Today is:, YOM SHLEE'SHEE Iyar 20, 5771 • 24, 2011
4 MORE DAY TO SHABBAT!
IN THE NEWS
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Armed conflcts and attacks
Smoke is seen rising from Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, Libya, following a NATO airstrike which reportedly kills three people. (CNN) , (AFP via News Limited)
A suicide bomber attacks the headquarters of Kazakhstan's security service causing casualties. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
A roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province kills ten people and injures 28. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
The United Nations claims that about 20,000 people have fled the Abyei region for Agok in Southern Sudan after Sudanese forces took control. (Reuters)
•
Disasters
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) claims that three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered partial meltdowns following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; it had previously announced that only one reactor had suffered a meltdown. (DPA via The Hindu)
Ash from the Grímsvötn volcanic eruption continues to spread over the United Kingdom and Western Europe leading to cancellation of up to airline flights. (The Daily Telegraph), (New York Times)
An explosion at an Abadan oil refinery in southwestern Iran during a visit by the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leads to a fire killing two workers and injuring 20. (Ynet), (AP via Washington Post)
•
Science
A Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft containing half of the members of Expedition 27 lands in Kazakhstan. (AFP via Herald-Sun)
• Today in Judaism
Omer: Day 35 - Malchut sheb'Hod
Today's Laws & Customs
• Count "Thirty-Six Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the thirty-sixth 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 thirty-six days, which are five 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'Yesod -- "Kindness in Connection"
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
• Journey From Mount Sinai (1312 BCE)
On the 20th of Iyar 2449 (1312 BCE)--nearly a year after the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai--the Children of Israel departed their encampment near the Mountain. They resumed their journey when the pillar of cloud rose for the first time from over the "Tabernacle--the divine sign that would signal the resumption of their travels throughout their encampments and journeys over the next 38 years, until they reached the eastern bank of the Jordan River on the eve of their entry into the Holy Land.
• Troyes Jews Burned at Stake (1288)
On the 20th of Iyar in 1288, thirteen Jews in Troyes, France, were burned at the stake by the Inquisition. They were accused, in a blood libel, of the supposed murder of a Christian child. The thirteen Jews were chosen from among the richer members of the community.
Jews were also killed in a blood libel in Neuchatel, Switzerland, on this date.
• Venice Jews Forbidden to Practice Law (1637)
The Jews of Venice, Italy, were forbidden to practice law or to act as advocates in the Courts of Venice on the 20th of Iyar of 1637.
• Mt. Scopus Hospital (1939)
The Hadassah University Hospital and Medical Center was opened on Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem. The hospital, designed by renowned Bauhaus architect Erich Mendelssohn, opened as a modern, 300-bed academic medical facility.
• Pregnant Women Sentenced to Death (1942)
In the ghetto of Kovno, the Nazis decreed the execution of all pregnant Jewish women.
Daily Quote
A well from which you drank, cast not a stone into it
- Midrash Rabbah, Bamidbar 22:4
Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Bamidbar, 3rd Portion Numbers 2:1-2:34 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 97 - 103
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 49
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Ten
• 3 Chapters: Chometz U'Matzah Chapter Eight, Chometz U'Matzah Text of The Haggadah, Shofar, Sukkah, vLulav Chapter One, Shofar, Sukkah, vLulav Chapter Two
Hayom Yom:
Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
Iyar 20, 5771 • 24, 2011Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
Positive Commandment 157
Recounting the Story of the Exodus
"And you shall relate to your son on that day"—Exodus 13:8.
We are commanded to recount the story of the Exodus from Egypt – each person to the best of his ability – on the eve of the fifteenth of Nissan, the first night of Passover. The more one elaborates on the story – explaining how the Egyptians tormented us, how G‑d severely punished them for their evil, and expressing gratitude to G‑d for all the kindness He bestowed upon us – the more praiseworthy is the person.
If one has no children to whom to relate the story, he should relate it to whomever is in his company, or even to himself if he is alone.
Our Sages tell us: "Even if we are all wise, all intelligent, all knowledgeable in the entirety of the Torah—we are commanded to recount the story of the Exodus from Egypt."
''Today's Day''
Iyar 20, 5771 • May 24, 2011Iyar 20, 35th day of the omer
Print this Page
Iyar 20, 35th day of the omer5703
Torah lessons: Chumash: B'chukotai, Shlishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 97-103.
Tanya: When the intelligent (p. 261)...words of the Torah, (p. 261).
There is no one for whom to pride oneself. We must toil strenuously. With patience and friendliness we can prevail in all things, with G-d's help. With a denigrating attitude toward others and inflating our own importance we lose everything, G-d forbid.
