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Triennial Cycle (Triennial
Torah Cycle) / Septennial Cycle (Septennial Torah Cycle)
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Three
and 1/2 year Lectionary Readings |
Second Year of the Triennial
Reading Cycle |
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Tishri
15-23, 5773 – Sept, 30 - Oct. 9, 2012 |
Fifth
Year of the Shmita Cycle |
Hag HaSukkoth - Feast of Tabernacles
5773 Ano Mundi
We wish all of our readers a most
happy, blessed and joyous time over the holidays of Sukkoth (Tabernacles)
together with loved ones as you welcome daily your most Distinguished guests at
your Sukkah, together with all of our most noble and beloved Jewish brothers
and sisters, and their Torah Scholars,
amen ve amen!
Candle Lighting and Habdalah Times:
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Conroe & Austin, TX, U.S. Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 6:59 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 7:52 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 7:50 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 6:53 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:46 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:59 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:52 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:50 PM |
Brisbane, Australia Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 5:30 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 6:23 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 6:23 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 5:32 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 6:26 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 5:33 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 6:27 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 6:27 PM |
Bucharest, Romania Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 6:40 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 7:39 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 7:38 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 6:31 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:30 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:27 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:27 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:25 PM |
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Chattanooga, & Cleveland,
TN, U.S. Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 7:08 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 8:02 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 8:01 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 7:01 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:55 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:53 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:53 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:51 PM |
Jakarta, Indonesia Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 5:30 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 6:18 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 6:18 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 5:29 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 6:18 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 5:29 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 6:18 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 6:17 PM |
Manila & Cebu,
Philippines Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 5:28 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 6:17 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 6:17 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 5:21 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 6:14 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 5:23 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 6:13 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 6:12 PM |
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Miami, FL, U.S. Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 6:50 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 7:41 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 7:40 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 6:45 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:36 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:43 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:34 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:33 PM |
Olympia, WA, U.S. Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 6:35 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 7:36 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 7:34 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 6:25 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:26 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:21 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:22 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:20 PM |
Murray, KY, & Paris, TN. U.S. Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 6:21 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 7:16 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 7:14 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 6:13 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:09 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:11 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:06 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:04 PM |
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Sheboygan
& Manitowoc, WI, US Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 6:15 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 7:14 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 7:12 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 6:06 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:05 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 1st Day Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:03 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:02 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:00 PM |
Singapore, Singapore Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 6:40 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 7:28 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 7:28 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 6:38 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:26 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 1st Day Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:37 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:26 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:25 PM |
St. Louis, MO, U.S. Eve of First day Sukkot Sun. Sept 30 2012 – Candles at 6:27 PM Eve of Second day Sukkot Mon. Oct 01 2012 – Candles at 7:22 PM Tue, Oct. 02,
- Holiday Ends 7:21 PM Shabbat Sukkot Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 – Candles at 6:19 PM Sat. Oct 06, 2012 – Habdalah 7:15 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 1st Day Sun Oct 07, 2012 – Candles at 6:16 PM Eve of Shemini Atzeret 2nd Day Mon Oct 08, 2012 – Candles at 7:12 PM Tue Oct 09, - Holiday Ends at 7:10 PM |
For other places see: http://chabad.org/calendar/candlelighting.asp
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Hag HaSukkoth
Feast of Tabernacles
5773 Ano Mundi
For further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html
http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html
Tishri 15, 5773
Evening September 30 –
Evening October 01, 2012
Morning
Service Sukkoth 1st Day
Morning
Service Tabernacles (day One) – Tabernáculos (Primer Día)
Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 22:26 – 23:44;
B’midbar (Numbers) 29:12-16
Ashlamatah: Zekharyah (Zechariah) 14:1-21
Psalm: Psalm 113:1-9
N.C.: Yochanan 1:1-14
Torah Reading:
Reader
1 – Vayikra 22:26 – 23:3
Reader
2 – Vayikra 23:4-14
Reader
3 – Vayikra 23:15-22
Reader
4 – Vayikra 23:23-31
Reader
5 – Vayikra 23:32-44
Maftir – B’midbar 29:12-16
- Zekharyah 14:1-21
Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for:
Vayikra (Leviticus) 22:26 – 23:44
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RASHI |
TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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26. Adonai spoke to Moshe,
saying; |
26. And the Lord spoke with
Mosheh, saying (to the effect that): |
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27. An ox, lamb or goat, when
it is born, will be with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day and
thereafter it may be favorably accepted as a sacrifice as a fire-offering to
Adonai. |
27. What time you call to our
mind the order of our oblations, as they will be offered year by year, being
our expiatory offering for our sins, when on account of our sins (such
sacrifices are required), and we have none to bring from our flocks of sheep,
then will a bullock be chosen before Him, in memorial of the righteousness/
generosity of the elder who came from the east, the sincere one who brought
the calf, fat and tender, to Your Name. A sheep is to be chosen, secondly, in
memory of the righteousness/ generosity of him who was bound as a lamb on the
altar, and who stretched forth his neck for Your Name's sake, while the
heavens stooped down and condescended, and Izhak beheld their foundations,
and his eyes were blinded by the high things; on which account he was
reckoned to be worthy that a lamb should be provided for him as a burnt
offering. A kid of the goats is to be chosen likewise, in memorial of the
righteousness/generosity of that perfect one who made the savory meat of the
kid, and brought it to his father, and was made worthy to receive the order
of the blessing: wherefore Mosheh the prophet explains, saying: Sons of
Israel, my people, When a bullock, or a lamb, or a kid is brought forth
according, to the manner of the world, it will be seven days after its dam,
that there may be evidence that it is not imperfect; and on the eighth day
and thenceforth, it is acceptable to be offered an oblation to the Name of
the Lord. [JERUSALEM. In the time that
you reminded us of the order of the oblations as they are to be offered year
by year; our offerings are to make atonement for our sins. But when our sins
have given occasion, and we have not wherewith to bring from our flocks of
sheep, a bullock is to be chosen before Me. to recall to remembrance the
elder of the east, sincere altogether, Who brought to Your Name a calf tender
and good, Which he gave to the young man, who hasted to dress it, and to bake
unleavened cakes; and the angels did eat, and be was accounted worthy to
receive the announcement that, behold, Sarah should give birth to Izhak. A
lamb is to be chosen, secondly, to call to remembrance the righteousness/
generosity of the prince who suffered himself to be bound upon the altar, and
stretched forth his neck for Your Name's sake; when the heavens stooped down
and condescended, and Izhak beheld their foundations, and his eyes were
blinded by the high things (or, from the heights), on which account be was
held worthy that a lamb should be provided in his stead for a burnt offering.
A kid of the goats also is to be chosen, to call to remembrance the
righteousness/ generosity of that perfect one who put on the skins of the
kids, and made savory meat, and brought of his viands unto his father, and
gave wine to him to drink; on account of which he was held worthy to receive
the orders of blessings from Izhak his father, that the twelve sacred tribes
should arise to Your Name. Behold, then, how Mosheh, the prophet of the Lord,
expounds, and says, Sons of Israel, my people, When a bullock, or a lamb, or
a goat is brought forth, it will be seven days after its dam; on the eighth
day and thenceforth it will be fit to be offered as an oblation to the Name
of the Lord.] |
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28. An ox or a lamb, it and its
offspring, you will not slaughter in one day. |
28. Sons of Israel, my people,
as our Father in heaven is merciful, so will you be merciful on earth:
neither cow, nor ewe, will you sacrifice along with her young on the same
day. |
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29. When you sacrifice a
thanks-giving-offering to Adonai, that it be favorably accepted for you, you
will sacrifice it. |
29. And when you offer a
sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Name of the Lord, you will offer so as to be
accepted. |
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30. On that day [that it is
sacrificed] you should eat it; you will leave none of it until the next
morning, I am Adonai. |
30. It will be eaten on that
day, none will remain till the morning: I am the Lord. |
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31. You will preserve My
commandments and fulfill them, I am Adonai. |
31. And you will observe My
commandments to do them I am the Lord who gives a good reward, to them who
keep My commandments and My laws. |
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32. You will not profane My
holy Name; but I will be sanctified among Bne Yisrael. I am Adonai Who makes
you holy. |
32. Nor will you profane My
Holy Name, that I may be hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the Lord
who sanctifies you, |
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33. Who brought you out of the
land of Egypt to be your G-d, I am Adonai. |
33. having brought you forth
redeemed from the land of Mizraim, that I may be to you Elohim: I am the
Lord. |
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1. Adonai spoke to Moshe,
saying; |
1. And the Lord spoke with
Mosheh, saying: Speak with the sons of Israel, and say to them, |
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2. Speak to Bne Yisrael and say
to them; the appointed times of Adonai, which you will proclaim them as holy
assemblies; these are My appointed times. |
2. The orders of the time of
the Festivals of the Lord, which you will proclaim as holy convocations,
these are the orders of the time of My festivals. |
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3. Six days will work be
performed; and on the seventh day is a Shabbat of resting, a holy assembly. You
will not do any work, it is a Shabbat for Adonai in all your dwelling places. |
3. Six days will you do work,
and the seventh day (will be) a Sabbath and a rest, a holy convocation. No
manner of work may you do; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in every place of your
habitations. |
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4. These are the appointed
times of Adonai, the holy assemblies that you will proclaim them in their
appointed times. |
4. These are the times of the
Festivals of the Lord, holy convocations which you will proclaim in their
times: |
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5. In the first month (Nisan),
on the fourteenth day of the month in the afternoon, is a Pesach (offering)
for Adonai. |
5. In the month of Nisan, on
the fourteenth day of the month, between the suns (will be) the time for the
sacrifice of the Pascha to the Name of the Lord. |
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6. On the fifteenth day of this
month is the festival of matzot, for Adonai; for seven days you will eat
matzot. |
6. And on the fifteenth day of
this month the feast of unleavened cakes to the Name of the Lord. Seven days
you will eat unleavened bread. |
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7. On the first day [there]
will be a day of holy assembly for you; you will not do any work of labor. |
7. On the first day of the
feast a holy convocation will be to you; you will do no work of labor, |
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8. You will bring a
fire-offering to Adonai [on each of] seven days. On the seventh day it is [a
day] of holy assembly; you will not do any work of labor. |
8. but offer the oblation to
the Name of the Lord seven days; in the seventh day of the feast will be a
holy convocation; you will do no work of labor. |
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9. Adonai spoke to Moshe,
saying, |
9. And the Lord spoke with
Mosheh, saying: |
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10. Speak to B’ne Yisrael and
