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Triennial Cycle (Triennial Torah Cycle) / Septennial Cycle (Septennial Torah Cycle)

Three and 1/2 year Lectionary Readings	Fourth Year of the Reading Cycle
II Adar 15, 5768 – March 21/22, 2008	Seventh Year of the Shmita Cycle

Shabbat Shushan Purim

Purim for Walled Cities

Candle Lighting and Havdalah Times

Olympia, Washington, U.S.

Friday Mar. 14, 2008 – Candles at 7:08 PM

Saturday Mar. 15, 2008 – Havdalah 8:13 PM

San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Brisbane, Australia:

Friday Mar. 14, 2008 – Candles at 7:28 PM Friday Mar. 14, 2008 – Candles at 5:40 PM

Saturday Mar. 15, 2008 – Havdalah 8:22 PM Saturday Mar. 15, 2008 – Havdalah 6:32 PM

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Singapore, Singapore

Friday Mar. 14, 2008 – Candles at 7:32 PM Friday Mar. 14, 2008 – Candles at 6:57 PM

Saturday Mar. 15, 2008 – Havdalah 8:28 PM Saturday Mar. 15, 2008 – Havdalah 7:46 PM

Cebu, Philippines Jakarta, Indonesia

Friday Mar. 14, 2008 – Candles at 5:49 PM Friday Mar. 14, 2008 – Candles at 5:45 PM

Saturday Mar. 15, 2008 – Havdalah 6:39 PM Saturday Mar. 15, 2008 – Havdalah 6:34 PM

For other places see: http://chabad.org/calendar/candlelighting.asp

Coming Festivals: Pesach - Passover

Evening Saturday April 19 – Evening Sunday April 27

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http://www.betemunah.org/chronology.html; http://www.betemunah.org/redemption.html;

http://www.betemunah.org/haggada.html; http://www.betemunah.org/pcustoms.html

Shabbat	Torah Reading:	Weekday Torah Reading:
אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים
“Eleh HaD’barim”	Reader 1 – D’barim 1:1-5	Reader 1 – D’barim 2:2-5
“These are the words”	Reader 2 – D’barim 1:6-12	Reader 2 – D’barim 2:6-8
“Estas son las palabras”	Reader 3 – D’barim 1:13-18	Reader 3 – D’barim 2:9-12
D’barim (Deut.) 1:1 – 2:1	Reader 4 – D’barim 1:19-25
Ashlamatah: Zech. 8:16-23 + 9:9-10	Reader 5 – D’barim 1:26-32
	Reader 6 – D’barim 1:33-38	Reader 1 – D’barim 2:2-5
Psalm: 107	Reader 7 – D’barim 1:39 – 2:1	Reader 2 – D’barim 2:6-8
	Maftir – D’barim 1:45 – 2:1	Reader 3 – D’barim 2:9-12
N.C.: Matityahu 26:1-5	Zechariah 8:16-23 + 9:9-10

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Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan

