Today is: Erev Shabbat, Tammuz 27, 5771 • 7 29, 2011
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Topics in the news
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Asteroid 2010 TK7 is confirmed as the first Earth trojan asteroid discovered.
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Truong Tan Sang becomes the new President of Vietnam and nominates Nguyen Tan Dung to another term as Prime Minister.
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In cycling, Cadel Evans (pictured) wins the 2011 Tour de France, becoming the first Australian Tour de France winner.
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Protests against rising house prices in Israel continue, with thousands gathering in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
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Thousands of protesters encounter violence while marching toward the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in Cairo.
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Current events
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Disasters
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The Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Hwang-sik, calls for an overhaul of disaster management following the death of 59 people in floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in recent days. (Yonhap)
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At least sixteen coal miners have been killed and ten are missing following an explosion at a mine in the Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast. (AP via Google News)
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Law and crime
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Ajmal Kasab, the last surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, launches an appeal against his death sentence in India. (Sky News)
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Today in Jewish History
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Third expulsion from France (1322)
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After having been allowed back into France in the year 1315 (after the expulsion in 1306 by Philip IV), the Jews were once again expelled from France by Charles IV, who thus broke the pledge made by his predecessors in 1315 that the Jews would be able to stay in France for at least 12 years.
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Daily Quote
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Educate the child in accordance with his way, so that also when he grows old he will not depart from it
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- Proverbs 22:6
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Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Massei, 6th Portion Numbers 35:9-35:34 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 120 - 134
Tanya: Igeret HaTeshuva , end of Chapter 7
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Mechirah Chapter Fourteen
• 3 Chapters: Kilaayim Chapter 9, Kilaayim Chapter 10, Matnot Aniyiim Chapter 1
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Hayom Yom: "Today's Day"
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FridayTamuz 275703
Torah lessons:Chumash: Matot-Massai, Shishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 120-134.
Tanya: One who has (p. 371) ...equals them all. (p. 373).
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A brilliant and renowned scholar, exceptionally gifted and remarkably profound in his studies, came to Lyozna and threw himself into the study of Chassidus. With his powerful intellectual propensity he amassed - within a short time - a great and broad knowledge in Chassidus.
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At his first yechidus with the Alter Rebbe, he asked: "Rebbe, what do I lack?" The Rebbe replied: "You lack nothing, for you are G-d-fearing and a scholar. You do need, however, to rid yourself of the chametz - which is awareness of self, and arrogance - and to bring in matza, which is bitul, renunciation of self." An "implement"1 (such as a roasting-spit) may have been used with yeshut, awareness of self; the person imagines himself to be "light." Such pride repels the Shechina (G-d's presence), for "he and (G-d) cannot dwell together."2 That implement (or vessel, i.e. person) needs purging through such intense white heat that the "sparks" of the birurim (purification) fly out3 and are absorbed in the true light."4
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FOOTNOTES
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1. Meaning a person.
2. Sota 5a.
3. This teaching parallels a law of kashering vessels (see Shulchan Aruch HaRav Hilchot Pesach, 451:13): A vessel used for chametz directly in fire - like a roasting-spit - needs white-heat purging "till the sparks fly" to render it fit for Passover ("for matza use"). The word for "fire" ("...used directly in fire"), ur, is virtually the same as or, "light," with identical letters (in Hebrew) and root; the two terms are interchangeable. Hence, the spiritual "kashering law": A vessel (person) used, like the spit, directly in fire (i.e. he arrogantly imagines himself to be "light") needs white-heat purging etc.
4. "...are absorbed in the true light"; by contrast to the self-deluded "light" mentioned earlier. See "On the Teachings of Chassidus" Chapter 24, for an expanded presentation.
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Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides) Dedicate an email
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Tammuz 27, 5771 • July 29, 2011Today's Mitzvah
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A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
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Negative Commandment 42
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Wearing a Mixture of Wool and Linen
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"You shall not wear a garment of sha'atnez"—Deuteronomy 22:11.
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It is forbidden to wear a garment woven [or sewn] of wool and linen, as was the practice of ancient pagan priests, and still practiced today [Ed.'s note: in Maimonides' times] amongst Egyptian monks.
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Positive Commandment 120
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Leaving the Edges of the Fields for the Poor
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"...you shall leave them over"—Leviticus 19:10.
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We are commanded to leave over the edge of our grain and fruit crops for the poor and the stranger.
This commandment applies to an individual tree as it does to a field, and only in the Land of Israel.
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Negative Commandment 210
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Reaping an Entire Harvest
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"Do not remove the corners of your field when you reap the harvest"—Leviticus 23:22.
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It is forbidden to harvest an entire field without leaving over the edge for the needy.
