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Monday, April 12, 2027

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Halachic Times (Zmanim)
Times for Thornhill, Ontario Canada
5:03 AM
Dawn (Alot Hashachar):
5:46 AM
Earliest Tallit and Tefillin (Misheyakir):
6:40 AM
Sunrise (Hanetz Hachamah):
9:57 AM
Latest Shema:
11:04 AM
Latest Shacharit:
1:18 PM
Midday (Chatzot Hayom):
1:53 PM
Earliest Mincha (Mincha Gedolah):
5:14 PM
Mincha Ketanah (“Small Mincha”):
6:38 PM
Plag Hamincha (“Half of Mincha”):
7:57 PM
Sunset (Shkiah):
8:28 PM
Nightfall (Tzeit Hakochavim):
1:17 AM
Midnight (Chatzot HaLailah):
67:10 min.
Shaah Zmanit (proportional hour):
Jewish History

Two days before the conclusion of the thirty-day mourning period following the passing of Moses on Adar 7 (see Jewish History for the 7th of Nissan), Joshua dispatched two scouts--Caleb and Pinchas--across the Jordan River to Jericho, to gather intelligence in preparation of the Israelites' battle with the first city in their conquest of the Holy Land. In Jericho, they were assisted and hidden by Rahab, a woman who lived inside the city walls. (Rahab later married Joshua).

Link:
The Two Spies

R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel was one of the leading Rebbes of his day, serving as rabbi and spiritual leader first in Apta (presently called Opatow), then in Iasi, and finally in Mezhibuzh. He was known for his great love of his fellow Jews, and is commonly known as “the Ohev Yisroel [lover of Jews] of Apta.”

Link: Special Powers

Laws and Customs

In today's "Nasi" reading (see "Nasi of the Day" in Nissan 1), we read of the gift bought by the nasi of the tribe of Shimon, Shlumiel ben Tzurishadai, for the inauguration of the Mishkan.

Text of today's Nasi in Hebrew and English.

Daily Thought

Intellect is inadequate because not all things can be explained. Intellect needs faith.

Faith is impotent because it remains forever obscure. Faith needs intellect.

But they are opposites, as contradictory as yes and no:
Faith accepts; Intellect questions.
Faith surrenders; Intellect struggles.

Miraculously, there is a power that can join them in harmony, and it is called wisdom.

Wisdom is the capacity to see the truth as it is
and the quietness to allow it entry without compromise.

Va’erah 5721:4. Torat Menachem 5751 volume 2, pg. 349.