COMBINATION FOR Today: ERERV SHABBAT, Elul 10, 5771 • 9 9, 2011
& SHABBAT, Elul 11 5771. 9-0-2011
THE CROWN OF THE WEEK
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SHABBAT SHALOM!!!
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Topics in the news
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A plane crash near Yaroslavl, Russia, kills at least 43 people, including most of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
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At least 11 people are killed in a bomb blast near the High Court of Delhi.
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Amid ongoing fires in Texas, a wildfire—the most destructive in the state's history—destroys more than 1,300 homes in Bastrop County.
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Citing "massive overvaluation" of the Swiss franc, the Swiss National Bank introduces a minimum exchange rate with the euro.
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The 2011 World Championships in Athletics concludes with Jamaica setting a world record in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.
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Current events
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Science
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Australopithecus sediba skeletons found at the Cradle of Humankind site in South Africa are dated at 2 million years old, suggesting that the hominid species could be a missing link between apes and humans. (The Australian)
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Sport
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In rugby union, the 2011 Rugby World Cup begins in New Zealand, with New Zealand (the All Blacks) playing Tonga (the Sea Eagles) in Auckland. (The Telegraph)
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Today's Laws & Customs
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• Elul Observances
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As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionaly a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upcoming "Days of Awe" of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.
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As the month of Divine Mercy and Forgiveness (see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul 1) it is a most opportune time for teshuvah ("return" to G-d), prayer, charity, and increased Ahavat Yisrael (love for a fellow Jew) in the quest for self-improvement and coming closer to G-d. Chassidic master Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi likens the month of Elul to a time when "the king is in the field" and, in contrast to when he is in the royal palace, "everyone who so desires is permitted to meet him, and he receives them all with a cheerful countenance and shows a smiling face to them all."
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Specific Elul customs include the daily sounding of the shofar (ram's horn) as a call to repentance. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of reciting three additional chapters of Psalms each day, from the 1st of Elul until Yom Kippur (on Yom Kippur the remaining 36 chapters are recited, thereby completing the entire book of Psalms). Click below to view today's Psalms.
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Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30
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Elul is also the time to have one's tefillin and mezuzot checked by an accredited scribe to ensure that they are in good condition and fit for use.
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Today in Jewish History
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• Noah Dispatches Raven (2105 BCE)
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On the 10th of Elul of the year 1656 from creation (2105 BCE), as the Great Flood neared its end, Noah opened the window of the Ark and dispatched a raven to determine if the flood waters had begun to recede (Genesis 8:1; Rashi). For a discussion of the deeper significance of this event, see The Window
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Daily Quote
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The materials donated for the Mishkan correspond to the components of the human being. "Gold" is the soul; "silver," the body; "copper," the voice; "blue," the veins; "purple," the flesh; "red," the blood; "flax," the intestines; "goat hair," the hair; "ram skins dyed red," the skin of the face; "tachash skins," the scalp; "shittim wood," the bones; "oil for lighting," the eyes; "spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense," the nose, mouth and palate; "shoham stones and gemstones for setting," the kidneys and the heart.
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- Midrash HaGadol
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
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Chumash: Ki Teitzei, 6th Portion Deuteronomy 24:5-24:13 with Rashi
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Tehillim: Chapters 55 - 59
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Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, end of Epistle 12
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Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
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• 1 Chapter: Shechenim Chapter Fourteen
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• 3 Chapters: Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 16, Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 17, Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 18
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Hayom Yom, "Today's Day"
Elul 10 5703
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Great elders of the Alter Rebbe's chassidim used to say that yechidus (private audience with the Rebbe) means: "clear," "designated," "united." The sources of these three interpretations are in Shekalim 6:2, Yevamot 62a, and Bereishit Raba 20.
This means that the idea of yechidus is:
To clarify one's own status;
To designate a mode of avoda for him in "turn(ing) away from evil" and in the acquisition of fine character traits;
And that he should bind himself1 in total oneness, and utterly dedicate himself1 with all his desires.
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FOOTNOTES
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1. To the Rebbe.
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Today's Mitzvah
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A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
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Positive Commandment 84
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Offering Sacrifices in the Chosen Sanctuary
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"And there, you shall do all that I command you..."—Deuteronomy 12:14.
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We are commanded to only offer sacrifices in the Holy Temple.
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Positive Commandment 85
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Bringing Pledged Sacrifices from Outside Israel
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"Only the holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place"—Deuteronomy 12:26.
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We are commanded to bring all sacrifices – Sin, Burnt, Guilt and Peace Offerings – to the Holy Temple, though the person and the animal are outside of Israel, and despite the long journey involved.
