This week we kicked off a wonderful period of the Jewish year, that doesn't happen every year. This year, the joyous month of Adar is doubled, and it will last for 60 days, as we are in a Jewish leap year (which requires an additional month to ensure that Pesach is in the spring).
In 1992, which was also a leap year, the Rebbe compared these 60 days of joy to the halachic concept of “nullification by 60.” In certain cases, if a drop of non-kosher food falls into a pot of kosher food, as long as the offending material is less than 1/60th of the total volume of food, it is nullified, and the food remains kosher.
Since Adar is the month of Purim—the holiday when we celebrate the transformation from sorrow to joy—the entire month is a month of happiness, with the opportunity to transform the negative aspects of our lives into positive ones.
Sometimes the transformation still has remnants from the past, but in a year of two Adars, with 60 days of joy, we have the opportunity to completely nullify the negativity, leaving absolutely no remnant.
May the transformation and nullification of all negativity in our lives lead to the ultimate transformation—the coming of Moshiach the final Redemption!
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Shabbos Parshas Teruma
Friday, February 4, 3 Adar 1
Candle Lighting & Mincha at 5:44 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat Services at 6:00 pm
RSVP First Fridays Souper Shabbat Dinner - www.yjphouston.org/soup
Shabbos, February 5, 4 Adar 1
Chassidus at 9 am
Services at 10 am
Followed by Shabbos lunch kiddush
Mincha at 5:45 pm
Torah Study
Maariv, Havdalla & Shabbos Ends at 6:40 pm
Living Torah
Sunday, Feb. 6, 5 Adar 1 - Shacharis at 8:00 am
Mon-Fri., Feb. 7-11, 6-10 Adar I - Shacharis at 6:45 am
Have a good Shabbos!