International Grassroots Gazette
YOM RISHONE
EDITORIAL
If no one else says it, we the people will!! Kudos to the Obama administration for not just running it’s mouth about the need for Democracy internationally, like previous administrations, but FOR STANDING UP AND DOING SOMETHING TO PROMOTE IT!! Shame on those political hacks in DC who are raising minor technical issues to criticize the administration! For DECADES we have stood by and watched other people oppressed and what have we done about it? America too is oppressed! Yet we still congratulate The President! BUT FOR THE PRESIDENT A BLOOD BATH WOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN Lybia!! Let ALL of the Tyrants of North Africa, and the Mid East, as well as Sub-Saharan Africa take heed: under the leadership of The USA, hacks notwithstanding, the days when the global village will stand by and watch a tin horn tyrant committing genocide, or wrongfully ruling a country that wants him or her gone ARE OVER WITH.
It is about time that the tyrants in the middle East were toppled! When those tyrants fall, if TRUE Democracy, not theocracy, BUT TRUE democracy is instituted, Yisra’El will live in peace, and oil prices will fall!
Oh, yeah, by the way: We in America KNOW THAT THE OIL INDUSTRY IS GOUGING US, by the way! We demand that the federal government take steps to stop these profiteers from gouging the suffering American public! Further, Union bashing that several states and municipalities are engaging in under Republican Administrations needs to be addressed. Isn’t it enough that predatory bankers are virtually destroying middle class and working class America? Organized labor, WHERE ARE YOU? Step your game up! Contrary to what Republicans think, AMERICA DOES NOT WANT TO SEE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DONE AWAY WITH AND UNIONS CRUSHED!
America is in need of political reform too! We need TRUE representative government that truly cares for labor, young people, blacks, whites, poor, NOT JUST RICH WHITES! How can we tolerate these greedy, bloated, fat capitalist devils in a society where people are going hungry and sleeping in the streets?
AMERICA YOU ARE POLITICALLY OPPRESSED!
Are you not tired of sleazy cops, judges, Stare reps and Senators? Are you not tire of corrupt hacks in Washington America?
WHEN WILL AMERICA BE FREE OF THESE POLTICAL PARASITES?
Every election we are put through a competitive puppet show in which rich white capitalists trot out two groups of puppets and we are being led to believe that we are being offered choices. NO ONE ELSE CAN RUN!! THEY AND THEIR BUDDIES ON THE SUPREME COURT HAVE SEEN TO THAT!
THEY LITERALLY BUY PITICAL OFFICES!
Two parties that represent rich white capitalist DO NOT A WORKING DEMOCRACRY MAKE! The tyranny of the Republicans and Democratic party needs to end, or WE ARE NO BETTER OFF THAN THE PEOPLE OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST! We too want Democracy, but not just the democracy that is no more than empty rhetoric. We want TRUE financial reform TRUE political reform and an END to Republican/Democrat Tyranny. Are You rich? Are you white? YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY! YOU ARE LITTLE BETTER THAN THE TYRANTS IN THE NEWS! How long will we live under your selfish rule? WE ARE WACTHING AND WE ARE LEARNING FROM THE VALIANT PEOPLE OF THE MID EAST AND NORTH AFRICA! YOUR DAY IS COMING TOO!
*Genesis Chapter 1 בְּרֵאשִׁית
Let There Be Light! YOM RISHONE
א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ. 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
ב וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם. 2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר. 3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.
ד וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר, כִּי-טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים, בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
ה וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם אֶחָד. {פ} 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P}
ו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם, וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל, בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם. 6 And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'
ז וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים, אֶת-הָרָקִיעַ, וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ, וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
ח וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ, שָׁמָיִם; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם שֵׁנִי. {פ} 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. {P}
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*Today in Judaism Dedicate an email
• Today is: YOM RISONE,
Adar II 21, 5771 •
3 27, 2011
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*Today in Jewish History
• Purim Narbonne (1236)
1. In the course of a fight with a Christian fisherman, a Jew dealt him a blow which led to his death. The infuriated Christians of Narbonne, France, started rioting and attacking the Jewish community.
