TODAY IN JUDAISM: Monday, September 12, 2011

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Elul 13, 5771 * September 12, 2011

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Today is: Monday, Elul 13, 5771

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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Elul Observances

As the last month of the Jewish year, Elul is traditionaly a time of introspection and stocktaking -- a time to review one's deeds and spiritual progress over the past year and prepare for the upcoming "Days of Awe" of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur.

As the month of Divine Mercy and Forgiveness (see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul 1 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E74A309E9445D35D333E1E61A00EE2A8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]) it is a most opportune time for teshuvah [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=40CBA25484FC73A27B31356D8D4F17E6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] ("return" to G-d), prayer [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1DD14755158DC0ADED1C540962BBA94D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], charity [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=341C4F4F7EC599EAD438E134C6882806&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], and increased Ahavat Yisrael [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=CF3D199542B0327CA37541AED0E6D644&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] (love for a fellow Jew) in the quest for self-improvement and coming closer to G-d. Chassidic master Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6773D6D30237336B5BDEC83B9E9A3C51&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] likens the month of Elul to a time when "the king is in the field" and, in contrast to when he is in the royal palace, "everyone who so desires is permitted to meet him, and he receives them all with a cheerful countenance and shows a smiling face to them all."

Specific Elul customs include the daily sounding of the shofar (ram's horn) as a call to repentance. The Baal Shem Tov [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=47B060EE33C2488D764A3A5892ACD853&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] instituted the custom of reciting three additional chapters of Psalms [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=DADD9ABF3F12787D5BCA59C7F1B6FEFB&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] each day, from the 1st of Elul until Yom Kippur (on Yom Kippur the remaining 36 chapters are recited, thereby completing the entire book of Psalms). Click below to view today's Psalms.

Chapter 37 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=AEDDCD637193AA418F779BF3ED58AF82&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] Chapter 38 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=22FBC55E273868B85610DE279A89051B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] Chapter 39 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C59BF4CB99F575D10DE3E4A00A870F2A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

Elul is also the time to have one's tefillin [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=906D781EA9AEE050500BC9F94DCB0054&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] and mezuzot [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=034BBBB6BDA7355D7B5E17AEBD7E48A6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] checked by an accredited scribe to ensure that they are in good condition and fit for use.

Links: More on Elul [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=87E3D8C47F9014067CC164BA8AAD34D4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

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Today in Jewish History
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· R. Yosef Yitzchak's marriage (1897)

Marriage of the 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BE777FD1338D03443EDCE00DD1DF1B56&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] (1880-1950), to Rebbetzin Nechamah Dinah (1882-1971).

· Passing of Ben Ish Chai (1909)

Elul 13 is the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad (1835-1909), the renowned Sephardic Halachic authority and Kabbalist, known as "Ben Ish Chai" after his work by that name.

Links:

The Ben Ish Chai, A Biography [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=FC921561B7168DF87F960DC4A8CBE824&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
The Ultimate Employee [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0DEB478065B47583A20C1ACCE7F0E16B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] (from the teachings of the Ben Ish Chai)

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Daily Quote
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And you shall write them [the words of the Shema] on the doorposts of your home and on your gates

- Deuteronomy 6:9

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Ki Tavo, 2nd Portion Deuteronomy 26:12-26:15 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1CC801E6A9D9E84F632425B51478AE1C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 · Live Video Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A6F4249ADB7CBEF6165BFDA83AEE296E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 69 - 71
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4ADD466F8098AC739C73CAE0A0E95DAA&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=DCB7674A2A6B124830B36B7CE1C69400&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, end of Epistle 14
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8AC83590B8F51825FC885EB535D7E18F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Hebrew Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B645653BE4ECD27580D93DF4FF4540E8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D8229119F1B45E1F7A35D7E5680B220C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Live Video Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1AF24F193C4DD2354F38F597F04AA074&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=052874C6F14767D53A2AB80EE84F5014&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Sheluchin veShuttafin Chapter Three
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=24E76AC68B8C8567267E2FF53C80C6D2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Temidin uMusafim Chapter 6, Temidin uMusafim Chapter 7, Temidin uMusafim Chapter 8
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A330424D5F6CCDAE195A54EDBCFB45C7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E28039D668018A5D4F4F0C77462AC0B7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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