Saturday, October 22, 2005

LESSONS IN TANYA: Sunday, October 23, 2005

B"H

Tishrei 20, 5766 * October 23, 2005

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L E S S O N S I N T A N Y A
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Today's Lesson:

Iggeret HaKodesh
(Middle of Epistle Twenty-Three)
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Therefore, evil in my eyes is (41) "the conduct that takes place under the sun" in general, especially among my brethren and friends who draw near to G-d (42) - and (43) "drawing near means prayer," [for prayer, particularly when accompanied by the avodah of measured meditation, constitutes a "drawing near" to G-d], when after prayer or before it, [the gathering] becomes a "company of scoffers," heaven forfend.

As our Sages, of blessed memory, said, (44) "If two people sit together and no words of Torah are exchanged between them, [this is a company of scoffers]."

Now if a "company of scoffers" is constituted by ten people, over whom the Shechinah abides, there is no greater insult and shaming of the Shechinah than that, heaven forfend.

And if our Sages, of blessed memory, said (45) of him who commits a transgression in secret that "he repulses the feet of the Shechinah," heaven forfend, then he who commits a transgression in public repulses the whole measure of the stature of the Creator, as it were. (46)

As our Sages, of blessed memory, said, (47) "It is impossible for Me and him [to live together in the world."

But repulsing the Shechinah does not mean that the actions of the transgressor cause it to be utterly absent, for the above passage speaks of shaming the Shechinah while it is present].

Rather, (48) "The King is held captive in the gutters" (49) ["of the mind" (50) - shackled in the channels of people's unworthy thoughts which, like gushing currents, flash fleetingly through the mind. This is indeed a humiliation of the Shechinah.

But (51) woe unto those who repulse the Shechinah, when G-d will raise her [the Shechinah] and say to her, (52) "Awake, arise from the dust...."

So, too, "On account of three things are the Jewish people detained in exile - because they repulse the Shechinah, and because they shame the Shechinah," and so on, as stated in the sacred Zohar. (53)

Footnotes:

41. Note of the Rebbe: "A paraphrase of Kohelet 2:17."
42. Note of the Rebbe: "See commentary of Rashi on Yitro,
[Shmot] 19:22 [which refers to sacrifices] - and the prayers were
ordained in place of the offerings [Berachot 26b]."
43. Note of the Rebbe: "Bereishit Rabbah, sec. 49; commentary
of Rashi on the verse [referred to above]."
44. Avot 3:2, citing Tehillim 1:1.
45. Kiddushin 31a.
46. Note of the Rebbe: "See Etz Chayim, Shaar HaSheimot,
ch. 7; Yahel Or, p. 573ff."
47. Sotah 5a.
48. Shir HaShirim 7:6.
49. Note of the Rebbe: "Cf. beginning of ch. 7 of Iggeret
HaTeshuvah."
50. Addenda to Tikkunei Zohar, Tikkun Vav.
51. Cf. Zohar II, 7a.
52. Yeshayahu 52:2.
53. III, 75b.

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DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Sunday, October 23, 2005

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Tishrei 20, 5766 * October 23, 2005

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D A I L Y M I T Z V A H (M A I M O N I D E S )
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Today's Mitzvot (Day 51 of 339):

Positive Mitzvah 159; Negative Mitzvah 323; Positive Mitzvah 160;
Negative Mitzvah 324
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Positive Mitzvah 159: Resting on the First Day of Passover

-Exodus 12:16 "And on the first day, there shall be a holy gathering"

We are commanded to regard the first day of Pesach, the fifteenth
day of Nisan, as a sacred holiday. On this day, we should stop all
work (see Negative Mitzvah 323).

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Negative Mitzvah 323: It is forbidden to work on the first day of
Passover

-Exodus 12:16 "And on the first day ... no manner of work shall
be done"

We are commanded not to do work on the first day of Pesach.

Outside of Eretz Yisrael, this Negative Mitzvah applies to the
second day of Pesach, as well, which is still Yom-Tov.

