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

Three and 1/2 year Lectionary Readings	Second Year of the Reading Cycle
Sivan 09, 5770 – May 21/22, 2010	Second Year of the Shmita Cycle

Candle Lighting and Havdalah Times:

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 8:17 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 9:18 PM

Brisbane, Australia

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 4:47 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 5:41 PM

Bucharest, Romania

Fri May 21, 2010 – Candles at 8:24 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 9:35 PM

Chattanooga, & Cleveland, TN, U.S.

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 8:24 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 9:26 PM

Jakarta, Indonesia

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 5:26 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 6:17 PM

Manila & Cebu, Philippines

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 6:00 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 6:53 PM

Miami, FL, U.S.

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 7:44 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 8:40 PM

Olympia, WA, U.S.

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 8:29 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 9:45 PM

Murray, KY, & Paris, TN. U.S.

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 7:42 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 8:45 PM

San Antonio, TX, U.S.

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 8:04 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 9:02 PM

Sheboygan & Manitowoc, WI, US

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 7:57 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 9:08 PM

Singapore, Singapore

Fri. May 21, 2010 – Candles at 6:49 PM

Sat. May 22, 2010 – Havdalah 7:39 PM

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

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Shabbat	Torah Reading:	Weekday Torah Reading:
רְאוּ קָרָא יְהוָה
“R’u Qara Ha-Shem”	Reader 1 – Sh’mot 35:30-35	Reader 1 – Sh’mot 37:1-3
“See Ha-Shem has called”	Reader 2 – Sh’mot 36:1-7	Reader 2 – Sh’mot 37:4-6
“Mirad, el SEÑOR ha llamado”	Reader 3 – Sh’mot 36:8-13	Reader 3 – Sh’mot 37:7-9
Sh’mot (Exodus) 35:30 – 36:38	Reader 4 – Sh’mot 36:14-19
Ashlamatah: Is. 55:13 – 56:8 + 57:15	Reader 5 – Sh’mot 36:20-26
	Reader 6 – Sh’mot 36:27-30	Reader 1 – Sh’mot 37:1-3
Psalm 69:1-37	Reader 7 – Sh’mot 36:31-38	Reader 2 – Sh’mot 37:4-6
Pirqe Abot IV:2	Maftir – Sh’mot 36:36-38	Reader 3 – Sh’mot 37:7-9
N.C.: I Tsefet (Peter) 1:3-12	Is. 55:13 – 56:8 + 57:15

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan

for: Shemot (Exodus) ‎‎‎35:30 – 36:38‎

RASHI	TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN
30. Moses said to the children of Israel: "See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.	30. And Mosheh said to the sons of Israel, See, the Lord has ordained with a good name Bezalel bar Uri bar Hur, of the tribe of Jehudah,
31. He has imbued him with the spirit of God, with wisdom, with insight, and with knowledge, and with [talent for] all manner of craftsmanship	31. and has filled him with the Spirit of prophecy from before the Lord, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all handicraft;
32. to do master weaving, to work with gold, silver, and copper,	32. and to instruct artificers to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
33. with the craft of stones for setting and with the craft of wood, to work with every [manner of] thoughtful work.	33. and in the cutting of precious stones, to perfect by them the work, and in the fabrication of wood, to work in all the work of artificers. [JERUSALEM. And in the cutting of precious stones for completion, and the workmanship of wood, to work in all the work of the artificer.]
34. And He put into his heart [the ability] to teach, both him and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.	34. And to teach art‑work to the rest of the artificers he imparted skill to his heart, and to (that of) Ahaliab bar Achisamak, of the tribe of Dan.
35. He imbued them with wisdom of the heart, to do all sorts of work of a craftsman and a master worker and an embroiderer with blue, purple, and crimson wool, and linen and [of] weavers, those who do every [manner of] work, and master weavers.	35. He filled them with wisdom of heart to make all the work of the carpenter and the embroiderer, in hyacinth, and in purple, and in crimson, and in fine linen; and of the sewer, to fashion all the work, and to teach the workmen.