2. The governor of Narbonne, Don Aymeric, quickly intervened, and dispatched a contingent of soldiers to protected the Jewish community. The riot was immediately halted and all the spoils stolen during the riots were returned to the Jews. The 21st of Adar was recorded as "Purim Narbonne," a day when the community annually celebrated this historic event.
• Passing of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk (1787)
• The great Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717-1786) was one of the elite disciples of Rabbi DovBer, the Maggid of Mezritch, and a colleague of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. He is also widely known as the No'am Elimelech, the title of the renowned chassidic work he authored.
• Rabbi Elimelech attracted many thousands of chassidim, among them many who after his passing became great chassidic masters in their own right. Most notable amongst them was Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz, the "Seer of Lublin." Many of the current chassidic dynasties trace themselves back to Rabbi Elimelech.
• Link: R. Elimelech of Lisenzc
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*Daily Quote
• Wherever our feet tread, it is all in order to cleanse and purify the world with words of Torah and prayer. We, all of Israel, are emissaries of G-d, each of us as Divine Providence has decreed for us. None of us is free from this sacred task placed on our shoulders
- Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (Hayom Yom, 5 Adar I)
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*Daily Study
1. Chitas and Rambam for today:
2. Chumash: Tazria, 1st Portion Leviticus 12:1-13:5 with Rashi
3. Tehillim: Chapters 104 - 105
4. Tanya: Likutei Amarim, beginning of Chapter 38
5. Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Tum'at Okhalin Chap. 7
• 3 Chapters: Melachim uMilchamot Chapter 4, Melachim uMilchamot Chapter 5, Melachim uMilchamot Chapter 6
6. Ha Yom:
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*Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
Today's Mitzvah
Adar II 21, 5771 •
3 27, 2011
A DAILY DIGEST OF MAIMONIDES' CLASSIC WORK
*Positive Commandment 187
• Destroying the Seven Canaanite Nations
1. "For you shall utterly destroy them"-Deuteronomy 20:17.
2. We are commanded to kill the members of the Seven Canaanite Nations-to utterly eradicate them. This because they were the original source of idolatry and its prime practitioners. In many places the Torah encourages and urges us to observe this mitzvah, and explains the reason for this mitzvah: so that we should not learn from these nations' heretical ways. The battle against the Canaanite nations is considered a "mitzvah battle."
3. This mitzvah was fully completed by King David, who killed the remaining members of these nations that had survived till his day, besides for a few who scattered and were absorbed into other nations.
4. [Translator's Note: In the Laws of Kings, Maimonides explains that the killing of the Seven Nations was a last resort, only done if the nations refused to evacuate the Holy Land, or to remain, but reject idolatry and accept upon themselves Jewish sovereignty.]
*Negative Commandment 49
• Sparing the Seven Canaanite Nations
1. "You shall not leave a soul alive"-Deuteronomy 20:16.
2. We may not allow even one individual from the Seven Canaanite Nations to live, for they would have a negative effect on the Jewish inhabitants of the land and influence them to worship idols.
*Positive Commandment 188
• Destroying Amalek
1. "You shall erase the memory of Amalek"-Deuteronomy 25:19.
2. We are commanded to wipe out the descendants of Amalek, men and women, old and young.
3. This is one of the three mitzvot the Jews were commanded upon entering the land-the other two were appointing a king and building the Holy Temple.
*Full text of this Mitzvah »Positive Commandment 189
• Remembering Amalek's Deed
1. "Remember what Amalek did to you"-Deuteronomy 25:17.
2. We are enjoined to remember that which Amalek did to us, that they were the first to "greet" us [after we left Egypt] with evil [i.e., battle]. We must verbally recall this at all times, and awaken our souls to battle them. We must call upon people to hate them, so that the matter not be forgotten, and the hate should not abate with the passage of time.
*Negative Commandment 59
• Forgetting Amalek's Deed
1. "You must not forget"-Deuteronomy 25:19.
2. We are enjoined to never forget that which Amalek did to us, that they were the first to "greet" us [after we left Egypt] with evil [i.e., battle]. We must never allow the hate from Amalek to be forgotten from our hearts.
