Iyar 28, 5771 * June 1, 2011
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Today is: Wednesday, Iyar 28, 5771
Omer: Day 43 - Chessed sheb'Malchut
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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Count "Forty-Four Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the forty-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 forty-four days, which are six weeks and two 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=8AC2C6C6211775244954621D525FA0EE&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.
Tonight's Sefirah: Gevurah sheb'Malchut -- "Restraint in Receptiveness"
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=6D6903CAF0E027065D95097FBE517AB1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
The deeper significance [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C2D2C927EA6A65B7188FBAE20EDC4339&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the Omer Count
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Today in Jewish History
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· Passing of Samuel (877 BCE)
The prophet Samuel (931-877 BCE) was one of the most important figures in Jewish history; our sages describe him as the equivalent of "Moses and Aaron combined." Samuel was the last of the Shoftim ("Judges") who led the people of Israel in the four centuries between the passing of Joshua and the establishment of the monarchy, and the author of the biblical books of "Judges", "Samuel" and "Ruth [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=22216CD5B088874700EE181E0F286BCB&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]"
Samuel was born in the year 2830 from creation (931 BCE) after his barren mother, Chanah (Hannah), prayed [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=DB9B3C11FD451607366812F413E63F8D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] for a child at the Sanctuary at Shiloh and pledged, "O L-rd of hosts... If You will give Your maidservant a man child, I shall dedicate him to G-d all the days of his life..." (I Samuel 1:11). At age two, his mother brought him to Shiloh in fulfillment of her vow, where he was raised by Eli the High Priest; shortly thereafter, Samuel had his first prophetic communication (described in I Samuel 3). In 890 BCE, Samuel succeeded Eli as leader of the Jewish people.
After ten years under Samuel's guidance, the people approached him with the request, "Appoint for us a king... like all the nations around us." Samuel disapproved of their request, believing that the people of Israel should be subject only to G-d and not to any mortal king; but G-d instructed him to do as the people ask. Samuel then anointed (879 BCE) Saul as the first king of Israel. When Saul disobeyed G-d during the war on Amalek, Samuel proclaimed David the legitimate king in Saul's stead.
Shortly thereafter, Samuel passed away in his birthplace, Ramah, in the hills of Judah, on the 28th of Iyar of the year 2884 from creation (877 BCE).
· Jerusalem Liberated (1967)
The Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount were liberated during the 1967 Six Day War (see "Today in Jewish History" for Iyar 26 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=2E01D4B86EF903C991C4AA148A1E3484&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]). The day is marked in Israel as "Jerusalem Day."
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Daily Quote
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Great waters cannot quench the love, nor can rivers flood it
- Song of Songs 8:7
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Naso, 4th Portion Numbers 5:11-6:27 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3DC23EE6838771C9699FFF78ED7DDD35&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Tehillim: Chapters 135 - 139
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BA9587B99B7117982F272CD548E31706&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8CEEA57102F1216F5FAC1BC4AB3BF338&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, beginning of Chapter 52
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=225AD679C4848104B9284DAF3214F93A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
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· 1 Chapter: Genevah Chapter Four
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=01BA591595FFD0CCCB6BD66B2B234CD4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Twelve, Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Thirteen, Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Fourteen
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D92EEC20B3FB69A98657E212447FF2AF&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
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