say to them; when you come into the land that I give to you and you reap its
harvest, you will bring an omer of the first fruits of your harvest to the
Kohen. |
10. Speak with the sons of
Israel, and say to them: When you have entered into the land which I give
you, and you reap the harvest, you will bring the sheaf of the first fruits
of your harvest unto the priest; |
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11. He will wave the omer
before Adonai that it be favorably accepted for you. On the day after the day
of rest (Pesach), the Kohen will wave it. |
11. and he will uplift the
sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for you. After the first festal day of
Pascha (or, the day after the feast-day of Pascha) on the day on which you
elevate the sheaf, |
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12. You will prepare, on the
day when you wave the omer, an unblemished, male, yearling lamb as a
burnt-offering, to Adonai. |
12. you will make (the
sacrifice of a lamb of the year, unblemished a burnt offering unto the Name
of the Lord: |
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13. Its meal-offering is two
tenths of flour mixed with [olive] oil as a fire-offering to Adonai of
pleasing fragrance. Its wine-offering is one fourth of a hin. |
13. and its mincha, two tenths
of flour, mingled with olive oil, for an oblation to the Name of the Lord, to
be received with acceptance; and its libation, wine of grapes, the fourth of
a hin. |
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14. Bread, parched grain or
tender grain you will not eat until this very day, until you bring the offering
of your G-d; it is an everlasting statute for all your generations in all
your dwelling places. |
14. But neither bread nor
parched corn (of the ripe harvest) nor new ears may you eat until this day,
until the time of your bringing the oblation of your God: an everlasting
statute unto your generations in all your dwellings |
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15. You will count for
yourselves, from the day after the day of rest (Pesach) from the day on which
you will bring the omer wave-offering, seven complete weeks they will be, |
15. And number to you after the
first feast day of Pascha, from the day when you brought the sheaf for the
elevation, seven weeks; complete they will be. |
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16. Until the day after the
seventh week, you will count fifty days, and you will bring a new meal-offering
to Adonai. |
16. Until the day after the
seventh week you will number fifty days, and will offer a mincha of the new
bread unto the Name of the Lord. |
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17. From [the land of] your
dwelling places you will bring two bread wave-offerings; of two tenths of
flour they will be. You will bake them leavened, as first-fruit-offering to
Adonai. |
17. From the place of your
dwellings you are to bring the bread for the elevation; two cakes of two
tenths of flour, which must be baked with leaven, as first fruits unto the
Name of the Lord. |
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18. You will bring, along with
the bread, seven unblemished, yearling lambs, one young bullock and two rams;
they will be a burnt-offering to Adonai with their meal-offerings and
wine-offerings, a fire-offering of pleasing fragrance to Adonai. |
18. And with that bread you are
to offer seven lambs of the year, unblemished, and a young bullock without
mixture (of color), the one for a sin offering, and two lambs of the year for
a sanctified oblation. |
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19. You will prepare one he-goat
as a sin-offering and two yearling lambs as peace-offerings. |
19. And you will make (a
sacrifice) of a young goat without mixture, the one for a sin offering and
two lambs of the year for a sanctified oblation. |
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20. The Kohen will wave them
along with the bread of the first-fruit-offering as a wave-offering before
Adonai with the two lambs; they will be holy for Adonai, for the Kohen. |
20. And the priest will uplift
them with the bread of the first fruits, an elevation before the Lord, with
the two lambs; they will be holy to the Name of the Lord, and will be for the
priest. |
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21. You will proclaim on this
very day; it will be a [day of] holy assembly for you, you will not do any
work of labor. It is an everlasting statute in all your dwelling places throughout
your generations. |
21. And you will proclaim with
life and strength that self-same day, that at the time of that day there will
be to you a holy convocation: you will do no work of labor: it is an
everlasting statute in all your dwelling for your generations. |
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22. When you reap the harvest
of your land, you will not cut completely the corner of your field when you
reap. You will not gather the gleaning of your harvest. You will leave them
for the poor and the proselyte, I am Adonai, your G-d. |
22. And when you reap the
harvest of the ground, you will not finish one corner that is in your field at your reaping nor
will you gather the gleanings of your harvest, but leave them for the poor
and the strangers: I am
the Lord your God. |
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23. Adonai spoke to Moshe,
saying; |
23. And the Lord spoke with
Mosheh, saying: |
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24. Speak to B’ne Yisrael,
saying; in the seventh month, on the first of the month, will be for you a
[day of] rest. A remembrance of the sounding [of the shofar], a holy assembly. |
24. Speak with the children of
Israel, saying: In Tishri, which is the seven
month, will be to you a festival, a memorial of trumpets, a holy convocation. |
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25. You will not do any work of
labor and you will bring a fire-offering to Adonai. |
25. No work of labor may you
do, but offer an oblation before the Lord unto the Name of the Lord. |
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26. Adonai spoke to Moshe,
saying; |
26. And the Lord spoke with
Mosheh saying: |
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27. Indeed, on the tenth day of
this seventh month is a day of atonement. It will be for you a [day of] holy
assembly and you will afflict yourselves and you will bring a fire-offering
to Adonai. |
27. But on the tenth day of
this seventh month is the Day of
Atonement; a holy convocation will it be to you, and you will humble your souls, (abstaining)
from food, and from drink, and from the use of the bath, and from anointing, and the use of the
bed, and from sandals; and you will offer an oblation before the Lord, |
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28. You will not do any work on
this very day, for it is a day of atonements, to atone for you before Adonai,
your G-d. |
28. and do no work on this same
day; for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. |
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29. For any person who will not
be afflicted on this very day will be cut off from his people. |
29. For every man who eats in
the fast, and will not fast that same day, will be cut off by death from
among his people. [JERUSALEM. For every soul who
hides himself from fasting and fasts
not on the day of the fast of his atonement.] |
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30. Any person who does any
work on this very day, I will cause that person to perish from among his
people. |
30. And every man who does any work on that same
day, that man will I destroy with death from among his people. |
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31. You will not do any work; it
is an everlasting statute for all your generations in all your dwelling
places. |
31. No work of labor may you do an
everlasting statute for your generations, in all your dwellings. |
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32. It is a Shabbat of complete
rest for you and you will afflict yourselves on the ninth day of the month at
evening; from evening to evening you will rest, on your day of rest. |
32. It is a Sabbath and time of leisure
for you to humble your souls. And you will begin to fast at the ninth day of the month at even
time; from that evening, until the next evening, will you fast your fast, and
repose in your
quietude, that you may employ the time of your festivals with joy. [JERUSALEM. From
evening to evening you will fast your fast, and repose in your quietude, that you may employ
the time of your festivals with joy.] |
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33. Adonai spoke to Moshe,
saying; |
33. And the Lord spoke with
Mosheh, saying: |
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34. Speak to B’ne Yisrael
saying; on the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the festival of Sukkoth
for seven days, for Adonai. |
34. Speak with the sons of
Israel: In the fifteenth day of this seventh month will be the Feast of
Tabernacles, seven days unto the Name of the Lord. |
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35. On the first day [there
will be] a holy assembly; you will not do any work of labor. |
35. On the first day of the feast is a
holy convocation; no work of labor may you do. |
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36. For seven days, you will
bring a fire-offering to Adonai; the eighth day will be for you a holy
assembly, and you will bring a fire-offering to Adonai. It is [a day] of convocation.
you will not do any work of labor. |
36. Seven days you will offer an
oblation to the Name of the Lord, you will gather together to pray before the
Lord for rain; no work of
labor may you do. |
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37. These are the appointed
times of Adonai which you will proclaim them [as] holy assemblies, on which
to bring a fire-offering to Adonai; a burnt-offering and a meal-offering, a
sacrifice and wine-offerings, each on its assigned day, |
37. These are the times of the
order of the Lord's festivals which you are to convoke for holy convocations, to
offer an oblation to the name of the Lord, a burnt sacrifice and a mincha,
sanctified offerings and libations, the rite of a day in its day; |
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38. Besides the [offerings of
the] Shabbatot of Adonai and besides your gifts and besides all your
vow-offerings and besides all your free-will-offerings that you will give to
Adonai. |
38. beside the days of the
Lord's Sabbaths, beside your gifts, and beside your vows, and beside your
free-will offering which
you bring before the Lord. |
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39. Indeed, on the fifteenth
day of the seventh month, when you gather the produce of the land you will
celebrate the festival of Adonai for seven days. The first day is a day of
rest and the eighth day is a day of rest. |
39. But on the fifteenth of the
seventh month, at the time when you
collect the produce of the ground, you will solemnize a festival of the Lord
seven days. On the first
day, rest; and on the eighth day, rest. |
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40. You will take for
yourselves, on the first day, the fruit of the beautiful tree (esrog), a
branch of palm trees (lulav), boughs of thick-leaved trees (hadasim), and
willows of the brook (aravot), and you will rejoice before Adonai, your G-d,
for seven days. |
40. And of your own will you
take on the first day of the
feast, the fruits of praiseworthy trees, citrons, and lulabim, and myrtles,
and willows that grow by
the brooks; and you will rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. [JERUSALEM. Citrons and
lulabim.] |
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41. You will celebrate it as a
festival to Adonai seven days in the year; it is an everlasting statute
throughout your generations in the seventh month, you will celebrate it. |
41. And you will solemnize it
before the Lord seven days in the year, by an everlasting statute in your generations
will you observe it in the seventh month. |
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42. You will dwell in the
sukkah seven days, every native born Israelite will dwell in the sukkah. |
42. In tabernacles of two sides
according to their rule, and
the third a handbreadth (higher), that its shaded part may be greater than
that into which comes the
sunshine; to be made for a bower (or shade) for the feast, from different kinds (of materials)
which spring from the earth and are uprooted: in measure seven palms, but the height within
ten palms. In it you will sit seven days; the males in Israel, and children
who need not their
mothers, will sit in the tabernacles, blessing their Creator whenever they
enter therein to. |
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43. So that your generations
will know that in sukkoth I caused B’ne Yisrael to dwell when I took them out
from the land of Egypt, I am Adonai, your G-d. |
43. That your generations may
know how, under the shadow of the cloud of glory, I made the sons of Israel
to tabernacle at the time that I brought them out redeemed from the land of Mizraim. |
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44. And thus Moshe declared the
appointed times of Adonai to B’ne Yisrael. |
44. And Mosheh declared the
time of the orders of the Lord's festivals, and taught them to the sons of Israel. |
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Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:12-16
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RASHI |
TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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12. The fifteenth day of the
seventh month will be a sacred holiday to you, when you will not do any work
of consequence. You will celebrate a festival to Adonai for seven days. |
12. And on the fifth day of the
seventh month you will have a holy convocation, no servile work will you do;
but will celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles before the Lord seven days, |
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13. You will bring a
burnt-offering, a fire-offering for a pleasing aroma to Adonai, [consisting
of] thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs. They will
[all] be without blemish. |
13. and offer a sacrifice, an
oblation to be received with favor before the Lord: thirteen young bullocks
proceeding daily and diminishing their number, (in all) seventy for the
seventy nations, and offering them by thirteen orders; two rams, which you will
offer by two orders; lambs of the year fourteen, unblemished, to be offered
by eight orders, offering six of them, by two and two, and two of them one by
one, they will be perfect. |
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14. Their meal-offering [will
be] fine flour mixed with [olive] oil, three tenths [of an ephah] for the
bull for each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths [of an ephah] for the ram for
each of the two rams, |
14. Their mincha also of wheat
flour, with olive oil, three tenths for each bullock of the thirteen, two
tenths for each ram, |
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15. and one tenth [of an ephah]
for the lamb for each of the fourteen lambs. |
15. a single tenth for each of
the fourteen lambs, |
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16. [You will also bring] one
he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily)
burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
16. and one kid of the goats
for a sin offering, which will be offered by one order, beside the perpetual
sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha, and the wine of the libation. |
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Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 113:1-9
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Rashi |
Targum
on the Psalms |
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1.
