New Moon of Adar

Adar is the happiest, most joyous month of the Hebrew calendar. In fact, its motto is "When Adar comes, joy is increased."

The first commandment given to the Jewish People on the precipice of leaving slavery and becoming a nation 3500 years ago is This Month will be the beginning of your months. Though the world counts new years from the fall, Rosh HaShana/Head of Years the Jewish people count years from the spring.

Adar is then the last month of the Jewish year where in the middle of the month is celebrated the holiday of Purim/Lots called so because of the lottery thrown by the wicked Haman to find the appropriate day to wipe out the Jewish People. Our history has been fraught with individuals sent like curses to destroy the Jewish People but yet we survive–through God’s intervention.

The story of Purim teaches how illogic can overcome logic in the month which concludes the year on a happy note. The Jewish nation over 3500 years have brought Torah to the earth along with three levels of explanation:Talmud-Law; Midrash-Story and Zohar-Secret, the Cabala is the key to opening the Zohar.

From the joy and illogic of Adar will come a new year full of new insights into the eternal Torah.