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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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Topics in the news
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Asteroid 2010 TK7 is confirmed as the first Earth trojan asteroid discovered.
.
Truong Tan Sang becomes the new President of Vietnam and nominates Nguyen Tan Dung to another term as Prime Minister.
.
In cycling, Cadel Evans (pictured) wins the 2011 Tour de France, becoming the first Australian Tour de France winner.
.
Protests against rising house prices in Israel continue, with thousands gathering in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
.
Thousands of protesters encounter violence while marching toward the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in Cairo.
.
Current events
.
Disasters
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The Prime Minister of South Korea, Kim Hwang-sik, calls for an overhaul of disaster management following the death of 59 people in floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in recent days. (Yonhap)
.
At least sixteen coal miners have been killed and ten are missing following an explosion at a mine in the Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast. (AP via Google News)
.
Law and crime
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Ajmal Kasab, the last surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, launches an appeal against his death sentence in India. (Sky News)
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Today in Jewish History
•
Third expulsion from France (1322)
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After having been allowed back into France in the year 1315 (after the expulsion in 1306 by Philip IV), the Jews were once again expelled from France by Charles IV, who thus broke the pledge made by his predecessors in 1315 that the Jews would be able to stay in France for at least 12 years.
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Daily Quote
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Educate the child in accordance with his way, so that also when he grows old he will not depart from it
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- Proverbs 22:6
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Daily Study
Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Massei, 6th Portion Numbers 35:9-35:34 with Rashi
Tehillim: Chapters 120 - 134
Tanya: Igeret HaTeshuva , end of Chapter 7
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Mechirah Chapter Fourteen
• 3 Chapters: Kilaayim Chapter 9, Kilaayim Chapter 10, Matnot Aniyiim Chapter 1
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Hayom Yom: "Today's Day"
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FridayTamuz 275703
Torah lessons:Chumash: Matot-Massai, Shishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 120-134.
Tanya: One who has (p. 371) ...equals them all. (p. 373).
.
A brilliant and renowned scholar, exceptionally gifted and remarkably profound in his studies, came to Lyozna and threw himself into the study of Chassidus. With his powerful intellectual propensity he amassed - within a short time - a great and broad knowledge in Chassidus.
.
At his first yechidus with the Alter Rebbe, he asked: "Rebbe, what do I lack?" The Rebbe replied: "You lack nothing, for you are G-d-fearing and a scholar. You do need, however, to rid yourself of the chametz - which is awareness of self, and arrogance - and to bring in matza, which is bitul, renunciation of self." An "implement"1 (such as a roasting-spit) may have been used with yeshut, awareness of self; the person imagines himself to be "light." Such pride repels the Shechina (G-d's presence), for "he and (G-d) cannot dwell together."2 That implement (or vessel, i.e. person) needs purging through such intense white heat that the "sparks" of the birurim (purification) fly out3 and are absorbed in the true light."4
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FOOTNOTES
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1. Meaning a person.
2. Sota 5a.
3. This teaching parallels a law of kashering vessels (see Shulchan Aruch HaRav Hilchot Pesach, 451:13): A vessel used for chametz directly in fire - like a roasting-spit - needs white-heat purging "till the sparks fly" to render it fit for Passover ("for matza use"). The word for "fire" ("...used directly in fire"), ur, is virtually the same as or, "light," with identical letters (in Hebrew) and root; the two terms are interchangeable. Hence, the spiritual "kashering law": A vessel (person) used, like the spit, directly in fire (i.e. he arrogantly imagines himself to be "light") needs white-heat purging etc.
4. "...are absorbed in the true light"; by contrast to the self-deluded "light" mentioned earlier. See "On the Teachings of Chassidus" Chapter 24, for an expanded presentation.
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Daily Mitzvah (Maimonides) Dedicate an email
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Tammuz 27, 5771 • July 29, 2011Today's Mitzvah
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A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
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Negative Commandment 42
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Wearing a Mixture of Wool and Linen
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"You shall not wear a garment of sha'atnez"—Deuteronomy 22:11.
.
It is forbidden to wear a garment woven [or sewn] of wool and linen, as was the practice of ancient pagan priests, and still practiced today [Ed.'s note: in Maimonides' times] amongst Egyptian monks.
.
Positive Commandment 120
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Leaving the Edges of the Fields for the Poor
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"...you shall leave them over"—Leviticus 19:10.
.
We are commanded to leave over the edge of our grain and fruit crops for the poor and the stranger.
This commandment applies to an individual tree as it does to a field, and only in the Land of Israel.
.
Negative Commandment 210
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Reaping an Entire Harvest
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"Do not remove the corners of your field when you reap the harvest"—Leviticus 23:22.
.
It is forbidden to harvest an entire field without leaving over the edge for the needy.
.
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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