• Topics in the news
• Shabbat Shalom!
• Today is: Erev Shabbat, Sivan 22, 5771 • 6 24, 2011
• Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch political Party for Freedom, is acquitted of hate speech charges.
• For their role in the 2011 Bahraini uprising, eight pro-democracy activists are sentenced to life imprisonment.
• James "Whitey" Bulger is captured in Santa Monica, California, after 12 years on the U.S. FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
• Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei is released from detention.
• Ban Ki-moon is re-elected for a second term as the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• In the South Kordofan conflict, North Sudan and South Sudan agree to demilitarize the contested area of Abyei.
• Current events of 6 24 2011
• Armed conflicts and attacks
• The New York Times reports that a cell phone belonging to Osama bin Laden's courier contains contacts with Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen indicating possible ties with Pakistan's intelligence agencies. (New York Times)
• Hilary Clinton, the United States Secretary of State, warns of a possible escalation of the 2011 Syrian uprising as Syrian Army forces mass near the border with Turkey. (Sky)
• Three explosions hit the Myanmar cities of Naypyitaw, Mandalay and Pyin Oo Lwin. (Reuters)
• Disasters
• Mudslides isolate 1,200 in Japan's Nagano Prefecture. (Kyodo News)
• Tropical Storm Meari hits the Philippines, leaving 11 people missing and over 40,000 displaced. (Xinhua)
• Law and crime
• The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda passes judgement on six suspects in relation to massacres in the former Butare Province including Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, former Minister for Family and Women Affairs with Nyiramasuhuko receiving a life sentence. (The New Times) (CNN)
• Sport
• Applications begin for second chance tickets for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. (The Daily Telegraph)
• Today in Judaism
• Today in Jewish History
• Miriam Quarantined (1312 BCE)
• Miriam, the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, was afflicted with tzaraat (leprosy) after speaking negatively of Moses, and was quarantined outside of the camp for seven days--as related in Numbers 12
• Daily Quote
• The mind and heart of man are never empty. If there is no life-nourishing "water," there are "snakes and scorpions in it"
- The Chassidic Masters
• Daily Study
• Chitas and Rambam for today:
• Chumash: Korach, 6th Portion Numbers 17:25-18:20 with Rashi
• Tehillim: Chapters 106 - 107
• Tanya: Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah, middle of Chapter 7
• Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Gezelah va'Avedah Chapter Eighteen
• 3 Chapters: Issurei Biah Chapter One, Issurei Biah Chapter Two, Sotah Chapter Four
• Hayom Yom:
• "Today's Day"
• Sivan 225703
• Torah lessons: Chumash: Sh'lach, Shishi with Rashi.
• Tehillim: 106-107.
• Tanya: Now, although He (p. 309)...the lower (worlds). (p. 311).
• In Ahavat olam (p. 44-5), at the words vehavi'einu leshalom, bring together the two front tzitzit. Then join to them the tzitzit of the left back corner, then the tzitzit of the right back corner, holding them together between the little finger and ring finger of the left hand.
• Kiss the tzitzit six times, at the words tzitzit, tzitzit, l'tzitzit, emet, kayemet and la'ad.
• Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
• Sivan 22, 5771 6 24, 2011Today's Mitzvah
• A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
• Negative Commandment 105
• Frankincense on the Suspected Adulteress' Meal Offering
• "Nor shall he put frankincense upon it"—Numbers 5:15.
• It is forbidden to add frankincense to the suspected adulteress' meal offering [as is done by almost all other meal offerings].
• Negative Commandment 330
• Incest with a Mother
• "She is your mother, do not uncover her nakedness"—Leviticus 18:7.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's mother.
• Negative Commandment 331
• Incest with a Step-Mother
• "Do not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife"—Leviticus 18:8.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's step-mother.
• Negative Commandment 332
• Incest with a Sister
• "The nakedness of your sister, [whether] your father's daughter . . . you shall not uncover their nakedness"—Leviticus 18:9.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's sister.
