TODAY IN JUDAISM: Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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Menachem Av 30, 5771 * August 30, 2011

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T O D A Y I N J U D A I S M
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* Laws * Customs * Jewish History * Daily Quote * Daily Study *

Today is: Tuesday, Av 30, 5771
Rosh Chodesh Elul

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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Rosh Chodesh Observances

Today is the first of the two Rosh Chodesh ("Head of the Month") days for the month of Elul [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=05189FBF3C8EA2830578BC1979FE79F3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] (when a month has 30 days, both the last day of the month and the first day of the following month serve as the following month's Rosh Chodesh).

Special portions are added to the daily prayers: Hallel (Psalms 113-118) is recited -- in its "partial" form -- following the Shacharit morning prayer, and the Yaaleh V'yavo prayer is added to the Amidah and to Grace After Meals; the additional Musaf prayer is said (when Rosh Chodesh is Shabbat, special additions are made to the Shabbat Musaf). Tachnun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are omitted.

Many have the custom to mark Rosh Chodesh with a festive meal and reduced work activity. The latter custom is prevalent amongst women, who have a special affinity with Rosh Chodesh -- the month being the feminine aspect of the Jewish Calendar [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=730F65EA49AC44AA816A3262291AAEDF&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ].

Links: The 29th Day [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1B1C8D30113B7156FD690E5AC97EF735&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]; The Lunar Files [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1227C369EEC72774C02AFCDE6C6C5148&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Practice shofar blowing; L'David Hashem Ori

Some of the special Elul practices (see entries and links for tomorrow, Elul 1) begin today. The psalm L'David Hashem Ori (Psalm 27) is recited at the end of the morning and afternoon prayers; this special addition is recited throughout the month of Elul and the High Holiday season, until Hoshanah Rabbah (Tishrei 21) -- a total of 50 days. And although the daily shofar sounding of Elul officially begins on the 2nd Rosh Chodesh, it is customary to practice sounding the shofar [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=5D4D7DE4FFAC209A2663A8E283BD67D5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] (ram's horn) on the 1st Rosh Chodesh, introducing the Elul atmosphere of soul-searching and repentance.

Links: About the shofar [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=41476AA9403F080CA4997A46E9073082&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]; Psalm 27 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E28F791B4DEC1F0D6B07A28A1E39A893&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], The High Holiday Anthem [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1482C59ABDDE76418A05E2030771B0B3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

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Today in Jewish History
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· Second Tablets hewn (1313 BCE)

On the last day of Av of the year 2448 from creation (1313 BCE), Moses carved, by G-d's command, two stone tablets -- each a cube measuring 6x6x6 tefachim (a tefach, "handbreadth", is approximately 3.2 inches) -- to replace the two divinely-made tablets, on which G-d had inscribed the Ten Commandments, which Moses had smashed 42 days earlier upon witnessing Israel's worship of the Golden Calf.

Links: The 120-Day Version of the Human Story [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A4EBD74C5B2ADB11EE42EB5D43B03070&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

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Daily Quote
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When you cross the Jordan to the land of Canaan, you shall designate cities for yourselves; they shall be cities of refuge for you, and a murderer who killed a person unintentionally shall flee there

- Numbers 35:10-11

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Shoftim, 3rd Portion Deuteronomy 18:1-18:5 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0DCAFE93B5B8676B5B93B2FA865175A6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 · Live Video Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4FD68EB97876BD3E7E1D06B4AE255A3D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 145 - 150
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=74E8DAF58E519E22509D07AB604193D8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C2A53E1C1088EF7E64688268F74C3C85&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, beginning of Epistle 10
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=38141CD31FCD530D8F3C3AFACB0C5288&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Hebrew Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A9FB16CA983EB24D262C85C41967E886&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
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Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=12D9663CADE0C6FAD07545F84FF55BDD&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Shechenim Chapter Four
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A263FA110A6973AEC4617E4005FA426C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Biat Hamikdash Chapter 2, Biat Hamikdash Chapter 3, Biat Hamikdash Chapter 4
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=FC2B5E8F0629740E5EF261D2568FCE77&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0B6E31424C52CF41BE416086D7BD4CC8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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