Hallelujah. Praise, O you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the
LORD. |
1. Hallelujah! Give praise, O
servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. |
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2. Blessed be the name of the
LORD from this time forth and forever. |
2. May the name of the LORD be
blessed, from now and forever. |
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3. From the rising of the sun
unto the going down thereof the LORD'S name is to be praised. |
3. From the rising of the sun
to its setting, the name of the LORD is praised. |
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4. The LORD is high above all
nations, His glory is above the heavens. |
4. The LORD is high above all
Gentiles, His glory is over the heavens. |
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5. Who is like unto the LORD
our God, that is enthroned on high, |
5. Who is like the LORD, our
God, whose dwelling is lofty in situation? |
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6. That looks down low upon
heaven and upon the earth? |
6. Who lowers His eyes to look
on the heavens and the earth. |
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7. Who raises up the poor out
of the dust, and lifts up the needy out of the dunghill; |
7. Who raises up the poor man
from the dust; He will lift up the needy from the ash-heap. |
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8. That He may set him with
princes, even with the princes of His people. |
8. To make him dwell with the
leaders, with the leaders of His people. |
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9. Who makes the barren woman
to dwell in her house as a joyful mother of children. Hallelujah. |
9. Who makes dwell the
congregation of Israel, who is likened to a barren woman who sits beholding
the men of her house, full of people, like a mother who rejoices over her
sons. |
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Ashlamatah: Zekharyah (Zechariah) 14:1-21
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Rashi |
Targum |
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1.
Behold! A day of the Lord is coming, and your plunder shall be shared
within you. |
1. Behold, the day will come
from the LORD when the house of Israel will divide the possessions of the
nations in your midst, O Jerusalem. |
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2. And I
will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to wage war; and the city shall be
captured, and the houses shall be plundered, and the women shall be ravished,
and half the city shall go forth into exile-and the rest of the people shall
not be cut off from the city. |
2. And I will gather all the
nations to Jerusalem to do battle, and the city will be conquered and the
houses plundered and the women ravished, and half of the city will
go forth into captivity, but the remainder of the people will not cease from
the city. |
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3. And the
Lord shall go forth and wage war with those nations, like the day he waged
war on the day of the battle. |
3. And the LORD will reveal
himself and will do battle with those nations as in the day when He did
battle by the Red Sea. |
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4. And on
that day His feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem from the east. And the Mount of Olives shall split in the midst
thereof-toward the east and toward the west-a very great valley. And half the
mountain shall move to the north, and half of it to the south. |
4. And at that time He will
reveal Himself in His might upon the mount of Olives which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives will be split in two to the
east and to the west by a very great valley; and half of the mountain will be
torn away to the north and half of it to the south. |
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5. And you
shall flee to the valley of the mountains, for the valley of the mountains
shall reach Azal. And you shall flee as you fled because of the earthquake,
in the days of Uzziah the King of Judah. And the Lord,my God, shall come; all
holy ones with you. |
5. And the valley of the
mountains will be stopped up, for the valley of the mountains will extend to
Azal; and you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake which came in
the days of Uzziah king of the tribe of the house of Judah; and the LORD my
God will reveal Himself, and all His holy ones with Him. |
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6. And it
shall come to pass on that day that there shall be no light, only
disappearing light and thick darkness. |
6. And it will come to pass at
that time. there will not be light, but cold and ice. |
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7. And it
shall be one day that shall be known to the Lord, neither day nor night; and
it shall come to pass that at eventide it shall be light. |
7. And it will be one day - it
is known before the LORD - not like the light of day, and not like the
darkness of night; and it will come to pass, at evening there will be light. |
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8. And it
shall come to pass on that day that spring water shall come forth from
Jerusalem; half of it to the eastern sea, and half of it to the western sea;
in summer and in winter it shall be. |
8. And it will come to pass at
that time, spring waters will issue from Jerusalem, half of them to the
eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; they will issue in summer
and in winter. |
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9. And the
Lord shall become King over all the earth; on that day shall the Lord be one,
and His name one. |
9. And the kingdom of the
LORD will be revealed upon all the inhabitants of the earth; at that time
they will serve before the LORD with one accord. For His name is established
in the world, there is none apart from Him. |
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10. The
whole earth shall be changed to be like a plain, from the hill of Rimmon in
the south of Jerusalem; but it [Jerusalem] will be elevated high and remain
in its old place; from the gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate,
until the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel until the king's
wine-cellars. |
10. He will turn the whole land
into a plain from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and (Jerusalem) will
increase and will be inhabited in its place from the Gate of the tribe of
Benjamin to the site of the former gate, to the Gate of the Corners, and
(from) the Hippicus Tower to the king's pits. |
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11. And
they shall dwell therein, and there shall be no more destruction; but
Jerusalem shall dwell in safety. |
11. And they will live in it,
and there will be no more killing, and Jerusalem will dwell in security. |
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12. And
this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the nations who
besieged Jerusalem; his flesh will waste away while he still stands on his
feet; his eyes will waste away in their sockets, and his tongue shall waste
away in his mouth. |
12. And this will be the plague
with which the LORD will smite all the nations which assemble and come
against Jerusalem: their flesh will be dissolved while they stand upon their
feet, and their eyes will dissolve in their sockets, and their tongue will
dissolve in their mouth. |
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13. And it
will come to pass on that day that there will be great consternation, sent by
the Lord upon them; each one shall seize the hand of the other, and his hand shall
rise up against the hand of the other. |
13. And it will come to pass at
that time, there will be a great deadly upheaval from the LORD among them and
they will each lay hold upon the hand of his companion, and his hand will be
torn away with the hand of his companion. |
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14. Yea,
even Judah will fight against Jerusalem! And the wealth of all the nations
round about-gold and silver and apparel-will be gathered in very great
abundance. |
14. And even the people of the
house of Judah will the nations bring by force to wage war against Jerusalem,
and they will amass the goods of all the nations round about, gold and silver
and clothes in great abundance. |
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15. And so
will be the plague of the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and all
the animals that are in those camps, similar to this plague. |
15. And the plague upon the
horse, mule, camel and ass, and every beast which may be in those camps: will
be like this plague. |
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16. And it
will come to pass that everyone left of the nations who came up against
Jerusalem will go up from year to year to prostrate himself to the King, the
Lord of Hosts, and to celebrate the festival of Tabernacles. |
16. And it will come to
pass, everyone who is left of all the Gentiles which assemble and come
against Jerusalem will go up year by year to worship before the King of the
ages, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the festival of Tabernacles. |
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17. And it
shall be that whoever of all the families of the earth does not go up to
Jerusalem to prostrate himself to the King, the Lord of Hosts-upon them there
shall be no rain. |
17. And it will come to
pass, if any of the families of the nations of the earth will not go up to
Jerusalem to worship before the King of the ages, the LORD of hosts, there
will not be rain upon them. |
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18. And if
the family of Egypt does not go up and does not come, it shall not [rain]
upon them. The plague [on Egypt] will be [the same as] that with which the
Lord will plague the nations who do not go up to celebrate the festival of
Tabernacles. |
18. And if the kingdom of
Egypt will not go up or be present, then the Nile will not rise for them, but
upon them will be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the nations
which will not go up to keep the festival of Tabernacles. |
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19. Such
will be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations who do
not go up to celebrate the festival of Tabernacles. |
19. This will be the
retribution upon the Egyptians and the retribution upon all the nations which
will not go up to keep the festival of Tabernacles. |
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20. On that
day there will be upon the bells of the horses, "holy to the Lord";
and the pots in the House of the Lord will be like the sprinkling bowls
before the altar. |
20. At that time there will be
upon the blanket of the horse, "Holiness before the LORD", and the
pots in the Sanctuary of the LORD will be numerous as the bowls before the
altar. |
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21. Yea,
every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of Hosts, and
all who sacrifice will come and take of them and cook in them; and there will
no longer be a trafficker in the House of the Lord of Hosts on that day. |
21. And every pot in Jerusalem
and in Judah will be holiness before the LORD of hosts, and all who offer
sacrifice will come and take from them and boil in them; and there will never
again be a trader in the Sanctuary of the LORD of hosts at that time. |
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Yochanan 1:1-14
1. In the beginning
(Heb. B’resheet) was the Word (Torah), and the Word (Torah) was with Elohim
[G-d in His attribute of strict Justice], and the Word (Torah) is an Elohim
(Hebrew for Judge).
2. This was in the
beginning with Elohim [G-d in His attribute of strict Justice].
3. All things came
into being through him (Torah), and without him (Torah) not even one thing came
into being that has come into being.
4. In him (Torah) is
life, and the life is the light of men;
5. And the light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.
6. There was a man
sent from Elohim [G-d in His attribute of strict Justice]; his name was
Yochanan.
7. This man came for a
witness, that he might bear witness concerning the Light, that every man might
faithfully obey through him.
8. He (Yochanan) was
not that Light, but came that he might witness concerning the Light.
9. For he (Torah) is
the Light of Truth; which enlightens every man coming into the world.
10. He (Torah) was in
the world, and the world came into being by his hand, yet the world did not
know him.
11. He (Torah) came to
his, and his did not receive Him.
12. But those who did
receive him (Torah), to them he gave authority to become B’ne Elohim (Hebrew
for: Judges), to the ones faithfully obeying into his name (authority),
13. Who were born not
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but were born
of Elohim (G-d in His attribute of strict Justice).
14. And the Word
(Torah) became flesh and tabernacled among us. And we beheld his glory,
glory as of an only begotten from the Father[1],
full of Chessed (mercy) and of Emet (truth/Torah).
Pesiqta
deRab Kahana
Pisqa Twenty-Seven
(Part I)
[On the fifteenth day
of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you
will keep the feast of the Lord seven days ... ] And you will take on the first
day (the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy
trees and willows of the brook; and you will rejoice before the Lord your God
seven days. You will keep it as a feast to the Lord seven days in the year; it
is a statute for ever throughout your generations; you will keep it in the
seventh month. You will dwell in booths for seven days; all that are native in
Israel will dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the
people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt:
I am the Lord your God (Leviticus 23:39-43).
XXVII:I
R. Abba bar Kahana
commenced [discourse by citing the following verse]: “Take my instruction
instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold (Prov. 8:10).” Said R.
Abba bar Kahana, ‘Take the instruction of the Torah instead of silver. Take the
instruction of the Torah and not silver.’ Why do you weigh out money? [Because
there is no bread] (Is. 55:2). Why do you weigh out money to the sons of Esau
[Rome]? [It is because] there is no bread, because you did not sate yourselves
with the bread of the Torah. And [why] do you labor? Because there is no
satisfaction (Is. 55:2). Why do you labor while the nations of the world enjoy
plenty? Because there is no satisfaction, that is, because you have not sated
yourselves with the bread of the Torah and with the wine of the Torah. For it
is written, “Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine I have mixed” (Prov.
