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Cheshvan 11, 5766 * November 13, 2005
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Today is: Sunday, Cheshvan 11, 5766
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Today in Jewish History
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• Passing of Methuselah (1656 BCE)
Methuselah, the longest-lived human being of all time, died at the age of 969 years on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656 from creation (2105 BCE) -- exactly seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood. Methuselah was Adam's great-great-great-great-great-granson and Noah's grandfather.
• Passing of Rachel (1553 BCE)
The matriarch Rachel died in childbirth on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 2208 from creation (1553 BCE) while giving birth to her second son, Benjamin.
Rachel was born in Aram (Mesopotamia) approximately 1585 BCE. Her father was Laban [http://www.chabad.org/3179], the brother of Jacob's mother, Rebecca. Jacob came to Laban's home in 1576 BCE, fleeing the wrath of his brother Esau. He fell in love with Rachel and worked for seven years tending Laban's sheep in return for her hand in marriage. But Laban deceived his nephew, and on the morning after the wedding Jacob discovered that he had married Rachel's elder sister, Leah. Laban agreed to give him Rachel as a wife as well in return for another seven years' labor.
Rachel was childless for many years, while her elder sister and rival gave birth to six sons and a daughter in succession. Finally, in 1562 BCE, she gave birth to a Joseph. Nine years later, while Jacob and his family were on the road to Jacob's ancestral home in Hebron (after a 22-year absence), she gave birth to a second son, but died in childbirth. Jacob buried her by the roadside, in Bethlehem; there, "Rachel weeps over her children, for they are gone [in exile]" (Jeremiah 31:14). Her tomb has served as a place of prayer for Jews for more than 35 centuries.
• Passing of R. Nachum of Chernobyl (1797)
Rabbi Nachum of Chernobyl was a disciple of the second leader odf the Chassidic movement, Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch, and the founder of the Chernobyl dynasty of Chassidic Rebbes.
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Daily Quote
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From the time that G-d said to our father Abraham, "Go from your land..." and "Abraham went on, journeying southward", began the process of "birurim" -- of extracting the sparks of holiness that are scattered throughout the universe and buried within the material existence... By the decree of Divine providence, a person wanders about in his travels to those places where the sparks that are to be extracted by him await their redemption. The Cause of All Causes brings about the many circumstances and pretexts that bring a person to those places where his personal mission in life is to be acted out.
- Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860-1920)
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Daily Study
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Chitas and Rambam for today:
Chumash: Vayeira, 1st Portion Bereishit 18:1-18:14 with Rashi
• English Text:
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/rashi/default.asp?tDate=11/13/2005&src=ds
Tehillim: Chapters 60 - 65
• Hebrew text:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/tehillim.asp?tDate=11/13/2005&Lang=HEB
• English text:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/tehillim.asp?tDate=11/13/2005
Tanya: Iggeret HaKodesh, beginning of Epistle 27
• Lesson in Tanya:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tDate=11/13/2005
• RealAudio:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/audio.asp?what=tanya&tDate=11/13/2005&format=rm
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http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/audio.asp?what=tanya&tDate=11/13/2005&format=m3u
Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvos:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/seferHamitzvos.asp?tDate=11/13/2005
• 1 Chapter: Gezelah va'Avedah Chap. 3
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam.asp?tDate=11/13/2005&rambamChapters=1
• 3 Chapters: Ishshut Chap. 8, 9, 10
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/rambam.asp?tDate=11/13/2005&rambamChapters=3
Hayom Yom:
• English Text:
http://www.chabad.org/dailystudy/hayomyom.asp?tDate=11/13/2005
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