1. Bezalel and Oholiab and every wise hearted man into whom God had imbued wisdom and insight to know how to do, shall do all the work of the service of the Holy, according to all that the Lord has commanded."	1. And Bezalel and Ahaliab wrought, and every man wise in heart, to whom the Lord had given wisdom and intelligence to understand and to make all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.
2. And Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every wise hearted man into whose heart the Lord had given wisdom, everyone whose heart lifted him up to approach the work to do it.	2. And Mosheh called Bezalel and Ahaliab, and every man wise in heart, to whose heart the Lord had given wisdom, every one whose heart was moved, to draw near, and do the work itself.
3. So they took from before Moses all the offering [s] that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the Holy, and they brought him more gifts every morning.	3. And they took from before Mosheh all the separation that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they still brought to him the voluntary gift, morning after morning from their possessions. [JERUSALEM.The gift.]
4. Then all the wise men who were doing the work of the Holy came, each one from his work, which they had been doing.	4. And all the wise men who did all the work of the sanctuary came, each man from the work which he had done;
5. And they spoke to Moses, saying: "The people are bringing very much, more than is enough for the labor of the articles which the Lord had commanded to do."	5. and they said to Mosheh, The people abound in bringing (more) than is enough for the service of the work, which the Lord has ordained.
6. So Moses commanded, and they announced in the camp, saying: "Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the Holy." So the people stopped bringing.	6. And Mosheh commanded, and they made proclamation through the camp, saying, Neither man nor woman may make any more work for the holy separation: and the people ceased from bringing.
7. And the work was sufficient for them for all the work, to do it and to leave over.	7. For what had been done was according to the sufficiency of all the work; and they did it, and had more than enough.
8. Then all the wise hearted people of the performers of the work made the Mishkan out of ten curtains [consisting] of twisted fine linen, and blue, purple, and crimson wool. A cherubim design, the work of a master weaver he made them.	8. And all the wise in heart made the TABERNACLE; ten curtains of fine linen, and hyacinth, and purple, and scarlet, figured with kerubin, the work of the embroiderer, he made them.
9. The length of one curtain [was] twenty eight cubits, and the width of one curtain [was] four cubits the same measure for all the curtains.	9. The length of one curtain twenty and eight cubits, the sum of one curtain; the measure was one for all the curtains.
10. And he joined five of these curtains to one another, and [the other] five curtains he [also] joined to one another.	10. And he conjoined five curtains one with another, and (the other) five curtains conjoined he one with another.
11. And he made loops of blue wool on the edge of one curtain [that is] at the edge of the [first] set, and he did the same on the edge of the outermost curtain of the second set.	11. And he made loops of hyacinth upon the edge of one curtain, at the place of conjunction in the side; so made he in the side at the place of conjunction in the other curtain. [JERUSALEM. In the jointure.]
12. He made fifty loops on [the edge of] one curtain, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain in the second set; the loops corresponded to one another.	12. Fifty loops he made in one curtain, and fifty loops made he at the place of juncture of the edge of the second curtain; the loops were arranged one over against the other. [JERUSALEM. Answering to each other.]
13. And he made fifty golden clasps, and he fastened the curtains to one another with the clasps; so the Mishkan became one.	13. And he made fifty taches of gold, and conjoined one curtain with another with the taches, and there was one tabernacle.
14. And [then] he made curtains of goat hair for a tent over the Mishkan; he made them eleven curtains.	14. And he made curtains of goats' hair to spread upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.
15. The length of one curtain [was] thirty cubits, and the width of one curtain was four cubits; the same measure for the eleven curtains.	15. The length of one curtain thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of one curtain; one measure for the eleven curtains.
16. And he joined the five curtains by themselves, and the [other] six curtains by themselves.	16. And he joined five curtains together, corresponding with the five books of the law; and six curtains together, corresponding with the six orders of the Mishnah.
17. And he made fifty loops on the edge of the outermost curtain of the [first] set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the [outermost] curtain of the second set.	17. And he made fifty loops in the border of the curtain at the place of conjuncture, and fifty loops made he upon the border of the curtain at the second place of conjuncture.
18. And he made fifty copper clasps to fasten the tent together so that it became one.	18. And he made taches of brass to compact the tabernacle, that it might become one.
19. And he made a covering for the tent, of ram skins dyed red and a covering of tachash skins above.	19. And he made a covering for the tabernacle of rams' skins reddened, and of purple skins to protect it above.
20. And he made the planks for the Mishkan of acacia wood, upright.	20. And he made the boards of the tabernacle of sitta wood, standing up, after the way of their plantation;
21. Ten cubits [was] the length of each plank, and a cubit and a half [was] the width of each plank.	21. ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half of a cubit the breadth of one board.
22. Each plank had two square pegs, rung like, one even with the other; so did he make for all the planks of the Mishkan.	22. Each board had two tenons arranged, one side for the midst of the other side; and so did he for all the boards of the tabernacle.
23. And he made the planks for the Mishkan, twenty planks for the southern side.	23. And he made the boards of the the tabernacle twenty boards, on the side of the south wind;
24. And he made forty silver sockets under the twenty planks; two sockets under one plank for its two square pegs, and two sockets under one plank for its two square pegs.	24. and forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets beneath one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons.
25. And for the second side of the Mishkan on the northern side he made twenty planks.	25. And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north he made twenty boards,
26. And their forty silver sockets: two sockets under one plank and two sockets under one plank.	26. and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets beneath one board, and two sockets beneath another board.
27. And for the western end of the Mishkan he made six planks.	27. And to the border of the tabernacle westward he made six boards,
28. And he made two planks at the corners of the Mishkan at the end.	28. and two boards made he at the corners of the tabernacle at their extremes. [JERUSALEM. At the declivities.]
29. And they were matched evenly from below, and together they matched at its top, [to be put] into the one ring; so did he make for both of them; for the two corners.	29. And they were conjoined below, and joined together were they at their tops with one ring; so made he both of them at the two corners. [JERUSALEM. And they were twins.]
30. And there were eight planks and their silver sockets, sixteen sockets two sockets [under one plank and] two sockets under one plank.	30. And eight boards there were, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets, and two sockets under one board.
31. And he made bars of acacia wood, five for the planks of one side of the Mishkan,	31. And be made bars of sitta wood; five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,
32. and five bars for the planks of the second side of the Mishkan, and five bars for the planks of the [rear] side of the Mishkan, on the westward end.	32. and five bars for the boards of the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle at the ends westward.
33. And he made the middle bar to penetrate in the midst of the planks from one end to the other end.	33. And be made the middle bar to mortise in the midst of the boards from end to end, of the tree which our father Abraham planted in Beira of Sheba, praying there in the Name of the Word of the Lord, the everlasting, God. [JERUSALEM. And he, made the middle board to go along among the boards.]
34. And he overlaid the planks with gold, and their rings he made of gold as holders for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold.	34. And the boards he overlaid with gold, and the rings be made of gold, as the place for the bars; and he covered the bars with gold.
35. And he made the dividing curtain of blue, purple, and crimson wool, and twisted fine linen; the work of a master weaver he made it, in a [woven] cherubim design.	35. And he made the VEIL of hyacinth, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen twined, the work of the artificer; figured with kerubin he made it.
36. And he made for it four pillars of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold, their hooks [were] gold, and he cast for them four silver sockets.	36. And he made for it four pillars of sitta wood, and covered them with gold, and their hooks of gold, and cast for them four sockets of silver.
37. And he made a screen for the entrance of the tent, of blue, purple, and crimson wool, and twisted fine linen the work of an embroiderer,	37. And he made a curtain for the door of the tabernacle, of hyacinth, and purple, and crimson., and fine linen twined, the work of the embroiderer,
38. and its five pillars and their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, and their five sockets were copper.	38. and its five pillars, and their five hooks; and be covered their capitals and their joinings with gold, and their five bases with brass.

