Yom Shlee´shee
Adar II 16, 5771
• 3 22, 2011
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Shlee´shee.........Third day
ט וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל-מָקוֹם אֶחָד, וְתֵרָאֶה, הַיַּבָּשָׁה; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 9 And God said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so.
י וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ, וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים; וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 10
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
יא וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע, עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ, אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ-בוֹ עַל-הָאָרֶץ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 11
And God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so.
יב וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע, לְמִינֵהוּ, וְעֵץ עֹשֶׂה-פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ-בוֹ, לְמִינֵהוּ; וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 12
And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
יג וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי. {פ} 13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
EDITORIAL
The American people want action! We do not want to see Libyans being slaughtered by a vengeful tyrant determined to hold on to power and then to pass it on to his sons, thus creating a dynasty. The tide of history is this: people want freedom and Democracy. The day when the people of the world would sit quietly like sheeple allowing tyrants to oppress them are done. America should be ashamed of the role that it played in giving these gangsters legitimacy by treating them as true leaders instead of the murderous tyrants that they really are. Why is the congress not behind Our president 100%? POLITICS!! Remember when he received the Nobel Prize? They criticized! At long last is there NOTHING that this man can do that they would not find fault with? If The President helped an old lady across the street they would rail and rant and accuse him of staging a cynical media event to gain favor with the voters. Where will it end? The tide of history will leave many of these men behind! History will show them to have been the petty, small minded political hacks that they really are! The Congress and the Senate Need to get on with GOVERNANCE, and ‘quit the unending small minded politicking. America is watching and it is disgusted!
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Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
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Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
The High Priest Coming in Contact with a Corpse
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Negative Commandment 168
• The 168th prohibition is that a kohen gadol is forbidden from becoming tameh by means of a dead body, regardless of the type of contact — whether through touching or carrying.1
• The source of this prohibition is G‑d's statement,2 "He shall not become tameh [even] for his father or mother."
• You might think that this mitzvah and the previous one3 are all one idea, and the phrase, "He shall not become tameh [even] for his father or mother," is merely explaining [the previous phrase4]. But this is not the case; there are two prohibitions, "He shall not come," and "He shall not become tameh." [We see this from] the words of the Sifra:5 "He is punished for transgressing, 'He shall not come,' and he is punished for transgressing, 'He shall not become tameh.' "
• These prohibitions [regarding a kohen gadol] also apply to a regular kohen, because of a gezeira shavah.6 Our Sages said, "Just as the kohen gadol is forbidden from becoming tameh through a dead body by two prohibitions — 'He shall not come' and 'He shall not become tameh' — so too the regular kohen. Since he is prohibited from becoming tameh,7 he also has the prohibition, 'He shall not come.' " This prohibition, however, is not counted separately, for the reason given in the Second Introductory Principle.8
• But we have counted these [of the kohen gadol] as two separate mitzvos because there are two separate statements: "He shall not come" and "He shall not become tameh." And the prohibition "he shall not come" is independent of "he shall not become tameh," as our Sages, guardians of the Oral Tradition, said, "He is punished for transgressing, 'He shall not come,' and he is punished for transgressing, 'He shall not become tameh.' "
Today in Judaism
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Today in Jewish History
• Rebuilding of Jerusalem Wall Begun (c. 41 CE)
Agrippa I, appointed by the Roman Emperor to rule over Judea, was pious and kind to his subjects. During his reign, the Jews began to prosper and live comfortably. The Sages of the time accorded him great respect.
Agrippa I started construction to repair, broaden and heighten the walls around Jerusalem. The Romans, wary of the Jews' rising prosperity, placed many obstacles in his way. Nonetheless, the wall was completed, though the finished product was not as magnificent as originally planned.
The 16th of Adar, the day when the construction commenced, was instituted to be a joyous day.
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Daily Quote
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[A very high] level of charity is to give to the poor without knowing to whom one gives, and without the recipient knowing from whom he received. For this is performing a mitzvah solely for the sake of Heaven
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- Mishneh Torah, Laws of Charity, 10:8
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
• Chumash: Shemini, 3rd Portion Leviticus 9:24-10:11 with Rashi
• Tehillim: Chapters 79 - 82
• Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 37
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Tum'at Okhalin Chap. 2
• 3 Chapters: Avel Chapter 3, Avel Chapter 4, Avel Chapter 5
Ha Yom:
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• Topics in the news
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1. Nikolai Andrianov (pictured), winner of the most medals in men's Olympic gymnastics, dies at the age of 58.