9:5).
R. Berekhiah and R.
Hiyya, his father, in the name of R. Yose b. Nchorai: It is written, “I will
punish all who oppress him” (Jer. 30:20), even those who collect funds for
charity [and in doing so, treat people badly], except [for those who collect]
the wages to be paid to teachers of Scripture and repeaters of Mishnah
traditions. For they receive [as a salary] only compensation for the loss of
their time, [which they devote to teaching and learning rather than to earning a
living]. But as to the wages [for carrying out] a single matter in the Torah,
no creature can pay the [appropriate] fee in reward.
It has been taught on
Tannaite authority: On the New Year, a person's sustenance is decreed [for the
coming year], except for what a person pays out [for food in celebration] of
the Sabbath, festivals, the
celebration of the New Month, and for what children bring to the house of their
master [as his tuition]. If he deducts [from what he should give], [in Heaven]
they deduct [from his wealth], but if he adds [to what is originally decreed],
[in Heaven] they add to his [resources]. [Margulies, Vayyiqra Rabbah, p. 688,
n. to 1. 5, links this statement to Prov. 8:10.]
R. Yohanan was going
up from Tiberias to Sepphoris. R. Hiyya bar Abba was supporting him. They came
to a field. He said, "This field once belonged to me, but I sold it in
order to acquire merit in labor in the the Torah."
They came to a
vineyard, and he said, "This vineyard once belonged to me, but I sold it in order to acquire merit in
labor in the the Torah." They came to an olive grove, and he said,
"This olive grove once belonged to me, but but I sold it in order to
acquire merit in labor in the the Torah." R. Hiyya began to cry. Said R.
Yohanan, "Why are you crying?" He said to him, "It is because
you left nothing over to support you in your
old age." He said to him, "Hiyya, my disciple, is what I did such a
light thing in your view? I sold something which was given in a spell of six
days [of creation] and in exchange I acquired something which was given in a
spell of forty days [of revelation). The entire world and everything in it was
created in only six days, as it is written, “For in six days the Lord made
heaven and earth” (Ex. 20:11). But the Torah was given over a period of forty
days and forty nights, as it was said, “And he was there with the Lord for
forty days and forty nights” (Ex. 34:28). [Leviticus Rabbah adds: And it is
written, “And I remained on the mountain for forty days and forty nights” (Deut.
9:9).]"
When R. Yohanan died,
his generation recited concerning him [the following verse of Scripture]: “If a
man should give all the wealth of his house for the love (Song 8:7), with which
R. Yohanan loved the Torah, he would be utterly destitute” (Song 8:7). When R.
Abba bar Hoshaiah of Tiria died, they saw his bier flying in the air. His
generation recited concerning him [the following verse of Scripture]: “If a man
should give all the wealth of his house for the love , with which the Holy One,
blessed be He, loved Abba bar Hoshaiah of Tiria, he would be utterly destitute”
(Song 8:7). When R. Eleazar b.Simeon died, his generation recited concerning
him [the following verse of Scripture]: “Who is this who comes up out of the
wilderness like pillars of smoke, (perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with
all the powders of the merchant?)” (Song 3:6). What is the meaning of the
clause, “With all the powders of the merchant?” [Like a merchant who carries
all sorts of desired powders,] he was a master of Scripture, a repeater of
Mishnah traditions, a writer of liturgical supplications, and a poet.
Another interpretation
of the verse, “Take my instruction instead of silver, (and knowledge rather
than choice gold)” (Prov. 8:10): Said R. Abba bar Kahana, On the basis of the
reward paid for one act of taking, you may assess the reward for [taking] the palm
branch [on the festival of Tabernacles]. There was an act of taking in Egypt:
“You will take a bunch of hyssop” (Ex. 12:22). And how much was it worth? Four
manehs, maybe five. Yet that act of taking is what stood up for Israel [and so
made Israel inherit] the spoil of Egypt, the spoil at the sea, the spoil of
Sihon and Og, and the spoil of the thirty-one kings. Now the palm-branch, which
costs a person such a high price, and which involves so many religious duties -
how much the more so [will a great reward be forthcoming on its account]!
Therefore Moses admonished Israel, saying to them, “(On the fifteenth day of
the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you will
keep the feast of the Lord seven days...) And you will take on the first day
(the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees
and willows of the brook; and you will rejoice before the Lord your God seven
days. You will keep it as a feast to the Lord seven days in the year; it is a
statute forever throughout your generations; you will keep it in the seventh
month. You will dwell in booths for seven days; all that are native in Israel
will dwell in booths, that your generations may know that l made the people of
Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the
Lord your God” (Leviticus 23:39-43).
XXVII:II
“You show me the path
of life, [in your presence there is fullness of joy] (Ps. 16:11). Said David
before the Holy One, blessed be He, "Lord of the ages, show me the open
gateway to the life of the world to come." R. Yudan and R. Azariah: R. Yudan
said, "David said before the Holy One, blessed be He, 'Lord of the ages, show me the path of life.' Said the
Holy One, blessed be He, to David, 'If you seek life, look for fear, as it is
said, “The fear of the Lord prolongs life” (Prov. 10:27)." R. Azariah
said, "[The Holy One, blessed be He], said to David, 'If you seek life,
look for suffering (YYSWRYN), as it is said, “The reproofs of discipline (MWSR)
are the way of life” (Prov. 6:23)." [Leviticus Rabbah adds: Rabbis say,
"The Holy One, blessed be He, said to David, 'David, if you seek life,
look for Torah,' as it is said, “It is a tree of life to those that hold fast
to it” (Prov. 3:18)." R. Abba said, "David said before the Holy One,
blessed be He, 'Lord of the ages, Show me the path of life.' Said to him the
Holy One, blessed be He, 'Start fighting and exert yourself! Why are you
puzzled? [Lieberman, in Margulies, Vayyiqra Rabbah, p. 880, to p. 692]. Work
and eat: Keep my good deeds and live (Prov. 4:4)."']
“The fulness (SWB`) of
joy in your presence (Ps. 16:11): Satisfy (SB'NW) us with five joys in your
presence: Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud, Supplements, and Lore.
Another matter: “In
your presence is the fullness of joy” (Ps. 16:11): Read not fullness (SWB`) but
seven (SB'). These are the seven groups of righteous/generous men who are going
to receive the face of the Presence of God. And their face is like the
sun, moon, firmament, lightning, stars, lilies, and the candelabrum that was in
the house of the sanctuary. How do we know that it is like the sun? As it is
said, “Clear as the sun” (Song 6:10). How do we know that it is like the moon?
As it is said, “As lovely as the moon” (Song 6:10). How do we know that it is
like the firmament? As it is said, “And they that are wise will shine as the
brightness of the firmament” (Dan. 12:3). How do we know that it is like the
lightning? As it is said, “Their appearance is like torches, they run to and
fro like lightning” (Nah. 2:5). And how do we know that it is like the stars?
As it is said, “And they that turn the many to righteousness/generosity as the
stars forever and ever” (Dan. 12:3). How do we know that it is like lilies? As
it is said, “For the leader: upon the lilies (Ps. 69:1). How do we know
that it will be like the candelabrum of the house of the sanctuary? As it is
said, “And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I looked and behold
[there was] a candelabrum all of gold” (Zech. 4:2).
“At your right hand is
bliss for evermore” (Ps. 16:11). Said David before the Holy One, blessed be He,
"Lord of the ages, now who will tell me which group [among those listed
above] is the most beloved and blissful of them all?" There were two
Amoras [who differed on this matter]. One of them said, "It is the group
that comes as representative of the Torah and commandments, as it is said,
‘With a flaming fire at his right hand’ (Deut. 33:2)." And the other said,
"This refers to the scribes, the Mishnah repeaters, and those who teach
children in their fear, who are going to sit at the right hand of the Holy One,
blessed be He. That is in line with the following verse of Scripture: ‘I keep
the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved’
(Ps. 16:8)."
Another matter
concerning the verse “You show me the path of life, in Your presence there is fullness
of joy, in Your right hand are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16:11): “In Your
presence there is fullness (SWB`) of joy” (Ps. 16:11): [Leviticus Rabbah adds:
Read only "seven (SB`) joys."] These are the seven religious duties
associated with the Festival [Tabernacles]. These are they: the four species
that are joined in the palm branch, [the building of] the Tabernacle, [the
offering of] the festal sacrifice, [the offering of] the sacrifice of
rejoicing.
If there is the
offering of the sacrifice of rejoicing, then why is there also the offering of
the festal sacrifice? And if there is [the offering of] the festal sacrifice,
then why also is there [the offering of] the sacrifice of rejoicing? Said R.
Abin, "The matter may be compared to two who came before a judge. Now we
do not know which one of them is the victor. But it is the one who takes the
palm branch in his hand who we know to be the victor. So is the case of Israel
and the Gentiles of the world. The [latter] come and draw an indictment before
the Holy One, blessed be He, on the New Year, and we do not know which party is
victor. But when Israel goes forth from before the Holy One, blessed be He,
with their palm branches and their citrons in their hands, we know that it is
Israel that are the victors.” Therefore Moses admonishes Israel, saying to
them, “[On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in
the produce of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord seven days ...]
And you will take on the first day (the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm
trees and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook; and you will rejoice
before the Lord your God seven days. You will keep it as a feast to the Lord
seven days in the year; it is a statute for ever throughout your generations;
you will keep it in the seventh month. You will dwell in booths for seven days;
all that are native in Israel will dwell in booths, that your generations may
know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out
of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 23:39-43).
XXVII:III
“He will regard the
prayer of the destitute (and will not despise their supplication)” (Ps.
102:17): Said R. Reuben, "We are unable to make sense of David's
character. Sometimes he calls himself king, and sometimes he calls himself
destitute. How so? When he foresaw that righteous/generous men were going to
come from him, such as Asa, Jehoshaphat, Hezekiah, and Josiah, he would call
himself king as it is said, “Give the king your judgments, O God” (Ps. 72:1).
When he foresaw that wicked/lawless men would come forth from him, for example,
Ahaz, Manasseh, and Amon, he would call himself destitute, as it is said, “A
prayer of one afflicted, when he is faint [and pours out his complaint before
the Lord]” (Ps. 102:1).”
R. Alexandri
interpreted the cited verse “He will regard the prayer of the destitute [and
will not despise their supplication]” (Ps. 102:17) to speak of a worker:
"[Margulies, ad loc., explains: The one afflicted is the worker. The word
for faint, `TP, bears the meaning, cloak oneself, hence in prayer. The worker
then has delayed his prayer, waiting for the overseer to leave, at which point
he can stop and say his prayer. So he postpones his prayer.] [So Alexandri
says], "Just as a worker sits and watches all day long for when the
overseer will leave for a bit, so he is late when he says [his prayer], [so
David speaks at Ps. 102:1: Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to
you]." That [interpretation of the word 'TP] is in line with the use in
the following verse: “And those that were born late belonged to Laban” (Gen.
30:42). What is the meaning of those that were born late? R. Isaac bar Haqolah said, "The ones
that tarried."
