Dear Nitztzos Commmunity, A gutten Chodesh Adar! When Adar comes in we increase in joy. Why is this? What does it mean to increase joy? If we are happy then we are happy. Can we simply choose to be happier? The Hebrew name Adar is related to the word “ adir, ” which means strength and power. Moshe Rabbeinu was born and died in the month of Adar which is fitting because we know that Moshe was called an " adir ." Indeed Haman was excited that his lottery fell out in Adar because he knew that it was the month when Jews would have the mazal of Moshe Rabbeinu's death but he did not know that it was also the month when Moshe was born. Why didn't Haman know when Moshe Rabbienu was born? What is the connection between strength and increased joy in this month? The Gemara tells us ( Pesachim 110a), “ Melech poretz geder — a king may break down fences to make a path.” The king is given the power to break through the boundaries of private property as a shortcut on the way to his destination. Everything in halacha also reflects a hashkafa, a way of seeing the world. Hashem, our infinite King, has no boundaries or limitations. There is no "private property" in this world and he can traverse wherever he wishes. “The poretz (the one who breaks through) is gone up before them” (Michah 2:13). Mashiach is referred to as a poretz, a boundary breaker. Mashiach is descended from the son of Yehuda and Tamar, whose name was also Peretz. Mashiach, emulating Hashems ways, will break the boundaries of
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