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Negative Commandment 90
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Slaughtering Sacrifices outside the Holy Temple
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"...who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat inside the camp, or who slaughters outside the camp, but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to offer up as a sacrifice to G‑d . . . this shall be counted for that man as blood; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off"—Leviticus 17:3.
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It is forbidden to slaughter outside the Holy Temple any animal designated for sacrifice.
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Today is: Shabbat, Elul 11, 5771 • 9 10, 2011
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Today's Laws & Customs
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• Ethics of the Fathers: Chapter 2
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During the summer months, from the Shabbat after Passover until the Shabbat before Rosh Hashahah, we study a weekly chapter of the Talmud's Ethics of the Fathers ("Avot") each Shabbat afternoon; this week we study Chapter Two.
Link: Ethics of the Fathers, Chapter 2
• Elul Observances
.
As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionaly a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upcoming "Days of Awe" of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.
.
As the month of Divine Mercy and Forgiveness (see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul 1) it is a most opportune time for teshuvah ("return" to G-d), prayer, charity, and increased Ahavat Yisrael (love for a fellow Jew) in the quest for self-improvement and coming closer to G-d. Chassidic master Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi likens the month of Elul to a time when "the king is in the field" and, in contrast to when he is in the royal palace, "everyone who so desires is permitted to meet him, and he receives them all with a cheerful countenance and shows a smiling face to them all."
.
Specific Elul customs include the daily sounding of the shofar (ram's horn) as a call to repentance. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of reciting three additional chapters of Psalms each day, from the 1st of Elul until Yom Kippur (on Yom Kippur the remaining 36 chapters are recited, thereby completing the entire book of Psalms). Click below to view today's Psalms.
Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33
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Elul is also the time to have one's tefillin and mezuzot checked by an accredited scribe to ensure that they are in good condition and fit for use.
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Today in Jewish History
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• Completion of Yosef Caro's Commentary (1542)
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In 1522, Rabbi Yosef Caro started writing the Beit Yosef, his famous commentary on the Arba Turim, Yaakov Ben Asher’s comprehensive Halachic code. He started writing this commentary in Adrianople, Turkey, and continued for the next twenty years, during which time he relocated to Safed, Israel. He completed the monumental work on the 11th of Elul. It took another ten years for the writings to be published.
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• Rashab's marriage (1875)
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Marriage of the fifth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn ("Rashab", 1860-1920), to Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah Schneerson (1860-1942).
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
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Chumash: Ki Teitzei, 7th Portion Deuteronomy 24:14-25:19 with Rashi
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Tehillim: Chapters 60 - 65
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Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, Epistle 13
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Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
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• 1 Chapter: Sheluchin veShuttafin Chapter One
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• 3 Chapters: Temidin uMusafim Chapter 1, Temidin uMusafim Chapter 2, Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 19
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Hayom Yom, "Today's Day"
Shabbat Elul 115703
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On Shabbat Teitsei 5603 (1843), at the Kiddush table by day, the Tzemach Tzedek said: "This world is a world of falsity, therefore even good is adulterated with chaff and must be purified 'from below upward' as well as from 'Above downward.' Olam haba (the Coming World) is the world of truth. In Torah there are discussions of matters which may appear negative, yet the same matters, as they are studied in gan eden1 - are actually positive qualities."
Then the Rebbe began to sing, and indicated with a motion of his hand that everyone join him. His sons began singing, then all the chassidim joined in; the singing enflamed and aroused all hearts. When the Tzemach Tzedek stopped singing, he said: "In This World the meaning of the passage (Sanhedrin 99b) 'He who studies Torah liprakim,' means one who studies Torah intermittently; in gan eden they interpret the passage to mean that he studies Torah and the Torah 'takes him apart',2 the words of Torah possess him."
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FOOTNOTES
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1. Related to olam haba.
2. The word liprakim lends itself to both interpretations: peirek - intermittent, or - pareik - to take apart.
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Today's Mitzvah
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A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
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Negative Commandment 89
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Offering Sacrifices outside the Holy Temple
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"Take heed for yourself lest you offer your burnt-offerings in every place that you may see"—Deuteronomy 12:13.
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We are forbidden from offering sacrifices in any location other than the Holy Temple.
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Positive Commandment 39
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The Daily Offering
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"Two [lambs] each day for a continuous burnt offering"—Numbers 28:3.
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We are commanded to offer every day in the Holy Temple the Tamid sacrifice, consisting of two lambs [one offered in the morning and the second in the afternoon].
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Positive Commandment 29
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The Perpetual Fire
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"Fire shall be kept burning continuously upon the altar; it shall not be extinguished"—Leviticus 6:6.