[Another
interpretation: “He will regard the prayer of the destitute [and will not
despise their supplication]” (Ps. 102:17) - Said R. Simeon b. Laqish, "As
to this verse, the first half of it is not consistent with the second half, and
vice versa. If it is to be, “He will regard the prayer of the destitute
[individual],' he should then have said, “And will not despise his
supplication.” But if it is to be, “He will not despise their supplication,”
then he should have said, “He will regard the prayer of those who are
destitute.” But [when David wrote,] “He will regard the prayer of the
individual destitute,” this [referred to] the prayer of Manasseh, king of
Judah. And [when David wrote,] “He will not despise their supplication,” this
[referred to] his prayer and the prayer of his fathers. That is in line with
the following verse of Scripture: “And he prayed to him, and he was entreated of him” (2 Chron. 33:13). What
is the meaning of the phrase, He was entreated (Y'TR) of him? Said R. Eleazar
b. R. Simeon, "In Arabia they call a breach an athirta [so an opening was
made for his prayer to penetrate to the Throne of God]" (Slotki, p. 385,
n. 3). “And he brought him back to Jerusalem. (his kingdom)” (2 Chron. 33:13).
How did he bring him back? R. Samuel b. R. Jonah said in the name of R. Aha,
"He brought him back with a wind.” That is in line with the phrase [in The
Prayer], “He causes the wind to blow." [At that moment:] “And Manasseh
knew that the Lord is God” (2 Chron. 33:13).
Then Manasseh said, "There is justice and there is a judge."
R. Isaac interpreted
the verse “He will regard the prayer of the destitute (and will not despise
their supplication)” (Ps. 102:17) to speak of these generations which have
neither king nor prophet, neither priest nor Urim and Thummim, but who have
only this prayer alone. Said David before the Holy One, blessed be He, 'Lord of
the ages, "Do not despise their prayer. Let this be recorded for a
generation to come' (Ps. 102:19). On the basis of that statement, [we know
that] the Holy One, blessed be He, accepts penitents. “So that a people yet
unborn may praise the Lord” (Ps. 102:19). For the Holy One, blessed be He, will
create them as a new act of creation."
Another
interpretation: “Let this be recorded for a generation to come” (Ps. 102:18):
This refers to the generation of Hezekiah, [Leviticus Rabbah adds: which was tottering toward death]. “So that a
people yet unborn may praise the Lord” (Ps. 102:18): for the Holy One, blessed
be He, created them in a new act of creation.
Another
interpretation: “Let this be recorded for a generation to come” (Ps. 102:18):
This refers to the generation of Mordecai and Esther, which was tottering toward death. “So that a people yet unborn
may praise the Lord” (Ps. 102:18): for the Holy One, blessed be He, created
them in a new act of creation.
Another
interpretation: “Let this be recorded for a generation to come” (Ps. 102:18):
This refers to these very generations [in our own day], which are tottering to
death. “So that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord” (Ps. 102:18): For the
Holy One, blessed be He, is going to create them anew, in a new act of
creation.
What do we have to
take [in order to reach that end]? Take up the palm branch and citron and
praise the Holy One, blessed be He. Therefore Moses admonishes Israel, saying, “[On
the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce
of the land, you will keep the feast of the Lord seven days...] And you will
take on the first day (the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees and
boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook; and you will rejoice before the
Lord your God seven days. You will keep it as a feast to the Lord seven days in
the year; it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you will keep it
in the seventh month. You will dwell in booths for seven days; all that are
native in Israel will dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I
made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land
of Egypt: l am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 23:39-43).
XXVII:IV
“Let the field exult
and everything in it. (Then will all the trees of the wood sing for joy before
the Lord, for He comes, for He comes to judge the earth)” (Ps. 96:12-13): “(Let
the field exult)” refers to the world, as it is said, “And it came to pass,
when they were in the field” (Gen. 4:8) [and determined to divide up the world
between them]. “And everything in it” refers to creatures.
That is in line with
the following verse of Scripture: “The earth is the Lord's, and all that is in
it” (Ps. 24:1). “Then will all the trees of the wood sing for joy” (Ps. 96:12).
And there is the verse: “Then will all the trees of the forest shout for joy”
(1 Chron. 16:33). Said R. Aha, “The forest and all the trees of the forest.”
"The forest” refers to fruit-bearing trees. "And all the trees of the
forest” encompasses those trees that do not bear fruit. Before whom? “Before
the Lord” (Ps. 96:14). Why?
For he comes on New Year and on the Day of Atonement. To do what? To judge the
earth. “He will judge the world with righteousness/generosity, and the peoples
with his truth” (Ps. 96:13).
XXVII:V
“I wash my hands in
innocence and go about Your altar, O Lord, (singing aloud a song of
thanksgiving, and telling all Your wondrous deeds)” (Ps. 26:6-7): [What I
require I acquire] through purchase, not theft. [Leviticus Rabbah adds:] For we
have learned there: A stolen or dried up palm branch is invalid. And one
deriving from an asherah or an apostate town is invalid (M. Suk. 3:1A-B). “And
go about your altar, O Lord” (Ps. 26:7). That is in line with what we have
learned there: Every day they circumambulate the altar one time and say, “We
beseech You, O Lord, save now. We beseech You, O Lord, make us prosper now”
[Ps. 118:25]. R. Judah says, “I and him, save now.” On that day they
circumambulate the altar seven times (M. Suk. 4:5).
“Singing aloud a song
of thanksgiving” (Ps. 26:7) - this refers to the offerings. “And telling all
your wondrous deeds” (Ps. 26:7): Said R. Abun, This refers to the Hallel Psalms
[Ps. 113-118], which contain [praise for what God has done] in the past, also
[what He has done] during these generations, as well as what will apply to the
days of the Messiah, to the time of Gog and Magog, and to the age to come.
"When Israel went forth from Egypt” (Ps. 114:1) refers to the past.
"Not for us, O Lord, not for us” (Ps. 115:1) refers to the present
generations. "I love for the
Lord to hear” (Ps. 116:1) refers to the days of the Messiah. "All the
nations have encompassed me” (Ps. 118:10) speaks of the time of Gog and Magog.
"You are my God and 1 will exalt You” (Ps. 118:28) speaks of the age to
come."
For further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html
http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html
Tishri 16, 5773
Evening Monday October
01 – Evening Tuesday October 02, 2012
Morning Service Sukkoth 2nd
Day
Morning
Service Tabernacles (day Two) – Tabernáculos (Seguno Día)
Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 22:26 – 23:44;
Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:12-16
Ashlamatah: I Kings 8:2-21
Psalm: Psalm 114:1-8
N.C.: Yochanan 14:1-4 & Revelation
3:7-13
Torah
Reading:
Reader
1 – Vayikra 22:26 – 23:3
Reader
2 – Vayikra 23:4-14
Reader
3 – Vayikra 23:15-22
Reader
4 – Vayikra 23:23-31
Reader
5 – Vayikra 23:32-44
Maftir – Bemidbar 29:12-16
- I Kings 8:2-21
For the Torah Reading
see above for the first day of Sukkoth.
Ketubim: Targum
Tehillim (Psalms) 114:1-8
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Rashi |
Targum
on the Psalms |
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1.
When Israel left Egypt, the house of Jacob [left] a people of a
strange tongue, |
1. When Israel came out of
Egypt, the house of Jacob from barbarian peoples – |
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2. Judah
became His holy nation, Israel His dominion. |
2. The company of the house of
Judah became property of His Holy One, Israel of his rulers. |
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3. The sea
saw and fled; the Jordan turned backward. |
3. When the Word of the LORD
was revealed at the sea, the sea looked and retreated; the Jordan turned
around. |
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4. The
mountains danced like rams, hills like young sheep. |
4. When the Torah was given to
His people, the mountains leapt like rams, the hills like offspring of the
flock. |
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5. What
frightens you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn backward? |
5. God said, “What is the
matter, O sea, for you are retreating? O Jordan, that you are turning
around?” |
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6. You
mountains, that you dance like rams; you hills, like young sheep? |
6. O mountains, leaping about
like rams? O hills, like offspring of the flock? |
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7. From
before the Master, Who created the earth, from before the God of Jacob, |
7. In the presence of the LORD,
dance, O earth, in the presence of the God of Jacob. |
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8. Who
transforms the rock into a pond of water, the flint into a fountain of water. |
8. Who turns the flint into a
channel of water, the adamant to springs of water. |
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Ashlamatah: I Kings 8:2-21
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Rashi |
Targum |
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2. And all
the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast
in the month Ethanim, which (is) the seventh month. |
2. And all the men of Israel
were gathered unto King Solomon in the month that the ancients called
the first month (the festival) and now it is the seventh month. |
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3. And all
the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. |
3. And all the elders of Israel
came, and the priests bore the ark. |
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4. And
they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of meeting, and all
the holy vessels which (were) in the tabernacle, and the priests and the
Levites did bring them up. |
4. And they brought up the ark
of the LORD and the tent of the appointed time, and all the holy vessels that
were in the tent; and the priests and the Levites brought them up. |
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5. And
King Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto
him, (were) with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could
not be counted nor numbered for multitude. |
5. And King Solomon and all the
assembly of Israel who were joined with him were standing with him before the
ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen which could not be counted and could not be
numbered for greatness. |
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6. And the
priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, into the
Sanctuary of the house, to the most holy (place), under the wings of the
cherubim. |
6. And the priests brought in
the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, to the house of atonements
that was prepared for it, in the midst of the houses to the holy of holies,
to beneath the wings of the cherubim. |
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7. For the
cherubim spread forth (their) wings over the place of the ark, and the
cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. |
7. For the cherubim spread
their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over
the ark and over its poles from above. |
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8. And the
staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy
(place) before the Sanctuary, and they were not seen without; and they are
there unto this day. |
8. And so long were the poles
that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place facing the house of
atonements - and were not seen outside; and they are there unto this day. |
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9. There
was nothing in the ark save the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at
Horeb, when the Lord made (a covenant) with the children of Israel, when they
came out of the land of Egypt. |
9. In the ark lay the two
tablets of stones that Moses deposited there on Horeb upon which were written
the ten words of the covenant that the LORD cut with the sons of Israel in
their going forth from the land of Egypt. |
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10. And it
came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy (place), and the cloud
filled the house of the Lord. |
10. And when the priests went
forth from the holy place, a dense cloud filled the house of the sanctuary of
the LORD. |
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11. And the
priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of
the Lord filled the house of the Lord. |
11. And the priests were not
able to stand to minister from before the cloud, for the glory of the LORD
filled the house of the sanctuary of the LORD. |
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12. Then
Solomon said, "The Lord said that He would dwell in the thick
darkness. |
12. Then Solomon said: “The
LORD has chosen to make his Shekinah reside in Jerusalem.” |
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13. I have
surely built You a house to dwell in; a settled place for You to dwell in
forever." |
13. Indeed I have built
the house of the sanctuary before You, a place prepared for the house of your
Shekinah forever.” |
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14. And the
king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel, and
all the congregation of Israel stood. |
14. And the king turned his
face and blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel
was standing. |
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15. And he
said, "Blessed (be) the Lord, the God of Israel Who spoke with His mouth
unto David my father, and has fulfilled it with His hand, saying. |
15. And he said: “Blessed be
the LORD the God of Israel who decreed by his Memra with David my father and
by his good pleasure fulfilled it, saying: |
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16. Since
the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city
out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that My name might be
therein; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.' |
16. 'From the day that I
brought forth My people Israel from Egypt I did not choose a city from all
the tribes of Israel to build the house to make My Shekinah reside there, and
I chose David to be the king over My people Israel.' |
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17. And it
was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the
Lord, the God of Israel. |
17. And it was in the heart of
David my father to build the house to the name of the LORD the God of Israel.
