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בס“ד Adar 1 5774/2014 SPECIAL DAYS IN ADAR 1 Volume 24, Issue 12 When Adar comes in, we increase in joy”. [Taanis 29a] Many of these dates took place either in Adar 1 or Adar 2, or in a year which had one Adar. Shevat 30/January 31/Friday First Day Rosh Chodesh Adar I Adar 1/February 1/Shabbos 2nd Day Rosh Chodesh Adar I Since it’s Shabbos Rosh Chodesh we take out two Sifrei Torah - and Mussaf davening Yahrtzeit of R. Shabsai HaKohen Katz, (the is a special davening for Shabbos Rosh Cho- “Shach”) author of Sifsei Kohen, on Shul- desh. chan Aruch, 5422 [1662]. “...The Alter Rebbe said all the authors of Beginning of the plague of darkness. Sefarim until the “Taz” and the “Shach”, and them included, wrote their works with Yahrtzeit of R. Avraham Ibn Ezra, commen- Ruach HaKodesh.” [HaYom Yom, Shevat 6]. tator on Chumash, 4924 (1164). “And similarly it says in Shearis Yisroel (of R. Yisroel Dov of Vilednik), Drush LiSukos, in Tosfos Yom Tov Purim: Rabbi Yom Tov Lip- the name of the Baal Shem Tov.” [Likutei Si- mann Heller, author of Tosfos Yom Tov on chos, Vol. 12, p. 70, Note 5] the Mishnah, established the day of his in- stallation as Rav of Cracow in 5403 [1643] Damascus blood libel, 5600 [1840]. as his private Purim. This year is a Jewish Leap Year and thus, there are two months of Adar. The last Leap Year the Rebbe gave over a Sicha to us was in 5752 (1992). It is proper that we print some of the Sichahs the Rebbe said in Adar 1 5752. From the week of Rosh Chodesh Adar 1 until 27 Adar 1, 5752 the Rebbe spoke seventeen times and every time he spoke (during the week) he gave out dollars in addition to Sunday dollar distribution. By learning the Rebbe’s Torah we connect with the Rebbe. This strengthens our Emunah and our connection with the Rebbe and hastens the coming of Moshiach. “As Adar enters, we increase in joy,” (Our The positive nature of the month is further Sages mention this concept in contrast to the emphasized in the present year when all as- Chabad Chodesh Adar 1 5774 Month of Av of which it is said, “As Av en- pects of Adar are given a twofold expression. ters, we minimize our joy.” This emphasizes the dynamics of transformation, that just as darkness can be transformed into light, bit- (Continued on page 6) terness is transformed to sweetness.) BUSINESS NAME Adar 3/February 3/Monday The Mon stopped falling that day, (Kidushin 38a) Second Beis HaMikdash completed, in 3412 [349 BCE], (Ezra 6:16). “...When Haman drew lots to determine the date [The Eastern wall had on it the image of Shu- to destroy the Jews he was happy when he drew shan, the capital of the Persian Empire, which ruled Adar, month of Moshe's death, not realizing it Eretz Yisrael in the first years of the Second Beis was also the month of his birth." (Megilah 13b) HaMikdash [Midos 2:4] In many communities, today is the annual holiday Purim of Amzslav, 5604 [1844]. Many communities and dinner of the Chevrah Kadisha Burial Socie- celebrated their own private Purims (with reading ties (sometimes preceded by a fast and Selichos) their own Megilahs) when saved by HaShem from because HaShem Himself buried Moshe Rabenu, evil decrees. Many of them were in Adar. freeing the Chevrah Kadisha that day. (The Cha- bad custom is Kislev 15, based on the Minhag of Yahrtzeit of R. Mordechai Yaffe, author of Sefer Lithuania.) Halevushim, 5372 [1612]. The custom of the Chabad Rebbeim is not to say Adar 4/February 4/Tuesday Tachnun on Adar 7. [Sefer Haminhagim]. R. Meir (MaHaRaM) of Roten-burg’s body was re- leased for burial in 5067 [1307] fourteen years after See Magen Avrohom in the Shulchan Aruch his death in the fortress of Ensisheim. He was buried Chaim, Ch. 580, footnote 8. Which speaks about in the old Jewish cemetery of Worms. Next to him the Yartzeit of Moshe Rabeinu, which takes place was buried R. Alexander Susskind Wimpfen, who in Adar Alef, and there is an opinion that the year gave away his entire fortune to ransom the body. of his Histalkus was a Leap Year. Both graves miraculously escaped Nazi ravaging of the cemetery. All copies of the Talmud in France, seized on Shabbos, 5000 [1240]. Adar 6/February 6/Thursday Moshe Rabeinu completed his review of the Torah, Yahrtzeit of R. Shlomoh Efraim, of Luntshits, au- 2488 [1273 BCE]. (Seder Olam Rabah). thor of Kli Yakar, 5379 [1619]. Birthday of R. Menachem Mendel, son of the Rebbe First auto-de-fe of the Spanish Inquisition, Seville, MaHaRaSh, 5627 [1867]. He was born in the year 5241 [1481]. (The last auto-de-fe was on Adar after the Tzemach Tzedek’s passing, and named for 24, 5559 [1799].) him. Yahrtzeit of R. Yitzchak Eizik of Kalev, founder of Yahrtzeit of