead guilty over his mishandling of classified documents.

The former Trump national security adviser will plead guilty to retaining classified information after his home and office were raided last year on August 22.

- Amid a renewed campaign surrounding an old rabbinic controversy over claims questioning the kashrus of standard commercial poultry and the “Braakel chicken,” the issue has resurfaced. Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita reaffirmed his previous psak, stating that there is no change and that regular supermarket poultry remains fully permitted.

- A new YouGov/The Economist poll shows President Trump with a net approval rating of -25 after 500 days in office, his lowest ever in the survey. In New Jersey, his approval is even lower at -30. The poll also found widespread disapproval of his handling of the Iran conflict, with nearly two-thirds of Americans opposing his approach.

- Trump: There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY??? President DJT

-Sale extended at Six Flags Great Adventure: save up to 50% on tickets, passes, and more. Offer now runs through 6/7.

- Amid a renewed campaign on a old rabbinic controversy over claims questioning the kashrus of standard commercial Braakel chicken has resurfaced. Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita reaffirmed his previous psak: there is no change, and regular supermarket poultry remains fully permitted

- Trump: oxNews should get rid of sloppy RINO Karl Rove. He’s called ME and MAGA wrong for 11 years now, and he still doesn’t get it, and he never will, because he suffers from a completely inoperable, and totally dysfunctional, case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Put Karl Rove out to pasture, NOW. He is a LOSER, and he always will be! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT

- Trump, in response to a question about a ground operation in Iran to extract uranium: I don't want to be Jimmy Carter (who failed in the hostage operation). You need to be there for two weeks. We considered it. This is not Venezuela. Be there for a week or two. It requires an infrastructure operation. They still have missiles they could aim. We have cameras on the site; a camera covers every inch

- The US state department has issued a travel warning to US citizens traveling to Israel.

Due to high tensions in the region, the security environment remains complex and can change quickly.  We remind U.S. citizens in the Middle East of the continued need for caution and encourage them to monitor the news for breaking developments.  The State Department Travel Advisories for Bahrain, Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates remain at Level 3 – Reconsider Travel. Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and Yemen remain at Level 4 – Do Not Travel. Potential for Hostilities: U.S. citizens should know the location of the nearest shelter in the event of hostilities.

- A IDF soldier was killed in a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile attack in southern Lebanon earlier today, Eitan Shmuel Lemberg, Hyd, 21, from Mishmar HaShiva

- Hezbollah Secretary-General rejects the ceasefire agreement: "We have not committed to anyone not to resist aggression or not to respond to it. As long as the aggression continues, we will deal with it and respond where and when we decide and can. As long as our villages are not safe, are being shelled and destroyed, and as long as our people are being killed, the cities (in Israel) will not be safe either."

- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting the northern town of Shlomi some 30 minutes before drone warning sirens sounded in the community, the Prime Minister’s Office confirms to The Times of Israel.The premier was unharmed and has since left the area, the PMO says

- Sirens warning of a suspected drone attack from Lebanon sound in several communities in the Western Galilee.The IDF says the details are under review.

- President Donald Trump says a symbolic House vote approving a war powers resolution that would halt the US military action against Iran was “meaningless.”

- The President of Lebanon: “Lebanon ceasefire expected to begin within 24 hours of final agreement. Yesterday's negotiations were very difficult and resumed after the intervention of Secretary of State Rubio. We are waiting for responses from relevant parties, guarantees for implementation and execution of the ceasefire.”

- Commander of the Quds Force in the Revolutionary Guards, Ismail Qaani: "Supporting the resistance in Lebanon (Hezbollah) is the duty of us all. Fulfilling the demands of the resistance means returning Israel to the point it was at before the war began. The Lebanese resistance fighters will soon see the results of their struggle"

- Trump was asked by the Financial Times if Iran actually agreed to let the US come and remove the enriched uranium, as he claimed: "Well, it depends on what day you're talking about, they did agree. It's one of the things we're talking about. They attribute too much importance to it; I am the one who exaggerated its importance. It is important. For others, it is not important. We will enter at some point in the near future to remove Iran's high-level enriched uranium from the ruins." Trump reiterated his claim that the US would do this in coordination with the Iranian regime

- Allowed for publication: Within the framework of the ambitious plan to overthrow the theocratic regime in Iran, the Mossad provided weapons and ammunition to the Kurds, which were taken from Hamas and Hezbollah.

Chasunas: 

Kohn - Frankel Lake Terrace 

Gornish - Gershbaum Bais Faiga

Epstein - Lurie Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Koplowitz - Tucker Ateres Blima

Lefkowitz - Hochberg Ateres Reva 

Hautman - Kaufman Neemas Hachaim

Friedman - Lerner Fountain Ballroom 

Braun - Heller Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Sinsky - Cardash Ateres Esther 

Heavy chasuna traffic on Oak st

LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/3 NJDOT Contractor advises they are repaving Carnetta @ Central (Approx 200 LF) and 2 No Outlet Streets off of Route 9 Manetta Place and Edgewood Ct starting 10PM.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St

 weather: 83° Sunny. High temps in the mid 90's this weekend 

- Today 18 Sivan is the 11th Yartzeit of Habachur Chaim Rosenberg Z"L (Kenny) He was niftar 1p years ago at the age of 36 while learning in BMG please learn l’illui nishmas Chaim Yitzchok ben Yaakov z”l. He is buried at Cedar Park cemetery in Paramus, NJ.

- Sefer Torah campaign for Reb Shimon Frank Ztl Youngerman featured at Adirei Hatorah Nifter without kids. Donate HERE 

- Today 18th of Sivan, marks the 90th yahrtzeit of the Mir Mashgiach Rav Yerucham HaLevi Levovitz zt”l.

-  LPD Traffic Alert: Tonight 6/3 NJDOT Contractor advises they are repaving Carnetta @ Central (Approx 200 LF) and 2 No Outlet Streets off of Route 9 Manetta Place and Edgewood Ct starting 10PM.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St.

- Trump on Mamdani: I would be better than him if I wanted to go with that route. Ladies and gentlemen, you will no longer pay rent. You no longer have to pay interest on your mortgage, and no longer gonna have to pay for food. I'm gonna give you free food

- The Lakewood Police Department reminds residents to stay informed about New Jersey's updated bicycle and e-bike laws.New requirements for e-bike riders include licensing, registration, insurance requirements, age restrictions, and mandatory helmet use. These changes are designed to improve safety for riders and everyone sharing our roadways.

Motorists are also reminded that New Jersey's Safe Passing Law requires drivers to move over when possible and provide at least 4 feet of clearance when passing bicyclists and other vulnerable road users. If 4 feet cannot be provided, drivers must slow down and be prepared to stop until it is safe to pass.For complete details visit MVC website:

https://www.nj.gov/mvc/vehicletopics/ebike.htm

- Trump: Excitingly, the final coat of protection will be completed on the Reflecting Pool that sits between The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial, at 4 P.M., today. The water will start flowing, shortly thereafter. The walking paths outside of the Pool will, likewise, be cleaned, sandblasted, and finished soon. This will be the first time since the day it was built, 1922, that it has worked, and worked wonderfully, indeed! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Trump: Communists always do well with the Voters or, as they would say, THE PEOPLE, in the Early Years! But, in the end, the Country, State, or City, GOES TO ...! Great Violence proceeds at levels never seen before, and the entity dissolves into Poverty, Squalor, and Crime. Remember, breathtaking “Popularity” first, and then, guaranteed DEATH AND DESTRUCTION! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin says the proposed $4,000 cap on Stay NJ property tax relief for seniors is too low.The program, included in Governor Mikie Sherrill's proposed FY2027 budget, aims to help seniors stay in their homes by reducing property taxes. Coughlin indicated lawmakers may push for a higher benefit before the budget is finalized.

-Giyus Update: Protesters from Beit Shemesh vandalized the home of Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg, and police later detained a bus carrying demonstrators.

Bnei Torah faction leaders said they were not involved. Shas and Degel HaTorah condemned the vandalism, stating that violence is contrary to the Torah, while also criticizing what they called the ongoing persecution of yeshiva students and Torah scholars

- Rachmastrivka rebbe shlita of Lakewood is sitting shiva today at home for his mother. The rebbbe will travel to Brooklyn tonight for a wedding and will sit the rest of shiva in Boro Park.

- Trump: Vice President JD Vance and Republicans are doing a great job hunting down Fraud in the various States. Billions of Dollars is being found, and we’ve just started! If we found it all, we would literally be able to balance the Budget, and simultaneously reduce Taxes, cutting them even more than I have already done, which is a RECORD! Amazingly, Dumocrats are fighting us all the way. This is something that I am surprised at, because I thought this would be a Bipartisan effort. It’s looking like they’re in on the act. The Dumocrats don’t want us to find Hundreds of Billions of Dollars of FRAUD! This goes down, along with Men playing in Women’s Sports, the Transgender Mutilization of our Children, Mail In Ballots, No Voter Identification, and No Proof of Citizenship, in the scale of ridiculousness. President DONALD J. TRUMP

-Ahead of Vizhnitz monsey rebbe spending shabbos in Lakewood organizers are asking the community to help host with hachnnosas orchim for the guests and chasidim that will be coming along

- Lakewood's primary election saw relatively low voter turnout compared with recent elections that featured organized get-out-the-vote efforts, such as last year's campaign supporting Josh Gottheimer. Incumbents Deborah Fuentes and Moshe Raitzik secured victories over Lakewood resident and activist Aaron Hirsch in the race for Township Committee. Hirsc campaigned on fixing the traffic and quality of life in Lakewood. It seems that business will continue as usual Raitzik was the top vote-getter with 2,067 votes, followed by Fuentes with 1,627 votes. Hirsch received 962 votes. Mayor Ray Coles won the democratic primary Unopposed and will seek reelection along with Fuentes in November 

- Tesla has officailly released the update where you can now block the browser in your car. (Submitted)

-Shatnez Alert: Polyester suits found with shatnez!

Vaad L'Mishmeres Shatnez recent findings show that more non-woolen suits have been discovered with shatnez, emphasizing the importance of testing all polyester and non-woolen suits. Several polyester suits from the brand Creativo have tested positive for shatnez. Pictures are attached, showing the linen-blend taper reinforcement. These suits were sold in a well-known Jewish-owned store in Lakewood, New Jersey, not far from Beth Medrash Govoha. The buyers, aware that polyester suits require professional shatnez testing, ensured they were tested accordingly

- A Democrat with terror ties linked to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is on track to become one of New Jersey’s next congressmen. Adam Hamawy won a crowded Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 12th District and is heavily favored to win the general election in November. The victory is renewing scrutiny of Hamawy's past relationship with Omar Abdel-Rahman, aka 'The Blind Sheikh'," the radical cleric convicted on terrorism-related charges whose followers carried out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Hamawy’s critics say voters deserve answers about why a future lawmaker chose to support a figure at the center of one of America's most infamous terrorism cases. (Fox news)

- A four month old baby was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, after being found unconscious and alone in a car parked in Kfar Chabad Israel 

-Lakewood’s Belz kehilla has signed a contract to purchase the Rachmastrivka property on James Street in Lakewood the project is estimated at more than $20 million

- New Kosher Pizza shop in Long Branch:

Brooklyn Square Pizza to open Kosher Square Pizza at 56 Monmouth Road in Oakhurst, replacing Gianni’s Pizzeria. The new restaurant, featuring Brooklyn Square’s famed upside-down square pizza, is set to open on June 7.

- NJ Natural Gas customers in Monmouth and Ocean counties could see winter heating bills drop by 8.9% starting October 1, lowering the average bill from $148.69 to $135.49. However, a proposed 2027 rate hike could erase those savings and increase bills by about 3.8%.

- Shloimy’s Kosher World, a longtime Lakewood supermarket and butcher shop, is expected to close its doors after years of serving the community. Known for its personnel service, creative sales. popular meat department, fresh sweet challahs, takeout selections, and Shabbos boxes, the store has been a staple for many local families. While no official closing date has been announced, the closure comes amid increasing competition from larger retail supermarkets in the area. Much hatzlacha in their future endeavors and thanks for their many years of service with affordable prices to the Lakewood community

Naftali Bennett: Speaks against the Charedim Naftali “An independent, anti-Zionist state has been established under our noses inside the State of Israel, and we are funding it from our own pockets.”

-BDE: Petira of Rav Hershel Lieberman zt”l of Brooklyn, a talmid of the Brisker Rav and the Chazon Ish, has been niftar at the age of 95. He learned in Lakewood under Rav Aharon Kotler before later moving to Eretz Yisrael, and was also closely connected to Rav Hutner zt”l. His brother, Rav Yosef Lieberman zt”l, was niftar just three weeks ago in Lakewood. The levaya is scheduled for today at 11:00 AM at Shomrei Hadas Chapel in Boro Park. May his memory be a bracha

- NJ moves into the top 5 states for road rage A study found that New Jersey had six traffic incidents involving gun violence between 2023 and 2025.

- President Donald Trump still has a strong grip on his MAGA base, according to a new poll.

The new Marquette Law School poll showed that Trump’s endorsements still heavily influence Republican primary voters

-BDE: 8-Year-Old Shaindel Herzberg A”H Niftar Following Bicycle Accident In Pomona section of Monsey daughter of R; Yudi and Chumie Herzberg. The Levaya will take place today Wednesday at Monsey Beis HaChaim on Brick Church Road.

- Senate Democrats are reportedly pressuring Senate Majority Leader John Thune to block Bill Pulte from becoming President Trump’s next Director of National Intelligence, according to Punchbowl News.

- Letter from Rabbi Bender to parents in Darchei Torah  on the dangers of Electric bikes.

"I am at my wits’ end that there are still parents who allow their children to bring electric bikes and scooters to the Yeshiva. Last week, two e-bikers were killed when they collided on the Queensboro Bridge, R”L. Jewish children on scooters have been killed in other communities. Other children have been maimed. This is pure negligence on the part of the parents I believe in making children happy but allowing a child to ride an electric bike or scooter is akin to giving a gun to a child..... I understand that every single child asks for these toys, but parents who give in are ignoring the (chas v’shalom) consequences"

- Joint statement by Lebanon, Israel, and the USA: The ceasefire is conditional on a complete cessation of fire by Hezbollah and the evacuation of all organization operatives from the areas south of the Litani.

The two sides agreed with the guidance of the United States to swiftly advance the creation of pilot zones in which the Lebanese Armed Forces will take exclusive control of the territory to the exclusion of all non-state actors.  These steps will enable progress towards a comprehensive peace and security agreement.

- President Donald Trump has told aides privately that he would consider ending the ceasefire with Iran if Tehran kills American troops, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials.

- Trump on the ceasefire with Iran: "In this part of the world, a ceasefire means you just shoot a little more moderately."

- Trump: The negotiations (with Iran) are going well. Maybe it won't happen, but if it does, it could happen over the weekend.

- President Trump was asked if, following Iran's attack on Kuwait, the ceasefire is still valid, and he replied that there is a reason for everything, and "we attacked them the night before and the last night. We hit them hard. There is a reason for certain things."

- Reuters: Iranian media reported that Tehran attacked a US military ship, which it claimed was carrying a "command and control center," as it approached Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman

- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: If Israel attacks Beirut, Iran will respond decisively

- PM Netanyahu on the Iran deal with Obama: "We gave Iran a one-month advance notice before the inspections. They removed all the nuclear material, emptied the nuclear facilities, and transferred everything to another location. Do you think this is a good supervision regime

- Netanyahu: There are huge cracks in the regime in Iran right now. I believe that eventually these cracks will widen and the regime will fall. Iran has not yet agreed to remove its nuclear material, but the pressure is increasing.

- Netanyahu responds in an interview with CNBC about his relationship with Trump: "Trump and I agree on the main issues regarding Iran. Sometimes we have tactical disagreements, but we resolve them." Netanyahu refused to comment on the phone call itself - but also did not deny it.

- The Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense: Iran launched 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones towards Kuwait There was damage to the airport in Kuwait following the Iranian attack one killed.

- An Israeli strike hit a car on a highway just south of the capital, Beirut, as the Hezbollah continued its attacks on Israeli troops and civilians despite a nominal ceasefire.

- President Trump, in response to a question about whether Netanyahu tricked him and dragged him into a war with Iran: “I am the one who started it. I don't want to blame anyone, but I am the one who started it, because we can't let them get a nuclear weapon. Israel would not remain a state without me."

- In an interview with NYP, Trump confirms calling PM Netanyahu ..crazy” but adds: "I really love Bibi and work with him excellently."

Chasunas:

Kessin  - Lindner Neemas Hachaim 

Landi  - Neuman Ateres Reva 

Friedman -  Munk Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Baumhaft  - Felbrand Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Moskowitz - Dresdner Fountain Ballroom 

Green - Rodkin Ateres Blima 

Singer - Klein Ateres Esther 

Furst  Cedar Palace 

Road   closures tonight 

LPD Traffic Alert: NJ DOT Contractor advises that they will be repaving approximately 700 ft of James St tonight from Route 9 toward Williams St at 10 PM - detour is Williams to Prospect.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St

 - Trump: “Fake News Reports that the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the U.S.A., stopped speaking a few days ago are false and erroneous. The conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago, and today. Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, “It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal. You’ve been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!” President DONALD J. TRUMP”

- Rubio: “Hezbollah is not just an enemy of Israel and an enemy of America, Hezbollah is an enemy of Lebanon and of the Lebanese people."

 Rubio: No one (US) is begging for a deal. The Iranians might be begging because their economy is losing hundreds of millions of dollars a day,”

- Fresh Israel-Lebanon talks begin in DC, A new round of talks between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors was held in Washington on Tuesday, a day after US President Donald Trump said he had received commitments of de-escalation

- Rubio says Netanyahu’s goal to seize 70% of Gaza contradicts Trump’s plan for Strip

The IDF Home Front Command said on Tuesday evening that it was easing its guidelines, allowing schools in the area to reopen.

- Trump to ABC: I believe there will be a deal next week with Iran to extend the ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz

- The deputy commander of the Hamas Nuhba cell, who participated in the massacre of 16 young men in the death squad at Re'im Junction, and in the kidnapping of 4 additional young men on 10/7, was eliminated.

- Secretary of State Rubio on Iran: A deal could happen today, tomorrow, or next week. Iran agreed to negotiate on its nuclear program, which it had not agreed to before.

- Iranian news agency Fars: There are currently no message exchanges with the US. Message exchanges regarding a preliminary MOU between Tehran and Washington were halted several days ago.

- In a confidential operation, the IDF captured a Hamas terrorist from Gaza who held the body of IDF soldier Aaron Shaul (pictured here), HYD ZL, for nearly a decade

- US says warplane struck oil tanker sailing to Iran’s Kharg Island, disabling it The US military says it disabled a Botswana-flagged unladen oil tanker, M/T Lexie, after it attempted to sail toward Iran’s Kharg Island. 

- A source in the Israeli Prime Minister's team regarding the late-night phone call between Netanyahu and Trump: Contrary to a leak, Trump did not tell Netanyahu anything personal in a style of walking to prison or claim that Netanyahu is hated in the world.

 Weather: 79° Sun and clouds 

Primary election results 

Lakewood 

REP Deborah FUENTES 1,606 (34.38%)

REP Moshe B. RAITZIK 2,041(43.69%)

REP Aaron HIRSCH 956 (20.46%)

WRITE-IN 69 (1.48%)

Vote Cast 4,672

- Rep. Chris Smith has won the (uncontested) Republican primary in New Jersey's 4th Congressional District. 

- Primary election lakewood results HERE

- In one of the nation’s most competitive House districts, Democratic voters have nominated Rebecca Bennett to challenge Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield), the New Jersey Globe projects.

- Adam Hamawy is set to become the next congressman from New Jersey’s 12th congressional district, the New Jersey Globe projects, after winning a 12-candidate Democratic primary to succeed retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing).

- Adirei haTorah 2026 Photo album Here

- Tonight 18 Sivan is the 11th Yartzeit of Habachur Chaim Rosenberg Z"L (Kenny) He was niftar 1p years ago at the age of 36 while learning in BMG please learn l’illui nishmas Chaim Yitzchok ben Yaakov z”l.

- Sefer Torah campaign for Reb Shimon Frank Ztl Youngerman featured at Adirei Hatorah Nifter without kids. Donate HERE

- Road closures tonight 

LPD Traffic Alert: NJ DOT Contractor advises that they will be repaving approximately 700 ft of James St tonight from Route 9 toward Williams St at 10 PM - detour is Williams to Prospect.

NJNGAS advises infrastructure improvements on MLK Dr from Cedarbridge to Center St 9 PM. There will be a lane from Cedarbridge to Pine open for Traffic and Detour to get onto Cedarbridge from MLK is Center St

- Trump: "In a sign of Strength and Fortitude, it was just announced that The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which violently ended rather abruptly on April 25th, will be rescheduled to July 24th. This announcement is a very good thing in that we cannot allow Lunatics to change our way of life, or even its scheduling. I was asked to be there, and speak, by Weijia Jiang, President of The White House Correspondents’ Association, and have accepted." "In any event, it will be a “HOT” ticket! Interestingly, the location will be The Waldorf Astoria, on Pennsylvania Avenue, a Building and Ballroom that I built. President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Primary election day polling places are empty, close at 8:00pm 

- Tonight: N'shei Adirei HaTorah invites all girls in shidduchim age to receive brachos and hear words of chizuk from Gedolei HaTorah by Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita Rav Reuven Feinstein Shlita Rav Simcha Bunim Cohen shlita today Tuesday, June 2, at the Lakewood High School.855 Somerset Ave Lakewood, Doors open 7:00 pm, program 7:30pm sharp. event is free of charge To RSVP: Text "join" to 814-526-7434 or Email [email protected]

- Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita is staying at his host in Toms river over the past few days people came for berachos including Roshei yeshivos and yeshiva Bochurim 

- Gedoliei Eretz Yisroel to visit Lakewood on behalf of Keren Olam HaTorah A delegation of leading Gedolei Yisroel from Eretz Yisroel will travel to the United States next week on behalf of Keren Olam HaTorah for a major fundraising mission, with two scheduled stops in Lakewood.

The delegation will include the Roshei Yeshiva of Slabodka, Harav Dov Landau shlita and Harav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita, along with Harav Yaakov Hillel shlita, Harav Don Segal shlita, Harav Shimon Galai shlita, Harav Avraham Salim shlita, Harav Asher Weiss shlita, Harav Yosef Chevroni shlia, Harav Yisroel Bunim Schreiber shlita, the Rachmastrivka Rebbe shlita, and Harav Chaim Mordechai Ausband shlita.

The itinerary includes Baltimore (June 7), Lakewood (June 8 and 11), Chicago, Brooklyn, Monsey, and Florida through June 14.

A ribbon cutting ceremony took place today in Lakewood for new HASC Center location off Rt 9 near Central ave Sen Bob Singer said HASC does incredible work empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to live independent, meaningful lives. We're fortunate to have this new facility serving our community.

- Early voting data ahead of Primary election day in New Jersey: A total of 372,461 votes have been cast in advance of today’s primary election in New Jersey, according to an analysis by VoteHub. The polls open on Election Day with turnout already at 9%. Democrats cast 291,080 of those votes, 78% of the statewide total; 80,979 (22%) came from Republicans.

Of the statewide tally, 284,626 votes were cast by mail-in ballots; 81% were from Democrats and 19% from Republicans. In all, 87,835 in-person early votes were cast across the state between May 26-31: 60% from Democrats and 31% from Republicans.

- Giyus: Left-wing organization comes to the defense of bochurim protesting:  The Association for Civil Rights in Israel appealed to the Police Commissioner and the Acting Legal Adviser to the Police, demanding an investigation into police officers who were documented using stun grenades, a water cannon truck, and pepper spray during Haredi protests. According to the organization, some of these measures were employed in violation of the law and police regulations.

- Orthodox Jewish Billionaire Lev Leviev’s family just announced a massive new $50 million initiative for Jewish education.Chagit Leviev Sofiev announced that the Leviev Foundation will invest $50 million over the next five years to provide scholarships and educational grants for Jewish children from underserved and immigrant communities.

- Trump endorsed Rep. Tom Kean, the New Jersey Republican who’s been absent from Congress and hasn’t been seen for 3 months.

- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport says the state filed a lawsuit against The GEO Group, Inc., which operates the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark. The lawsuit requests that the court grant the New Jersey Department of Health full access to the facility.

- Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka will lift the limited curfew imposed around Delaney Hall in the next day or so as protests continue over treatment of those detained at the facility.

- Samsung Electronics America publicly announced plans on to move its U.S. headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey to Plano, Texas, by the end of 2026 just eight months after opening a new campus in the Garden State. The move could have 1000 jobs leave New Jersey.

- New Jersey Natural Gas customers in Monmouth and Ocean counties will see an 8.9% drop in average winter heating bills, falling from $148.69 to $135.49 starting October 1. However, a proposed 2027 rate increase of about 3.8% could later reduce or erase those savings.

