o Yom Reeshone 4 17 2011
o IN THE NEWS
o Summary
o States of emergency are declared in several areas across the Southern United States after at least 26 people are killed in a large tornado outbreak.
o Former Croatian general Ante Gotovina is sentenced to 24 years prison after being found guilty of war crimes during Operation Storm.
o BRICS states meet in Sanya, China, for an annual summit that features South Africa for the first time.
o Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (pictured) and his sons are detained, two months after having resigned amid widespread protests.
o The Japan Atomic Energy Agency raises the severity of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents to level 7, the highest on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
o Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested after a five-month standoff with Alassane Ouattara.
o Armed conflict and attacks
o NATO announces that eight soldiers from member countries died in fighting in Afghanistan.(AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution), (AP via Fox News)
o Disasters
o The United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton visits Japan to announce US assistance for the recovery effort following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (BBC)
o Politics
o Voters in Finland go to the polls for the Finnish parliamentary election. (Reuters)
o Sport
o The 17th edition of the CAF African Youth Championship begins in South Africa. (BBC)
o Lewis Hamilton of McLaren wins the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix. (Super Sport)
o Bloomberg and Clinton create green alliance
o Syrian protests met with crackdown
o Australian carbon tax plans hit road block
o Australian Defence Force faces a mass of sexual abuse lawsuits
o Poverty rises as food prices increase
o Today in Judaism
o Today is: Sunday, Nissan 13, 5771 • 4 17, 2011
o Today's Laws & Customs
o Today's 'Nasi': Levi
o After reading the "Nasi" describing the gifts brought by the princes of the 12 Tribes of Israel for the dedication of the Tabernacle during the first 12 days of Nissan (see "Nasi of the Day" in Nissan 1), today we read the passage (the opening verses of the Torah portion of Bahaalotecha) describing G-d's instructions to Aaron regarding the lighting of the Menorah, which represents the contribution of the "13th tribe" of Levi.
o Text of today's Nasi in Hebrew and English.
o In preparation for the festival of Passover, in which even the possession of any form of leavened food ("chametz") is strictly forbidden, a final search is conducted after nightfall to remove every last crumb of chametz from our homes and property.
o Click here for a step-by-step "Getting-Rid-of-Chametz" wizard. Click here for instructions on how to conduct the search, and here for the time for searching chametz in your location.
o Links:
o About Leaven
o Today in Jewish History
o Abraham's Brit (1714 BCE)
o According to one account in the Midrash, on the 13th of Nissan of the year 2048 from creation (1714 BCE), G-d appeared to Abram, changed his name to Abraham ("father of a multitude of nations") and commanded him to circumcise himself and all members of his household--and all future descendents at the age of eight days--so that "My covenant (brit) shall be in your flesh, as an eternal covenant." Abraham was 99 years old at the time, and his son Ishmael, 13. (Isaac, who was born a year later, was the first Jew to be circumcised at eight days).
o Haman's Decree (357 BCE)
o In the 12th year of his reign (357 BCE), King Achashverosh of Persia endorsed Haman's plan "to destroy, kill and annihilate all Jews, from young to old, infants and women, on a single day, on the 13th day of the 12th month, the month of Adar." On Nissan 13 (11 months before the date chosen for the massacre) proclamations of the decree were drafted and dispatched to all 127 countries of the Persian Empire. Mordechai told Esther to go before the king and plead for her people. Esther asked that a three-day fast be proclaimed (Nissan 14, 15 and 16--including the first two days of Passover) in which all Jews would repent and pray for the success of her mission.
o Links:
o The Story of Purim
o Timeline of the events connected with the Purim miracle
o Passing of R. Joseph Caro (1575)
o Nissan 13 is the anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Joseph Caro (1488-1575), author of the Shulchan Aruch ("Code of Jewish Law").
o Passing of Tzemach Tzeddek (1866)
o The third Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch (1789-1866; known as the "Tzemach Tzeddek" after his Halachic work by that name), passed away on Nissan 13.
o Daily Quote
o "I will make your descendents like the dust of the earth" (Genesis 13:17). As the dust of the earth is everywhere, so, too, will the people of Israel be scattered from one end of the world to the other. As dust is treaded upon by all, so, too, will Israel be treaded upon by all. As dust erodes all metals while it itself lasts forever, so is it with Israel: all nations disintegrate, while they persist.