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*Topics in the news
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Geraldine Ferraro (pictured), the first female major party vice presidential candidate in the United States, dies at the age of 75.
Approximately 250,000 people march through London to protest against government spending cuts.
Archaeologists in Texas find evidence suggesting that human settlement may have occurred in the Americas 2,500 years earlier than previously thought.
In Canada, a federal election is scheduled after the Conservative minority government fails a vote of non-confidence.
Security forces open fire on protesters in Syria, killing at least 20 people.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits northeastern Burma, killing at least 75 people.
Earthquake in Japan • Middle East and North Africa protests
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Current events
*Disasters
1. The level of radioactive iodine in the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant reaches 1850 times normal levels following the recent accidents. (Reuters)
• International Relations
South Korea will repatriate 27 North Koreans who inadvertently drifted across the maritime border. (Yonhap)
*Sport
1. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins the 2011 Australian Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2011 Formula One season. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
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• Quirky News
1. Guatemalan president and first lady apply for divorce
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*Current events of 3 26 2011
• Armed conflicts and attacks
*2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests:
1. 2011 Libyan uprising: Rebel forces in Libya retake the town of Ajdabiya from troops loyal to Muammar Gadaffi, and later recapture Marsa Brega. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
2. Five suspected al Qaeda terrorists are killed at a checkpoint in Yemen. (Reuters)
3. Libyan authorities detain and forcibly drive Iman al-Obeidi to an unknown location, declaring her "possibly mentally challenged", after she publicly accuses Muammar Gaddafi's troops of gang-raping her. (Associated Press)
4. Rebel forces claim to have captured Marsa Brega Seaport in the Third Battle of Brega but with no independent verification as yet. (Reuters)
5. An agreement allowing the departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is "close", according to the Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi. (BBC)
6. Snipers in the city of Latakia, Syria, kill at least three people as protests continue. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
7. The official death toll since the 2011 Syrian protests is 27 since March 15 with confirmed deaths occurring in the cities of Homs, Sanamen, Daraa and Latakia. (al Jazeera)
8. Three people are killed by leftist rebels in Tampakan, southern Philippines. (Xinhua)
Hamas states that it will agree to a ceasefire and halt their rocket fire at Israel if Israel stops attacking targets in the Gaza Strip. (BBC) (The Jerusalem Post)
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• Business and economy
1. Alaska Airlines and its affiliate Horizon Air cancel dozens of flights because of problems with its computer system. (AP via ABC News America)
2. A fuel fire at Miami International Airport causes flight cancellations and delays. (Miami Herald)
3. Ford announces plans to shut down its plant in Cenk, Belgium for a few days starting April 4 due to parts shortages following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Reuters)
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• Disasters
*Levels of radiation in Tokyo's water supply return to normal. (Japan Times)
• Law and crime
1. A woman becomes the first person to be jailed for violating a ban on non-recyclable plastic bags in Mandalay, Burma. (Straits Times)
2. British Police are granted an extension by magistrates to continue questioning a Swindon man suspected of the murder of Sian O'Callaghan. (Sky News)
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• Politics and elections
1. Voters in the Australian state of New South Wales go to the polls for the NSW state election with the Liberal/National coalition led by Barry O'Farrell winning goverment. (Sydney Morning Herald)
2. Hundreds of thousands of people march in London, England against government budget cuts with the protests later turning violent. (The Telegraph) (The Guardian)
3. Geraldine Ferraro, a Democratic Party Congresswoman and the first woman to stand for Vice-President of the United States on a major party ticket dies in Boston. (Reuters)
4. The Governor-General of Canada David Johnston dissolves the Parliament of Canada and issues writs for the Canadian federal election. (680 News)
• Sports
1. Victoire Pisa wins the Dubai World Cup, the first Japanese win in the history of the US$10 million event. (BBC)
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• IN THE NEWS
1. Millions to turn off lights for Earth Hour tonight
2. Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces bidders for additional Tramlink vehicles
3. Bomb on Jerusalem bus kills one, over 30 injured
4. Qatar becomes first Arab country to fly fighter jets over Libya
YOM RISHONE
EDITORIAL
If no one else says it, we the people will!! Kudos to the Obama administration for not just running it’s mouth about the need for Democracy internationally, like previous administrations, but FOR STANDING UP AND DOING SOMETHING TO PROMOTE IT!! Shame on those political hacks in DC who are raising minor technical issues to criticize the administration! For DECADES we have stood by and watched other people oppressed and what have we done about it? America too is oppressed! Yet we still congratulate The President! BUT FOR THE PRESIDENT A BLOOD BATH WOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN Lybia!! Let ALL of the Tyrants of North Africa, and the Mid East, as well as Sub-Saharan Africa take heed: under the leadership of The USA, hacks notwithstanding, the days when the global village will stand by and watch a tin horn tyrant committing genocide, or wrongfully ruling a country that wants him or her gone ARE OVER WITH.
