Lakewood Rabbonim Issue Letter Regarding Carnival
[Letter below.] Lakewood, NJ - In response to advertisements regarding a carnival slated to be held today in Lakewood, the rabbonim of the town have issued a letter strongly urging the members of the kehillah to refrain from participating in the event, which is open to the public, both men and women, with no safeguards to protect the kedushah of the community.
The event, advertised as the “First Annual Lakewood Community Fair Rides,” presents serious concerns relating to modesty, and therefore the rabbonim have stated that kehillah members, including young children, should refrain from attending.
The letter, obtained first by Matzav.com, includes the signatories of the roshei yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha, Rav Malkiel Kotler, Rav Dovid Schustal and Rav Yeruchem Olshin; Rav Matisyahu Salomon, mashgiach of Beth Medrash Govoha; Rav Yaakov Forchheimer, Rav Shmuel Meir Katz and Rav Osher Chaim Lieberman, poskim of Beth Medrash Govoha; Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, rosh yeshiva of Mesivta of Lakewood; Rav Yosef Zimbal, rov of West Gate; Rav Shmuel Blech, rov of Khal Anshei Sfard; Rav Mordechai Rosenbaum, rov of Khal Shaarei Torah; Rav Yisroel Reisman, rov of Chateau Park-Ashkenaz; Rav Avrohom Miller, rov of Bais Medrash Kol Yehudah of Brook Hill Estates; Rav Aharon Walkin, rov of Bais Medrash Bais Aharon; Rav Binyomin Zev Halpern, rov of Khal Bais Halevi; Rav Aharon Zuckerman, rov of Khal Zichron Pinchos; Rav Shlomo Gissinger, rov of Khal Zichron Yaakov; Rav Moshe Shimon Wosner, rov of Chateau Park-Sefard; Rav Yaakov Lazewnik, rov of Presidential Estates-Ashkenaz; Rav Shloime Lowy, rov of Presidential Estates-Sefard; Rav Henach Shachar, rov of Bais Medrash of East End; Rav Yosef Greenfeld, rov of Bais Medrash of Chestnut; Rav Chaim Mayer Roth, rov of Sterling Forest-Sefard; Rav Avrohom Abba Freundlich, Bais Horaah of Chestnut; Rav Mendel Rabinowitz, Yeshiva Ketana of Lakewood; Rav Chanoch Saltz, posek at Beth Medrash Govoha; Rav Avrohom Spitzer, Skverer Dayan of Lakewood; and Rav Mordechai Bezalel Klein, Satmar Dayan of Lakewood.
Click here to view the letter.
{Matzav.com Newscenter}
63 Responses to “Lakewood Rabbonim Issue Letter Regarding Carnival”
2. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 9:38 AM
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3. Comment from down to earth
Time July 31, 2011 at 9:40 AM
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4. Comment from tzippi
Time July 31, 2011 at 9:54 AM
May I STRONGLY suggest that you not allow comments…
5. Comment from kel
Time July 31, 2011 at 10:06 AM
i am happy to hear. i was very concerned as well.
A Parent
6. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 10:29 AM
I agree 100% with the Rabonim
but why are boys home for so long in the Summer?
we should scarp the July Yeshiva and give the kids day kamp or give them till the end of July Yeshiva. There is no reoson why boys have to be walking the street for nearly 3 weeks
7. Comment from smelly
Time July 31, 2011 at 10:45 AM
As soon as the ad went up without the Org. that officially were getting the profits using their name I didnt like it. If you dont want your name associated dont support it.
8. Comment from concerned
Time July 31, 2011 at 11:06 AM
WHat should our hanhaga be regarding all carnivals even chol hamoed ones that do not have seperate hours for men and women boys and girls
9. Comment from Oldtimer
Time July 31, 2011 at 11:07 AM
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10. Comment from MARK LEVIN
Time July 31, 2011 at 11:31 AM
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11. Comment from yohanan
Time July 31, 2011 at 12:11 PM
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12. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 12:21 PM
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13. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 12:51 PM
it is the three weeks.
let’s do teshuvah and merit geulah shleima
14. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:00 PM
kol haschalos kashos
15. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:01 PM
happy to see this
16. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:01 PM
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17. Comment from Rest of the Story
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:05 PM
Which carnival do they mean?
18. Comment from Yochi
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Thanks to those Tzadikim.
Are we not seeing messages from Hashem? The status quo is no good! Free from any hashgocha ‘do as I wish” attitude.
Get real people, it’s the three weeks!
19. Comment from motty
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:29 PM
how is this different than any chol hamoed trip
20. Comment from tzippi
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:33 PM
Thanks, mods. I really didn’t know anything about this carnival, don’t want to or need to, not in the area. But when I saw the breadth of rabbanim who signed, well, anyone who has an issue can certainly find one of them to contact personally about this.
21. Comment from jjj
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:36 PM
kol hakavod
22. Comment from Expatriate Owl
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:42 PM
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23. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:48 PM
Matzav, you guys are the best. chazak
24. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 1:49 PM
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25. Comment from yussi’s kishke
Time July 31, 2011 at 2:33 PM
[deleted by my shvigger who told me not to go]
26. Comment from anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 2:43 PM
umacha
heashem
deema
mayal
col
punim
27. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 2:44 PM
Thank you matzav for doing what you do. don’t kowtow to the haters.
28. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 2:45 PM
gruntch
29. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Better yet…
30. Comment from Ostrich
Time July 31, 2011 at 2:50 PM
“Matzav” should change it’s name to “Cover Up”,
I never realized how dumb you people at Matzav are! How little you have to offer! ‘
Very good! Keep it up, you losers!
