Major Jewish and Biblical Events in History in Adar:
01 Adar: Ezekiel Foretells Egypt’s Downfall (421 BCE)
07 Adar: Birth and Passing of Moses
01 Adar: Plague of Darkness Began
03 Adar: Second Temple completed
05 Adar: Moses’ Last Day of Leadership (1273 BCE)
06 Adar: Moses Completes the Torah (1273 BCE)
07 Adar: First public sentencing and burning alive of six Jewish men and one woman by the Spanish Inquisition was held on this date in Seville
11 Adar: A fast is observed today by all adults in commemoration of the three-day fast called at Esther’s behest before she risked her life to appear unsummoned before King Ahasuerus to save the Jewish people from Haman’s evil decree
23 Adar: Tabernacle assembled for the first time
25 Adar: Nebuchadnezzar died (397 BC)
27 Adar: On the Shabbat that falls on or before the 1st of Nisan, a special reading called “Hachodesh” (Exodus 12:1-20) is added to the regular Shabbat Torah reading recounting God’s communication to Moses in Egypt two weeks before the Exodus.