Monday, January 16, 2006

DAILY MITZVAH (Maimonides): Tuesday, January 17, 2006

B"H

Tevet 17, 5766 * January 17, 2006

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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 137 of 339):

Negative Mitzvot 141, 142, 143
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Introduction to Negative Mitzvot 141-144:

Eating "Ma'aser Sheini" in Jerusalem

Positive Mitzvah 128 commands us to separate a second tithe in
addition to the tithe given to the Levites.

The Mitzvah of "Ma'aser," tithe, expresses appreciation.

We give a tenth of our harvest to the Levites, those dedicated
people who serve the Beit HaMikdash.

In certain years (See Negative Mitzvah 154), we must set aside
a second tithe, "Ma'aser Sheini."

It is brought to Jerusalem and we express our thanks to G-d by
enjoying the fruits of our toil, in His holy city.

As people gather from all over, they share their feeling of thanks
to HaShem for making things grow and blessing their hard work.

There, near the Beit HaMikdash where Hashem's presence is felt
most, they would listen to each others' words of praise and join
together in thanking HaShem.

The following Mitzvot deal with the Ma'aser Sheini.

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Negative Mitzvah 141: We are forbidden to eat grain set aside for
Ma'aser Sheini outside of Jerusalem

-Deuteronomy 12:17 "You may not eat within your gates the tithe of
your corn"

This Negative Mitzvah prohibits us from eating portions of grain
which we have set aside as Ma'aser Sheini outside of Jerusalem.

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Negative Mitzvah 142: We are forbidden to drink wine set aside for
Ma'aser Sheini outside of Jerusalem

-Deuteronomy 12:17 You may not eat within your gates the
tithes...of your wine"

This Negative Mitzvah prohibits us from drinking wine (or its by-
products) which we have set aside as Ma'aser Sheini outside of
Jerusalem.

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Negative Mitzvah 143: We are forbidden to use oil set aside for
Ma'aser Sheini outside of Jerusalem

-Deuteronomy 12:17 You may not eat within your gates the
tithes...of your oil"

This Negative Mitzvah prohibits us from drinking oil (or its by-
products) which we have set aside as Ma'aser Sheini outside of
Jerusalem.

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"TODAY'S DAY": Tuesday, January 17, 2006

B"H

Tevet 17, 5766 * January 17, 2006

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"T O D A Y ' S D A Y"
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Friday, Tevet 17 5703

Torah lessons: Chumash: Vay'chi, Shishi with Rashi.
Tehillim: 83-87.
Tanya: A further explanation (p. 43)...as explained
elsewhere). (p. 43).

The reason for not studying Torah on Nittel-night, (1) I heard from
my father, is to avoid adding vitality.

My father once said: Those diligent students who begrudge those eight
hours and cannot tear themselves away from study - I am not fond of
them. This (abstaining from study) applies only until midnight.

Footnote: (1) The non-Jewish festival commonly celebrated on
December 25th.

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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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LESSONS IN TANYA: Tuesday, January 17, 2006

B"H

Tevet 17, 5766 * January 17, 2006

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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:

Likutei Amarim
(Conclusion of Chapter Twelve)
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However, the impression retained in his mind [from his meditation,
during prayer, on G-d's greatness], and the [natural] love and fear
of G-d hidden in the right part of his heart, enable him to prevail
over and dominate the evil [animal soul's] craving, preventing the
evil from gaining the supremacy and dominion over the "city" [the
body], and carrying out its craving from the potential to the actual
by clothing itself in the organs of the body [in actual speech or
deed].

Furthermore: even in the mind alone, with respect to sinful thought,
the evil has not the dominion and power to cause him [G-d forbid] to
think such thoughts consciously; i.e., [to cause the mind] to accept
willingly, G-d forbid, the evil thought that rises of its own accord -
[unbidden] - from the heart to the mind, as explained above. (7)

[Evil thoughts will occur to him involuntarily, because the evil in
his heart craves evil; however, the evil does not have the final say
on what he will let his mind accept willingly; the Beinoni's conscious
mind is dominated by the divine soul].

Instead, immediately upon [the thought's] rising to [the mind], he
- [the Beinoni] - thrusts it aside [as it were] with both hands,
and averts his mind from it, the instant he realizes that it is an
evil thought.

