This in-depth Gemara study of Masechet Megillah focuses on observances connected to the rabbinically ordained festival of Purim. This mini-series will open with its observance when a Leap Year includes two months of Adar. A fascinating analysis of this will eventually lead us into the iconic Mitzvah of Mishloach Manot, the Holiday Gifting of Edibles to One Another!
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Tractate Megillah, Chapter One, Page 6b. Episode One: "LEAP YEAR"
Our Jewish calendar – comprised of Lunar Months, and Seasonal Years – requires scheduling calibration and calendric alignment. Adar is the final month in the cycle, so when a 13th Month is added, it’s a second Adar.
As Adar is the month in which we celebrate Purim, part one of this Mishloach Manot mini-series opens with an analysis of how the time engineering creates a Halachik question about the Public Reading of the Scroll of Esther.
Because typically the observance of Purim is in the twelfth month, we are forced to ask: will the real Adar to please rise!
The inaugural Episode of this new mini-series has been generously sponsored by Leslie and Iris Friedman to commemorate the Yahrzeits of both Les’s father - Zvi ben Yechiel HaLevi, and his mother - Blima bat Naftali.
