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9 Lessons

The Month of Adar

10. Commemoration of the Half-Shekel

Chapter 14: The Month of Adar

People customarily give charity in the month of Adar in commemoration of the half-shekel that each individual would donate to the Temple, in Adar, to fund public offerings.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Tevet 4 5782


The Month of Adar

7. Are Women Obligated to Hear Parashat Zakhor?

Chapter 14: The Month of Adar

According to most poskim, women are not obligated in the mitzva of remembering Amalek, because this mitzva is connected to the mitzva of annihilating Amalek.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782


The Month of Adar

6. Parashat Zakhor

Chapter 14: The Month of Adar

The Sages instituted the reading of Parashat Zakhor once a year in order to fulfill the Torah commandment to remember and not forget the evil deeds of Amalek.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782


The Month of Adar

5. The Mitzva to Wipe Out Amalek

Chapter 14: The Month of Adar

The mitzva to destroy Amalek is primarily incumbent upon the people of Israel as a whole. Indeed, the Sages taught that the people of Israel were commanded to fulfill three mitzvot upon entering Eretz Yisrael

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782


The Month of Adar

4. The Three Mitzvot Concerning the Obliteration of Amalek

Chapter 14: The Month of Adar

Three mitzvot in the Torah relate to Amalek. The first is a positive commandment to remember what Amalek did to us. . The second is a negative commandment not to forget what Amalek did to us. The third is a positive commandment to eradicate Amalek’s offspring from the world.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782


The Month of Adar

2. The Four Parshiyot

Chapter 14: The Month of Adar

The Sages instituted the public reading of four Torah passages (parshiyot) in addition to the weekly Torah portion: Parashat Shekalim, Parashat Zakhor, Parashat Para, and Parashat Ha-ĥodesh.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782


The Month of Adar

3. Leap Years and the Added Month of Adar

Chapter 14: The Month of Adar

It is well known that the Jewish months are fixed by the lunar cycle, whereas years follow the solar cycle, because Pesaĥ must always be in the springtime. In order to keep the lunar months in sync with the solar year, leap years, in which an extra month is intercalated, must be declared occasionally.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782


The Month of Adar

1. When Adar Arrives We Increase Our Joy

Chapter 14: The Month of Adar

The Sages said, “When Av arrives we curtail [our] joy, and when Adar arrives we increase [our] joy”. In saying this, the Sages teach us that nothing happens by chance and that every season has its own character and nature.

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | Kislev 12 5782


The Month of Adar

Adar and the Four Parshiot

Part One

Part One

Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5761