Significance of M onth of Nissan: No Mourning, Only Festivity During Passover Season
By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
appears in the springtime when
the "corn - is green," the term
"Aviir" has come to mean
The Hebrew month of Nis- "spring." The month of Nissan,
san sometimes is referred to the Passover month, serving as
as the month of "Aviv."
the beginning of the spring
The term "Aviv" is usually season has. come to be known
traced to a term meaning "a as the month of spring. Some
green ear" and used to refer of the Rabbinic commentaries
to a "green ear of corn." Since consider the term "Aviv" as
this is a phenomenon which designating two words, the first
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Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
being "Av" (meaning "father")
and the second being a combi-
nation of two letters (aleph and
yod) _ having the numerical
equivalent of 12. The combined
expresssion "Aviv" would thus
mean "the father of 12." This
is taken to represent the fact
that in certain ways the month
of Nissan is the beginning of
all the other months and starts
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a New Year.
Penitential prayers are
omitted from the synagogue
service during the month of
Nissan, • and eulogies as well
as fasting are prohibited dur-
ing this month.
The month of Nissan is re-
garded as a festive month.
When the sanctuary was dedi-
cated in the wilderness, the
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first 12 days of the month con-
stituted a series of 12 holidays
since during each of those days
another Chieftain of the 12
tribes would offer his sacrifice
of dedication. The 14th day of
the month was a festive occa-
sion since the Passover lamb
was sacrificed on that day. Then
followed the eight days of Pass-
over.
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