TODAY IN JUDAISM: Wednesday, April 6, 2011

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Nissan 2, 5771 * April 6, 2011

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Today is: Wednesday, Nissan 2, 5771

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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Today's 'Nasi': Issachar

In today's "Nasi" reading (see "Nasi of the Day [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=353E81FC33497A8BC13D4FBD6C9CCAF8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]" in Nissan 1), we read of the gift bought by the nasi of the tribe of Issachar, Nethanel ben Tzuar, for the inauguration of the Mishkan [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4EFE79572E45B038D326D5790129DE56&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ].

Text of today's Nasi in Hebrew [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0BF6FC29D62558C64F35F2AB2E16A2F4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] and English [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E1037A5A0F82D9960D3E2957FB7C8BB7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ].

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Today in Jewish History
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· First Red Heifer Prepared (1312 BCE)

On the 2nd of Nissan, one day after the inauguration of the Tabernacle, Moses prepared the very first Red Heifer, in order to ritually purify the Jewish nation in preparation for the bringing of the Paschal Lamb in the newly erected Sanctuary.

Link: The Divine commandment of the Red Heifer [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=83B38CD96150ECF6C9D13C5643AA71C1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Passing of Rashab (1920)

The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn ("Rashab"), was born in the White Russian town of Lubavitch in 1860. After the passing of his father, Rabbi Shmuel [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=10FDF6F048CAC22D41EF3373D8D0EA09&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] (in 1882), he assumed the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch.

Famed for his phenomenal mind and analytical treatment of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Sholom DovBer wrote and delivered some 2,000 maamarim (discourses of Chassidic teaching) over the 38 years of his leadership. In 1897, he established the Tomchei Temimim yeshivah, the first institution of Jewish learning to combine the study of the "body" of Torah (Talmudic and legal studies) with its mystical "soul" (the teachings of Chassidism); it was this unique yeshivah that produced the army of learned, inspired and devoted Chassidim who, in the decades to come, would literally give their lives to keep Judaism alive under Soviet rule.

In 1915, Rabbi Sholom DovBer was forced to flee Lubavitch from the advancing WWI front and relocated to the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. In his final years, he began the heroic battle [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F6FA73F379219E980765FC05ED4E52E2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] against the new Communist regime's efforts to destroy the Jewish faith throughout the Soviet Union.

Rabbi Sholom DovBer passed away in Rostov on the 2nd of Nissan, 1920. His last words were: "I'm going to heaven; I leave you the writings."

Links: About [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C3439FAC8D59E3D405A4674FF26A4C1C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]Rabbi Sholom DovBer; works [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=40170582A470B1C3F12854D7C1DAAC89&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]by Rabbi Sholom DovBer

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Daily Quote
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No sooner was [Abraham] weaned -- and he was but a small child -- that his mind began to seek and wonder: How do the heavenly bodies orbit without a moving force? Who moves them? They cannot move themselves! Immersed amongst the foolish idol-worshippers of Ur Casdim, he had no one to teach him anything; his father, mother and countrymen, and he amongst them, all worshipped idols. But his heart sought, and came to know that there is one G-d... who created all and that in all existence there is none other than Him. He came to know that the entire world erred...

- Maimonides

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Metzora, 4th Portion Leviticus 14:33-14:53 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=CCEF8778DDE380DC697EF4082CC655B3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 10 - 17
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=689F72D9137A040AF204538C28EDA9D9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E7CE92BDA1EA355CF0976FE2D871EFF9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 39
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0ADAE59B39C3DE07B9E555DB16D0E6F5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1DCE6AC7B4435496DEFA32EB2AEF4445&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D42A4C2EBC1B8BEA109154705C8B185A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Kelim Chap. 1
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=DE47F15F8A263AC56E1AC019ADF5307B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Yesodey haTorah Chapter Ten, De'ot Chapter One, De'ot Chapter Two
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D79F06E43366C13DC4017F1A1C522D04&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=489BFB5CB880AA44706AA33C2159D0DE&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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