Midrash Rabbah
o Daily Study
o Chitas and Rambam for today:
o Chumash: Kedoshim, 1st Portion Leviticus 19:1-19:14 with Rashi
o Tehillim: Chapters 69 - 71
o Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 41
o Rambam:
o Sefer Hamitzvos:
o 1 Chapter: Kelim Chap. 12
o 3 Chapters: Teshuvah Chapter Seven, Teshuvah Chapter Eight, Teshuvah Chapter Nine
o Hayom Yom:
o Nissan 13, 5771 •4 17, 2011
o Today's Mitzvah
o A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
o Positive Commandment 73
o Confessing Sins
o "And he shall confess that he has sinned"-Leviticus 5:5.
o One who has sinned is obligated to verbally confess and say, "Please, G-d, I have sinned by doing..." The individual should then elaborate to the best of his ability and ask G-d for atonement. This mitzvah applies whether the sin was against G-d or against a fellow man.
o Even in the times of the Holy Temple when a person would bring a sin-offering to attain forgiveness, he was still required to orally confess his sin. The same for those who were guilty of capital offenses, they were asked to confess their sin prior to their execution.
o HONOR THE MOST HIGH! REMEMBER HIS LABORS!!
o CHILDREN OF YISRA'EL: HONOR THE MOST HIGH! REMEMBER HIS LABORS!!
o WHY REFUSE TO CALL THE DAYS BY THE NAME OF PAGAN DIETIES?
o YHWH CREATED THEM, AND DID WONDROUS THINGS ON EACH!! WHY IS EACH DAY TO BE HELD IN SACRED AWE, AND WHY MUST WE AMONG ALL THE BLESSINGS HE GIVES OFFER PRAISE UNTO THE MOST HIGH YHWH EACH AND EVERY DAY?
o THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
o Genesis Chapter 1
o בְּרֵאשִׁית
o Hebrew Day's Names
o Hebrew......................Meaning
o THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
o Genesis Chapter 1
o בְּרֵאשִׁית
o Yom Reeshone........... First day
o א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ. 1
o In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
o 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.
o ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר. 3
o And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.
o ד וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר, כִּי-טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים, בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ. 4
o And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
o ה וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם אֶחָד. {פ} 5
o And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P}
o IN THE NEWS
o Summary
o States of emergency are declared in several areas across the Southern United States after at least 26 people are killed in a large tornado outbreak.
o Former Croatian general Ante Gotovina is sentenced to 24 years prison after being found guilty of war crimes during Operation Storm.
o BRICS states meet in Sanya, China, for an annual summit that features South Africa for the first time.
o Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (pictured) and his sons are detained, two months after having resigned amid widespread protests.
o The Japan Atomic Energy Agency raises the severity of the Fukushima I nuclear accidents to level 7, the highest on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
o Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested after a five-month standoff with Alassane Ouattara.
o Armed conflict and attacks
o NATO announces that eight soldiers from member countries died in fighting in Afghanistan.(AP via Atlanta Journal Constitution), (AP via Fox News)
o Disasters
o The United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton visits Japan to announce US assistance for the recovery effort following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (BBC)
o Politics
o Voters in Finland go to the polls for the Finnish parliamentary election. (Reuters)
o Sport
o The 17th edition of the CAF African Youth Championship begins in South Africa. (BBC)
o Lewis Hamilton of McLaren wins the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix. (Super Sport)
o Bloomberg and Clinton create green alliance
o Syrian protests met with crackdown
o Australian carbon tax plans hit road block
o Australian Defence Force faces a mass of sexual abuse lawsuits
o Poverty rises as food prices increase
o Today in Judaism
o Today is: Sunday, Nissan 13, 5771 • 4 17, 2011
o Today's Laws & Customs
o Today's 'Nasi': Levi
o After reading the "Nasi" describing the gifts brought by the princes of the 12 Tribes of Israel for the dedication of the Tabernacle during the first 12 days of Nissan (see "Nasi of the Day" in Nissan 1), today we read the passage (the opening verses of the Torah portion of Bahaalotecha) describing G-d's instructions to Aaron regarding the lighting of the Menorah, which represents the contribution of the "13th tribe" of Levi.
o Text of today's Nasi in Hebrew and English.
o In preparation for the festival of Passover, in which even the possession of any form of leavened food ("chametz") is strictly forbidden, a final search is conducted after nightfall to remove every last crumb of chametz from our homes and property.