• Negative Commandment 333
• Incest with a Paternal Half-Sister
• "The daughter of your father's wife born to your father, she is your sister: you shall not uncover her nakedness"—Leviticus 18:11.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's paternal half-sister.
• [Incest with a maternal half-sister is also forbidden—it is included in Negative Commandment 332. But one who engages in incestuous relations with a paternal half-sister is also transgressing this prohibition.]
• Negative Commandment 334
• Incest with a Son's Daughter
• "The nakedness of your son's daughter . . . you shall not uncover"—Leviticus 18:10.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's son's daughter.
• THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
• Genesis Chapter 1
• בְּרֵאשִׁית
• Yom Ha´shee´shee ....Sixth day
• כד וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ, בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַיְתוֹ-אֶרֶץ, לְמִינָהּ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 24
• And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.' And it was so.
• כה וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ, וְאֶת-הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ, וְאֵת כָּל-רֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה, לְמִינֵהוּ; וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 25
• And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
• כו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ; וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל-הָאָרֶץ, וּבְכָל-הָרֶמֶשׂ, הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 26
• And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
• כז וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ, בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ: זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, בָּרָא אֹתָם. 27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
• כח וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם, אֱלֹהִים, וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וְכִבְשֻׁהָ; וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם, וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבְכָל-חַיָּה, הָרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 28
• And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
• כט וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת-כָּל-עֵשֶׂב זֹרֵעַ זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל-פְּנֵי כָל-הָאָרֶץ, וְאֶת-כָּל-הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ פְרִי-עֵץ, זֹרֵעַ זָרַע: לָכֶם יִהְיֶה, לְאָכְלָה. 29
• And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed--to you it shall be for food;
• ל וּלְכָל-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל-עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה, אֶת-כָּל-יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב, לְאָכְלָה; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 30
• and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.' And it was so.
• לא וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה, וְהִנֵּה-טוֹב מְאֹד; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי. {פ} 31 And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
• Shabbat Shalom!
• Today is: Erev Shabbat, Sivan 22, 5771 • 6 24, 2011
• Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch political Party for Freedom, is acquitted of hate speech charges.
• For their role in the 2011 Bahraini uprising, eight pro-democracy activists are sentenced to life imprisonment.
• James "Whitey" Bulger is captured in Santa Monica, California, after 12 years on the U.S. FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
• Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei is released from detention.
• Ban Ki-moon is re-elected for a second term as the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• In the South Kordofan conflict, North Sudan and South Sudan agree to demilitarize the contested area of Abyei.
• Current events of 6 24 2011
• Armed conflicts and attacks
• The New York Times reports that a cell phone belonging to Osama bin Laden's courier contains contacts with Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen indicating possible ties with Pakistan's intelligence agencies. (New York Times)
• Hilary Clinton, the United States Secretary of State, warns of a possible escalation of the 2011 Syrian uprising as Syrian Army forces mass near the border with Turkey. (Sky)
• Three explosions hit the Myanmar cities of Naypyitaw, Mandalay and Pyin Oo Lwin. (Reuters)
• Disasters
• Mudslides isolate 1,200 in Japan's Nagano Prefecture. (Kyodo News)
• Tropical Storm Meari hits the Philippines, leaving 11 people missing and over 40,000 displaced. (Xinhua)
• Law and crime
• The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda passes judgement on six suspects in relation to massacres in the former Butare Province including Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, former Minister for Family and Women Affairs with Nyiramasuhuko receiving a life sentence. (The New Times) (CNN)
• Sport
• Applications begin for second chance tickets for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. (The Daily Telegraph)
• Today in Judaism
• Today in Jewish History
• Miriam Quarantined (1312 BCE)
• Miriam, the elder sister of Moses and Aaron, was afflicted with tzaraat (leprosy) after speaking negatively of Moses, and was quarantined outside of the camp for seven days--as related in Numbers 12
• Daily Quote
• The mind and heart of man are never empty. If there is no life-nourishing "water," there are "snakes and scorpions in it"
- The Chassidic Masters
• Daily Study
• Chitas and Rambam for today:
• Chumash: Korach, 6th Portion Numbers 17:25-18:20 with Rashi
• Tehillim: Chapters 106 - 107
• Tanya: Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah, middle of Chapter 7
• Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Gezelah va'Avedah Chapter Eighteen
• 3 Chapters: Issurei Biah Chapter One, Issurei Biah Chapter Two, Sotah Chapter Four
• Hayom Yom:
• "Today's Day"
• Sivan 225703
• Torah lessons: Chumash: Sh'lach, Shishi with Rashi.
