1 Adar
1 אֲדָר
The Month of Adar (אֲדָר)
"When Adar enters, joy increases" (Mishnah Ta'anit 29a). Adar is the happiest month in the Hebrew calendar, marked by the festival of Purim on the 14th. The Book of Esther recounts how Queen Esther and Mordechai saved the Jewish people from Haman's decree. It is a month of reversals — of turning sorrow to joy, mourning to celebration. Adar is the last month before Nisan and the arrival of spring, making it a month of anticipation and preparation for redemption.
Born in Adar
Adar is the month of joy, laughter, and divine providence. Those born in Adar are said to be blessed with good fortune, a joyful spirit, and the ability to uplift others.
Holidays: Purim (14 Adar), Shushan Purim (15 Adar)
Full guide to the month of Adar →Mazal: Pisces (Dagim)
The Fish (Dagim) represent blessing, fertility, and hiddenness — just as fish are hidden beneath the water, protected from the evil eye. In Torah thought, Adar's mazal is connected to the hidden miracles of Purim. Those born under Dagim are blessed with joy, adaptability, and the ability to thrive even in challenging circumstances.
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Yahrtzeits on 1 Adar
Rav Avraham Ibn Ezra
1089–1164 · Tudela, Spain
Spanish-born Torah commentator, grammarian, astronomer, and mathematician who wrote a commentary on the Torah and Navi rooted in Hebrew grammar and th...
Rav Azarya Figo
1579–1647 · Venice
Rav of Venice, author of Binah La'itim and Gidulei Terumah.
Rav Baruch Halberstam of Gorlitz
1830–1906 · Gorlitz
Son of Rav Chaim of Sanz, served as Rav of Rudnick and later of Gorlitz.
Rav Baruch Rosenberg
1924–2004 · Bnei Brak
Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka in Bnei Brak, who escaped to Shanghai with the Mir Yeshiva during WWII and served as maggid shiur for 50 years.
Rav Emanuel Chai Riki
1688–1743 · Tzefas
Kabbalist and author of Mishnas Chassidim, who received semicha from Rav Chaim Abulafia in Tzefas.
Rav Menachem Mendel of Shklov
d. 1827 · Shklov
Leader of the aliya of the followers of the Vilna Gaon to Eretz Yisrael, establishing many Minhagei Yerushalayim.
Rav Shabsai HaKohen Katz
1621–1662 · Vilna
Author of Sifsei Kohen (Shach), one of the most authoritative commentaries on the Shulchan Aruch, completing his commentary on Yoreh De'ah at age 24.
Rav Yitzchak Eizik Safrin of Komarna
d. 1800 · Komarna
Author of Heichal HaBrachah and Zohar Chai, father of Rav Tzvi Hirsch of Zhidachov and Rav Yissochor Berish of Zhidachov.
Rav Yitzchak Isaac Eichenstein
1913–2004 · Forest Hills, Queens
The Kiviashder Rav of Forest Hills, Queens, Holocaust survivor who established the Central Rabbinical Council of the United States and Canada in 1953.
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