בַּחֹ֤דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן֙ הוּא־חֹ֣דֶשׁ נִיסָ֔ן בִּשְׁנַת֙ שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ הִפִּ֣יל פּוּר֩ ה֨וּא הַגּוֹרָ֜ל לִפְנֵ֣י הָמָ֗ן מִיּ֧וֹם ׀ לְי֛וֹם וּמֵחֹ֛דֶשׁ לְחֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא־חֹ֥דֶשׁ אֲדָֽר׃ (ס)
Sa unang buwan, ang buwan ng Nisan, sa ikalabindalawang taon ni Haring Ahasuero, naghagis sila ng pur, ibig sabihin ay palabunutan, sa harap ni Haman, araw-araw at buwan-buwan, hanggang sa ikalabindalawang buwan, ang buwan ng Adar.
Jerusalem Talmud Megillah
Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: Every year by year172Esth. 9:21. The implication is that Purim should be celebrated in an intercalary year the way it is celebrated in a regular year.. It bundled an intercalary year with one which is not intercalary. Since in a year which is not intercalary Adar is next to Nisan, also in an intercalary year Adar is next to Nisan. Rebbi Ḥelbo said, in order to make one liberation close to the other liberation173In the Babli 6b both reasons are attributed to Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel. The opposing opinion of R. Eleazar ben R. Yose is not mentioned in the Yerushalmi..