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Iyar 18, 5771 * May 22, 2011

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Today is: Sunday, Iyar 18, 5771
Lag BaOmer (33rd Day of the Omer) - Hod sheb'Hod

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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Lag BaOmer

Lag BaOmer (the 33rd day of the Omer count [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=5912E835F07195082F6B7EA3C2C3062D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]) celebrates the end of the plague amongst Rabbi Akiva's students, and the ascent on high of the soul of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai (see "Today in Jewish History"). The mourning practices [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B08F60819E96CF4583B3E1D59F0E37F9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the Omer period are suspended, which is why many three-year-old boys receive their first haircut [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E8570B7DCDCB185EC8C09D549EBF78D1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] on this day. Many visit the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Meron in northern Israel. It is customary to go on outings and to light bonfires; children play with bow-and-arrows [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0D87EFAFAF9829719DA984EC0CEBA4C6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] to recall that "during the lifetime of Rabbi Shimon the rainbow (--a sign of the world's unworthiness, as per Genesis 9:14) was not seen."

Links: Lag BaOmer: The Mystic Dimension [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D6D3679DD2FB54441458CA563BDA9696&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
· Count "Thirty-Four Days to the Omer" Tonight

Tomorrow is the thirty-fourth day of the Omer Count. Since, on the Jewish calendar, the day begins at nightfall of the previous evening, we count the omer for tomorrow's date tonight, after nightfall: "Today is thirty-four days, which are four weeks and six days, to the Omer." (If you miss the count tonight, you can count the omer all day tomorrow, but without the preceding blessing).

The 49-day "Counting of the Omer" retraces our ancestors' seven-week spiritual journey from the Exodus to Sinai. Each evening we recite a special blessing and count the days and weeks that have passed since the Omer; the 50th day is Shavuot [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A0F645EDE6E6893227CAE414D06AFA06&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.

Tonight's Sefirah: Yesod sheb'Hod -- "Connection in Humility"

The teachings of Kabbalah explain that there are seven "Divine Attributes" -- Sefirot -- that G-d assumes through which to relate to our existence: Chessed, Gevurah, Tifferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod and Malchut ("Love", "Strength", "Beauty", "Victory", "Splendor", "Foundation" and "Sovereignty"). In the human being, created in the "image of G-d," the seven sefirot are mirrored in the seven "emotional attributes" of the human soul: Kindness, Restraint, Harmony, Ambition, Humility, Connection and Receptiveness. Each of the seven attributes contain elements of all seven--i.e., "Kindness in Kindness", "Restraint in Kindness", "Harmony in Kindness", etc.--making for a total of forty-nine traits. The 49-day Omer Count is thus a 49-step process of self-refinement, with each day devoted to the "rectification" and perfection of one the forty-nine "sefirot."

Links:
How to count the Omer [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F27C183E545DEEFD8792CCD98BC7C40B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
The deeper significance [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=AE292668E9FE9F4730EF0AC13C3953B2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the Omer Count

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Today in Jewish History
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· Plague among R. Akiva's Disciples Ends (circa 120 CE)

In the weeks between Passover and Shavuot, a plague decimated 24,000 students of the great sage Rabbi Akiva--a result, says the Talmud, of the fact that they "did not respect one another [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=EA44495B62D1E4BCF326DB4C7D78E796&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]." The plague's cessation on Iyar 18--the 33rd day of the Omer Count or "Lag BaOmer"--is one of the reasons that the day is celebrated each year (see "Laws and Customs" below).

Links: Rabbi Akiva [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=50F4D1DA82B8ABC40BB0CD44B165B9AB&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Passing of R. Shimon bar Yochai (2nd century CE)

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai ("Rashbi"), was a leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva and one of the most important tana'im whose teachings of Torah law are collected in the Mishnah. He was also the first to publicly teach the mystical dimension [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C0F59EC1A7E8352797A508D50DAF10D7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the Torah known as the "Kabbalah", and is the author of the basic work of Kabbalah, the Zohar. For 13 years Rabbi Shimon hid in a cave to escape the wrath of the Romans whose government he criticized. On the day of his passing--Iyar 18, the 33rd day of the Omer Count--Rabbi Shimon gathered his disciples and revealed many of the deepest secrets of the divine wisdom, and instructed them to mark the date as "the day of my joy."

Links: Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=482BCA6B163D9152D7C6F7124E0F99D1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Passing of Rama (1573?)

Rabbi Moshe Isereles ("Rama") of Cracow (1525-1573?) authored the glosses ("hagga'ot") on R. Yosef Caro's the Code of Jewish Law and is regarded as the definitive Halachic authority for Ashkenazic Jews.

Links: Rabbi Moshe Isserlis [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=12383587C2EC1961D9F98BA5BEC5255A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Ettingen Jews Acquitted (1690)

Following a blood libel and the decree, if found guilty, to destroy the synagogue of Ettingen, Switzerland, the Jews were acquitted. The local Jews celebrated this day as a local "Purim" celebration-day of thanksgiving.

Links: The Other Purims [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A1516ABC55CE62AA5DCC3B729A16DCAA&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· IDF Created (1948)

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was created on Lag BaOmer of 1948. The IDF comprises the Israeli army, Israeli air force and Israeli navy. It was formed to defend the existence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state of Israel and combat all forms of terrorism which threaten the daily lives of its inhabitants.

Links: Israel Defense Force (IDF) [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8C7A09BE3FE40603F2F7BD4D23C621DD&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Hurva Synagogue Destroyed (1948)

The Hurva synagogue located, in the Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, was captured and dynamited by the Arab Legion of Jordan during the battle for Old Jerusalem in 1948.

The synagogue was built by the group of disciples of Rabbi Elijah (the "Vilna Gaon") who immigrated from Lithuania in 1864. The synagogue was built on the ruins of the synagogue built by Rabbi Judah Chassid (Segal) and his disciples in 1700, which was destroyed by Arab mobs in 1721. It was therefore named the "Hurvat Rabbi Judah HaChassid" -- the ruins of Rabbi Judah the Chassid, or simply "The Hurva" -- The Ruin.

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Daily Quote
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A woman of valor is the crown of her husband

- Proverbs 12:4

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Bamidbar, 1st Portion Numbers 1:1-1:19 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=77628AA0E4DCF24775070E925C6C9EE0&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 88 - 89
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0EF66FF0F54951B00A5440A209CB65BB&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=623A12CB45D4B7E7395B8F7EE88B9B27&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 49
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=40D2096983A41FC3F0BBCF5BF3BACEC1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=79DC76C4AF7C99034D41AD29E8CA5715&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3A1B830F9D78D0C4D42E540A8858BB07&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Eight
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=86D21D9EEAC8F41E712EE802E6F4F9B5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Chometz U'Matzah Chapter Two, Chometz U'Matzah Chapter Three, Chometz U'Matzah Chapter Four
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D9BE3C0894D81F2C58AA2A6C5AF8D2C4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=04E304F8AFEF90769050807BF5932C54&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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