Rosh Chodesh Nisan begins on Motza’ei Shabbos. Another name for the month of Nisan is “Chodesh HaAviv” – the month of Spring. The word Aviv can be separated into two words, Av Yud-Beis: the father of all twelve [months]. The month of Nisan is the first month because of its great significance. It reminds us about our miraculous departure from Egypt, which was a clear demonstration of the oneness of G-d and His dominion. Pharaoh worshipped the kid [lamb] and relied on it for his success, counting on the protection of the month of Nisan, which has the astrological sign of the kid. Instead, he was defeated during this month by the Jewish people who offered the Paschal Lamb, using a kid, illustrating that it is Hashem who is the Master of heaven and earth. It is He who controls all, and Whose divine providence shapes our lives. No other entity possesses such all-encompassing power. (Aruch HaShulchan, Orach Chayim 429:1-2)
Chodesh Nisan is a month of redemption. “Rabbi Yehoshua said, ‘In Nisan, the world was created. In Nisan, the Patriarchs were born. In Nisan, the Patriarchs passed on. On Pesach, Yitzchak was born… In Nisan they [i.e., the Jewish people] were redeemed, and in Nisan they will be redeemed again in the future.” (Tractate Rosh HaShanah 11a)
Our sages taught, “Future redemption, which will burst forth and emerge from the darkest of circumstances, during a period in which every heart will tremble, saying, ‘All hope has been lost.’ Behold, at that very moment, the glory of Hashem will shine upon you. When will this happen? In the month of Nisan, which G-d has designated for redemption for all generations. All darkness and suffering that occurs to the Jewish people during this month, it is definitely nothing more than the beginning of the sprouting of our redemption…” (Sefer HaTodaah, Chapter 18)
List of People Who Need
a R’fuah Sh’leimah
(a complete recovery)
Please recite Psalms 20, 30, 88, 121, and 130.
Rachamim ben Sa’eda Mazal
Alter Shmuel ben Chavah Leah
Chaim Avraham ben Shifrah Zisel
Chaim ben Malkah
Yehudah Yudel ben Miriam Gittel
Rav Shmuel Zalman ben Chanah
Yerachmiel Daniel ben Tovah Basha
Rafael Moshe Yehudah ben Feiga Necha
Chaim Meir Binyamin ben Chanah Sarah
Pinchas ben Feiga Dinah
David Yisrael ben Rivkah
Tzvi ben Miriam Rachel
Yitzchak Mordechai ben Rose Nizha
Refael Avraham ben Ivonne
Moshe ben Chasyah Hadassah
Meshulam David ben Alta Hendel
Yisachar Dov ben Chayah Brachah
Yosef ben Basyah
Yeshayahu Yosef ben Zari
Nisan ben Shoshanah
Chaim Sasson ben Margalit
Tzvi ben Miriam Rachel
Yosef Ala ben Samara
Alfred ben Paulina
Yehudah Avraham ben Sarah
Aharon ben Chanina Yifrach
Boris Baruch ben Frecha Frida
Chayah Sarah Brachah bas Miriam Shifrah
Ruchamah Perel Malkah Leah bas Chanah Serel
Esther Hadassah bas Devorah
Shirah bas Devorah Leah
Adinah Aidel bas Sheina Mindel
Tinokes bas Adinah Aidel
Malkah bas Allegre
Yehudis bas Rivkah
Ruchamah Rinah Basyah bas Shifrah Rus
Tehilah Hadassah bas Elanah
Mazal bas Malkah
Malkah bas Nechamah
Miriam bas Rachel
Tziporah Stellah bas Shirin
Miriam bas Rachel
Tziporah Yeta bas Yehudis
Rachel bas Hindah Raizel
Efrat Tehilah bas Nina
Tinokes bas Efrat Tehilah
Hadas bas Ora
Mazal bas Malkah
Orana bas Suzana
Yael bas Ruth
Gittel bas Sarah
Tovah Yocheved bas Esther Bukas
Angela Esther bas Purim
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