Keren Olam HaTorah delegation coming to the US with two stop in Lakewood

Primary election results 

Lakewood 

REP Deborah FUENTES 1,606 (34.38%)

REP Moshe B. RAITZIK 2,041(43.69%)

REP Aaron HIRSCH 956 (20.46%)

WRITE-IN 69 (1.48%)

Vote Cast 4,672

Today June 2 is Primary election day polls are open until 8pm. You must vote in your district.

Unlike last year’s primary, which saw a noisy and ultimately unsuccessful campaign by Josh Gottheimer, this year’s primary election season has remained mostly quiet so far.

 Early voting numbers A total of 372,461 votes have been cast in advance of today’s primary election in New Jersey, according to an analysis by VoteHub.  The polls open on Election Day with turnout already at 9%.

Democrats cast 291,080 of those votes, 78% of the statewide total; 80,979 (22%) came from Republicans.

Registered Democrats may vote only in the Democratic primary, and Republicans only in the Republican primary. Independent voters may declare a party affiliation at the polling place on Election Day.

(Last year, approximately 250 residents switched their party affiliation from Republican to Democrat for the primary election. Under New Jersey law, voters who wished to switch back were required to do so at least 55 days before the primary.)

In New Jersey there's  closely watched Dem contests in 7th and 12th districts

For Republicans, four lesser-known candidates are  on the ballot for US senate to run against Cory Booker. Chris Smith seeks another term in congress.

In Lakewood, two seats on the Township Committee are up for election
Challenging for the Republican nomination are two frum  residents, Aaron Hirsch, a activist and regular presence at Township Committee meetings, and current fire commissioner Moshe Raitzik. You can vote  for  two candidates on the republican ticket. 

Debbie Fuentes township committee member is seeking reelection as a Republican.

Mayor Ray Coles is running on the Democratic ticket, a with Harriet Goldberg running alongside Coles on the ballot.

Lakewood Township Committee candidate Aaron Hirsch is a frequent attendee at township  meetings, is campaigning on issues he says directly impact local families, including disruptive road closures, school funding inequities, and rising property taxes. Hirsch criticized the lack of coordination between state and local agencies over road work scheduled on Erev Shabbos and Erev Yom Tov, pledging to push for greater accountability to prevent future disruptions. He also highlighted what he described as unfair treatment in state education funding, noting that Lakewood has the largest K-12 student population in New Jersey but ranks 77th in school funding. According to Hirsch, the funding shortfall has forced the township to rely on loans and higher property taxes, while local leadership has failed to secure meaningful results. He vowed to advocate aggressively for resources and policies that better support Lakewood residents.

Candidate Moshe Raitzik has been dedicated  to Lakewood serving on various boards. In his recent campaign for Lakewood it focused on safety, transparency, infrastructure, and taxpayer accountability. Raitzik has pledged to push for safer development by increasing oversight of traffic, fire access, sidewalks, and neighborhood safety concerns tied to new construction projects. He also says Lakewood’s master plan must be updated so roads, utilities, and infrastructure can properly support the township’s continued growth.

Raitzik has also emphasized the need for greater public involvement in local government. He supports restoring in-person Township Committee meetings to make it easier for residents to participate and voice concerns. In addition, he is advocating for expanded hazardous-road busing for children who currently walk on unsafe roads without sidewalks.

A current fire commissioner and former Board of Education and Planning Board member, Raitzik says his background in education and public service gives him firsthand understanding of the needs of Lakewood families. 

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Chasunas:

Gorelick - Shmeltzer Bais Faiga

Rosengarten - Gelbmam Ateres Blima

Prizeler - Zeltcer Fountain Ballroom

Bloch - Jacobs Ateres Reva 

Raitzik - Lazar Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Hochauser - Miller Ateres Esther 

Zoberman - Rosengarten Neemas Hachaim 

- Shloshim event for reb Chaim Abadi ztl at Cedar palace watch livestream Here 8pm

- Tonight in Lakewood Yartzeit Seuda ansd Siyum hashas for the Mashgiach Rav Moshe Wolfson ZTL at Bais Medrash Emunas Yisroek 23 Clover street Lakewood starting with Maariv at 9:20

-Road closures 

Starting at 10 p.m. Monday, Central Avenue between Davis Street and Route 9 will be closed for NJDOT repaving work, with traffic detoured via Sunset Avenue and James Street. At the same time, New Jersey Natural Gas will close Pine Street between Martin Luther King Drive and Route 9 for utility improvements. Lakewood Police will direct traffic at key intersections to help reduce congestion.

 Weather: 73° Partly cloudy, tonight low 48

-Trump: Alvin Bragg created a new crime just for “Donald Trump.” He took misdemeanors that didn’t exist, and turned them into felonies that never existed. They have a “charge” for Donald Trump that nobody has ever been charged with in the History of Manhattan, and they didn’t charge Hillary Clinton’s lawyer who became the Chief Prosecutor, Mark Pomerantz, and the Judge’s Daughter was the Chief Fundraiser for Kamala Harris and Sleepy Joe Biden. Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians!

-Fox News  reporter disputed Gov Mikie Sherill about restoring visitation at Delaney hall "DHS sources  say the agency did NOT act on any “demands” from Gov. Sherrill regarding Delaney Hall. DHS says visitation was paused due to security concerns stemming from the riots outside the facility. Now that the perimeter is secure, visitation is resuming and operations are continuing as normal.

-NJ Gov Sherrill: I’m grateful for our partnership with the City of Newark and Mayor Baraka as we’ve ensured that ICE has not surged into our streets, our law enforcement has secured the area outside Delaney Hall, and we’ve restored visitation rights for detainees and their families. I’m confident peaceful protest will be able to continue there, as it has for more than a year.

...My focus will remain on securing better conditions for the detainees and their families and once again urge everyone to remain peaceful.

- Road closures tonight 

Starting at 10 p.m. Monday, Central Avenue between Davis Street and Route 9 will be closed for NJDOT repaving work, with traffic detoured via Sunset Avenue and James Street. At the same time, New Jersey Natural Gas will close Pine Street between Martin Luther King Drive and Route 9 for utility improvements. Lakewood Police will direct traffic at key intersections to help reduce congestion.

- MKs advance bill to dissolve Knesset and potentially move up elections to September

Lawmakers vote 106-0 in favor of the first reading of a coalition bill to dissolve the Knesset, potentially triggering early elections, following a lengthy debate through Monday night and into early Tuesday

- Keren Olam Hatorah delegation coming to the US next week with a stop in Lakewood 

- For the first time since assuming the mantle of leadership, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Monsey, shlit"a, will make an extended visit to Lakewood, where he will spend Shabbos together with many chassidim. The Rebbe will travel to Lakewood as part of a fundraising campaign on behalf of the Vizhnitz-Monsey mosdos. He is scheduled to arrive on Thursday of Parshas Beha'aloscha.

Throughout his stay, the Rebbe is expected to meet with supporters and benefactors on behalf of the mosdos. The Shabbos tefillos and tishen will take place at Bais Faiga Hall, where large crowds of chassidim and admirers are expected to participate.

- Adirei haTorah photo album Here 

- Adirei HaTorah replay audio only (video not working) losten HERE 

- Trump: “I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back. Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

- Giyus: Protestors and yeshiva bochurim are  blocking the entrance to yerushalayim and other highways near Bnai brak   in protest of the arrest of  yeshiva bochurim for draft dodging. Meanwhile Police in Bet Shemesh arrested 8 bochurim for storming the police station and asked the courts to extend their detention for 5 days 

- Tonight in Lakewood Yartzeit Seuda ansd Siyum hashas  for the Mashgiach Rav Moshe Wolfson ZTL at Bais Medrash Emunas Yisroek 23 Clover street Lakewood starting with Maariv at 9:20 

- BDE:  Petirah of Rebbetzin Miriam Twersky A”h, The  Rachmastrivka Rebbetzin Almana of the  Rebbe of Boro Park, Rav Chai Yitzchok Twersky Zt”l. she was 92.  The Levaya will take place 1:30pm in Boro Park, then Skver and then Monsey, where she will be brought to Kevura.

- Adirei HaTorah: A new edition of kuntres "Ohr Adirei HaTorah"  was  published in honor of the Adirei HaTorah 5786 gathering. A collection of Torah insights, inspiration, and words of  encouragement  inspired by the Adirei HaTorah gathering, intended to provide chizuk throughout the year. The sefer is dedicated to highlighting the greatness, importance, and elevated status of those who study and toil in Torah, and the positive influence they have on the world.

- Four workers were injured when a video board fell while being removed after an event Sunday at CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, arena officials said. All four were treated and released from an area hospital, according to the Oak View Group, the arena’s New York City-based management company. The video board belongs to a third-party production company, Oak View Group said. All patrons attending the event held by Congregation Gates of Mercy, a Lakewood-based Jewish organization, had already departed the arena.(NJ.com)

- Primary election is tomorrow, polls open from 6am - 8 pm: Registered Democrats and Republicans are allowed to vote in their party’s primary in New Jersey. And unaffiliated registered voters can take part, too. Those who claim no party affiliation can simply walk into their polling station on Election Day and ask for a Democratic or Republican primary ballot. You can pick only one. That means you’re then registered under that party. You can return to unaffiliated status after the primary by re-registering as an unaffiliated voter. Registered Democrats, though, are unable to vote in the Republican primary and vice-versa. Localy in Lakewood there's 2 frum candidates on the republican ballot challenging the incumbent. You can vote for two

- Giyus: israel's Military Police is preparing to launch a large-scale enforcement operation this week targeting dozens of individuals classified as draft evaders, with coordinated raids planned across several cities in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. However, Israel Police officials have reportedly asked that the operation be postponed due to mounting security demands and the expanding rocket threat  in the north.

-  Jackson: Man Lying In Roadway Dies After Run Over By Dump Truck In Jackson: Prosecutor investigating 

A man was found dead on South Hope Chapel Road near Linda drive  in Jackson early Monday morning after a dump truck unknowingly ran over his body, authorities said. Investigators determined the victim was already lying in the roadway when the truck passed over him. The driver immediately stopped and called police. The man's identity has not yet been released, and the circumstances that led to him being in the road remain under investigation.

- The unrest at Delaney Hall continued Sunday night after the first enactment of an emergency curfew around the federal immigration jail.Hundreds of cops in riot gear led by the New Jersey State Police detained several people after the curfew went into effect at 9 p.m. Sunday.

- Authorities are investigating a shooting early Sunday in Howell that left a man hospitalized, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said.The shooting was reported by a 911 call at 12:05 a.m. on the 200 block of Alexander Avenue, the prosecutor's office said.

Howell police arrived and found the man suffering from a gunshot wound and he was taken to the hospital for treatment, the prosecutor's office said.

It happened again last night.

Thousands returning home from the Adirei HaTorah event in Philadelphia were forced to navigate a maze of road closures and detours just to get back to their homes. What should have been a routine drive turned into a frustrating, time-consuming ordeal, with some trips taking several times longer than normal.

And through it all, silence. No explanations.

No sympathy. No apologies.

At last week's Township Committee meeting on Thursday , a resident emailed a straightforward question during public comment: What is going on with all of this traffic and construction? What is being done? Who is benefiting from it? And is there any end in sight?

Instead of providing answers, the mayor speed-read the question and simply referred residents to Lakewood Police Department traffic alerts. That was the entire response.

No explanation. No timeline. No acknowledgment of the daily disruption residents are enduring.

The other committee members sat silently, offering nothing as residents continue to suffer through a traffic nightmare that has dragged on for years.

The contrast with neighboring communities is striking. In Howell and Jackson, elected officials hold in-person meetings where residents can speak directly to their representatives, ask questions, and receive answers. Public officials are expected to communicate with the people they serve.

In Lakewood, the Township Committee continues to hide from public scrutiny. Residents cannot address officials face-to-face. Difficult questions are avoided. Criticism is ignored. Carefully crafted statements are released through friendly media outlets while residents are left in the dark.

As the saying goes, if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.

The June wedding season is now underway, yet residents still have no clear timeline for when this disruption will end. Sending out an occasional traffic alert is not leadership.

Baalei simcha deserve to know that family and friends can reach their weddings on time. Parents should be able to pick up medicine, groceries, or children without spending an extra hour stuck in traffic. Working people should be able to get home. Bnei Torah should be able to learn a full night seder without worrying whether a routine drive will turn into a major delay.

Roads continue to be closed with little warning, forcing traffic onto already congested side streets and perimeter roads.

Residents are also asking another important question:

Who is benefiting from all this construction?

Many residents have heard that drainage and infrastructure projects are being undertaken to facilitate future development approvals. Whether those claims are accurate or not, the perception exists because township officials have failed to communicate openly and transparently with the public.

For more than two decades, the same leadership has controlled Lakewood Township. At some point, blaming the county, the state, or someone else is no longer enough. Leadership means taking responsibility. Leadership means communicating with residents. Leadership means showing respect to the people who pay taxes, vote, raise families, and live with the consequences of these decisions every day.

Lakewood residents deserve answers.They deserve transparency. They deserve accountability.

Most of all, they deserve elected officials who are willing to face the public, explain what is happening, and acknowledge the very real hardship these projects have imposed on thousands of residents.

With elections approaching, residents should have an opportunity to decide whether that accountability finally arrives.

- Trump tonight  

If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and their Air Force is no longer with us, and if their entire Military walks out of Tehran, weapons dropped and hands held high, each shouting “I surrender, I surrender” while wildly waving the representative White Flag, and if their entire remaining Leadership signs all necessary “Documents of Surrender,” and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent U.S.A., The Failing New York Times, The China Street Journal (WSJ!), Corrupt and now Irrelevant CNN, and all other members of the Fake News Media, will headline that Iran had a Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America, it wasn’t even close. The Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY!!! President DJT

- Two rockets launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon at the Tzfas area in the Upper Galilee, triggering sirens in numerous towns, were intercepted a short while ago, the military says.

- Rocket warning sirens are now sounding in the Upper Galilee city of Safed, the Golan Heights town of Katzrin and numerous other northern Israeli communities near the Lebanese border.

- Trump: I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to go into a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon. He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi! I also had a conversation with Representatives of the Leaders of Hezbollah, and they agreed to stop shooting at Israel, and its soldiers. Likewise, Israel agreed to stop shooting at them. Let’s see how long that lasts — Hopefully it will be for ETERNITY! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- US President Donald Trump reportedly lashed out at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call on Monday, as he demanded that Israel agree to a ceasefire with Hezbollah and claimed the premier owes him for keeping him out of jail. Axios cites a US official summarizing Trump’s message to Netanyahu as follows: “You’re.. crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this

- A IDF medical officer was killed and seven others were wounded in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon on Monday. Dr. Ori Yosef Silvester, 30, from Tel Aviv

 He was the 14th soldier killed since the renewed fighting with Hezbollah.

- PM Netanyahu after the conversation with Trump: "I spoke tonight with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not stop attacking our cities and citizens, Israel will strike terror targets in Beirut. Our position remains unchanged. Meanwhile, the IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon."

- The IDF is striking Hezbollah positions in the south of Lebanon.

 - According to the president of Lebanon, the deal is that Israel CAN attack everywhere except the Dahieh (Beirut), and in exchange Hezbollah does not attack Israel. At the same time, Israel's Defense Minister announces that the destruction of Shiite villages to the ground will continue- Following US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new ceasefire in Lebanon, an Israeli source tells the Ynet news site that Israel has postponed the planned strikes on Beirut at the request of the United States, adding that Washington is advancing a ceasefire initiative and asked Israel to wait.

-Trump: “I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back. Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

-The IDF strike in Beirut is on hold pending a decision to be made on this call - N12

- Trump to NBC: "I didn't hear that the Iranian representatives said that (halting negotiations). To tell the truth, in my opinion, we are talking too much - silence would be very good."

- Iranain News Agency Tasnim: "In light of Israel's actions in Lebanon and considering that Lebanon was part of the ceasefire conditions and now the ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, has been violated, the Iranian negotiation team is stopping the talks and the exchange of messages through the mediator."

- Trump: Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us. But don’t the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively “chirping,” at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever. Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end - It always does! President DJT

- Netanyahu: "There will be no situation where Hezbollah attacks our cities and citizens, and the terrorist headquarters in Dahiyya will remain out of touch.”

- Iran Foreign Minister Araghchi: “For immediate attention: The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon. Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.”

- Another IDF soldier killed  in Lebanon  from a Hezbollah explosive  drone. Adam Tzarfati, Hyd, 20 years old. From Rosh Hayin.

- Joint statement by PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz: In light of the repeated and recurring violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon by the terrorist organization Hezbollah and the attacks against our cities and citizens, PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz have ordered the IDF to strike terror targets in the Dahiyeh district in Beirut.

- Israel says it will renew strikes on Hezbollah in Beirut after lobbying for US green light.

- Another threat from the Senior member of the Iran negotiation team, Marandi: “If Netanyahu doesn’t stop his genocidal war in Lebanon, the collapse of the US economy will begin in June. The clock is ticking.”

Chasunas:

Oberman - Deutsch Ateres Esther

Abayev - Austen Ateres Blima

Holman - Eisen Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Joselit - Spira Fountain Ballroom 

Bober Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Road closures again in Lakewood at Rt 9 Central intersection affecting all those heading back home from Yeshiva after Adirei HaTorah event

Update for now live video stream only available on Adirei HaTorah website  by providing email  address HERE

 Live hook up Adirei HaTorah 5.0 5786/2026 in Philadelphia funnily mobile arena Honoring kollel Youngeleit at Bais Medrash Hovoha Lakewood

Weather 77° Sunshine to start, then a few afternoon clouds. Same weather in Philly 

Adirei HaTorah watch live. HERE  

- Giyus: Protesters breached a police station in Bet Shemesh after a bochur was arrested for draft dodging and held at the  station. Many were arrested clashing with police 

- Trump: Fake News CNN said today, routinely, that my Iran Nuclear Deal doesn’t talk about Nuclear, when actually it states, very clearly, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon. It then goes on, in very strong and lengthy detail, to discuss various other aspects of Nuclear. In fact, that’s what most of the agreement is about. CNN, and so many others in the Fake News Media, is a Low Ratings disaster. Even with new ownership, it is unlikely to ever get better!!! President DJT".

- At the Keren Olam Hatorah meeting of gedolei Yisroel today in Bnei Brak Rav Dov Landau said we were persecuted for years but the Torah is eternal. Rav Shaul alter shlita was in attendance. 

- Giyus: A Bochur from Yeshivas Ateres Shlomo was arrested.  Last time the R"Y Rav Sholom Ber Sorotzkin organized a million man Hafgana when a bochur from his yeshiva was jailed

-  New Traffic signal coming to the entrance of Westgate at New Central Ave and Hillside blvd

Tehillim: The Rachmastrivka Rebbetzin, the Rebbetzin of the previous Rebbe, zt"l, was rushed to the hospital with a serious infection after having just come home from a long hospitalization. Name is Miriam bas Trana.

- 2 hurt, 1 seriously, in ramming terror attack at West Bank’s Gush Etzion Junction. 

MDA says it is treating a 17-year-old girl in serious condition and a 15-year-old girl in moderate condition. One more person is treated for acute anxiety. The terrorist was shot dead by IDF soldiers.  A The terrorist 30-year-old Palestinian from the Chevron area.

- Adirei Hatorah,  Amudei Olam event today on behalf of Lakewood youngeleit.

- Last day for early voting in the primary elections. Lakewood Township hall open until 6pm. The general elections are this Tuesday June 2. Two frum candidates on republican ballot for township committee R' Aaron Hirsch and R' Moshe Raitzik running against the incumbent Tiwnahip committee members.

- Giyus: Organizers from the Bnei Torah faction have postponed planned process today against the IDF draft after negotiating with IDF Military to release all bochurim that were recently arrested. They  said if there's no action the hagganos will continue in full strength.

In other cities theree were some welcome home kabolas Panim event with singing and dancing for bochurim who were released from military prison.

- Video: From Rav Chaim Volozhiner to Rav Chaim of Brisker"The Amazing Shiur of the Legendary Image of Avi HaYeshivos in Honor of the 205th Yahrtzeit of Rav Chaim Volozhiner zt”l,as related by Reb Michoel Sorotzkin watch HERE

- New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has agreed to restore family visitation at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark.

Starting today, limited visitation will resume at noon, and regular visitation hours will be restored beginning tomorrow.

Law enforcement will help escort families into the facility.

- Prominent rabbonim will convene this evening  in Bnei Brak to discuss the continuation of securing budget allocations for yeshivas. Participating will be the leaders of Degel HaTorah, Rav Dov Landau and Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, the Rebbes of Gur and Vizhnitz, and Sephardic rabbonim.

- Thousands of visa-holding residents in New Jersey might have to leave the country to apply to become permanent residents under a new Trump administration policy.

- Authorities are investigating multiple unusual incidents in Brooklyn after more than a dozen people were spotted climbing into and out of sewer manholes, police said Friday. officials said a group of eight people descended into the sewer system near Heyward Street and Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg  and another  seven people were seen  entering a manhole  in Gravesend section of Brooklyn 

- Newark’s mayor said he will enact an emergency curfew in the half-mile area surrounding Delaney Hall

- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city will provide security for participants and protesters during the Israel Day parade scheduled for Sunday in Manhattan.

Speaking this week, Mamdani said his administration is committed to protecting public safety while upholding the right to peaceful protest. He also highlighted city efforts to combat antisemitism and said Jewish New Yorkers should feel safe and welcomed in the city.

Father of A Bochur arrested for IDF draft sits in protest outside the Military prison all week

Doors open at 3pm mincha 4:45pm

Program begins at 5pm

Dial in numbers  712-637- 3000

605-417- 0300 and 712-432-2910

Watch Live video Hookup on Adirei HaTorah website with providing email address HERE

HERE

- Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita at the end of his speech gave a special bracha to boys and girls in the parsha of shidduchim they should find their zivug  bekarov and it should be with clarity and no sfekos when choosing a shidduch. He asked the crowd to answer Amen.

Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita stopped in to Cure Aeena stadium on his way back from the Maamad in Philadelphia. The crowd welcomed him with singing 

10:00 pm Caravan of minivans and buses stretching along the 195 from Trenton to Lakewood 

10:30 Event concludes crowds head for the exits

9:07 Maariv 

9:00pm Music resumes

8:50 Kabolas Ol Malchus Shamayim by Rav Yeruchom Olshin who called the assembled Mevakshei Hashem and thanked all those behind the Adirei Hatorah movement all year long.

8:40 pm Music resumes

8:05 pm Rav Uri Deutsch shlita guest speaker addresses the crowd in English expounding on the concept of Simchas haTorah today, and the bracha of Chacham Harazim. The crowd applauded as he gave a special mention tov the wife's of the adirei haTorah who are also raising the next generation and the parents and in laws who support them. And also the thousands of yeshiva bochurim who will also answer the call of mi LaHashem Elay.

- Crowd dancing after the Siyum

- 7:48:  Mazel Tov: Music begins and stadiums break out in dancing after the siyum hashas and Shisha Sidrei mishna.

- 7:35 Rav Yisroel Neuman shlita  makes the Siyum Hashas and Siyum Mishnayos reciting the last mishna in Uktzin and end of maseches Nida with reciting the Hadran with tears. Kaddish was said by relatives of those who the siyum was lzecher nishmasam.

7:15 Music with slow  dveykus songs of Torah leading up to the siyum,with Naftoli Kempeh and Yanky Daskal with the crowd joining in the singing.

- 7:10pm Video tribu te for Rav Shimon Frank ZTL who the Siyum Hashas is in his memory

- 7pm Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita addresses the audience in Yiddish He was introduced as an American Gadol. He spoke about the great heights and siyata dishmaya one attains when learning Torah with yegiah.

- 6:50 video message by Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin shlit

Music video by Boruch Levine shown with choirs joining in live in a kumzitz style song.

The  R"Y Rav Malkiel mentioned the machzikei haTorah the group that are supporting the adirei hatorah have again taken upon themselves to give a raise to the monthly kollel check.

- 5:55pm Rosh Yeshiva Rav Malkiel Kotler shlita addresses the crowd. He welcomed Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita from EY and the youngeleit and the thousands assembled at the satellite location in Cure Arena.

The R"Y mentioned that the olam Hatorah in Eretz Yisroel currently under a gezeiras Giyus and persecuted by the government  are the twins of the Bnei Torah in America and while the Torah is stepped on, we standing solidarity with them and this mamma is a testament in increasing the Kavod HaTorah uplifting klal yisroel as a Am Chochom venison. He said over from his zaideh Rav Aharon Kotler that the security on EY is dependent on the limud Hatorah. The adirei HaTorah the notes medrash of Bais Medrash Goviha our anudei Haolam are holding up the world. And the supporters who are machzik The Torah are themselves growing in Torah. What they pulled off this year is with siyata dishmaya. May The redifos of the eruv rav stop and we should be zoche to Haromas Keren Hatorah 

- 5:30 After 10 minutes of music, The Rosh Hayeahiva Rav Dovid Schustal shlita is introduced by the emcee Rav Nachum Binder to lead with Tehillim. The Rosh Yeshiva spoke briefly of the plight of the bnos yisroel who are waiting  for their shidduch for those who need a refuah and for the bnei hayeahivos in EY under the threat of gezeiras Giyus.

