31 Lessons
To Live a New Life!
Rabbi Yosef Nave | 14 Adar 5784
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
5. The Mitzva to Wipe Out Amalek
Chapter 14: The Month of Adar
The mitzva to destroy Amalek is primarily incumbent upon the people of Israel as a whole. Indeed, the Sages taught that the people of Israel were commanded to fulfill three mitzvot upon entering Eretz Yisrael
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
4. The Three Mitzvot Concerning the Obliteration of Amalek
Chapter 14: The Month of Adar
Three mitzvot in the Torah relate to Amalek. The first is a positive commandment to remember what Amalek did to us. . The second is a negative commandment not to forget what Amalek did to us. The third is a positive commandment to eradicate Amalek’s offspring from the world.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
2. The Four Parshiyot
Chapter 14: The Month of Adar
The Sages instituted the public reading of four Torah passages (parshiyot) in addition to the weekly Torah portion: Parashat Shekalim, Parashat Zakhor, Parashat Para, and Parashat Ha-ĥodesh.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
3. Leap Years and the Added Month of Adar
Chapter 14: The Month of Adar
It is well known that the Jewish months are fixed by the lunar cycle, whereas years follow the solar cycle, because Pesaĥ must always be in the springtime. In order to keep the lunar months in sync with the solar year, leap years, in which an extra month is intercalated, must be declared occasionally.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
1. When Adar Arrives We Increase Our Joy
Chapter 14: The Month of Adar
The Sages said, “When Av arrives we curtail [our] joy, and when Adar arrives we increase [our] joy”. In saying this, the Sages teach us that nothing happens by chance and that every season has its own character and nature.
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782
Does Adar l Impact on Adar ll?
Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon | 5776
Leap Year
Rabbi Berel Wein | 5774
Adar - the month of laughter
The month of Adar is known to be the month of happiness and laughter. Laughter appears when a person feels full identification with a particular content. The month of Adar is a month of a great effort to compare our will with the will of God.
Rabbi Haggai Lundin | Shvat 5773
Why We Need Purim So Desperately
Rabbi Berel Wein | 5771
When Adar Enters
Rabbi Berel Wein | 5771
Adar
Rabbi Berel Wein | 5770
