Yom Sheini - Between Heaven and Earth

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"On this day

G-d separated between

the heavenly and earthly

components

of the universe

and ruled over both...

~

The psalm [for Tuesday]

specifies Jerusalem

because the seat

of His holiness

is Jerusalem.

~

This day's separation

between heaven and earth

initiated the eternal strife

between the spiritual and

the physical.

~

This is why the Levites

chose a psalm composed

by the sons of Korach,

the man who instigated

a quarrel against Moses.

~

(From the Artscroll Siddur,

based on Rosh HaShana 31a

and Resisei Laila)