ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Sunday, 12 Adar, 5783 March 5, 2023

 ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Sunday, 12 Adar, 5783 March 5, 2023

Jewish History

Herod's Temple Dedicated (11 BCE)

After 334 years, the 2nd Holy Temple in Jerusalem (see "Today in Jewish History" for Adar 3) was in disrepair. In the year 19 BCE, King Herod I floated the idea of rebuilding and renovating the Temple. Though many Jews were wary of Herod’s motives, the renovation was completed eight years later. The new structure was magnificent, causing the Talmud to state: "He who has not seen Herod's edifice has not seen a magnificent edifice!"

Link: Herod the Great

Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires Bombed (1992)

On the afternoon of 12 Adar II 5752 (March 17, 1992), a pickup truck loaded with explosives smashed into the front of the Israeli Embassy and detonated. The embassy, a church, and a school were destroyed. The blast killed 29 and wounded 242.

Daily Study

Chumash

Parshat Ki Tisa, 1st Portion (Shemot (Exodus) 30:11-31:17)

Psalms

Chapters 66-68

Tanya

Likutei Amarim, middle of Chapter 33

Rambam

3 Chapters, 1 Chapter, Sefer Hamitzvot

Hayom Yom

Today's Hayom Yom

Daily Thought

Haman's Gamble

The word Purim is from the Persian word pur, a means of gambling.

Because Haman believed that all of life is a gamble.

G‑d threw a roll of dice, he said, and the world was made.

Another roll—good was chosen to be good and bad to be evil.

So Haman threw his own dice and gambled that this time evil would win and good would be defeated. And when he saw the results, he was convinced that he had won the game.

Haman was right about one thing: G‑d is beyond this world. Beyond all things.

He has no need for a world, or for anything at all to exist. He can choose as He wills.

He was wrong about another: G‑d doesn't decide by a roll of dice.

He chooses with His very self, the essence of His being.

So that within this choice to have a world, His very essence is invested.

And within those things He chose as good, He is found.

And within those things He chose as evil, He is hidden.

Even within the throw of dice, even when thrown by the most sinister villain, He is there.

And the dice are loaded.

Halachic Times (Zmanim)

Times for Jerusalem, Israel

4:46 AM

Dawn (Alot Hashachar):

5:19 AM

Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir):

6:02 AM

Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah):

8:54 AM

Latest Shema:

9:53 AM

Latest Shacharit:

11:50 AM

Midday (Chatzot Hayom):

12:21 PM

Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah):

3:17 PM

Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”):

4:30 PM

Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”):

5:40 PM

Sunset (Shkiah):

6:05 PM

Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim):

11:50 PM

Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah):

58:43 min.

Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour):

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  Our Prayer and hope: All the gates to the Har ha-Bait have to be opened for Jews and non-Jews seven days in the week 24 hours a day. The Jews need to have the freedom to go with Tefillin, Tallit and Torah Scroll up on the Mountain to serve Hashem. And do קידה ('Kidah' prostate, laying down, before Hashem) Everyone showing his/her respect for the Jewish and all other religions. But NOT for the words/deeds/sins spoken against any word of the Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu and the 'real' teachings of the Jewish Rabbis. The Jews must be the guardians of the Har ha-Bait.

  תפילתנו ותקוותנו: כל שערי הר הבית צריכים להיפתח עבור יהודים ולא-יהודים שבעה ימים בשבוע 24 שעות ביממה. ליהודים צריך להיות חופש ללכת עם תפילין, טלית וספר תורה במעלה ההר כדי לשרת את ה' ולקוד קידה .מתוך הפגנת כבוד ליהודים ולכל הדתות האחרות, אבל לא למילים/למעשים/לחטאים הנאמרים נגד תורת משה רבנו. מלמודי רבנים, היהודים חייבים להיות שומרי הר הבית.

  Ariel, hopefully your Representee

  אריאל, מקווה שהנציג שלך