Today is: Yom Shay Nee, Iyar 12, 5771 • 5 16, 2011
SSIX DAYS TO SHABBAT! START GETTING READY FOR THE WEEKLY FEAST OF JOY!!
Topics in the news
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured), head of the International Monetary Fund, is charged with "a criminal sexual act" in New York City.
"Running Scared", performed by Eldar & Nigar from Azerbaijan, wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
In association football, Manchester United win a record 19th English league title and Manchester City win the FA Cup.
New analysis of data gathered by the Galileo spacecraft provides direct evidence of an ocean of magma beneath the surface of Io, one of Jupiter's moons.
In a state assembly election held in West Bengal, India, the world's longest-serving democratically elected communist government loses power.
Current events of 16 5 2011 (2011-05-16)
• Armed conflict and attacks
Gunmen fire on a Saudi Arabian consulate car in Karachi, Pakistan, killing the driver. (AP via MSNBC), (Pakistan Express-Tribune)
The Israeli Navy fires warning shots at a Malaysian aid ship travelling to the Gaza Strip, forcing it to return to Egypt. (AFP via Google)
• Arts and culture
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican tells Roman Catholics to cooperate with police in investigating alleged cases of sexual abuse by clergy. (AP)
• Disasters
It is reported that the Waterford Nuclear Generating Station in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, was restarted three days ago after a refueling shutdown on April 5th, as the 2011 Mississippi River floods are diverted to the Atchafalaya River. (Bloomberg, MSNBC)
French investigators report that flight recorders recovered from the wreckage of Air France Flight 447 nearly two years after the crash are still readable. (AP)
• Law and crime
The High Court of Kuala Lumpur rules that Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has a case to answer on sodomy charges. (Malaysiakini), (BBC)
A hearing for International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges will be held on Monday in New York City. (BBC)
• Science
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in the U.S. state of Florida on its final mission. (AP via Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Today in Judaism
Today is: Yom Shay Nee, Iyar 12, 5771 • 5 16, 2011
Omer: Day 27 - Yesod sheb'Netzach
• Today's Laws & Customs
• Count "Twenty-Eight Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the twenty-eighth 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 twenty-eight days, which are four weeks, 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: Malchut sheb'Netzach -- "Receptiveness in Ambition"
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
• Roman Jews Granted Privileges (1402)
On the 12th of Iyar, 1402, the Jews of Rome were granted "privileges" by Pope Boniface IX. They were given legal right to observe their Shabbat, protection from local oppressive officials, their taxes were reduced and orders were given to treat Jews as full-fledged Roman citizens.
• Daily Quote
A king's heart is like rivulets of water in G-d's hand; wherever He wishes, He turns it
- Proverbs 21:1
• Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Bechukotai, 2nd Portion Leviticus 26:6-26:9 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 66 - 68
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 48
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
Chapter: Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Two
• 3 Chapters: Eruvin Chapter Three, Eruvin Chapter Four, Eruvin Chapter Five
Hayom Yom:
• Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
Iyar 12, 5771 • 5 16, 2011
• Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
• Negative Commandment 320
Working on Shabbat
"You shall not do any manner of work"—Exodus 20:10.
We are forbidden from performing work on Shabbat.
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Shaynee ............Second day
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}
SSIX DAYS TO SHABBAT! START GETTING READY FOR THE WEEKLY FEAST OF JOY!!
Topics in the news
Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured), head of the International Monetary Fund, is charged with "a criminal sexual act" in New York City.
"Running Scared", performed by Eldar & Nigar from Azerbaijan, wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
In association football, Manchester United win a record 19th English league title and Manchester City win the FA Cup.
New analysis of data gathered by the Galileo spacecraft provides direct evidence of an ocean of magma beneath the surface of Io, one of Jupiter's moons.
In a state assembly election held in West Bengal, India, the world's longest-serving democratically elected communist government loses power.
Current events of 16 5 2011 (2011-05-16)
• Armed conflict and attacks
Gunmen fire on a Saudi Arabian consulate car in Karachi, Pakistan, killing the driver. (AP via MSNBC), (Pakistan Express-Tribune)
The Israeli Navy fires warning shots at a Malaysian aid ship travelling to the Gaza Strip, forcing it to return to Egypt. (AFP via Google)
• Arts and culture
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in the Vatican tells Roman Catholics to cooperate with police in investigating alleged cases of sexual abuse by clergy. (AP)
• Disasters
It is reported that the Waterford Nuclear Generating Station in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, was restarted three days ago after a refueling shutdown on April 5th, as the 2011 Mississippi River floods are diverted to the Atchafalaya River. (Bloomberg, MSNBC)
French investigators report that flight recorders recovered from the wreckage of Air France Flight 447 nearly two years after the crash are still readable. (AP)
• Law and crime
The High Court of Kuala Lumpur rules that Malaysian Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has a case to answer on sodomy charges. (Malaysiakini), (BBC)
A hearing for International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges will be held on Monday in New York City. (BBC)
• Science
NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in the U.S. state of Florida on its final mission. (AP via Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Today in Judaism
Today is: Yom Shay Nee, Iyar 12, 5771 • 5 16, 2011
Omer: Day 27 - Yesod sheb'Netzach
• Today's Laws & Customs
• Count "Twenty-Eight Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the twenty-eighth 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 twenty-eight days, which are four weeks, 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: Malchut sheb'Netzach -- "Receptiveness in Ambition"
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
• Roman Jews Granted Privileges (1402)
On the 12th of Iyar, 1402, the Jews of Rome were granted "privileges" by Pope Boniface IX. They were given legal right to observe their Shabbat, protection from local oppressive officials, their taxes were reduced and orders were given to treat Jews as full-fledged Roman citizens.
• Daily Quote
A king's heart is like rivulets of water in G-d's hand; wherever He wishes, He turns it
- Proverbs 21:1
• Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Bechukotai, 2nd Portion Leviticus 26:6-26:9 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 66 - 68
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 48
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
Chapter: Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Two
• 3 Chapters: Eruvin Chapter Three, Eruvin Chapter Four, Eruvin Chapter Five
Hayom Yom:
• Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
Iyar 12, 5771 • 5 16, 2011
• Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
• Negative Commandment 320
Working on Shabbat
"You shall not do any manner of work"—Exodus 20:10.
We are forbidden from performing work on Shabbat.
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Shaynee ............Second day
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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