Adar (אדר) Basics

Introduction to the Jewish month of Adar, including correspondences

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Moon of Revealing (February/March)
Be perceptive to the things that may be hidden from plain sight and reveal things in their right time.

Basics

• Linear Month: 6

• Torah Month: 12

• Season: Spring

• Holidays: Purim, Vernal Equinox

• Offerings¹: Hamentaschen, Poppy Seeds, and Myrhh   “As myrrh (mor) is the foremost of spices so Mordecai was the foremost of the righteous in his generation” (Esther Rabbah 2.5)

• Element²:  Aphar (עָפָר) Earth within Ruach (רוּחַ) Air

• Symbol: Hamantaschen

• Spiritual Focus³: Personal connection to Divine through creative expression

• Netivah: Leitzanit (ליצנית) Sacred Fool

• Constellation: Dagim (דגים) Pisces

• Letter: Kuf (ק)

• Tribe: Dinah (Adar I) and Naphtali (Adar II)

• Sense: Laughter

• Tarot Card⁴: The Moon

• Soul Trait⁵: Zehirut (זהירות) Illuminated Awareness

Note: Letter, Tribe, and Sense are derived from the Sefer Yetzirah. Sense is first from “Return to the Place” by RK’Jill Hammer and tribe from charts in the Aryeh Kaplan edition.
See NOTES below for additional information for sources all other correspondences.