Lubavitch Francophone February 15 at 5:43 am Reply

By the grace of God,
the, 1 Adar (1)
Brooklyn, New York

I greet you and bless you,

... Our sages say that from 1 Adar, is made known to the Jews need to give the half Shekel and verify that different species do not mix in the field. We can explain the relationship between these two elements for the service of God in this generation heel of Mashiach.

According to Rabbi Joshua, Nissan is in the children of Israel left Egypt in Nissan they will leave this exile.

And we believe that the issue will actually take place in Nissan. We know, indeed, that the opinion of Rabbi Joshua is chosen whenever it opposes Rabbi Eliezer (...).

Rabbi Eliezer think, for its part, the issue will occur in Tishri. He acknowledges, however, that Nissan is a month of issue, during which came out of Egypt, the first complete issue.

Our Sages seek reasons and explanations justifying that our ancestors were freed from Egypt. And thereafter, "it is because of our sins we were expelled from our land." Therefore, no doubt, fix what happened and remove the reason for the exile. It then qu'interviendra issue.

According to Rabbi Eliezer, in fact, the issue is not whether the children of Israel do not have access to Teshuva. For Rabbi Joshua, however, God will spark a hard king whose decrees will be similar to those of Haman. Under his leadership, Israel will do Teshuva. Thus, both agree to recognize that teshuva must precede the issue.

During this exile, which is the last, he must first fix what is causing this situation. Our sages say, in effect: "Why was the Temple destroyed? Because of gratuitous hatred."The achievements of the Jews during this exile, therefore, will complete the transformation of matter and the Sanhedrin Treaty states that the son of David will come in a generation fully deserving or entirely criminal. Then, the mixture of good and evil, which resulted from the fault tree of knowledge of good and evil will disappear.

It is precisely the teaching of the Mishna at the beginning of Shekalim Treaty, which speaks of 1 Adar. The month of Adar, Nissan is preparing, that of issue. Indeed, Rashi explains that "the days of miracles" for the Jews, Purim and Pesach evoke.

The Rosh Hodesh, namely the 1st of Adar, is the head of the month, including in it all of it. That's why we say in prayer, "renews this month for us." Accordingly, the court announced what overall service of God this month, preparing for delivery.

This preparation includes two points.It consists, firstly, to give a half shekel, the same amount for all, as it is called "the rich will not give more, the poor will not give less." Thus, all together in the same manner and form only a single entity to offer a sacrifice to Gd. All Jews unite to put into practice the will of Gd and repair and the specific cause of this exile, which, as noted, the gratuitous hatred.

Moreover, it also recalls (1 Adar) the prohibition of mixing species in the field. Indeed, the forces of evil are the antithesis of holiness and we can not imagine a more serious mix of good and evil. It is in such cases, eradicate these species.

Thus we can put into practice the injunction of our sages that, when Adar begins, we multiply its joy. It must be so since the Rosh Hodesh and this injunction is also an assurance that it will be good as well. ...

With my blessing,

M. Schneerson