On Rosh Chodesh Adar, when he was just a little boy, רב יונתן אייבשיץ came home from Cheder and loudly sang משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה. He accompanied his song with banging of pot covers. Eventually, the racket annoyed his mother, but he didn’t stop until his father walked in. When his mother asked the young but even then brilliant Yonasan, why did you stop when your father walked in but didn’t stop when you saw that it annoyed me, he answered:משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה; משנכנס אב מאטין בשמחה.
05/10/2021