Novel Delight Each Day in Adar
Our increase in joyful matters should be multiplied and novel each day of Adar. After Rosh Chodesh, we could add by scrutinizing the precise phraseology of our Sages’ statement, “Mi SheNichnas Adar, When Adar enters.” The main and complete entry of the month of Adar is only attained after an entire day within Adar—the 1st of Adar has already passed, now that it is the 2nd of Adar.
Spread joy: Even if our service has already been done in a “complete” manner that is represented by “ten,” i.e., we fully utilized all ten soul-powers, we should nevertheless utilize the time of Shabbos—all the way until Motzei Shabbos, if G-d forbid, Moshiach is delayed until then—to influence ten Jewish adults (ten being the number required for a sacred ritual such as a Minyan), in the literal sense—beginning with our own household, acquaintances, friends, and so on.
This is certainly the case regarding spreading joy, since when we make others joyful, we make ourselves more happy as well.
Make happiness part of who you are: The theme of joy—making ourselves and others joyful—should become ingrained in us, so that it becomes part and parcel of our physical selves.
Ad D'lo Yada
“We increase joy,” bringing it to the unbridled level of “Ad D’lo Yada”—“…until we do not know the difference between ‘Blessed be Mordechai’ and ‘Cursed be Haman,’” completely transcending the realm of intellect and knowledge.
