Today is: Yom Shaynee, Second Day, Tishrei 26, 5772 • 10 24, 2011
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Daily Quote
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Refraining from indulging in the pleasures of this world is only a fine preparation for avoda (service of G-d). Avoda itself is transforming the physical into a vehicle for G-dliness
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- Hayom Yom, Sivan 17
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
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Chumash: Noach, 2nd Portion Genesis 7:1-7:16 with Rashi
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Tehillim: Chapter 119, Verses 97-176
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Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 25
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Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Malveh veLoveh Chapter 5
• 3 Chapters: Tum'at Tsara`at Chapter 5, Tum'at Tsara`at Chapter 6, Tum'at Tsara`at Chapter 7
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Hayom Yom: "Today's Day"
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MondayTishrei 265704
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Torah lessons:Chumash: Noach, Sheini with Rashi.
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Tehillim: 119, 97 to end.
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Tanya: (And that is (p. 535) ...dust, and water. (p. 537).
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The interpretation of the verse, "Forever, O G-d, Your word stands firm in the heavens."1 (Tanya II:I and IV:25) is quoted by the Alter Rebbe in the Baal Shem Tov's name although that interpretation is found in Midrash Tehillim, as quoted in Likutei Torah in the maamar Ki bayom hazeh yechapeir. But the Alter Rebbe had a special reason for this: It was on the second day of Creation when G-d said: "Let there be a Heaven,"2 and it is this utterance which "stands firm in the Heavens." Associating the quotation with the Baal Shem Tov was to be an eternal memorial that the Baal Shem Tov was born on the second day of the week,3 on the eighteenth (chai) of Elul.
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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 112
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Proclaiming Ritual Impurity
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"And the person with tzaraat, in whom there is the lesion, his garments shall be torn, his head shall be unshorn, he shall cover himself down to his lips and call out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'"—Leviticus 13:45.
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We are commanded to make a metzora recognizable so that people should stay away from him [and thus avoid contracting ritual impurity].
.
According to our tradition, this mitzvah somewhat applies to all carriers of ritual impurity; they too must make themselves recognizable in order that people keep away from them [though a person with an impurity other than tzaraat need not do all that is stated in the verse above].
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Women who suffer from tzaraat are exempt from [most of] this mitzvah, though they do need to cover their face down to their lips and proclaim that they are impure—similar to all other people who are impure [with impurities other than tzaraat].
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Topics in the news
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Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (pictured) is re-elected for a second term.
.
Floods in central Thailand reach Bangkok, affecting more than two million people.
.
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the eastern Turkish city of Van, leaving hundreds of people dead or missing.
.
The Rugby World Cup concludes with host nation New Zealand defeating France in the final.
.
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud dies in New York.
.
Basque separatist group ETA announces a cessation of armed activity.
.
Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is lynched in Sirte, with National Transitional Council forces taking control of the city.
.
Current events of 24 2011
.
Armed conflicts and attacks
.
Kenyan-Somalian military operation:
.
Kenyan and Somali forces prepare to take the Somali town of Afmadow, defended by Islamist al-Shabaab militiamen. (Daily Nation)
.
Kenyan warplanes bomb a military base in the Islamist-held city of Kismayo, while a French Navy warship patrolling Somali waters bombards the town of Kuday, south of Kismayo. (Daily Nation)
.
One person is killed and at least fourteen people are injured in two separate terrorist attacks in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, both attributed to al-Shabaab. (Al-Jazeera) (BBC)
.
Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war:
.
The corpses of 53 pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters are found in Sirte, all having been apparently summarily executed. (BBC)
.
Business and economy
.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange announces that it is asking for more disclosure from the embattled Japanese camera and imaging equipment manufacturer Olympus, though it cannot at this time confirm violations of any listing requirements. (Reuters)
.
Disasters
.
The death toll from Turkey's recent earthquake reaches 279, and is expected to increase further as rescue teams search the rubble of the city of Van for survivors. Meanwhile, thousands made homeless by the quake are forced to endure freezing overnight temperatures in the open. (CNN) (Reuters and ABC News Australia) (BBC)
.
Torrential rain causes flooding in parts of the United Kingdom, with Cornwall, West Devon, Pembrokeshire and Northern Ireland most affected. (BBC)
.
Law and crime
.
Julian Assange's whistleblowing website Wikileaks announces that it will suspend the publication of classified files and will instead focus on fundraising, after a "financial blockade" by numerous American companies reportedly destroys 95% of the site's revenue. (The Guardian)
.
Politics and elections
.
Following Tunisia's first election since the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January, the moderate Islamist Renaissance Party declare victory, with their centre-left rivals, the Progressive Democratic Party, conceding defeat. The official results of the election are due to be released next week. (Reuters)
.
The British House of Commons votes to reject a proposed referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, with 483 MPs voting against the proposal and 111 voting in favour. Among those who supported the proposal were numerous Conservative Party members, who disobeyed party leader and Prime Minister David Cameron's call to oppose the referendum. (BBC)
.
Science
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Ghulam Nabi Azad, India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, reports that the country has almost entirely eradicated polio through a vaccination program which immunises over 170 million children every year. No new polio cases have been reported in India for over nine months. (BBC)
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10 24, 2011
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Earthquake hits Turkey, hundreds reported dead
Moto GP rider Marco Simoncelli dies in 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix
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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 Shaynee ............Second day
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CREATION DAY THE HEAVENS EARTH, AND WATERS
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ו וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם, וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל, בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם.
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6And God said: 'Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.'
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ז וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים, אֶת-הָרָקִיעַ, וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ, וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ; וַיְהִי-כֵן. 7
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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.
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ח וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ, שָׁמָיִם; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם שֵׁנִי. {פ} 8
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And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
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Daily Quote
.
