TODAY IN JUDAISM: Friday, April 20, 2012

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Nissan 28, 5772 * April 20, 2012

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Today is: Friday, Nissan 28, 5772
Omer: Day 13 - Yesod sheb'Gevurah

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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Count "Fourteen Days to the Omer" Tonight

Tomorrow is the fourteenth 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 fourteen days, which are two weeks, 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=CE8AB96B591A974AE39A51DDFD15AFC3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.

Tonight's Sefirah: Malchut sheb'Gevurah -- "Receptiveness in Restraint"

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=5DB946623EA0DCC77BCCB8F9C0F51D6A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
The deeper significance [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4BF09A6AB4E2FA562634BCC3333FA1F9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the Omer Count

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Today in Jewish History
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· Jericho's Wall Collapses (1273 BCE)

On the seventh day of the encirclement of Jericho (see Jewish History for the 22nd of Nissan [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=20F690CC27C56B62E31F44B3E9F49F8D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]), the Jews, accompanied by the Holy Ark, circled the city seven times. After the blowing of the shofar, the walls miraculously crashed and sank, leaving the city open and unprotected. Jericho was easily conquered, becoming the first fortified Canaanite city to fall to the Children of Israel in their conquest of the Promised Land.

Links:
Joshua chapter six with commentary [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6765FB9F61C30E6D1CF44352CF191A8C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
Crossing the Jordan [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=BFFF27A44BDFD7FC3D9E94F37780BE92&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Rebbe's Call (1991)

On the eve of Nissan 28, 5751 (April 11, 1991), the Lubavitcher Rebbe issued an emotional call to his followers, and to the world Jewish community, to increase their efforts to bring Moshiach and the ultimate redemption. Spoken in an anguished voice and couched in uncharacteristically personal terms, the Rebbe's words deeply shocked the Chassidim present in the Rebbe's synagogue and reverberated worldwide. "How is it that the Redemption has not yet been attained?" the Rebbe cried. "That despite all that has transpired and all that has been done, Moshiach has still not come? What more can I do? I have done all I can to bring the world to truly demand and clamor for the Redemption...The only thing that remains for me to do is to give over the matter to you. Do all that is in your power to achieve this thing--a most sublime and transcendent light that needs to be brought down into our world with pragmatic tools... I have done all I can. I give it over to you. Do all that you can to bring the righteous redeemer, immediately! I have done my part. From this point on, all is in your hands..."

Links:
Transmission [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=33522EA3B79D6ED81D2DEF47E07728C4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
Moshiach: an Anthology [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=2E64DE616C16D93AC422B9E2FB766DB8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
Moshiach and the Future Redemption [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8F9D1FD7703EBA0338A1308CAAC38E4A&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

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Daily Quote
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Desire is beyond rationale; on a desire one cannot ask any questions

- Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Shemini, 6th Portion Leviticus 11:1-11:32 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=CA3978C633D81B099CB928B7E99A9432&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Video Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F4177A9BD76254A75747906710A5DC9E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 135 - 139
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=FEB048A63BA0BA2C7DA21BA3590314FE&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=194DA5CE8CD4939E4886F735F8B15A3D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Likutei Amarim, end of Chapter 42
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A36EC0190376DF5EABD65510C6B93CF3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Hebrew Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=CFEBCA810C3B6C7B25E1DD8D908ED6FB&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=7A81FCEC113B6A77DEDEC64B2FAA2CED&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=46969C4B03A37DBAF4AA83DEBB00FFF9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F7C80933F824B62BA43426BC79A044C7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Teshuvah Chapter One
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=19725C6B899F4B8EB90D3D975506BA45&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Eruvin Chapter Six, Eruvin Chapter Seven, Eruvin Chapter Eight
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=69EFE07E2EA1DBBB92FAC590296957CA&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8951D8DB28C87907BB3328FE250FB4E3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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