Birthday in Adar

Purim

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Question

Hello, In a leap year, when is a birthday in Adar celebrated: in Adar I or Adar II? And why is a holiday like Purim specifically in Adar II?

Answer

Hello,

Adar II is the primary month. However, Adar I is also called 'Adar'.

Therefore, someone born in the month of Adar I celebrates their birthday in a regular year in Adar, and in a leap year in Adar I.

But someone born in a regular year, and this year is a leap year, celebrates their birthday in Adar II. This, of course, does not matter for a regular birthday, but it is important in the year of a Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah.

Purim is celebrated in Adar II because Purim needs to be in the Adar closest to Nisan, to connect the redemption of Israel in Adar, in the days of Ahasuerus, to the redemption of Israel in Nisan, in the days of Pharaoh.

Source

Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, Siman 55, Sif 10.

Megillah 6:

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