Topics in the news
ShaLom!
Today is: Yom Shaynee, Sivan 25, 5771 • 6 27, 2011
5 MORE DAYS TO SHABBAT!!
Mario Draghi is appointed for an eight-year term as President of the European Central Bank, effective 1 November.
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko is convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Actor Peter Falk, best known for playing the detective Columbo, dies at the age of 83.
The Nabro Volcano erupts, emitting the greatest quantity of sulfur dioxide ever recorded by satellite.
AirAsia places the largest single order in commercial aviation history, purchasing 200 Airbus A320neo jetliners.
Dutch politician Geert Wilders is acquitted of hate speech charges.
Current events
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iran announces plans to conduct a military exercise and test the Sajjil long-range missile, which is reportedly capable of striking Israel or southeastern Europe. (Jerusalem Post)
The International Criminal Court at The Hague will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and two of his closest allies in connection to alleged human rights abuses in the 2011 Libyan uprising. (AFP via France 24)
Arts and culture
The University of York purchases a tonne of material relating to Alan Ayckbourn for £240,000 and plans to make it available to the general public and online. (The Guardian)
Business and culture
A leak is detected in a PTT Public Company Limited pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand; the leak will cut natural gas supplies in Thailand and affect power generation. (Bangkok Post)
The Premier of China Wen Jiabao signals that the People's Republic of China will have trouble meeting its inflation target of 4 per cent in 2011. (Reuters)
Disasters
Tropical Storm Haima kills seventeen people in northern Vietnam. (AP via Boston Globe)
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US state of New Mexico is closed due to a wildfire burning nearby. (CNN)
International relations
Pakistan expels British military advisers following the United States Navy Seals raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. (Daily Telegraph)
Law and crime
A United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia holds its first hearings in the trial of four former senior Khmer Rouge officials, including former head of state Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot's deputy Nuon Chea. (BBC), (AFP via France 24)
Politics
The Parliament of Greece begins debate on unpopular austerity measures designed to avert the threat of bankruptcy through a 78-billion-euro rescue package. (Reuters via Yahoo News), (Bloomberg)
Science
The asteroid 2011 MD will pass within 12,000 kilometres of the Earth's surface at about 13:00 EDT. (ABC Australia)
Today in Judaism
Today in Jewish History
• Jews Debate Before Alexander (313 BCE)
Jewish victory in public debate with Ishmaelites, Canaanites and Egyptians before Alexander the Great. (Megillat Taanit 3)
• Three of the "Ten Martyrs" Killed (2nd century CE)
Among the millions of Jews cruelly killed by the Romans were the "Ten Martyrs"--all great sages and leaders of Israel--memorialized in a special prayer recited on Yom Kippur. Three of them--Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel, Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha and Rabbi Chanina S'gan Hakohanim--were killed on Sivan 25.
Daily Quote
The Brit Milah (covenant of circumcision) impresses the quality of self-sacrifice in the Jew. Because he has already sacrificed a part of himself at a most early age, the Jew is prepared to give his very life to G-d.
- Keli Yakar
Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Chukat, 2nd Portion Numbers 19:18-20:6 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapter 119, Verses 1-96
Tanya: Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah, middle of Chapter 7
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Chovel uMazzik Chapter Three
• 3 Chapters: Issurei Biah Chapter Nine, Issurei Biah Chapter Ten, Issurei Biah Chapter Eleven
Hayom Yom:
"Today's Day"
"A care in a man's heart, yash'chena."1 Our sages offer2 two interpretations of that last word: "Remove the care from the mind"3 or "discuss it with others."4
The Tzemach Tzedek commented: "...with others" who are "others" only in the bodily sense, but are completely united with him, for they empathize with him.
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
Negative Commandment 348
Bestiality (for a man)
"And with no animal shall you cohabit"—Leviticus 18:23.
It is forbidden for a man to engage in sexual relations with an animal.
Negative Commandment 349
Bestiality (for a woman)
"And a woman shall not stand in front of an animal to cohabit with it"—Leviticus 18:23.
It is forbidden for a woman to engage in sexual relations with an animal.
Negative Commandment 350
Male Homosexuality
"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; this is an abomination"—Leviticus 18:22.
It is forbidden for a man to engage in homosexual relations.
Negative Commandment 351
Father-Son Incest
"You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father"—Leviticus 18:7.
It is forbidden for a man to engage in homosexual relations with his father. One who does so transgresses two prohibitions: the general prohibition against homosexuality as well as this specific prohibition.
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Shaynee ............Second day
CREATION DAY THE HEAVENS EARTH, AND WATERS
ו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם, וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל, בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם.
6And 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}
ShaLom!
