3 Adar
- Yahrzeit of Rav Mordechai Yaffee, (d. 1612), author of the Levushim. Anearly codification of Halacha, sort of a competition to the Shulchan Aruch, as well as other works. All of them are named after descriptions in the Megilla of the clothing worn by Mordechai.
- Yahrzeit of the Aderes, Rav Eliyahu Dovid Rabinowitz Teomim (d. 1905), Rabbi of Mir and later Yerushalim, father-in-law (twice) of Rav Kook.
4 Adar
- Yahrzeit of Rav Leib Sarah's (d. 1791), student of the Baal Shem Tov and itinerant preacher of his teachings.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Laizer Gordon of Telshe (d. 1910) who passed away while on a fund-raising trip to London.
5 Adar
- Yahrzeit of Rav Moshe Yehoshua Landau (2nd cousin of my mother) who was known as one of the leading Torah scholrs in Yerushalaim (d. 1973)
6 Adar
- In 1486 hundreds of Jews were burned at the stake in Toledo Spain by the Inquisition
7 Adar
- Birthdate and Yahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu. In many communities there is a custom for the chevra kadisha (burial society) to have a commemorative meal on this date.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Shlomo Ephraim Lenchitz (d. 1619), best known as author of the Kli Yakar commentary on Chumash.
8 Adar
- Yahrzeit of Rav Eliyahu HaKohen of Izmir (d. 1729) Sefardic author of many works on morality.
9 Adar
- Second of the four special readings, Parshas Zachor, reminding us of the requirement to rid all memory of Amalek.
- Yahrzeit of Rav Chaim Zeitchik (d. 1999), an underappreciated giant of mussar who taught in the United States as well as Israel.
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