Saturday, October 25, 2025

Avi Schnall & his mentor Gary Schaer did it again - [thanks- Agudas Yisroel] They may be coming out of the closet. "Faige'lach?"

 Avi & Garry Schaer voted for LGBT Bill in Trenton



 several people went to Trenton to oppose Bill A1335  
that was up for a vote at the NJ Assembly Committee. forcing all public 
schools to teach and adopt instructional materials that accurately portray 
the political, economic, and social contributions of  persons with 
disabilities and LGBT people in the curriculum of middle school and 
high school students. Assemblyman Ed Thomson who represents 
Lakewood voted against it. 

Assemblyman Avi Schnall and Gary Schaer voted  for it 



Friday, October 24, 2025

Lakewood VAAD (Central Jersey VAAD) mission



VAAD's  Motto ; If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts

From an Email:

In Harvard Law school they teach the following;

If the law is in your favor and the facts are not?
               Harp in the law and ignore the facts.

If the facts are in your favor, but the law is not?
Harp on the facts and ignore the law.

If neither is in your favor?
Confuse them with bs.

The VAAD is great in the last part.


Lakewood's Deep-State

 From an Email;

It's no secret anymore that we have a Deep-State issue in Lakewood that we must overcome.

The first thing is to vote out the Democrat Assemblyman that was shoved down our throats by the Deep-State.

No one should vote for anyone on the Vaad's list as they are all from the Deep State.

Any other ideas will be appreciated, It's a desperate situation.

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Friday, October 10, 2025

An Email Re: A Hashgocha of R' Yechiel Babad Tartikuv-

 Dear Rabbi Shain,


Good Morning! 
I'm  from Flatbush 
NY Smash (1360 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230) is Sephardi-owned and under Tartikov supervision. Daytime relies on the owner; evenings previously lacked a frum presence. 
Key Issues:
  1. July: Reported no frum staff evenings to Reb Yechiel Babad. They hired a Sephardi girl with minimal halachic/kashrus knowledge to stand at the register.
  2. September: Found she was training a non-Jewish employee to do her job, claiming the owner would be present while the new employee was working. The next day (11:30 PM), no Jewish staff; non-Jews said mashgicha quit, and the owner left at 6 PM. Babad's son falsely claimed via text that a Jew was present—I told him he's being misled or worse.
  3. Current: Mashgicha returned only because the owner withheld her last paycheck; she is not comfortable reporting to the Department of Labor and plans to quit soon due to low pay ($17).
  4. Ongoing: Non-Jewish griddle worker cracks eggs directly onto the hot surface without blood-spot checks—unlikely incentivized to inspect.
Community views Tartikov as reliable (from your blog, I now see you strongly disagree), and when I share my experience, people are shocked by these lapses. From my talks with Reb Yechiel, he seems aware there are issues, but hopes I'll drop it and go away.
Who can I report this to for real pressure on the hashgacha or store?
Thank you,