(ב) הַחֹ֧דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם רֹ֣אשׁ חֳדָשִׁ֑ים רִאשׁ֥וֹן הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם לְחׇדְשֵׁ֖י הַשָּׁנָֽה׃
(2) This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you.
…מִכָּאן וְאֵלֵךְ יִהְיוּ הַחֲדָשִׁים שֶׁלָּכֶם, לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּהֶם כִּרְצוֹנְכֶם, אֲבָל בִּימֵי הַשִּׁעְבּוּד לֹא הָיוּ יְמֵיכֶם שֶׁלָּכֶם...
…from now on these months will be yours, to do with as you like. This is by way of contrast to the years when you were enslaved when you had no control over your time…
Collected Writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch VII p428-9 (Feldheim 2012)
…when God set out to create for Himself a nation that would accept and obey His law, the very first institution Gd gave to that nation was not the Revelation of the Law but Chodesh, the institution of rejuvenation and atonement, of hope and faith in the future. this thread of rejuvenation, atonement, and constant re-creation runs through the entire code of laws for our lives as individuals and as a nation… Paganism is hopelessly caught in the iron shackles of the past. Not so Judaism; borne aloft upon the wings of its liberating and saving God, Judaism knows only how to move forward into the future…It is not to the past but to the future that our work should be directed. He is ready at any time to erase the past in order to open the gates to a new and better future…(
…when God set out to create for Himself a nation that would accept and obey His law, the very first institution Gd gave to that nation was not the Revelation of the Law but Chodesh, the institution of rejuvenation and atonement, of hope and faith in the future. this thread of rejuvenation, atonement, and constant re-creation runs through the entire code of laws for our lives as individuals and as a nation… Paganism is hopelessly caught in the iron shackles of the past. Not so Judaism; borne aloft upon the wings of its liberating and saving God, Judaism knows only how to move forward into the future…It is not to the past but to the future that our work should be directed. He is ready at any time to erase the past in order to open the gates to a new and better future…(
וּבְטוּבוֹ מְחַדֵּשׁ בְּכָל יוֹם תָּמִיד מַעֲשֵׁה בְרֵאשִׁית
In His goodness, He renews each day the Creation
אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה: הַאי מַאן דְּנָפֵיק בְּיוֹמֵי נִיסָן וְחָזֵי אִילָנֵי דְּקָא מְלַבְלְבִי, אוֹמֵר: ״בָּרוּךְ שֶׁלֹּא חִיסֵּר בְּעוֹלָמוֹ כְּלוּם וּבָרָא בּוֹ בְּרִיּוֹת טוֹבוֹת וְאִילָנוֹת טוֹבוֹת לְהִתְנָאוֹת בָּהֶן בְּנֵי אָדָם״. אָמַר רַב זוּטְרָא בַּר טוֹבִיָּה אָמַר רַב: מִנַּיִן שֶׁמְּבָרְכִין עַל הָרֵיחַ? — שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כֹּל הַנְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּל יָהּ״. אֵיזֶהוּ דָּבָר שֶׁהַנְּשָׁמָה נֶהֱנֵית מִמֶּנּוּ וְאֵין הַגּוּף נֶהֱנֶה מִמֶּנּוּ? — הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר: זֶה הָרֵיחַ.
On a related topic, the Gemara cites that Rav Yehuda said: One who goes out during Nisan and sees trees that are blossoming recites: Blessed…who has withheld nothing from His world, and has created in it beautiful creatures and trees for human beings to enjoy. Rav Zutra bar Toviya said that Rav said: From where is it derived that one recites a blessing over scent? As it is stated: “Let every soul praise the Lord” (Psalms 150:6). He explains the verse: What is it from which the soul derives benefit and the body does not derive benefit from it? You must say: That is scent. Even over items from which only the soul derives benefit, one must recite a blessing and praise God.
(יב) הַנִּצָּנִים֙ נִרְא֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ עֵ֥ת הַזָּמִ֖יר הִגִּ֑יעַ וְק֥וֹל הַתּ֖וֹר נִשְׁמַ֥ע בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃
(12) The blossoms have appeared in the land,
The time of pruningcOr “singing.” has come;
The song of the turtledove
Is heard in our land.
The time of pruningcOr “singing.” has come;
The song of the turtledove
Is heard in our land.
זֶה מָלַךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ.......הִגִּיעַ זְמַנָּם שֶׁל רְשָׁעִים שֶׁיִּשְׁבְּרוּ, שָׁבַ֥ר ה' מַטֵּ֣ה רְשָׁעִ֑ים שֵׁ֖בֶט מֹֽשְׁלִֽים (ישעיה יד:ה) ...הִגִּיעַ זְמַנּוֹ שֶׁל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁיִּבְנֶה
...This is Mashiach ….the time has arrived for the wicked to be broken, Gd has broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of tyrants (Yishaya 14:5)…the time has arrived for the Beis Hamikdash to be built
(ט) גָּד֣וֹל יִֽהְיֶ֡ה כְּבוֹד֩ הַבַּ֨יִת הַזֶּ֤ה הָאַֽחֲרוֹן֙ מִן־הָ֣רִאשׁ֔וֹן אָמַ֖ר יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וּבַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן שָׁל֔וֹם נְאֻ֖ם יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ {פ}
(9) The glory of this latter House shall be greater than that of the former one, said GOD of Hosts; and in this place I will grant prosperity—declares GOD of Hosts.
רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר: בְּנִיסָן נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, בְּנִיסָן נוֹלְדוּ אָבוֹת, בְּנִיסָן מֵתוּ אָבוֹת, בְּפֶסַח נוֹלַד יִצְחָק, בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה נִפְקְדָה שָׂרָה רָחֵל וְחַנָּה, בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה יָצָא יוֹסֵף מִבֵּית הָאֲסוּרִין, בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה בָּטְלָה עֲבוֹדָה מֵאֲבוֹתֵינוּ בְּמִצְרַיִם, בְּנִיסָן נִגְאֲלוּ בְּנִיסָן עֲתִידִין לִיגָּאֵל.
Rabbi Yehoshua disagrees and says: In Nisan the world was created; in Nisan the Patriarchs were born; in Nisan the Patriarchs died; on Passover Isaac was born; on Rosh HaShana Sarah, Rachel, and Hannah were remembered by God and conceived sons; on Rosh HaShana Joseph came out from prison; on Rosh HaShana our forefathers’ slavery in Egypt ceased; in Nisan the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt; and in Nisan in the future the Jewish people will be redeemed in the final redemption.
Living Inspired, Rabbi Dr Akiva Tatz, p 145
The spiritual forces operating at Pesach time each year are such that the Jewish people and in fact any individual Jew can achieve the impossible if these forces are used….
There is a special Divine assistance offered at this time which makes achievement of many levels of growth possible in one leap; under normal circumstances such levels must be painstakingly acquired in gradual sequence. The very word "Pesach" means "leaping over"; at a deeper level the connotation is that of leaping over levels of growth which would ordinarily have to be attained one at a time.
The spiritual forces operating at Pesach time each year are such that the Jewish people and in fact any individual Jew can achieve the impossible if these forces are used….
There is a special Divine assistance offered at this time which makes achievement of many levels of growth possible in one leap; under normal circumstances such levels must be painstakingly acquired in gradual sequence. The very word "Pesach" means "leaping over"; at a deeper level the connotation is that of leaping over levels of growth which would ordinarily have to be attained one at a time.