Iyar 11, 5771 * May 15, 2011
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Today is: Sunday, Iyar 11, 5771
Omer: Day 26 - Hod sheb'Netzach
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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Count "Twenty-Seven Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the twenty-seventh 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-seven days, which are three weeks and six 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=BA69849F8ED79CC9816900A65A663C53&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.
Tonight's Sefirah: Yesod sheb'Netzach -- "Connection in Ambition"
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=68E556EA77DA4D24C07963AC19BCEFA3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
The deeper significance [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=49AE2C12BC08F673F5422074C5CFA69B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the Omer Count
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Today in Jewish History
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· Jewish Books Confiscated (1510)
1,500 Jewish books were confiscated in Frankfurt am Main, Germany at the instigation of an apostate (Meshumad) on the 11th of Iyar.
· Riots in Wasilkow and Konotop (1881)
Anti Jewish riots (pogroms) continue to escalate in Russia and break out on the 11th of Iyar in Waslikow and Konotop. The Jews were blamed for the assassination of Czar Alexander II, who was assassinated by revolutionaries. The riots continued for three years across the entire Russia.
· The Battle at Deganya (1948)
The Israeli Army defeated the advancing Syrian Army, following the shelling at the entrance of Deganya, which began at sunrise and lasted nine hours. It is considered the first Israeli victory following the start of the War of Independence.
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Daily Quote
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Why was the generation of the Flood utterly destroyed, but not the generation of the Tower? Because the former were consumed by robbery and violence, while amongst the latter love prevailed.
- Midrash Rabbah
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Bechukotai, 1st Portion Leviticus 26:3-26:5 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=243F14A57A16ABDBC0D6310ABA173D2F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Tehillim: Chapters 60 - 65
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=91006C4828F34070786BBDA1DFF83021&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=43CD5B0F5516D4AE8104CE4B042107C8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, beginning of Chapter 48
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=2AB110694FA85FC6AC0DED4EDE2BF47F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F2DCA341475E17EDADFB154A35BA5975&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter One
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=53158EC068DC02CCB452B3CB1F597508&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Shabbos Chapter Thirty, Eruvin Chapter One, Eruvin Chapter Two
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C89AE1A952F83B0625BB58A27FC2E893&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F34C7E2990345AD755A8785E65F075C3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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