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18. And the
Lord said to David my father, 'Since it was in your heart to build a house
unto My name, you did well that it was in your heart. |
18. And the LORD said to
David my father: ‘Inasmuch as it was with your heart to build the house to My
name, you have done well for it was with your heart. |
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19. Nevertheless,
you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come forth out of your
loins, he shall build the house for My name.' |
19. Only you will not build the
house, but a son whom you will beget, he will build the house to my name.’ |
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20. And the
Lord has established His word that He spoke, and I have risen up in the place
of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and
have built a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. |
20. And the LORD fulfilled his
words that He spoke, and I rose up in the place of David my father and sat
upon the throne of the kingdom of Israel as the LORD spoke, and I built the
house to the name of the LORD the God of Israel. |
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21. And I
have set there a place for the ark, wherein (is) the covenant of the Lord,
which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of
Egypt." |
21. And I made a place there
prepared for the ark in which lay the two tablets of stone upon which was the
covenant of the LORD that He cut with our fathers when He brought them out
from the land of Egypt.” |
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Yochanan (John) 14:1-4
1. Do not let your
heart (mind) be troubled; you faithfully obey G-d, faithfully obey me also.
2. In My Father's
house are many Sukkoth (Booths/dwellings). If it were not so, I would have told
you. I am going to prepare a Makom (place) for you!
3. And if I go and
prepare a Makom (place) for you, I am coming again and take you to be with me,
that where I am you may be also.
4. And to where I go
you know, and the Halakha (way to be observed in order to be there) you know.
Revelation 3:7-14
7. And to the angel of
the congregation in Philadelphia, write: These things/words says the Holy One,
the True One, the One having the keys of David, who opens and there is none who
shuts, and shuts and there is none who opens (Isa. 22:22).
8. “I know your works
and behold, I have set an opened door before you, and no one is able to shut,
for you have little strength and you have observed My Word (Torah), and have
not denied my name/authority.
9. Behold, I give out
those of the synagogue of HaSatan saying that they are Jewish, and they are
not, but they lie [being themselves Gentiles]. Behold, I will make them come
and bow down before your feet, and to know that I loved you [My Jewish people].
10. Because you kept the Word (Torah) of my
patience, I also will keep you out of the hour of trial which is going to come
on all the inhabited world in order to prove those dwelling on the earth.
11. Behold, I am
coming quickly. Hold fast to what you have that no one take your crown [of
Torah].
12. The one overcoming,
I will make him a pillar in the Temple of G-d, and he will not go out from it
anymore. And I will write the name of my G-d upon him, and the name of the city
of my G-d, the new Yerushalayim which comes down out of Heaven from my G-d, and
my own new name.
13.
The one who has ears, hear what the Spirit [of G-d] says to the [Jewish]
congregations.
Pesiqta
deRab Kahana
Pisqa Twenty-Seven
(Part II)
[On the fifteenth day
of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you
will keep the feast of the Lord seven days ... ] And you will take on the first
day (the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees
and willows of the brook; and you will rejoice before the Lord your God seven
days. You will keep it as a feast to the Lord seven days in the year; it is a
statute for ever throughout your generations; you will keep it in the seventh
month. You will dwell in booths for seven days; all that are native in Israel
will dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the people of
Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the
Lord your God (Leviticus 23:39-43).
XXVII:VI
And you will take [for
yourselves] (Lev. 23:40): R. Hiyya taught, "The act of taking must be
accomplished by each and every one of you." "For yourselves" -
for every one of you. They must be yours and not stolen.
Said R. Levi,
"One who takes a stolen palm branch - to what is he comparable? To a thief
who sat at the cross roads and mugged passersby. One time a legate came by, to
collect the taxes for that town. [The thug] rose before him and mugged him and
took everything he had. After some time the thug was caught and put in prison.
The legate heard and came to him. He said to him, 'Give back what you grabbed
from me, and I'll argue in your behalf before the king.' He said to him, 'Of
everything that I robbed and of everything that I took, I have nothing except
for this rug that is under me, and it belongs to you.' He said to him, 'Give it
to me, and I'll argue in your behalf before the king.' He said to him, 'Take
it.' "He said to him, 'You should know that tomorrow you are going before
the king for judgment, and he will ask you and say to you, "Is there
anyone who can argue in your behalf," and you may say to him, "I have
the legate, Mr. So-and-so, to speak in my behalf," and he will send and
call me, and I will come and argue in your behalf before him.' The next day
they set him up for judgment before the king. The king asked him, saying to
him, 'Do you have anyone to argue in your behalf?' He said to him, 'I have a
legate, Mr. So-and-so, to speak in my behalf.' The king sent for him. He said
to him, 'Do you know anything to say in behalf of this man?' He said to him, 'I
do indeed have knowledge. When you sent me to collect the taxes of that town,
he rose up before me and mugged me and took everything that I had. That rug
that belongs to me gives testimony against him.' Everyone began to cry out,
saying, 'Woe for this one, whose defense
attorney has turned into his prosecutor.' So a person acquires a palm
branch to attain merit through it. But if it was a stolen one, [the branch]
cries out before the Holy One, blessed be He, 'I am stolen! I am taken by
violence.' And the ministering angels say, 'Woe for this one, whose defense
attorney has turned into his prosecutor!'"
XXVII:VII
[On the fifteenth day
of the seventh month, when you have gathered the produce of the land, you will
keep the feast of the Lord seven days;] on the first day [will be a solemn
rest] (Lev. 23:40). This in fact is the fifteenth day, yet you speak of the
first day! R. Mana of Sheab and R. Joshua of Sikhnin in the name of R. Levi
said, "The matter may be compared to the case of a town which owed arrears
to the king, so the king went to collect [what was owing]. [When he had
reached] ten mils [from the town], the great men of the town came forth and
praised him. He remitted a third of their [unpaid] tax. When he came within
five mils of the town, the middle-rank people came out and acclaimed him, so he
remitted yet another third [of what was owing to him]. When he entered the
town, men, women, and children, came forth and praised him. He remitted the
whole [of the tax]. Said the king, 'What happened, happened. From now on we
will begin keeping books [afresh].' "So on the eve of the New Year, the
Israelites repent, and the Holy One, blessed be He, remits a third of their [that
is, Israel's] sins. On the ten days of repentance from the New Year to the Day
of Atonement outstanding individuals fast, and the Holy One, blessed be He,
remits most of their [that is, Israel's] sins. On the Day of Atonement all
Israel fasts, so the Holy One, blessed be He, forgives them for all their sins
[Leviticus Rabbah: says to Israel, 'What happened, happened. From now on we
will begin keeping books afresh].'"
Said R. Aha, "For
with you there is forgiveness (Ps. 80:4). From the New Year forgiveness awaits
you. Why so long? So that You may be feared (Ps. 80:4). To put Your fear into
creatures. From the Day of Atonement to the Festival, all the Israelites are
kept busy with doing religious duties. This one takes up the task of building
his tabernacle, that one preparing his palm branches. On the first day of the
Festival, all Israel they take their palm branches and citrons in their hand
and praise the Holy One, blessed be He. The Holy One, blessed be He, says to
them, 'What happened, happened. From now on we will begin keeping books
[afresh].'" Therefore Scripture says, On the first day. What is the sense
of the first day? It is first in the task of reckoning sins [done in the
future], that is, from the first day of the festival.
XXVII:VIII
On the first day (Lev.
23:40): By day and not by night. On the...day - even on the Sabbath. On the
first day - only the first day [of the Festival] overrides the restrictions [of
Sabbath rest. When the Sabbath coincides with other than the first day of the
Festival, one does not carry the palm branch.]
[And you will take...)
the fruit of a goodly tree [branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees
and willows of the brook) (Lev. 23:40). R. Hiyya taught, "A tree: the
taste of the wood and fruit of which is the same. This is the citron."
Goodly (HDR): Ben Azzai said, "[Fruit] that remains [HDR] on its tree from
year to year." Aqilas the proselyte translated [HDR] as, "That which
dwells by water (Greek: hudor)." Branches of a palm tree (Lev. 23:40): R.
Tarfon says, "[As to branch of palm tree (KPWT)], it must be bound. If it
was separated, one has to bind (YKPWT) it up." Boughs of leafy trees: The
branches of which cover over the wood. One has to say, "This is the
myrtle." Willows of the brook: I know only that they must come from a
brook. How do I know that those that come from a valley or a hill [also are
valid]? Scripture says, "And willows of a brook." Abba Saul says,
"'And willows of the brook' refers to the requirement that there be two,
one willow for the palm branch, and a willow for the sanctuary." R.
Ishmael says, "The fruit of goodly trees' indicates one; 'branches of palm
tree' also one; 'boughs of leafy trees,' three; 'willows of the brook,' two.
Two [of the myrtles] may have the twigs trimmed at the top, and one may
not." R. Tarfon says, "Even all three of them may be trimmed."
XXVII:IX
R. Aqiba says,
"The fruit of goodly (HDR) trees refers to the Holy One, blessed be He,
concerning whom it is written, You are clothed with glory and majesty (HDR)
(Ps. 104:1). "Branches of palm trees refers to the Holy One, blessed be
He, concerning whom it is written, The Righteous/Generous One will flourish
like a palm tree (Ps. 92: 13). "Boughs of leafy trees refers to the Holy
One, blessed be He, concerning whom it is written, And he stands among the
leafy trees (Zech. 1:8). "And willows of the brook refers to the Holy One,
blessed be He, concerning whom it is written, Extol him who rides upon the
willows, whose name is the Lord (Ps. 68:5)."
Another
interpretation: The fruit of goodly (HDR) trees (Lev. 23:40): This refers to
Abraham, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, honored (HDR) with a goodly old age,
as it is said, And Abraham was an old man, [coming along in years](Gen. 24:1).
[Leviticus Rabbah adds:] And it is written, And you will honor (HDR) the face
of an old man (Lev. 19:32). Branches (KPWT) of palm trees (Lev. 23:40): This
refers to Isaac, who was tied (KPWT) and bound upon the altar. And boughs of
leafy trees (Lev. 23:40): This refers to Jacob. Just as a myrtle is rich in
leaves, so Jacob was rich in children. Willows of the brook (Lev. 23:40): This
refers to Joseph. Just as the willow wilts before the other three species do,
so Joseph died before his brothers did.
