Category
adar
Adar: Conflict and joy and a recipe for stuffed dates
Jewish Journal
February 9, 2016
We are encouraged to celebrate and have more joy than normal during the month of Adar.
First Person – My Upfsherin
Rabbi Anne Brener
May 4, 2006
The upfsherin (hair cutting ceremony) took place on the last day of Shevat — an auspicious time for a healing ritual. The day before Rosh Chodesh (first day of the month) is observed, in the medieval mystical practice of Yom Kippur katan (little Yom Kippur) — a day for cleansing, purification, and preparation — just what shaving my head represented, as I began my fifth week of chemotherapy.
Yeladim
Abby Gilad
March 17, 2005
We know that Adar is a month of great joy. But there is one day, the 7th of Adar, which falls this year on March 18, when we take a small break from joy.
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