Today is: Yom Shaynee, Sivan 25, 5771 • 6 27, 2011
5 MORE DAYS TO SHABBAT!!
Mario Draghi is appointed for an eight-year term as President of the European Central Bank, effective 1 November.
Pauline Nyiramasuhuko is convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
Actor Peter Falk, best known for playing the detective Columbo, dies at the age of 83.
The Nabro Volcano erupts, emitting the greatest quantity of sulfur dioxide ever recorded by satellite.
AirAsia places the largest single order in commercial aviation history, purchasing 200 Airbus A320neo jetliners.
Dutch politician Geert Wilders is acquitted of hate speech charges.
Current events
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iran announces plans to conduct a military exercise and test the Sajjil long-range missile, which is reportedly capable of striking Israel or southeastern Europe. (Jerusalem Post)
The International Criminal Court at The Hague will decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and two of his closest allies in connection to alleged human rights abuses in the 2011 Libyan uprising. (AFP via France 24)
Arts and culture
The University of York purchases a tonne of material relating to Alan Ayckbourn for £240,000 and plans to make it available to the general public and online. (The Guardian)
Business and culture
A leak is detected in a PTT Public Company Limited pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand; the leak will cut natural gas supplies in Thailand and affect power generation. (Bangkok Post)
The Premier of China Wen Jiabao signals that the People's Republic of China will have trouble meeting its inflation target of 4 per cent in 2011. (Reuters)
Disasters
Tropical Storm Haima kills seventeen people in northern Vietnam. (AP via Boston Globe)
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US state of New Mexico is closed due to a wildfire burning nearby. (CNN)
International relations
Pakistan expels British military advisers following the United States Navy Seals raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden. (Daily Telegraph)
Law and crime
A United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia holds its first hearings in the trial of four former senior Khmer Rouge officials, including former head of state Khieu Samphan and Pol Pot's deputy Nuon Chea. (BBC), (AFP via France 24)
Politics
The Parliament of Greece begins debate on unpopular austerity measures designed to avert the threat of bankruptcy through a 78-billion-euro rescue package. (Reuters via Yahoo News), (Bloomberg)
Science
The asteroid 2011 MD will pass within 12,000 kilometres of the Earth's surface at about 13:00 EDT. (ABC Australia)
Today in Judaism
Today in Jewish History
• Jews Debate Before Alexander (313 BCE)
Jewish victory in public debate with Ishmaelites, Canaanites and Egyptians before Alexander the Great. (Megillat Taanit 3)
• Three of the "Ten Martyrs" Killed (2nd century CE)
Among the millions of Jews cruelly killed by the Romans were the "Ten Martyrs"--all great sages and leaders of Israel--memorialized in a special prayer recited on Yom Kippur. Three of them--Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel, Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha and Rabbi Chanina S'gan Hakohanim--were killed on Sivan 25.
Daily Quote
The Brit Milah (covenant of circumcision) impresses the quality of self-sacrifice in the Jew. Because he has already sacrificed a part of himself at a most early age, the Jew is prepared to give his very life to G-d.
- Keli Yakar
Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Chukat, 2nd Portion Numbers 19:18-20:6 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapter 119, Verses 1-96
Tanya: Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah, middle of Chapter 7
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Chovel uMazzik Chapter Three
• 3 Chapters: Issurei Biah Chapter Nine, Issurei Biah Chapter Ten, Issurei Biah Chapter Eleven
Hayom Yom:
"Today's Day"
"A care in a man's heart, yash'chena."1 Our sages offer2 two interpretations of that last word: "Remove the care from the mind"3 or "discuss it with others."4
The Tzemach Tzedek commented: "...with others" who are "others" only in the bodily sense, but are completely united with him, for they empathize with him.
Today's Mitzvah
A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
Negative Commandment 348
Bestiality (for a man)
"And with no animal shall you cohabit"—Leviticus 18:23.
It is forbidden for a man to engage in sexual relations with an animal.
Negative Commandment 349
Bestiality (for a woman)
"And a woman shall not stand in front of an animal to cohabit with it"—Leviticus 18:23.
It is forbidden for a woman to engage in sexual relations with an animal.
Negative Commandment 350
Male Homosexuality
"You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; this is an abomination"—Leviticus 18:22.
It is forbidden for a man to engage in homosexual relations.
Negative Commandment 351
Father-Son Incest
"You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father"—Leviticus 18:7.
It is forbidden for a man to engage in homosexual relations with his father. One who does so transgresses two prohibitions: the general prohibition against homosexuality as well as this specific prohibition.
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
Genesis Chapter 1
בְּרֵאשִׁית
Yom Shaynee ............Second day
CREATION DAY THE HEAVENS EARTH, AND WATERS
ו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם, וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל, בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם.
6And 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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