אדר א׳ ADAR משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה When Adar arrives we rejoice exceedingly

97 א' דראש חדש אדר א׳ FIRST DAY TUESDAY, FEB. 1, 30 SHEVAT The usual service for Rosh Chodesh: ;in Shemoneh Esrei: Half- יעלה ויבא Reading; Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh, etc. ב' דראש חדש SECOND DAY ROSH CHODESH WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2, 1 ADAR I We conduct services exactly as on the first day of Rosh Chodesh. שבת פרשת תרומה SHABBOS PARSHAS TERUMAH FEB. 5, 4 ADAR I The Haftorah is read from Kings I 5:26-6:13. שבת פרשת תצוה SHABBOS PARSHAS TETZAVEH FEB. 12, 11 ADAR I The Haftorah is read from Ezekiel 43:10-27. as usual; for Mincha: three Aliyahs in Parshas Ki Sisah. The final time for the sanctification of the New Moon of Adar I is the entire night following Tuesday, Feb. 15 (15 Adar I).

98 פורים קטן PURIM KOTON TUESDAY, FEB. 15, 14 ADAR I nor do we) למנצח No and no say Tachanun on the preceding Mincha of Monday). שושן פורים קטן SHUSHAN PURIM KOTON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16, 15 ADAR I .למנצח No Tachanun and no Today, 15 Adar I, is the Yahrzeit of HaGaon HaRav Menachim Gettinger, who served as President of Ezras ,זצ"ל Torah from 5753-5775. שבת פרשת כי תשא SHABBOS PARSHAS KI SISAH FEB. 19, 18 ADAR I The Haftorah is read from Kings I 18:1-39. שבת פרשת ויקהל SHABBOS PARSHAS VAYAKHEL פרשת שקלים PARSHAS SHEKOLIM FEB. 26, 25 ADAR I We recite the regular Shabbos service

99 Piyutim for special] יוצרות many say the) occasions], for Parshas Shekolim). We take out two Sifrei Torah; seven Aliyahs ־ in the first from the weekly Sidrah Vayakhel; Half-; The reads from Parshas Ki Sisah (Exodus 30:11- 16). The Haftorah for Parshas Shekolim is read from Kings II 12:1-17. We do not permit a child to read the Haftorah for the congregation on any of the four special Shabbosos: Shekolim, Zochor, Parah, and HaChodesh. We bless the month of Adar ."א-ל מלא" or "אב הרחמים" II. We do not say

The foremost Rabbis of past gen- erations instituted a wonderful practice whereby, on Shabbos Shekolim Shuls all over America conducted appeals for Ezras Torah, which is a holy bastion of relief and succor for thousands of fami- lies of Torah scholars, including Gedolim, Tzaddikim, widows, and children, whose poverty was relieved, to some degree, by the work of Ezras Torah. This practice must be maintained through the present, because these appeals have become a major source of income for Ezras Torah. Heaven for- fend that this practice be changed or replaced.

MUSSAF / מוסף Shemoneh Esrei of Shabbos Mussaf; the Kaddish ;(יוצרות) ;Chazzan's Repetition שיר ;אנעים זמירות ;עלינו ;אין כאלקינו ;Tiskabel .אדון עולם ;Mourner’s Kaddish ;של יום

100 MINCHA / מנחה Three Aliyahs in Parshas Pekudei. We ."צדקתך צדק" say ערב ראש חדש EREV ROSH CHODESH WEDNESDAY, MAR. 2, 29 ADAR I (Some observe Koton.) No Tachanun at Mincha.

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