Adar II 11, 5771 * March 17, 2011
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Today is: Thursday, Adar II 11, 5771
Fast of Esther
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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Fast of Esther
Because Adar 13 (the day before Purim) falls on a Shabbat this year, the "Fast of Esther," usually observed on that date, is moved back to today.
The fast -- which is observed today by all adults (i.e., over bar or bat mitzvah age) -- is in commemoration of the three-day fast called at Esther's behest before she risked her life to appear unsummoned before King Achashveirosh to save the Jewish people from Haman's evil decree (as related in the Book of Esther [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8541C07E00F8CE60BD12F1807B890887&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], chapter 4). The fast also commemorates Esther's fasting on the 13th of Adar, as the Jews fought their enemies (see "Today in Jewish History [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BD48A3E107292352D7E6AFDEE903C7CA&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]" for Adar 13). No food or drink is partaken of from daybreak to nightfall. Pregnant of nursing woman or people in ill health are exempted from fasting.
· Giving of "Half Coins"
In commemoration of the half shekel contributed by each Jew to the Holy Temple -- and which the Talmud credits as having counteracted the 10,000 silver coins Haman gave to King Achashverosh to obtain the royal decree calling for the extermination of the Jewish people -- it is customary to give three coins in "half denomination" (e.g., the half-dollar coins) to charity on the afternoon of the Fast of Esther. (In many synagogues, plates are set out with silver half-dollars, so that all could purchase them to use in observance of this custom).
Links: Parshat Shekalim [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1808842BC78C24A731CECA431A54C4C9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]; the mystical significance [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=24A811F89CE48A888C56739E091195A9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the half-shekel
· Earliest Day for Megillah Reading
In Talmudic times, a special stipulation allowed for Jews living in small villages or hamlets to hear the reading of the Megillah (Book of Esther) on the Monday or Thursday before Purim [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=00B9E8D9C161E1B23DDA2A6D4B70F16A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] -- the days when villagers would come to town because the courts were in session. Depending on the year's configuration, this meant that the Megillah could be read as early as the 11th of Adar or as late as the 15th -- but no earlier or later than these dates (Talmud, beginning of Tractate Megillah).
Link: The Book of Esther [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8541C07E00F8CE60BD12F1807B890887&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] with commentary
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Today in Jewish History
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· First Print of Rashi (1475)
Rashi, the most basic commentary on the Torah, was printed for the first time, in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. In this print, the commentary on the Five Books of Moses, authored in the 11th century by Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, was not on the same page as the text of the Scriptures, as it is normally printed today.
This was the first time that the rounded Hebrew font was used, the font which has since become known as "Rashi Letters."
Links:
Rashi [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=29A20E89CCAAB1B1E020551E3EED3B8E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
Did Rashi Lack a Scientific Method? [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=2EBAF0BB98F47291C9322CAEDE2E824E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
· Passing of the "Rogatchover Prodigy" (1936)
Rabbi Yosef Rosen, known as the Rogatchover Gaon (Prodigy/Genius), passed away in Vienna on Thursday, March 5, 1936.
Rabbi Rosen, born in 1858, and raised in the Belarusian city of Rogatchov, served for decades as a rabbi in the Latvian city of Dvinsk (Daugavpils). He was an unparalleled genius, whose in depth understanding of all Talmudic literature left the greatest of scholars awestruck. He habitually demonstrated that many of the famous debates between the Talmudic sages have a singular thread and theme.
Rabbi Rosen authored tens of thousands of responsa on the Talmud and Jewish law. Many of them have been compiled in the set of volumes Tzafnat Paneach.
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Daily Quote
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A person should have two pockets in his coat. One should contain the Talmudic saying, "A person is commanded to maintain: For my sake was the world created." In the second pocket he should keep the verse, "I am but dust and ashes."
- Chassidic master Rabbi Simchah Bunim of Peshischa
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Tzav, 5th Portion Leviticus 8:14-8:21 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=96D05CF87C21320B4C1529E3AA6B7392&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Tehillim: Chapters 60 - 65
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D0E8ED5EF4C8F3E1C3A291D4B25AEE94&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9D67DE4F2D5D9F8BA89762F0F61BD534&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, end of Chapter 36
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0988D24ADE66FD1B23A20415AD1D0B61&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E6C34B4C0D8B60C1F745D7984CC3199E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=55EF9AE6BB85ACF00F52F5796C2ABBEC&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: She'ar Avot haTum'ah Chap. 17
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=7051908EF7A4DAACF4C7E339E68E7876&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Edut Chapter 17, Edut Chapter 18, Edut Chapter 19
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=969E2541536EE23A12DF3B514DDE8167&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6EECB1F828C49363DD76BB7EAAD97E84&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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