Kislev 29, 5772 * December 25, 2011
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Today is: Sunday, Kislev 29, 5772
Chanukah Day 5
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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Kindle Six Chanukah Lights tonight
In commemoration of the miracle of Chanukah (see "Today in Jewish History [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=FE1202A68EB268EF77F525F369A96723&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]" for Kislev 25) we kindle the Chanukah lights -- oil lamps or candles -- each evening of the eight-day festival, increasing the number of lights each evening. Tonight we kindle six lights. (In the Jewish calendar, the day begins at nightfall; this evening, then, commences the 6th day of Chanukah).
The icon below displays the ideal Chanukah lighting time for your location; the lighting can be done, however, later in the evening as well. For more on Chanukah lighting times, click here [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=88ECCF57BA5787AEB2D4003DECC9D94B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]. (If no time is displayed, click on icon to set your location.)
For a more detailed guide to Chanukah lighting click here [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=7EC945F6DDBEC7B39E619BE877739564&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]. For text and audio of the blessings recited before lighting, click here [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=D1E55218E1E61E272FCBABB0A9DEC7EF&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ].
Additional Chanukah observances and customs are listed below:
· Hallel & Al HaNissim
Special prayers of thanksgiving -- Hallel (in its full version) and Al HaNissim -- are added to the daily prayers and Grace After Meals on all eight days of Chanukah. Tachnun (confession of sins) and similar prayers are omitted for the duration of trhe festival.
· Latkes, Sufganiot & Dairy Foods
On Chanukah we eat foods fried in oil -- such as latkes (potato cakes) and sufganiot (doughnuts) -- in commemoration of the miracle of the oil.
It is also customary to eat dairy foods in commemoration of Judith's heroic deed [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=22C968446E97283F6111D709BA7D9AB2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ].
· Dreidel
It is customary to play dreidel -- a game played with a spinning top inscribed with the Hebrew letters Nun, Gimmel, Hei and Shin, which spell the phrase Nes Gadol Hayah Sham, "a great miracle happened there." (It is said that when the Greeks forbade the study of Torah, Jewish children continued the study with their teachers in caves and cellars; when the agents of the king were seen approaching, the children would hide their scrolls and start to play with spinning tops...)
Links: About the dreidel [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F142FEB1327577316D352BA56A249849&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
· Chanukah Gelt
It is an age-old custom to distribute gifts of Chanukah gelt ("Chanukah money [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4FE1215B1A1A93E425DDE8CBD61C73F6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]") to children on Chanukah. (It was the custom of the rebbes of Chabad-Lubavitch to give Chanukah gelt to their children and other family members on the fourth or fifth night of Chanukah; more recently, however, the Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged the giving of Chanukah gelt every day of the festival -- except for Shabbat, when handling money is forbidden.)
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Today in Jewish History
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· 5th Day of Chanukah Miracle (139 BCE)
On the 25th of Kislev in the year 3622 from creation, the Maccabees liberated the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, after defeating the vastly more numerous and powerful armies of the Syrian-Greek king Antiochus IV, who had tried to forcefully uproot the beliefs and practices of Judaism from the people of Israel. The victorious Jews repaired, cleansed and rededicated the Temple to the service of G-d. But all the Temple's oil had been defiled by the pagan invaders; when the Jews sought to light the Temple's menorah (candelabra), they found only one small cruse of ritually pure olive oil. Miraculously, the one-day supply burned for eight days, until new, pure oil could be obtained. In commemoration, the Sages instituted the 8-day festival of Chanukah, on which lights are kindled nightly to recall and publicize the miracle.
Link: The Story of Chanukah [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A4FD596787B4E0D7690B2A2E40FFC260&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
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Daily Quote
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It is written (Psalms 119:98): "From my foes have You given me wisdom." From the negative tendencies a person detects in his natural traits, he can become wise and know how to handle the correction of these traits, and how to subordinate his powers in the service of G-d.
- Hayom Yom, Nissan 8
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Vayigash, 1st Portion Genesis 44:18-44:30 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=48A2080DEEB6E1FA603A90361AD91D81&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 · Live Video Class:
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Tehillim: Chapters 140 - 144
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=9A13C06EED724C3EBC087A6359F3CAB7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=89588933CCC4E7F5E97832F360C18C62&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Tanya: Likutei Amarim, end of Chapter 4
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=791C9CB2D9F5B1552563A5EA805F68A8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Hebrew Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B6756F24B3E76111559DD3B6E17D49D2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
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Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=02A88409FE1291799C7CF1CAA4191BA0&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Sanhedrin veha`Onashin haMesurin lahem Chapter 13
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=7BC4C9842F8C4663C35847303DDB91AF&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Mechirah Chapter Twenty Five, Mechirah Chapter Twenty Six, Mechirah Chapter Twenty Seven
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=FDC03C66D7D3F16F40A33089D3D81BED&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A8D2F207402686FA167E5CDBF2D1BB27&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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