Friday, August 21, 2026 / ח׳ אלול תשפ״ו
ערב שבת פרשת כי תצא
Candle lighting 7:27 pm
Shkiah/Sunset 7:45 pm
Weather Partly cloudy. High 78F.
Tonight overcastLow 67F.
Shabbos day Cloudy skies. High 76F.
This shabbos 9 Elul Yartzeit of R' Tzadok HaKohen Rabinowitz of Lublin (1823-1900). Talmid of the Mei HaShiloach of Izbhitz & R'Leibele Eiger.
- LPD Traffic Alert: Joe Parker Rd will be closed from Long Beach Ave to Brookfield Dr for emergency Verizon construction. Plan alternate route if possible.
- This message was sent late erev shabbos by Lakewood mosdos:
“Regarding the new LSTA fee for non-mandated students, the Mosed feels that this is a cost that should be covered through government funding and should not be placed on the parents,” Therefore, at this time, our recommendation is that parents NOT opt in to the Non-Mandated Busing program at the new rate. We will keep parents updated should there be any developments.”
- Update several schools instructed by the Igud Hamosdos have notified Lakewood parents not to opt in to LSTA busing. They feel the government should pay not the parents.
- This Shabbos simchas Beis Shvilei Dovid/ Zhiditchov in Oak n Vine Aufruf
will be held for the son of Rav Yitzchak Unsdorfer, Av Beit Din of Shvili David in Lakewood, kallah is daughter of the Zhiditchov Rebbe of Baltimore.
- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is publicly urging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to concentrate on the day-to-day responsibilities of governing the nation’s largest city rather than continuing to focus attention on Israel, as his rhetoric and policies toward the Jewish state remain a source of controversy.
- High school girls: With school starting in 10 days there's up to 40 girls still mot placed in Lakewood high schools.
- Shemiras Shabbos: El Al canceled flight LY8 from New York to Tel Aviv after passengers had already boarded because the delayed departure would have resulted in the aircraft landing in Israel after the Shabbks began.
- LSTA: State audit in 2022 shows they collected from yeshiva courtesy bus family fees at $260 per student at 10,000 students for a total of $2.5 million, while Lakewood township contributed $1.2 million for public school courtesy students. In FY 2022.
Reports say there are 20,000 non mandated students now, if all are paying $945 that equals $19 million dollars! Perhaps (Parents can pool money together and arrange cheaper transportation without LSTA)
- Schools sent a message to parents they are aware of the LSTA’s latest notice asking parents to either pay up to $950 per child or opt out. However, schools have indicated that there is little they can do and are advising parents to choose whichever option works best for their families
- Shemiras Shabbos: El Al canceled flight LY8 from New York to Tel Aviv after passengers had already boarded because the delayed departure would have resulted in the aircraft landing in Israel after the Shabbks began.
- New Jersey Governor Sherrill signed boll A2218/S2260, into law a pro Toeiva bill expanding legal protections for abortions. The legislation would make it a fourth-degree crime to interfere with access to clinics or hospitals and would prohibit insurers from denying or limiting coverage for abortion and gender-transition services. The law could criminalize peaceful prayer and sidewalk counseling outside abortion clinics.
The law targets anyone accused of blocking access or intimidating people entering these facilities, with penalties reaching up to five years in prison if serious bodily harm occurs. Violators could also face civil lawsuits, attorney’s fees, punitive damages, and at least $1,000 per violation.
New Jersey Right to Life warns the law is written so broadly that prayer, signs, or simply offering help could be labeled “intimidation” by someone who claims to feel threatened.
- Jackson: Attorneys for the Jackson 21 homeowners association accused of segregating its community pool by gender say the HOA has the right to separate male and female swimmers because most residents are Orthodox Jews who follow religious laws requiring gender-separated swimming.
The dispute centers on whether the HOA may impose gender-specific pool hours or access based on the religious practices of the community's majority residents.
- LPD ticketing cars parked at BMG along Private way. Today state troopers are in the area enforcing traffic laws.
- Turkey has requested Interpol to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and dozens of other senior Israeli officials. The legal action is being taken as part of a criminal trial being held in absentia at the 11th High Criminal Court in Istanbul. The charges relate to the armed interception of the Global Somud flotilla en route to Gaza in international waters.
- After 44 years, IDF soldier Yehuda Katz HYD has been brought to kever Yisroel, with his kevurah taking place at Har HaZeisim. Katz went missing during the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub in Lebanon. His remains were returned to Israel following a special intelligence operation.q
50,000 attend selichos last night at the kosel