Today is The 5th Day , 2 Days to Shabbat
Topics in the news
More than 250 people are killed in the Southern United States in the deadliest tornado outbreak since 1974.
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah sign a deal to form a unity government ahead of elections.
Sony announces that a breach of its PlayStation Network may have compromised users' personal data.
The Syrian government deploys tanks and troops in Daraa, killing 25 demonstrators, as protests (pictured) continue across the country.
Indian guru and spiritual figure Sathya Sai Baba dies at the age of 84.
Former South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu dies at the age of 87.
Current events of (2011-04-28) (The 5th Day , 2 Days to Shabbat)
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 15 people are killed and at least 20 others are injured after a bomb tears through the Argana cafe in Marrakesh's main Djemaa el-Fna square. (BBC)
At least 2 people are killed when a bomb explodes on a Pakistan Navy bus taking employees to work in Karachi. (AP via MSNBC)
Protesters riot in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, after the arrest of the opposition leader, Kizza Besigye for the fourth time in two weeks.(The Wall Street Journal)
Thailand announces that it will send more troops to its border with Cambodia after a seventh day of fighting near the disputed Preah Vihear Temple that has killed 15 people. (Reuters) (AP via Yahoo News)
U.S. president Barack Obama nominates General David Petraeus, current head of the war on Afghanistan, as his new CIA chief, and names outgoing CIA chief Leon Panetta as head of The Pentagon. (BBC)
2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests:
2011 Syrian uprising: More than 200 members of Syria's ruling Ba'ath Party resign over President Bashar al-Assad's repression of protesters. (The Telegraph)
Archaelogy
The skeleton of a girl thought to have been stabbed to death through the back of the head is discovered in Kent, England, UK. (BBC)
Business and economy
India ignores United States lobbying from its president Barack Obama to choose two European fighters for a key $11 billion military contract, with United States Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer saying he is "deeply disappointed". Roemer resigns from his post. (BBC)
Japan's industrial output declined by a record level of 15.3% in March due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (BBC News)
Panasonic Corporation will announce cuts to 40,000 jobs according to reports. (Reuters)
Disasters
U.S. tornado outbreak:
Seven US states declare a state of emergency following heavy storms including Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Oklahoma. (AFP via News Limited), (New York Daily News)
The death toll from the storms reaches 248 with 128 people in Alabama, 32 in Mississippi, 11 in Georgia and 1 each in Tennessee and Virginia. (New York Times)
Science
The World Health Organisation reports that chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are the leading cause of death in the world causing more than 36 million deaths in 2008. (BBC News)
Sport
Foxtel and the Seven Network agree to pay $1.253 billion over five years to broadcast Australian Football League matches. (AAP via News Limited)
4 28, 2011 news articles
US Federal Reserve Chairman gives first news conference
Afghan pilot kills nine Americans
Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
Nissan 24, 5771 • 4 28, 2011
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
Positive Commandment 14
Tzitzit
"And they shall make for themselves tzitzit"-Numbers 15:38.
All males are required to attach tzitzit (fringes) to the corners of their four-cornered garments. One of the fringes on each corner is to be dyed with techelet (a special blue dye).
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Today is: The 5th Day , 2 Days to Shabbat, Nissan 24, 5771 • 4 28, 2011
Omer: Day Nine - Gevurah sheb'Gevurah
Today's Laws & Customs
• Count "Ten Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the tenth day of the Omer Count. Since, on the Jewish calendar, the day begins at nightfall of the previous evening, we count the omer for tomorrow's date tonight, after nightfall: "Today is ten days, which are one week and three days, to the Omer." (If you miss the count tonight, you can count the omer all day tomorrow, but without the preceding blessing).
The 49-day "Counting of the Omer" retraces our ancestors' seven-week spiritual journey from the Exodus to Sinai. Each evening we recite a special blessing and count the days and weeks that have passed since the Omer; the 50th day is Shavuot, the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.