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We are commanded to cause fire to burn on the Temple's altar every day. This is accomplished through placing new wood on the altar every morning and afternoon. Though a fire would miraculously descend from the heavens to consume the sacrifices, we are commanded to introduce our own fire too.
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Negative Commandment 81
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Extinguishing the Fire on the Altar
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"Fire shall be kept burning continuously upon the altar; it shall not be extinguished"—Leviticus 6:6.
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It is forbidden to extinguish the fire on the Holy Temple's altar—even to extinguish one coal from the fire.
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Positive Commandment 30
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Removing the Ashes from the Altar
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"And the priest shall don his linen tunic, and linen trousers . . . and he shall lift the ashes"—Leviticus 6:3.The kohanim (priests) are commanded to remove the ash from upon the Temple's altar every day.
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THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
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Genesis Chapter 1
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בְּרֵאשִׁית
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Yom Ha´shee´shee ....Sixth day
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כד וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ, בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַיְתוֹ-אֶרֶץ, לְמִינָהּ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 24
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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.
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כה וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ, וְאֶת-הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ, וְאֵת כָּל-רֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה, לְמִינֵהוּ; וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 25
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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.
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כו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ; וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל-הָאָרֶץ, וּבְכָל-הָרֶמֶשׂ, הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 26
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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.'
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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.
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כח וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם, אֱלֹהִים, וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וְכִבְשֻׁהָ; וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם, וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבְכָל-חַיָּה, הָרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 28
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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.'
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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
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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;
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ל וּלְכָל-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל-עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה, אֶת-כָּל-יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב, לְאָכְלָה; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 30
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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.
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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. .
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
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Genesis Chapter 1
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בְּרֵאשִׁית
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Yom Shabbat Rest.......7th Day
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Genesis Chapter 2 בְּרֵאשִׁית
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א וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ, וְכָל-צְבָאָם. 1
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And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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ב וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה; וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, מִכָּל-מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה. 2 And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
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ג וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ: כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל-מְלַאכְתּוֹ, אֲשֶׁר-בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשׂוֹת. {פ} 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
& SHABBAT, Elul 11 5771. 9-0-2011
THE CROWN OF THE WEEK
.
SHABBAT SHALOM!!!
.
Topics in the news
.
A plane crash near Yaroslavl, Russia, kills at least 43 people, including most of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kontinental Hockey League team.
.
At least 11 people are killed in a bomb blast near the High Court of Delhi.
.
Amid ongoing fires in Texas, a wildfire—the most destructive in the state's history—destroys more than 1,300 homes in Bastrop County.
.
Citing "massive overvaluation" of the Swiss franc, the Swiss National Bank introduces a minimum exchange rate with the euro.
.
The 2011 World Championships in Athletics concludes with Jamaica setting a world record in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay.
.
Current events
.
Science
.
Australopithecus sediba skeletons found at the Cradle of Humankind site in South Africa are dated at 2 million years old, suggesting that the hominid species could be a missing link between apes and humans. (The Australian)
.
Sport
.
In rugby union, the 2011 Rugby World Cup begins in New Zealand, with New Zealand (the All Blacks) playing Tonga (the Sea Eagles) in Auckland. (The Telegraph)
.
Today's Laws & Customs
.
• Elul Observances
.
As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionaly a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upcoming "Days of Awe" of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.
.
As the month of Divine Mercy and Forgiveness (see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul 1) it is a most opportune time for teshuvah ("return" to G-d), prayer, charity, and increased Ahavat Yisrael (love for a fellow Jew) in the quest for self-improvement and coming closer to G-d. Chassidic master Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi likens the month of Elul to a time when "the king is in the field" and, in contrast to when he is in the royal palace, "everyone who so desires is permitted to meet him, and he receives them all with a cheerful countenance and shows a smiling face to them all."
.
Specific Elul customs include the daily sounding of the shofar (ram's horn) as a call to repentance. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of reciting three additional chapters of Psalms each day, from the 1st of Elul until Yom Kippur (on Yom Kippur the remaining 36 chapters are recited, thereby completing the entire book of Psalms). Click below to view today's Psalms.
.
Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30
.
Elul is also the time to have one's tefillin and mezuzot checked by an accredited scribe to ensure that they are in good condition and fit for use.
.
Today in Jewish History
.
• Noah Dispatches Raven (2105 BCE)
.
On the 10th of Elul of the year 1656 from creation (2105 BCE), as the Great Flood neared its end, Noah opened the window of the Ark and dispatched a raven to determine if the flood waters had begun to recede (Genesis 8:1; Rashi). For a discussion of the deeper significance of this event, see The Window
.
Daily Quote
.
