Chodesh Tov!

Today, Shevat 30, corresponding to Feb. 9th is the Eve of Rosh Chodesh Adar I.  At sundown we will have the new moon of Adar I.  This year 5776, is a leap year on the Hebrew calendar, and therefore, there will be a second month of Adar following this one.
Adar is a very special month as we observe the Festival of Purim, and another great deliverance that God provided for our people.  He will always save His people Israel from all of their enemies!
Here are some important anniversaries that I thought you'd find interesting on Adar.  Enjoy...

Adar in Jewish history
1 Adar (1313 BCE) - Plague of Darkness, the ninth plague upon the Egyptians (Exodus 10:23). This started on the 1st of Adar, six weeks before the Exodus.
2 Adar (598 BCE) - Jerusalem falls to Nebuchadnezzar and Jeconiah is captured.
3 Adar (515 BCE) - Second Temple completed
7 Adar (1393 BCE) - Birth of Moses
7 Adar (1273 BCE) - Death of Moses
13 Adar (522 BCE) - War between Jews and their enemies in Persia (Book of Esther, chapter 9).
13 Adar (161 BCE) - Yom Nicanor - The Maccabees defeated Syrian general Nicanor, in a battle fought four years after the Maccabees' liberation of the Holy Land and the miracle of Hanukkah.
14 Adar (522 BCE) - Purim victory celebrated in the Persian Empire
15 Adar (522 BCE) - Purim Victory Celebrated in Shushan
15 Adar (1st century CE) - Jerusalem Gate Day - King Agrippa I (circa 21 CE) began construction of a gate for the wall of Jerusalem; the day used to be celebrated as a holiday.
23 Adar (circa 1312 BCE) - Mishkan assembled for the first time; "Seven Days of Training" begin.
24 Adar (1817) - The Blood Libel, the accusation that Jews murdered Christian children for their blood, declared false by Czar Alexander I. Nevertheless, nearly a hundred years later the accusation was officially leveled against Mendel Beilis in Kiev.
25 Adar (561 BCE) - Death of Nebuchadnezzar (Jeremiah 52:31).
27 Adar (561 BCE) - Death of Zedekiah in Babylonian captivity. Meroduch, Nebuchadnezzar's son and successor, freed him (and his nephew Jeconiah) on the 27th of Adar, but Zedekiah died that same day.
28 Adar (1524) - the Jews of Cairo were saved from the plot of Ahmad Pasha, who sought revenge against the Jewish minister Abraham de Castro who had informed Selim II of Ahmad's plan to cede from the Ottoman Empire. To this day, Adar 28th is considered the Purim of Cairo, with festivities including a special Megilah reading.