Thunder and hail are frequent; almond tree blossoms.
February 1999 / Adar 5759
March 1999 / Adar 5759
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| 1/13 | 2/14 | 3/15 | 4/16 | 5/17 | 6/18 | |
| 7/19 | 8/20 | 9/21 | 10/22 | 11/23 | 12/24 | 13/25 |
| 14/26 | 15/27 | 16/28 | 17/29 |
 | New Moon - 1 Adar - February 17, 1999
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| 3 Adar 3245 - The Second Temple was completed in Jerusalem 71 years after the destruction of the first. The Second Temple was not as ornate as the first and many of the sacred objects of the first were missing, such as the Ark, Aaron's staff, the jar of Manna. Also not present were the Urim V'tumin by which the high priest could consult God and the "divine fire" which lit the sacrifices (Yoma 21b). Outwardly, it was greatly beautified by Herod in 20 BCE. | ||||
| February 22 ,1980 - The Israeli government introduces a new currency, the shekel, which replaces the Israeli pound. | ||||
| 7 Adar 2488 (February 23, 1352 BCE)
- Traditional date of the death of Moses. He was also born on the same date 120
years earlier.
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| Fast of Esther - 13 Adar - March 1, 1999 | ||||
| Purim - 14 Adar - March 2, 1999 | ||||
| Shushan Purim - 15 Adar - March 3, 1999 (Purim for Jews who live in walled cities - in Jerusalem)
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| March 8, 1957 - Israel is forced by the United Nations and more specifically the United states to withdraw from the Gaza Strip taken in the Sinai Campaign. The entire Sinai was supposed to remain a demilitarized zone which it did until Egypt (Nasser) asked the UN to leave it in preparation for the 6-Day War, to which they complied with alacrity. | ||||
| March 9, 1949 - David ben-Gurion presented the first government to the Knesset. |
The sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the ecclesiastical year of the Jews. It included the days extending from the new moon of our March to the new moon of April. The name was first used after the Captivity. When the season was backward, and the lambs not yet of a paschal size, or the barley not forward enough for abib, then a month called Veadar, i.e., a second Adar, was intercalated. (Easton's Bible Dictionary)