Welcome to the World of P’shat Exegesis

In order to understand the finished work of the P’shat mode of interpretation of the Torah, one needs to take into account that the P’shat is intended to produce a catechetical output, whereby a question/s is/are raised and an answer/a is/are given using the seven Hermeneutic Laws of R. Hillel and as well as the laws of Hebrew Grammar and Hebrew expression.

The Seven Hermeneutic Laws of R. Hillel are as follows

[cf. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=472&letter=R]:

1. Ḳal va-ḥomer: "Argumentum a minori ad majus" or "a majori ad minus"; corresponding to the scholastic proof a fortiori.

2. Gezerah shavah: Argument from analogy. Biblical passages containing synonyms or homonyms are subject, however much they differ in other respects, to identical definitions and applications.

3. Binyan ab mi-katub eḥad: Application of a provision found in one passage only to passages which are related to the first in content but do not contain the provision in question.

4. Binyan ab mi-shene ketubim: The same as the preceding, except that the provision is generalized from two Biblical passages.

5. Kelal u-Peraṭ and Peraṭ u-kelal: Definition of the general by the particular, and of the particular by the general.

6. Ka-yoẓe bo mi-maḳom aḥer: Similarity in content to another Scriptural passage.

7. Dabar ha-lamed me-'inyano: Interpretation deduced from the context.

Reading Assignment:

