יום ה Date: 15 Iyar, 5774 (5/15/14) – RoshHashana#7 {Tani}

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PREPARATIONS

[7a bottom] Gemarah: We do not add a month (to create a leap year) once Purim has already passed. Thirty days before a holiday (ie: Pesach), Jews are already involved with the laws pertaining to the upcoming Holy Days. It would be too difficult to switch the dates during this period, and the Rabbis were afraid that Jews might mistake the laws involving Chametz at the wrong times of that year.

T’s lesson: We should have in mind the Holiday and its preparations from a month beforehand in order to bring in the holiday with the proper preparations and associated knowledge. We should not be “last minute Jews.” Rise up and gather our knowledge so it does not become leaven in our minds.