for: D’barim (Deuteronomy) 1:1 – 2:1

RASHI	TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN
1. These are the words that Moshe addressed to all of Yisrael across the Yarden; [as he had] in the wilderness--- on the Arava plain facing Suf; [and as he had] between Paran and Tofel and Lavan and Chatzerot and Di Zohov.	1. I. These are the words of admonition which Mosheh spoke with all Israel. He gathered them together to him while they were beyond the Jordan, and answered and said to them: Was it not in the wilderness at the mountain of Sinai that the law was given to you? and in the plains of Moab you were made to understand how many miracles and signs the Holy One, blessed be He, had wrought for you, from the time that you passed over the border of the Weedy Sea, where He made for you a way for every one of your tribes. But you declined from His word, and wrought provocation before Him, in Pharan, on account of the words of the spies, and put together lying words against Him, and murmured about the manna, which He had made to come down for you, white from the heavens; in Hazeroth you demanded flesh, and made yourselves deserving to perish from the midst of the world, but for the memory, on your behalf, of the merit of your righteous fathers, the tabernacle of ordinance, and the ark of the covenant, and the holy vessels which you had covered with pure gold, and made atonement for you on account of the sin of the golden calf. It is a journey of eleven days (only) from Horeb by the way of Mount Gebal unto Rekem Giah; but because you declined and provoked the Lord to displeasure, you have been retarded forty years. [JERUSALEM. These are the words which Mosheh, spake with all Israel, reproving them, while as yet they were situate beyond the Jordan. Mosheh answering said to them: Was it not in the wilderness at Mount Sinai, that the law was given to you? and on the plains of Moab was shown you what miracles and mighty acts the Word of the Lord had wrought on your behalf. When you stood by the Weedy Sea, the sea was divided before you, and there were made twelve ways of one way, (a path) for each tribe. Yet you provoked Him at the sea, and rebelled at the Sea of Suph. On account of the matter of the spies who had been sent from the wilderness of Pharan, the decree (came forth) against you, that you should not enter into the land of Israel; and for that of the manna, of which you said, Our soul is afflicted with this bread, whose eating is too light, the serpents were let loose upon you; and in Hazeroth, where your carcasses fell on account of the flesh, and concerning the calf that you had made, He would have spoken in His Word to destroy you, had He not been mindful of the covenant which He sware to your fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Jakob, and of the tabernacle of ordinance which you had made unto His name, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and of your burnt sacrifices in the midst (of the tabernacle and the ark) which you covered with purified gold. A journey of eleven days is it from Mount Horeb by way of Mount Gebal unto Rekem Giah; yet, because you sinned and provoked anger before Him, you have been delayed, and have been journeying for forty years. And it was at the end of forty years.]
2. Eleven days [travelling time] from Chorev by the Mount Seir road, to Kadesh Barnea.	2.
3. [Beginning] in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first of the month, Moshe addressed B’ne Yisrael with every detail that Adonai had commanded him [to say] to them.	3. And it was at the end of forty years, in the eleventh month, the month of Shebat, on the first of the month, that Mosheh spake with the sons of Israel according to all that the Lord had given him commandment for them.
4. After he had smitten Sichon, King of the Emorites, who was living in Cheshbon; and Og, King of the Bashan, who was living in Ashtarat, in Edrei.	4. After He had smitten Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Mathnan, who dwelt at Astarvata in Edrehath,
5. Across the Yarden in the land of Moav, Moshe began to elucidate this Torah as follows:	5. beyond Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Mosheh to speak the words of this law, saying:
6. Adonai, our G-d, addressed us at Chorev, saying, "Enough of your living at this mountain!	6. The Lord our God spake with us (and not I, of my own mind) in Horeb, saying: It is enough for you, and hath been profitable for you until this time (during) which you have received the law, and have made the tabernacle and its vessels, and appointed your princes over you; but now it would be evil for you to tarry longer at this mount.
7. Turn and travel for yourselves and arrive at the Emorite hill [region] and at all its neighbours---on the plain, on the mountain, and in the lowland, and in the Negev, and on the seacoast; the land of the Canaanites and the Lebanon, up to the great river, the Euphrates River.	7. Turn you, and journey to Arad and Hormah, and go up to the mountain of the Amorites; and to the dwelling‑places of Ammon, Moab, and Gebala, in the plains of the forests, in mountain and valley, and by the south on the shore of the sea, Ashkelon and Kiserin, the land of the Kenaanite unto Kaldohi, and Lebanon, the place of the mountain of the sanctuary, to the great river, the River Phrat.
8. See, I have set the land before you; come and inherit the land that Adonai swore to your forefathers, to Abraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya’akob, to give them and their descendants after them."	8. See, I have given up the inhabitants of the land before you; nor will it be needful to carry arms; go in and possess the land, and appoint the allotters, and divide it, even as the Lord sware to your fathers, to Abraham, Izhak, and Jakob, that He would give it unto them and their sons after them.
