Tachnun on Adar 7

Question

Is there any reason some people might omit Tachnun on Adar 7? I was at a shul yesterday I normally don’t go to. I went because I was in the area. I was surprised to find out they weren’t saying Tachnun. I thought perhaps there was a newlywed and after services, I asked the guy sitting next to me who just got married. He said no one there got married. A few people then told me it is their minhag to omit Tachnun on Adar 7. They didn’t say why. The rabbi left in a hurry after services to do carpool. And most people were in a hurry to leave to go somewhere. I couldn’t get an answer why Adar 7 is such a special date.

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    The seventh of Adar is the Yahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu. Moshe Rabbeinu was born on the seventh of Adar and also died on that date. That is why there are many communities – mostly Chassidic – that do not recite Tachnun on the seventh of Adar as it is the Yahrzeit of the greatest personality in Jewish and world history.

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