Monday March 2 Taanis Esther News Updates Lakewood

 Weather: 33° cloudy skies this afternoon

Tonight  Purim low 27° Cloudy with snow showers developing after midnight. Chance of snow 50%.

Purim day 40° Cloudy with periods of light rain. Chance of rain 80%.

-Shkia 5:49 pm fast is over 6:31 pm it is customary to extend the fast until after קריאת המגילה

סגולה גדולה לקרוא פרק כב' בתהילים ולבקש בזכות מרדכי ואסתר המלכה את כל מה שרוצים  

- BMG Purim tish tonight 10:15 pm at the Bais Aaron B"M 

- lines at ATM machines, the Chase bank off Cedarbridge limiting customers to 50 singles 

- Tonight, the full moon will have a total lunar eclipse and create a stunning 'blood moon'. This will take place in the early hours of March 3 for skywatchers in the U.S., The total lunar eclipse will begin at 3:44 a.m. EST, with the maximum effect occurring at 4:50 a.m. EST.

During the eclipse, the moon will appear reddish in color due to the way sunlight filters through Earth's atmosphere.

- Expect heavy traffic this afternoon with the morah shalach manos drop off

- There will be a special learning seder later today at BMG הדר קבלוה

- There will be minyan reciting tehillim today at the Bais Horahh at 4 pm 

- Rumors that Amazing Savings will be one of the tenants moving into the Stop N Shop in Toms River/Lakewood that is closing down after Pesach.

- A juvenile has been charged with murder following a fatal shooting Sunday night in Lakewood. on Pearl Street around 8:17 p.m., where a juvenile male was found with a gunshot wound to his back; and later died from his injuries.

-- Purim spirit is here as the yeshiva bochurim do their annual shtick, one local yeshiva made a race track inside.

-40th yartzeit of Rav Moshe Feinstein ZTL an unbelievable story about Reb Moshe zt"l upon his yahrtzeit as said by Horav Michoel Sorotzkin watch HERE

.-The Minhag is to give מחצית השקל, by Mincha we do NOT say תחנון and אבינו מלכנו.

סליחות לתענית אסתר :  קנא לשמך נורא ונקדש, חזה כרמך נהרס ונידש. זרויינו קבץ ושיר לך יחודש, קימם והחים בבנין בית המקדש. וכעשותך נוראות באותן הימים, אתנו הפלא תשועת עולמים. מצוא לפניך כפר ותנחומים, אל מלך יושב על כסא רחמים.