Refraining from indulging in the pleasures of this world is only a fine preparation for avoda (service of G-d). Avoda itself is transforming the physical into a vehicle for G-dliness
.
- Hayom Yom, Sivan 17
.
Daily Study
.
Chitas and Rambam for today:
.
Chumash: Noach, 2nd Portion Genesis 7:1-7:16 with Rashi
.
Tehillim: Chapter 119, Verses 97-176
.
Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 25
.
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
• 1 Chapter: Malveh veLoveh Chapter 5
• 3 Chapters: Tum'at Tsara`at Chapter 5, Tum'at Tsara`at Chapter 6, Tum'at Tsara`at Chapter 7
.
Hayom Yom: "Today's Day"
.
MondayTishrei 265704
.
Torah lessons:Chumash: Noach, Sheini with Rashi.
.
Tehillim: 119, 97 to end.
.
Tanya: (And that is (p. 535) ...dust, and water. (p. 537).
.
The interpretation of the verse, "Forever, O G-d, Your word stands firm in the heavens."1 (Tanya II:I and IV:25) is quoted by the Alter Rebbe in the Baal Shem Tov's name although that interpretation is found in Midrash Tehillim, as quoted in Likutei Torah in the maamar Ki bayom hazeh yechapeir. But the Alter Rebbe had a special reason for this: It was on the second day of Creation when G-d said: "Let there be a Heaven,"2 and it is this utterance which "stands firm in the Heavens." Associating the quotation with the Baal Shem Tov was to be an eternal memorial that the Baal Shem Tov was born on the second day of the week,3 on the eighteenth (chai) of Elul.
.
Today's Mitzvah
.
A daily digest of Maimonides’ classic work "Sefer Hamitzvot"
.
Positive Commandment 112
.
Proclaiming Ritual Impurity
.
"And the person with tzaraat, in whom there is the lesion, his garments shall be torn, his head shall be unshorn, he shall cover himself down to his lips and call out, 'Unclean! Unclean!'"—Leviticus 13:45.
.
We are commanded to make a metzora recognizable so that people should stay away from him [and thus avoid contracting ritual impurity].
.
According to our tradition, this mitzvah somewhat applies to all carriers of ritual impurity; they too must make themselves recognizable in order that people keep away from them [though a person with an impurity other than tzaraat need not do all that is stated in the verse above].
.
Women who suffer from tzaraat are exempt from [most of] this mitzvah, though they do need to cover their face down to their lips and proclaim that they are impure—similar to all other people who are impure [with impurities other than tzaraat].
.
Topics in the news
.
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (pictured) is re-elected for a second term.
.
Floods in central Thailand reach Bangkok, affecting more than two million people.
.
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the eastern Turkish city of Van, leaving hundreds of people dead or missing.
.
The Rugby World Cup concludes with host nation New Zealand defeating France in the final.
.
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud dies in New York.
.
Basque separatist group ETA announces a cessation of armed activity.
.
Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is lynched in Sirte, with National Transitional Council forces taking control of the city.
.
Current events of 24 2011
.
Armed conflicts and attacks
.
Kenyan-Somalian military operation:
.
Kenyan and Somali forces prepare to take the Somali town of Afmadow, defended by Islamist al-Shabaab militiamen. (Daily Nation)
.
Kenyan warplanes bomb a military base in the Islamist-held city of Kismayo, while a French Navy warship patrolling Somali waters bombards the town of Kuday, south of Kismayo. (Daily Nation)
.
One person is killed and at least fourteen people are injured in two separate terrorist attacks in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, both attributed to al-Shabaab. (Al-Jazeera) (BBC)
.
Aftermath of the 2011 Libyan civil war:
.
The corpses of 53 pro-Muammar Gaddafi fighters are found in Sirte, all having been apparently summarily executed. (BBC)
.
Business and economy
.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange announces that it is asking for more disclosure from the embattled Japanese camera and imaging equipment manufacturer Olympus, though it cannot at this time confirm violations of any listing requirements. (Reuters)
.
Disasters
.
The death toll from Turkey's recent earthquake reaches 279, and is expected to increase further as rescue teams search the rubble of the city of Van for survivors. Meanwhile, thousands made homeless by the quake are forced to endure freezing overnight temperatures in the open. (CNN) (Reuters and ABC News Australia) (BBC)
.
Torrential rain causes flooding in parts of the United Kingdom, with Cornwall, West Devon, Pembrokeshire and Northern Ireland most affected. (BBC)
.
Law and crime
.
Julian Assange's whistleblowing website Wikileaks announces that it will suspend the publication of classified files and will instead focus on fundraising, after a "financial blockade" by numerous American companies reportedly destroys 95% of the site's revenue. (The Guardian)
.
Politics and elections
.
Following Tunisia's first election since the ousting of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January, the moderate Islamist Renaissance Party declare victory, with their centre-left rivals, the Progressive Democratic Party, conceding defeat. The official results of the election are due to be released next week. (Reuters)
.
The British House of Commons votes to reject a proposed referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, with 483 MPs voting against the proposal and 111 voting in favour. Among those who supported the proposal were numerous Conservative Party members, who disobeyed party leader and Prime Minister David Cameron's call to oppose the referendum. (BBC)
.
Science
.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, India's Minister of Health and Family Welfare, reports that the country has almost entirely eradicated polio through a vaccination program which immunises over 170 million children every year. No new polio cases have been reported in India for over nine months. (BBC)
.
10 24, 2011
.
Earthquake hits Turkey, hundreds reported dead
Moto GP rider Marco Simoncelli dies in 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix
.
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.
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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
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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.
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ח וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ, שָׁמָיִם; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם שֵׁנִי. {פ} 8
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And God called the firmament Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
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