TODAY IN JUDAISM: Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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Sivan 2, 5772 * May 23, 2012

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* Laws * Customs * Jewish History * Daily Quote * Daily Study *

Today is: Wednesday, Sivan 2, 5772
Omer: Day 46 - Netzach sheb'Malchut

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Today's Laws & Customs
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· Count "Forty-Seven Days to the Omer" Tonight

Tomorrow is the forty-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 forty-seven days, which are six weeks and five 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=CA9D578E7FDBFDDDF831B7B78D3BF8C0&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.

Tonight's Sefirah: Hod sheb'Malchut -- "Humility in Receptiveness"

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=92CB9BEA82A2019FB5584362577F71F9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
The deeper significance [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=60FC197346F3EC3A5B30DB798AA795C3&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] of the Omer Count

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Today in Jewish History
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· Chosen People (1313 BCE)

Sivan 2 is marked on the Jewish calendar as Yom HaMeyuchas ("Day of Distinction"); it was on this day that G-d told Moses -- when Moses ascended [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=2F877B6942F29E7454458C82F087EFD8&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] Mount Sinai for the first time -- to tell the people of Israel: "You shall be My chosen treasure from among all the nations, for all the earth is Mine. You shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" (Exodus 19:4-6).

Links:
Who Are the Jews? [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=7294C07C315591E6DA05D9340131C1B1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
On the Essence of Choice [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=567DD1439785F0CBADFC92F8CF7D7CC5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]
More on the "choseness" of the Jewish people [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=32A8850F2E1D782C1784AD6A2D2417CA&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Israeli Defense Forces Capture Golan Heights (1967)

Until the Six-Day War (see “Today in Jewish History [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=CC05F216BF7710EBF46FB2BE47307EA5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]” for Iyar 26), the Syrian army was deployed in strong fortifications on the Golan Heights, from which they repeatedly shelled the Israeli settlements below. On the fifth day of the war, the Israeli Army broke through the Syrian front. Facing very difficult topographical conditions, they scaled the steep and rugged heights. The Engineering Corps cleared the way of mines, followed by bulldozers which leveled a route for the tanks on the rocky face. After more than 24 hours of heavy fighting, the Syrian deployment collapsed and the Syrian forces fled in retreat.

Links: More on the Six-Day War [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=AD95511568022763AD7B2DB7985C8CFA&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

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Daily Quote
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The first word of G-d's first communication to the first Jew is "Go!" Never suffice with your current achievements. Always advance...

- The Rebbe


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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Bamidbar, 4th Portion Numbers 3:1-3:13 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=48E106C98513C59256DABAA6A4594486&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Video Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F34A2D52971EB674A4D8D1348E636AAC&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 10 - 17
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=EFA8CC17CEA340CFBC5202C3036D8578&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F97919196C7A014410B75AE82020690D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 53
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=8EE865CDE41C186A6BA411D64145ABF4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Hebrew Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F9CA3076D98983987FAACBB66A929DD2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=708EFD7D5CD68E0E1DA529473E0F2CE2&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A217609067A187A2EB0C95FFDFA15C3D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=3344742EF253E7AFFF51362441302C27&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Tefillin, Mezuzah, v'Sefer Torah Chapter Five
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6F507C8C808D2B69C07B072321B9530C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Gerushin Chapter Thirteen, Yibbum vChalitzah Chapter One, Yibbum vChalitzah Chapter Two
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=94933BAB1137D51B48876EDFAE677985&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1400C745AD26D91508E0573E4EC7EA79&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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