The Torah Anthology, Volume 10, Sin and Reconciliation, pp. 221-236

By: Hakham Yitschak Magrisso

Translated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan

Moznaim Publishing Corporation, 1991

Ketubim: Psalm ‎‎69:1-37‎

Rashi	Targum
1. For the conductor, on shoshannim, of David.	1. For praise; concerning the exiles of the Sanhedrin; composed by David.
2. Save me, O God, for water has come up to my soul.	2.. Redeem me, O God, for an army of sinners has come to trouble me, like water that has reached to the soul.
3. I have sunk in muddy depths and there is no place to stand; I have come into the deep water, and the current has swept me away.	3. I am sunk in exile like water of the deep, and there is no place to stand; I have come to the mighty depths; a band of wicked/lawless men and a wicked/lawless king have sent me into exile.
4. I have become weary from calling out; my throat has become parched; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.	4. I am weary of calling out, my throat has become rough, my eyes have ceased to wait for my God.
5. Those who hate me for nothing are more numerous than the hairs of my head; mighty are those who would cut me off, who are my enemies because of lies; what I did not steal, I will then return.	5. Those who hate me without a cause are more numerous that the hairs of my head; those who dismay me – my enemies, false witnesses – have grown strong; what I never stole I will [have to] repay, because of their false witness.
6. O God, You know my folly, and my acts of guilt are not concealed from You.	6. O God, You know my folly; my sins have not been hidden from Your presence.
7. Do not let those who hope for You be shamed through me, O Lord God of Hosts; let those who seek You not be disgraced through me, O God of Israel.	7. *Those who trust in You will not be disappointed in me; those who seek instruction from* You will not be ashamed of me, O God of Israel.**
8. For I have borne humiliation because of You; disgrace has covered my face.	8. For on Your account I have borne disgrace; shame has covered my face.
9. I was strange to my brothers, and alien to the sons of my mother.	9. *I have been accounted a stranger* to my brothers, and [I am] like a Gentile to the sons of my mother.**
10. For the envy of Your house has consumed me, and the humiliations of those who blaspheme You have fallen upon me.	10. For zeal for the sanctuary has consumed me; and the condemnation of the wicked/lawless who condemn You when they prefer their idols to Your glory has fallen on me.
11. And I bewailed my soul in fast, and it was a disgrace for me.	11. And I wept in the fasting of my soul; and my kindness became my shame.
12. And I made sackcloth my raiment, and I became a byword to them.	12. And I put sackcloth in place of my clothing; and I became a proverb to them.
13. They talk about me, those who sit in the gate, and [they make] melodies [about me] for those who imbibe strong drink.	13. Those who sit in the gate will speak about me in the marketplace, and [in] the songs of those who come to drink liquor in the circuses.
14. But, as for me, may my prayer to You, O Lord, be in an acceptable time. O God, with Your abundant kindness, answer me with the truth of Your salvation.	14. But as for me, my prayer is in Your presence, O LORD, in the time of favour; O God, in the abundance of Your goodness answer me in the truth of Your redemption.
15. Save me from mud that I not sink, that I be saved from my enemies and from the depths of water.	15. Deliver me from exile, which is likened to mud, and I will not sink; let me be delivered from my enemies, who are like the depths of waters.
16. Let neither the current of water sweep me away, nor the deep swallow me, and let a well not close its mouth over me.	16. A mighty king will not send me into exile, and the powerful deep will not swallow me to cover me up, and the mouth of Gehenna will not be opened up for me.
17. Answer me, O Lord, for Your kindness is good; according to Your abundant mercies, turn to me.	17. Answer me, O Lord, for Your kindness is good; look towards me with the abundance of Your compassion.
18. And do not hide Your face from Your servant, because I am distressed, hasten to answer me.	18. And do not remove Your presence from Your servant, for I am in distress; hasten, answer me.
19. Come close to my soul, redeem it; because of my enemies, redeem me.	19. Draw near to my soul, redeem it, so that my enemies may not claim superiority over me, redeem me.
20. You know my humiliation, my shame, and my disgrace; all my oppressors are before You.	20. You know my disgrace and my shame and my dishonour; before You stand all my oppressors.
21. Humiliation has broken my heart and I have become ill; I hoped for sympathy but there was none, and for comforters but I found none.	21. Disgrace has broken my heart, and behold, it is ill; and I waited for those skilled in mourning, but they were not; and for those skilled in comfort, and I found them not.
22. They put gall into my food and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.	22. And as my meal they gave me bitter gall and poison; and for my thirst, they gave me vinegar to drink.
23. May their table before them become a trap, and [their hope] for peace become a snare.	23. Let their table that they set before me with my food become a snare before them; and their sacrifices an offense.
24. May their eyes become dark, so they cannot see; constantly cause their loins to slip.	24. Let their eyes darken so they cannot see, and let their loins continually tremble.
25. Pour out Your fury upon them, and may Your burning wrath overtake them.	25. Pour out Your anger upon them, and may Your harsh anger overtake them.
26. May their palace be desolate; in their tents let there be no dweller.	26. Let their tent became deserted, may no one settle in their tent.
27. For You-those whom You smote they pursued, and about the pain of those whom You wounded they tell.	27. For they have pursued the one You have smitten, and they shall tell of the one wounded for Your slain.
28. Add iniquity to their iniquity, and let them not come into Your charity.	28. Give iniquity/lawlessness for their iniquity/ lawlessness, and let them not be purified to enter the assembly of your righteous/generous ones.
29. May they be erased from the book of life, and may they not be inscribed with the righteous.	29. Let them be erased from the memorial book of life, and let them not be written with the righteous/generous.
30. But I am poor and in pain; may Your salvation, O God, exalt me.	30. But I am poor and wounded; Your redemption, O God, will save me.
31. I shall praise the name of God with song, and I shall magnify Him with a thanksgiving offering.	31. I will praise the name of my God with song, and I will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
32. And it will appeal to the Lord more than a young bull that is mature, with horns and hooves.	32. And my prayer will be more pleasing in the presence of the LORD than a choice fatted ox that the first Adam sacrificed, whose horns preceded its hooves.
33. When the humble see, they rejoice, yea, those who seek God, and your heart will be invigorated.	33. The humble have seen; so let those who seek instruction from the presence of God be glad and let their heart live.
34. For God hearkens to the needy, and He does not despise His prisoners.	34. For the LORD accepts the prayer of the lowly, and has not despised His prisoners.
35. Heaven and earth will praise Him, the seas and everything that moves therein,	35. Let the angels of heaven and those who dwell on earth praise Him; the seas, and all that swarms in them.
36. When God saves Zion and builds the cities of Judah, and they dwell there and take possession of it.	36. For God will redeem Zion and repair the cities of Judah, and they will return thither and inherit it.
37. And the seed of His servants inherit it, and those who love His name dwell therein.	37. And the sons of His servants will succeed to it, and those who love His name will abide in its midst.