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Shlee´shee.........Third day
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. {P}
4 MORE DAY TO SHABBAT!
IN THE NEWS
•
Armed conflcts and attacks
Smoke is seen rising from Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, Libya, following a NATO airstrike which reportedly kills three people. (CNN) , (AFP via News Limited)
A suicide bomber attacks the headquarters of Kazakhstan's security service causing casualties. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald)
A roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province kills ten people and injures 28. (AP via Houston Chronicle)
The United Nations claims that about 20,000 people have fled the Abyei region for Agok in Southern Sudan after Sudanese forces took control. (Reuters)
•
Disasters
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) claims that three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suffered partial meltdowns following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; it had previously announced that only one reactor had suffered a meltdown. (DPA via The Hindu)
Ash from the Grímsvötn volcanic eruption continues to spread over the United Kingdom and Western Europe leading to cancellation of up to airline flights. (The Daily Telegraph), (New York Times)
An explosion at an Abadan oil refinery in southwestern Iran during a visit by the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leads to a fire killing two workers and injuring 20. (Ynet), (AP via Washington Post)
•
Science
A Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft containing half of the members of Expedition 27 lands in Kazakhstan. (AFP via Herald-Sun)
• Today in Judaism
Omer: Day 35 - Malchut sheb'Hod
Today's Laws & Customs
• Count "Thirty-Six Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the thirty-sixth 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 thirty-six days, which are five 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'Yesod -- "Kindness in Connection"
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
• Journey From Mount Sinai (1312 BCE)
On the 20th of Iyar 2449 (1312 BCE)--nearly a year after the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai--the Children of Israel departed their encampment near the Mountain. They resumed their journey when the pillar of cloud rose for the first time from over the "Tabernacle--the divine sign that would signal the resumption of their travels throughout their encampments and journeys over the next 38 years, until they reached the eastern bank of the Jordan River on the eve of their entry into the Holy Land.
• Troyes Jews Burned at Stake (1288)
On the 20th of Iyar in 1288, thirteen Jews in Troyes, France, were burned at the stake by the Inquisition. They were accused, in a blood libel, of the supposed murder of a Christian child. The thirteen Jews were chosen from among the richer members of the community.
Jews were also killed in a blood libel in Neuchatel, Switzerland, on this date.
• Venice Jews Forbidden to Practice Law (1637)
The Jews of Venice, Italy, were forbidden to practice law or to act as advocates in the Courts of Venice on the 20th of Iyar of 1637.
• Mt. Scopus Hospital (1939)
The Hadassah University Hospital and Medical Center was opened on Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem. The hospital, designed by renowned Bauhaus architect Erich Mendelssohn, opened as a modern, 300-bed academic medical facility.
• Pregnant Women Sentenced to Death (1942)
In the ghetto of Kovno, the Nazis decreed the execution of all pregnant Jewish women.
Daily Quote
A well from which you drank, cast not a stone into it
- Midrash Rabbah, Bamidbar 22:4
Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Bamidbar, 3rd Portion Numbers 2:1-2:34 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 97 - 103
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 49
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Ten
• 3 Chapters: Chometz U'Matzah Chapter Eight, Chometz U'Matzah Text of The Haggadah, Shofar, Sukkah, vLulav Chapter One, Shofar, Sukkah, vLulav Chapter Two
Hayom Yom:
Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
Iyar 20, 5771 • 24, 2011Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
Positive Commandment 157
Recounting the Story of the Exodus
"And you shall relate to your son on that day"—Exodus 13:8.
We are commanded to recount the story of the Exodus from Egypt – each person to the best of his ability – on the eve of the fifteenth of Nissan, the first night of Passover. The more one elaborates on the story – explaining how the Egyptians tormented us, how G‑d severely punished them for their evil, and expressing gratitude to G‑d for all the kindness He bestowed upon us – the more praiseworthy is the person.
If one has no children to whom to relate the story, he should relate it to whomever is in his company, or even to himself if he is alone.
Our Sages tell us: "Even if we are all wise, all intelligent, all knowledgeable in the entirety of the Torah—we are commanded to recount the story of the Exodus from Egypt."
''Today's Day''
Iyar 20, 5771 • May 24, 2011Iyar 20, 35th day of the omer
Print this Page
Iyar 20, 35th day of the omer5703
Torah lessons: Chumash: B'chukotai, Shlishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 97-103.
Tanya: When the intelligent (p. 261)...words of the Torah, (p. 261).
There is no one for whom to pride oneself. We must toil strenuously. With patience and friendliness we can prevail in all things, with G-d's help. With a denigrating attitude toward others and inflating our own importance we lose everything, G-d forbid.
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Shlee´shee.........Third day
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. {P}
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