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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
IN GOD WE TRUST
ATON MEDABURET
🌎 Official & Recognized Observances
🇺🇳 International Youth Day — Designated by the United Nations in 1999 to highlight youth issues and celebrate the potential of youth as partners in global society; observed annually on August 12.
🐘 World Elephant Day — International observance established in 2012 to bring attention to the urgent plight and conservation of Asian and African elephants; observed annually on August 12.
🇹🇭 Mother’s Day & Queen Mother’s Birthday (Thailand) — Commemorates the birthday of Queen Sirikit; celebrated across Thailand as national Mother's Day on August 12.
🇮🇱 Israel & Temple Calendar
🌅 Wednesday (Yom Revi'i) — Fourth day of the biblical week.
🗓️ Hebrew Date: 29 Av 5786 (Erev Rosh Chodesh Elul)
🕍 No biblical pilgrimage festival is observed today; day of preparation preceding the month of Elul.
⛰️ Mount Gerizim (Samaritan Community)
🌇 Shabbat ended: Approximately 8:11 PM, Saturday, August 8, 2026.
📖 Weekly Torah Portion: Shoftim — Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9.
📖 TODAY'S TORAH READING (DAY 4 / 4TH ALIYA)
Deuteronomy 18:6–12 — King James Version (KJV)
DEUTERONOMY 18:6–12
6 And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
7 Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
8 They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
📜 Today in History
1953 — The Soviet Union detonated its first thermonuclear weapon (RDS-6s / "Joe 4") at the Semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhstan.
1981 — IBM introduced the IBM Personal Computer (Model 5150), popularizing personal computers worldwide and setting the industry standard.
1990 — Explorer Sue Hendrickson discovered the most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, nicknamed "Sue," near Faith, South Dakota.
2000 — The Russian nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk suffered an onboard explosion and sank in the Barents Sea with all 118 crew members aboard.
📖 Scripture of the Day (KJV)
Proverbs 16:3
“Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.”
🏛️ Temple Declaration
“Today I have made the decision that we here at D.E. Avila, Kingdom Christian Elementary, Middle, High School and College, along with Kingdom Christian Church, are going to dedicate our time here on the earth helping preserve and support the heritage of the original Temple built by King Solomon in Jerusalem, Israel.”
Copyright © D.E. Avila — July 16, 2026
📚 Works Cited
Hebcal Hebrew Calendar
Chabad.org Daily Torah Reading
Samaritan Tradition (Mount Gerizim)
United Nations Observances
Encyclopædia Britannica
Library of Congress
King James Version (KJV) — Public Domain"