Ashlamatah: Is. 55:13 – 56:8 + 57:15‎

6. ¶ Seek the Lord when He is found, call Him when He is near.	6. ¶ Seek the fear of the LORD while you live, beseech before Him while you live;
7. The wicked shall give up his way, and the man of iniquity his thoughts, and he shall return to the Lord, Who shall have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.	7. Let the wicked forsake his wicked way and man who robs his conceptions: let him return to the service of the LORD, that He may have mercy upon him, and to the fear of our God, for He will abundantly pardon.
8. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways," says the Lord.	8. For not as My thoughts are your thoughts, neither are your ways correct as the ways of My goodness, says the LORD.
9. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts [higher] than your thoughts.	9. For just as the heavens, which are higher than the earth, so are the ways of My goodness more correct than your ways, and My thoughts prove (to be) better planned than your thoughts.
10. For, just as the rain and the snow fall from the heavens, and it does not return there, unless it has satiated the earth and fructified it and furthered its growth, and has given seed to the sower and bread to the eater,	10. For as the rain and the snow, which come down from the heavens, and it is not possible for them that they should return thither, but water the earth, increasing it and making it sprout, giving seeds, enough for the sower, and bread, enough for the eater,
11. so shall be My word that emanates from My mouth; it shall not return to Me empty, unless it has done what I desire and has made prosperous the one to whom I sent it.	11. So the Word of My goodness that goes forth before Me, it is not possible that it will return before Me empty, but accomplishes that which I please, and prospers in the thing for which I sent it.
12. For with joy shall you go forth, and with peace shall you be brought; the mountains and the hills shall burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap hands.	12. For you will go out in joy from among the Gentiles, and be lead in peace to your land, the mountains and the hills before you will shout in singing, and all the trees of the field will clap with their branches.
13. Instead of the briar, a cypress shall rise, and instead of the nettle, a myrtle shall rise, and it shall be for the Lord as a name, as an everlasting sign, which shall not be discontinued." {P}	13. Instead of the wicked will the righteous/generous be established, and instead of the sinners will those who fear sin be established; and it will be before the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign which will not cease. {P}

1. ¶ So says the Lord, "Keep justice and practice righteousness, for My salvation (Yeshua) is near to come, and My benevolence to be revealed."	1. ¶ Thus says the LORD, “keep judgment and do righteousness/generosity, for My salvation (Yeshua) is near to come, and My virtue to be revealed.
2. Fortunate is the man who will do this and the person who will hold fast to it, he who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it and guards his hand from doing any evil. {S}	2. Blessed is the man who will do this, and a son of man who will hold it fast, who will keep the Sabbath from profaning it, and will keep his hands from doing any evil. {S}
3. Now let not the foreigner who joined the Lord, say, "The Lord will surely separate me from His people," and let not the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree." {P}	3. Let not a son of Gentiles who has been added to the people of the LORD say, “The LORD will surely separate me from His people” and let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am like a dry tree.” {P}
4. For so says the Lord to the eunuchs who will keep My Sabbaths and will choose what I desire and hold fast to My covenant,	4. For thus says the LORD, “To the eunuchs who keep the days of the Sabbaths that are Mine, who are pleased with the things I wish and hold fast to My covenants,
5. "I will give them in My house and in My walls a place and a name, better than sons and daughters; an everlasting name I will give him, which will not be discontinued. {S}	5. That I will give them in My sanctuary and within the land of My Shekhinah’s house a place and a name better than sons and daughters, I will give them an everlasting name which will not cease. {S}
6. And the foreigners who join with the Lord to serve Him and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants, everyone who observes the Sabbath from profaning it and who holds fast to My covenant.	6. And the sons of the Gentiles who have been added to the people of the LORD, to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants, everyone who will keep the Sabbath from profaning it, and hold fast to My covenants;
7. I will bring them to My holy mount, and I will cause them to rejoice in My house of prayer, their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be acceptable upon My altar, for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.	7. These I will bring to the holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer; their burnt offerings and their holy sacrifices will even go up for My pleasure on My altar; for My sanctuary will be a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
8. So says the Lord God, Who gathers in the dispersed of Israel, I will yet gather others to him, together with his gathered ones.	8. Thus says the LORD God who is about to gather the outcasts of Israel, I will yet bring near their exiles, to gather them.”
9. All the beasts of the field, come to devour all the beasts in the forest. {P}	9. All the kings of the peoples who were gathered to distress you, Jerusalem, will be cast in your midst; they will be food for the beasts of the field, every beast of the forest will eat to satiety from them. {P}

15. ¶ For so said the High and Exalted One, Who dwells to eternity, and His name is Holy, "With the lofty and the holy ones I dwell, and with the crushed and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the crushed.	15. ¶ For thus says the high and lofty One Who dwells in the Heavens, Whose name is Holy; in the height He dwells and His Shekhinah is holy. He promises to deliver the broken in heart and the humble in spirit, to establish the spirit of the humble, and to help the heart of the broken.
16. For I will not contend forever, neither will I be wroth to eternity, when a spirit from before Me humbles itself, and souls [which] I have made.	16. “For I will not avenge forever, nor will My anger always be so, for I am about to restore the spirits of the dead, and the breathing beings that I have made.”
17. For the iniquity of his thievery I became wroth, and I smote him, I hid Myself and became wroth, for he went rebelliously in the way of his heart.	17. Because of the sins of their mammon, which they robbed, My anger was upon them, I smote them, removed My Shekhinah from them and cast them out, I scattered their exiles because they went astray after the fantasy of their heart
18. I saw his ways and I will heal him, and I will lead him and requite with consolations him and his mourners.	18. The way of their repentance is disclosed before Me, and I will forgive them, I will have compassion on them and requite them with consolations, and those who mourn them.
19. [I] create the speech of the lips; peace, peace to the far and to the near," says the Lord, "and I will heal him."	19. The One who creates speech of lips in the mouth of every man says, Peace will be done for the righteous/generous who have kept My Law from the beginning, and peace will be done for the penitent, who have repented in My Law recently, says the LORD, and I will forgive them.
20. But the wicked are like the turbulent sea, for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mud and dirt.	20. But the wicked/Lawless are like the tossing sea which seeks to rest and it cannot, and its waters disturb mire and dirt.
21. "There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." {P}	21. There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked/Lawless.” {P}

