I have one more question. In regards to medical treatment that is not urgent or the investment of capital in a business that can always be done, is it better to delay during the month of Adar as much as is possible without loosing anything, since after all we say if “Mishenichas Adar Marbim Besimcha” (when the month of Adar begins we increase joy), applies also after Purim, does the joy keep on increasing as the days of Adar go by and if it continues into Nissan does it also increase then too. So it would stand to reason that one should wait until the latter part of the month as the joy is greater then?
A. Shaarei Hamoadim (p. 20) maintains that the simcha increases from day to day and even from hour to hour.
Rashi (Taanis 29a) explains that the marbim besimcha is due to the days of miracles of Purim and Pesach. Therefore, Eliahu Rabba (685: 8), Shearim Metzuyanim Behalacha (141: 1), and others affirm that it extends even to the month of Nissan, and it seerms to increase also.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a
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