Roshei Yeshiva entrance 

5:20 pm Roshei Yeshiva  and Mashgiach shlita enter the arena with the signature Adirwi announcement by R Yanky Daskal as crowd stands up welcoming the Gedolim to the niggun of  Pischu Shearim..

5pm - Program begins led with Tehilim recited by Senior Rosh Chabura Harav Chaim Ginsberg shlita. Followed by Mincha

- Music and negina provided by R' Mayer Adler from Bnei Brak, Bartoli Kempeh, Yanky Daskal Hershy Weinberger, Duvid Berger ,Shaya Lebron 

Yedidim Choir and Yingerlach Choir 

- Pizza shops in Lakewood full with only ladies and children

- Organizers tell Israeli Hapargod news they expect 25k at the event.

- There's a private reception for donors with the Roshei Yeshiva in the vip section

- Busses from yeshiva pulling in to the stadium as the crowds trickle in to the arena. Rugelach were served on the buses for all to enjoy.

- Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita headed to the event from his host in Brooklyn 

- The dais at Adirei Hatorah will be a circle in the center. With a  360° view.

- Junior Adirei Hatorah program Avos Ubanim of Lakewood will have a live hook up program event for boys at BMG Bais Yitzchok Bais Medrash downstairs in Ateres Esther hall there will be learning at 6pm followed by a video broadcast at 6:30 $5 admission fee.

Adirei HaTorah: in addition to a Siyum HaShas in memory of Reb Shimon Frank ZTL a Siyum HaMishnayos will be made, l’ilui nishmas talmidei haYeshiva who were niftar this year. Rav Lazer Kuperman Z"L Rav Naftali Cukier Z"L, Reb Elimelech Shimon Rosner z”l, and Rav Shlomo Weisberg z”l.

To listen to Adirei Hatorah tonight live. Call into one of the numbers below:

US:

 712-637 - 3000

 605-417-0300

 712-432-4305

 605 - 801- 1117

UK: 0333-366-1039

Israel: 077-272- 3200

In previous years there was a livestream video hook at adireihatorah.com must enter a email address to receive link.

There will be a hookup location at the high school for sheikh Adirei 

Several food establishments open late to accommodate those returning home to Lakewood. Youngeleit and bochurim going to night seder on return to yeshiva 

- Hezbollah is launching a major barrage of rockets at the entire north of Israel, all the way up to Teveria.

- Senior Israeli officials requested that the Trump administration allow the IDF to expand its strikes to Beirut - I24News

- 2 hurt, 1 seriously, in ramming terror attack at West Bank’s Gush Etzion Junction. Arab terrorist shot dead by IDF soldier.

- Several rockets were launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon at the border community of Misgav Am a short while ago. According to the IDF, the projectiles struck open areas. There are no reports of injuries

- The IDF captured the historic Beaufort Castle and the surrounding strategic ridge as it pushed deeper into Lebanon.

- Netanyahu: "We have returned to Beaufort stronger than ever. Tonight, our heroic fighters captured the Beaufort outpost. They proudly raised there the flag of the State of Israel and the flag of the Golani Brigade. I remind you that 44 years ago, this place was a symbol of the heroic battle of our fighters, but also of a deep division within us. Today, we have returned to a different Beaufort. We have returned united, determined, stronger than ever.”

- A IDF soldier was killed and four others were lightly wounded in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon, the IDF announced on Sunday, The soldier, Michael Tyukin, 21, from Ashkelon.

- Gaza, the IDF struck this week about 10 Hamas bunkers

- Iran IRNA news: Ghalibaf says we will not accept any agreement until the nation’s rights are secured

Donald J. Trump ReTruthed Newt Gingrich:

After spending this week reviewing the Iranian war I am now convinced President Trump is on the  of an historic victory. The real breakthrough ....s tandpoint of American unilateralism but from the standpoint of the leader of a remarkable historic coalition, the largest coalition ever put together in the modern Middle East. Everyone understands that Israel is an important ally. What is little discussed is the depth of support from the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region. It has to be sobering for the Iranian dictatorship to realize that it does not have a  single ally willing to challenge the American naval blockade. Slowly, gradually, timidly, our European allies are lining up to help with the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. A great deal of President Trump’s maneuvers against Iran make sense once he is seen as a coalition leader and not just as a unilateral American President. I spent a lot of the last couple weeks reviewing kinetic options including wining the battle of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz and if necessary using the shocking and shattering level of force President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger used against Hanoi and Haiphong in Christmas 1972 (which both leaders believed convinced the North Vietnamese to agree to a truce and the freeing of American POWs). If this were a unilateral American campaign I could enthusiastically support a more aggressive kinetic campaign. However it is also clear it would shatter the coalition because our Arab allies are convinced Iran could still do enormous damage to their oil fields and infrastructure. Coalitions are inherently slower than unilateral campaigns. However coalitions ultimately bring vastly more power to the fight. I am as frustrated as everyone else by the pace of talking with the dictatorship but having reviewed the correlation of forces and the options available to the coalition on one side and the Iranian religiously motivated dictatorship on the other I am prepared to assert that President Trump’s coalition leadership (something almost none of his critics want to acknowledge) is within reach of an enormous historic victory. And if the Iranian dictatorship ultimately  proves it is hopelessly  committed to a suicidal position there will be plenty of time for a kinetic campaign of enormous power and effectiveness. Either way we are on the edge of an astonishing victory for our values and for a safer Middle East.

 Violent clash erupts at Delaney Hall. Chaos follows Gov. Sherrill’s ‘peaceful protest zone’ plan. The violent skirmish came hours after Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s administration had the State Police take over public safety at the facility and set up “peaceful protest zones” amid a week of unrest at the federal immigrant detention center in Newark.

Demonstrators outside the facility say they were boxed in between ICE agents and state troopers Friday night. But state officials say State Police acted only after a small group of protesters became disruptive and refused orders.

- Lakewood primary early voting tomorrow  2 feum candidates Aaron Hircsh and Moshe Raitzik on republican ticket for township committee to unseat incumbent 

- Adirei HaTorah event tomorrow with earlier start. Doors open at 3pm.  A livestream link has yet to be announced. Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita from Yerushalayim scheduled to attend the maamad at Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Center Arena with a satellite location at Cure Arena in Trenton.

There will be public buses going to cure Arena sign up here

- Giyus: The shabbos usually a time for yeshiva bochurim and kollel members to relax with family, was reportedly marked by fear and anxiety over arrests related to military draft enforcement. Families hosted bochurim in alternate locations, some students avoided traveling normally, and three yeshiva students were reportedly arrested while traveling home and transferred to military authorities, fueling concern and plans for protests within parts of the chareidi community. Bhol

- Israeli day parade tomorrow in NYC mayor Mamdani will skip it while a large knesset delegation will attend.

 President Donald Trump asked for multiple edits to the Iran  deal, including regarding the remaining nuclear material and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reports.

Trump wants a deal and expects it to be finalized soon, with a new back-and-forth expected to take days or longer.

Hezbollah fired a barrage of some 15 rockets at northern Israel, one of which exploded in a commercial center in the northern town of Kiryat Shmona, early Shabbos day.

There were no injuries in the strike that came while the center was closed, but the explosion caused extensive damage.

The IDF said that most of the rockets were intercepted, but it noted that one had impacted in Kiryat Shmona. It later published video

Israel shuts down schools near Lebanon border amid repeated Hezbollah rocket, drone attacks

IDF Home Front Command tightens guidelines, as Nahariya hospital moves operations underground.

- US official to Israel Hayom: President Trump decided to stop the war with Iran, fearing a major loss in the midterm election, because of polls that show that the war is unpopular and rising gas prices. Trump decided to hold off on a deal with Iran and also not restart the war, but he will finish it after the midterms.

- Trump: “If you're going to be in a hurry, you're not going to make a good deal, and slowly but surely, we're getting, I think, what we want  and if we don't get what we want, we're going to end it a different way."

-President Trump "tightened" the terms of the possible draft agreement to end the war in Iran and sent the proposed changes back to Iran for review and consideration. (NYT)

- NBC: An advanced shoulder-fired missile supplied by China may have been used to down the American F-15 over Iran last month. 

According to the report, the Chinese also provided the Iranians with a special radar system capable of detecting stealth aircraft.

Lakewood Zmanim Friday, May 29, 2026 / י״ג סיון תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת נשא

Candle lighting 7:59 pm

Shkiah/Sunset 8:17 pm

Weather: Shabbos day Weather: Friday night low 55

Shabbos day 66° Partly cloudy.

 9:12:54 סוף זמן קריאת שמע גר"א ובעל התניא

Pirkei Avos 'פרק א

כה תברכו את בני ישראל אמור להם: יברכך ה' וישמרך, יאר ה' פניו אליך ויחנך, ישא ה' פניו אליך וישם לך שלום ושמו את שמי על בני ישראל ואני אברכם

Parshas Naso is the longest parsha in the Torah with 176 pesukim, The longest chapter in Tehillim (chapter 119) has 176 Pesukim.The biggest Masechta in the Talmud, Bava Basra, has 176 Blatt. What is the connection between all these?

First. the Gematria of the word נשא with the kollel is 352 that is 176 x 2 to tell you that every Passuk has a deeper meaning either Perush Remez Derush or Sod.

 Another reason - Chapter 119 of Tehillim has 176 verses because it follows a pattern whereby the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are used to begin 8 pesukim each. That is, 22-times-8 equals 176.22 is a number of completeness, because it is the full representation of the 22 letters of the Alef-Beis - i.e. everything from Alef to Tav.

As for the number 8: We know that 7 represents the "natural realm" - i.e. 7 days of the week, 7 notes in the musical scale, etc. But 8 represents completeness beyond nature - a completeness in the spiritual realm. That is why Bris Milah is held on the 8th day of a boy's life. This also explains why God first commanded Avraham to perform circumcision with the words, "Walk before Me and be complete" (Genesis 17:1).The product of two "complete" numbers, "22-times-8," is therefore the ultimate completeness. That's why 176 is used to demonstrate the supernal perfection of our holy Torah.

-The administration believes an agreement is close, but disputes remain, including over the unfreezing of Iranian funds, the official said. - NYT

- Iranian senior official to Reuters: The MOU between Tehran and Washington is possible, only if the issues related to the nuclear program are not in the MOU

- Iran Revolutionary Guards' "Fars" News Agency: Sources familiar with the details say Trump's statements are incorrect. The framework agreement text is in its final approval stages in Iran, but a final decision has not yet been made. Iran emphasized that it will open the strait according to pre-established arrangements, ranging from ship inspections to providing insurance for ships (for a fee).

Trump claimed Iran would give up its nuclear program - this is not true and does not appear in the memorandum of understanding.

The most important condition Trump did not mention is the payment of $12 billion from Iran's frozen assets; according to the framework agreement text, this payment must be made immediately upon implementation of the agreement, and until the funds are paid, Iran will not enter further negotiation stages.

Ceasefire in Lebanon - Iran demands a complete ceasefire in Lebanon.

- Reports: Likely Trump may sign a deal this afternoon at 3pm

- Trump: "I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination."

- Trump: "Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions. All water mines (bombs), if any, will be terminated (we have removed, through detonation, numerous such mines with our great underwater mine sweepers. Iran will complete the immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines that are left, which will not be many!). Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of “heading home!” Say HELLO to your wives, husbands, parents, and families from me, your favorite President! The enriched material, sometimes referred to as “Nuclear Dust,” which is buried deep underground with virtually collapsed mountains, caused by our powerful B2 Bomber attack 11 months ago, sitting on top of it, will be unearthed by the United States (which, it is agreed, is the only Country, along with China, with the mechanical capability of doing so!), in close coordination and conjunction with the Islamic Republic of Iran, plus the International Atomic Energy Agency, and DESTROYED. No money will be exchanged, until further notice. Other items, of far less importance, have been agreed to. I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Iranian nationals recruited and trained by the Mossad carried out the ground operation seen in footage from the opening minutes of Operation Rising Lion, not Israeli operatives. 

The agents had returned to Iran years earlier, living ordinary civilian lives until activated in spring 2025.  A joint Mossad-IAF team assigned them to knock out an air-defense facility to clear Israeli jets over Tehran. 

Weapons, drones and missile components were smuggled in, broken into parts and hidden inside everyday objects. 

Final target coordinates reached the teams only shortly before launch. 

Additional Mossad-run cells were activated the same night, helping guide strikes on senior IRGC aerospace commanders and disabling air-defense and ballistic-missile systems across Tehran.

- PM Netanyahu at visit to the IDF  on the northern border: "Our forces have crossed  the Litani River and advanced to the controlling areas. We are operating in Beirut, in the Bekaa, across the entire front and striking Hezbollah hard."

Friday, May 29, 2026 / י״ג סיון תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת נשא

Candle lighting 7:59 PM

Shkiah/Sunset 8:17 PM

Weather: 78° Generally sunny Friday night low 55

Shabbos day 66° Partly cloudy.

- Welcome home yeshiva bochurim off shabbos after Shavuos.

- New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill says she is ordering law enforcement to establish a "peaceful, protected protest zone in the area outside Delaney Hall," adding that she "will not give ICE the pretext to expand operations in our state."(One Jersey)

- Shabbos program  for rebbeim this week at the Armon hotel in Connecticut hosted by the Chofetz Chaim heritage foundation  with the attendance of  Rav Malkiel Kotler and Rav Elya Brudny.

- Lakewood Girls high school acceptance letters have not yet been sent out as there's over 300 girls still not placed. Some girls thought were notified that they were accepted into schools.

- At last night’s Township Committee meeting, lasted all about 15 minutes  with 2 email comments. One resident complained about poor Verizon Wireless service throughout Lakewood and urged officials to take action to improve reception in town. Mayor Ray Coles responded that he had recently spent two weeks in Alaska and had better phone service there between the mountains than he does at home in Lakewood.

Another resident raised concerns about the ongoing nightly road closures and traffic disruptions across town. In response, the mayor advised residents to follow Lakewood Police Department traffic alerts for updates on closures and detours. But there was total silence from the mayor and committee members about the actual traffic and road closures they took zero responsibility didn't addressed or even acknowledge what is happening every single day and night.

- Adirei Hatorah: Many are trying to get tickets for the maamad in Philadelphia. There's several watsapp chats for private ticket sales. While the venue in Cure Arena is only a hook up there may be some presence during the event by some Rabbonim or Roshei yeshiva. Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchik shlita  from EY is  scheduled to speak.

- Nvidia could pay homeowners up to $1,000 a month to host a mini AI data center in their backyard. From the street, it looks like a normal AC unit. Inside: 16 Blackwell GPUs running at full capacity.

- Giyus: A Belzer avreich was arrested today in Kiryat Gat for  draft dodging. 3 more bochurim were arrested in Lod. Now with increased arrests the frum Knesset members and leadership are speaking out a d calling for not cooperating at all with the Israel Police in all matters. Belz chasidus threatened not to cooperate with current army programs they are part of.

- Faa news:  Residents at Tuesday’s Lakewood Republican Club meeting criticized Township Committee member Deborah Fuentes over what they described as a lack of visibility and engagement with the community. Speakers argued that as Lakewood faces growing traffic, infrastructure, and public safety challenges, residents deserve active and accessible leadership ahead of the June 2 election. https://www.faanews.com/2026/05/lakewood-residents-deserve.html

- NY Gov. Hochul signed new legislation that will require New York drivers with more than 16 speed camera tickets to install speed-limiting devices in their vehicles.

- The home owner of the house in Etobicoke,Toronto  where Esther was found told the Toronto Sun he was not home when police recused the 14-year-old and took his tenant into the police station for questioning.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Yitzchok Alster zt”l a noted talmid Rav Yitzchok Hutner zt”l., Rosh Yeahiva a d marbitz Torah. He was born in Germany and moves before WW2 to The USA. He came to learn  at yeshiva Chaim Berlin in 1953 

After his marriage In 1967, he founded the “Yeshiva Gedolah of Pittsburgh” and served as its Rosh Yeshiva. In 1985, he founded “Kollel HaTorah” for working men in Flatbush, Brooklyn, which operated within the bais medrash  of Kehillas Veretzky.

In 2004, he merited to immigrate to eretz Yisroel and settled in the Har Nof neighborhood of Yerushalayim where he taught at Yeshiva Pachad Yitzchok.

He was also a talented composer of music. He composed many songs that became enduring classics in Jewish music, including the melodies for Yedid Nefesh and VaHaviotim El Har Kodshi, dovka nafshi and others. Levaya took place today in Har Nof. He is survived by his choshuv mishpacha of bnei Torah including his son in law Rav Chaim Yitzchok Kaplan shlita mashgiach in  Chevron Yeshiva.

Israeli papers report on the military police campaign to increase arrests of yeshiva bochurim 

Kiryat Sanz Lakewood matching campaign 

Cbasunas:

Braun - Spiro Fountain Ballroom

Hoffman - Prero Ateres Reva

Gross - Hershkowitz Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Friedman- Florans Ateres  Chaim Elazar 

Almaliach - Siegel Eagle Ridge 

Friedman - Finkel Neemas Hachaim 

Parlor meeting benefiting Mosdos of Rav Yosef Goldenthal ZtL of Bnei Brak at 24 Queens ct 

OLAMI Info event at Tomahawk restaurant 

Chumash Shiur by Harav Yeruchom Olshin shlita 11:30 pm at B"M Ateres Bracha live 646-726-9977 

Kiddush Levana Opportunity

Weather: 78° Sunshine and clouds mixed

- Mayor Zohran Mamdani defends his decision to skip the Israel Day Parade, making him the first New York City mayor to bypass the historic event since 1964. "I said on the campaign trail that I wouldn't be attending the parade, and I've made my views on the Israeli government abundantly clear.” “And I also said on that same campaign that I would have a responsibility as the mayor of the city to ensure the safety and security of each and every New Yorker.”

“And I don't believe that my presence as the mayor should determine whether or not a New Yorker is safe or secure."

- The missing girl from Toronto Esther’s parents have released a statement after the teenager was found safe. She has been taken to hospital to be assessed, as police say “the next phase of the investigation is just starting”. 

- The Satmar Rebbe aRav Aaron gave a unscheduled  speech today against the use of AI, which he said is more severe than the “danger of computers, video, and smartphones.” According to him, “With every phone that exists, it is possible to connect and still live within prohibition. With AI  All kinds of matters involving life and death idolatry,  immorality, and murder. A kli mashchis mamash.

- Gov. Mikie Sherrill says NJ health officials were only allowed limited access during an inspection at Delaney Hall after being denied entry to parts of the facility. The state will review and release findings from what it was able to inspect and is calling for full transparency and access going forward.

- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the $250 bill with President Trump's face on it is in the works "There is proposed legislation in front of the House, in front of the Senate to change the [law] so that a living person, Donald J. Trump, could be on a $250 bill

- B"H: Esti the 14 year old Toronto girl missing for 2 weeks was found  and is safe. Esther was located by police. Police will give more details later at a press conference

Safecell Bulletin:

Over the past four to five weeks, Verizon customers in Lakewood have experienced a noticeable decline in service. This appears to be a network issue, not a problem with individual phones. Customers affected by the issue can contact Verizon by dialing 611 to report the problem. Some other carriers may also be affected if they use Verizon’s network.

You may also file a complaint with the FCC through its website or by calling 888-CALL-FCC. Filing a complaint can be an effective way to bring attention to service issues.

- Medicare will begin offering expanded coverage for certain GLP-1 weight loss drugs (Ozempic) starting July 1, 2026, through a temporary program aimed at lowering costs for eligible seniors. Under the program, qualifying Medicare Part D recipients will be able to access approved medications for about $50 per month through the end of 2027.

- Welcome home bochurim: Off shabbos after shavuos  begins tonight 

- Giyus: The IDF military is reportedly preparing proactive arrest operations targeting bnei yeshiva accused of evading military service, with operations in chareidi areas possibly beginning as early as next week.According to Kan News, the IDF has requested major assistance from Israel Police amid expectations of protests and disturbances during the arrests. Joint planning meetings between police and military officials are expected in the coming days. Theres rumors of police setting up checkpoints at the entrance to Yerushalayim

- Hafganos are taking place in Yerushalayim at Bar Ilan and Shmuel hanavie streets as well as in Bnei Brak protesting the arrest of yeshiva bochurim. Several bochurim were arrested today  one of them in Telz stone.

Israel police spraying water cannons on the protesters 

- Adirei HaTorah 70% of tickets for the satellite location have been sold out ahead of the maamad this Sunday. As of now there is no organized bus transportation to Cure arena in Trenton.

- Prime Minister Netanyahu was welcomed with the song of ki orech yamim at the Chashmonaim Chareidi Brigade: he said "My grandfather didn't think there was a contradiction between studying Torah and holding a weapon; he thought the opposite. He thought that studying Torah gives you the power to hold a weapon.And today we need to renew this idea. I respect the world of Torah, but whoever doesn't study Torah must enlist."

- Lakewood township committee meeting today virtual only 5:30 pm watch live stream Here 

 see agenda Here 

Items on the agenda include a six-month extension request for a $1 million NJDOT grant tied to the Lake Carasaljo bike path project, and approval to acquire Block 452, Lot 3 at Prospect and Massachusetts for future park/open space use.

The agenda also includes $440,000 in UEZ funding for the downtown clean team, $2 million for snow-melting machines, and acceptance of a $373,500 bid from Congregation Presidential Estates for Block 1051.09, Lot 10.

Traffic improvements include a new traffic light at Boulevard of the Americas and Avenue of the States, and a new four-way stop at Princewood Avenue and Claire Drive in Hearthstone, and vacating the bulb portion of former cul de sac Claire drive in Hearthstone 

- Six Flags Great Adventure announced plans for a new multi-launch roller coaster, nicknamed “Project Purple,” which park officials say will rank among the five tallest coasters in the world.

The ride will use a magnetic launch system and is expected to become the fastest coaster in the park, with officials saying it will share similarities with the former Kingda Ka.

- A 59-year-old Brick man was killed Tuesday night after losing control of his pickup truck on the Garden State Parkway near Exit 89B, according to New Jersey State Police.

Police said the vehicle struck a guardrail and overturned. The driver, Anthony Guido, was pronounced dead at the scene.

- New Jersey gas prices are continuing to decline heading into the summer driving season, following a broader nationwide trend after earlier price spikes in 2026. Analysts say fuel demand remains below peak levels seen in past decades, even as Americans continue driving record numbers of miles.

- Four candidates seeking to challenge Democrat Cory Booker, Robert Lebovics, Justin Michael Murphy, Richard Tabor and Alex Zdan will participate in a debate sponsored by the New Jersey Globe and Rider University

-Submitted: Please Email legislators to actively oppose NJ's transgender/abortion-at-whim-tyranny Gezeira al-HaDas S2260/ A2218. NJ Bill S2260/ A2218 Would Criminalize Lo Sa'amod, Endanger Children S2260 criminalizes Torah-mandated efforts to save kids and others from "transforming" their "gender" - and from committing abortion.

 A Yeshiva Rebbe, Rov, Rosh Yeshiva, Principal, Teacher/Morah, Social Worker, mental health professional, therapist, chevrusa, mentor - perhaps even a parent - could potentially face massive fines - and hefty jail time - for merely: • trying to verbally convince a girl or boy out of getting drugs or surgery to "become" (sic) that which they are not, or • convince a young woman not to murder her preborn infant (and pursue adoption if need be), or even for just • saving her/him from remaining under the influence of evil parties (e.g. predatory therapists, "eductors," social workers, coaches, "medical" staff, mental health professionals, "friends") - grooming susceptible, often disadvantaged victims into their anti-Torah, heretical transgender/abortionism worldview.

-  Sec. Bessent: Nothing will be on the table until the Strait of Hormuz is open and the Iranians agree to hand over their enriched uranium and not develop a nuclear program.

"We are being patient. We do not have unlimited patience. Trump always prefers a peace deal. So everything we have done thus far has been defensive... But if President Trump doesn't think he can get a peace deal, then kinetic is back."

- Channels identified with the IRGC claim that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards attacked 4 US merchant ships after they tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without Iranian permission.

- US officials said that the 60-day MOU will stipulate that moving through the Strait of Hormuz will be "unrestricted." A US official said that this means no fees and no harassment, and that Iran will have to remove all mines from the strait within 30 days. The US naval blockade will also be lifted, but this will happen in proportion to the resumption of commercial sailing, according to the official

 - Iranian news agency Tasnim quotes a source close to the negotiation team: the document of the possible understanding agreement has not been finalized—and has not yet been approved

- The US and Iran have reached an agreement on a memorandum of understanding for a 60-day extension of the ceasefire and the launch of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but President Trump has not yet given his final approval, US officials said. The Iranians passed the deal through their system to obtain all approvals and told the mediators they are ready to sign, the US officials said. -Axios

- An Israeli source: Iran's leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, did NOT approve the agreement, and therefore, Trump did not approve it either. The Parliament Speaker, Gahlibaf, and Foreign Minister, Araghchi, are not authorized, even if they accept the framework; the decision rests with the Supreme Leader. We do not know if any of the parties approved the agreement. The disputes still exist, at least according to the latest update Israel received.

- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threaten a “firm response” in the event of renewed attacks, after the United States carried out a strike in the country’s south this morning.

- IDF strikes Beirut in first attack on Lebanese capital in 3 weeks, after refraining at Trump’s request. 

IThe DF  eliminated Ali al-Husseini, a senior Hezbollah commander responsible for the group's missile and rocket operations, in a targeted strike in the Beirut area

- CENTCOM: “At 10:17 p.m. ET on May 27, Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait that was successfully intercepted by Kuwaiti forces. This egregious ceasefire violation by the Iranian regime occurred hours after Iranian forces launched five one-way attack drones that posed a clear threat in and near the Strait of Hormuz. All drones were successfully intercepted by U.S. forces which also prevented a sixth drone launch from an Iranian ground control site in Bandar Abbas.”

- Satellite imagery published on CNN: Iran has already cleared at least 50 access points to 18 missile sites and is gaining access to missile arsenals and launchers—using bulldozers and trucks to clear blocked entrances and allow access to the bases.

- jThe US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the new Iranian authority established to manage the Strait of Hormuz. The move signals to shipping vessels and Western companies that the US will not allow anyone to pay fees to Iran in exchange for passage through the strait

Chasunas:

Katzman - Brecher Ateres Reva

Klein - Wulliger Cedar Palace 

Neumark - Goldman Bais Faiga

Zablowski - Frank Ateres Esther

Isaacson - Mendelovitz Lake Terrace

Green - Meisels Fountain Ballroom 

Kreitman - Mandelbaum Kesser Moshe Yehuda

Nightly Road closures along Route 9.

Weather Tonight: 63° Cloudy with showers. Low 63F. Chance of rain 50%.

Weather 81° Thunderstorms during the morning giving way to periods of light rain this afternoon. Chance of rain 90%. 

- The Lakewood Board of Education meeting tonight on the agenda the board approves nearly $600,000 in parental transportation contracts for the 2026–2027 school year, allowing parents of students with significant medical needs to transport their children to approved New Jersey schools after transportation bids were rejected. 

Board member Ada Gonzalez is stepping down

Board member Eliyohu Greenwald issued his resignation.

- After rumors spread that TYH boys choir members in 5 towns were told they would have to leave Yeshiva Darchei Torah if they remained in the choir, Rav Yaakov Bender released a video strongly denying it. He said the boys are “wonderful boys” and explained that his concern is simply that choirs can sometimes give boys a “big-shot” feeling that distracts from learning  with attention, autographs, and the celebrity aspect making it harder to stay focused in yeshiva. He added that he hopes the boys remain for mesivta.

Earlier in the week, while speaking in Lakewood, Rabbi Bender similarly criticized the local sports league culture.

- Giyus: Ahead of the big off shabbos after shavuos in EY, some Roshei yeshiva and mashgichim voiced concern over what they describe as increased police enforcement targeting bnei yeshiva for the IDF draft, urging bochurim to remain cautious while traveling, including around officers that are dressed in civilian clothing. They advised Bochurim to avoid public transportation 

- A group of rabbanim in Lakewood issued a public letter ahead of the summer season urging stronger adherence to standards of tznius and shmiras einayim, warning about increased exposure to inappropriatep environments and emphasizing parental responsibility and proper Torah values

- The White House announced a new app launching Thursday on Apple and Google stores to manage Trump Accounts, tax-advantaged investments for U.S. children under 18 created by the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Eligible kids born 2025-2028 get a $1,000 Treasury deposit, with funds growing tax-deferred in U.S. equity index funds and accessible penalty-free for education, homes, or businesses. Nearly 6 million children are signed up, full activation hits July 4th.

- Trump: "Congratulations to the Dumocrat Party! Al Green, one of the most mentally deficient Congressmen in the history of our Country, has lost, in a landslide, his seat in Congress - But I will miss that lunatic not screaming and violently waving his cane at me during my next State of the Union Speech. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! President DJT"

- One benefit of Lakewood’s continued remote Township Committee meetings is that tomorrow’s meeting will still take place even while Town Hall is being used for primary election preparations.

The Township Committee has continued holding virtual meetings since COVID, avoiding in-person public interaction with residents.

- New traffic light coming to intersection of Boulevard Of Americas And Avenue Of The States 

- A new four way stop sign coming to Princewood Avenue and Claire Drive in Hearthstone

- Park avenue no parking extended at Bais Faiga Gratter Building school requested

requested a 250-foot extension of its school bus loading and unloading zone north toward Second Street.

- Bais Medrash  age bochurim farher season begins for Bochurin coming out of 12th grade or first year 

- Lakewood Girls high school aaceptance letters yet to go out as there are still girls not placed yet.

- Adirei haTorah: The  dais in Philadelphia arena will be along the main floor this year. Rav Yitzchok Soloveitchick shlita to depart from EY for the maamad. The program will begin  earlier with doors open at 3:00pm  mincha 4:45pm followed by the program.

- A 20-year-old man was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash in Lakewood early Wednesday, officials said.The Toms River resident was driving west on East 7th Street shortly before 1 a.m. when he veered off the road and hit a utility pole, Lakewood police said. The car continued across the front lawn of a residence and slammed into an unoccupied parked vehicle before overturning.

- Giyus: According to data published today by the IDF, during the April–May enlistment cycle, 433 ultra-Orthodox charedu men enlisted in designated service tracks across a range of roles, including a record number of 272 combat soldiers.The IDF says this represents an increase of about 24% compared to the same period last year

- Giyus: MK Moshe Gafni is calling on Degel HaTorah representatives in local municipalities across the country to boycott the police in response to the arrests of yeshiva bochurim draft evaders, he called on them to halt to all cooperation with police representatives, including municipal policing units, in all local authorities across the country, until further notice

- Early voting in Lakewood so far low turnout  with several candidates challenging the incumbent on the township committee.

- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin suggested suspending international flights into Newark Liberty International Airport following clashes between ICE agents and New Jersey Democratic officials and protesters outside the Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark.

Mullin argued that the federal government should reconsider processing immigration through Newark if local officials refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.

- Brick, NJ residents urged stronger traffic safety measures after 15-year-old Jackson Mueller was killed in a hit-and-run while riding his bicycle near Brick Memorial High School.

- Officials approved lowering the speed limit on nearby Lynwood Road and installing flashing speed signs.

-The Toms River School District will again join LSTA for the 2026–2027 school year to provide busing for private school students. The partnership, now in its third year, comes as the number of Orthodox Jewish families and private school students in Toms River continues to grow, particularly in neighborhoods near Lakewood. App reports 

- The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission has opened an investigation into numerous county political organizations and notified some county chairs that it intends to subpoena bank records, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Leaders of both parties received letters over the last two weeks notifying them of a sweeping audit of all 42 county organizations and requiring extensive documentation of financial activities from December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2026. The total number of subpoenas remains unclear.

- A massive fire has engulfed Kosher Kingdom supermarket in London’s Golders Green, with the cause still unknown. It comes just weeks after two Jews were stabbed in the same area.

- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted an American base on Thursday in retaliation for US strikes on the country’s south, Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reports.. “Following this morning’s aggression by the invading US military against a location on the outskirts of Bandar Abbas Airport using aerial projectiles, the American air base that served as the source of the attack was targeted at 4:50 am (0120 GMT),” the IRGC says, according to IRIB.

-An IDF soldier was killed, and two reservists were wounded in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in northern Israel, close to the border with Lebanon.

The slain servicewoman is named as Rotem Yanai, 20,  from Giv’at Ada.

Two drones launched by Hezbollah exploded in a military zone on the border during the attack, according to an initial military probe

- US official told Reuters: "We carried out an attack against a military site in Iran that threatened our forces and the movement of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz

- President Donald Trump sent several leaders in the region, including PM Netanyahu, the text of a draft memorandum with Iran for their comments. The text was sent over the past day and was discussed, among other things, in the Trump-Netanyahu call last night. - Israel Hayom

- Trump says he is not sure it would be worth signing a deal with Iran if countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait do not join the Abraham Accords with Israel. “They owe this to us.”

- Trump: The Strait is going to be open to everybody. It’s international waters. We’ll watch over it, but nobody’s going to control it. Oman will behave like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that.

- Rubio: The bottom line is Iran is never going to have a nuclear weapon. If recent events have done anything, it’s to remind us once again that they are the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. They can never have a nuclear weapon

- Trump: It looks like Iran wants just to make a deal. Their economy is in free fall. They have 250% inflation. Their money has no value. Their whole economic system is broken down.

- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledges that Iran retains some missiles, even after the weeks-long US-Israel bombing campaign. However, Tehran can no longer build new ones, he claims.

- Iranian news agency Fars: President Trump may unilaterally declare in the coming hours that the agreement between Iran and the US has been completed. This move by Trump is intended to apply pressure and embed the agreement in the public before all disputes are fully resolved.

- The White House denied reports in Iranian media about the details of the MOU between the parties, stating that it is a "false publication and a complete fabrication."

- Iranian television reports that an "unofficial preliminary draft" of the framework agreement with the US was achieved. No US confirmation yet

- The IDF has issued a broad evacuation notice for the ENTIRE city of Tyre and its surroundings: "Move north," the order said.

- According to the emerging MOU with the US, US forces will leave the vicinity of Iran and lift the blockade over Iran. In return, Iran will restore the situation in the Strait of Hormuz to the pre-war status, but without the passage of military vessels. The strait will be managed in cooperation between Iran and Oman

- IDF Chief of Staff Zamir: “The evil edifice of the Ayatollah regime has cracked significantly, and its future and stability are shrouded in fog. Its leaders are being pursued, most of its military capabilities have been destroyed, the nuclear program has been set back by years; its economy is collapsing, and its citizens have yet to realize the magnitude of the disaster to which their extremist leaders have led them."

 - Israeli Defense Minister Katz: The fourth commander of the military wing of the Hamas terror organization in Gaza was eliminated yesterday and sent to meet his accomplices in the depths of hell. On behalf of the Prime Minister and me, congratulations to the IDF and the Shin Bet for the brilliant execution. We pledged to eliminate everyone who led the October 7 massacre, and so we will: all of them die wherever they are.

Chasumas:

Oppenheimer - Schron Lake Terrace 

Lentschitz - Berkowitz Bais Faiga

Fayazi - Cohen Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Mentzcer - Spitzer Cedar Palace

Ginsburg - Schreiber Ne'emas Hachaim

Zukerman - Lebowitz Ateres Esther 

Pecker - Altman Ateres Blima

Steinwurzel - Margulies Fountain Ballroom 

Elbaz - Cohen Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Goldberg - Brody Ateres Reva

Kiddush Levana opportunity

The Lakewood Police Department has released a schedule of nightly road closures tied to Route 9 improvement work, with shutdowns expected to continue at least through early June.

Closures are scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday nights. Township officials said they “encouraged” the state to begin work as late as possible to reduce disruption.

Despite weeks of traffic and quality-of-life complaints from residents, there has still been little public explanation from elected officials regarding the scope of the project, who benefits from it, or how long the disruptions are expected to continue. The continued closures come as Mayor Ray Coles and other Township Committee member are seeking reelection

LPD: Road Closure Schedule for Route 9 Improvement Work

Lakewood Police Chief Greg Meyer advises residents that, per the contractor’s information,

the following areas along Route 9 will be closed to vehicular traffic overnight, due to State

DOT road improvement work.

Lakewood Township officials have encouraged the State to start roadwork as late as

possible, in order to minimize disruption. Closures begin at 10:00 pm on Sundays through

Thursdays; and at 8:30 pm on Fridays.

Residents and motorists are encouraged to consider these closures in advance of their

trips, and plan accordingly.

Road Closure Schedule:

• Tuesday 5/26 – Full Closure on Route 9 from Oak Street to Route 70. Lane Shifts on

Route 9 from Prospect Street to Pine Street.

• Wednesday 5/27 – Full Closure on Route 9 from Oak Street to Pine Street. Lane

Shifts on Route 9 from Pine Street to Central Ave.

• Thursday 5/28 – Full Closure on Route 9 from Pine Street to Route 88.

• Friday 5/29 – James Street closure from Williams Street to Route 9. Central/Hurley

side streets closures.

• Sunday 5/31 – Various side street closures off Route 9, from Route 70 to Oak Street.

• Monday 6/1 – Various side street closures off Route 9, from Route 70 to Oak Street.

• Tuesday 6/2 – Various side street closures off Route 9, from Oak Street to Pine

Street.

• Wednesday 6/3 – Various side street closures off Route 9, from Oak Street to Pine

Street.

• Thursday 6/4 – Various side street closures off Route 9, from Pine Street to Central

Ave

Weather: 78° A mix of clouds and sun

- Giyus: Military police made two arrest tonight of a yeshiva bochurim in Tel Zion north of Yerushalayim in the Binyomin region. Hundreds responded in protests including blocking the light rail in Yerushalayim 

- Pell Grants for short-term job training programs will become available July 1 after the U.S. Department of Education signed a final rule on Monday. This new grant is called the Workforce Pell Grant, which covers training programs like apprenticeships or certificate programs for approved in-demand jobs with as short as an eight-week timeline. If you’re looking to switch careers or expand your skill set, this is a significantly faster timeline compared to a traditional four-year degree program. You’ll be able to check for Workforce Pell Grant eligibility by filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) more

- Skver and Viznitz Monsey rebbe big wedding in Viznitz Bhm"d in Monsey for the marriage of the rebbes first great grandchild.

 - Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city may seize chronically neglected apartment buildings from “bad landlords” and transfer them to nonprofits, community land trusts or tenants. It isn't clear if landlords would even be compensated. Government seizure of property has long been a staple of communist regimes

- Rav Tzvi Kushlevsky shlita , who embraced a son at age 88, is now celebrating a upsherin with his 3-year-old son at the kosel today 

- Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Tuesday said that the federal agents who pepper-sprayed protesters outside Delaney Hall in Newark on Memorial Day were “completely out of control.”

- An interfaith rally organized by End Jew Hatred and other groups is planned tonight in NYC in front of Gracie mansion East 87th Street and York Avenue, protesting Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s stance on antisemitism policies and his decision to skip the Israel Day Parade on May 31.The group also criticized his revocation of certain antisemitism definitions and handling of related public protests

Upon the 3rd Yahrtzeit of Maran HaGaon Rav Gershon Edelstein zt"l - Divrei Ha'arocha and Hesped by Reb Michoel Sorotzkin HERE

- Early voting begins today in Lakewood town hall and other public libraries polls open until 8pm all week

- Adirei HaTorah in addition to a Siyum HaShas a Siyum HaMishnayos will be made, l’ilui nishmas talmidei haYeshiva who were niftar this year. Rav Lazer Kuperman Z"L Rav Naftali Cukier Z"L, Reb Elimelech Shimon Rosner z”l, and Rav Shlomo Weisberg z”l.

- Trump: “Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY. Thank you to the great Doctors and Staff! Heading back to the White House. President DJT”

- Lakewood Shomrim and For the Babies will distribute free “Cleverly” child safety reminder devices outside BMG today Tuesday, May 26, and Wednesday, May 27. The device plugs into a vehicle’s 12-volt outlet and alerts drivers to check the backseat after the car is turned off. Tuesday’s distribution will take place at the 10th & Clifton and Carey & Forest parking lots. Wednesday’s distribution will be at the 7th & Private Way and 6th & Princeton parking

- Hachtara took place last night for Rav Yaakov Mehl shlita willl serve as the new rav at the Majestic Woods neighborhood in Jackson, NJ.

- Replay: Q&A- Hashkafa in the Workplace Vaad with Rav Yaakov Bender in  Lakewood yesterday watch HERE 

or listen on phone 718-298-2077 Press 9 and class ID 451269 then #

- The new renovated ShopRite in Livingston now includes a fully certified kosher bakery overseen by the Vaad of MetroWest and under the supervision of Rav Aaron Metzger, recommended by the CRC. The store’s kosher expansion has also more than doubled its selection to over 1,500 items.

-  Brick and Basil kosher Dairy restaurant opening next week at the former ottimo location at the Lakewood Howell border 

- Vaad Lmishmeres Shatnez: A shatnez alert was issued after wool was found in a Cesare Attolini Napoli cashmere-silk suit, and another case involved a wool reinforcement dart discovered in a linen suit.

- LSTA: State audit in 2022 shows they collected from yeshiva courtesy bus family fees at $260 per student for a total of $2.5 million, while Lakewood township contributed $1.2 million for public school courtesy students. In FY 2022

- New Jersey lawmakers are advancing legislation (S2953 / SJR142 / AJR177) that officially designates June as "LGBTQIA+ Pride Month" statewide. The bills require the Governor to annually issue a proclamation urging public officials and citizens to observe the month with toava programs.

- Toyota is recalling over 43,000 vehicles due to a potential engine defect involving manufacturing debris that could damage the main bearing and cause engine failure or loss of power, increasing crash risk. The recall affects 2022–2024 Toyota Tundra, 2022–2024 Lexus LX600, and 2024 Lexus GX550 models.

- CNN reported that President Trump’s upcoming medical checkup is unlikely to quiet ongoing questions about his health, including attention to a bruised hand and occasional public fatigue.

The White House says the hand issue is due to aspirin use and handshaking.The Trump administration’s rapid response X account reacted sharply, writing: “You’re an idiot,” and accusing CNN of fueling threats against the president. “The ‘threats to his life serve as reminders’ that Radical Left lunatics incited by outlets like gutter trash CNN keep trying to murder him."

- Missionary material is being left on doorsteps in Boro Park as they are targeting frum communities 

- Barclays, JPMorgan Chase, Meta and Novartis plan to lay off hundreds of employees in New Jersey this year, JPMorgan Chase intends to lay off 305 employees, all in Jersey City, while Swiss drugmaker Novartis plans 250 layoffs - all at its U.S. headquarters in East Hanover.

- Giyus: A senior figure in Degel HaTorah to reporter: "The public thinks we didn't act enough around the Conscription Law, but it's better that the media doesn't know what really went down behind the scenes. We acted day and night with the prime minister but we ran into a wall of opposition within the Likud. 

- Former antisemite Lucas Gage was spotted at a lampost Toms River, New Jersey kosher steakhouse dining with Orthodox Jewish journalist JakeTurx and company. He has completely flipped sides after realizing where the success actually is. reports awesome Jew on twitter

- Trump: "If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and their Air Force is no longer with us, and if their entire Military walks out of Tehran, weapons dropped and hands held high, each shouting “I surrender, I surrender” while wildly waving the representative White Flag, and if their entire remaining Leadership signs all necessary “Documents of Surrender,” and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent U.S.A., The Failing New York Times, The China Street Journal (WSJ!), Corrupt and now Irrelevant CNN, and all other members of the Fake News Media, will headline that Iran had a Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America, it wasn’t even close. The Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY!!! President DJT"

- President Trump has Canceled his rare Camp David trip tomorrow, instead will convene the entire Cabinet at the White House.

 "Based on the possible bad weather conditions tomorrow, we will be having our Cabinet Meeting in the White House, and will be postponing the Cabinet trip to Camp David. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Prime Minister Netanyahu and US President Trump have spoken today.

- IDF strike in Gaza: Israel tried to eliminate Mohammed Ouda - the new commander of Hamas's military wing and one of the last architects of the 10/7 massacre still alive.

- The Trump admin told Israel: Do not attack Beirut, do not demolish buildings there. An Israeli senior official emphasized that, on the other hand, there is permission for targeted elimnation in Beirut, given an operational opportunity

- Trump will hold an unusual cabinet meeting tomorrow at Camp David, not at the White House - All Cabinet members are expected to attend the meeting, including outgoing DNI Gabbard  

- WSJ: The U.S. Navy has restarted "Project Freedom," a military initiative aimed at escorting and guiding commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz. The renewed operation comes after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait restored base and airspace access, following a brief pause in the mission- Iranian Foreign Ministry: The US broke the ceasefire in the Hormuzgan region. Iran will respond and will not hesitate to defend itself

- The IDF is operating on the ground in Lebanon beyond the yellow line (past southern Lebanon) as part of an effort to push Hezbollah operatives farther north and reduce the threat of explosive drone attacks on northern Israeli communities, Hebrew media reports.

- Rubio: Several talks took place today in Qatar. Negotiations on the deal text with Iran may last several days The President is going to make a good deal or no deal. The straits have to be open. What’s happening there is illegal. It’s unsustainable for the world and it’s unacceptable.

- Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, in a message reads: "What is certain is that the hand of time will not turn back, and the peoples and countries of the region will no longer be a shield for US bases."

- Pakistani Defense Minister responds to Trump's call for Pakistan to join the Abraham Accords with Israel: We refuse to join any agreement that goes against our principles. We do not trust Israel even for a day. It's not for nothing that the Pakistani Passport does not include the name of Israel.

- Iranian authorities have partially restored internet connectivity in Iran after an almost three-month shutdown against the backdrop of the war against Israel and the US, a monitor says.

- The IDF says troops have completed a major engineering operation in the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza, during which forces located and destroyed some 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) of tunnel routes used by Hamas.

Chasunas:

Franco - Ben Chaim Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Klugman- Platnick Fountain Ballroom 

Stern - Shnidman Ateres Esther 

Barenbaum - Eisner Ateres Blima 

Mandel - Broderik Ne'emas Hachaim 

Shmuckler - Rubinstein Ateres Chaim Elazar 

Weinberg - Pecker  Bais Faiga

Messes  Cedar Palace

Kiddush Levana opportunity

 Weather: 73° Light rain transitioning to a few showers for the afternoon Chance of rain 60%.

Showers and thunderstorms will move across New Jersey this afternoon and evening as a cold front passes through, with locally heavy rain and gusty winds possible

Today is Memorial day commemorating the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Most national retailers, grocery stores and restaurant chains will be open on Memorial Day, however banks and post offices will be closed. The stock market will also be closed.

- With less than two months before the New Jersey’s new e-bike laws takes effect on July 19, the New Jersey-based E-Bike Coalition is looking to amend or replace the controversial law regulating the bikes (Onejersey NJ.com)

- Rav Yaakov Bender shlita speaking at a hashkafa in the workplace event today in Lakewood  blasts the  LBA leagues in Lakewood calling it meshuga oifen kup and way out of hand  asking what are we doing to our children?? Why do they allow it?

He said there's 8 pages in the Voice of Lakewood full of stats of the games! Meshugah!! He remarked that where he lives in the 5 towns they kids play ball in the afternoon with their regular clothing no uniforms and that's it. But whats going on is crazy. The audience gave a round of applause to his remarks. 

- Update Levaya in Lakewood tonight 7:30pm at the chapel office 7th street with kevura in Monsey.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Shmuel Yosef Fishbain ZTL , longtime Rav of White Lake, NY in the Catskills was niftar at the age of 99 after leading the community for more than 55 years.

Born in Chicago in 1927, he was raised in a pioneering Torah family and  was sent to learn in NY at Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and  later Telshe Yeshiva. He later served as a maggid shiur at Yeshivas Netzach Yisroel under Rav Yisroel Zev Gustman. Rav Fishbain maintained close ties with many leading gedolim and rebbes, including Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky. Before arriving in White Lake in the early 1970s, he served as rov in several Catskills communities, including Ellenville and Hurleyville. For more than 50 years, Rav Shmuel Yosef Fishbain stood as a pillar of Torah in the Catskills, devoted to Torah, halachah, and authentic hashkafah with tremendous mesiras nefesh.

Known for his warmth and humility, he guided generations of families while preserving the traditions and standards of earlier generations. He is survived by his rebbetzin, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. The levaya is expected to take place in Monsey. See more at Matzav

- Giyus: Reporter Ari Kelman I24 news reports several Rabbonim within Degel HaTorah Refused to Join and sign on with Rav Dov Lando's Letter on Dissolving the Right wing Bloc. They Explained: "We have no alternative besides the traditional bloc as we are instructed so by our founder harav Shach ztl if we dissolve the bloc, even the slim chance that we will succeed in resolving the issue - will collapse."

- Adirei haTorah satellite location 50% of seats sold by 3 PM today 

- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital late this evening, his office says, adding that the premier was receiving unspecified dental treatment.

- President Trump is scheduled for a routine medical and dental examination at Walter Reed tomorrow. Of course the rag Washington Post’s headline is Trump faces health questions.

- Sale at Bingo Macabee Pizza Bagels 18 ct $7.99

- New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill was prevented from accessing Delaney Hill this morning, but Senator Andy Kim was allowed in after she left. Approximately 300 detainees at the ICE detention center in Newark are holding a hunger and labor strike in protest over what they say are poor conditions, lack of access to adequate medical care and insufficient food

Rainfall totals as of yesterday Howell at 1.78 inches, followed by Jackson at 1.56 inches, Lakewood at 1.45 inches, and Toms River at 1.23 inches.