The materials donated for the Mishkan correspond to the components of the human being. "Gold" is the soul; "silver," the body; "copper," the voice; "blue," the veins; "purple," the flesh; "red," the blood; "flax," the intestines; "goat hair," the hair; "ram skins dyed red," the skin of the face; "tachash skins," the scalp; "shittim wood," the bones; "oil for lighting," the eyes; "spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense," the nose, mouth and palate; "shoham stones and gemstones for setting," the kidneys and the heart.
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- Midrash HaGadol
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Daily Study
.
Chitas and Rambam for today:
.
Chumash: Ki Teitzei, 6th Portion Deuteronomy 24:5-24:13 with Rashi
.
Tehillim: Chapters 55 - 59
.
Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, end of Epistle 12
.
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
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• 1 Chapter: Shechenim Chapter Fourteen
.
• 3 Chapters: Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 16, Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 17, Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 18
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Hayom Yom, "Today's Day"
Elul 10 5703
.
Great elders of the Alter Rebbe's chassidim used to say that yechidus (private audience with the Rebbe) means: "clear," "designated," "united." The sources of these three interpretations are in Shekalim 6:2, Yevamot 62a, and Bereishit Raba 20.
This means that the idea of yechidus is:
To clarify one's own status;
To designate a mode of avoda for him in "turn(ing) away from evil" and in the acquisition of fine character traits;
And that he should bind himself1 in total oneness, and utterly dedicate himself1 with all his desires.
.
FOOTNOTES
.
1. To the Rebbe.
.
Today's Mitzvah
.
A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
.
Positive Commandment 84
.
Offering Sacrifices in the Chosen Sanctuary
.
"And there, you shall do all that I command you..."—Deuteronomy 12:14.
.
We are commanded to only offer sacrifices in the Holy Temple.
.
Positive Commandment 85
.
Bringing Pledged Sacrifices from Outside Israel
.
"Only the holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place"—Deuteronomy 12:26.
.
We are commanded to bring all sacrifices – Sin, Burnt, Guilt and Peace Offerings – to the Holy Temple, though the person and the animal are outside of Israel, and despite the long journey involved.
.
Negative Commandment 90
.
Slaughtering Sacrifices outside the Holy Temple
.
"...who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat inside the camp, or who slaughters outside the camp, but does not bring it to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting to offer up as a sacrifice to G‑d . . . this shall be counted for that man as blood; he has shed blood, and that man shall be cut off"—Leviticus 17:3.
.
It is forbidden to slaughter outside the Holy Temple any animal designated for sacrifice.
.
Today is: Shabbat, Elul 11, 5771 • 9 10, 2011
.
Today's Laws & Customs
.
• Ethics of the Fathers: Chapter 2
.
During the summer months, from the Shabbat after Passover until the Shabbat before Rosh Hashahah, we study a weekly chapter of the Talmud's Ethics of the Fathers ("Avot") each Shabbat afternoon; this week we study Chapter Two.
Link: Ethics of the Fathers, Chapter 2
• Elul Observances
.
As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionaly a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upcoming "Days of Awe" of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.
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As the month of Divine Mercy and Forgiveness (see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul 1) it is a most opportune time for teshuvah ("return" to G-d), prayer, charity, and increased Ahavat Yisrael (love for a fellow Jew) in the quest for self-improvement and coming closer to G-d. Chassidic master Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi likens the month of Elul to a time when "the king is in the field" and, in contrast to when he is in the royal palace, "everyone who so desires is permitted to meet him, and he receives them all with a cheerful countenance and shows a smiling face to them all."
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Specific Elul customs include the daily sounding of the shofar (ram's horn) as a call to repentance. The Baal Shem Tov instituted the custom of reciting three additional chapters of Psalms each day, from the 1st of Elul until Yom Kippur (on Yom Kippur the remaining 36 chapters are recited, thereby completing the entire book of Psalms). Click below to view today's Psalms.
Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33
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Elul is also the time to have one's tefillin and mezuzot checked by an accredited scribe to ensure that they are in good condition and fit for use.
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Today in Jewish History
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• Completion of Yosef Caro's Commentary (1542)
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In 1522, Rabbi Yosef Caro started writing the Beit Yosef, his famous commentary on the Arba Turim, Yaakov Ben Asher’s comprehensive Halachic code. He started writing this commentary in Adrianople, Turkey, and continued for the next twenty years, during which time he relocated to Safed, Israel. He completed the monumental work on the 11th of Elul. It took another ten years for the writings to be published.
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• Rashab's marriage (1875)
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Marriage of the fifth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn ("Rashab", 1860-1920), to Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah Schneerson (1860-1942).