31. Comment from Anonymous18
Time July 31, 2011 at 3:05 PM
Why are all these comments being deleted? They dont tow the party line?
32. Comment from Maamin
Time July 31, 2011 at 3:12 PM
Baruch Hashem for the Rabbonim and Gedolim shlit”a of Lakewood always providing us the proper derech.
33. Comment from dovy
Time July 31, 2011 at 3:28 PM
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there, i saved you the work and did your job for you.
34. Comment from Yitz
Time July 31, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Aren’t the rides at the the fair for the children and not for adults??
35. Comment from Rabbi Avraham Goldstein
Time July 31, 2011 at 4:04 PM
whats left to do is OBEY as the Torah tell us to do!
36. Comment from mayim
Time July 31, 2011 at 4:37 PM
“Niskatnu Hadoros”
37. Comment from NORMAL
Time July 31, 2011 at 4:53 PM
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38. Comment from Menchalltime
Time July 31, 2011 at 5:04 PM
Don’t be wiser from the rabbonim.
39. Comment from BT
Time July 31, 2011 at 5:29 PM
I love Hashem.
40. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 5:37 PM
oy yidden lets do tehsuvah………….oy oy oy……………. oy yidden lets do tehsuvah
41. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 5:37 PM
HASHEM WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
42. Comment from mayim
Time July 31, 2011 at 5:51 PM
delete delete delete i didn’t know Matzav was stationed inCuba?
43. Comment from osher
Time July 31, 2011 at 6:38 PM
All those who tried to post hateful comments, as well as the uncomfortable situations Matzav keeps finding itself in, point to the fact that “the ONLINE voice of TORAH JEWRY” is placed in a very difficult position.
44. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 7:15 PM
Go ahead, keep up deleting comments, it just makes everyone laugh at your one-sided posts and run the other way, which is where I’ll be!!
45. Comment from Matzav Chossid
Time July 31, 2011 at 7:15 PM
matzav is doing the right thing. vehameivin yovin.
for those who understand, there are no questions. for those who don’t, there are no answers.
MATZAV, STAY STRONG! DON’T WILT UNDER THE PRESSURE!
46. Comment from proud yid
Time July 31, 2011 at 7:21 PM
See Bais Haleivi on Bitachon, page zayin: ve’al kein keshein lehadam shum sibah lehishtadel etc.
check it out.
47. Comment from Krouton Noodle
Time July 31, 2011 at 8:03 PM
This site is so extreme to cater only to what the editor wants to read! All comments that don’t reflect their closed minded stuck up views get deleted or altered. How can any open minded human being read and take in the content from such an extremely opinionated editorial crew. Shame on this news site
48. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 8:34 PM
i am impressed at least that matzav allows comments bashing them like there’s no tomorrow
people need to chill a bit
49. Comment from Oldtimer
Time July 31, 2011 at 9:32 PM
It finally happened - I got deleted by the moderator. I’d better watch my step 
For a non-controversial recap of part of the post - read Rabbi Zelig Pliskin’s “Love your neighbor.” This sefer is the “sequel” to “Guard your tongue” which started the “Lashon Hara revolution,” and it deals with all of the mitzvos bein adam l’chavero arranged by the parsha in which they occur. Maybe we can start a second mass movement based on being kind to people according to the Torah’s guidance.
50. Comment from Brisker
Time July 31, 2011 at 10:10 PM
there’s more here than meets the eye.
Vedu”k.
51. Comment from George Orwell
Time July 31, 2011 at 10:43 PM
BH we have Gedolim.
52. Comment from carnival barker
Time July 31, 2011 at 11:35 PM
there are plenty of carnivals and street fairs in New York City. I Also we have freak shows here in Coney Island.
53. Comment from Adam Sway
Time August 1, 2011 at 12:53 AM
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54. Comment from machshava kemaseh
Time August 1, 2011 at 1:58 AM
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55. Comment from boo hoo
Time August 1, 2011 at 2:41 AM
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56. Comment from kohen
Time August 1, 2011 at 3:33 AM
mi sheasa niussim laavoseinu bayomim ahheim bazman haze
57. Comment from Kevin
Time August 1, 2011 at 6:36 AM
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58. Comment from Anonymous
Time August 1, 2011 at 8:46 AM
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59. Comment from here
Time August 1, 2011 at 9:39 AM
may we all only go to simchos and be zoche to vias goel
60. Comment from nice guy
Time August 1, 2011 at 9:40 AM
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61. Comment from Bob Barker cousin of Carnival Barker
Time August 1, 2011 at 10:52 AM
To whom it may concern. There was a famous book written many years ago by George Orwell titled “1984″.
Shame on you Matzav, and shame on whoever is pressuring you to censor your comments.
62. Comment from tzippi
Time August 1, 2011 at 1:26 PM
To Bob Barker: I don’t know what your issues are with this. This wasn’t my party and B”H I have no temptation to go to a website that will give me all the dirt, real and imaginary. But why not call one of the signatories and have a good conversation? Are you more bent out of shape about the letter or Matzav’s editing?
63. Comment from Poshita Yid
Time August 1, 2011 at 7:35 PM
i would add that the Rabonim assured it too becuase its so expensive. I took my 2 kids and it cosed me 60.00 There are many yeshivalite that are pressured by kids to take them there but cant afford it. Its genavah to charge so much. Im sure many paerents are happy to have a good excuse now.
1. Comment from Anonymous
Time July 31, 2011 at 9:29 AM
kol hakavod