Another
interpretation: The fruit of goodly trees (Lev. 23:40): This refers to Sarah
our mother, whom the Holy One, blessed be He, honored with a goodly old age, as
it is said, And Abraham and Sarah were old (Gen. 18:11). Branches of palm trees
(Lev. 23:40): this refers to Rebecca our mother. Just as a palm tree contains
both edible fruit and thorns, so Rebecca produced a righteous/generous and a
wicked son [Jacob and Esau]. Boughs of leafy trees (Lev. 23:40): this refers to
Leah our mother. Just as a myrtle is rich in leaves, so Leah was rich in children.
And willows of the brook (Lev. 23:40): this refers to Rachel our mother. Just
as the willow wilts before the other three species do, so Rachel died before
her sister.
Another
interpretation: The fruit of goodly trees (Lev. 23:40) refers to the great
Sanhedrin of Israel, which the Holy One, blessed be He, honored (HDR) with old
age, as it is said, You will rise up before old age (Lev. 19:32). Branches
(KPWT) of palm trees (Lev. 23:40): this refers to disciples of sages, who
compel (KWPYN) themselves to study Torah from one another. Boughs of leafy
trees refers to the three rows of disciples who sit before them. And willows of
the brook (Lev. 23:40): this refers to the court scribes, who stand before
them, one on the right side, the other on the left, [and write down the
opinions of those who vote to acquit and those who vote to convict].
Another
interpretation: The fruit of goodly trees refers to Israel. Just as a citron
has both taste and fragrance, so in Israel are people who have [the merit of
both] Torah and good deeds. Branches of palm trees (Lev. 23:30): refers to
Israel. Just as a palm has a taste but no fragrance, so in Israel are people
who have [the merit of] Torah but not of good deeds. Boughs of leafy tree
refers to Israel. Just as a myrtle has a fragrance but no taste, so in Israel
are people who have the merit of good deeds but not of Torah. Willows of the
brook refers to Israel. Just as a willow has neither taste nor fragrance, so in
Israel are those who have the [merit] neither of Torah nor of good deeds. Said
the Holy One, blessed be He, "Utterly to destroy them is not possible
rather, let them all be joined together in a single bond, and they will effect
atonement for one another. And if you have done so, at that moment I will be
exalted." Therefore Moses admonishes Israel: [On the fifteenth day of the
seventh month, when you have gathered in the produce of the land, you will keep
the feast of the Lord seven days...] And you will take on the first day (the
fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees and boughs of leafy trees and
willows of the brook; and you will rejoice before the Lord your God seven days.
You will keep it as a feast to the Lord seven days in the year; it is a statute
for ever throughout your generations; you will keep it in the seventh month.
You will dwell in booths for seven days; all that are native in Israel will
dwell in booths, that your generations may know that I made the people of
Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord
your God (Leviticus 23:39-43 ).
XXVII:X
R. Berekhiah in the
name of R. Levi: "[God speaks], Through the merit [attained in fulfilling
the commandment], And you will take for yourself on the first day... (Lev.
23:40), lo, I will be revealed to you first; I will exact punishment for you
from the first one; I will build for you first; and bring to you the first one.
I will be revealed for you first, refers to the Holy One, blessed be He, as it
is said, I the Lord am first (Is. 41:4). I will exact punishment for you from
the first one refers to the wicked Esau, as it is written, And the red one came
forth first (Gen. 24:24). And I will build for you first [refers to the house
of the sanctuary], concerning which it is written, You throne of glory, on high
from the first (Jer. 17:12). And I will bring to you the first one, namely,
the King Messiah, concerning whom it is written, The first to Zion I will give
(Is. 41:27)."
Amen
ve Amen!
Chag Sukkoth Sameach!
Hag HaSukkoth
Feast of Tabernacles
5773 C.E.
For further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html
http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html
Tishri 17, 5773
Evening
Tuesday October 02 – Evening Wednesday October 03, 2012
Morning
Service for the First Intermediate Day of Sukkoth
Primer Día Intermedio de Tabernáculos
Torah: B'Midbar (Num.)
29:17-22
Psalm: Psalm 115 & Koheleth
(Ecclesiastes) 1:1 - 2:15
N.C.: Revelation 2:1-7
Torah
Reading:
Reader
1 – B’midbar 29:17-19
Reader
2 – B’midbar 29:20-22
Reader
3 – B’midbar 29:23-25
Reader
4 – B’midbar 29”17-22
Rashi
& Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: B’Midbar (Numbers) 29:17-22
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Rashi |
Targum
Pseudo Jonathan |
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17. And on
the second day, twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs
in the first year, [all] unblemished. |
17. On the second day of
the Feast of Tabernacles you shall offer twelve young bullocks, by
twelve orders; two rams, by two orders; fourteen lambs of the year
unblemished by nine orders, five of them shall offer two by two, and four of
them one by one. |
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18. And
their meal offerings and their libations, for the bulls, for the rams, and
for the lambs, according to their number, as prescribed. |
18. And their mincha of wheat
flour, and the wine of their libation which will be offered with the
bullocks, rams, and lambs, by their number according to the order of their
appointment; |
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19. And one
young male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its
meal offering, and their libations. |
19. and one ram by one order, a
sin offering, beside the perpetual sacrifice, and the wheat flour of their minchas,
and their libations of wine. |
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20. And on
the third day, eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in the
first year, [all] unblemished. |
20. On the third day of
the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer twelve bullocks by twelve
orders; two rams by two orders, fourteen unblemished lambs of the year, by
ten orders; four of them will offer two and two, and six of them one by one; |
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21. And
their meal offerings and their libations, for the bulls, for the rams, and
for the lambs, according to their number, as prescribed. |
21. and their mincha of wheat
flour, and their libations of wine, you will offer with the bullocks, rams,
and lambs, by the number in their appointed order; |
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22. And one
young male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its
meal offering and its libation. |
22. and one kid of the goats
for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice the wheat
flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. |
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23. On the
fourth day [you will bring] ten young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling
lambs, [all] without blemish, |
23. On
the fourth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, ten young bullocks by ten
orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year by
twelve orders; three of them will be offered at two times, and eight of them
singly; |
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24. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
24. their
mincha of wheaten flour, and their libations of wine, which you will offer
with the the bullocks, rams, and lambs by their number, after their appointed
order, |
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25. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
25. and one
kid for a sin offering, by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice, the
wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. |
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Ketubim: Targum Tehillim
(Psalms) 115:1-18
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Rashi |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. Not for us, O Lord, not for us, but for
Your name give honor, for Your kindness and for Your truthfulness. |
1. Not on our account, O LORD, not on account of our merits,
but rather to your name give glory, because of your goodness and because of
your truth. |
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2. Why should the nations say, "Where is your God now?" |
2. Why will the Gentiles say, "Where now is their God?" |
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3. But our God is in heaven; whatever He wishes, He does. |
3. And our God's residence is in heaven, all that he desires he
has done. |
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4. Their idols are silver and gold, the handiwork of man. |
4. Their idols are of silver and gold, the handiwork of a son of man. |
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5. They have a mouth but they do not speak; they have eyes but they do
not see. |
5. They have a mouth, but do not speak; they have eyes, and do not see. |
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6. They have ears but they do not hear; they have a nose but they do not
smell. |
6. They have ears, and do not hear; they have nostrils, but do not
smell. |
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7. Their hands-but they do not feel; their feet-but they do not walk;
they do not murmur with their throat. |
7. Hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; they do not murmur with
their throat. |
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8. Like them shall be those who make them, all who trust in them. |
8. May their makers become like them, everyone who relies upon them. |
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9. Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. |
9. O Israel, trust in the word of the LORD; he is their helper and
their shield. |
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10. House of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. |
10. Those of the house of Aaron, trust in the word
of the LORD; he is their helper and their shield. |
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11. Those who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their
shield. |
11. You who fear the LORD, trust in the word of the LORD; he is
their helper and their shield. |
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12. The Lord, Who remembered us, will bless; He will bless the house of
Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. |
12. The word of the LORD has remembered us for good,
he will bless; he will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of
Aaron. |
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13. He will bless those who fear the Lord, the small together with the
great. |
13. He will bless those who fear the LORD, the small with the great. |
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14. May the Lord add upon you, upon you and upon your children. |
14. The word of the LORD will add to you; to you, and to
your sons. |
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15. Blessed are you to the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. |
15. Blessed are you in the presence of the LORD, maker of heaven and
earth. |
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16. The heavens are heavens of the Lord, but the earth He gave to the
children of men. |
16. The heavens of the heavens are for the glorious presence of the LORD,
and the earth he has given to the sons of men. |
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17. Neither will the dead praise God, nor all those who descend to the
grave. |
17. The dead do not praise the name of the LORD, nor any of those
who go down to the grave of earth. |
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18. But we shall bless God from now until everlasting, Hallelujah! |
18. But we will bless Yah, from now and forevermore. Hallelujah! |
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Koheleth
(Ecclesiastes) 1:1 - 2:15
1.
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:
2.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity!
3.
What is the profit to a man in all his labour which he labours under the sun?
4. A
generation passes away, and another generation comes; but the earth stands
forever.
5.
The sun also arises, and the sun goes even panting to its place; it arises
there again.
6.
The wind goes toward the south, and turning around to the north; the wind is
going around and around. And the wind returns on its circuits.
7.
All the rivers are going to the sea; yet the sea is not full. To the place
where the rivers are going, there they are returning to go again.
8.
All words are wearisome; a man is not able to utter it. The eye is not
satisfied to see, nor is the ear filled from hearing.
9.
That which has been, it is that which shall be. And that which has been done,
it is that which will be done. And there is no new thing under the sun.
10.
Is there a thing of which one might say, See this, it is new? It has already
been for the ages which were before us.
11.
There is no memory of former things; yes, nor is there any memory for them of
things which will be afterward, with those who will be at the last.
12.
I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
13.
And I gave my heart to seek and to investigate by wisdom concerning all which
is done under the heavens. It is an evil task God has given to the sons of men,
to be afflicted by it.
14.
I have seen all the works which are done under the sun; and, behold, all is
vanity and striving after wind!
15.
What is crooked cannot be made straight, and that lacking cannot be numbered.
16.
I spoke with my heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have increased
wisdom over all that have been over Jerusalem before me. Yea, my heart has seen
much wisdom and knowledge.
17.
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness, and folly. I know that
this also, it is striving after wind.
18.
For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases
pain.
1. I
said in my heart, Come now, I will test you with mirth. Therefore, consider
with goodness. And behold, this also is vanity.
2. I
said of laughter, It is madness, and of mirth, What does it do?
3. I
sought in my heart how to drag my flesh with wine, and leading my heart in
wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, until I might see where the good for the sons
of men is, that which they should do under the heavens the number of days of
their life.
4. I
made my works great; I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself;
5. I
made gardens and parks for myself; and I planted trees in them of every fruit;
6. I
made pools of water for myself; to water from them the forest shooting forth
trees;
7. I
bought slaves and slave girls, and the sons of the house were mine. Also
livestock, a herd and a great flock were mine, above all that were before me in
Jerusalem.
8. I
also gathered to me silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of
provinces. I made ready male singers and female singers for myself; and the
delights of the sons of men, a concubine, and concubines.