It is about time that the tyrants in the middle East were toppled! When those tyrants fall, if TRUE Democracy, not theocracy, BUT TRUE democracy is instituted, Yisra’El will live in peace, and oil prices will fall!
Oh, yeah, by the way: We in America KNOW THAT THE OIL INDUSTRY IS GOUGING US, by the way! We demand that the federal government take steps to stop these profiteers from gouging the suffering American public! Further, Union bashing that several states and municipalities are engaging in under Republican Administrations needs to be addressed. Isn’t it enough that predatory bankers are virtually destroying middle class and working class America? Organized labor, WHERE ARE YOU? Step your game up! Contrary to what Republicans think, AMERICA DOES NOT WANT TO SEE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING DONE AWAY WITH AND UNIONS CRUSHED!
America is in need of political reform too! We need TRUE representative government that truly cares for labor, young people, blacks, whites, poor, NOT JUST RICH WHITES! How can we tolerate these greedy, bloated, fat capitalist devils in a society where people are going hungry and sleeping in the streets?
AMERICA YOU ARE POLITICALLY OPPRESSED!
Are you not tired of sleazy cops, judges, Stare reps and Senators? Are you not tire of corrupt hacks in Washington America?
WHEN WILL AMERICA BE FREE OF THESE POLTICAL PARASITES?
Every election we are put through a competitive puppet show in which rich white capitalists trot out two groups of puppets and we are being led to believe that we are being offered choices. NO ONE ELSE CAN RUN!! THEY AND THEIR BUDDIES ON THE SUPREME COURT HAVE SEEN TO THAT!
THEY LITERALLY BUY PITICAL OFFICES!
Two parties that represent rich white capitalist DO NOT A WORKING DEMOCRACRY MAKE! The tyranny of the Republicans and Democratic party needs to end, or WE ARE NO BETTER OFF THAN THE PEOPLE OF NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST! We too want Democracy, but not just the democracy that is no more than empty rhetoric. We want TRUE financial reform TRUE political reform and an END to Republican/Democrat Tyranny. Are You rich? Are you white? YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY! YOU ARE LITTLE BETTER THAN THE TYRANTS IN THE NEWS! How long will we live under your selfish rule? WE ARE WACTHING AND WE ARE LEARNING FROM THE VALIANT PEOPLE OF THE MID EAST AND NORTH AFRICA! YOUR DAY IS COMING TOO!
*Genesis Chapter 1 בְּרֵאשִׁית
Let There Be Light! YOM RISHONE
א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ. 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
ב וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם. 2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר. 3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.
ד וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר, כִּי-טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים, בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
ה וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם אֶחָד. {פ} 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P}
ו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם, וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל, בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם. 6 And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'
ז וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים, אֶת-הָרָקִיעַ, וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ, וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so.
ח וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ, שָׁמָיִם; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם שֵׁנִי. {פ} 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. {P}
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*Today in Judaism Dedicate an email
• Today is: YOM RISONE,
Adar II 21, 5771 •
3 27, 2011
*
*Today in Jewish History
• Purim Narbonne (1236)
1. In the course of a fight with a Christian fisherman, a Jew dealt him a blow which led to his death. The infuriated Christians of Narbonne, France, started rioting and attacking the Jewish community.