Tonight's Sefirah: Tifferet sheb'Gevurah -- "Harmony in Restraint"
The teachings of Kabbalah explain that there are seven "Divine Attributes" -- Sefirot -- that G-d assumes through which to relate to our existence: Chessed, Gevurah, Tifferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod and Malchut ("Love", "Strength", "Beauty", "Victory", "Splendor", "Foundation" and "Sovereignty"). In the human being, created in the "image of G-d," the seven sefirot are mirrored in the seven "emotional attributes" of the human soul: Kindness, Restraint, Harmony, Ambition, Humility, Connection and Receptiveness. Each of the seven attributes contain elements of all seven--i.e., "Kindness in Kindness", "Restraint in Kindness", "Harmony in Kindness", etc.--making for a total of forty-nine traits. The 49-day Omer Count is thus a 49-step process of self-refinement, with each day devoted to the "rectification" and perfection of one the forty-nine "sefirot."
Today in Jewish History
• The First Shabbat Celebrated (1313 BCE)
Two days after the Jews crossed the Red Sea (see Jewish History for the 21st of Nissan) they arrived in Marah. There they received several commandments; one of them was to observe the Shabbat. The first Shabbat was observed on the 24th of Nissan.
Daily Quote
Poverty follows the poor
- Talmud, Erachin 23a
Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Kedoshim, 5th Portion Leviticus 20:1-20:7 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 113 - 118
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 42
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Kelim Chap. 23
• 3 Chapters: Tzitzis Chapter One, Tzitzis Chapter Two, Tzitzis Chapter Three
Hayom Yom:
Yom Khah´mee´shee.. Fifth day
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Khah´mee´shee.. Fifth day
כ וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים--יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם, שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה; וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל-הָאָרֶץ, עַל-פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם. 20
And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.'
כא וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֶת-הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים; וְאֵת כָּל-נֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּה הָרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִינֵהֶם, וְאֵת כָּל-עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ, וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 21
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
כב וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים, לֵאמֹר: פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ, וּמִלְאוּ אֶת-הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים, וְהָעוֹף, יִרֶב בָּאָרֶץ. 22 And God blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.'
כג וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי. {פ} 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. {P}
Topics in the news
More than 250 people are killed in the Southern United States in the deadliest tornado outbreak since 1974.
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah sign a deal to form a unity government ahead of elections.
Sony announces that a breach of its PlayStation Network may have compromised users' personal data.
The Syrian government deploys tanks and troops in Daraa, killing 25 demonstrators, as protests (pictured) continue across the country.
Indian guru and spiritual figure Sathya Sai Baba dies at the age of 84.
Former South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu dies at the age of 87.
Current events of (2011-04-28) (The 5th Day , 2 Days to Shabbat)
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 15 people are killed and at least 20 others are injured after a bomb tears through the Argana cafe in Marrakesh's main Djemaa el-Fna square. (BBC)
At least 2 people are killed when a bomb explodes on a Pakistan Navy bus taking employees to work in Karachi. (AP via MSNBC)
Protesters riot in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, after the arrest of the opposition leader, Kizza Besigye for the fourth time in two weeks.(The Wall Street Journal)
Thailand announces that it will send more troops to its border with Cambodia after a seventh day of fighting near the disputed Preah Vihear Temple that has killed 15 people. (Reuters) (AP via Yahoo News)
U.S. president Barack Obama nominates General David Petraeus, current head of the war on Afghanistan, as his new CIA chief, and names outgoing CIA chief Leon Panetta as head of The Pentagon. (BBC)
2010–2011 Middle East and North Africa protests:
2011 Syrian uprising: More than 200 members of Syria's ruling Ba'ath Party resign over President Bashar al-Assad's repression of protesters. (The Telegraph)
Archaelogy
The skeleton of a girl thought to have been stabbed to death through the back of the head is discovered in Kent, England, UK. (BBC)
Business and economy
India ignores United States lobbying from its president Barack Obama to choose two European fighters for a key $11 billion military contract, with United States Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer saying he is "deeply disappointed". Roemer resigns from his post. (BBC)
Japan's industrial output declined by a record level of 15.3% in March due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (BBC News)
Panasonic Corporation will announce cuts to 40,000 jobs according to reports. (Reuters)
Disasters
U.S. tornado outbreak:
Seven US states declare a state of emergency following heavy storms including Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Oklahoma. (AFP via News Limited), (New York Daily News)
The death toll from the storms reaches 248 with 128 people in Alabama, 32 in Mississippi, 11 in Georgia and 1 each in Tennessee and Virginia. (New York Times)
Science
The World Health Organisation reports that chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are the leading cause of death in the world causing more than 36 million deaths in 2008. (BBC News)
Sport
Foxtel and the Seven Network agree to pay $1.253 billion over five years to broadcast Australian Football League matches. (AAP via News Limited)
4 28, 2011 news articles
US Federal Reserve Chairman gives first news conference
Afghan pilot kills nine Americans
Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
Nissan 24, 5771 • 4 28, 2011
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
Positive Commandment 14
Tzitzit
"And they shall make for themselves tzitzit"-Numbers 15:38.