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Positive Mitzvah 160: Resting on the Seventh Day of Passover

-Exodus 12:16 "And on the seventh day, there shall be a holy gathering"

We are commanded to regard the seventh day of Pesach as a sacred
holiday.

On this day, we should stop all weekday work (see Negative
Mitzvah 324).

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Negative Mitzvah 324: It is forbidden to work on the seventh day
of Pesach

-Exodus 12:16 "And on the seventh day...no manner of work shall
be done."

We are commanded not to do work on the seventh day of Pesach.

Outside of Eretz Yisrael, this Negative Mitzvah applies to the
eighth day, as well, which is still Yom-Tov.

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"TODAY'S DAY": Sunday, October 23, 2005

B"H

Tishrei 20, 5766 * October 23, 2005

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"T O D A Y ' S D A Y"
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Tuesday, Tishrei 20 5704 - 4th Day of Chol Hamoed Sukot

Torah lessons: Chumash: B'racha, Shlishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 97-103.
Tanya: Therefore, evil in (p. 527)...the sacred Zohar.
(p. 527).

During the movements of the Lulav (p. 240) one should touch the chest with the Lulav at the spot one strikes his heart for Ashamnu.

My father once said at a Farbrengen that this (practice) (1) is similar to the idea that only through the earnestness before Davening, when one is embittered over his sins, can there afterwards be an emotional excitement in davening.

Footnote: 1. Of touching the chest with the Lulav at the spot where
he strikes Ashamnu; Ashamnu being the daily confession-
prayer for one's sins. (p. 61).

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Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe. Note: day of week and Torah lessons indicated are from 5703 (1943).

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TODAY IN JUDAISM: Sunday, October 23, 2005

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Tishrei 20, 5766 * October 23, 2005

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T O D A Y I N J U D A I S M
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* Laws * Customs * Jewish History * Daily Quote * Daily Study *

Today is: Sunday, Tishrei 20, 5766
Sukkot (Chol Hamoed)

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Today's Laws & Customs
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• Eat in Sukkah (7 days)

The festival of Sukkot, commemorating G-d's enveloping protection of the Children of Israel during their 40-year journey through the desert (1313-1273 BCE), is celebrated for seven days, beginning from the eve of Tishrei 15. During this time, we are commanded to "dwell" in a sukkah -- a hut of temporary construction, with a roof covering of raw, unfinished vegetable matter (branches, reeds, bamboo, etc.) -- signifying the temporality and fragily of human habitation and man-made shelter and our utter dependence upon G-d's protection and providence. "How [does one fulfill] the mitzvah of dwelling in the sukkah? One should eat, drink, and live in the sukkah, both day and night, as one lives in one's house on the other days of the year: for seven days a person should make his home his temporary dwelling, and his sukkah his permanent dwelling" (Code of Jewish Law, Orach Chaim 639:1).

At least one k'zayit (approx. 1 oz.) of bread should be eaten in the sukkah on the first evening of the festival, between nightfall and midnight. A special blessing, Leishiv BaSukkah, is recited. For the rest of the festival, all meals must be eaten in the sukkah (see the Code of Jewish Law or consult a Halachic authority as to what constitutes a "meal"). Chabad custom is to refrain from eating or drinking anything outside of the sukkah, even a glass of water.

Also see: the Ushpizin [http://www.chabad.org/159118]

Links: The Big Sukkah [http://www.chabad.org/89050]; The Temporary Dwelling [http://www.chabad.org/89052]; The Easy Mitzvah [http://www.chabad.org/89051]

• The "Four Kinds" (6 days)

"And you shall take for yourself on the first day," instructs the Torah in Leviticus "the splendid fruit of a tree, fronds of dates, the branch of the thick-leafed tree and aravot of the river." Torah SheBaal Peh (the oral tradition given to Moses at Sinai and handed threough the generations, and later documented in the Mishnah and Talmud) identifies the four kinds as the etrog (citron), lulav (unopened palm branch), hadass (myrtle twig, of which three are taken) and aravah (willow, two twigs). The palm branch, three myrtle twigs and two willow twigs are bound together (with rings made from palm leaves).