2. The governor of Narbonne, Don Aymeric, quickly intervened, and dispatched a contingent of soldiers to protected the Jewish community. The riot was immediately halted and all the spoils stolen during the riots were returned to the Jews. The 21st of Adar was recorded as "Purim Narbonne," a day when the community annually celebrated this historic event.
• Passing of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk (1787)
• The great Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717-1786) was one of the elite disciples of Rabbi DovBer, the Maggid of Mezritch, and a colleague of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. He is also widely known as the No'am Elimelech, the title of the renowned chassidic work he authored.
• Rabbi Elimelech attracted many thousands of chassidim, among them many who after his passing became great chassidic masters in their own right. Most notable amongst them was Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz, the "Seer of Lublin." Many of the current chassidic dynasties trace themselves back to Rabbi Elimelech.
• Link: R. Elimelech of Lisenzc
*
*Daily Quote
• Wherever our feet tread, it is all in order to cleanse and purify the world with words of Torah and prayer. We, all of Israel, are emissaries of G-d, each of us as Divine Providence has decreed for us. None of us is free from this sacred task placed on our shoulders
- Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (Hayom Yom, 5 Adar I)
*
*Daily Study
1. Chitas and Rambam for today:
2. Chumash: Tazria, 1st Portion Leviticus 12:1-13:5 with Rashi
3. Tehillim: Chapters 104 - 105
4. Tanya: Likutei Amarim, beginning of Chapter 38
5. Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Tum'at Okhalin Chap. 7
• 3 Chapters: Melachim uMilchamot Chapter 4, Melachim uMilchamot Chapter 5, Melachim uMilchamot Chapter 6
6. Ha Yom:
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*Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
Today's Mitzvah
Adar II 21, 5771 •
3 27, 2011
A DAILY DIGEST OF MAIMONIDES' CLASSIC WORK
*Positive Commandment 187
• Destroying the Seven Canaanite Nations
1. "For you shall utterly destroy them"-Deuteronomy 20:17.
2. We are commanded to kill the members of the Seven Canaanite Nations-to utterly eradicate them. This because they were the original source of idolatry and its prime practitioners. In many places the Torah encourages and urges us to observe this mitzvah, and explains the reason for this mitzvah: so that we should not learn from these nations' heretical ways. The battle against the Canaanite nations is considered a "mitzvah battle."
3. This mitzvah was fully completed by King David, who killed the remaining members of these nations that had survived till his day, besides for a few who scattered and were absorbed into other nations.
4. [Translator's Note: In the Laws of Kings, Maimonides explains that the killing of the Seven Nations was a last resort, only done if the nations refused to evacuate the Holy Land, or to remain, but reject idolatry and accept upon themselves Jewish sovereignty.]
*Negative Commandment 49
• Sparing the Seven Canaanite Nations
1. "You shall not leave a soul alive"-Deuteronomy 20:16.
2. We may not allow even one individual from the Seven Canaanite Nations to live, for they would have a negative effect on the Jewish inhabitants of the land and influence them to worship idols.
*Positive Commandment 188
• Destroying Amalek
1. "You shall erase the memory of Amalek"-Deuteronomy 25:19.
2. We are commanded to wipe out the descendants of Amalek, men and women, old and young.
3. This is one of the three mitzvot the Jews were commanded upon entering the land-the other two were appointing a king and building the Holy Temple.
*Full text of this Mitzvah »Positive Commandment 189
• Remembering Amalek's Deed
1. "Remember what Amalek did to you"-Deuteronomy 25:17.
2. We are enjoined to remember that which Amalek did to us, that they were the first to "greet" us [after we left Egypt] with evil [i.e., battle]. We must verbally recall this at all times, and awaken our souls to battle them. We must call upon people to hate them, so that the matter not be forgotten, and the hate should not abate with the passage of time.
*Negative Commandment 59
• Forgetting Amalek's Deed
1. "You must not forget"-Deuteronomy 25:19.
2. We are enjoined to never forget that which Amalek did to us, that they were the first to "greet" us [after we left Egypt] with evil [i.e., battle]. We must never allow the hate from Amalek to be forgotten from our hearts.