9. I said to you at that time saying, "I cannot carry you by myself.	9. And I spake to you at that time, saying: We will not leave you with but one judge, for I am not able to bear you alone.
10. Adonai, your G-d, has multiplied you, and you are today as numerous the stars in the sky.	10. The Word of the Lord our God hath multiplied you; and, behold, you are today as the stars of heaven for multitude.
11. Adonai, G-d of your forefathers, will add to you one thousandfold, and will bless you as He spoke about you.	11. The Lord God of your fathers increase you a thousand fold on account of this my benediction, and bless you beyond numbering as He hath said unto you.
12. How can I carry alone your troublesomeness, your burdensomeness, and your contentiousness?	12. But how can I alone sustain the labour, your sensuality, your evil thoughts, your words of strife, your offering one shekel for two?
13. Provide yourselves men, wise and understanding and renowned to your tribes, and I will designate them your leaders."	13. Present, then, from among you wise men, prudent in their thinking, men of wisdom, by your tribes, and I will appoint them to be chiefs over you.
14. You replied to me and said, "[It is a] good thing that you said to do."	14. And you answered me and said: The thing that thou hast spoken it is right for us to do.
15. I took the leaders of your tribes, men wise and renowned, and designated them leaders over you: masters of thousands and masters of hundreds, and masters of fifties and masters of tens, and court officers for your tribes.	15. So I took the chiefs of your tribes, and moved them kindly with words; wise men, masters of knowledge, but prudent in their thoughts, I found not; and I appointed them chiefs over you, rabbans of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties; twelve thousand rabbans of tens, six myriads, officers of your tribes.
16. I commanded your judges at that time, to say, "Listen between your brothers and you are to judge right between a man and his brother, and between his complainant.	16. And I charged your judges at that time with the orders of judgments, saying: So hear your brethren that one may not (be permitted to) speak all his words, while another is compelled to cut his words short; and so hearken to their words, as that it may be impossible for you not to judge them, and deliver judgment in truth, and to resolve (a matter) completely between a man and his brother, and between him who hireth words of litigation.
17. Do not show favour in judgement; small and great alike will you hear out; do not fear any man; for justice belongs to G-d. And the matter that will be too difficult for you, present to me and I will hear it."	17. You will not have respect to persons in a judgment; you will hear little words as well as great ones, nor be afraid before the rich man and the ruler; for a judgment is from before the Lord, and He seeth every secret. But the thing that is too hard for you bring to me, and I will hear it.
18. I commanded you at that time all the things that you are to do.	18. And at that time I taught you all the Ten Words which you are to practise about judgments of money, and judgments of life.
19. We travelled from Chorev and walked the entire great wilderness, that awesome one that you saw, in the direction of the Emorite hill [region] as Adonai, our G-d, commanded us; and we arrived at Kadesh Barnea.	19. And we journeyed from Horeb, and came through all that great and fearful desert, where you saw serpents like boughs, and loathsome scorpions darting at you like arrows, on the way of the mountain of the Amoraah, as the Lord our God had commanded us, and came to Rekem Giah.
20. I said to you, "You have arrived at the Emorite hill [region] that Adonai, our G-d, is giving us.	20. And I said to you, Ye are come to the mountain of the Amoraah, which the Lord our God will give to us.
21. See! Adonai, our G-d, has set the land before you. Go up, inherit [it] as promised by Adonai, the G-d of your forefathers, about you; do not fear and do not tremble."	21. Behold, the Lord our God hath given you the land; arise and possess it, as the Lord your God hath told you; fear not, nor be dismayed (broken).
22. Verse 22: You approached me, all of you, and said, "Let us send men ahead of us to spy out the land for us, and let them bring back word to us: the route we are to go up on and the cities we will be coming to."	22. And all of you came to me in a body, and said, We will send men before us to examine the land for us, and bring us back word by what way we will go up to it, and the cities we should enter.
23. The idea pleased me, so I took from you twelve men, one man per tribe.	23. And the thing was proper in my eyes; and I took from you twelve chosen men, one man for a tribe,
24. They turned and went uphill and arrived at Wadi Eshkol, and they spied it out.	24. and they turned and went up into the mountain, and came to the stream of Ethkela, and explored it. [JERUSALEM. And they prepared and went up into the mountain, and came to the stream of the Grapes, and surveyed it.]
25. They took in their hand some fruit of the land and brought [it] down to us. They brought back word to us and said, "Good is the land that Adonai, our G-d, is giving us."	25. And they took in their hands of the produce of the land and brought to us. And they returned us word; and Kaleb and Jehoshua said, The land which the Lord our God hath given us is good.
26. But you were unwilling to go up, and you defied Adonai, your G-d.	26. But you were not willing to go up, but believed the words of the ten wicked ones, and rebelled against the Word of the Lord your God.
