משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה- When Adar Begins we increase our Joy (I know it is not in Shulchan Aruch or the Rambam) What is the practical application of it?
Answer
Chasam Sofer says that it has little or no practical application, and indeed he says that this is why Rambam and Shulchan Aruch don't cite it as practical halachah.
However, the Minchas Elazar (Nimukei Orach Chaim 686:1) raises several objections against the Chasam Sofer's position. He writes (quoting his own statement in another of his sefarim):
אבל משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה נקט סתם כי מדה טובה מרובה, ובאיזה דבר שנוכל אז להרבות בשמחה מצוה איכא, וכל אחד ישער בלבבו ונפשו... מצוה בכל מה דאפשר להרבות בלבו ובעניניו בשמחה של מצוה ולקיים דברי חכמים
"But it just says 'when Adar begins we increase our joy' without further specification, because the good aspect is greater [than the "decrease in joy" during Av, for which specific areas are mentioned]. So whatever we can do to increase in joy - there is a mitzvah in doing so, and each person has to evaluate this according to his own heart and soul... It is a mitzvah, insofar as possible, to increase the mitzvah-related joy in his heart and in his affairs, and to fulfill the words of the Sages."
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