Rosh Chodesh Adar Soon-- No Joke!

It's said that the month of Adar increases joy. One can look at it as the tail end of winter, and we're very ready for the warmth of spring and tapering off of rain. There's also the fact that the Purim holiday is in the middle of Adar, and it celebrates Gd's love for the Jewish People, His miracles against all odds, even in the Diaspora.

Rosh Chodesh Adar 5783 (2023) is actually two days, the 30th of Shevat and the 1st of Adar. Our Women's Rosh Chodesh Prayers at Tel Shiloh will, Gd willing, be Tuesday February 21, 2023, 8:30am.

תפילת נשים ראש חודש אדר בע"ה יהיה יום ג' 21\02\2023 ל' שבט תשפ"ג ב8:30 בשילה הקדומה

You're invited to join us. There's also a lot to see and do in Tel Shiloh where the Biblical Tabernacle was located for close to four hundred 400 years. For more information contact Shiloh Hakeduma 02-5789122, visit@telshilo.org.il.

It was quite a week!

I'm still trying to make sense out of all the amazing things which had happened to me this week. G-d was very busy no doubt.

Bli neder I'll be blogging all about it, but there's so much.

We had a lovely Shabbat with a few guests from the neighborhood.

Of course, everyone was surprised when I "benched hagomel," said the short prayer thanking G-d for saving me. For me, the Hebrew month of Adar is very full.

Shavua Tov
Have a wonderful and safe week!

Are things back to normal? Normal?

I couldn't get into blogger before, and now I did.

What's normal?

This week I've been going to Jerusalem almost every day. On a normal week, only once.

I ran into an old student the other day.

"Things must be so much fun in the yeshiva now. It's Adar! It as so much fun to have that release from the pressure."

"It's not like your time now. It's dull. Now there's no pressure during the year, so nothing to take a break from."

The Purim Holiday is in the middle of the Jewish Month of Adar, and it's tradtional to get into the purim spirit from the beginning of the month.