I Tsefet (Peter) 1:3-12

CLV[1]	A,E.N.T’s Version[2]	Greek[3]	Delitzsch[4]
3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His vast mercy, regenerates us into a living expectation, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,	3. Blessed be Elohim, the Father of our Master Y’shua the Mashiyach who in his great mercy have begotten us anew, by the resurrection of our Master Y’shua the Mashiyach, to the hope of life	3. Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ κατὰ τὸ πολὺ αὐτοῦ ἔλεος ἀναγεννήσας ἡμᾶς εἰς ἐλπίδα ζῶσαν δι᾿ ἀναστάσεως ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐκ νεκρῶν,	3בָּרוּךְ הָאֱלֹהִים אֲבִי אֲדֹנֵינוּ יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֲשֶׁר כְּרֹב רַחֲמָיו חָזַר וְיָלַד אֹתָנוּ לְתִקְוָה חַיָּה בַּהֲקָמַת יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ מֵעִם הַמֵּתִים׃
4. for the enjoyment of an allotment incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, kept in the heavens for you,	4. for and to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled and unfading, which is prepared for you in heaven;	4. εἰς κληρονομίαν ἄφθαρτον καὶ ἀμίαντον καὶ ἀμάραντον, τετηρημένην ἐν οὐρανοῖς εἰς ὑμᾶς	4לְנַחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא תִּשָּׁחֵת וְלֹא תְגֹאַל וְלֹא תִבֹּל הַצְּפוּנָה לָכֶם בַּשָּׁמָיִם׃
5. who are garrisoned by the power of God, through faith, for salvation ready to be revealed in the last era,	5. while you are kept, by the power of Elohim and by faith, to the life that is prepared and will be revealed in the last times;	5. τοὺς ἐν δυνάμει Θεοῦ φρουρουμένους διὰ πίστεως εἰς σωτηρίαν ἑτοίμην ἀποκαλυφθῆναι ἐν καιρῷ ἐσχάτῳ·	5הַשְּׁמוּרִים בְּעֹז אֱלֹהִים עַל־יַד הָאֱמוּנָה לַתְּשׁוּעָה הָעֲתִידָה לְהִגָּלוֹת לְעֶת־קֵץ׃
6. in which you are exulting; briefly at present, if it must be, being sorrowed by various trials,	6. In which you will rejoice forever, notwithstanding you at the present time are under some pressure by the various trials that pass over you;	6. ἐν ᾧ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, ὀλίγον ἄρτ, εἰ δέον ἐστὶ, λυπηθέντες ἐν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς,	6אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ תָּגִילוּ אַתֶּם הַמִּתְעַצְּבִים עַתָּה מְעַט לְפִי הַצֹּרֶךְ בְּמַסֹּת שֹׁנוֹת׃
7. that the testing of your faith, much more precious than gold which is perishing, yet, being tested by fire, may be found for applause and glory and honour at the unveiling of Jesus Christ,	7. so that the fruit of your faith may appeal more precious that refined gold that is tested by fire, to glory and honour and praise at the manifestation of Y’shua the Mashiyach;	7. ἵνα τὸ δοκίμιον ὑμῶν τῆς πίστεως πολυτιμότερον χρυσίου τοῦ ἀπολλυμένου διὰ πυρὸς δὲ δοκιμαζομένου εὑρεθῇ εἰς ἔπαινον καὶ τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν ἐν ἀποκαλύψει ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ,	7לְמַעַן תִּמָּצֵא אֱמוּנַתְכֶם הַמְזֻקָּקָה יְקָרָה הַרְבֵּה מִן־הַזָּהָב הָאֹבֵד הַצָּרוּף בָּאֵשׁ לִתְהִלָּה וּלְכָבוֹד וּלְתִפְאֶרֶת בְּהִתְגַּלּוֹת יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ׃
8. Whom, not perceiving, you are loving; in Whom, not seeing at present, yet believing, you are exulting with joy unspeakable and glorious,	8. whom, having not seen, you love; and in the faith of whom you rejoice with joy that is glorious and beyond expression,	8. ὃν οὐκ ἰδότες ἀγαπᾶτε, εἰς ὃν ἄρτι μὴ ὁρῶντες, πιστεύοντες δὲ ἀγαλλιᾶσθε χαρᾷ ἀνεκλαλήτῳ καὶ δεδοξασμένῃ,	8אֲשֶׁר אֲהַבְתֶּם וְלֹא רְאִיתֶם וַאֲשֶׁר תַּאֲמִינוּ בוֹ עַתָּה וְאֵינְכֶם רֹאִים אֹתוֹ וּבְכֵן תָּגִילוּ בְּשִׂמְחָה מְפֹאָרָה עָצְמָה מִסַּפֵּר׃
9. being requited with the consummation of your faith, the salvation of your souls."	9. that you may receive the reward of your faith, the life of your souls;	9. κομιζόμενοι τὸ τέλος τῆς πίστεως ὑμῶν, σωτηρίαν ψυχῶν.	9לָשֵׂאת עֵקֶב אֱמוּנַתְכֶם תְּשׁוּעָה לְנַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם׃
10. Concerning which salvation the prophets seek out and search out, who prophesy concerning the grace which is for you,	10. that life (namely) about which the prophets enquired when they were prophesying of the grace which was to be given to you.	10. Περὶ ἧς σωτηρίας ἐξεζήτησαν καὶ ἐξηραύνησαν προφῆται οἱ περὶ τῆς εἰς ὑμᾶς χάριτος προφητεύσαντες,	10אֵת הַתְּשׁוּעָה אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ חָקְרוּ וְדָרְשׁוּ הַנְּבִיאִים הַנִּבְּאִים עַל־הַחֶסֶד הַצָּפוּן לָכֶם׃
11. searching into what or what manner of era the spirit of Christ in them made evident, when testifying beforehand to the sufferings pertaining to Christ and the glories after these."	11. And they searched for the time which the Spirit of the Mashiyach dwelling in them did show and testify when the sufferings of the Mashiyach were to occur, and his subsequent glory.	11. ἐραυνῶντες εἰς τίνα ἢ ποῖον καιρὸν ἐδήλου τὸ ἐν αὐτοῖς Πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ προμαρτυρόμενον τὰ εἰς Χριστὸν παθήματα καὶ τὰς μετὰ ταῦτα δόξας·	11לַחְקֹר לָדַעַת מַה־זּוּ וְאֵי־זוּ הָעֵת אֲשֶׁר הוֹדִיעָהּ רוּחַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבָּם בְּהַגִּידוֹ מֵרֹאשׁ אֵת עִנּוּיֵי הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְאֶת־הַגְּדֻלּוֹת אֲשֶׁר אַחֲרֵיהֶם׃
12. To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to you they dispensed them, of which you were now informed through those who are bringing the evangel to you by holy spirit dispatched from heaven, into which messengers are yearning to peer."	12. And it was revealed to them with respect to all they were searching that, not for themselves were they enquiring, but for us they were prophesying of those things which are now manifest to you by means of the things we have announced to you by the Ruach HaKodesh sent from heaven; which things the messengers also desire to looks into.	12. οἷς ἀπεκαλύφθη ὅτι οὐχ ἑαυτοῖς, ὑμῖν δὲ διηκόνουν αὐτά, ἃ νῦν ἀνηγγέλη ὑμῖν διὰ τῶν εὐαγγελισαμένων ὑμᾶς ἐν Πνεύματι ῾Αγίῳ ἀποσταλέντι ἀπ᾿ οὐρανοῦ, εἰς ἃ ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ἄγγελοι παρακύψαι.	12וְנִגְלָה לָהֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹא לְנַפְשָׁם כִּי אִם־לָנוּ הָיוּ מְשַׁמְּשִׁים בַּדְּבָרִים הָהֵם אֲשֶׁר הֻגַּד לָכֶם עַתָּה עַל־פִּי הַמְבַשְׂרִים אֶתְכֶם בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ הַשָּׁלוּחַ מִשָּׁמַיִם דְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר מַלְאֲכֵי אֱלֹהִים חָמְדוּ לְהַשְׁקִיף אֶל־תּוֹכָם׃

