Curated shopping area
12 stores · 16 storefronts
Includes Toms River
Lakewood's seforim stores, Judaica retailers, and sofrim — together with the adjoining Jackson and Toms River community — serve one of the fastest-growing Torah communities in America.
Bookseller · Lakewood · Monroe · Monsey · Passaic · Online
Bookseller specializing in pre-owned and discounted seforim and Jewish books, with two Lakewood stores and branches in Monsey, Passaic, and Monroe. Its official site has a current product catalog and cart, and the company also offers a rabbinically supervised shaimos service.
Retailer · Lakewood · Online
Large Judaica and seforim superstore on Madison Avenue in Lakewood, selling Hebrew seforim, English Jewish books, tzitzis, yarmulkas, gifts, and holiday items both in-store and through a full online shop. Offers nationwide shipping and free next-business-day local delivery in the greater Lakewood area on orders over $75.
Ships from the U.S.
Retailer · Lakewood · Online
Judaica and seforim retailer with two large Lakewood stores (River Ave and E County Line Rd) and a full online catalog of seforim, Jewish books, tefillin, tallis, silver, and gifts. Ships US-only with free shipping over $75, offers $7 local delivery across greater Ocean County, and free in-store pickup at both locations.
Ships within the U.S.
Retailer · Brooklyn · Lakewood · Online
Tallis and tzitzis maker and retailer with five official stores in Boro Park, Crown Heights, Williamsburg, and Lakewood. Its catalog includes taleisim, tzitzis, yarmulkes, tallis bags, challah covers, mezuzahs, books, and games, with embroidery and personalization services.
Bookseller · Lakewood
Jewish bookstore and Judaica shop at 150 James Street in Lakewood, selling seforim, Jewish books, gifts, and Judaica. The listed website could not be reached during verification, so online-store and shipping details remain unconfirmed.
Retailer · Brooklyn · Lakewood · Monsey · Online
Judaica chain with a Monsey branch on Robert Pitt Drive, stocking over 5,000 items including tallis and tefillin bags, tzitzis, prayer books, and Shabbos and holiday goods, with a full e-commerce site that ships worldwide. Other branches are in Williamsburg, Boro Park, and Lakewood.
Ships internationally · from the U.S.
Bookseller · Lakewood · Online
Lakewood bookseller with its own online checkout for a catalog of Shivti learning-program seforim and series, including Shabbos and Moadim topics.
Bookseller · Brooklyn · Cedarhurst · Lakewood · Online
Multi-branch seforim and Jewish book chain describing itself as the largest retailer of Jewish books in the world, with Brooklyn stores in Boro Park and Flatbush, three Lakewood branches, and further locations in Cedarhurst and Passaic. Runs an online store and a substantial wholesale operation fulfilled from a Brooklyn warehouse.
Ships from the U.S.
This page lists Judaica, seforim and silver businesses in the Lakewood area and their locations. The area is curated as one region that takes in Lakewood and the neighboring communities of Jackson Township and Toms River. Each listing links to the sources behind it and shows the date its details were last checked.
Lakewood is home to Beth Medrash Govoha, a yeshiva with more than 9,000 students.[1]
The largest cluster in this directory is on River Avenue, including stores in shopping plazas. Other Lakewood locations are on Clifton Avenue, America Avenue, Madison Avenue, East County Line Road, James Street, Squankum Road, Hillside Boulevard and 6th Street. A seasonal arba minim seller on Daniel Drive and a sukkah store on New Egypt Road are listed too. In Toms River, the directory lists a fine-art and Judaica business whose local address is by appointment only.
Most of these businesses are seforim stores or Judaica and silver retailers. Several seforim and Judaica chains run more than one Lakewood branch, so check the address on the listing before you go.
The directory does not list hours unless a store publishes them. Confirm with the store before you visit, especially a seasonal seller.
Buying guide
Chanukah gift ideas grouped by object (menorahs, kiddush cups, Shabbat candlesticks, seforim, mezuzah cases, tallis and kippot, art for the home), with what to check before you buy and real stores that sell each one.
Buying guide
A practical guide to buying a tallis: who wears one according to different customs, why wool is preferred, how to pick a size, atarah and stripe styles, and what to look for in kosher tzitzis.
Buying guide
What makes a Chanukah menorah kosher, whether to light with oil or candles, how high the flames should be, which materials hold up, and what to buy for children, dorms, or a family heirloom.