27. You grumbled in your tents and said, "Because of Adonai's hatred of us, He took us out of the land of Egypt to put us in the hand of the Emorite to destroy us.	27. And you cried in your tents, taking your sons and your daughters to your breasts, saying, Woe to you, ye stricken ones! tomorrow ye will be slain. Why hath the Lord hated us, to have brought us out of the land of Mizraim, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us?
28. Where are we going up to? Our brothers have shattered our hopes by saying, 'A people greater and more powerful than we, cities great and fortified sky-high, and also descendants of the Anakim--- did we see there.' "	28. How will we go up? Our brethren have dissolved our hearts, saying, The people are greater and mightier than we; their cities are vast and walled to the height of heaven, and we saw there also the sons of Ephron the giant.
29. I said to you, "Do not crumble and do not fear them.	29. And I said to you, Be not broken down, nor be afraid of them:
30. Adonai, your G-d, who goes before you, He will wage war for you, as in everything that He did with you in Egypt before your eyes;	30. the Word of the Lord your God who goeth before you will Himself fight for you, according to all that He did for you in Mizraim before your eyes.
31. and in the wilderness, as you have seen, (where) Adonai, your G-d, carried you the way a man carries his son all along the road you went until you arrived at this place.	31. And in the desert, where thou sawest burning serpents full of deadly venom, the Lord thy God bare thee with the glorious clouds of His Shekinah, as a man carrieth his child, all the way that you went, until you have come to this place.
32. Yet in this matter, you do not trust Adonai, your G-d,	32. But in this thing you believed not in the Word of the Lord your God,
33. Who has been going ahead of you on the road to seek for you a place to encamp; with the fire at night to show you the way for you to go on, and with the cloud by day.	33. who led before you in the way to prepare for you the place of your encampments, in the pillar of fire by night to light you in the way you should go, and in the pillar of the cloud by day.
34. Adonai heard the intent of your words and angrily swore, to say:	34. And the voice of your words was heard before the Lord, and He was displeased, and did make oath saying,
35. "That [no] man will see---of these men, this wicked generation--- the good land that I swore to give to your forefathers.	35. If any one of the men of this evil generation will see the good land which I covenanted to give unto their fathers,
36. Except for Kaleb ben Yefuneh, who will see it, and to whom I will give the land that he trod upon and to his sons, because he perfected himself in fear of Adonai."	36. except Kaleb bar Jephunneh, who will see it, and to whom I will give the good land, the land of Hebron through which he walked, and to his children, because he hath followed with integrity the fear of the Lord.
37. Also at me was Adonai angry because of you, to say, "You, too, will not arrive there.	37. Against me also was there displeasure before the Lord on your account, saying, Thou too art not to go in thither;
38. Yehoshua son of Nun, who attends you, he will arrive there. Encourage him, for he will apportion it to Yisrael.	38. Jehoshua bar Nun, who ministereth in thy house of instruction, he is to go in thither: strengthen him, for he is to make Israel possess it.
39. As to your infants, about whom you said, 'They will become spoils,' and your children who cannot distinguish today good from evil, they will arrive there; and to them will I give it and they will inherit it.	39. But your little ones, of whom you said, They will be for prey, and your children, who as yet know not between good and evil, they will go in thither: I will give it to them, and they will possess it for an inheritance.
40. As for you, turn yourselves [around], and travel into the wilderness by the Yam Suf road."	40. As for you, turn, and go (back) into the wilderness by the way of the Weedy Sea.
41. You replied and said to me, "We have sinned to Adonai. We will go up and wage war in [fulfilment of] all that Adonai, our G-d commanded us." And each of you girded his weapons, and you got ready to go up the mountain.	41. Then answered you, and said to me, We have sinned before the Lord ; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And you girded on every man his arms, and began to ascend the mountain.
42. Adonai said to me, "Say to them, 'Do not go up and do not wage war, for I am not in your midst; so that you will not be shattered by your enemies.' "	42. But the Lord said to me, Say to them, Go not up, nor prepare for battle, for My Shekinah goeth not among you; that you be not crushed before your enemies.
43. I told you, but you did not obey. You defied Adonai, and deliberately went up the hill.	43. And I spake with you, but you would not obey but were rebellious against the Word of the Lord, and did wickedly, and went up to the mountain.
44. The Emorites came out--- those who live in those hills---toward you, and chased you as the bees do; and they crushed you in Se'ir till Chorma.	44. And the Amoraah who dwelt in that mountain came out to meet you, and pursued you, as they drive away and destroy hornets, and smote you from Gebal unto Hormah. [JERUSALEM. And they chased you as bees are chased, and slew you in Gebal unto destruction.]
45. You returned and wept before Adonai, but Adonai did not accept your prayer; He paid no attention to you.	45. And you returned, and wept before the Lord: but the Lord would not receive your prayers, nor hearken to your words.
46. You lived in Kadesh many years, like the years you lived [elsewhere].	46. So you abode in Rekem many days, according to the days that you abode.