*
*Topics in the news
*
Geraldine Ferraro (pictured), the first female major party vice presidential candidate in the United States, dies at the age of 75.
Approximately 250,000 people march through London to protest against government spending cuts.
Archaeologists in Texas find evidence suggesting that human settlement may have occurred in the Americas 2,500 years earlier than previously thought.
In Canada, a federal election is scheduled after the Conservative minority government fails a vote of non-confidence.
Security forces open fire on protesters in Syria, killing at least 20 people.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits northeastern Burma, killing at least 75 people.
Earthquake in Japan • Middle East and North Africa protests
*
Current events
*Disasters
1. The level of radioactive iodine in the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant reaches 1850 times normal levels following the recent accidents. (Reuters)
• International Relations
South Korea will repatriate 27 North Koreans who inadvertently drifted across the maritime border. (Yonhap)
*Sport
1. Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing wins the 2011 Australian Grand Prix, the opening round of the 2011 Formula One season. (AFP via Channel News Asia)
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• Quirky News
1. Guatemalan president and first lady apply for divorce
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*Current events of 3 26 2011
• Armed conflicts and attacks
*2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests:
1. 2011 Libyan uprising: Rebel forces in Libya retake the town of Ajdabiya from troops loyal to Muammar Gadaffi, and later recapture Marsa Brega. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
2. Five suspected al Qaeda terrorists are killed at a checkpoint in Yemen. (Reuters)
3. Libyan authorities detain and forcibly drive Iman al-Obeidi to an unknown location, declaring her "possibly mentally challenged", after she publicly accuses Muammar Gaddafi's troops of gang-raping her. (Associated Press)
4. Rebel forces claim to have captured Marsa Brega Seaport in the Third Battle of Brega but with no independent verification as yet. (Reuters)
5. An agreement allowing the departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is "close", according to the Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi. (BBC)
6. Snipers in the city of Latakia, Syria, kill at least three people as protests continue. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
7. The official death toll since the 2011 Syrian protests is 27 since March 15 with confirmed deaths occurring in the cities of Homs, Sanamen, Daraa and Latakia. (al Jazeera)
8. Three people are killed by leftist rebels in Tampakan, southern Philippines. (Xinhua)
Hamas states that it will agree to a ceasefire and halt their rocket fire at Israel if Israel stops attacking targets in the Gaza Strip. (BBC) (The Jerusalem Post)
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• Business and economy
1. Alaska Airlines and its affiliate Horizon Air cancel dozens of flights because of problems with its computer system. (AP via ABC News America)
2. A fuel fire at Miami International Airport causes flight cancellations and delays. (Miami Herald)
3. Ford announces plans to shut down its plant in Cenk, Belgium for a few days starting April 4 due to parts shortages following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Reuters)
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• Disasters
*Levels of radiation in Tokyo's water supply return to normal. (Japan Times)
• Law and crime
1. A woman becomes the first person to be jailed for violating a ban on non-recyclable plastic bags in Mandalay, Burma. (Straits Times)
2. British Police are granted an extension by magistrates to continue questioning a Swindon man suspected of the murder of Sian O'Callaghan. (Sky News)
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• Politics and elections
1. Voters in the Australian state of New South Wales go to the polls for the NSW state election with the Liberal/National coalition led by Barry O'Farrell winning goverment. (Sydney Morning Herald)
2. Hundreds of thousands of people march in London, England against government budget cuts with the protests later turning violent. (The Telegraph) (The Guardian)
3. Geraldine Ferraro, a Democratic Party Congresswoman and the first woman to stand for Vice-President of the United States on a major party ticket dies in Boston. (Reuters)
4. The Governor-General of Canada David Johnston dissolves the Parliament of Canada and issues writs for the Canadian federal election. (680 News)
• Sports
1. Victoire Pisa wins the Dubai World Cup, the first Japanese win in the history of the US$10 million event. (BBC)
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• IN THE NEWS
1. Millions to turn off lights for Earth Hour tonight
2. Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces bidders for additional Tramlink vehicles
3. Bomb on Jerusalem bus kills one, over 30 injured
4. Qatar becomes first Arab country to fly fighter jets over Libya
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