Nissan

Rabbi Yehoshua disagrees and says: In Nisan the world was created; in Nisan the Patriarchs were born; in Nisan the Patriarchs died; on Passover Isaac was born; on Rosh HaShana Sarah, Rachel, and Hannah were remembered by God and conceived sons; on Rosh HaShana Joseph came out from prison; on Rosh HaShana our forefathers’ slavery in Egypt ceased; in Nisan the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt; and in Nisan in the future the Jewish people will be redeemed in the final redemption. The Gemara explains these matters in detail: It is taught in a baraita that Rabbi Eliezer says: From where is it derived that the world was created in the month of Tishrei? As it is stated: “And God said: Let the earth bring forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind” (Genesis 1:11). Which is the month in which the earth brings forth grass and the trees are full of ripe fruit? You must say that this is Tishrei. And a further proof that the world was created in Tishrei is that when the world was first created, it needed rain so that the plants would grow, and the period beginning with Tishrei is a time of rain, and rain fell and the plants grew, as it is stated: “But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground” (Genesis 2:6). Rabbi Yehoshua says: From where is it derived that the world was created in the month of Nisan? As it is stated: “And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree yielding fruit” (Genesis 1:12). Which is the month in which the earth is full of grass and the trees begin to bring forth fruit? You must say that this is Nisan. And further proof that the world was created in Nisan is that when the world was first created, the animals had to breed in order to fill the world, and the period beginning with Nisan is a time when cattle, and beasts, and birds mate with one another, as it is stated: “The flocks are clothed in the meadows, and the valleys are wrapped in grain; they shout for joy, they also sing” (Psalms 65:14).

From here on, the months belong to you to do with them as you wish. But during the days of slavery, your days were not your own but rather were for the work of others according to their will. Therefore this [Nisan - the month of your freedom going out of Egypt] will be the first of the months of the year for you.

On a related topic, the Gemara cites that Rav Yehuda said: One who goes out during Nisan and sees trees that are blossoming recites: Blessed…who has withheld nothing from His world, and has created in it beautiful creatures and trees for human beings to enjoy. Rav Zutra bar Toviya said that Rav said: From where is it derived that one recites a blessing over scent? As it is stated: “Let every soul praise the Lord” (Psalms 150:6). He explains the verse: What is it from which the soul derives benefit and the body does not derive benefit from it? You must say: That is scent. Even over items from which only the soul derives benefit, one must recite a blessing and praise God.

החדש הזה — He showed him the moon in the first stage of its renewal, and He said to him, “The time when the moon renews itself thus, shall be unto you the beginning of the month”. (The translation therefore is: “This stage of renewal (חדש) shall be the moment of beginning the months”; cf. Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael 12:2:2). But no Scriptural verse can lose its literal meaning, and He really spoke this in reference to the month Nisan: this month shall be the beginning in the order of counting the months, so that Iyar shall be called the second, Sivan the third.

The entire community of the new generation of the Children of Israel i.e., those who were to enter the land of Canaan, now came into the wilderness of Zin on the tenth day of Nissan, the first month in the fortieth year of their wandering; the people then encamped in Kadesh. When Miriam died she was buried there.

In the first month, the month of Nissan, in the twelfth year of King Achashverosh, he [i.e., he whose function it was] cast the pur — that is, the lot — before Haman [(to determine which day would be most propitious for his undertaking)], from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

And it was, on the day that Moses had finished (kalloth) setting up the mishkan and had anointed it and consecrated it and all of its vessels, and (he had set up) the altar and all of its vessels, and had anointed them and consecrated them, [(kalloth): On the day of the setting up of the mishkan, Israel was like a bride (kallah) entering the bridal canopy. ("that Moses had finished"): Although Betzalel and other craftsmen had made the mishkan, it is attributed to Moses for having given heart and soul to see to it that the last detail was executed exactly as the L-rd had revealed it to him on Mount Sinai. ("on the day that Moses had finished setting up"): All of the seven days of the investiture, Moses would assemble and dismantle the mishkan, and it was on the eighth day that he assembled it and did not dismantle it. ("On the day that Moses had finished setting up the mishkan"): It was Rosh Chodesh Nissan. On the second (of Nissan) the red heifer was burned; on the third, the first sprinkling (of the cleansing waters) took place, and on the seventh day (the Levites) shaved (see 8:6)],

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