1. We turned and traveled into the wilderness by way of the Reed Sea [route] as Adonai had told me, and we circled Mount Seir a long time.	1. And turning we journeyed into the wilderness, by the way of the Sea of Suph, as the Lord had bidden me, and we compassed Mount Gebal many days.

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 107

JPS Translation	TARGUM
1. 'O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever.'	1. Sing praise in the presence of the Lord, for he is good, for his goodness is forever.
2. So let the redeemed of the LORD say, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary;	2. The redeemed of the Lord will say [it], whom he redeemed from the hand of the oppressor.
3. And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the sea.	3. And whom he gathered from the lands, from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the sea in the south.
4. They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; they found no city of habitation.	4. Concerning the people of the house of Israel he prophesied and said, “The people of the house of Israel have wandered in the wilderness in a desolate path; they did not find an inhabited city.”
5. Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.	5. Thirsty, yes, and hungry, their souls will grow weary.
6. Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses.	6. And they prayed in the presence of the Lord went it went ill with them; he delivered them from their distress.
7. And He led them by a straight way, that they might go to a city of habitation.	7. And he guided them on a straight way, to come to Jerusalem, the inhabited city.
8. Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!	8. Let them give thanks in the presence of the Lord because of his kindness, and tell his wonders to the sons of men.
9. For He has satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He has filled with good.	9. For he has satisfied the soul of the empty, and filled with good things the soul of the hungry.
10. Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron -	10. Concerning Zedekiah and the leaders of Israel he prophesied and said, “O Zedekiah and the leaders of Israel, who were exiled to Babylon and dwelt in darkness and the shadow of death, and became prisoners in the pain of iron fetters.”
11. Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the Most High.	11. For they rebelled against the word of God, and rejected the counsel of the Most High.
12. Therefore He humbled their heart with travail, they stumbled, and there was none to help -	12. And he broke their heart with toil; they stumbled, and there was none to help.
13. They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses.	13. And they prayed in the presence of the Lord when it went ill with them; he redeemed them from their distress.
14. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.	14. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death; and he will break their chains.
15. Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!	15. They will give thanks in the presence of the Lord because of his kindness, and tell his wonders to the sons of men.
16. For He has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.	16. For he shattered the doors of bronze, and cut down the bars of iron.
17. Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities/lawlessness -	17. Concerning Hezekiah, king of the tribe of the house of Judah, he prophesied and said, “Hezekiah, king of the house of Judah, who refused to take a wife, was punished as the fools are punished because of their rebellious way and because of their iniquities/lawlessness.”
18. Their soul abhorred all manner of food, and they drew near unto the gates of death -	18. Their soul will reject all food, and they arrive at the portals of death.
19. They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses;	19. And they prayed in the presence of the Lord when it went ill with them, and he will redeem them from their distresses.
20. He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their graves.	20. He will send the words of His healing and will heal them, and deliver [them] from being harmed.
21. Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!	21. They will give thanks in the presence of the Lord because of his kindness, and tell his wonders to the sons of men.
22. And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with singing.	22. And they will sacrifice thanksgiving sacrifices, and will tell of his deeds in gladness.
23. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters -	23. Concerning the sailors of Jonah son of Amittai, he prophesied and said, “The sailors, those who go down to the sea in ships, those who do work on many waters –
24. These saw the works of the LORD, and His wonders in the deep;	24. They saw the deeds of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.”
25. For He commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves thereof;	25. And he gave command by his word, and raised up the storm and the gale, and its waves were lifted up high.
26. They mounted up to the heaven, they went down to the deeps; their soul melted away because of trouble;	26. They go up towards heaven, they go down to the depths of the abysses; their souls will melt in misery.
27. They reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken man, and all their wisdom was swallowed up -	27. They will tremble, they will totter[3] like a man drunk with wine; and all their wisdom is destroyed.
28. They cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distresses.	28. And they prayed in the presence of the Lord when it went ill with them, and he will bring them out of their troubles.
29. He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.	29. He will make the wind cease to quietness, and their waves will be silent.
30. Then were they glad because they were quiet, and He led them unto their desired haven.	30. And they rejoiced, for they are silent; and he led them to the harbor they desired.
31. Let them give thanks unto the LORD for His mercy, and for His wonderful works to the children of men!	31. They will give thanks in the presence of the Lord because of his kindness, and tell his wonders to the sons of men.
32. Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the seat of the elders.	32. And they exalt him in the assembly of the people, the house of Israel; and in the Sanhedrin of the wise they will praise him.
33. He turns rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into a thirsty ground;	33. Concerning the generation of Joel son of Pethuel he prophesied and said: “When the house of Israel rebelled in the days of Joel the prophet, he brought a drought into the world; he made the rivers like the desert, and the sources of water like thirst.”
34. A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness/lawlessness of them that dwell therein.	34. The land of Israel that produces fruit became a waste like Sodom, which was overthrown because of the evil of its inhabitants.
35. He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into water-springs.	35. When they returned to the Torah, he made the desert like a channel of water, and the parched land [became] sources of water.
36. And there He makes the hungry to dwell, and they establish a city of habitation;	36. And he made the hungry dwell there, and they set up an inhabited city
37. And sow fields, and plant vineyards, which yield fruits of increase.	37. And they sowed fields and planted vineyards, and they yielded fruit of produce.
38. He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffers not their cattle to decrease.	38. And he blessed them and they multiplied greatly, and their livestock will not diminish.
39. Again, they are diminished and dwindle away through oppression of evil and sorrow.	39. And when they sinned, they diminished and became poor because of the affliction of misery and pain.
40. He pours contempt upon princes, and causes them to wander in the waste, where there is no way.	40. He pours contempt on the leaders, and made them wander in a void without a path.
41. Yet setts He the needy on high from affliction, and makes his families like a flock.	41. But when they returned to the Torah, he exalted the needy from poverty, and made [them] like the flocks of the well-born families.
42. The upright see it, and are glad; and all iniquity/lawlessness stops her mouth.	42. The upright will see and rejoice, but every liar’s mouth is closed and sealed.
43. Whoso is wise, let him observe these things, and let them consider the mercies of the LORD.	43. Would that the wise man keep these things, and discern the kindnesses of the Lord!

