TODAY IN JUDAISM: Shabbat, April 2, 2011

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Adar II 27, 5771 * April 2, 2011

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Today is: Shabbat, Adar II 27, 5771
Hachodesh

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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Parshat Hachodesh

On the Shabbat that falls on or before the 1st of Nissan, a special reading called "Hachodesh" (Exodus 12:1-20) is added to the regular Shabbat Torah reading. Hachodesh recounts G-d's historic communication to Moses in Egypt on the 1st of Nissan (2 weeks before the Exodus) regarding the Jewish calendar [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0D6A308B6B77A87894C8F32D5146D08E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], the month of Nissan [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9C67F6A006DB1B2E806F4A596834B4DB&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] and the Passover offering [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BFF53EC57DA87899A070AAA7A7D15C3C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ].

Links: Parshat Hachodesh with Commentary [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=CE663D1BCA28CF4D4929210F54203CF3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
From the teachings of the Chassidic masters on Hachodesh [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6F1A63FB0D082487FE347C54FF576712&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
About the Jewish calendar [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=ADF18B0A9D8633D9EDF2C8CC7C273FA7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] and the Passover offering [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=63C47BC329B4FB1C78018750792C4A96&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Blessing the New Month

This Shabbat is Shabbat Mevarchim ("the Shabbat that blesses" the new month): a special prayer is recited blessing the Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") of upcoming month of Nissan, which falls on Tuesday of next week.

Prior to the blessing, we announce the precise time of the molad, the "birth" of the new moon. Click here [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F0897B75A97390C1EF9A897B559B68B3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] for molad times.

It is a Chabad custom to recite the entire book of Psalms before morning prayers, and to conduct farbrengens (chassidic gatherings) in the course of the Shabbat.

Links: On the Significance of Shabbat Mevarchim [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B6DD3530347EF5D2542240FBF84B43C4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]; Tehillim [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F0DCC4A8B2D8F3A46242D828CDCC5C84&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] (the Book of Psalms); The Farbrengen [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1D99A23509791BD0B715C4C6AFB99A84&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

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Today in Jewish History
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· Passing of Zedekiah (397 BCE)

Zedekiah was the last king of the royal house of David to reign in the Holy Land. He ascended the throne in 434 BCE, after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia (to whom the kingdom of Judah was then subject) exiled King Jeconiah (Zedekiah's nephew) to Babylonia . In 425 BCE Zedekiah rebelled against Babylonian rule, and Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem (in Tevet 10 of that year); in the summer of 423 BCE the walls of Jerusalem were penetrated, the city conquered, the (first) Holy Temple destroyed, and the people of Judah exiled to Babylonia. Zedekiah tried escaping through a tunnel leading out of the city, but was captured; his sons were killed before his eyes, and then he was blinded. Zedekiah languished in the royal dungeon in Babylonia until Nebuchadnezzar's death in 397 BCE; Evil Meroduch -- Nebuchadnezzar's son and successor -- freed him (and his nephew Jeconiah) on the 27th of Adar, but Zedikiah died that same day.

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Tazria, 7th Portion Leviticus 13:55-13:59 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8101BD8E45D58F9965ACA830316D05E3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 120 - 134
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3E6E58A8F1F85A121E33234388144AA1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E1637ED803D38566DE8A411C78569368&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Likutei Amarim, beginning of Chapter 39
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B2093E983D5F4096CAFB835A5E76C456&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=ABEBFB3E67AEFED6996C120C3FC07DDC&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=EBC86CA896F58B8927C82EF38977AE4F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Tum'at Okhalin Chap. 13
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E6D9D64F0ACB83BAAE3812D316325355&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Listing of Mitzvos Part 1, Listing of Mitzvos Part 2, Listing of Mitzvos Part 3
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=ABFB85A87996798D865663D9E30C495E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=40C996C3A25EDE0E4F21679BA73B9A66&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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