When is Purim? Purim is celebrated annually on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar. During leap years, an extra month — Adar II — is added, and Purim takes place on the 14th of Adar II.

Balak precedes the Fast of the Fourth Month (that’s what the navi calls Shiv’a Asar b’Tammuz) almost 80% of the time. That includes, in Chutz LaAretz, the years when Shavuot is Friday-Shabbat an ...