Weather: 73° Mostly cloudy early, then sunshine for the afternoon.

Columbus day: Federal, state, and city government offices, public schools, post offices, and most major bank branches are closed, while the stock market, retail stores, and grocery stores remain open. Costco is open with limited hours.

- Trump:"I see so many comments from the Radical Left Morons and Lunatics that China and Russia are helping the “wonderful” Islamic Republic of Iran. If they are, it’s at a very low level, but I don’t believe they are at all. They have too much to lose, and we would know about it, and know about it very fast! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP".

- The Nikolsburg rebbe from klal Yisroel shul in woodbourne making a chasuna for a einikel in Lakewood 

- Lakefront community in Okeechobee, FL celebrates the first day of  children  going to Cheder as the community is launched.

- A small girls high school in Lakewood announced they were forced to close due to financial reasons with low enrollment.

- A American Bochur Accused Of Spying For Iran Released To House Arrest q after about four months in custody. Israeli Supreme Court President Justice Yitzchak Amit approved the release. Askan Rabbi Shimon Shisha, chairman of Merkaz Ezra Vayoetz, offered his apartment for the house arrest and Tzedek Association says it deposited 1 million shekel to the court as a guarantee.(Belaaz)

- BMG Chavrusa tumul going on today ahead of the new winter zman.

-ומוריד הגשם  Lakewood, New Jersey, had the second highest rainfall total, with 3.45 inches yesterday.The highest rainfall total was reported in the Loveladies section of Long Beach Township in Ocean County, with 3.48 inches as of Monday morning, according to updated numbers from the National Weather Service.

- A wedding that was scheduled ro take place tonight in Lakewood has been relocated to Montreal after family members could not get entry to the US due to updated immigration policies.(Kremel)

- Trump HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY TO ALL, in particular our great Italian American Community which was forced to suffer as the Radical Left Dumocrats, Socialists, and Communists rampaged through our cities and towns ripping down almost all of the beautiful statues of Christopher Columbus. Well, those days of plunder are over, and the statues are back, more magnificent than ever. This is a big day for our great Italian American Community, and the Country of Italy itself, maybe the biggest. Congratulations! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- New York City's teachers union, which supports Hochul ahead of the upcoming election, has vowed to fight to reverse her decision to opt in to the federal educational tax credit program. The civil rights organization NAACP has also warned that support for private education could encourage wealthier families to leave public schools, deepening segregation among students. 

-The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office is seeing a 10% decline in the willingness to vote among the chareidi sector.

- Tehillim: Tefillos for Rav Mordechai  Wolmark shlita Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah in Monsey, who has been hospitalized name is Mordechai Gimple ben Chaya Avigail.

- A non-Jewish FedEx driver in Lakewood is going viral after a clip of him playing Hasidic music was posted on social media.  He learned Hershy Weinberger and other Hasidic songs just to make the Jewish kids on his route smile. "The music is so positive. How can you not like it? Singer Hershy Weinberger put out a social post seeking to meet the driver and thank him for spreading positivity (Tiktok on x)

- Lakewood Road closures on Rt 9 as night seder and wedding season resumes: A NJDOT contractor will be performing repaving operations along Route 9 between Central/Hurley Avenue and 3rd Street. Route 9 will be completely closed in both directions on Monday, October 12, and Tuesday, October 13, from 11:00 PM until 7:00 AM. Detours willedirect traffic around the work zone.

- Israeli election polls suggest that United Torah Judaism (UTJ) could lose up to two seats as a result of defections to the new Tzibbur Hacharedi party led by Moti Leitner. The emergence of the new party has prompted UTJ MKs to sharpen their attacks against Leitner and his movement, as they seek to protect their traditional Charedi voter base

- Trump: The European Union paid Russia 250 Billion Dollars for Energy, and the Fake News Media doesn’t want to get near that story. I made the right choice for the American People — ALWAYS, AMERICA FIRST! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Giyus:  Hundreds of Breslov children gathered outside Prison 10 today, joined by senior rabbonim led by Rav Yaakov Meir Shechter, to protest the arrests of approximately 250 Breslov avreichim over the past month on charges of draft evasion. The demonstrators called for the release of the arrested yeshiva students, many of whom have been imprisoned for refusing to comply with military conscription orders

- Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a court-authorized search warrant at Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home early Monday morning. According to Fox News, the investigation centers on possible immigration fraud involving paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a child.

Bochurim in EY  return to yeshiva for the Zman