Mon Jun 25 '07 - 9 Tammuz 5767

• Verse (Posuk) of the day
  Cast your bread upon the water, for after many days thou shall find it (Ecclesiastes 11:1) (i.e. true today you have enough bread, but who knows maybe tomorrow, next week or next year you might be hungry and looking for something to eat, this piece of bread will come to your rescue)
  
  
• Gemara (Talmud or Midrash) of the day
  R’ Yehoshua was asked:
  1) Why is it that when a male is born he is with his face down and when the female is born she is with her face up?
  He said to them: the male look onto his place of creation (the ground) and the female looks onto here place of creation (the bone)
  
  2) Why is it that a woman needs to fragrant herself and the man doesn’t need to fragrant himself?
  He said to them: Adam (the man) was created from soil, and Chava (the woman) from the bone, if for example you leave a piece of meat 3 days without salting it will stink, whereas the soil will never stink.
  
  3) Why is it that the woman’s voice travels far and not the man’s (A female has a higher-pitched voice then the male, and a high-pitch sound travels further then a low-pitch)
  He said to them: Its like for example if you fill up a pot with meat, the cooking sound doesn’t go too far, however once you throw in a bone the sound goes further.
  
  4) Why is it that it’s easy to get remission from a man its but not easy to get remission from a woman?
  He said to them: Adam (the man) was created from soil and as soon as you put a drop of water on soil it melts immediately and Chava (the woman) was created from bone which even if you soak it many days in water it won’t melt.(Midrash Rabah Parsha 17:8)
  
  
• Character Trait (Middah) of the day
  Be humble: Rabbi Levitas of Yavneh said: Be exceedingly humble in spirit, for the anticipated end of mortal man is worms. (Ethics of the fathers 4:4)
  
  
• Quote of the day
  "It's not how much or how little you have that makes you great or small, but how much or how little you are with what you have." (R' Samson Raphael Hirsch Horeb, vol. 1, pg 46)
  
  
• Halacha (Jewish Law) of the day
  It is forbidden to speak about retribution to befall another Jew. (This applies) even to saying: "If so and so were alive, he would surely come here," for "a covenant has been established with the lips" (Mo'ed Koton 18a). Similarly, one should not try to frighten a child with an unclean animal, telling him "A cat or dog will seize you." The same applies to other similar statements. One must be very careful from making statements out of habit. (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 33:14)