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 2001 / Adar 5761
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26
Adar 3 |
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March 2001 / Adar 5761
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Adar 7 |
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Adar 8 |
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8
Adar 13 |
Mar
9
Adar 14 |
Mar
10
Adar 15 |
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Mar
17
Adar 22 |
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20
Vernal Equinox |
21 | 22 | 23
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Mar
24
Adar 29 |
February 24, 2001 - New Moon - Adar 1
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.
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.
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)
March 8, 2001 - Fast of Esther - Adar 13
March 8, 1957 - Israel is forced by the United Nations and more specifically
the United states to withdraw from the Gaza Strip taken in the Sinai Campaign.
The entire Sinai was supposed to remain a demilitarized zone which it did until
Egypt (Nasser) asked the UN to leave it in preparation for the 6-Day War, to
which they complied with alacrity.
March 8, 1616 - "In Frankfurt, Vincent Fettmilch is hanged. That day is
commemorated as a feast day known as 'Purim Winz' ('Purim of Vincent') with the
reading of the Megillat Vinz composed by Elhanan b. Abraham Helin. Two years
earlier, Vincent Fettmilch, a former pastry cook and leader of the 'Guilds,'
calling himself the 'new Haman of the Jews' attacked the synagogue while the
community was at prayer. Although many tried to organize a defense, they were
soon overpowered and many took shelter in the cemetery while the community was
destroyed."
March 9, 2001 - Purim
- Adar 14
March 9, 1949 - David ben-Gurion presented the first government to the Knesset.
March 10, 2001 - Shushan Purim - Adar 15 (Purim for Jews who live in walled cities - in Jerusalem).
The day that the draught of a women suspected of adultery was administered on. See
Wormwood file for more info. Also read about the
"whitening of sepulchres."
March 10, 2001 - Mercury Passes 4.4 Degrees From Uranus
March 20, 2001 - Vernal Equinox, 13:14 UT
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