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The Battle of Adasa was fought during the Maccabean revolt on the 13th of the month Adar (late winter, equivalent to March), 161 BC at Adasa (Hebrew: חדשה), near Beth-horon. It was a battle between the rebel Maccabees of Judas Maccabeus (Judah Maccabee) and the Seleucid Empire , whose army was led by Nicanor .
15 Jan to 13 Feb Purim: 24 Feb to 26 Mar Shushan Purim: 25 Feb to 27 Mar Pesach (first of seven/eight days) 26 Mar to 25 Apr Yom HaShoah: 8 Apr [3] to 7 May [4] Yom Ha'atzmaut: 15 Apr [5] to 15 May [6] Lag B'Omer: 28 Apr to 28 May Yom Yerushalayim: 8 May to 7 Jun Shavuot: 15 May to 14 Jun Tzom Tammuz: 25 Jun to 25 Jul Tisha B'Av: 16 Jul to 15 ...
13 Adar (474 BCE) – War between Jews and their enemies in Persia (Book of Esther, chapter 9). 13 Adar (161 BCE) – Yom Nicanor – The Maccabees defeated Greek ...
Purim Katan is when during a Jewish leap year Purim is celebrated during Adar II so that the 14th of Adar I is then called Purim Katan. Shushan Purim falls on Adar 15 and is the day on which Jews in Jerusalem celebrate Purim. Yom Kippur Katan is a practice observed by some Jews on the day preceding each Rosh Chodesh or New-Moon Day.
The names of the 8th, 15th, and 23rd day of the month – reflecting Babylonian practice of dividing the month into four periods – can today be distinguished from one another: These three days are named Dae-pa Adar, Dae-pa Mehr, and Dae-pa Din, Middle Persian expressions meaning 'Creator of' (respectively) Atar, Mithra, and Daena.
Hosted by actress Felicia Day, the third episode is dedicated to "Adar" and features Vickers, Payne, and McKay. [13] [93] On November 21, a bonus segment featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the episode was added to Prime Video's X-Ray feature as part of a series titled "The Making of The Rings of Power". [58] [94]
The Book of Exodus establishes the new moon of Nisan, which is the first month of Aviv, as the beginning of the Hebrew calendar: . And the L ORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying: "This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you."
The Fast of Esther (Ta'anit Ester, Hebrew: תַּעֲנִית אֶסְתֵּר) is a fast on Purim eve commemorating two communal fasts undertaken by the Persian Jewish community of Shushan in the Book of Esther, for the purpose of praying for salvation from annihilation by an evil decree which had been instigated by Haman, the king's royal vizier, an anti-jewish enemy from the Amalekite nation.