Hakham’s Rendition

1:1 ¶ Tsefet, a sent one (a Hakham) of Yeshua the Nessiah, to the elect (and chosen) exiles (alien residents; sojourners; strangers residing in a country not your own;) of [the] Diaspora, [temporarily living beside residents] of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia and Bithynia,

1:2 in accord with the foreknowledge [of] God [the] Father (or: corresponding to a previous experiential and intimate knowledge possessed by God, [the] Father), in a setting-apart of the spirit [of Ha-Shem] into [an] obedient [hearing of the Law] and a sprinkling with the life (blood) of Yeshua the Messiah: [may] Chessed and Shalom be multiplied for you!

1:3 ¶ Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Master, Yeshua the Messiah, Who (God) according to His (God’s) abundant mercy begat us again into a living expectation (hope) through [God’s] resurrection of Yeshua the Messiah out of the dead,

1:4 into an inheritance (allotment) [that is] incorruptible, and undefiled, and unfading, being reserved (guarded, maintained and kept) in the heavens for you,

1:5 who in [the] power (ability) of God [are] being continuously guarded through faithful obedience for a salvation ready to be unveiled (revealed, disclosed) in [the] last season (time, festival),

1:6 in which you continually exult [though] for a little while, if necessary it [may] be, having been pained (distressed; grieved; sorrowed) in various tests (trials),

