Hasidic Jews celebrating Purim, the holiday of the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Achaemenid Empire 474 BCE
Native name
אֲדָר(Hebrew)
Calendar
Hebrew calendar
Month number
12
Number of days
29 (30 Adar I and 29 Adar II in leap years)
Season
Winter (Northern Hemisphere)
Gregorian equivalent
February–March
Significant days
Seventh of Adar
Fast of Esther
Purim
← Shevat
Nisan →
Adar (Hebrew: אֲדָר, Standard ʾAdār; from Akkadian adaru) is the sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the religious year on the Hebrew calendar, roughly corresponding to the month of March in the Gregorian calendar. It is a month of 29 days.
as Adar Sheni (Second Adar or "Adar II"). Occasionally instead of Adar I and Adar II, "Adar" and "Ve'Adar" are used (Ve means 'and' thus: And-Adar). Adar...
family are encoded by the ADAR family genes. ADAR stands for adenosine deaminase acting on RNA. This article focuses on the ADAR proteins; This article details...
Adar Poonawalla (born 14 January 1981) is an Indian businessman. He is the chief executive officer of Serum Institute of India and Chairman of Poonawalla...
celebrated annually on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar (and it is celebrated in Adar II in Hebrew leap years, which occur 7 times in every 19 years)...
Har Adar (Hebrew: הַר אֲדָר) is an Israeli settlement organized as a local council in the Seam Zone and the Maccabim sub-region of the West Bank. Founded...
The Adar oilfield, also known as the Adar Yale, Adar Yeil or Adaril field, is an oilfield situated in the Melut in South Sudan estimated to contain about...
In the earliest prose stories in Britain in the Mabinogi, the Adar Rhiannon; "birds of Rhiannon", are specifically three magical birds, whose song can...
appearance The Oxford Magazine 1934 In-universe information Aliases Iarwain Ben-adar, Forn, Orald Spouse Goldberry Book(s) The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) The...
Adar Gandelsman (Hebrew: אדר גנדלסמן; born 5 December 1997) is an Israeli model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the first runner-up at Miss Israel...
named Adar. During leap years, the 12th and 13th months are named Adar I and Adar II (Hebrew: Adar Aleph and Adar Bet—"first Adar" and "second adar"). Sources...
The Seventh of Adar, also known as Zayin Adar (Hebrew: ז׳ אַדָּר), is the anniversary of the birth and death of Moses in Jewish tradition. It is observed...
The Adar River (or Khor Adar), known to the Dinka as the Yal, is a tributary of the White Nile in the state of Upper Nile, South Sudan. It flows north...
griffin. The Adar Llwch Gwin were given to a warrior named Drudwas ap Tryffin by his fairy wife. The name derives from the Welsh words adar ("bird"), llwch...
in the sky. On leap years (which occur every 2–3 years) an extra month, Adar II, is added and certain holidays move accordingly, and it is mentioned in...
Shine in Ripper Street, Firebrace in Birdsong, Jesus Christ in The Passion, Adar in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power and Odysseus in Troy: Fall of...
surname for someone from Pune (formerly Poona) in India. It may refer to: Adar Poonawalla, (born 1981), Indian businessman Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Indian businessman...
Tamar Adar (Hebrew: תמר אדר; 24 July 1939 – 6 December 2008) was an Israeli writer, poet, playwright, and screenwriter. Adar has written screenplays for...
life of her people. Another is presumed to have occurred on the 13th of Adar, the day before the Jews fought a battle to defend against their enemies...
Hatzer Adar (Hebrew: חצר אדר, lit. Maple Garden) was an Israeli settlement and moshav in the Sinai Peninsula. Located near Yamit, it was evacuated in 1982...
Jimmy Adar (born 1 November 1987 in Lira) is a Ugandan middle-distance runner. He has represented his country at the Commonwealth Games twice, running...
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