Ashlamatah: Zech. 8:16-23 + 9:9-10

16. These are the things that you will do: Speak every man the truth with his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

17. and let none of you devise evil/lawlessness in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath; for all these are things that I hate, says the LORD.' {S}

18. And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying:

19. 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, will be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful seasons; therefore love truth and peace. {P}

20. Thus says the LORD of hosts: It will yet come to pass, that there will come peoples, and the inhabitants of many cities;

21. and the inhabitants of one city will go to another, saying: Let us go speedily to entreat the favour of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will go also.

22. Yes, many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favour of the LORD. {S}

23. Thus says the LORD of hosts: In those days it will come to pass, that ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the Gentiles, will even take hold of the skirt (Tsitsit) of him that is a Jew, saying: We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.' {S}

1. The burden of the word of the LORD. In the land of Hadrach, and in Damascus will be His resting-place; for the LORD'S is the eye of man and all the tribes of Israel.

2. And Hamath also will border thereon; Tyre and Zidon, for she is very wise.

3. And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

4. Behold, the Lord will impoverish her, and He will smite her power into the sea; and she will be devoured with fire.

5. Ashkelon will see it, and fear, Gaza also, and will be sore pained, and Ekron, for her expectation will be ashamed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.

6. And a bastard will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

7. And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his detestable things from between his teeth, and he also will be a remnant for our God; and he will be as a chief in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.

8. And I will encamp about My house against the army, that none pass through or return; and no oppressor will pass through them any more; for now have I seen with Mine eyes. {S}

9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion, shout, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, your king comes unto you, he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass.

10. And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be cut off, and he will speak peace unto the Gentiles; and his dominion will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Midrash of Matityahu (Matthew) 26:1-5

1. It became [that] when Yeshuah had completed all these sayings (Words = Debarim). He said to his Talmidim (Rabbinical students/disciples)

2. You see that Pesach (Passover) becomes after two days, and the son of man (Ben Adam) will be delivered over treacherously to be hanged.

3. Then the [Greco-Roman oriented Sadducee] chief priests [of the Temple] and the elders of the kinsmen convened in the courtyard of the [Sadducee] Kohen Gadol (high priest) of the Temple, whose name was Kayapha,

4. And conspired together in order that they might take hold of Yeshuah by trickery and kill him.

5. But they said, It must not be during the Chag (Feast), for fear that there will be a riot among the kinsmen.

Shalom Shabbat!

Hakham Dr. Yosef ben Haggai