- Memorial day shiurim at B"M Kol Chaim 618 Drive Caranetta Dr lakewood. Delivered by Rav Moshe unger shlita and Rav Doniel Neustadt shlita 10:30 am 

- Today 9 Sivan marks the First Yartzeit of RavEliezer (Ezzy) Newhouse zt”l

- Minyan Shelanu resumes rayze it campaign after it was paused due to the petirah of Reb Chaim Abadi donate Here The Shloshim event will take place next week Monday 

- Lakewood Girls high school acceptance letters are  supposed go out later this week while many are still not placed which may postpone the mailing.

- Gas prices come down a bit averaging $4.38 a gallon 

- A publication issued by the Kehillas of Amshinov has caused a halachick storm after it published a rumor between the Admor of Amshinov and his son, as the Rebbe says that even today one may ascend to the Temple Mount, but not too far in. The rebbe's son issued a clarification. The Rebbe’s comments about the Hat Habayis were taken out of context. Supporters insist he never permitted Jews to ascend Har HaBayis in practice, and that the published remarks were only part of an internal halachic discussion. They emphasize that his view remains in line with mainstream halachic authorities that Jews should not ascend the Temple Mount today because of the serious prohibition involved

- BDE: Petirah of Rebbetzin Esther Leiba Zaks a”h, almanah of HaGaon Rav Hillel Zaks zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah, who was niftar at the age of 91. The levayah will take place tonight at Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah in Modiin Illit, followed by kevurah on Har HaZeisim.

Rebbetzin Zaks was born into one of the great Torah families of the generation daughter of HaGaon Rav Moshe Chevroni zt”l, Rosh Yeshivas Chevron, and Rebbetzin Rochel a”h, daughter of HaGaon Rav Moshe Mordechai Epstein zt”l. Her shidduch with Rav Hillel Zaks zt”l was suggested by Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l during one of his visits to Eretz Yisrael.

- At the Adirei HaTorah event at Cure Insurance Arena, seating is organized by shul groups and divided into four tiers: Premium, Priority, Lower Bowl, and Upper Bowl. When members of the same shul purchase tickets within the same tier, their seats are automatically grouped together, so attendees can stay seated with their kehilla and friends while choosing the price level that fits their budget. There will not be a dais as the event will be a mostly hook up to the main event at xfinity arena in Philadelphia. Organizers describe it as an "immersive" experience which means technology completely surrounds you, engaging your senses to make you feel like you are actively inside a virtual or simulated environment rather than just a passive observer. 

- Traffic: The Garden State Parkway will be one of the most heavily traveled highways in the nation tonight. as thousands of vacationers return home from the Jersey shore

- Nichum Aveilim: Shiva for Rav Yisroel Chaim Pichey z"l  is @ 214 Regent drive Lakewood 

Shachris 7:30 am, Mincha 8:00 pm, Maariv 9:00

- The President of the State of Israel Isaac Herzog on a tour of Bnei Brak was invited to put a mezuzah in the home of the Chazon Ish zt'l. who had a personal connection to his grandfather, Chief Rabbi Rav Yitzchak Herzog. 

- Mayor of Paterson, NJ Andre Sayegh, whose parents are from Syria and Lebanon, is holding a Palestinian flag raising ceremony at City Hall next Friday June 5.

-Japanese researchers are moving forward with plans for a revolutionary hypersonic passenger aircraft capable of flying at speeds more than twice as fast as the retired Concorde jet, potentially flights from Tokyo to the United States in just two hours.

- Giyus: Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein addressed rumors about replacing Degel MKs, rejecting claims of internal failure and quoting Rav Dov Landau that they have “faithfully fulfilled their mission.” His comments come amid growing criticism from some voters over the handling of the giyus issue, with concerns that frum representatives have not done enough to protect yeshiva bochurim facing enforcement actions. Critics argue that bochurim facing arrest or enforcement actions have not received sufficient political protection, especially Sefardi bochurim despite earlier expectations that rabbinic and political leadership would strongly intervene.

- Experts are warning that invasive “jumping worms” are spreading in New Jersey and could damage gardens, plants, forests, and lawns by rapidly consuming the leaf layer that keeps soil healthy. Also known as “crazy snake worms” or “Alabama jumpers,” the worms thrash violently and can even launch themselves slightly off the ground. Researchers say their aggressive feeding changes soil composition and disrupts ecosystems, making them a growing concern for homeowners and environmental experts.

- Update: A new federal push to make daylight saving time permanent—backed by President Trump and advanced through Congress could end clock changes in New Jersey if it becomes law. Under the proposal, the U.S. would stop “falling back” and “springing forward,” locking the country into year-round daylight saving time. Because of a dormant New Jersey trigger law, the state would automatically adopt the change if federal legislation passes.

If enacted, winters in New Jersey would mean much darker mornings (sunrise close to 8:30 a.m.), but later sunsets/shkiah in the evening (after 5:30 p.m.), potentially benefiting retail and Jersey Shore tourism. The earliest possible rollout could be late 2026, though delays could push it to 2027.

- Continued tefilos for the mekubal Rav Dov Kook shlita tonight there will be a atzeres tefillah tonight led by his father-in-law, Rav Yitzchak Zilberstein in Ramat Elchanan. Name is Dov ben Shoshana 

- Chicago rabbonim issue public warning that some individuals are allegedly taking advantage of communal trust by requesting urgent loans or credit-card use (points, miles, emergency funds, or deposits for services) and then failing to repay. It stresses that these requests may be misleading and could cause financial harm within the community. They instruct members not to agree to significant loans or credit-card use without first consulting a familiar Rav.

 LSTA notifies The Lakewood community of an important change to student transportation eligibility that will take effect beginning with the 2026–2027 school year.

According to a notice distributed to parents, the Lakewood Board of Education has updated its transportation eligibility guidelines in order to "align with policies followed by neighboring townships." Under the revised policy, students must be 5 years old by September 30 in order to qualify for Board-funded transportation services.

The new guideline will impact children born between October 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021 who are entering school during the 2026–2027 academic year. Families with children in this category may no longer qualify for transportation coverage previously available under earlier criteria.

Parents can opt in at a cost of  $1,272.00 ($1,177.00 cost + $95.00 processing fee)

Officials stated that notifications have already been emailed directly to affected families with additional details regarding the change and available options.

Parents are encouraged to log in to the Lakewood Student Transportation Authority website to review transportation alternatives and plan accordingly for the upcoming school year.

The policy change has also sparks renewed discussion among parents regarding courtesy busing fees. Existing Board of Education guidelines stating that parents who qualify for the school lunch program should not be charged for courtesy transportation if they are unable to afford it. The question is why the Lakewood Student Transportation Authority appears to selectively follow certain BOE policies  such as adopting the new age cutoff for transportation eligibility  while continuing to charge fees for courtesy busing despite the financial hardship provisions outlined in BOE guidelines.

- Fox News: According to a senior US official, two Iranian vessels were intercepted while attempting to deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The US military neutralized both IRGC boats and conducted a strike on a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas that had targeted US aircraft

- Following reports in Iran about attacks in Bandar Abbas, a Fox News reporter reports from a CENTCOM spokesperson: The US military carried out self-defense strikes in southern Iran. Among the targets attacked were missile launch sites and Iranian boats that tried to plant mines in the Strait of Hormuz

- Trump: "The Enriched Uranium (Nuclear Dust!) will either be immediately turned over to the United States to be brought home and destroyed or, preferably, in conjunction and coordination with the Islamic Republic of Iran, destroyed in place or, at another acceptable location, with the Atomic Energy Commission, or its equivalent, being witness to this process and event. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DJT"

- Official Iranian source to Al Jazeera: Iran warned Washington that any Israeli attack in Beirut would severely damage the efforts to end the war and could completely derail the diplomatic process

- Northern mayors cancel school amid escalation in fighting with Hezbollah The IDF announced tightened restrictions across northern border communities, effective Tuesday morning. Gatherings will be limited to 50 people outdoors and 200 indoors in the Confrontation Line area and towns including Meron, Bar Yochai, Or HaGanuz, and Safsufa.

 - PM Netanyahu instructed the IDF to escalate the war against Hezbollah, no more restraints, full attack.

- US senior official to Al Jazeera: Hezbollah ignored repeated requests to stop firing at Israel, including the latest warning. Israel will now respond accordingly - this is not the Biden administration

- President Trump vowed during Memorial Day remarks on May 25, 2026, that Iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. He stated: “Iran will never have a nuke — not now, not ever.” Trump emphasized America’s military strength and said the U.S. remains ready to act decisively if Tehran violates any emerging peace agreement

- A source familiar with the details told i24NEWS: The negotiations between Iran and the US are progressing, but there are difficulties; there are changes and "upgrades" that each side demands in the language of the memorandum. The Iranian delegation that arrived in Qatar is an attempt to bridge the difficult gaps, such as the issue of thawing the funds that the Iranians demand.

- After massive Hezbollah drone attacks on civilians' areas in the north of Israel and IDF soldiers in the south of Lebanon in the past 48 hours. An Israeli source to i24NEWS regarding Lebanon: We are going to change the equation, unequivocally.

- PM Netanyahu has privately acknowledged to close associates that Israel has limited sway over President Trump’s decisions regarding Iran, according to two sources. According to two Israeli officials familiar with these discussions who spoke to Reuters, Netanyahu’s remarks come at a time when Israel has been largely excluded from negotiations aimed at reaching an early agreement to end the conflict.

- New details on the items currently in the negotiations between the US and Iran: (Amit Segal)

As of now, the Iranians are ONLY willing to commit to not developing nuclear weapons, while the US is offering one of the options: to sell the uranium to the US, transfer the material to a third-party country, or dilute the material.

 Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is insistent on having Iranian management, and the US wants free navigation.

Regarding the frozen Iranian assets: there is NO agreement, so the Qataris proposed to give a "loan" of 12 billion dollars to Iran for humanitarian needs.

Lebanon is included in the agreement, but it is unclear what type of ceasefire will be imposed. 

- Iran News agency Tasnim associated with the IRGC: "Reports that Iran is ready to remove enriched uranium from the country are not true, and they are part of US psychological warfare." The text of the MOU DOES NOT include any clause indicating Iran's willingness to remove nuclear materials from the country, nor does it include any commitment to any nuclear step."

- Saudi Arabia rejects President Trump's demand: "Following Trump's remarks, a Saudi source to CNN: 'Saudi Arabia will reach normalization with Israel only within the framework of an 'irreversible path' to establish a Palestinian state

-  US President Donald Trump says the yet to be unveiled peace agreement with Iran “will either be a great and meaningful one, or there will be no deal.” His remarks came after Iran said a “degree of understanding” has been reached with the US on many issues but that an agreement is not imminent.

- Trump: It should be ‘mandatory’ for 6 Muslim nations involved in Iran deal to join Abraham Accords

- Iran’s chief negotiator in talks with the United States, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on Monday for talks on diplomatic efforts to end the war.

- Earlier today, an explosive drone struck a home in the northern border community of Metula amid a wave of attacks. No injuries were reported

- The IDF issues an evacuation warning for the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and surrounding areas ahead of airstrikes targeting Hezbollah infrastructure.

CBS: US intelligence estimates that the Iranian operatives who were authorized to work with the Trump administration are struggling to communicate within the government system due to the difficulty of reaching the top leadership, including the Supreme Leader and other senior officials who are also hiding, and this is one of the main reasons why the details of the agreement are progressing slowly.

- Rubio said: Israel will be able to operate in Lebanon as it is operating now, even within the framework of the agreement being formed with Iran. Israel always has the right to defend itself. So does every country in the world. If Hezbollah fires missiles at Israel, Israel has the full right to respond and prevent this from happening. This is understood now, during the current ceasefire, and it will be understood beyond that as well.

- Donald J Trump Truth Social Post:

"I laugh at all of the Dumocrats, RINOS, and Fools who know nothing about the potential deal I am making with Iran, things that haven’t even been negotiated yet, weak and ineffective people like failed Senator Thom Tillis (Soon out of office!), Bill Cassidy, who just suffered a massive Primary loss, really bad Congressman Thomas Massie, a major sleazebag who lost in a landslide to a great American Patriot (Endorsed by “TRUMP”) after showing tremendous disloyalty to his Party (and Country!), and almost all Dumocrats, people that have totally lost their way, constantly supporting bad policy and even worse candidates, but are constantly critical of each and every fantastic win I have. These people should go home and rest, they do nothing but create division and loss. In other words, they are losers! The deal with Iran will either be a great and meaningful one, or there will be no deal. It will be the exact opposite of the JCPOA disaster negotiated by the failed Obama Administration, which was a direct and open path to a Nuclear Weapon for Iran. No, I don’t do deals like that! President DJT".

- Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, sustained “superficial injuries” to his face, head and legs during the February 28 airstrike that killed his father, Iran’s Health Ministry said, seeking to downplay the impact on his health.

-  WSJ: “Will Trump bail out Iran’s regime The Iranian regime has entered this war while grappling with political and economic crises. The war has exacerbated them even further. Saving the regime now through economic rescue will be the true betrayal – in the American interest even more than in the Iranian people's interest

Unlike last year’s primary, which saw a noisy and ultimately unsuccessful campaign by Josh Gottheimer, this year’s primary election season has remained mostly quiet so far. Early voting begins Tuesday, May 26, and runs through Sunday, May 31, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, except Sunday when polls close at 6 p.m. Election Day will be held Tuesday, June 2, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Lakewood residents may vote at Town Hall or at any public polling location in Ocean County, including locations in Jackson, Brick, and the Manchester Library. Early voting continues through Sunday, followed by Election Day on Tuesday, June 2.

Last year, approximately 250 residents switched their party affiliation from Republican to Democrat for the primary election. Under New Jersey law, voters who wished to switch back were required to do so at least 55 days before the primary. Registered Democrats may vote only in the Democratic primary, and Republicans only in the Republican primary. Independent voters may declare a party affiliation at the polling place on Election Day.

In Lakewood, two seats on the Township Committee are up for election

this year.  Mayor Ray Coles is running on the Democratic ticket, while Debbie Fuentes is seeking reelection as a Republican. Challenging for the Republican nomination are resident Aaron Hirsch, a regular presence at Township Committee meetings, and current fire commissioner Moshe Raitzik. You can vote  for  two candidates on the republican ticket.

 On the Democratic side, Harriet Goldberg is running alongside Coles on the ballot.

Lakewood Township Committee candidate Aaron Hirsch is a frequent attendee at township  meetings, is campaigning on issues he says directly impact local families, including disruptive road closures, school funding inequities, and rising property taxes. Hirsch criticized the lack of coordination between state and local agencies over road work scheduled on Erev Shabbos and Erev Yom Tov, pledging to push for greater accountability to prevent future disruptions. He also highlighted what he described as unfair treatment in state education funding, noting that Lakewood has the largest K-12 student population in New Jersey but ranks 77th in school funding. According to Hirsch, the funding shortfall has forced the township to rely on loans and higher property taxes, while local leadership has failed to secure meaningful results. He vowed to advocate aggressively for resources and policies that better support Lakewood residents.

Candidate Moshe Raitzik has been dedicated  to Lakewood serving on various boards. In his recent campaign for Lakewood it focused on safety, transparency, infrastructure, and taxpayer accountability. Raitzik has pledged to push for safer development by increasing oversight of traffic, fire access, sidewalks, and neighborhood safety concerns tied to new construction projects. He also says Lakewood’s master plan must be updated so roads, utilities, and infrastructure can properly support the township’s continued growth.

Raitzik has also emphasized the need for greater public involvement in local government. He supports restoring in-person Township Committee meetings to make it easier for residents to participate and voice concerns. In addition, he is advocating for expanded hazardous-road busing for children who currently walk on unsafe roads without sidewalks.

A current fire commissioner and former Board of Education and Planning Board member, Raitzik says his background in education and public service gives him firsthand understanding of the needs of Lakewood families. 

Chasunas:

Lewin - Deckelbaum Ateres Reva 

Zafrani - Masalton Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

Berger - Heller Fountain Ballroom 

Bodenheimer - Goldstein  Cedar Palace 

Simchas chosson vkalah  request @ Ateres Esther hall 9pm

- Siyum HaTorah  kollel Mashkimim Beru hall

Weather: 55° Areas of fog. L

Weather: 59° Cloudy with occasional rain showers. Chance of rain 50%.

- Soft opening today at Mendelsohns pizza new lakewood/Toms River location delivering the Brooklyn experience  located at 2360 Lakewood rt at the old stop n shop plaza off rt 9.

- On Thursday a House committee overwhelmingly approved legislation that would keep daylight saving time in place throughout the entire year. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 to advance the Sunshine Protection Act, a proposal aimed at eliminating the long-criticized ritual of changing clocks every spring and fall. The measure is expected to be folded into a broader five-year transportation package.

This will impact the frum community as shachris during the winter won't start before 8am with a late zman for Netz. Kids will be waiting in the dark to get on a bus to school.

- Traffic Alert: Memorial Day weekend  the Garden State Parkway  one of the most heavily traveled highways in the nation As tens of thousands of drivers head south to kick off the unofficial start of the summer season.

- NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill said she is disturbed by reports of unsafe and inhumane conditions at Delaney Hall, in Newark where ICE detainees are stationed. she renewed her call to close the private detention facility, and said she is working with ICE, lawmakers, and advocates to ensure humane treatment and accountability

Update: TAdirei Hatorah satellite location will be at the Cure Arena in Trenton,  has a seating capacity of 10,500. The website and phone line to order tickets will be open later today.

Organizers have not announced if there will be a daisy with live program at Cure Arena or just a hook up to the main event in Philadelphia.

- An earthquake has been recorded in northern Israel around the Sea of Galilee Kineret, measuring at 3.5 on the Richter scale.

- A notice  was posted at the Biala chasidus Bais Medrash in EY over Shavuos: A call not to enter into transactions in the "Kiryat Lakewood" project in Ma'aleh Amos, as the  development is not secure financially alongside a call not to lend a hand to the exorbitant apartment prices in the settlement's second-hand market. There no mention who is behind either the kirya or the notice.

- Giyus: Netanyahu prepared a updated draft law to be voted on, however Rav Dov Landau instructed the MKs that they are not going to support this version at this time. New sections are likely to be held on September 15.

Charedim who are considered draft Dodgers as of today will not be eligible for discounts on finances of purchasing a home.

-Lakewood Township announced today  that due to the inclement weather, the planned 2026 Memorial Day Parade scheduled to take place on Monday morning has been cancelled.

- Lakewood High school acceptance letters to go out this week Tuesday. There's still hundreds of girls that have yet to be places yet into a school.

- Hachnosas Sefer Torah today to the Skulen B"M of Lakewood procession leaving from the Gratter building on Park Ave. 4:30pm to Skulen. 

- Hachnosas Sefer Torah at Talmud Torah Yeaodei HaTorah procession leaving from Joe Parker Rd and  Cedarwood 1:30pm

- Lakewood, home to one of the state’s largest Orthodox Jewish communities, reported a birth rate of 36.1 per 1,000 residents in 2023. By comparison, the city of Newark has a birth rate of 12.5.

As a result, nearly 20,500 babies were born in Lakewood between 2020 and 2023, according to the New Jersey Department of Health. That’s nearly equivalent to the entire population of Point Pleasant, 19,463.(NJ.com)

-  Adirei HaTorah announce satellite location  with cheaper ticket prices taking place at Cure Arena in Trenton. Organizers say the reason the tickets sold out in few hours is due to the yeshiva having 11000 talmidim  plus many tickets reserved for VIP sections and donors left a few thousand for purchase by the general public. According to an article in TVOl there is no plans for a live stream however the event has been lived streamed every year.

- Chasuna season resumes the busy June season fron Shavuos to Shiva Asar BTamuz over 200 wedding Kahn are booked for the Lakewood area 

- The sign atop MetLife Stadium read "New York New Jersey Stadium" on Friday, reflecting the temporary name of the venue during the World Cup. The more prominent of two signs will soon read "New Jersey New York Stadium" according to Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Who said “I will always put New Jersey first, and I wanted to make sure the stadium hosting eight World Cup matches in our state did the same".

-  Trader Joe's newly released sugar-free Sweet and Sour Gummy Worms. Shoppers have reported experiencing significant digestive distress and laxative effects after consuming the candy, which contains 14 grams of fiber per serving approximately half of the daily recommended intake. It is kosher with a Chof K Dairy hashgocha.

- Early voting begins Tuesday for primary elections in New Jersey. In Lakewood there are 2 seats on the township committee up for reelection Mayor Ray Coles as the democrat and Debbie Fuentes as the republican. The primary challengers on the ballot for the republican seat are  resident Mr.  Aaron Hirsch a regular at township meetings and current fire commissioner Moshe Raitzik. The running mate on the Democrat ballot is Harriet Goldberg.

A  IDF soldier was killed yesterday in southern Lebanon. Nehoray Leizer, 19, from Eilat, was killed by an explosive drone from Hezbollah. He is the 11th soldier killed during this round.

- The spokesperson for the National Security Committee in the Iranian parliament, Ebrahim Rezaei, in an interview with Al Jazeera, referred to the negotiations on enriched uranium: "At this stage, we have no negotiations at all with the US on the nuclear issue. If there is progress and the US shows positive intentions, we can discuss other issues. Enrichment is not something that can be negotiated. This technology has cost us a lot, and we will not give it up.

- Trump: “If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama, which gave Iran massive amounts of CASH, and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon. Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isn’t even fully negotiated yet. So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about. Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don’t make bad deals! President DJT”- Senior Trump administration official to CBS: The Iranians agreed in principle to a deal that would include the removal of the uranium enriched by Iran.

- Fox News from a senior White House official: No deal without enriched uranium. We won't sign a deal with Iran today or tomorrow. The president typically gives them 5 to 7 days to reach a deal. We will not make a bad deal, that's for sure

- Senior official in the Trump administration: No signing of the agreement is expected today. There are still some details to be finalized. There is still back-and-forth regarding certain details, some words that are important to us, and some words that are important to them. The Iranian system in its current configuration is not moving quickly—Axios

- The IDF Chief of Staff on Iran: "We are prepared to return to intense fighting immediately and to weaken the Iranian terror regime and its capabilities more deeply. We will maintain readiness and flexibility to act as long as necessary."

-  Fox News: A senior official in the administration says, "If the Iranians show significant flexibility on the enrichment issue, then we will also show significant flexibility on easing sanctions." Regarding the nuclear issue, the current plan is to deal with the entire stockpile of enriched material. "If a final agreement is reached where the Iranians continue to enrich, then there is really no final agreement," the official added

- PM Netanyahu: I spoke last night with President Trump about the memorandum of understanding to open the Strait of Hormuz and the upcoming negotiations for a final agreement on Iran's nuclear program. I expressed to President Trump my deep appreciation for his steadfast commitment to Israel's security, including during the "Roar of the Lion" and "Epic Fury" operations, in which US and Israeli forces fought shoulder to shoulder against the Iranian threat. President Trump and I agreed that any final agreement with Iran must remove the nuclear threat. This means dismantling Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities and removing the enriched nuclear material from its territory. President Trump reiterated Israel's right to defend itself against threats on all fronts, including in Lebanon. The partnership between us and our two countries has been proven on the battlefield and has never been stronger. My policy, like President Trump's policy, remains unchanged: Iran will not have nuclear weapons

 - Trump: …” I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side. The Blockade will remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed.”

- Netanyahu posts a picture of himself with Trunp declaring "Iran will never have a nuclear weapon "

- Rubio: Iran will never possess a nuclear weapon, certainly not as long as Donald Trump is President of the United States.

- Trump to ABC: "I can't talk about the deal; it's totally up to me, and if there is news, it will only be good news. I don't make bad deals."

- Rubio: "The idea that somehow this president, given everything he's already proven he's willing to do, is going to somehow agree to a deal that ultimately winds up putting Iran in a stronger position when it comes to nuclear ambitions is absurd."

- Over 20 explosive drones launched today by Hezbollah towards IDF positions in the North.

- Trump: “One of the worst deals ever made by our Country was the Iran Nuclear Deal, put forth and signed into existence by Barack Hussein Obama and the rank amateurs of the Obama Administration. It was a direct path to Iran developing a Nuclear Weapon. Not so with the transaction currently being negotiated with Iran by the Trump Administration - THE EXACT OPPOSITE, in fact! The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side. The Blockade will remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed. Both sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes! Our relationship with Iran is becoming a much more professional and productive one. They must understand, however, that they cannot develop or procure a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. I would like to thank, thus far, all of the countries of the Middle East for their support and cooperation, which will be further enhanced and strengthened by their joining the Nations of the historic Abraham Accords and, who knows, perhaps the Islamic Republic of Iran would like to join, as well! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

- Iranian official to Reuters: Contrary to reports, we DID NOT agree to hand over highly enriched uranium; the nuclear issue is not part of the preliminary agreement 

- Iran Tasnim  news: Timeline: A 30-day period to resolve the siege and lift the naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. A 60-day period to hold talks on the nuclear issue. For now, Iran has agreed to nothing on the nuclear front

- Fox News: The emerging agreement stipulates that US forces will remain near Iran for 30 days

- Senior member of the Iranian regime negotiation team, Marandi: “The Strait of Hormuz is and will remain under Iran’s control. If Trump fails to meet all of his obligations, the Islamic Republic knows how to respond. The old order is gone.”