1:7 that the proving of your faithful obedience, of much greater value (more precious) than of gold that perishes, by fire being constantly tested (proved), [it might] be found [progressing] into praise (approval, commendation) and honour (value, worth) and glory (a good reputation) in the apocalypse (unveiling, revelation) of Yeshua the Messiah (or pertaining/belonging to Yeshua the Messiah),

1:8 whom [you] not having seen (him/Messiah), you continuously love, into whom at present [you] are not seeing, yet faithfully obeying, you exult with joy indescribable (incapable of being spoken out) and glorified;

1:9 receiving [for yourselves as] the end/goal (the finished product, the aim and result) of your faithful obedience [to the Law]; [the] salvation of [your] souls,

1:10 concerning which salvation [the] prophets, [carefully scrutinizing], sought out and [then] diligently searched out [the Torah], and did prophecy concerning the mercy [now being directed] towards you,

1:11 constantly searching into which season (time/festival) the spirit of Messiah, resident within them, was continuing to manifest, repeatedly testifying (witnessing) beforehand [about] the sufferings of/into Messiah, and the glories after these things,

1:12 to which ones (the Prophets) it was unveiled (revealed) that not to themselves but to you they were progressively dispensing (ministering) these, which [things] are now announced to you (through those announcing (proclaiming; bringing and communicating) the Mesorah to you in [or, with other MSS: by] the spirit of holiness being sent forth from [the] heavens, into which things (messengers) are constantly in full passion and craving to stoop down and look [into them].

Mishnah Pirke Abot: IV:2

Ben Azzai said, “Run to perform even a light Mitzvah, and flee from the transgression; for one Mitzvah draws another Mitsvah in its wake, and a sin draws another sin in its wake; for the reward of a Mitsvah is a Mitsvah, and the wages of sin is a sin.” He used to say, “Do not despise any man, and do not push away anything; for there is not a man that has not his hour, and there is not a thing that has not its place.”

Questions for Reflection:

1. ‎After diligently reading and studying the different readings for this Shabbat what reading especially touched your heart and fired your ‎imagination?‎

2. What is the main subject of the Torah Seder and why?

3. What are the different numbers given in the Torah Seder an analogy of?

What should we able to observe when G-d fills a man or a woman with the spirit of holiness?‎
According to our Torah Seder what is the purpose of ordination?
In your opinion, to whom was Hakham Tsefet writing his Responsa, general Jews, Nazarean Jews, general converts to Judaism, converts to Nazarean Judaism, simple Gentiles, or Christians?
What questions do you think were askd of Hakham Tsefet in 1 Peter 1:3-12? Explain the reasons for your answer.
Who is genuinely qualified to build and provide for the needs of the Tabernacle/Temple of G-d?
How is the reading of Pirke Abot 4:2 for this Shabbat related to all the readings for this Shabbat?
How is our Ashlamatah of ‎‎‎‎Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 55:13 – 56:8 + 57:15‎ related to our Torah Seder?
‎How is ‎the pericope of I Tsefet (Peter) 1:3-12 related to our Torah Seder, Psalm and Ashlamatah?‎
‎‎In your opinion what are the basic teachings of I Tsefet (Peter) 3:1-12?‎
‎In your opinion, and taking altogether our Torah Seder, Psalm, Ashlamatah, ‎Pericope of Mark for this Shabbat and Pirke Abot 4:2, what do you think is the ‎prophetic statement for this ‎week?‎

Next Shabbat:

Shabbat VaYa’As B’tsal’el

Shabbat	Torah Reading:	Weekday Torah Reading:
וַיַּעַשׂ בְּצַלְאֵל
“VaYa’As B’tsal’el”	Reader 1 – Sh’mot 37:1-9	Reader 1 – Sh’mot 38:21-23
“And Bezalel made”	Reader 2 – Sh’mot 37:10-16	Reader 2 – Sh’mot 38:24-26
“Hizo también Bezaleel”	Reader 3 – Sh’mot 37:17-24	Reader 3 – Sh’mot 38:21-26
Sh’mot (Exodus) 37:1 – 38:20	Reader 4 – Sh’mot 37:25-29
Ashlamatah: Isaiah 41:19-27 + 42:21	Reader 5 – Sh’mot 38:1-3
	Reader 6 – Sh’mot 38:4-8	Reader 1 – Sh’mot 38:21-23
Psalm 70:1-5	Reader 7 – Sh’mot 38:9-20	Reader 2 – Sh’mot 38:24-26
Pirqe Abot IV:3	Maftir – Sh’mot 38:18-20	Reader 3 – Sh’mot 38:21=26
N.C.: I Tsefet (Peter) 1:13 - 2:3	Isaiah 41:19-27 + 42:21

Shalom Shabbat !

Hakham Dr. Yosef ben Haggai

Rosh Paqid Adon Hillel ben David

Dr. Adon Eliyahu ben Abraham

[1] CLV (Concordant Literal Version) as found in Rick Meyers (2009) E-Sword v. 9.5.1 - http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html

[2] Roth, A.G. (2009), Aramaic English New Testament, Netzari Press.

[3] Greek New Testament (Majority Text) as found in Rick Meyers (2009) E-Sword v. 9.5.1 - http://www.e-sword.net/downloads.html

[4] Delitzsch, F., Hebrew New Testament, As found in: http://www.kirjasilta.net/ha-berit/Mar.html