• Tehillim: 106-107.
• Tanya: Now, although He (p. 309)...the lower (worlds). (p. 311).
• In Ahavat olam (p. 44-5), at the words vehavi'einu leshalom, bring together the two front tzitzit. Then join to them the tzitzit of the left back corner, then the tzitzit of the right back corner, holding them together between the little finger and ring finger of the left hand.
• Kiss the tzitzit six times, at the words tzitzit, tzitzit, l'tzitzit, emet, kayemet and la'ad.
• Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides)
• Sivan 22, 5771 6 24, 2011Today's Mitzvah
• A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
• Negative Commandment 105
• Frankincense on the Suspected Adulteress' Meal Offering
• "Nor shall he put frankincense upon it"—Numbers 5:15.
• It is forbidden to add frankincense to the suspected adulteress' meal offering [as is done by almost all other meal offerings].
• Negative Commandment 330
• Incest with a Mother
• "She is your mother, do not uncover her nakedness"—Leviticus 18:7.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's mother.
• Negative Commandment 331
• Incest with a Step-Mother
• "Do not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife"—Leviticus 18:8.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's step-mother.
• Negative Commandment 332
• Incest with a Sister
• "The nakedness of your sister, [whether] your father's daughter . . . you shall not uncover their nakedness"—Leviticus 18:9.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's sister.
• Negative Commandment 333
• Incest with a Paternal Half-Sister
• "The daughter of your father's wife born to your father, she is your sister: you shall not uncover her nakedness"—Leviticus 18:11.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's paternal half-sister.
• [Incest with a maternal half-sister is also forbidden—it is included in Negative Commandment 332. But one who engages in incestuous relations with a paternal half-sister is also transgressing this prohibition.]
• Negative Commandment 334
• Incest with a Son's Daughter
• "The nakedness of your son's daughter . . . you shall not uncover"—Leviticus 18:10.
• It is forbidden to have incestuous relations with one's son's daughter.
• THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
• Genesis Chapter 1
• בְּרֵאשִׁית
• Yom Ha´shee´shee ....Sixth day
• כד וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ, בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַיְתוֹ-אֶרֶץ, לְמִינָהּ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 24
• And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.' And it was so.
• כה וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ, וְאֶת-הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ, וְאֵת כָּל-רֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה, לְמִינֵהוּ; וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 25
• And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
• כו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ; וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל-הָאָרֶץ, וּבְכָל-הָרֶמֶשׂ, הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 26
• And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
• כז וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאָדָם בְּצַלְמוֹ, בְּצֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים בָּרָא אֹתוֹ: זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה, בָּרָא אֹתָם. 27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
• כח וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם, אֱלֹהִים, וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וְכִבְשֻׁהָ; וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם, וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבְכָל-חַיָּה, הָרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 28
• And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
• כט וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת-כָּל-עֵשֶׂב זֹרֵעַ זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל-פְּנֵי כָל-הָאָרֶץ, וְאֶת-כָּל-הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ פְרִי-עֵץ, זֹרֵעַ זָרַע: לָכֶם יִהְיֶה, לְאָכְלָה. 29
• And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed--to you it shall be for food;
• ל וּלְכָל-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל-עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה, אֶת-כָּל-יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב, לְאָכְלָה; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 30
• and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.' And it was so.
• לא וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה, וְהִנֵּה-טוֹב מְאֹד; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי. {פ} 31 And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
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