- IDF forces identified four Hezbollah terrorists who entered a terror infrastructure. The forces attacked the infrastructure and eliminated the terrorists operating from within it.

Weather tonight: 53° Showers this evening, becoming a steady rain overnight. Chance of rain 100%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.  Tomorrow 60° A steady rain in the morning. Showers continuing in the afternoon. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a half an inch. Locally heavy rainfall possible.

- Over 100,000 people came to the kosel over Shavuos and Shabbos. For Vasikin there were 20,000 at the plaza.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Yisroel Chaim Pichey Z”L, who was niftar over Shavuos at the age of 91.

He was a rebbe in Yeshiva of Brooklyn  for many years before moving to Lakewood several years ago. He was a son in law of  R' Elimelech Mike Tress ztl.

He was from the early talmidim of Yesha Telz Cleveland.

 He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Donya Pichey, and his children R’ Eli, R’ Shloimy,  Mrrs. Rochel Levine, Mrs. Hena Rivka Willner,  Mrs. Chaya Sara Lefkowitz,  Mrs. Leebah Kahn,  Mrs. Dusie Basch, Mrs. Shevy Eisgrau. The levaya is scheduled  for tomorrow Sunday in Lakewood at 9:30 AM at the chapel off 7th st with kevurah in the Wellwood cemetery on Long Island.

- A Neelas hachag took place at BMG with  divrei chizuk delivered byvRav Yisroel Neuman shlita. Followed by dancing that went past the zman

- For the first time a neelas Hachag took place in Brisk Yeshiva at the new apt adjacent to the yeshiva on Rechov Press with the participation of supporters from the US who were spending  Shavuos in Yerushalayim  bhol

The Mashgiach Rav Don Segal shlita made a bracha of Shechayanu on erev YT  upon the publication of the new Sefer Ketzos Hachoshen featuring his footnotes the sefer is called Yeshios Don on the Ketzos.

At Mir Yerushalayim thousands celebrated the Yim Tov at the Yeshiva with shmuesen delivered by the Rosh Yeshiva Rav Lazer Yudel and the mashgiach Rav Binyomin Finkel the 3nd day for the American bichurim. The niggun of Kad Yasvun was sung before shachris.

- In Vizhnitz Bnei Brak, chassidim celebrated a historic hachnosas sefer Torah written by the Rebbe during the medical treatments he underwent in Los Angeles. On Erev Yom Tov, the Rebbe danced with the Torah atop a specially constructed platform.

- Thousands of Satmar Chasidim attended the Neelas Hachag in Kiryas Yoel Monroe culminating  spending Yom Tov with the rebbe. Followed  by the Bagleitin ceremony outdoors where everyone wishes the rebbe on Motzei Shavuos 

- Trump: Thank you to our great Secret Service and Law Enforcement for the swift and professional action taken this evening against a gunman near the White House, who had a violent history and possible obsession with our Country's most cherished structure. The gunman is dead after an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service Agents near the White House gates. This event is one month removed from the White House Correspondent'Dinner shooting, and goes to show how important it is, for all future Presidents, to get, what will be, the most safe and secure space of its kind ever built in Washington, D.C. The National Security of our Country demands it!

- After a customer wrote on Twitter that B&H photo won't let him checkout because their website observes Shabbat and said he would order from another site, users listed backbin strong support if the frum owned store for  sticking to their religious values. On the end The customer ordered the item 4 hours later from B&H.

- Early voting begins in New Jersey on Tuesday ahead of the June 2nd primary.

Trump in Monsey on Friday 1st day Shavuos

Thousands of supporters gathered Friday at Rockland Community College as President Donald Trump made a historic visit to Rockland County alongside Rep. Mike Lawler, marking the first presidential appearance in the county in nearly 50 yeara. Organizers said more than 5,000 people attended the campaign-style event focused on affordability, tax relief, and the economy. Nearby shuls on Forshay Ŕd had Trump signs welcoming the president to the area.

- IRAN DEAL? President Trump announces that Iran and the US are about to finalize a Memorandum of Understanding to bring an end to the war in Iran. 

President Donald Trump said that a peace deal with Iran has been “largely negotiated” after Oval Office calls with leaders of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain, followed by a separate call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Earlier Saturday, Trump said the odds of a “good” deal were only “a solid 50/50.”

- Reuters: The proposed plan is expected to proceed in three stages, an official end of the war, resolution of the Strait of Hormuz crisis, and opening of a 30-day window for negotiations on a broader agreement, with the possibility of an extension for another 30 days

- The New York Times is reporting that according to American sources, Iran has AGREED to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

- Sen. Lindsey Graham, expressed fear over terms that would allow the Iranian regime to survive, saying a deal that leaves Iran in a strong position in the region would lead to a “nightmare for Israel.”

Senior Republican US senators voiced criticism on Saturday over the reported terms of the deal that US President Donald Trump, is negotiating with Tehran to end the Iran war.

- Israel’s N12, Israeli officials claim that US envoy Steve Witkoff is pushing to reach a deal by any means necessary and is urging President Trump to avoid resuming hostilities.

- IDF soldier killed n Lebanon by a Hezbollah explosive drone. Noam Hamburger Z"L (23) from  Atlit.

-A person who opened fire Saturday on a White House security checkpoint is dead after being shot by officers who returned fire, the US Secret Service said. It was the third incidence of gunfire in the vicinity of President Donald Trump in the past month.

The gunman who opened fire near the White House on Saturday afternoon has been identified as 21-year-old Nasire Best of Maryland. He was shot by Secret Service agents and died on the way to the hospital.

Best allegedly had multiple prior encounters with the Secret Service and had a history of mental health issues.

- Trump post today on Truth Social:

I am in the Oval Office at the White House where we just had a very good call with President Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, of The United Arab Emirates, Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, and Minister Ali al-Thawadi, of Qatar, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, of Pakistan, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of Türkiye, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, of Egypt, King Abdullah II, of Jordan, and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, of Bahrain, concerning the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all things related to a Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE. An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries, as listed. Separately, I had a call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, which, likewise, went very well. Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly. In addition to many other elements of the Agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will be opened. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

חג השבועות תשפ"ו לייקווד 

כד יתבין ישראל ועסקין בשמחת התורה, קודשא בריך הוא אומר לפמליא דיליה חזו בני חביבי דמשכחין לצערא דילהון ועסקין בחדוותא דילי

- Eruv Tavshilin 

- Yizkor candle reminder 

- Candle lighting 7:53 pm להדליק נר של יום טוב/שהחיינו

-Shkia 8:11 pm 

-(Maariv 1st night Minhag Hayeshiva to wait 72 minutes 9:24 pm for Temimos) 

-עלות השחר is 3:46 am

-Earliest zman for bracha on Tzizis/Talis  is 4:53 am

-נץ החמה is 5:35 am

-Sof zman Krias shema gra 9:15 am

-Sof zman tefila 10:27 am

ט שעות on Friday 4:52 pm

Weather Tonight: Low 54° Chance of rain 50%.

1st day YT Friday Hi 61° Cloudy 

2nd day YT Shabbos Hi 56° Overcast Chance of rain 60%.

(Some poskim hold it is preferable for women to wait until it is night to light candles and say Shehechiyanu on Shavuos night -Luach R' Yechiel Michel Tukatchinsky, Piskei Tshuvos 494:2 )

- Shavuos at BMG Bais Medrash Ateres Bracha will be open all night for children in Memory of Rav Kolman Krohn ZTL Program will begin 12:00 am until 15 minutes before shachris Vasikin there will be 3 breaks throughout the evening.

The Lakewood roshei yeshiva will deliver 3 shiurim over Shavuos at various botei medrashim of BMG first day after mincha.

The Neelas Hachag/Shaloshudis is at Beren hall 7 pm with a drasha by Rav Yisroel Neuman shlita

-At KNA Roberts shul  all night learning with Starbucks coffee Reb Yosef Deutsch Medrash and stories  for young and old Candy and prizes 12:00 am - 4:15 am

- Brookwood 3 Jackson - Three tracks for boys. 1-5th grade, 6th, 7th and 8th. Shiurim, stories, and learning all night.

- water and drinks on their front lawns for the Tzibbur to enjoy. Dark areas near walking paths will be lit up  up for those going to learn shavuos night. There will also be extra security over the 2 days of  yom Tov Lakewood Chaveirim put up lighting at the Eastern pedestrian bridge over Lake Carasaljo between  N. Lake and S. Lake drives.

- Lutzk Bais Medrash learning program all night for children

-Lev Avos:  Shavuos night boy kollel  Refreshments served.

-Rav Gissinger /kzy: There will be shiurim throughout the night for men & kids  with refreshments in the simcha room! 

- Bais Shabsi shavuos night Learning shiurim for talmidim

-Divrei Zikaron for Rav Shaul Brus ZTL Yartzeit first day shavuos at the Chabura rooms in BMG

 סגולה לרפואה – בעת קריאת התורה של עשרת הדיברות מושפע על העולם שפע עצום, כשם שהושפע על העולם לפני כ-3,337 שנה, בעת מתן תורה בהר סיני. כשם שבעת מתן תורה, נרפאו כל החולים, כך בכל שנה ושנה ניתן לזכות לישועות ורפואות, גם למחלות שבדרך הטבע אין ל1

 Hilchos uminhagei Shavuos 5786 (For reference only) 

- This year we make an Eruv Tavshilin on erev Shavuos since the first day Yom Tov is Friday. there are those who make sure not to eat the seuda too late after plag.

 Zman ט' שעות is 4:32pm

In Eretz Yisroel this year some shuls will lein the entire parshas Naso by Mincha on shabbos 2nd Yom Tov for bnei chutz Laaretz.

- The shabbos candles should be prepared ahead of time on the first day or prior to YT.

- poskim discuss taking a warm shower on the first day Yom Tov lekavod Shabbos. Ask you LOR

- On Shavuos at night the minhag is to wait until it is night (Tzeis Hakochavim) to daven Maariv in order to have 49 complete days. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:1. BMG davens at 72 most shuls daven earlier 50 0r 60  minutes after shkiah.

(some poskim say that women should wait until it is night to light candles and say Shehechiyanu on Shavuos night. Luach R' Yechiel Michel Tukatchinsky, Piskei Tshuvos 494:2)

There is a minhag (brought in The Zohar) to stay up the night of Shavuos and learn Torah. This is based on the Midrash which says that Klal Yisroel overslept the night before Matan Torah and Hashem had to awaken them to receive the Torah. Therefore we stay up all night to rectify their oversight. Shulchan Aruch with Mishnah Brurah 494:1

 The Ari'zal writes that one who does not sleep the night of Shavuos and toils in Torah is assured to live out the year and no harm will occur to him. Shulchan Aruch with Mishnah Brurah 494:1

There is a compilation of torah learning known as "Tikkun Lay'l Shavuos" which has The Zohar and the writings of The Ari'zal as its source, and many have the minhag to say/learn this on Shavuos night. Kaf Hachaim 106:7, Lev Dovid L'Hachidah.

 Generally women should not say the "Tikkun Lay'l Shavuos". However, some say that a woman who counted all the days of Sefiras Ha'omer may learn the portions of the Tikkun which are from Tanach. S'U Rav Poalim 1SY:9, Kaf Hachaim 106:8

 One who stayed awake all night of Shavuos should immediately, at Alos Hashachar wash one's hands for Netilas Yadayim without a beracha, and listen to Birchas Hatorah from someone who slept, before one continues to learn.

Shulchan Aruch 4:14, 47:12MB28

 Before Shachris one should use the restroom, wash his hands and then make the berachos of "al netilas yadayim" and "asher yotzar". Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 594:1

 One who stayed awake all night should not make a beracha on his tzitzis. Rather, he should make the beracha on his Tallis Gadol and have in mind to be yotze for his tzitzis with the same beracha. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:1

 One who stayed awake all night should listen to the berachos of "Elokai Neshama" and "Hamaveir Shayna Mayeinoi" from someone who slept during the night.

Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 46:MB24

 One who goes to sleep after Alos Hashachar Shavuos morning (or on any day) does not say the beracha of Hamapil. Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 239:1MB8, Piskei Tshuvos 494:5

 There is a well known minhag to bring flowers into shul and one's home as a remembrance that on Shavuos we are judged on "Peiros Ha'ilon" - fruits. However, one should not cut off branches from fruit bearing trees for this purpose because of the Torah prohibition of "Bal Tashchis". (Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3, Piskei Tshuvos 494:10)

 There is a (not so well known) minhag to bring good smelling grasses into shul to be passed around for people to make a beracha and smell the grass in remembrance of the Simcha of Mattan Torah where Har Sinai was surrounded by grass.

(Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3)

 Many have the minhag to eat a milchige meal (and milk and honey) on Shavuos. Some eat milchig at night and fleishig at the day meal, while others eat milchig, bentch, and then wash again, and eat fleishig to be yotze Simchas Yom Tov with meat.

(Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3)

 If one eats milchig but not "hard cheese" (which requires one to wait six hours before eating meat) one need not bentch and wash again before eating meat. However, one should wash his /her mouth well and the tablecloth should be changed. (Other poskim require one to bentch).

(Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3, Piskei Tshuvos 494:12)

 -One should be careful not use leftover challah from a milchig meal at a fleishig meal. (This is applicable all year as well). Rather, one should use new challahs for each meal. This also fulfills the minhag of remembrance of the Shtei Halachem (Two Loaves) brought on Shavuos in the Beis Hamikdash. (Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 494:3)

 We read Megillas Rus on Shavuos because it was written to document the yichus of Dovid Hamelech and (according to one opinion) Dovid Hamelech was born and niftar on Shavuos. (Shulchan Aruch w/Mishnah Brurah 490:9, see also Shaarei Tshuvah 494:3)

 Shavuos and Memorial Day weekend in New Jersey is expected to feel more like early spring, with rain, gusty winds, and much cooler temperatures replacing this week’s heat.

Showers and winds up to 25 mph will move in Thursday, with highs only in the low to mid-60s

Friday will be mostly cloudy with occasional showers, while the steadiest rain is expected Saturday into Saturday night. Weekend highs are forecast to stay in the upper 50s to low 60s

Candle lighting 7:53pm

Shkiah/sunset 8:11pm

- TRUMP: Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland.

- Verizon land lines in Lakewood and surrounding area are not working  since yesterday. Company says it won't be fixed until Tuesday.

- At the entrance to Shaar yafo in the old city of Yerushalayim there's a banner with a picture of the Adirei haTorah event for Lakewood yeshiva 

- Lakewood Girls High school acceptance letters to be mailed out over Shavuos 

- Adirei HaTorah update:  While tickets are sold out for the event next week there's  plans for a satellite hookup at Cure Arena   location details TBA tickets $18,$36,$54,$72.

- Marine One, other army helicopters land near Rockland Community College in Monsey ahead of President Trump‘s visit to Rockland County tomorrow on first day of Shavuos for a event.

- A community wellness event hosted by Wellpoint will take place today Thursday in Lakewood, offering residents free health screenings, giveaways, and community resources.The “Wellpoint Community Day” event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wellpoint storefront located at 100 Clifton Avenue in Lakewood.

- CBS News Radio signing off after nearly 100 years Friday at 11 p.m. will be the final sign-off for CBS News Radio, home of the "World News Roundup" and several generations of the best in the business. a victim of corporate cost-cutting and changing habits.

-  Earlier today brick PG temporarily closed the Trader Joes as the store was full to capacity with people buying flowers for Shavuos 

- Seastreak Ferry service is launching a summer ferry route between Lower Manhattan and Point Pleasant Beach, offering a traffic-free trip to the Jersey Shore in about 1 hour and 15 minutes. The service will run on select weekends from June 19 through Sept. 7, with departures from Manhattan on Fridays and return trips on Sundays. Round-trip adult tickets cost $99, and reservations are required through Seastreak. 

- Several thousand homes and businesses in New Jersey remain without power Thursday morning after strong storms lashed New Jersey on Wednesday night. As of 7:10 a.m, more than 6,000 are waiting for their power to be restored, down from 24,000 on Wednesday night.

- Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick has vetoed an ordinance that aimed to limit personal use of township vehicles.The measure, adopted by a 4 to 3 vote on the Township Council last week, would have barred Rodrick from using a township vehicle to commute to his full-time job as an assistant principal at Irvington High School.

Adirei Ad  at Shar Yafo for the visiting Americans going to the kosel.

- Trump on the enriched uranium: “No. We will get it. We don't need it. We don't want it. We'll probably destroy it after we get it, but we're not going to let them have it."

-Trump: "Right now, we're negotiating, and we'll see, but we're going to get it one way or the other. They're not going to have a nuclear weapon."

- Senior Iranian sources to Reuters: Mojtaba Khamenei ordered - the uranium enriched to a high level will remain in Iran.  The White House disputes the accuracy of the Reuters report, citing a negotiator involved who asserts the information is incorrect. - Fox News

- In Iran, they deny that Mojtaba Khamenei said he refuses to remove the uranium enriched to 60% from the country - but at the same time, they add: they are only willing to dilute the material.

- IDF Chief of staff Zamir says IDF will be ‘on highest alert, operating on all fronts’ during Shavuos

 - CNN: Iran has already resumed part of its missile production during the ceasefire, indicating that certain military capabilities that were damaged in US-Israeli strikes - including the destruction of missile launch sites, launchers, and the production capacity of key weapon systems - are being restored.

- WSJ: Israel has a list of thousands of terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre - and is working to eliminate or capture them. According to the report, hundreds have already been eliminated or captured, and anyone found to have two pieces of evidence that they were part of the massacre has been marked for elimination

- All foreign activists from the recent Gaza flotilla have been deported from Israel, the Foreign Ministry announces in a statement.

- A Texas congressional candidate’s call to imprison and castrate “Zionists” rocked her Democratic party this week, as lawmakers expressed alarm and decried antisemitism in politics. Two Democrats  US Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Jared Moskowitz said in a joint statement that if the candidate, Maureen Galindo, enters Congress, “We will force a vote to expel her every single day.”

Every Democrat in Congress signed onto a joint statement saying her “vile, bigoted and antisemitic views” were anathema to the party.

Thursday, May 21, 2026 / ה׳ סיון תשפ״ו

ערב שבועות

Candle lighting 7:53pm

Shkiah/sunset 8:11pm

-Weather: 

Today 64° Periods of rain Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall near a half an inch.

Tonight: Low 54° Chance of rain 50%.

1st day YT Friday Hi 61° Cloudy 

2nd day YT  Shabbos Hi 56° Overcast Chance of rain 60%.

 מתן תורה on Har Sinai was 3,338 years ago in the year 2448

Reminder Eruv Tavshilin 

Remember to buy 2 day Yizkor Lecht if needed.

1st night Yom Tov Maariv Minhag Hayeshiva to wait 72 minutes 9:24 pm for Temimos. There's a seder erev shavuos at 6pm in all botei medrash 

- PSA: Star K alert those with thankless  water heaters that have an electronic ignition can not be turned on during Yom Tov. It is like turning on a car. Some systems come with a reserve just for YT

- Shavuos at BMG Bais Medrash Ateres Bracha will be open all night for children in Memory of Rav Kolman Krohn ZTL Program will begin 12:00 am until 15 minutes before shachris Vasikin there will be 3 breaks throughout the evening.

The Lakewood roshei yeshiva will deliver 3 shiurim over Shavuos at various botei medrashim of BMG first day after mincha.

The Neelas Hachag/Shaloshudis is at Beren hall 7 pm with a drasha by Rav Yisroel Neuman shlita

Flowers for Shavuos:

Pearl Blau flowers will be available at NPGS Flowers at Gourmet Glatt

- Floral Shop at Shop Rite Howell, Brick 

- 10th street and Madison parking lot across Aisle 9

- Aisle 9 in Jackson 

Trader Joe's, Aldi, Global flowers Ave of the states, Perachim Todd plaza

- There is a segula for one that wants to have a son to separate 91 perutahs on Erev Shavuos and then add more till he gets to 104, the gematria of 2 times בן , and then give it to a humble, worthy talmid chacham. (R’ Yaakov Falagi, Father of R’ Chaim Falagi) Shevuos is a good time to daven for barren woman. It is brought down from mekubolim that when the Mishna in Roshana says that we are judged on fruits of the RoseaBarrens it refers to children, because man is called a 2h and the fruits are the children.

- Water and drinks on their front lawns for the Tzibbur to enjoy. Dark areas near walking paths will be lit up  up for those going to learn shavuos night. There will also be extra security over the days of  yom Tov. Lakewood Chaveirim and put up lighting at the Eastern pedestrian bridge over Lake Carasaljo between  N. Lake and S. Lake drives.

 סגולה לרפואה – בעת קריאת התורה של עשרת הדיברות מושפע על העולם שפע עצום, כשם שהושפע על העולם לפני כ-3,338 שנה, בעת מתן תורה בהר סיני. כשם שבעת מתן תורה, נרפאו כל החולים, כך בכל שנה ושנה ניתן לזכות לישועות ורפואות, גם למחלות שבדרך כלל אין להם רפואה

Nigunim released ahead of Kabolas HaTorah 5786

The מעליצער ידיד נפש

אמת תורתנו

תורת חיים ובנוחה יאמר Dirshu Shavuos Medley אזי בשלישי. באבוב

 
The stirring song is sung on several occasions in the Jewish calendar most prominently on Shavuos and Simchas Torah there is great debate on who composed the niggun and where the lyrics come from some attribute it to the Chazon Ish, Rav Meir Shapira, others say the vilna gaon, click HERE for more. Article in Mishpacha Magazine HERE the story behind the song. Watch this video for a different niggun sung by Benny Friedman to the words of Kad Yasvun. כד יתבין ישראל ועסקין בשמחת התורה, קודשא בריך הוא אומר לפמליא דיליה חזו בני חביבי דמשכחין בצערא דילהון ועסקין בחדוותא דילי

 English translation: When Klal Yisroel are sitting and engaging in Torah study, the Holy One, blessed is He, says to his heavenly army: 'See! See! My beloved children who forget about their personal problems and engage in My delight'."

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היום תשעה וארבעים יום שהם שבעה שבועות בעומר/לעומר

הרחמן הוא יחזיר לנו עבודת בית המקדש למקומה במהרה בימינו אמן סלה

-Kiddush Levana Opportunity 

- Weather: 60° Showers with a possible thunderstorm, early Gusty winds and small hail are possible.Chance of rain 100%.

- Eruv Tavshilin reminder even for  those in Eretz Yisroel 

- Shiur by HaRav Yeruchum Olshin shlita live at B"M Ateres Bracha 11:30 pm call in 646-726-9977

 Weather: 94° Sunny early, then thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Gusty winds and small hail are possible Chance of rain 60%.

 weather over Shavuos rainy cold in the 50's and 60's 

- Reminder Yizkor 2 day candle and Eruv Tavshilin erev Yom Tov 

- Heavy  rain winds with falling trees this evening across the region with downpours expected 

: President Trump will reportedly visit Rockland County, NY this Friday, the first day of Shvuos, to address an official White House fundraiser event for GOP Congressman Mike Lawler.(KH)

- Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called for eliminating federal income taxes on the bottom 50% of earners to ease affordability pressures. He highlighted how the top 1% already pay about 40% of income taxes and criticized government waste, like New York City's schools spending $44,000 per student with poor results. Bezos argued higher taxes on the rich won't help working people and praised efficiency over more revenue.

- The Keren Olam HaTorah Fund” raised about $30 million in South America, which will be distributed among more than 1,400 yeshivas and kollelim. The estimated monthly operating cost is around $12 million, and another fundraising campaign is expected soon in the United States per GLZ radio.

- With a change in routine and schedule especially with hot weather It’s important to keep the safeguards and implement reminders not to forget a child in the car. A good deterrent is for the Morah to call after a pre set time if the baby does not come after 10:15 am. It should be mandatory to take attendance each morning and call both parents if baby or child is not there by 10:30 .Tesla vehicles, for example, offer a “Dog/Pet Mode” that keeps the car climate controlled when occupied. There are also newer safety gadgets that use a tag placed in a child’s bag or backpack, which scans upon arrival at school or playgroup. If the child does not arrive, it triggers alerts on both parents’ phones until acknowledged, helping ensure parents are immediately notified if something is wrong.

-Watermelon goes on sale tomorrow at Shop Rite $3.99 with a digital coupon for memorial day sale 

- Trader Joe's flowers opens at 9 am 

- Mishpacha/Ami magazine $12 for Shavuos issue Yated $6.50 

- Hachnosas Sefer Torah at Cincinnati yesterday with the attendance ofthe Lakewood Rosh yeshiva Rav Dovid Schustal shlita

- Google, which has already added AI to the top of its search results as well as in a separate AI mode, is now redesigning the search box itself. It will now automatically expand for longer queries and offer suggestions as you go that go beyond traditional autocomplete.

