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Adar. Adar (Hebrew: אֲדָר , ʾĂdār; from Akkadian adaru) is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar, roughly corresponding to the month of March in the Gregorian calendar. It is a month of 29 days.
Normally the 12th month is named Adar. During leap years, the 12th and 13th months are named Adar I and Adar II (Hebrew: Adar Aleph and Adar Bet—"first Adar" and "second adar"). Sources disagree as to which of these months is the "real" Adar, and which is the added leap month. [15]
During leap years on the Hebrew calendar, Purim is celebrated in the second month of Adar. (The Karaites, however, celebrate it in the first month of Adar.) The 14th of the first Adar is then called Purim Katan ("Little Purim" in Hebrew) and the 15th is Shushan Purim Katan, for which there are no set observances but it has a minor holiday ...
Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar. This year, that means Purim begins on Saturday night and continues through Sunday. In most of Jerusalem, the holiday is celebrated ...
February 19, 2021. Seventh of Adar. Starts at dawn. On Adar II on leap years, Adar I on non-leap years. Movable. February 20, 2021. Shabbat Zachor. Shabbat immediately preceding Purim. On leap years, this falls on the 1st of Adar II, or on the 1st of Adar II itself if it is Shabbat.
The fast is observed on the 13th day of the Hebrew month of Adar (when the year has two Adar months, it is observed only in the second Adar). If the date of the Fast of Esther falls on Shabbat (Saturday), the fast is instead observed on the preceding Thursday, this was the case in 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2024.
Two months planting Two months late sowing One month cutting flax One month reaping barley One month reaping and measuring grain Two months pruning One month summer fruit Abij [ah] [10] Possible equivalent months: October, November — in the Hebrew calendar Tishrei, Cheshvan December, January — Kislev, Tevet February, March — Shvat, Adar ...
Seventh of Adar. The Seventh of Adar, also known as Zayin Adar ( Hebrew: ז׳ אַדָּר ), [1] is the anniversary of the birth and death of Moses in Jewish tradition. [2] It is observed as a fast day in some Jewish communities. [3]