• Today in Judaism
• Today is: YOM RISHONE, Sivan 17, 5771 • 6 19, 2011
• Today in Jewish History
• Noah's Ark Comes to Rest on Mt. Ararat (2105 BCE)
• Seven months after the beginning of the Great Flood, and 17 days after the waters covering the earth began to subside, the Ark sheltering Noah, his family, and members of all animal species came to rest on the (still submerged) summit of Mount Ararat.
• Hasmonean Victory (circa 140 BCE)
• The Hasmonean fighters recaptured Migdal Tzur from the Greek enemy and proclaimed this day a holiday (Talmud, Megilat Taanit).
• Link: The Macabees
• Daily Quote
• Great is peace! For to make peace between husband and wife, the Torah instructs that the name of G-d, written in holiness, should be blotted out in water
- Talmud, Chulin 141a
• Daily Study
• Chitas and Rambam for today:
• Chumash: Korach, 1st Portion Numbers 16:1-16:13 with Rashi
• Tehillim: Chapters 83 - 87
• Tanya: Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah, beginning of Chapter 6
• Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Gezelah va'Avedah Chapter Thirteen
• 3 Chapters: Gerushin Chapter Thirteen, Yibbum vChalitzah Chapter One, Yibbum vChalitzah Chapter Two
• Hayom Yom:
• ''Today's Day''
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• Torah lessons:Chumash: Sh'lach, first parsha with Rashi.
• Tehillim: 83-87.
• Tanya: Ch. 6. Now, the name (p. 301)...included in Chesed. (p. 303).
• Refraining from deriving pleasure - in the fullest sense - from this world, is only a fine preparation for avoda. Avoda itself is transforming the physical into a vehicle for G-dliness.
• Today's Mitzvah
• A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
• Negative Commandment 356
• Remarrying a Divorced Wife Who Remarried in the Interim
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• "Her first husband who sent her away may not marry her again"—Deuteronomy 24:4.
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• It is forbidden for a man to remarry a woman he divorced if she has remarried [and subsequently been divorced again or widowed] in the interim.
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• Topics in the news
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• In response to the ongoing protests in Morocco, King Mohammed VI (pictured) announces constitutional reform proposals to be voted on in a referendum.
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• Ongoing flooding in the People's Republic of China affects more than ten million people and causes more than US$3 billion in damage.
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• Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati forms a new government.
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• Let the Great World Spin, by Irish writer Colum McCann, wins the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
•
• Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeds Osama bin Laden as al-Qaeda's leader.
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• In ice hockey, the Boston Bruins defeat the Vancouver Canucks in game seven to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972.
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• Current events of
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• Arts and culture
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• The Philippines commemorates the 150th birth anniversary of José Rizal with the unveiling of the world's tallest statue of him in his hometown of Calamba, Laguna. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
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• Disasters
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• More than two million people have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in the Chinese province of Zhejiang. (AP via MSNBC)
• International relations
•
• Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the third straight week as tensions escalate over disputed areas of the South China Sea. (Taiwan News)
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• Law and crime
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• Six foreigners including two Britons and an American are jailed for lengthy terms in Somalia after the seizure of a plane containing $3.6 million in ransom for pirates. (AFP via France24)
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• An Indonesian woman is beheaded in Saudi Arabia for killing a Saudi woman. (Jakarta Post)
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• THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
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• Genesis Chapter 1
• בְּרֵאשִׁית
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• Yom Reeshone........... First day CREATION OF LIGHT
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• א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ. 1
• In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• ב וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם. 2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
• ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר. 3
• And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.
• ד וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר, כִּי-טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים, בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ. 4
• And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
• ה וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם אֶחָד. {פ} 5
• And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P}
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• Today is: YOM RISHONE, Sivan 17, 5771 • 6 19, 2011
• Today in Jewish History
• Noah's Ark Comes to Rest on Mt. Ararat (2105 BCE)
• Seven months after the beginning of the Great Flood, and 17 days after the waters covering the earth began to subside, the Ark sheltering Noah, his family, and members of all animal species came to rest on the (still submerged) summit of Mount Ararat.
• Hasmonean Victory (circa 140 BCE)
• The Hasmonean fighters recaptured Migdal Tzur from the Greek enemy and proclaimed this day a holiday (Talmud, Megilat Taanit).
• Link: The Macabees
• Daily Quote
• Great is peace! For to make peace between husband and wife, the Torah instructs that the name of G-d, written in holiness, should be blotted out in water
- Talmud, Chulin 141a
• Daily Study
• Chitas and Rambam for today:
• Chumash: Korach, 1st Portion Numbers 16:1-16:13 with Rashi
• Tehillim: Chapters 83 - 87
• Tanya: Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah, beginning of Chapter 6
• Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Gezelah va'Avedah Chapter Thirteen
• 3 Chapters: Gerushin Chapter Thirteen, Yibbum vChalitzah Chapter One, Yibbum vChalitzah Chapter Two
• Hayom Yom:
• ''Today's Day''
•
• Torah lessons:Chumash: Sh'lach, first parsha with Rashi.
• Tehillim: 83-87.
• Tanya: Ch. 6. Now, the name (p. 301)...included in Chesed. (p. 303).
• Refraining from deriving pleasure - in the fullest sense - from this world, is only a fine preparation for avoda. Avoda itself is transforming the physical into a vehicle for G-dliness.
• Today's Mitzvah
• A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
• Negative Commandment 356
• Remarrying a Divorced Wife Who Remarried in the Interim
•
• "Her first husband who sent her away may not marry her again"—Deuteronomy 24:4.
•
• It is forbidden for a man to remarry a woman he divorced if she has remarried [and subsequently been divorced again or widowed] in the interim.
•
• Topics in the news
•
• In response to the ongoing protests in Morocco, King Mohammed VI (pictured) announces constitutional reform proposals to be voted on in a referendum.
•
• Ongoing flooding in the People's Republic of China affects more than ten million people and causes more than US$3 billion in damage.
•
• Lebanese prime minister Najib Mikati forms a new government.
•
• Let the Great World Spin, by Irish writer Colum McCann, wins the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
•
• Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeds Osama bin Laden as al-Qaeda's leader.
•
• In ice hockey, the Boston Bruins defeat the Vancouver Canucks in game seven to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972.
•
• Current events of
•
• Arts and culture
•
• The Philippines commemorates the 150th birth anniversary of José Rizal with the unveiling of the world's tallest statue of him in his hometown of Calamba, Laguna. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
•
• Disasters
•
• More than two million people have been displaced or otherwise affected by flooding in the Chinese province of Zhejiang. (AP via MSNBC)
• International relations
•
• Hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi for the third straight week as tensions escalate over disputed areas of the South China Sea. (Taiwan News)
•
• Law and crime
•
• Six foreigners including two Britons and an American are jailed for lengthy terms in Somalia after the seizure of a plane containing $3.6 million in ransom for pirates. (AFP via France24)
•
• An Indonesian woman is beheaded in Saudi Arabia for killing a Saudi woman. (Jakarta Post)
•
• THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
•
• Genesis Chapter 1
• בְּרֵאשִׁית
•
•
• Yom Reeshone........... First day CREATION OF LIGHT
•
• א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ. 1
• In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• ב וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם. 2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.
• ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר. 3
• And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.
• ד וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר, כִּי-טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים, בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ. 4
• And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
• ה וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם אֶחָד. {פ} 5
• And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. {P}
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