Thu Jun 21 '07 - 5 Tammuz 5767

• Verse (Posuk) of the day
  G-d will establish you for a holy people unto Himself, as he had sworn unto you, if you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your G-d and walk in his ways. And all the peoples of the earth shall see that the name of G-d is called upon you and they shall be afraid of you. (Deuteronomy 28:9-10)
  
  
• Gemara (Talmud or Midrash) of the day
  …and had founded his vault upon the earth (Amos 9:6) Another interpretation: It is a commonality in the world that when a person takes a bundle of stalks, he is not able to break it at once. Individually even a child can break it. Same phenomenon do we find by the children of Israel, that they will not attain salvation unless they get together in one bunch. As it says (Jeremiah 3:18): In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north… (Yalkut Shimoni Amos 9 cue 549)
  
  
• Character Trait (Middah) of the day
  Lashon hara: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, instructed his servant Tuvi: “Go to go to the market and bring me something good” Tuvi went out and returned with tongue (meat). R’ Shimon then asked Tuvi “Go to the market and bring me something bad”, again Tuvi went out and returned with tongue. R’ Shimon asked him to explain himself: “when I ask you to buy something good you bring me tongue, and when I ask you to bring me something bad, again you bring me tongue?” Tuvi replied, "When the tongue is good there is nothing better from it, but when the tongue is bad there’s nothing worse from it." / Rebba (R’ Yehuda Hanusi) invited his disciples for a meal, and he brought in soft tongues and hard tongues, upon filling up their plates they chose the soft tongues and didn’t touch the hard ones, so Rebba said to them: “You shall know in the same manner that you preferred to eat only the soft tongues, so to should you use your language in the same manner between each other (to speak softly and not harsh) (Midrash Raba Vayikra 33:1)
  
  
• Quote of the day
  "A Foolish person makes a lot of noise"
  ("Istra balagina kish kish karya" A single coin in an empty vessel makes a loud noise, which sounds like “kish kish” Tractate Bava Metzia 852)
  
  
• Halacha (Jewish Law) of the day
  Since a healthy and fit body is required by Hashem. One cannot understand or know any matters from the knowledge of the creator if one is ill. Therefore, one must keep oneself away from things which damage the body and accustom oneself to things which heal and make well the body. As it is also written [Yalkut Shimoni, Yitro]: "And keep well your souls" (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 32:1)