-Giyus: A IDF representative at knesser hearing today: Part of the increase in ultra-Orthodox enlistment figures is a result of the sanctions. There are 80,000–90,000 draft evaders. There has been an increase in ultra-Orthodox combat-support personnel, and a moderate increase in ultra-Orthodox combat soldiers. We prepared to recruit two Hasmonean companies in the May enlistment cycle, but we will recruit only about one company.”

- DOJ has indicted Raul Castro, president of Cuba on murder and conspiracy charges for the 1996 killing of 4 American civilians when Cuba shot down Brothers to the Rescue humanitarian planes.

- A bipartisan group of senators introduced the “Jewish American Security Act,” which would increase federal funding for Jewish community security to about $1 billion and create a federal coordinator to combat antisemitism amid rising hate crimes in the U.S.

- Shocking incident in Bnei Brak when a mentally disturbed individual stabbed and murdered Rabbi Yishai Por z”l inside Kollel Chazon Ish while learning Torah. According to reports, the suspect had argued with him in recent days over studying the writings of the Rambam and allegedly carried out the fatal stabbing during seder, in front of the victim’s 13-year-old son.

- Chaos broke out Tuesday night at Pier Village as large groups of teens gathered, sparking fights, teens jumping on cars, and a massive police response from multiple surrounding towns. Authorities were forced to impose an 8 p.m. curfew as officers worked to disperse the crowds.

- Officers on horseback, police dogs and expanded surveillance could line the Seaside Heights boardwalk this Memorial Day weekend as officials try to prevent a repeat of recent summer violence

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- Jackson crossing seeks $120 million default judgment after jackson township council fails to respond to discovery demands Faanews 

- Toronto Police have upgraded the search for 14-year-old frum girl to a Priority 1 investigation as massive search efforts continue across North York. Hundreds of volunteers from the Jewish community, alongside Toronto Police and Shomrim, are searching parks, neighborhoods, and nearby properties after Esti disappeared Friday night near Bathurst & Sheppard. name is Esther Hodaya bas Shira Miriam

- Lakewood Township 2026 Memorial Day Parade will take place Monday, May 25, The program will begin at 11:00 a.m. with a flag-raising ceremony at Town Square at Clifton Avenue and 3rd Street. From there, participants will proceed southbound along Clifton Avenue in a memorial parade toward the All Wars Memorial at North Lake Park

- The Lakewood Police Department has announced the arrest of William Cottrell, 41, of Toms River, following an investigation into the theft of a boat engine from a marina on Lake Carasaljo.

- New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill tells she is considering merging the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and NJ Transit as an innovative way to address the transit agency's decaying equipment and to provide stable funding for NJ Transit, similar to the way a 2003 merger fixed the Driscoll Bridge.

- The Mayor of Boonton, New jersey vetoed a measure allowing a Pride flag to fly in a public park .

-New Jersey projects about $59.2 billion in revenue for the next fiscal year, which could leave nearly $6 billion in reserves and slightly reduce its deficit, though officials caution about economic uncertainty ahead of final budget negotiations.

- Rep. Thomas Massie after losing his the primary election: "I would have come out sooner but I had to call my opponent to concede and it took a while to find him in Tel Aviv.." Scott Jennings: of CNN “Thomas Massie tonight in his concession speech said something despicable, anti-Semitic, nasty, gutter politics right at the end. What a way to go out. 

- Italy Condemns Israeli Minister's Taunt of Detained Gaza Flotilla Activists, Meloni, in a joint statement with Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, labeled the treatment unacceptable and summoned Israel's ambassador in Rome for explanations, demanding an apology and the immediate release of the detained Italians.

- Trump told Netanyahu that the mediators were working on a "letter of intent" that both the U.S. and Iran would sign to formally end the war and launch a 30-day period of negotiations on issues like Iran's nuclear program and opening of the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. source said. Axios.

- Trump: I will wait a few days for Iran's response. It will not receive any relief until an agreement is reached

- Senior Israeli official: Trump's inner circle is pressuring him to reach an agreement with Iran even if he has to make big compromises

- Trump: "I'm right now at 99% in Israel. I could run for prime minister. So maybe after I do this, I'll go to Israel, run for prime minister. I had a poll this morning. I'm 99%."

- Trump on Netanyahu: He will do everything I want him to do regarding Iran; Herzog does not treat him well.

- The United States has informed Pakistan that it will not offer concessions to Iran regarding demands in the nuclear field and on the Strait of Hormuz.

- Trump: "There's a lot of anger now in Iran because people are living so badly. There's a lot of foment that we haven't seen before so much  and we'll see what happens."

- Iran Revolutionary Guards threaten: If the US and Israel attack Iran, the war will spread far beyond the Middle East

- President Trump and PM Netanyahu held a phone call last night that was defined as "intense and dramatic

- An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power. - NYT

- Ben Gvir taunts detained Gaza flotilla activists as they kneel on floor, hands tied

- The IDF says troops struck Hezbollah surveillance equipment embedded inside a civilian building in southern Lebanon yesterday. According to the military, the surveillance system was used by Hezbollah operatives to monitor and direct activity against troops in the area.

- Kiryat Shmona residents take shelter from Hezbollah drone attack.

Hashkafa With Rav Gershon Ribner Shlita  listen  to Audio version Here.

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היום שמונה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וששה ימים בעומר/לעומר

הרחמן הוא יחזיר לנו עבודת בית המקדש למקומה במהרה בימינו אמן סלה

Weather:  Tonight 71° Thunderstorms this evening, then skies turning partly cloudy after midnight. Low 71F.Chance of rain 80%.

Power outage restoration ET 10:00pm - 11:00pm

שלושת ימי  

מובא מהגאון ר' שלמה וולבה זצ"ל כי הלומד בימים אלו בהתמדה רבה ובלי ביטול לרגע, סגולה היא שיצליח כל השנה בעליה בתורה

Weather: 96° Sunshine Near record high temperatures. rain in the forecast over shavuos and early next week,

Tonight 71° Thunderstorms this evening, then skies turning partly cloudy after midnight. Low 71F.Chance of rain 80%.

Power outage restoration 10:00pm or 11pm

- The annual Shavuos shiur and song by Rav Ephraim Wachsman shlita in the five towns will take place tonight at Yeshiva  Sh'or Yoshuv in Lawrence, NY. 8:30 pm

-  Ed Gallrein wins the Kentucky US House  Republican primary defeating Thomas Massie.

- Over 10, 500 customers out of power

Estimated restoration 8pm for Jackson Westgate area and 9:30 pm south Lakewood 

Outage in Toms River Rt 70 Whitsevill areas over 3500 customers effected. Restoration ETA 11pm

Power outage affecting  over 7,000 JCP&L customers in Lakewood and Jackson . Areas effected South Lakewood along rt 9, Oak st,Pine st, James and Cross st  Massachusetts,  Hearthstone, 

West aeeas near Westgate, E veterans Jackson  up to Cooks bridge near Flair. Cause of outage possible from brush fires in Manchester near power lines.

- A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was detected early this afternoon near Washington Township, New Jersey according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

No damage was reported from the tremor, which is the sixth one detected in New Jersey so far this year.

- Safecell Bulletin: Tesla is expected to release an update which includes the option to block the browser in their cars. At the same time Chevy Equinox has released an update adding many more apps and it has the ability to install a browser. This can be remedied already.

- Shavuos sale at Bingo Side of scottish salmon $7.99

- President Donald Trump on Monday called on the Department of Justice to investigate Maryland’s distribution of 500,000 mail-in ballots, accusing Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, of rigging elections to benefit his party.

- Longtime Lakewood BOE member Ada Gonzalez has resigned after nearly two decades on the board. Gonzalez, first elected in 2006, submitted her resignation on May 7, citing a chronic medical condition that has limited her ability to regularly attend meetings. APP

- Hachtara tonight for the Tangelwood kehila in Howell appointing Rav Dov Bechofer shlita as their new Rav to lead the kehila

- Kesivas Oisiyos at B"M khal Chasidim Stamford meadows in Lakewood this afternoon.

- Members of Chaverim of Rockland search and rescue team head to Toronto on Tuesday to assist in the search for a missing 14 year old frum girl by the name of Esti She has been missing since Friday night

 Name is Esther Hodaya bas Shira Miriam

- Trump says a military hospital, research facilities and meeting rooms, for the military, are being built below the White House ballroom.

- A new bill introduced by New Jersey state lawmakers would eliminate the state’s current restriction on ammunition magazine capacity.Right now, New Jersey law defines a “large capacity magazine” as one that holds more than 10 rounds, and possession of such a magazine is a fourth-degree crime.

- Continued tefillos for R' Chaim Avrohom Moshe ben Rivka who is in need of a refuah sheleima 

- BDE: Petira of Mr. Albert (Avrumi) Itzkowitz, 75, a veteran Hatzalah member and beloved figure in the Queens Jewish community, was tragically found shot Monday afternoon along the Kissena Lake shoreline in East Flushing. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests have been made.

- Unofficial reports from Agudat Yisrael members indicate that tomorrow, immediately after the Knesset is dissolved, announcements will be made regarding the replacement of most or all of Agudat Yisrael's knesset  representatives, and the new names will be declared. 

- Giyus: Two Lubavitcher soldiers serving in the IDF were reportedly disciplined for not cutting their hair during Sefiras HaOmer, in accordance with the longstanding Chabad minhag observed between Pesach and Shavuos. The soldiers were stopped by military police, issued citations, and summoned to disciplinary proceedings because they had not received haircuts.

- NJ Assembly yesterday approved bill to rein in prescription drug middlemen.The New Jersey Office of Legislative Services says the proposed bill could have an unclear (indeterminate) impact on costs. It may both increase and decrease prescription drug and health insurance expenses for the state, school districts, and NJ FamilyCare, but the overall financial effect cannot currently be determined.Assemplyman Avi Schnall is a co sponsor 

- Giyus: The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee receives a report showing that the IDF recorded 2,420 reports of .... misconduct in “military-related circumstances” in 2025 Seventy percent involved male perpetrators and female victims. Of the complainants, 1,798 concerned conscript soldiers, 188 concerned reservists

- The International Criminal Court has filed a request for an international arrest warrant against Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for suspicions of "war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of apartheid," against Palestinians in the West Bank.

- In Israel, it is estimated that Trump will attack Iran at the end of the day. Sources to i24NEWS: "Netanyahu and Trump are aligned and coordinated on everything and will continue to be so.”

-  In Israel, it is estimated tonight that an attack on Iran is "not a question of if – but when." - N12

- VP JD Vance : "Iran can never have a nuclear weapon... Iran would really be the first domino in what would set off a nuclear arms race all over the world. That's very, very bad for the safety of our country."

- After 7 failed attempts, the US Senate has advanced a measure that would require congressional approval for continued military strikes on Iran.In a 50-47 vote, the Senate has now officially advanced the Iran War Powers Resolution.

- Trump sets a deadline for Sunday: "Iran has limited time to reach a deal, they have a few days – maybe until the beginning of next week."

- IDF reservist killed in Southern Lebanon Itamar Sapir, Hyd 27 from Ariel

- Trump on Iran: "Whether it's popular or not popular, I have to do it — because I'm not going to let the world be blown up on my watch. It's not going to happen."

- Q: "How close were you to striking Iran?"

Trump: "I was an hour away. We were all set to go... it would have been happening right now."

- WSJ reported that officials from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE say they were not aware of any imminent planned strike on Iran when Trump made his Monday (May 18, 2026) announcement. According to the Journal's Gulf sources, they were not briefed on any imminent attack and therefore could not have asked Trump to pause it.

- Iran is preparing for a short but high-intensity conflict. It is expected to launch dozens, even hundreds, of missiles per day, and Gulf states must prepare for extensive attacks on their energy infrastructure, refineries, and ports. Another possibility is the closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait by the Houthis - NYT

- NATO is considering assisting vessels in passing through the obstructed Strait of Hormuz, should the passage remain closed beyond early July. According to a NATO official cited by Bloomberg, backing for the operation is increasing, but certain member states are hesitant to become more involved in the conflict.

- At least two people were lightly wounded on Tuesday when a drone launched by Hezbollah hit a parked vehicle and exploded in northern Israel without a siren sounding beforehand.

- Reuters: Iran's new proposal to the US to end the war includes:

Withdrawal of American forces from areas near Iran

Payment of war reparations by the US

Lifting of sanctions on Iran

Release of frozen Iranian assets

End of the US Naval blockade

- British Airways and Iberia Express have announced further postponements for resuming their flight services to Israel citing the ongoing security situation in the Middle East. The flights have been pushed back tp August 1.  

- Dozens of American military refueling aircraft are expected to continue operating out of Ben Gurion Airport until at least the end of 2027

- The IDF says it destroyed a Hamas weapons warehouse and a rocket launch shaft overnight in the northern Gaza Strip that it says posed a threat to troops and Israeli civilians.

- The United Arab Emirates’ defense ministry says that a drone that caused a fire at its nuclear power plant on Sunday had been launched from Iraq.

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היום שבעה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וחמשה ימים בעומר/לעומר

הרחמן הוא יחזיר לנו עבודת בית המקדש למקומה במהרה בימינו אמן סלה

 שלשת ימי הגבלה  תשפ"ו

Siyum Hashas at Khal Hampshire Heights Jackson

Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli Dinner @Bellworks

Weather: High 89F. Plentiful sunshine.  tomorrow high 96

A heat advisory has ben issued for Camden, Gloucester, Mercer and northwestern Burlington counties runs from noon Monday through 8 p.m. Tuesday.

- Organizers of the upcoming Lake Front chasidishe community in Okochobee Florida released  a list if the first 100 or so families that will be moving in after the summer season. Including 40 from Brooklyn 40 from Monsey and 4 from Lakewood. Others from Monroe Baltimore and other cities.

 -JSOR has issued an update regarding local establishments. Soya, Bubbi’s Cafe, and LBK remain under valid JSOR kosher certification. However, The Wave Bar is not under any hashgacha and is not certified kosher; non-kosher food and beverages are served there. Please share this information to help inform the community

- New Jersey officials have launched the annual “Click It or Ticket” campaign running May 18–31, with increased police patrols and public awareness efforts aimed at boosting seat belt use ahead of the busy summer travel season.

- Update Two suspects (ages 17 and 19) opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in the area

-Three adult victims killed inside the mosque

-Both suspects later found dead in a vehicle a couple blocks away

 Three adult male victims have been KlLLED in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, per the FBI

- BDE: Petirah of Reb Mutti Feldbrand z”l, of Toms River who was suddenly niftar this Monday morning after collapsing at home. He was 47 years old. Last night he was zoche to celebrate the vort of his daughter. He previously lived in the villas neighborhood in Lakewood He is survived by his wife and children, The levaya is tentatively set to take at 9 PM Monday night at the Lakewood Chapel off 7th st.

- The smell of smoke outside is from controlled burns at joint Base MDL in Jackson and BUrlington county side 

- The Lakewood Township Police Department advises residents that beginning May 18, contractors for New Jersey American Water and CDM Smith will conduct door-to-door water service line assessments in parts of Lakewood over the coming weeks. Inspectors working in Census Tract 7154.01 should carry proper identification.

- Jackson Township police are investigating a homicide involving a grandson and his grandmother after officers responded to the Jackson Green Apartment Complex on West County Line Road (Justin Way area) early Sunday morning. The situation was quickly contained and there is no danger to the public as the investigation continues

- Giyus: A major policy change under which any yeshiva bochur encountered by police will now be detained and transferred to military police. The move marks a sharp shift from the previous policy, under which police largely avoided dealing with so called  Chareidi draft deserters.

- Shavuos  sale at Bingo smart milk $2.29 

Viva la Dough Breakfast special sandwich plus any Pastry and a drink for $13.95

- Primary election ballots arrive in the mail ahead of the voting on June 2 locally there are several candidates running for 2 open seats on th Lakewood township committee 

- Admor of Viznitz Lakewood yersushalayim will be spending Shavuos in Yerushalayim 

- Lakewood planning board meeting scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled.

- There have still been no updates from Lakewood officials regarding the ongoing daily and nightly traffic issues that are seriously affecting residents’ quality of life. The mayor and township committee have not publicly addressed the situation, while residents continue to raise concerns on social media about the unbearable impact that traffic congestion and road closures are having on the community.

- Registration for ben hazmanim camps for mesivta-age boys is now in full swing, as traveling camps have become increasingly popular, with trips to destinations such as Utah, Arizona, Kentucky, Alaska, and other locations. This year’s schedule is shorter than three weeks, as programs continue to adjust their itineraries and offerings

- The New Jersey Assembly will vote Monday on the “Patient and Provider Protection Act,” aimed at limiting pharmacy benefit managers to lower drug costs and expand patient choice. Supporters say it will help consumers and local pharmacies, while critics warn it could raise costs for insurers, patients, and taxpayers. The bill has passed key Assembly committees but has not yet been heard in the Senate.

-  New Yorkers should prepare for travel disruption Monday, the city’s officials have warned, as service on the vital Long Island Rail Road remains suspended because of a historic strike.

- Trump: "We were getting ready to do a very major attack tomorrow, and I put it off for a little while hopefully maybe forever... because we've had very big discussions with Iran, and we'll see what they amount to."

- Trump Calls Off Attack on Iran Set For Tomorrow: President Trump says he called off a planned U.S. strike on Iran that had reportedly been scheduled for tomorrow, after requests from leaders in Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Trump says “serious negotiations are now taking place,” which is why the attack was halted for now. He warned, however, that military action remains on the table if a deal with Iran is not reached

- Trump:  "I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to hold off on our planned Military attack of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was scheduled for tomorrow, in that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond. This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN! Based on my respect for the above mentioned Leaders, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Daniel Caine, and The United States Military, that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

 - The US sees Iran's new proposal as "not enough for a deal" (Axios)

- Trump: "If Iran surrenders, admits their Navy is gone and resting at the bottom of the sea, and their Air Force is no longer with us, and if their entire Military walks out of Tehran, weapons dropped and hands held high, each shouting “I surrender, I surrender” while wildly waving the representative White Flag, and if their entire remaining Leadership signs all necessary “Documents of Surrender,” and admit their defeat to the great power and force of the magnificent U.S.A., The Failing New York Times, The China Street Journal (WSJ!), Corrupt and now Irrelevant CNN, and all other members of the Fake News Media, will headline that Iran had a Masterful and Brilliant Victory over The United States of America, it wasn’t even close. The Dumacrats and Media have totally lost their way. They have gone absolutely CRAZY!!! President DJT"

- Pakistan has forwarded an updated Iranian proposal to the US does not address the uranium or strait of Hornuz

Source in the negotiation team: Iran has submitted its latest response, which includes 14 points, through the Pakistani intermediary who passed it to the Americans

- The Pentagon is preparing for a resumption of the war with Iran in the coming days. Two sources in the Middle East said that the US and Israel are carrying out intensive preparations for the possibility of a resumption of the attacks already during the coming week. According to the report, this is the largest scale of preparation since the ceasefire came into effect- NYT

- IDF Navy boarded the Gaza flotilla from Turkey, which included 54 ships and nearly 500 participants from 45 different countries. They  are being transferred to the Navy's landing craft, and the incident is proceeding without incident. According to the source, the forces have not yet reached the Turkish vessels and initially took control of the European vessels.

- CNN: Trump met on Saturday with senior members of his administration, including VP Vance, Secretary of State Rubio, CIA Director Ratcliffe, and Special Envoy Witkoff, to discuss how to proceed in the war with Iran. According to the report, Trump is very impatient with Iran's conduct in negotiations and later this week will discuss with them again the plans prepared by the Pentagon for an attack on Iran.

- Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon a short while ago, triggering sirens in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona and nearby border communities. According to the military, some of the rockets crossed the border into Israeli territory. They were intercepted or struck open areas, and no injuries were caused, the IDF says.

- Report from the Iranian news agency Tasnim, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards: The US agreed to ease sanctions on Iran's oil industry within the framework of negotiations

- Yom HaMeyuchas - The Second Day of Sivan And Its Special Yichus. No Tachnun is said

The second day of Sivan is called Yom HaMeyuchas.  The Taamei HaMinhagim brings a number of reasons for this.  This is the day that Hashem told Bnei Yisroel "V'Atem Tihiyu Li Mamleches Kohanim", you will be to me a kingdom of Kohanim (Yisro 19:6).  This is the day we received our special Yichus setting us apart from the rest of the nations.

Another explanation he brings is that according to the Yalkut, when the other nations questioned why Bnei Yisroel received the Torah, Hashem told them to bring their Sefer Yuchasim, to see if their pedigree stands up to the level of Bnei Yisroel's whose forefather's included Avrohom, Yitzchok, and Yaakov.
Rav Shlomo Kluger says in HaElef Licha Shlomo (also brought in Taamei HaMinhagim) that since this day is between two special days it also is considered special.  The day before is Rosh Chodesh and the day after starts the Shloshes Yimei Hagbala, the final preparation for Kabalas HaTorah.

יום המיוחס

כתב בשו"ת האלף לך שלמה, (לרבי שלמה קלוגר, סי' שלא'): במה שכתב השולחן ערוך בסי' תצד' סעי' ב' בהגה"ה, ואין אומרים תחנון מתחלת ראש חודש סיון, עי' במג"א הטעם מפני שמיד ביום ב' התחיל משה לדבר מן התורה (דמיד בשני בסיון אמר להם משה לקדשם לתורה, כדכתיב "אם שמוע תשמעו בקלי ושמרתם את בריתי וגו', ואח"כ מתחיל שלשת ימי הגבלה. – מ"ב בס"ק ח' בשם המג"א) אבל העולם נוהגין לקראו יום מיוחס. וכוונתם מחמת שהוא בין שני ימים מקודשים בין ראש חודש ובין ימי הגבלה, ולזה הדעת נוטה. ויש סמך לזה ממסכת תענית (דף יח' ע"ב) דאמרינן, גבי וזה הואיל ומוטל בין שני ימים טובים עשאוהו כיום טוב עצמו א"כ כמו דהתם שלולי זה הי' מותר בהספד וע"י שהוא בין שני ימים קדושים אסרוהו ועשאוהו ג"כ כיו"ט עצמו כן הכא נמי ביום זה כיון שהוא בין שני ימים שאין מתענים ואין אומרים בו תחנון עשאוהו כאלו היה גם כן מהם לענין שאין אומרים בו תחנון ואין מתענין בו, עי"ש.

ובספר ליקוטי מהרי"ח: ב' בסיון, הנה יום זה נקרא בישראל יום המיוחחס, ומרגלא בפי העולם משום דביום הזה נאמר לישראל 'ואתם תהיו לי עם סגולה וממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש ונעשו בו ביום מיוחסין.

ובספר ישמח ישראל (ליום מיוחד, מאמר א') כתב לבאר בטעם שקורין ליום השני בחודש סיון "יום המיוחס", כי ביום זה הגיע עם ישראל לתכלית ההתבטלות אחד בפני השני, שזו המעלה וסגוליות המיוחדת של עם ישראל, על כן נתייחסו ביום זה במעלתם המיוחדת, 'והייתם לי סגולה מכל העמים – ואתם תהיו לי ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש' לפי שבראש חודש באו למדבר סיני שם נאמר: 'ויחן שם ישראל נגד ההר', ודרשו חז"ל במכילתא כאיש אחד בלב אחד, דהיינו אחדות שלימה בתכלית ההתבטלות של איש לרעהו, על כן ביום המחרת היו יכולים להגיע לרום חשיבותם וייחוסם להיות לעם הנבחר כעם סגולה (ס' הבן יקיר לי אפרים עמ' עט').

עוד טעם כתב בספר אזור אליהו (מובא בטעמי המנהגים), לפי שיחוס של ישראל הוא טעם לקבלת התורה הקדושה, על דרך דאיתא בילקוט, בשעה שקבלו ישראל את התורה, נתקנו בהם אומות העולם ואמרו, מה ראויים אלו להתקרב יותר מכל האומות. אמר להם הקב"ה, הביאו לי ספר יוחסין שלכם, שנאמר הבו לה' משפחות עמים, כשם שבני מביאים, שנאמר ויתילדו על משפחותם.

ובערוך השולחן (סי' תצד' ז') כתב: ועוד דבאותו היום (ב' סיון) אמר להם משה לקדשם ורגילין לקרותו יום המיוחס מפני זה, ועוד מפני שביום זה חל יום הכפורים המיוחס. (ואכן בחזרת הש"ץ למוסף של יום הכיפורים איתא בפיוט "יום מימים הוחס, יום כפור המיוחס, יודעיו חמול יחס. – ס' עצרת עמ' 277. וע"ע בספר תנובות ברוך דרוש ח'. ועי' בספר זיו המנהגים עמ' קז'. וע"ע בספר אהבת ישראל עמ' קלב').

