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Why is Adar the month designated for joy instead of Kislev, when the
miracle of Chanukah took place? Additionally, why do we decrease our
joy in Av as opposed to Tammuz or Tevet?
The greatest joy is found in Torah study. On Purim, Am Yisrael accepted
the Torah willingly and wholeheartedly. Thus, Adar is the month fitting
to increase our joy. In contrast, Av is the month when the Temple was
destroyed, in punishment for Bnei Yisrael abandoning the Torah. Thus, it
is a month of decreased joy. Without Torah, there is no joy.
“The Jews who were in Shushan assembled
again on the fourteenth day of the month of
Adar and killed three hundred men in Shushan;
“One is adjured to become inebriated on Purim but they did not lay their hands on the spoils”
until he cannot differentiate between Cursed is (Esther 9:15)
Haman and Blessed is Mordechai”
(Megillah 7b)
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