All males are required to attach tzitzit (fringes) to the corners of their four-cornered garments. One of the fringes on each corner is to be dyed with techelet (a special blue dye).
Today in Judaism Dedicate an email
Today is: The 5th Day , 2 Days to Shabbat, Nissan 24, 5771 • 4 28, 2011
Omer: Day Nine - Gevurah sheb'Gevurah
Today's Laws & Customs
• Count "Ten Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the tenth day of the Omer Count. Since, on the Jewish calendar, the day begins at nightfall of the previous evening, we count the omer for tomorrow's date tonight, after nightfall: "Today is ten days, which are one week and three days, to the Omer." (If you miss the count tonight, you can count the omer all day tomorrow, but without the preceding blessing).
The 49-day "Counting of the Omer" retraces our ancestors' seven-week spiritual journey from the Exodus to Sinai. Each evening we recite a special blessing and count the days and weeks that have passed since the Omer; the 50th day is Shavuot, the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.
Tonight's Sefirah: Tifferet sheb'Gevurah -- "Harmony in Restraint"
The teachings of Kabbalah explain that there are seven "Divine Attributes" -- Sefirot -- that G-d assumes through which to relate to our existence: Chessed, Gevurah, Tifferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod and Malchut ("Love", "Strength", "Beauty", "Victory", "Splendor", "Foundation" and "Sovereignty"). In the human being, created in the "image of G-d," the seven sefirot are mirrored in the seven "emotional attributes" of the human soul: Kindness, Restraint, Harmony, Ambition, Humility, Connection and Receptiveness. Each of the seven attributes contain elements of all seven--i.e., "Kindness in Kindness", "Restraint in Kindness", "Harmony in Kindness", etc.--making for a total of forty-nine traits. The 49-day Omer Count is thus a 49-step process of self-refinement, with each day devoted to the "rectification" and perfection of one the forty-nine "sefirot."
Today in Jewish History
• The First Shabbat Celebrated (1313 BCE)
Two days after the Jews crossed the Red Sea (see Jewish History for the 21st of Nissan) they arrived in Marah. There they received several commandments; one of them was to observe the Shabbat. The first Shabbat was observed on the 24th of Nissan.
Daily Quote
Poverty follows the poor
- Talmud, Erachin 23a
Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Kedoshim, 5th Portion Leviticus 20:1-20:7 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 113 - 118
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 42
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Kelim Chap. 23
• 3 Chapters: Tzitzis Chapter One, Tzitzis Chapter Two, Tzitzis Chapter Three
Hayom Yom:
Yom Khah´mee´shee.. Fifth day
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Khah´mee´shee.. Fifth day
כ וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים--יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם, שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה; וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל-הָאָרֶץ, עַל-פְּנֵי רְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם. 20
And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.'
כא וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֶת-הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים; וְאֵת כָּל-נֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּה הָרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִינֵהֶם, וְאֵת כָּל-עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ, וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 21
And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that creepeth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after its kind, and every winged fowl after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
כב וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים, לֵאמֹר: פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ, וּמִלְאוּ אֶת-הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים, וְהָעוֹף, יִרֶב בָּאָרֶץ. 22 And God blessed them, saying: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.'
כג וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי. {פ} 23 And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. {P}
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