Adar is the twelfth month of the year. The name “Adar” was given in Bavel.
Mazel of the Month
The mazel of Adar is fish because fish in lakes and rivers multiply in Adar. This mazel is one of great brachah because fish are hidden from the eye and protected from ayin hara (the evil eye).
Yidden are compared to fish. Just as fish can only exist in water Klal Yisrael can only exist with Torah which is compared to water. And just as fish multiply in Adar we strengthened ourselves in Torah in this month twice in our history – the first time when Moshe Rabbeinu (who taught us the Torah – Toras Moshe) was born and the second time when Yidden reaccepted the Torah in the days of Mordechai and Esther.
Adar Alef
This year there are two Adars. The first one is called Adar Alef and the second one is called Adar Beis. Have you ever wondered why we sometimes have two months of Adar? What is a Jewish leap year all about?
Let’s study the Jewish calendar for a moment. Our months are based on the lunar cycle i.e. the amount of days it takes from when the moon is ‘born’ each month grows bigger and bigger until it is a full circle diminishes in size again ‘disappears’ altogether and is ‘reborn.’
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