2. Voters in Egypt approve a new constitution at a referendum, as a part of the overall reform.
3. The Alpine Skiing World Cup concludes with Ivica Kostelić of Croatia and Maria Riesch of Germany winning the overall titles.
4. French, British and American forces launch attacks on pro-Gaddafi troops in Libya in support of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.
5. Thousands of people protest across Syria in the country's largest demonstrations in decades.
6. In rugby union, England win the Six Nations Championship.
7. Earthquake and tsunami in Japan
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• Current events
*
• Armed conflicts and attacks
*
1. The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai names the seven areas of Afghanistan that will pass into Afghan control from July: Kabul, Panjshir Province, Bamiyan Province, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Mihterlam and Lashkar Gah. (BBC)
*
• Business and economy
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1. Sony announces that five more Japanese manufacturing plants will stop working or reduce hours as a result of supply problems caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Reuters)
2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China rejects accusations by Google that it is blocking access to Gmail in China. (Reuters)
*
• Disasters
*
1. Tokyo Electric Power Co. resumes its policy of rolling electricity blackouts following ongoing problems caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo News)
2. The Japanese government says that Tokyo Electric Power will have to compensate farmers for losses caused by the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. (BBC)
3. Radiation levels near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant soar to 1600 times normal levels. (Herald Sun)
4. South Korea agrees to hold talks with North Korea about a potential eruption of Baekdu Mountain near the North's border with the People's Republic of China. (Yonhap News)
5. An explosion at the Sorange coal mine in Pakistan's Baluchistan province kills 52 people. (AP via The Guardian)
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Law and crime
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1. The former President of Israel Moshe Katsav is jailed for seven years for rape. (Haaretz)
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• Politics
*
1. John-Paul Langbroek stands down as the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian state of Queensland with the sitting Lord Mayor of Brisbane Campbell Newman favoured to take his place. (ABC News)
2. The Philippine House of Representatives votes to impeach the Ombudsman, Merceditas Gutierrez, for allegedly failing to investigate former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and other senior officials of her administration with sufficient vigor. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Adar II 16, 5771
• 3 22, 2011
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Shlee´shee.........Third day
ט וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל-מָקוֹם אֶחָד, וְתֵרָאֶה, הַיַּבָּשָׁה; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 9 And God said: 'Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear.' And it was so.
י וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ, וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים; וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 10
And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called He Seas; and God saw that it was good.
יא וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע, עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ, אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ-בוֹ עַל-הָאָרֶץ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 11
And God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so.
יב וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע, לְמִינֵהוּ, וְעֵץ עֹשֶׂה-פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ-בוֹ, לְמִינֵהוּ; וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 12
And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
יג וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי. {פ} 13
And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
EDITORIAL
The American people want action! We do not want to see Libyans being slaughtered by a vengeful tyrant determined to hold on to power and then to pass it on to his sons, thus creating a dynasty. The tide of history is this: people want freedom and Democracy. The day when the people of the world would sit quietly like sheeple allowing tyrants to oppress them are done. America should be ashamed of the role that it played in giving these gangsters legitimacy by treating them as true leaders instead of the murderous tyrants that they really are. Why is the congress not behind Our president 100%? POLITICS!! Remember when he received the Nobel Prize? They criticized! At long last is there NOTHING that this man can do that they would not find fault with? If The President helped an old lady across the street they would rail and rant and accuse him of staging a cynical media event to gain favor with the voters. Where will it end? The tide of history will leave many of these men behind! History will show them to have been the petty, small minded political hacks that they really are! The Congress and the Senate Need to get on with GOVERNANCE, and ‘quit the unending small minded politicking. America is watching and it is disgusted!
*
Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
*
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
The High Priest Coming in Contact with a Corpse
*
Negative Commandment 168
• The 168th prohibition is that a kohen gadol is forbidden from becoming tameh by means of a dead body, regardless of the type of contact — whether through touching or carrying.1
• The source of this prohibition is G‑d's statement,2 "He shall not become tameh [even] for his father or mother."
