Editing Adar (section)

==Names and leap years==
The month's name, like all the others from the Hebrew calendar, was adopted during the [[Babylonian captivity]]. In the [[Babylonian calendar]] the name was Araḫ Addaru or Adār ('Month of Adar').

In [[Leap year#Hebrew calendar|leap years]], it is preceded by a 30-day [[intercalary month]] named '''Adar Aleph''' ({{langx|he|{{Script/Hebrew|אדר א׳}}}}, ''[[aleph]]'' being the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet), also known as "Adar Rishon" (''First Adar'') or "Adar I", and it is then itself called '''Adar Bet''' ({{langx|he|{{Script/Hebrew|אדר ב׳}}}}, ''[[Bet (letter)|bet]]'' being the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet), also known as "Adar Sheni" (''Second Adar'') or "Adar II". Occasionally instead of Adar I and Adar II, "Adar" and "Ve'Adar" are used (Ve means 'and' thus: And-Adar). Adar I and II occur during February–March on the [[Gregorian calendar]].

Sources disagree as to which of the two Adar months is the "real" Adar, and which is the added leap month.<ref>[https://dinonline.org/2014/03/03/which-is-the-true-adar/ Which is the true Adar?]</ref>