Elul 8, 5771 * September 7, 2011
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* Laws * Customs * Jewish History * Daily Quote * Daily Study *
Today is: Wednesday, Elul 8, 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=741DF148202C309F3A7323A114365F40&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]) it is a most opportune time for teshuvah [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3210B602F2E3A2DFDCAA4A6393F13077&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] ("return" to G-d), prayer [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6459595857345A14BB8880488D086845&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], charity [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=08A9F1DF221AD313EF6735A780D38DF0&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], and increased Ahavat Yisrael [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=627BAF985C4A62F329E64539F435FFAF&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=F3C771EF348135BE3883AAEB5CA706A6&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=D3E8E6FB7972C8887FD672D30A79B234&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] instituted the custom of reciting three additional chapters of Psalms [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9C60FC21CB492A4FB3222586149036E3&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 22 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=01331D8906D05B61C6948B1A6766DD18&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] Chapter 23 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F521BDDD486A558F9BEA424CC0CD5522&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] Chapter 24 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9BC4173261DB8A896E4392B1C40865B7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
Elul is also the time to have one's tefillin [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=30E0FA5F25A78B5B2B4D4A8AC3EA8E43&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] and mezuzot [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3DE518A8E089A69DC4CEB0DB7061BDEB&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=7237D1208E116C90CFEFCECFE3AD5347&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
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Today in Jewish History
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· Washington Responds to Newport Jews (1790)
The sexton of the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, wrote a heart warming letter to George Washington, on behalf of the Jewish community welcoming the President on his visit to Newport. In his letter, he expressed a vision of an American government that would permit all religions to live side by side in harmony, giving all its citizens the freedom to practice their religions.
On August 18, 1790, President Washington responded:
The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.
...May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid...
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Daily Quote
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"For man is a tree of the field" (Deuteronomy 20:19) -- our roots are our faith and commitment, our trunk and branches are our learning and character, and our deeds are our fruits
- The Lubavitcher Rebbe
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Ki Teitzei, 4th Portion Deuteronomy 23:8-23:24 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1ABE540B5AE2CC559D05783FC15A06E6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 · Live Video Class:
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Tehillim: Chapters 44 - 48
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=E5DEB68257A85A6F3D6CF7B1CA4942A2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=656B0CFE6EA863C8F03230AB1DE01586&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 12
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8BE1E7D29BCCB7074CCD91C4C8517FE6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Hebrew Text:
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Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BB38AE171778AADE6767D71316FA8700&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Shechenim Chapter Twelve
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4F6114297236ACC084AC1112AF679D9F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 10, Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 11, Maaseh Hakorbonos Chapter 12
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=784084E7A950DBA2758029726DCD01BE&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1604FBA46500A05D894C2C73929F7780&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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