Rosh Chodesh Adar: “When Adar enters – we turn hardship into joy”

When Adar comes, many say with joy: Why exactly in the month of Adar?

We all know the phrase “When Adar enters, we multiply with joy”, but what actually makes the month of Adar special? Why is it that we are commanded to multiply with joy more than the other months of the year?

The Lubavitcher Rebbe explains that the comparison between the month of Adar and the month of Av emphasizes the importance of joy. In the month of Av we are commanded to rejoice a little, because it is the month of a tragic event in Jewish history, the destruction of the Temple.

On the other hand, the month of Adar is a month of miracles and redemption, in which the holiday of Purim took place, which was transformed from the Shamad section into a day of praise for miracles and joy.

The Rebbe emphasizes that joy should not be separated from difficulty and suffering, but rather it should grow out of dealing with them. The month of Adar reminds us that light can grow out of darkness, and joy can also come out of sorrow.

The instruction about joy in the month of Adar was actually written in the tractate of Taanit after it seems that we are being taken away from the joy when we are reminded and compared to the lack of joy that should be in the month of Av. “Just as a father enters with joy, so does Adar enter with joy”

The meaning is actually a lot of joy and not usual. Such a joy that comes from the difficulty. that the difficult things become joyous and joyful.

Like bitter foods that if seasoned with them then they turn the food into a delicacy that restores the soul.

The point in the month of Adar is actually to focus on the difficult and painful issues for us and turn them into light. Then we will do the ‘advantage of the light coming from the darkness’

When a bad thing turns into a happy one, then the joy in the eye is long for normal joy.

And then ‘multiply with joy’ precisely from the ‘little with joy’ of the month of Av.

What makes the month of Adar so special?

According to the internals of the Torah, the month of Adar is a month in which the luck of the people of Israel is “healthy” from its own side to such an extent that a Jew is told that he has a law and talks with a Gentile so he will conduct the trial with him precisely in the month of Adar. This means that all matters, even those that seem negative, can become good.

The interpretation ‘Israel is unlucky’ is usually interpreted as Israel being above luck. By prayer and right.

Adar is a month of healthy luck for Israel unconditionally to the extent that it manifests itself in the most physical things to the point of doing business with Gentiles.

The Rebbe explains that joy is a special quality that works and permeates all human affairs. When a person is happy, he lives a happier life, has a positive impact on his environment, and is more successful in all his endeavors.

How can difficulty and suffering be turned into joy?

The Rebbe teaches us that the main work in the month of Adar is to deal with the difficult things and try to make them good. This month is a time to be able to do this, as luck is “healthy” and allows us to turn all matters for the better.

The Rebbe adds:

according to the instructions of the Shulchan Aruch. And in this, it will be both about making himself happy, and the others, starting with the members of his household – the husband will add to making his wife happy, and parents will add to making their children happy, in matters that make them happy. In physical things simply.

and also to happily add more Jews in his vicinity.

A good month and visible miracles for Ami, complete victory and the return of all the abductees soon.

May the situation be turned into the joy of complete redemption.