TODAY IN JUDAISM: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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Iyar 13, 5771 * May 17, 2011

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Today is: Tuesday, Iyar 13, 5771
Omer: Day 28 - Malchut sheb'Netzach

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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Count "Twenty-Nine Days to the Omer" Tonight

Tomorrow is the twenty-ninth 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 twenty-nine days, which are four weeks and one day, 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=EA179AEEEA180D721458659A3DCC7FF1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.

Tonight's Sefirah: Chessed sheb'Hod -- "Kindness 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=8FABFD941F227D813CFDFC9A84E7BA79&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
The deeper significance [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=5F61D4AFDE9BC68E1121291F5E765A64&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the Omer Count

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Today in Jewish History
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· Jews Expelled from Berne (1427)

The Jews of Berne, Switzerland were expelled on this date in 1427. Berne had a long history of expulsions and anti-Jewish riots.

· Passing of Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Leib (1952)

Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Leib, brother of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was the youngest of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and Chana Schneerson's three sons.

Born in Nikolayev in 1909, he quickly became renowned as a scholar of exceptional genius. At a young age, Yisrael Aryeh Leib was already teaching Tanya, the mystical foundational work of Chabad Chassidism, to an audience of eager adults.

He eventually immigrated to Israel, and in his later years he moved to Liverpool, England, to study in the local university. It was there that he passed away in 1952.

Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Leib is interred in Safed, Israel.

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Daily Quote
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A boor cannot be sin-fearing, an ignoramus cannot be pious; a bashful one cannot learn, a short-tempered person cannot teach; nor does anyone who does much business grow wise.

- Hillel (Ethics of the Fathers 2:5)

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Bechukotai, 3rd Portion Leviticus 26:10-26:46 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3BD47A11B98790683015CEF9E5C86A6D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 69 - 71
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=254C45137E45C1B1419E0DA9BC7735E9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=98485B5B6EC6ECE3CFD6CDC60737DE77&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 48
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=11DAA560B16B4F0473CB80847B36D003&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3D72F2AA342F9E70877CFADF07A23810&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8D8EF7982DC0F5C5ADDFA27D7A678DF2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Three
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=FB73AE4C4C84767EE4CF05BA1D5AA9B7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Eruvin Chapter Six, Eruvin Chapter Seven, Eruvin Chapter Eight
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9BF5B2AC53E290E82FD449F9F2C0B252&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BA1FCB762290E5C8BADC3893E2A854B1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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