He will refuse to accept it even as a subject for mere conscious
thought, and will certainly not entertain the notion of acting on it,
G-d forbid, or even speaking of it. For he who willingly indulges in
such thoughts is deemed a rasha at that moment, while the Beinoni is
never wicked even for a single moment.

[Obviously, then, the Beinoni would not willingly entertain evil
thoughts. The discussion of his mastery over his animal soul has thus
far centered on matters pertaining to man's relationship with G-d. It
now moves to another area]:

So, too, in matters "between man and his fellow-man." [The Beinoni
will not grant expression in thought, speech or action to any evil
feelings toward his fellow].

As soon as there rises from his heart to his mind any animosity or
hatred, G-d forbid, or jealousy, anger or a grudge, and their like,
he will bar them from his mind and will, [refusing even to think of
them].

On the contrary, his mind will prevail over and dominate the feelings
of his heart, to do the exact opposite [of that which the heart
desires, namely, to conduct himself toward his fellow with the quality
of kindness [as opposed to the quality of "severity", where hatred and
anger originate], and to display towards his fellow a disproportionate
love, in suffering from him to the furthest extreme, without being
provoked into anger, G-d forbid, or to take revenge in kind, G-d
forbid, [even without anger];

but, on the contrary, to repay offenders with favors, as taught in the
Zohar, (9) that we should learn from the example of Joseph's conduct
with his brothers, [when he repaid them for the suffering they brought
upon him, with kindness and favors.

Thus, in his relations with his fellow-man as well, the Beinoni does
not permit the evil in his heart to express itself in thought, word or
deed.

It is thus understood from this chapter, that with regard to practice,
the divine soul, is the Beinoni's only master. He neither thinks,
speaks nor does anything forbidden, but acts only in acordance with
Torah and mitzvot.

As regards his essence, however, i.e., his intellect and emotions, he
has another master as well; his animal soul is still powerful, and it
can and does arouse evil desires in his heart.

In connection with the statement made earlier in this chapter, that
the time of prayer is propitious for spiritual elevation, an aphorism
of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi J.I. Schneersohn, comes to
mind:

When a Jew studies Torah he feels like a student before G-d, his
teacher, Whose wisdom he is studying. When he prays, he feels like
a child before his father].

Footnote:

9. Zohar I, p. 201a.

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TODAY IN JUDAISM: Tuesday, January 17, 2006

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Tevet 17, 5766 * January 17, 2006

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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: Tuesday, Tevet 17, 5766

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Today in Jewish History
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• First New York Synagogue (1728)

In 1684, a group of Spanish and Portuguese Jews who fled the Inquisition (see "Today in Jewish History" for Tevet 22 [http://www.chabad.org/240792]) held a Rosh Hashanah service in New Amsterdam, thereby founding congregation Shearith Israel ("Remnant of Israel"). On this 17th of Tevet in 1728, the congregation purchased a lot in Lower Manhattan to erect the first synagogue in New York.

• Passing of Toldot Aaron (1754)

Rabbi Aaron Zelig ben Joel Feivush of Ostrog, Russia, author of Toldot Aaron, passed away on Tevet 17 of the year in 5515 from creation (1754).

• Passing of Maggid of Dubna (1841)

Tevet 17 is also the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yaakov Wolf Krantz (1740-1804), the Maggid (itinerant preacher) of Dubna, particularly known for the parables (meshalim) he employed in his sermons and writings.

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Daily Quote
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Behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed.

- Exodus 3:2

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Chitas and Rambam for today:

Chumash: Shemot, 3rd Portion Shemot 2:11-2:25 with Rashi
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Tehillim: Chapters 83 - 87
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Tanya: Likutei Amarim, end of Chapter 12
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• 3 Chapters: Ma`aser Sheni vaNeta Reva`i Chap. 5, 6, 7
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Hayom Yom:
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DAILY DOSE: Spring

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Spring
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We are not waiting for some great revelation from above to save us from our incompetence as guardians of this world and put everything in order. Rather, we are waiting to see the sun rise over everything we have done, to see the fruits of our labors blossom in an eternal spring.

It will come upon the world as a spring rain upon a plowed and seeded field. Plow and sow now, while there is still time.

A Daily Dose of Wisdom from the Rebbe
-words and condensation by Tzvi Freeman
Tevet 16, 5766 * January 16, 2006

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