 היום ששה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות וארבעה ימים בעומר/לעומר

Chasunas:

Golombeck - Perel Ateres Reva

-Meoros Dinner at Ateres Chaim Elazar

-Shiur Hachana for Kabolas HaTorah tonight at Bais Medrash Emunas Yisroel of Lakewood by the Rav shlita 8:30 pm Ridge area

Weather: 88° Plenty of sunshine.  Temps will hit mid 90's midweek with rain in the forecast for shavuos.

Erev shavuos shopping traffic at local plazas

- The 14th siyum Hashas of Daf Yomi will take place exactly in a year on Rosh Chodesh Sivan 5787

- Nesivos Marathon this afternoon starting at North Lake Park to industrial park. Expect road closures 

- Bikur  Cholim Men's Health screening today at Ateres Esther hall off Oak Street from 10am - 8pm

- Hachnosas Sefer Torah to B"M Kol Aryeh  leavibg from 102 Destiny Way at 4:00pm

- Shiur Hachana for Kabolas HaTorah tonight at Bais Medrash Emunas Yisroel of Lakewood by the Rav shlita 8:30 pm Ridge area.

- Large crowds gathered at the kosel for Rosh Chodesh prayers as tensions rose over Women of the Wall reportedly bringing a Sefer Torah into the women’s section against regulations. Hundreds of  frum seminary girls came by to protest there was and heavy police force present.

- Tehillim: Please continue to daven for Chaim Avrohom Moshe ben Rivka a Lakewood resident who  is still intubated in the ICU and needs Rachamei shamayim.

- Giyus: Israel’s Land Authority Council approved a major change today that could block Charedim who have not resolved their military status from entering the next  "discounted housing" lottery.

- At least one person was killed and three others injured after a tanker carrying 8,000 gallons of gasoline collided with another vehicle on Route 287 in Edison, New Jersey, causing a massive fire on the side of the highway. Over 150 firefighters were battling the blaze.

All lanes on I-287 North remain closed.

- Charedi enlistment data to the IDF:

- In the 2023approximately 2,200 charedim enlisted.

- In the cohort, a2,800 enlisted.

- In the first half of the 2025 1,850 enlisted, and according to IDF estimates, by the end of 2025, more than 3,000 charedim are expected to enlist.

Deserter data: Out of 80,000 individuals in draft evasion processes, approximately 75% are from the charedi public.(Ishay cohen)

- New home construction is surging across New Jersey  driven mostly by three counties.  Hudson, Ocean and Bergen counties led the state in new home construction from 2020 through 2024, according to a new Rutgers University study that found New Jersey is building homes at its fastest pace in decades.Hudson County saw an annual average of 5,777 new homes between 2020 and 2024. Ocean County added 3,923 new homes and Bergen County added 3,648 new homes

In Ocean County, construction is being fueled by the influx of Orthodox Jews and the proliferation of retirement communities. NJ.com

- Israel and the United States have reportedly raised their military readiness levels amid growing discussions over a possible renewed strike on Iran. According to an Israeli source cited by Kann News, if President Trump approves further military action against Iran, any future operation is expected to be carried out jointly by both countries.

- Trump is expected to hold a meeting on Tuesday with the senior national security team - to discuss options for military action ( Axios)

- Trump: “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!” - President Donald J. Trump

- Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump spoke a short while ago and coordinated the continuation of joint actions against Iran.

American Airlines extended its suspension of nonstop New York-Tel Aviv flights today through Jan. 6, 2027.

- The prevailing assessment inside Iran is that President Trump may resort to restarting military action, and Tehran is now deliberately pursuing a strategy of “deception and delay” with the hopes that buying time will complicate any potential return to war,” two regional intelligence officials told Fox News

-  The massive USAF airlift towards the Middle East is continuing

- Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Deputy of Ghalibaf) “If it is decided to strike our oil, the oil of the countries of the region will be attacked, whether it is countries that claim to be our friends or our enemies. If our oil is attacked, the whole world will not be able to receive oil from this region for a long time. If they harm our energy infrastructure, the regional energy infrastructure will also be harmed

- Iranian National Security Committee Spokesperson: "A return to war may cause damage, but for sure - the enemy will be hit harder, much harder."

- NYT: Israel has intermittently operated at least two secret military bases in the Iraqi desert for over a year, since 2024 not just one as initially reported

- IED wounds four IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon.

- Iran publishes the 5 conditions Trump set for a deal:

1- The US will not pay any compensation for damages to Iran

2- Transfer of enriched uranium to the US

3- Only one nuclear facility will remain active within Iran

4- Release of less than a quarter of the frozen Iranian assets

5- Cessation of the war on all fronts is conditional on the holding of negotiating

-  UAE says drone hit generator at nuclear plant, no injuries or safety issues reported.

Weather:  low 62° Cloudy skies this evening, tomorrow high of 89°

Rosh chodesh Sivan 5786

היום חמשה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ושלשה ימים בעומר/לעומר

- Tonight  Oorah auction Oorahthon watch live Here call in 937- 348-3474

- Evergreen and Judaica plaza open tonight for Shavuos shopping.

-Men's health screening in Lakewood tomorrow at Ateres Esther hall 10am.

-There  was  Candle lighting  this past erev shabbos at the white house ahead of Trump shabbos 250. A delegation of several chasidishe yiddin from Tzedek organization spent  shabbos near in Washington DC near the Whitehouse.

- BDE: Petirah of Rav Boruch Genuth zt”l, longtime menahel of Yeshivas Tushiyah in Tifrach, who was niftar Motzoei Shabbos at the age of 74 following a serious illness.

- Critics are blasting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after he posted a message marking “Nakba Day,” describing the displacement of Palestinians during the creation of the State of Israel. Critics say Mamdani’s post erases key historical facts including that the Arab world rejected the UN partition plan which would have created both a Jewish state and an Arab state, and instead launched a war in 1948 aimed at destroying the newborn State of Israel just three years after the Holocaust.

They also point out that roughly 850,000 Jews were expelled or forced to flee Arab countries in the years that followed, a mass displacement rarely acknowledged in discussions surrounding the conflict.

 - A senior Israeli official to Channel 12: "The renewal of the fighting with Iran is approaching" According to him, Israel is preparing for the possibility of "days to weeks of fighting," as the Americans understand that the negotiations are not progressing toward a breakthrough. In Jerusalem, they are waiting for Trump's decision, with the assessment predicting that the picture will become clear within about 24 hours.

- Amid reports Iran war could resume, Trump posts image warning of ‘calm before the storm’

- Hezbollah claims to have struck a military target in northern Israel, saying its fighters targeted “the Ya’ara barracks with a swarm of attack drones.”

- A  IDF officer was killed in a Hezbollah explosive drone attack in southern Lebanon on Friday, The slain officer was named as  Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from Itamar. who was set to get married next month

- Israeli media: An explosion at the Tomer company's factory in Bet Shemesh. The company develops and manufactures heavy and light rocket engines, including the propulsion engines for the ARROW 2 and ARROW 3 missiles. Media reports it was  a planned detonation 

- The British Telegraph: Senior Trump administration officials are urging the United Arab Emirates to intervene more in the war against Iran, and even to take control of the Iranian island of Lavan, one of the key centers in the oil industry.

- Sources in Hamas officially confirmed to the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat that the commander of Hamas's military wing, Ezz al-Din al-Haddad (Number 1 in Gaza), was eliminated last night in an IDF strike in Gaza City.

Friday, May 15, 2026 / כ״ח אייר תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת במדבר

Candle lighting 7:47 pm

Shkiah/sunset 8:05 pm

Weather tonight 50°

shabbos day 81° Sunny skies

Rosh chodesh Sivan is Sunday 

Molad for Sivan is Shabbos afternoon, 2 minutes and 15 chalakim after 6:00 pm

Trump shabbos 250

- מפטירין מחר חדש הפטרה לער''ח שחל בשבת ואומרים אב הרחמים 

One should be mindful to avoid any shailos of saying Yaaleh Veyavo by benching on Shalashoudos.

We do not say ויהי נועם on Motzei shabbos

הפרשה נקראת במדבר, ועל כך אומר מדרש רבה: "בשלושה דברים ניתנה תורה - באש, מים ומדבר

רבי מאיר שפירא מסביר, כי האמונה של עם ישראל עומדת למבחן בשלושת המצבים הללו: אברהם נזרק לכבשן האש, עם ישראל זרק עצמו למים בים סוף, ואחר כך הלך אחרי הקב"ה במדבר

Friday, May 15, 2026 / כ״ח אייר תשפ״ו ערב שבת פרשת במדבר

Candle lighting 7:47 pm

Shkiah/sunset 8:05 pm

Weather 67° Mostly cloudy tonight 50°

shabbos day 81° Sunny skies

Rosh chodesh Sivan is Sunday 

Molad for Sivan is Shabbos afternoon, 2 minutes and 15 chalakim after 6:00 pm

Trump shabbos 250

- מפטירין מחר חדש הפטרה לער''ח שחל בשבת ואומרים אב הרחמים 

One should be mindful to avoid any shailos of saying Yaaleh Veyavo by benching on Shalashoudos.

We do not say ויהי נועם on Motzei shabbos

- The Skulener rebbe of Lakewood will be spending Shabbos in Toms River

- Krasna Rebbe will be spending shabbos in Lakewood Tefillos and Tish will take place in Satmar B"M on E. Kennedy and  nearby yeshiva Yagdil Torah 

- This week, we Lain the הפטרה of מחר חדש. The last time we Lained this הפטרה was 18 months ago, ער"ח כסלו תשפ"ה and the next time will be in 5 months, ער"ח מרחשון תשפ"ז. (From Ichud B'chidud)

- President Trump departed China aboard Air Force One, wrapping up his two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

- According to the new U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025 estimates released today, Lakewood, New Jersey's population grew by over 6% between 2020 and 2025, and continues to stay ahead of Elizabeth for the fourth most populated town in the state. According to the Census, Lakewood's population is now at 143,765, trailing only Newark (323,808), Jersey City (302,013) and Paterson (161,793). (Shlomoschorr)

- Traffic woes continued disrupting life in Lakewood last night, with road closures on major arteries causing major delays as residents prepare for Shabbos and the upcoming Shavuos season. Local officials have yet to publicly address the ongoing congestion or take responsibility for the disruptions. Meanwhile, businesses say they are losing customers and revenue as shoppers struggle to access stores and shopping areas.

Rav Yeruchom Olshin new Sefer on chumash Meged Yerachim is now available at local seforim stores 

- A special song composed in honor of Trump Shabbos Here 

- Thiis motzei shabbos annual Oorahthon will take place Here   

- Moadim LSimcha held a special Shavuos distribution ahead of Yom Tov 

- Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Avi Schnall to modernize New Jersey’s nursing home administrator licensing process advanced Thursday out of the Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee, which Schnall chairs. The bill would create an online application portal, establish a structured 1,750-hour training program, allow applicants to count training hours completed while awaiting approval, set standards for supervising administrators, and give applicants three chances to pass the licensing exam before additional requirements can be imposed.

- Fears over a possible cancer cluster in New Jersey are intensifying after the number of reported cases in one community reportedly surged to nearly 200 people, according to a new report published Thursday. Residents in the Keyport area have raised concerns for months about unusually high cancer rates near the former Aeromarine landfill site, where environmental officials previously identified contaminants including benzene, arsenic, and PCBs in groundwater. State officials have not confirmed a formal cancer cluster designation, but investigations and community pressure continue to grow.

- Trump on Iran: "We really had the confines of a deal; no nuclear, they were going to give us the dust...and every time they'd make a deal, the next day it’s like we didn't have that conversation...they’re crazy

- Targeted elimnation in Gaza of the number 1 in Hamas, Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, leader of the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization

-  "The ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon will be extended by an additional 45 days to allow for further progress

- The US is considering asking Israel to transfer part of the tax revenues it withholds from the Palestinian Authority to Trump's "Peace Council" to fund the US President's plan for Gaza. According to the report, under the proposal, part of the tax revenues would be transferred to the government in Gaza, and an additional part would be transferred to the Palestinian Authority if it implements reform

- An IDF  Israeli soldier was killed Thursday night by Hezbollah mortar fire in southern Lebanon, His name is Negev Dagan Hy"d , 20, from Dekel He is the 19th aoldier killed dueing this round since March 2nd.

- Trump on the Iran deal: “An unacceptable sentence. Because they are fully agreed, no nuclear, and if they have any nuclear of any form, I don't read the rest of it.” 

“You have to get everything, but we're not even talking about, I call it the nuclear dust, came up with the term, which seems to have caught on.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi: "Iran is ready to return to fighting but also ready for diplomatic solutions."

- The IDF said it was installing sheets of mesh nets to guard against the threat of Hezbollah’s explosive drones,

- Trump on enrichment: “20 years is enough, but the level of guarantee from them is, in other words, it's got to be a real 20 years, not a big one. They've got to get all the fuel out and no more production.”

- Several explosive drones launched by Hezbollah struck Israeli territory, close to the border with Lebanon, today. The drones triggered sirens in several communities in the Western Galilee. No injuries were caused in the attack.

- The IDF Chief of Staff Zamir visited the United Arab Emirates secretly during the war.

Recently more and more weddings are taking place during the 2nd half of sefira it was not so long ago  ago that  weddings did not take place between Lag Baomer and Shavuos. It was always more common to make weddings from after Pesach up to Rosh Chodesh Iyar.  The trend has changed and currently wedding halls have been busy during the second half of sefira after lag Baomer. The main factor is the lack of  availability to book a hall and set a wedding date during the busy chasuna season after shavuos. A long engagement is standard by chasidim but not in the yeshiva circles. (Chasidim have an option to plan a wedding and book a hall a 9 months to (or a year) in advance).  A 4 months engagement is now common for a chosson kallah that get engaged in February/March (after The freezer opens) and are first getting married after shavuos.

 Years ago in Baltimore there was a lack of Chasuma halls and it was hard to find a wedding date.  Rav Moshe  Heineman shlita ruled that you can make weddings during sefira after Lag baomer, something that was not done prior to that. Some Roshei yeshiva will not be mesader kiddushin though, during sefira.

 Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igros 159) explains that the prohibition of getting married during Sefira belongs only to the chosson and kallah and when they are permitted to marry, others are permitted to attend. Harav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt”l  would go to weddings after Lag B’Omer, even though he was still keeping Sefira, yet he avoided from being mesader kiddushin.

 The Minchas Yitzchok held  one may not attend a wedding during their Sefira, even if the chosson and kallah are not keeping Sefira.

ברוך אתה.... היום שלשה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ויום אחד בעומר/לעומר

Nightly road closures continue 

route 9 closed from oak to rt 70. 

Pine Street Rt 9 - Gevuras Ari

E. County line from Princeton to squankom.

Chasunas: 

Gourdgi - Greiniman Ateres Esther 

Berenbaum - Rosenberg Fountain Ballroom 

Graff - Cymet Kesser Moshe Yehuda 

- Chumash shiur by HaRav Yeruchum Olshin shlita live at B"M Ateres Bracha 11:30 pm call in 646-726-9977

- Tonight is Shmuel Hanavi’s Yahrzeit: A Shiur by Rav Michoel Sorotzkin on the Forgotten Mesorah Restored through Pilpul. Watch HERE

- Ohr Naava pre Shavuos event for ladies at Chen Bais Yaakov, Lakewood.

Weather: 

weather : 65° Overcast. Slight chance of a rain shower. tonight Low 48F.   

- Agudath yisroel held a lre Siyum Hashas event today kicking off the countdown to the 14th cycle of the  Daf Yomi Siyum Hashas which will take place next year Rosh chodesh Sivan June 6. A campaign video showed how the Siyum is impacting 1 million people  due to the increase in popularity of loaded daf yomi since last siyum with the new online shiurim.

- Giyus: A demonstration of yeshiva bochurim was held again outside the home of the IDF Military Police chief, Brig. Gen. Yuval Yamin over the arrest of yeshiva students for evading mandatory military conscription as the police keep on arresting yeshiva bochurim. 

- Fox News: Secret Service agents have gotten into heated and physical clashes with Chinese police during President Trump's visit

- A swastika flag was reportedly raised above an NYU building during graduation week, prompting outrage and an investigation. Governor Kathy Hochul condemned the act as “disgusting,” said antisemitism has no place in New York, and confirmed the state is assisting NYPD and NYU in the investigation

- New sefer from Lakewood Rosh Yeshiva Rav Yeruchom Olshin shlita on Chumash Bamidbar מגד ירחים now available limited supply This is the first of the set for chumash

- Gas prices came down by 5 cents today

- A dozen eggs at GG north 79 cents 

- Tonight Hashkafa in the work place in preparation for Shavuos with Rav Daniel Glatstein at Torah Links 1301 Central ave Lakewood 8:10 pm

-  This Shabbos, Jews across the United States and around the world will unite in observing Shabbos. As part of the “Shabbat 250” initiative marking America’s 250th anniversary, President Donald Trump called for a “National Shabbat” from sunset Friday, May 15 through Saturday night, May 16, 2026. Rabbi David Yosef, Chief Rabbi of Israel, issued a worldwide call encouraging Jews everywhere to strengthen Shabbos observance, thanking President Trump for promoting the importance of Shabbos to American Jewry. The Israel Heritage Foundation also noted the remarkable connection that on Lag BaOmer the yahrtzeit of Rashbi President Trump issued this proclamation. Rashbi taught in maseches Shabbos 118b: “If Israel keeps two Shabbosim properly, they will be redeemed immediately.”Another fascinating connection: the gematria of this Shabbos’s Hebrew date, כ״ט אייר, equals 250.

- Chabad, Lakewood, and Ponevezh Connect in Argentina Litvishe Roshei Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Peretz Berman R"Y Ponovezh, and Rosh Yeshiva of Lakewood, Rabbi Aryeh Malkiel Kotler. who are visiting South America, on behalf of Keren Olam HaTorah met with Argentina shluchim, and spoke in learning with the hanhala and bochurim of the Buenos Aires yeshiva and met with head shliach to Argentina, Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt, and his son-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Oirechman. Anash

- When you have schools located near an airport, Lakewood’s deputy mayor addressed concerns that children from nearby schools were getting too close to the runways at the Lakewood Airport. Officials are now working to address the issue by upgrading and securing the airport fencing to help ensure the safety of the children and the surrounding community.

- Adirei HaTorah bus registration is now open for yungeleit and talmidei hayeshiva. The cost per ride is $36, however subsidized talmidim must register through the memunim in order to secure a seat.

- The Toms River Township Council voted to bar Mayor Daniel Rodrick from using a township vehicle for personal use, including commuting to his full-time job as assistant principal at Irvington High School. The decision was approved by a council majority during a contentious meeting amid ongoing disputes between the mayor and council members.

- King Charles III of England on Thursday visited Golders Green, the London neighborhood where a jihadist terrorist stabbed two frum Jews last month, on a solidarity visit with the Jewish community following a wave of attacks on its members. The King of England received a fresh Challah during his visit to the Orthodox Jewish community of Golders Green. community representative recited the bracha you say upon seeing a monarch shenasan mikvodo livasar vadam.

- BDE: Petirah of R’ Yosef Chaim Lieberman ZT”L, at the age of 98. From the original talmidim of Rav Aharon Kotler zatzal, he lived in Lawrance Ave and than in Brookhill. The levayah is scheduled for 2:30 PM today Thursday in Lakewood at the chapel off 7th st with kevurah in Deans, NJ

- Sun Country airline merges with Allegiant Air to create larger budget airline following Spirit Airlines shutdown

- The township of Belleville, NJ has made history by electing 24-year-old Frank Velez as its new mayor. Velez unseated the incumbent, Michael Melham, in a major political upset that saw residents choosing a new generation of leadership for the community. Velez campaigned on a platform of transparency and change, With this victory, Velez becomes one of the youngest individuals ever to hold the mayoral office in New Jersey.

- Driverless cars could soon be coming to New Jersey roads under a proposed three-year pilot program designed to test and ensure the safety of autonomous vehicles. The Senate Transportation Committee unanimously advanced legislation that would also create a task force to develop protocols for crashes, cyberattacks, operational disruptions, liability issues, and protections for pedestrians and the public.

- The Satmar Rebbe reb Zalman Leib currently visiting Europe with a delegation of donors have been granted permission to stay at the new Siget Bais Medrash in Romania which was owned by the Satmar Rebbe Reb Aaron of Kiryas yoel a sign of improving relations between the Satmar factions

- Lakewood vaad gives endorsement 

The campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate for New Jersey Dr. Bob Lebovics announced that he has secured the endorsement of the Lakewood Vaad, The backing is expected to boost Lebovics in the closing weeks of the June 2 Republican primary, particularly in Ocean and Monmouth counties, where Orthodox Jewish communities in towns such as Lakewood, Jackson, Manchester, Toms River, and Wall have become an increasingly powerful voting bloc. he is among a list of republicans seeking the nomination to run against Cory Booker.

- Toms River resident and former Hillside, New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to 17 years in state prison for a 2021 crash in Monmouth County that killed a husband and wife. He was impaired by marijuana when he caused a crash. John P. McClave III, 39, of Toms River, was sentenced before Ocean County Superior Court Judge David M. Fritch after being convicted by a jury of two counts of second-degree vehicular homicide. The crash occurred on October 9, 2021, on Asbury Avenue near the Garden State Parkway overpass in Tinton Falls.

- President Donald Trump used a formal dinner in Beijing on Thursday to invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Washington later this year, underscoring ongoing diplomatic engagement between the two nations.

- Police say 13 arrested over ‘isolated’ violent incidents in the old city of Yerushalayim leadup to the Jerusalem Day Flag March. Some knesset members including Itamar Ben Gvir went up and danced on the Har Habayis _blank">Here

-Some say the tefilas Hashla Here today as the shelah hakadosh said that the optimal time for parents to recite this tefilla is Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan because “that is the month when Hashem gave us His Torah, and when we began to be called his children.” since erev rosh chodesh is on Shabbos this year some say it today whil other poskim sau that it can be said on shabbos as it is considered a bakasha for Ruchniyos (Rav Felder shlita) according  R' Eliyashiv zt"l the part related to parnassa should be omitted.

תפילת השלה

- New sefer on Chumash Meged Yerachim from Rav Yeruchom Olshin shlita

Zmanim of Minyanim for Mincha and Yom Kippur Koton ערב ראש חודש סיון מוקדם תשפ'ו

 Rosh Chodesh Sivan is Sunday 

 Please post additional minyanim or corrections in the comments section. For more zmanim see Lakewood Luach Here

Some say the tefilas Hashla Here today as the shelah hakadosh said that the optimal time for parents to recite this tefilla is Erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan because “that is the month when Hashem gave us His Torah, and when we began to be called his children.” since erev rosh chodesh is on Shabbos this year some say it today whil other poskim sau that it can be said on shabbos as it is considered a bakasha for Ruchniyos (Rav Felder shlita) according  R' Eliyashiv zt"l the part related to parnassa should be omitted.

תפילת השלה

- Satmar Forest ave 1:35 , 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 5:30 6:30 7:30

- Lutzk 1:45 BM, 3:00, 4"00 5:00 6:00  7:00 pm in the simcha hall

- Babad Toms River 1:05  and 7 pm

- Kahanow shul 185 Miller rd 1:05

- Rav Herzka shul Adams st 1:10 pm

- Ishay Yisrael 1:10 pm 110 Miller Rd

- Zichron Shneur Oak Knoll 1:35

- Lev Avos 1:30

Sharei Tefila 205 James  with  ויחל

- Arlington shul 1:45 and 7 pm

-Kol Shimshon 1:45 and 7pm

- Mordys Shteibel 1:10 pm

- Vyolipol 1:30 pm

- Ishay Yisrael 1:10 pm 110 Miller Rd

- Central court shul 1:30

- Chayei Yisroel Gudz rd 1:30 pm

- Torah links on Central Avenue  

-Somerset walk- 1:30

-Hearthstone 911 Hearthstone 6:30

-B"M Westgate 1:33pm    6:35

Rabbi hertzberg E. 9th st. 1:30

-Lakewood Commons 1:35 in the Upstairs E"N

- Sterling Forest 1:30

- Kol Aryeh 1:30 pm ezras nashim open

- Prospect Square 317 Blanche St 1:30, 6:15

- Chasam Sofer  Ridge/Mannetta ave 1:35

-Williams street shul 1:40 Ezras Nashim open

-Kol Shimshon 1:45 only

-Alumni B'M 1:45 pm

- Arlington 1:45

- Bais Shabsi Pawnee rd 1:45

- Old shul park & 4th 1:40

-B"M Kelmwoods westgate 2:45 pm (Ezras Nashim open)

Prospect Heights 1:45 pm

- Kollel Choshen Mishpat 625 forest 3:00 pm

Stolin e 7th 4:00pm 6:50 pm

Hearthstone  6:15 pm 

- Chateu Park Sefard 6:30 pm

-Chateau Park Ashkenaz  

- Breslov 423 6th street 7:05 pm

- Breslov 944 E County Line 7:20pm

- Hampshire heights 6:15 pm 

- Klausenberg Oak m Vine 7:30

- Lakewood Residence courtyard shul /1st between forest and madison-direct entrance to shul) at 7:20 pm 45 minutes before shkia (ezras nashim too)