Thirteen Months of the Year

The Jewish calendar, which is based on the lunar cycle, does not contain just an additional day during its leap year, but an entire month.

Addressing a children’s rally in 770, the Rebbe sheds light on the significance of the leap year as a whole, and the special lesson that can be gleaned from our sages choosing the month of Adar specifically, in which the festival of Purim takes place, as the extra month.