• Topics in the news
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• Today is:,YOM SHLEE'SHEE Iyar 27, 5771 • 5 31, 2011
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President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh dies from complications of surgery in Moscow.
A referendum to introduce divorce passes in Malta.
In association football, the UEFA Champions League tournament concludes with FC Barcelona defeating Manchester United in the final.
Egypt re-opens the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip.
In T20 cricket, the Indian Premier League tournament concludes with the Chennai Super Kings defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final.
American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron dies at the age of 62.
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• Current events
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• Armed conflict and attacks
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The Pakistan Air Force kills seventeen militants in a bombing raid on the upper Orakzai Agency. (Dawn)
A truce between the Yemeni government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposing tribal groups breaks down increasing the chance of a civil war. (Reuters)
Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, warns North Atlantic Treaty Organisation that attacks on insurgents in Afghan homes is "not allowed" following the deaths of nine civilians air strike. (Reuters)
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• Business and economy
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Australia suspends exports of live cattle to 11 Indonesian abattoirs following exposure of abuses on ABC Television's Four Corners. (ABC News)
Moody's Investor Services announces that Japan's local and foreign currency bond ratings under review because of the impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (MarketWatch)
Sony advises that it plans to restore the PlayStation Network by the weekends in all markets except Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. (Tech World)
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• Disasters
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New Zealand government experts predict that there is an almost one in four chance of another powerful earthquake in the Canterbury Region in the next 12 months. (SBS News)
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• International relations
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Iran denies a plane carrying the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel access to its airspace for two hours en route to India. (Der Spiegel)]
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• Politics
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Iranian politican and leader of Nationalist-Religious movement, Ezzatollah Sahabi dies of stroke at age 81. (Monstersandcritics)
Adil Abdul-Mahdi, First Vice President of Iraq resigns after Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki fends off critics who say he has not delivered on power-sharing promises . (Arabnews)
• Today in Judaism
Omer: Day 42 - Malchut sheb'Yesod
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• Today's Laws & Customs
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• Count "Forty-Three Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the forty-third 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 forty-three days, which are six 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.
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• Tonight's Sefirah: Chessed sheb'Malchut -- "Kindness in Receptiveness"
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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."
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• Today in Jewish History
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• Eichmann Executed (1962)
Adolf Eichmann was hanged at Ramleh Prison in Israel following his trial and conviction for his crimes against against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity and war crimes during World War II.
Eichmann was a key party in implementing of Hitler's infamous "final solution." The height of his "career" was reached in Hungary in 1944, when he managed to transport 400,000 Jews to the gas chambers in less than five weeks.
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• Daily Quote
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And G-d smelled the sweet savor; and G-d said in his heart: I will not again curse the earth any more because of man, for the impulse of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done
- Genesis 8:21
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• Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Naso, 3rd Portion Numbers 5:1-5:10 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 120 - 134
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, end of Chapter 51
• English Text: Lessons in Tanya
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Genevah Chapter Three
• 3 Chapters: Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Nine, Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Ten, Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Eleven
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• Hayom Yom:
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''Today's Day''
Iyar 27, 5771 • 5 31, 2011Iyar 27, 42nd day of the omer
Iyar 27, 42nd day of the omer5703
Torah lessons:Chumash: Bamidbar, Shlishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 120-134.
Tanya: These garments, (p. 269)...the blessed En Sof.(p. 271).
My father1 related that he heard from his father2 quoting his father (the Tzemach Tzedek), who heard the Alter Rebbe refer to himself as the son of the Maggid (his Rebbe), and as the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov.
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
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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• Today is:,YOM SHLEE'SHEE Iyar 27, 5771 • 5 31, 2011
•
President of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh dies from complications of surgery in Moscow.
A referendum to introduce divorce passes in Malta.
In association football, the UEFA Champions League tournament concludes with FC Barcelona defeating Manchester United in the final.
Egypt re-opens the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip.
In T20 cricket, the Indian Premier League tournament concludes with the Chennai Super Kings defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final.
American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron dies at the age of 62.
•
• Current events
•
• Armed conflict and attacks
•
The Pakistan Air Force kills seventeen militants in a bombing raid on the upper Orakzai Agency. (Dawn)
A truce between the Yemeni government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposing tribal groups breaks down increasing the chance of a civil war. (Reuters)
Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, warns North Atlantic Treaty Organisation that attacks on insurgents in Afghan homes is "not allowed" following the deaths of nine civilians air strike. (Reuters)
•
• Business and economy
•
Australia suspends exports of live cattle to 11 Indonesian abattoirs following exposure of abuses on ABC Television's Four Corners. (ABC News)
Moody's Investor Services announces that Japan's local and foreign currency bond ratings under review because of the impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. (MarketWatch)
Sony advises that it plans to restore the PlayStation Network by the weekends in all markets except Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong. (Tech World)
•
• Disasters
•
New Zealand government experts predict that there is an almost one in four chance of another powerful earthquake in the Canterbury Region in the next 12 months. (SBS News)
•
• International relations
•
Iran denies a plane carrying the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel access to its airspace for two hours en route to India. (Der Spiegel)]
•
• Politics
•
Iranian politican and leader of Nationalist-Religious movement, Ezzatollah Sahabi dies of stroke at age 81. (Monstersandcritics)
Adil Abdul-Mahdi, First Vice President of Iraq resigns after Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki fends off critics who say he has not delivered on power-sharing promises . (Arabnews)
• Today in Judaism
Omer: Day 42 - Malchut sheb'Yesod
•
• Today's Laws & Customs
•
• Count "Forty-Three Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the forty-third 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 forty-three days, which are six 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'Malchut -- "Kindness in Receptiveness"
•
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
•
• Eichmann Executed (1962)
Adolf Eichmann was hanged at Ramleh Prison in Israel following his trial and conviction for his crimes against against the Jewish people, crimes against humanity and war crimes during World War II.
Eichmann was a key party in implementing of Hitler's infamous "final solution." The height of his "career" was reached in Hungary in 1944, when he managed to transport 400,000 Jews to the gas chambers in less than five weeks.
•
• Daily Quote
•
And G-d smelled the sweet savor; and G-d said in his heart: I will not again curse the earth any more because of man, for the impulse of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done
- Genesis 8:21
•
• Daily Study
•
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Naso, 3rd Portion Numbers 5:1-5:10 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 120 - 134
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, end of Chapter 51
• English Text: Lessons in Tanya
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Genevah Chapter Three
• 3 Chapters: Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Nine, Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Ten, Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Eleven
•
• Hayom Yom:
•
''Today's Day''
Iyar 27, 5771 • 5 31, 2011Iyar 27, 42nd day of the omer
Iyar 27, 42nd day of the omer5703
Torah lessons:Chumash: Bamidbar, Shlishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 120-134.
Tanya: These garments, (p. 269)...the blessed En Sof.(p. 271).
My father1 related that he heard from his father2 quoting his father (the Tzemach Tzedek), who heard the Alter Rebbe refer to himself as the son of the Maggid (his Rebbe), and as the grandson of the Baal Shem Tov.
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
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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