articles on The Month of Adar
When Adar Enters
"when Adar enters joy and happiness enter with it." Note that it does not say that when Adar arrives we will be joyous and happy
The Miracle of Shabat, Purim & Yerushalaim
Purim is as we all know a hidden miracle.
A Torah Life in Eretz Yisrael - Obliterating Amalek
How to wipe out Amalek?
The "Sacred Bear" of Purim
There is an unusual commandment on Purim.
Lessons on The Month of Adar
From Redemption to Redemption: Purim & Pesah
Something interesting about the Jewish month of Adar: In some years there is one Adar, while in leap years, there are two consecutive Adars. This raises the question: In which Adar is Purim celebrated in leap years? The answer is: in the Adar that immediately precedes the month of Nissan, and not the earlier Adar. This is in order that Purim can be commemorated as close to Pesah as possible. The reason this is so important has to do with the inherent link between the Redemption of Purim and that of Pesah.
R Avraham Levi Melamed | Adar 17 5783
Happiness and Hiddenness
It’s common knowledge that Adar is the happiest of all months. But why should it be? True, it contains Purim in it, & Purim is indeed filled with fun & food, single malt & masquerades. But does that make it the happiest?
Rabbi Stewart Weiss | Adar II 6 5782
10. Commemoration of the Half-Shekel
Chapter 14: The Month of Adar
People customarily give charity in the month of Adar in commemoration of the half-shekel that each individual would donate to the Temple, in Adar, to fund public offerings.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tevet 4 5782
7. Are Women Obligated to Hear Parashat Zakhor?
Chapter 14: The Month of Adar
According to most poskim, women are not obligated in the mitzva of remembering Amalek, because this mitzva is connected to the mitzva of annihilating Amalek.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
6. Parashat Zakhor
Chapter 14: The Month of Adar
The Sages instituted the reading of Parashat Zakhor once a year in order to fulfill the Torah commandment to remember and not forget the evil deeds of Amalek.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