o Click here for a step-by-step "Getting-Rid-of-Chametz" wizard. Click here for instructions on how to conduct the search, and here for the time for searching chametz in your location.
o Links:
o About Leaven
o Today in Jewish History
o Abraham's Brit (1714 BCE)
o According to one account in the Midrash, on the 13th of Nissan of the year 2048 from creation (1714 BCE), G-d appeared to Abram, changed his name to Abraham ("father of a multitude of nations") and commanded him to circumcise himself and all members of his household--and all future descendents at the age of eight days--so that "My covenant (brit) shall be in your flesh, as an eternal covenant." Abraham was 99 years old at the time, and his son Ishmael, 13. (Isaac, who was born a year later, was the first Jew to be circumcised at eight days).
o Haman's Decree (357 BCE)
o In the 12th year of his reign (357 BCE), King Achashverosh of Persia endorsed Haman's plan "to destroy, kill and annihilate all Jews, from young to old, infants and women, on a single day, on the 13th day of the 12th month, the month of Adar." On Nissan 13 (11 months before the date chosen for the massacre) proclamations of the decree were drafted and dispatched to all 127 countries of the Persian Empire. Mordechai told Esther to go before the king and plead for her people. Esther asked that a three-day fast be proclaimed (Nissan 14, 15 and 16--including the first two days of Passover) in which all Jews would repent and pray for the success of her mission.
o Links:
o The Story of Purim
o Timeline of the events connected with the Purim miracle
o Passing of R. Joseph Caro (1575)
o Nissan 13 is the anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Joseph Caro (1488-1575), author of the Shulchan Aruch ("Code of Jewish Law").
o Passing of Tzemach Tzeddek (1866)
o The third Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch (1789-1866; known as the "Tzemach Tzeddek" after his Halachic work by that name), passed away on Nissan 13.
o Daily Quote
o "I will make your descendents like the dust of the earth" (Genesis 13:17). As the dust of the earth is everywhere, so, too, will the people of Israel be scattered from one end of the world to the other. As dust is treaded upon by all, so, too, will Israel be treaded upon by all. As dust erodes all metals while it itself lasts forever, so is it with Israel: all nations disintegrate, while they persist.
Midrash Rabbah
o Daily Study
o Chitas and Rambam for today:
o Chumash: Kedoshim, 1st Portion Leviticus 19:1-19:14 with Rashi
o Tehillim: Chapters 69 - 71
o Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 41
o Rambam:
o Sefer Hamitzvos:
o 1 Chapter: Kelim Chap. 12
o 3 Chapters: Teshuvah Chapter Seven, Teshuvah Chapter Eight, Teshuvah Chapter Nine
o Hayom Yom:
o Nissan 13, 5771 •4 17, 2011
o Today's Mitzvah
o A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
o Positive Commandment 73
o Confessing Sins
o "And he shall confess that he has sinned"-Leviticus 5:5.
o One who has sinned is obligated to verbally confess and say, "Please, G-d, I have sinned by doing..." The individual should then elaborate to the best of his ability and ask G-d for atonement. This mitzvah applies whether the sin was against G-d or against a fellow man.
o Even in the times of the Holy Temple when a person would bring a sin-offering to attain forgiveness, he was still required to orally confess his sin. The same for those who were guilty of capital offenses, they were asked to confess their sin prior to their execution.
o HONOR THE MOST HIGH! REMEMBER HIS LABORS!!
o CHILDREN OF YISRA'EL: HONOR THE MOST HIGH! REMEMBER HIS LABORS!!
o WHY REFUSE TO CALL THE DAYS BY THE NAME OF PAGAN DIETIES?
o YHWH CREATED THEM, AND DID WONDROUS THINGS ON EACH!! WHY IS EACH DAY TO BE HELD IN SACRED AWE, AND WHY MUST WE AMONG ALL THE BLESSINGS HE GIVES OFFER PRAISE UNTO THE MOST HIGH YHWH EACH AND EVERY DAY?
o THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
o Genesis Chapter 1
o בְּרֵאשִׁית
o Hebrew Day's Names
o Hebrew......................Meaning
o THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
o Genesis Chapter 1
o בְּרֵאשִׁית
o Yom Reeshone........... First day
o א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ. 1
o In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
o 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.
o ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר. 3
o And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.
o ד וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר, כִּי-טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים, בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ. 4
o And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
o ה וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם אֶחָד. {פ} 5
o And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P}
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