Rosh Chodesh, Adar, Mishpatim

This week is the parsha of Mishpatim, Rosh Cohdesh Adar 1.  What is the common denominator of these various occurrences?   

The parsha of Mattan Torah is split between Yisro and Mishpatim.  In the parsha of Yisro, the giving of the Torah with the great event that is maamad Har Sinai is recounted.  This is the giving from the side of Hashem.  The parsha of Mishpatim describes the kabbalah of Klal Yisrael, the naaaseh veneshma.  The giving of the Torah is kedusha breaking into the barriers of the world. The receiving of the Torah is accepting, bringing the Torah into the boundaries of the world.  

The holiday of Rosh Chodesh is a day in which the holiday aspect is not so apparent.  For many people it is just a longer Shacharit, but the day is the same like any other.  The kedusha of the day is not apparent.  Why is this so?  Since the holiday of Rosh Chodesh corresponds to the renewal of the moon.  It is a reminder that even when things seem to be going downhill, when the light is diminishing, there is a renewal of the light.  The holiday reminds us that even when the dark days of the golus seem so bleak, Klal Yisrael will not be lost.  The Rosh Chodesh holiday reminds us that even during the chol, when the kedusha is not readily seen, still we are not forgotten.  The holiday aspect only will become recognized in the future.  The possuk at the end of the haftorah of Shabbas Rosh Chodesh is וְהָיָ֗ה מִֽדֵּי⁠־חֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ בְּחׇדְשׁ֔וֹ וּמִדֵּ֥י שַׁבָּ֖ת בְּשַׁבַּתּ֑וֹ יָב֧וֹא כׇל⁠־בָּשָׂ֛ר לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֥ת לְפָנַ֖י אָמַ֥ר י״יֽ.  The Yalkut says that in the future every Rosh Chodesh will become a time of aliyah l'regal.  The holiday aspect of Rosh Chodesh will be fully recognized.   

The addition of a 13th month is to keep the solar year and lunar year aliened.  This is a  hint, a prelude, to the time of when והיה אור הלבנה כאור החמה (Yeshayua 30:26,) when the moon will shine like the sun.  The addition of a Rosh Chodesh Adar specific, beyond every Rosh Chodesh, is a time where the light of the future shines a small ray on us in the present.  There is a prevalent custom to add in the beracha of Rosh Chodesh where there is a 13th month the words ולכפרת פשע.  The additional month is a כפרה for the diminished light of the moon, which is the source of the darkness in the world (see Toras Menachem 5711 Mishpatim.)  Hence, Rosh Chodesh Adar is a super Rosh Chodesh of sorts.  It is a time of celebration of the holiday, above nature, being absorbed into nature just as Mishpatim is the parsha of bringing the Torah down into the laws and details of everyday life.