Each day of Sukkot -- except Shabbat -- we take the lulav in hand, recite a blessing over it, take hold of the trog, hold the "Four Kinds" together, and move them back and forth in all directions (right, left, forward, up, down and back). An additional blessing, shehecheyanu, is recited the first time that the Four Kinds are taken during the festival. We also hold the Four Kinds during the Hallel prayer (moving them as above in specified places in the text) and the Hoshaanot prayers (duriung which we march around the reading table in the synagogue) which are included in the daily service each day of Sukkot.

Link: The Four Mysteries of King Solomon [http://www.chabad.org/89056]

• "Water Drawing" Celebrations (7 nights)

When the Holy Temple stood in Jerusalem, one of the special Sukkot observances was to pour water on the Altar. The drawing of water for this purpose was preceded by all-night celebrations in the Temple courtyard; on the 15 steps leading to the azarah (inner courtyard) stood Levites with playing a variety of musical instruments, sages danced juggled burning tourches, and huge oil-burning lamps that illuminated the entire city. The singing and dancing went on until daybreak, when a procession would make its way to the Shiloach Spring which flowed in a valley below the Temple to "draw water with joy." "One who did not see the joy of the water-drawing celebrations," declared the sages of the Talmud, "has not seen joy in his life."

While water was poured each day of the fetival, the special celebrations were held only on Chol Hamoed [http://www.chabad.org/165370] since many of the elements of the celebration (e.g., the playing of musical instruments) are fornidden on Yom Tov.

Today, we commemorate these joyous celebrations by holding Simchal Beit HaShoeivah ("joy of the water drawing") events in the streets, with music and dancing. The Lubavitcher Rebbe initiated the custom of holding such celebrations on Shabbat and Yom Tov as well -- without musical instruments of course. The fact that we cannot celebrate as we did in the Temple, said the Rebbe, means that we are free to celebrate the joy of Sukkot with singing and dancing every day of the festival.

Link: The Taste of Water [http://www.chabad.org/5042]

• Chol Hamoed

The seven days of the festival of Sukkot consist of two days of "Yom Tov", followed by five days of "Chol Hamoed" ("weekdays of the festival"; also called "the intermediate days"). In the Land of Israel, there is only one day of Yom Tov, followed by six days of Chol Hamoed.

On Yom Tov all creative work is forbidden as on Shabbat, except for the tasks involved in food preparation (e.g., lighting a fire from a pre-existing flame, cooking, carrying "from domain to domain"); on Chol Hamoed, work whose avoidance would result in "significant loss" is permitted. Otherwise, all the mitzvot and customs of Sukkot apply: eating in the sukkah, taking the "four kinds", etc. The "Yaale V'yavo" prayer is included in all prayers and Grace After Meals. Hallel (partial), Hoshaanot and Musaf are recited following the Shacharit (morning) prayers.

It is the Chabad custom not to put on tefillin during Chol Hamoed, as on Shabbat and the festivals.

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Daily Quote
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The wholesome simplicity of the simple Jew touches on the utterly simple essence of G-d

- Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov

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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Vezot Hab'rachah, 1st Portion Devarim 33:1-33:7 with Rashi
• English Text:
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/default.asp?tDate=10/23/2005&src=ds

Tehillim: Chapters 97 - 103
• Hebrew text:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/tehillim.asp?tDate=10/23/2005&Lang=HEB
• English text:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/tehillim.asp?tDate=10/23/2005

Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 23
• Lesson in Tanya:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tDate=10/23/2005
• RealAudio:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/audio.asp?what=tanya&tDate=10/23/2005&format=rm
• Windows Media:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/audio.asp?what=tanya&tDate=10/23/2005&format=m3u

Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/seferHamitzvos.asp?tDate=10/23/2005
• 1 Chapter: Nizkey Mamon Chap. 5
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam.asp?tDate=10/23/2005&rambamChapters=1
• 3 Chapters: Shevitat Yom Tov Chap. 1, 2, 3
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam.asp?tDate=10/23/2005&rambamChapters=3

Hayom Yom:
• English Text:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/hayomyom.asp?tDate=10/23/2005

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