Yom Shlee'shee, 4 more days to Shabbat! Prepare!
Nissan 29, 5771 •5 3, 2011Today's Mitzvah
Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
A daily digest of Maimonides' classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
Positive Commandment 215
Circumcision
"Every male child among you shall be circumcised"-Genesis 17:10.
We are commanded to circumcise all our male children. This obligation rests upon the child's father, not his mother.
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Today is: Tuesday, Nissan 29, 5771 • May 3, 2011
Omer: Day 14 - Malchut sheb'Gevurah
Today's Laws & Customs
• Count "Fifteen Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the fifteenth 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 fifteen days, which are two weeks and one day, 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: Chessed sheb'Tifferet -- "Kindness in Harmony"
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."
Daily Quote
Do not separate yourself from the community
- Ethics of the Fathers 4:5
Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Emor, 3rd Portion Leviticus 22:17-22:33 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 140 - 144
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 44
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Kelim Chap. 28
• 3 Chapters: Milah Chapter Two, Milah Chapter Three, Seder haTefillah Part 1
Hayom Yom:
Topics in the news
John Higgins defeats Judd Trump to win the World Snooker Championship.
Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
The memory unit of the flight data recorder from Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic in 2009, is recovered from the ocean floor.
Pope John Paul II is beatified at a ceremony (pictured) in Vatican City.
Libyan officials report that Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in a NATO airstrike in Tripoli.
The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Kate Middleton takes place in London.
Canadian figure skater Patrick Chan wins the men's event at the World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, setting record scores for the long and short programs.
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Up to ten Afghan police officers are killed in a NATO air strike on a highway in Ghazni Province. (AFP via The News)
Business and economy
The Central Bank of India increases interest rates by 50 basis points to 7.25 per cent. (Reuters)
Disasters
A tornado hits Albany, a northern suburb of the New Zealand city of Auckland, causing at least one death, injuries and property damage. (New Zealand Herald), (TV New Zealand), (News Limited), (New Zealand Stuff)
Searchers find the second flight recorder from Air France Flight 447 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009. (Reuters)
Politics
Hundreds of people in Quetta, Pakistan join a rally in honour of Osama bin Laden. (One Pakistan)
Shelley Hancock is elected as the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Australia's most populous state New South Wales. (AAP via Sydney Morning Herald)
Results from the 41st Canadian General Election give the Conservative Party of Canada a majority government while the NDP will form the Official Opposition for the first time in Canadian political history.(CBC), (NYT), (BBC), (CNN), (Globe and Mail)
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 bring 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. {P}
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