R. Shmaryahu Gurary, oldest son-in-law Chasidic line in Hungary, 5581 [1821]. of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, brother-in-law of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Executive Director of Adar 9/February 9/Sunday Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim, 6 Adar 1 5749 [1989]. First controversy of Beis Hilel and Beis Shamai, (Megilas Taanis). Adar 7/February 7/Friday Birthday of Moshe Rabeinu, in 2368 [1393 BCE] Yahrtzeit of R. Yosef Yoel Halprin of Stepan, stu- (Sotah 12b) and his Yartzeit in 2488 [1273 BCE] dent of the Baal Shem Tov. (Kidushin 38a). Adar 10/February 10/Monday According to one opinion, in Talmud Sotah - 12B, Purim of Povidl (Bohemia), 5491 [1731]. Moshe was born on the 7th Adar 1 in a leap year. Once a Babylonian idol-worship day, (Avodah On the day of his passing, he said “Shiras Haazinu” Zarah 11b); in 5751 [1991] the allied forces at- to Bnei Yisrael, (Ibn Ezra, Devarim 32:48), gave them tacked Iraq [Babylon] on this day. his final blessing, and wrote thirteen Sifrei Torah, one for each Shevet and one for the Mishkan. Adar 11/February 11/Tuesday Yahrtzeit of R. Mordechai Posner, brother of the Alter Rebbe, 5583 [1823]. He was the Rav of VOLUME 24, ISSUE 12 Page 2 Ursha and a great Gaon; he helped the Alter Reb- time of the Amoraim, he’d be a great Amora, and if be establish the Chadorim, the study groups of in the days of the Tanaim, a great Tana, and if in the the Alter Rebbe’s disciples in Liozna, and helped Neviim, he’d be a great Navi...” [Sichah, Tamuz 14, prepare the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch for 5716]. publication. Adar 14/February 14/Friday Yahrtzeit of R. Chayim Yosef David Azulai, (the Purim Katan “ChiDA”), 5566 [1806]. A Halachist and Kabba- On this day no Tachnun is recited, we do not fast, list, historian and bibliographer, he was close and we eat better than usual meals. with the students of the Baal Shem Tov and the Mezeritcher Magid who came to Eretz Yisrael, Bris of Moshe Rabeinu. and cites their teachings and practices in his many Sefarim. Yahrtzeit of R. Zeev Volf of Zhitomer, student of the Mezritcher Magid, author of Or Hameir, 5560 Yahrtzeit of R. Avraham Bornstein of Sochaczov, [1800]. author of Avnei Nezer, 5670 [1910]. “...The Tzemach Tzedek cites him in Or HaTorah, and explains and comments on his words” [Sichah, Yahrtzeit of R. Yosef Rozin, the Gaon of Ragatch- Shabbos Chazon, 5734] ov, author of Tzofnas Paneach, 5696 [1936]. He “We have heard that he once visited the Alter gave Semichah to the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Rebbe.” [Beis Rebbe]. [Introduction to HaYom Yom]. The Rebbe always noted that we should study the Law of Return altered by the Israeli Knesseth who Ma’amar “V’Kibel Hayehudim” from the Friediker deleted (conversions) “according to Halacha.” Rebbe, which was said on Purim Katan 1927. The That Purim the Rebbe, publicly began his effort to last edited Ma’amar from the Rebbe is “Atoh Tet- amend the law to include the word “Halacha”. zaveh,” based on the Friediker Rebbe’s Ma’amar of The Rebbe demanded in numerous letters and Purim Katan. These should be studied on Purim Farbrengens the importance of this amendment (Katan). and on Shushan Purim (Katan). and the chaos this law would fuel, 11 Adar 1 5730 (1970). Adar 15/February 15/Shabbos Those who hear and read the Rebbe speak out Shushan Purim Katan on this issue, feel how important this issue is to the Rebbe, and how it threatens the very survival Agrippa I began construction of a gate for the wall of the Jewish people. of Yerushalayim, 3802 [42], once a holiday (Megilas Taanis). Adar 12/February 12/Wednesday Dedication of Beis HaMikdash built by Herod, Adar 16/February 16/Sunday 3750 [11 BCE]. The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe received American citizenship at 770, by special legislation of Congress, Adar 13/February 13/Thursday 5709 [1949]. He said a Sichah and signed the docu- Erev Purim Katan. ments. Yom Nikanor: Yehudah HaMacabi defeated the Adar 18/February 18/Tuesday Syrian general Nicanor, [161 BCE] (Megilas Yahrtzeit of R. Alexander Zyskind of Horodna, au- Taanis). thor of Yesod Vishoresh Ha-avodah, 5554. “...The Tzemach Tzedek told his sons the Alter Yahrtzeit of R. Yehudah Hachassid, author of Sef- Rebbe met one time with the Rav Hatzadik, author of er Chassidim, 4977 [1217]. Yesod Veshoresh Ha-avodah” [Beis Rebbe]. “...It’s known of the Rokeach, and R. Yehudah “...He wanted to come to the Mezritcher Magid, Hachassid and their circle, that they were men of but he told him that he didn’t need this, as he’d al- very great miracles.” [Sefer Hachakirah, Eidus ready attained the way of Chassidus.