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
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Chumash: Ki Teitzei, 7th Portion Deuteronomy 24:14-25:19 with Rashi
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Tehillim: Chapters 60 - 65
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Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, Epistle 13
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Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
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• 1 Chapter: Sheluchin veShuttafin Chapter One
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• 3 Chapters: Temidin uMusafim Chapter 1, Temidin uMusafim Chapter 2, Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 19
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Hayom Yom, "Today's Day"
Shabbat Elul 115703
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On Shabbat Teitsei 5603 (1843), at the Kiddush table by day, the Tzemach Tzedek said: "This world is a world of falsity, therefore even good is adulterated with chaff and must be purified 'from below upward' as well as from 'Above downward.' Olam haba (the Coming World) is the world of truth. In Torah there are discussions of matters which may appear negative, yet the same matters, as they are studied in gan eden1 - are actually positive qualities."
Then the Rebbe began to sing, and indicated with a motion of his hand that everyone join him. His sons began singing, then all the chassidim joined in; the singing enflamed and aroused all hearts. When the Tzemach Tzedek stopped singing, he said: "In This World the meaning of the passage (Sanhedrin 99b) 'He who studies Torah liprakim,' means one who studies Torah intermittently; in gan eden they interpret the passage to mean that he studies Torah and the Torah 'takes him apart',2 the words of Torah possess him."
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FOOTNOTES
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1. Related to olam haba.
2. The word liprakim lends itself to both interpretations: peirek - intermittent, or - pareik - to take apart.
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Today's Mitzvah
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A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
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Negative Commandment 89
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Offering Sacrifices outside the Holy Temple
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"Take heed for yourself lest you offer your burnt-offerings in every place that you may see"—Deuteronomy 12:13.
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We are forbidden from offering sacrifices in any location other than the Holy Temple.
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Positive Commandment 39
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The Daily Offering
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"Two [lambs] each day for a continuous burnt offering"—Numbers 28:3.
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We are commanded to offer every day in the Holy Temple the Tamid sacrifice, consisting of two lambs [one offered in the morning and the second in the afternoon].
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Positive Commandment 29
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The Perpetual Fire
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"Fire shall be kept burning continuously upon the altar; it shall not be extinguished"—Leviticus 6:6.
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We are commanded to cause fire to burn on the Temple's altar every day. This is accomplished through placing new wood on the altar every morning and afternoon. Though a fire would miraculously descend from the heavens to consume the sacrifices, we are commanded to introduce our own fire too.
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Negative Commandment 81
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Extinguishing the Fire on the Altar
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"Fire shall be kept burning continuously upon the altar; it shall not be extinguished"—Leviticus 6:6.
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It is forbidden to extinguish the fire on the Holy Temple's altar—even to extinguish one coal from the fire.
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Positive Commandment 30
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Removing the Ashes from the Altar
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"And the priest shall don his linen tunic, and linen trousers . . . and he shall lift the ashes"—Leviticus 6:3.The kohanim (priests) are commanded to remove the ash from upon the Temple's altar every day.
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THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
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Genesis Chapter 1
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בְּרֵאשִׁית
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Yom Ha´shee´shee ....Sixth day
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כד וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, תּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה לְמִינָהּ, בְּהֵמָה וָרֶמֶשׂ וְחַיְתוֹ-אֶרֶץ, לְמִינָהּ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 24
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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.
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כה וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ לְמִינָהּ, וְאֶת-הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ, וְאֵת כָּל-רֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה, לְמִינֵהוּ; וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים, כִּי-טוֹב. 25
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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.
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כו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, נַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם בְּצַלְמֵנוּ כִּדְמוּתֵנוּ; וְיִרְדּוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל-הָאָרֶץ, וּבְכָל-הָרֶמֶשׂ, הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 26
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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.'
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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.
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כח וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם, אֱלֹהִים, וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וְכִבְשֻׁהָ; וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם, וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבְכָל-חַיָּה, הָרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 28
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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.'
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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
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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;
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ל וּלְכָל-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל-עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה, אֶת-כָּל-יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב, לְאָכְלָה; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 30
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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.
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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. .
THE SACREDNESS OF EACH DAY IN TORAH
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Genesis Chapter 1
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בְּרֵאשִׁית
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Yom Shabbat Rest.......7th Day
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Genesis Chapter 2 בְּרֵאשִׁית
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א וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ, וְכָל-צְבָאָם. 1
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And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
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ב וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה; וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, מִכָּל-מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה. 2 And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made.
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ג וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי, וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ: כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל-מְלַאכְתּוֹ, אֲשֶׁר-בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשׂוֹת. {פ} 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.
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