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Adar 5760
Feb - Mar 2000

The zodiacal sign of this month is Pisces with the associated tribe being Simeon.  In some years an extra month is added to the year which is called Adar Sheni ("Second Adar").  In such years the original month is called Adar Rishon (“First Adar").  The month consists of 29 days in regular years while in leap years Adar I consists of 30 days and Adar II of 29 days. The first day of Adar (of Adar II in a leap year) never falls on Sunday, Tuesday, or Thursday.

Theme: dispersing and reuniting

February 2000 / Adar 5760

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  7/1 8/2 9/3 10/4 11/5 12/6
13/7 14/8 15/9 16/10 17/11 18/12 19/13
20/14 21/15 22/16 23/17 24/18 25/19 26/20
27/21 28/22 29/23        

March 2000 / Adar 5760

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
      1/24 2/25 3/26 4/27
5/28 6/29 7/30        

New Moon - 1 Adar - February 7, 2000
3 Adar 3245 - The Second Temple was completed in Jerusalem 71 years after the destruction of the first. The Second Temple was not as ornate as the first and many of the sacred objects of the first were missing, such as the Ark, Aaron's staff, the jar of Manna. Also not present were the Urim V'tumin by which the high priest could consult God and the "divine fire" which lit the sacrifices (Yoma 21b). Outwardly, it was greatly beautified by Herod in 20 BCE.
7 Adar 2488 (February 23, 1352 BCE)  - Traditional date of the death of Moses. He was also born on the same date 120 years earlier.
In Israel, Adar 7 has been "officially designated as the day for commemorating the death of Israel soldiers whose last resting place is unknown." (Source: Ency. Judaica)
February 13, 2000: Outline of final peace with PA deadline
20 February 1422: Pope Martin V (1417-31) issued a Bull reminding Christians that Christianity was derived from Judaism and warned the Friars not to incite against the Jews. The Bull was withdrawn the following year alleging that the Jews of Rome attained the Bull by fraud.
February 22 ,1980 - The Israeli government introduces a new currency, the shekel, which replaces the Israeli pound.
February 23, 1921 - Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Rabbi Ya'akov Meir are elected the first two chief Rabbis of pre-state Israel.
March 1, 131 BCE: Syrian General Nicanor was defeated in a battle with the Maccabees. Nicanor, who previously boasted that he would burn the Temple to the ground, was killed near Jerusalem.
Mar 02 - Moon occults Neptune
Mar 04 - Moon Occults Uranus and Venus; Venus Passes 0.3 Degrees From Uranus

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