• You might think that this mitzvah and the previous one3 are all one idea, and the phrase, "He shall not become tameh [even] for his father or mother," is merely explaining [the previous phrase4]. But this is not the case; there are two prohibitions, "He shall not come," and "He shall not become tameh." [We see this from] the words of the Sifra:5 "He is punished for transgressing, 'He shall not come,' and he is punished for transgressing, 'He shall not become tameh.' "
• These prohibitions [regarding a kohen gadol] also apply to a regular kohen, because of a gezeira shavah.6 Our Sages said, "Just as the kohen gadol is forbidden from becoming tameh through a dead body by two prohibitions — 'He shall not come' and 'He shall not become tameh' — so too the regular kohen. Since he is prohibited from becoming tameh,7 he also has the prohibition, 'He shall not come.' " This prohibition, however, is not counted separately, for the reason given in the Second Introductory Principle.8
• But we have counted these [of the kohen gadol] as two separate mitzvos because there are two separate statements: "He shall not come" and "He shall not become tameh." And the prohibition "he shall not come" is independent of "he shall not become tameh," as our Sages, guardians of the Oral Tradition, said, "He is punished for transgressing, 'He shall not come,' and he is punished for transgressing, 'He shall not become tameh.' "
Today in Judaism
*
Today in Jewish History
• Rebuilding of Jerusalem Wall Begun (c. 41 CE)
Agrippa I, appointed by the Roman Emperor to rule over Judea, was pious and kind to his subjects. During his reign, the Jews began to prosper and live comfortably. The Sages of the time accorded him great respect.
Agrippa I started construction to repair, broaden and heighten the walls around Jerusalem. The Romans, wary of the Jews' rising prosperity, placed many obstacles in his way. Nonetheless, the wall was completed, though the finished product was not as magnificent as originally planned.
The 16th of Adar, the day when the construction commenced, was instituted to be a joyous day.
*
Daily Quote
*
[A very high] level of charity is to give to the poor without knowing to whom one gives, and without the recipient knowing from whom he received. For this is performing a mitzvah solely for the sake of Heaven
*
- Mishneh Torah, Laws of Charity, 10:8
*
Daily Study
*
Chitas and Rambam for today:
• Chumash: Shemini, 3rd Portion Leviticus 9:24-10:11 with Rashi
• Tehillim: Chapters 79 - 82
• Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 37
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Tum'at Okhalin Chap. 2
• 3 Chapters: Avel Chapter 3, Avel Chapter 4, Avel Chapter 5
Ha Yom:
*
• Topics in the news
*
1. Nikolai Andrianov (pictured), winner of the most medals in men's Olympic gymnastics, dies at the age of 58.
2. Voters in Egypt approve a new constitution at a referendum, as a part of the overall reform.
3. The Alpine Skiing World Cup concludes with Ivica Kostelić of Croatia and Maria Riesch of Germany winning the overall titles.
4. French, British and American forces launch attacks on pro-Gaddafi troops in Libya in support of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973.
5. Thousands of people protest across Syria in the country's largest demonstrations in decades.
6. In rugby union, England win the Six Nations Championship.
7. Earthquake and tsunami in Japan
*
• Current events
*
• Armed conflicts and attacks
*
1. The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai names the seven areas of Afghanistan that will pass into Afghan control from July: Kabul, Panjshir Province, Bamiyan Province, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Mihterlam and Lashkar Gah. (BBC)
*
• Business and economy
*
1. Sony announces that five more Japanese manufacturing plants will stop working or reduce hours as a result of supply problems caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Reuters)
2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China rejects accusations by Google that it is blocking access to Gmail in China. (Reuters)
*
• Disasters
*
1. Tokyo Electric Power Co. resumes its policy of rolling electricity blackouts following ongoing problems caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo News)
2. The Japanese government says that Tokyo Electric Power will have to compensate farmers for losses caused by the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. (BBC)
3. Radiation levels near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant soar to 1600 times normal levels. (Herald Sun)
4. South Korea agrees to hold talks with North Korea about a potential eruption of Baekdu Mountain near the North's border with the People's Republic of China. (Yonhap News)
5. An explosion at the Sorange coal mine in Pakistan's Baluchistan province kills 52 people. (AP via The Guardian)
*
Law and crime
*
1. The former President of Israel Moshe Katsav is jailed for seven years for rape. (Haaretz)
*
• Politics
*
1. John-Paul Langbroek stands down as the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian state of Queensland with the sitting Lord Mayor of Brisbane Campbell Newman favoured to take his place. (ABC News)
2. The Philippine House of Representatives votes to impeach the Ombudsman, Merceditas Gutierrez, for allegedly failing to investigate former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and other senior officials of her administration with sufficient vigor. (AP via Yahoo! News)
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