TODAY IN JUDAISM: Monday, September 10, 2012

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Elul 23, 5772 * September 10, 2012

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

Today is: Monday, Elul 23, 5772

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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=1BC3E5969F7C6798157B0ECD37FC6D73&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]) it is a most opportune time for teshuvah [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=6E1727061988C69F8B70B111D1FA160F&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] ("return" to G-d), prayer [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=75886400C8DD46EF19ECC592E313A6B4&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], charity [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=93F98FAB3007CC480C25D02859CCA631&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ], and increased Ahavat Yisrael [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=94E50D31807DB0FE4EF27A58F478F004&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=695CB15D5FCB258C9209C9593FA49503&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=791490900E225FAD41F6052D0A517C99&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] instituted the custom of reciting three additional chapters of Psalms [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=DEDA88537D70667CA525B8709B16006F&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 67 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=22D09FC99E5E66652D374EEC02386264&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] Chapter 68 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=FA3448C5FBC2FF7A689F22C65E20DC25&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] Chapter 69 [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=DDFAE9286B608B0ADFF4B696076FA0F1&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

Elul is also the time to have one's tefillin [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=A92A4363733D752069E1DB13D7B06116&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ] and mezuzot [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=643EDD994A6684B461509C95E20ACA98&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=7C5816FFB36A8C52ED670B701ACEB705&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

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Today in Jewish History
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· Dove brings Olive Leaf (2105 BCE)

On the 301st day of the great Flood, Noah sent a dove for the 2nd time from the ark (see "Today in Jewish History" for Elul 17). This time, the dove stayed away all day; "the dove came in to him in the evening, and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off; and Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth" (Genesis 8:11).

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Daily Quote
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Rabbi Yossei the son of Judah of Kfar HaBavli would say: One who learns Torah from youngsters, whom is he comparable to? To one who eats unripe grapes and drinks [unfermented] wine from the press. One who learns Torah from the old, whom is he comparable to? To one who eats ripened grapes and drinks aged wine.
Said Rabbi Meir: Look not at the vessel, but at what it contains. There are new vessels that are filled with old wine, and old vessels that do not even contain new wine.

- Ethics of the Fathers, 4:20


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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Nitzavim, 2nd Portion Deuteronomy 29:12-29:14 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=537BFF5679EEE8D8E288CE682AB83B45&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Video Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=94115B917C0B84A842964281FEABAA8B&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tehillim: Chapters 108 - 112
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=5D3CBA262DBF96C4CA908C7CA40A90D7&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=0C6F60EC19E69CBDAFE68929F82C4CA5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, end of Epistle 16
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=4D844FD477E5A9DED66DE4C3584200F5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Hebrew Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C4789F7D627BCB0BFC531FE098DBE473&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Tanya Audio Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=38F8BDD07284EFD94DD27E911A8C1CDC&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Live Video Class:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=19674693424AF6A749AC13151C126D75&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=EB677A3691F23B98AB440674099EA70D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Kiddush HaChodesh Chapter Fourteen
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B5FE433F7C31C1DC40F2A16157ADD07E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Mechussarey Kapparah Chap. 3, 4, 5
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=C718B27C7C4309B6EEE122E6E80348F5&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=68C70800DA8DD2F9DDF8030328267087&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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