TODAY IN JUDAISM: Wednesday, October 31, 2012

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Cheshvan 15, 5773 * October 31, 2012

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Today is: Wednesday, Cheshvan 15, 5773

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Today in Jewish History
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· Passing of Mattityahu (139 BCE)

In the 2nd century before the common era, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) who, with the collaboration of the Jewish Hellenists, introduced pagan idols into the Holy Temple and set about to forcefully Hellenize the people of Israel. Mattityahu, the son of the High Priest Yochanan, was already an old man when he picked up a sword and raised the flag of revolt in the village of Modiin in the Judean hills. Many rallied under his cry, "Who that is for G-d, come with me!" and resisted and battled the Greeks from their mountain hideouts.

After heading the revolt for one year, Mattityahu died on the 15th of Cheshvan of the year 3622 from creation (139 BCE). His five sons -- the "Macabees" Judah, Yochanan, Shimon, Elazar and Yonatan -- carried on the battle to their eventual victory, celebrated each year since by Jews the world over with the festival of Chanukah.

Links: VirtualChanukah.com [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=5D4048039114396DF0573CA7893008D9&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]; a Chanukah anthology [ http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=38926A2E81B3295A0006408013172097&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2 ]

· Kristallnacht (1938)

On this night in 1938 and continuing into the next day -- November 9 on the secular calendar -- the Nazis coordinated vicious pogroms against the Jewish community of Germany. Encouraged by their leaders, rioters attacked and beat Jewish residents, burned and destroyed 267 synagogues, vandalized 7,500 Jewish businesses, and ransacked countless Jewish cemeteries, hospitals, schools, and homes, while police and firefighters stood by. Ninety-one Jews were killed and 20,000 others were deported to concentration camps.

These pogroms, which collectively came to be known as Kristallnacht (“night of broken glass,” referring to the thousands of windows that were broken) were a turning point after which Nazi anti-Jewish policy intensified.

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Daily Quote
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There are laws created by life, and laws that create life. Human laws are created by life, so they vary from land to land according to circumstances. The Almighty's Torah is a Gâ€'dly law that creates life. Gâ€'d's Torah is the Torah of truth, the same in all places, at all times...

- Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch (Hayom Yom, Shevat 22)


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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Vayeira, 4th Portion Genesis 19:21-21:4 with Rashi
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=755B8BF817118E45A8E2053A1BB1194C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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Tehillim: Chapters 77 - 78
· Hebrew text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=445D6BDB772B515F9D458BF617CB573C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· English text:
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Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 27
· Lesson in Tanya:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=93E2AF2CF26DD9C8B0D7FFFDA9FE28BC&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· Hebrew Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=F8A9520C3FF7E6D68EF60B9726962DE6&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
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Rambam:
· Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=B3CDEDC4A802217E3DBC9944B247DC7D&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 1 Chapter: Gerushin Chapter Twelve
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=1FB67013F430A26DEF683DD64CE45168&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2
· 3 Chapters: Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Three, Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Four, Hilchot Nizkei Mammon Chapter Five
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=79E08BF1815822CEB9480F06689E5B7E&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

Hayom Yom:
· English Text:
http://link.Chabad.org/go.asp?li=88FCC516AC2E073E57DB60A07EA1951C&ui=F8C16ABBBCDB72AD0024EE2F647D78D2

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