9.
And I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem;
also my wisdom stayed with me.
10.
And all that my eyes desired, I did not set aside from them. I withheld not my
heart from all joy; for my heart rejoiced from all my labour; and this was my
part from all my labour.
11.
Then I faced on all my works that my hands had done, and on the labour that I
had laboured to do. And, lo, all is vanity and striving after wind, and there
is no profit under the sun.
12.
And I turned to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly. For what can a man do
who comes after the king, when they have already done it?
13.
Then I saw that there is advantage to wisdom above folly, even as light has
advantage over darkness.
14.
The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and I also
know that one event happens with all of them.
15.
And I said in my heart, As the event of the stupid one, even so it will happen
to me; and why then was I more wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is
vanity.
Revelation
2:1-7
1. To the angel of the congregation of Ephesus, write: Thus says he
holding the seven stars in his right hand, he walking in the midst of the seven
Menorahs of gold.
2. I know your works, and your labour, and your patience, and that
you cannot bear wicked/lawless ones; and you tried those pretending to be
Nazarean/Messianic Rabbis and are not, and found them to be liars.
3. And you have endured and had patience and on account of my name
(authority) you have laboured and have not become weary.
4. But I have against you that you left your first love.
5. Remember from where you have fallen, and repent (return), and do
the first works, but if not, I am coming to you quickly, and will remove your
Menorah from its place, unless you repent (return).
6. But you have this, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans
(oppressors of the laity/people), which I also hate.
7. The one who has ears, hear what the Spirit [of G-d] says to the
[Jewish] congregations. To the one overcoming, I will give to him to eat of the
Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of G-d (cf. Gen. 2:9; 3:22,
24).
For
further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html
http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html
Tishri
18, 5773
Evening
Wednesday October 03 – Evening Thursday October 04, 2012
Morning Service Sukkoth 2nd Intermediate Day
Morning Service Tabernacles (day Four) – Tabernáculos (Quarto Día)
Torah: B’Midbar
(Numbers) 29:20-25
Psalm: Psalm
116:1-19 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 2:16 - 3:22
N.C.: Revelation
2:8-11
Torah Reading:
Reader 1 – BeMidbar 29:20-22
Reader 2 – BeMidbar 29:23-25
Reader 3 – BeMidbar 29:26-28
Reader 4 – BeMidbar 29:20-25
Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:20-28
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RASHI |
TARGUM
PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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20. On
the third day [you will bring] eleven young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
20. On
the third day of the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer twelve
bullocks by twelve orders; two rams by two orders, fourteen unblemished lambs
of the year, by ten orders; four of them will offer two and two, and six of
them one by one; |
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21. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
21. and their
mincha of wheat flour, and their libations of wine, you will offer with the
bullocks, rams, and lambs, by the number in their appointed order; |
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22. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
22. and one
kid of the goats for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual
sacrifice the wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. |
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23. On the
fourth day [you will bring] ten young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling
lambs, [all] without blemish, |
23. On
the fourth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, ten young bullocks by ten
orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year by
twelve orders; three of them will be offered at two times, and eight of them
singly; |
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24. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
24. their
mincha of wheaten flour, and their libations of wine, which you will offer
with the the bullocks, rams, and lambs by their number, after their appointed
order, |
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25. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
25. and one
kid for a sin offering, by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice, the
wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. |
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26. On the
fifth day [you will bring] nine young bulls, two rams, and fourteen yearling
lambs, [all] without blemish, |
26. On
the fifth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, nine young bullocks by
nine orders; two rams by two orders lambs of the year fourteen, perfect by
twelve orders two of them in a pair, twelve singly; |
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27. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
27. and the
wheat flour for their mincha, and the libation wine for the bullocks, the
rams, and lambs by their number after the order of their appointment; |
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28. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
28. and one
kid for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice and the
wheat flour for the mincha, and the wine of its libation. |
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Ketubim:
Targum Tehillim
(Psalms) 116:1-19
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Rashi |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. I wished that the Lord would hear my
voice [in] my supplications. |
1. I love,
for the LORD will hear my voice, my prayer. |
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2. For He extended His ear to me, and I shall call out in my days. |
2. For He has
inclined His ear to me, and I call [to Him] throughout my days. |
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3. [When] bands of death surrounded me and the boundaries of the grave
befell me, and I found trouble and grief, |
3. The
sicknesses of death surrounded me, and the pains of Sheol found me; pain and
sorrow I will find. |
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4. And I called out in the name of the Lord, "Please, O Lord, save
my soul! |
4. And in the
name of the LORD I will call out: Please, O LORD, save my soul. |
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5. The Lord is gracious and righteous, and our God is merciful. |
5. The LORD
is gracious and righteous/generous, and our God is merciful. |
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6. The Lord protects the simple; when I was poor, He saved me. |
6. The LORD
observes enticements; I became poor, and it was meet to redeem me. |
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7. Return, my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with
you. |
7. Return, O
my soul, to your place of rest, for the Word of the LORD has repaid you with
good. |
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8. For You have rescued my soul from death, my eye from tears, and my
foot from stumbling. |
8. For You
have delivered my soul from being killed, my eyes from tears, my feet from
stumbling. |
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9. I shall walk before the Lord in the lands of the living. |
9. I will
walk before the LORD in the land of the living. |
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10. I believed so that I spoke; I humble myself exceedingly. |
10. I have
believed, therefore I will speak; in the assembly of the righteous/generous I
have sung much praise. |
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11. I said in my haste, "All men are liars." |
11. I said
when I fled, “All the sons of men are liars.” |
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12. How can I repay the Lord for all His favors upon me? |
12. How will
I repay in the presence of the LORD all His kind favors that are shown to me? |
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13. I shall lift up a cup of salvations, and I shall call out in the name
of the Lord. |
13. The cup
of redemption I will carry in the age to come, and I will call on the name of
the LORD. |
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14. I shall pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all His people. |
14. I will
repay my vows in the presence of the LORD, I will tell now His miracles to
all His people. |
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15. Difficult in the eyes of the Lord is the death of His pious ones. |
15. Honorable
in the presence of the LORD is the death that is sent to His pious ones. |
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16. Please, O Lord, for I am Your servant; I am Your servant the son of
Your maidservant; You have loosed my thongs. |
16. Please, O
LORD; for I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaiden,
You have loosened my bonds. |
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17. To You I shall slaughter a thanksgiving offering, and I shall call out
in the name of the Lord. |
17. To You I
will sacrifice the sacrifice of slaughter, and call out in the name of the
LORD. |
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18. I shall pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all His people, |
18. I will
repay my vows in the presence of the LORD, I will tell now His miracles to
all His people. |
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19. In the courtyards of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O
Jerusalem. Hallelujah! |
19. In the
courts of the sanctuary of our God, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah! |
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Koheleth
(Ecclesiastes) 2:16 - 3:22
16. For there
is not a memory of the wise more than with the fool forever, in that already
the days to come will be forgotten. And how does the wise die above the fool?
17. So then I
hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is evil to me; for all is
vanity and striving after wind.
18. Yes, I, a
labourer, hated all my labour under the sun, that I must leave it to the man
who will be after me.
19. And who
knows if he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule among all my labour in
which I laboured, and acted wisely under the sun. This is also vanity.
20. And I
turned to make my heart despair over all the labour which I laboured under the
sun.
21. When there
is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with advantage;
yet he will give it to a man who has not laboured with it, for his share; this
also is vanity and a great evil.
22. For what is
there for man in all his labour, and in striving of his heart, which he did as
a labourer under the sun?
23. For all his
days are pains, and his task is grief; his heart does not even take rest in the
night. Even this also is vanity.
24. Is it not
good that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his labour?
This I also saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25. For who can
eat, or who can enjoy, apart from me?
26. For God
gives wisdom, and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to
the sinner He gives the task of gathering and to heap up, to give to him who is
good before God. This also is vanity and striving after wind.
1. To all there
is an appointed time, even a time for every purpose under the heavens:
2. A time to be
born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is
planted;
3. A time to
kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build up;
4. A time to
weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5. A time to
throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time
to refrain from embracing;
6. A time to
seek, and a time to give up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;
7. A time to
tear, and a time to sew together; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8. A time to
love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
9. What
advantage has he who works in that which he did as a labourer?
10. I have seen
the task which God has given to the sons of men, to be humbled by it.
11. He has made
everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has set eternity in their heart,
without which man cannot find out the work that God makes from the beginning
even to the end.
12. I know that
there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice to do good in his life.
13. And also
every man that eats and drinks, and sees good in his labour, it is the gift of
God.
14. I know that
whatever God does, it will be forever; nothing is to be added to it, and
nothing is to diminish from it. And God does it so that they fear before Him.
15. That which
has been, it already is; and that which is to be, it already has been. And God
seeks what has gone by.
16. And again I
saw under the sun the place of justice: wickedness/lawlessness is there; and
the place of righteousness/generosity, wickedness/lawlessness is there.
17. I said in
my heart, God will judge the righteous/generous and the wicked/lawless; for
there is a time there for every good purpose and for every work.
18. I said in
my heart concerning the issue of the sons of men, that God may test them and
see that they by themselves are beasts.
19. For that
which happens to the sons of men, and that which happens to beasts, even one
event is to them. As this one dies, so that one dies; yea, one breath is to
all; so that there is to the man no advantage over the beast; for all is
vanity.
20. All go to
one place; all are of the dust, and all return to the dust.
21. Who knows
the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward; and the spirit of the
beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
22. And I have
seen that nothing is better than that the man should rejoice in his works; for
that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?
Revelation
2:8-11
8. And to the angel of the congregation of Smyrna, write: Thus says
the first (Adam) and the Last (Adam), who became dead, and lives:
9. I know your works, and your affliction, and your poverty; but
you are rich. And I know the evil speaking of those saying themselves to be
Jews, when they are not Jewish [but are Gentiles], and are a synagogue of the
Adversary.
10. Do not fear at all what you are about to suffer. Behold, the
devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested; and
you will have affliction for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give
you the crown of Life.
11. The one who has ears, hear what the Spirit [of G-d] says to the
[Jewish] congregations. The one overcoming will not at all be hurt by the
second death.
For
further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html
http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html
Tishri
19, 5773
Evening
Thursday October 04 – Evening Friday October 05, 2012
Morning
Service Sukkoth 3rd Intermediate Day
Morning Service Tabernacles (day Five) – Tabernáculos (Quinto Día)
Torah: BeMidbar
(Numbers) 29:23-28
Psalm: Psalm
117:1-2 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 4:1 – 5:20
N.C.: Revelation
2:12-17
Torah Reading:
Reader 1 – BeMidbar 29:23-25
Reader 2 – BeMidbar 29:26-28
Reader 3 – BeMidbar 29:29-31
Reader 4 – BeMidbar 29:23-28
Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:23-31
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RASHI |
TARGUM
PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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23. On
the fourth day [you will bring] ten young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
23. On
the fourth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, ten young bullocks by ten
orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year by
twelve orders; three of them will be offered at two times, and eight of them
singly; |
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24. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
24. their
mincha of wheaten flour, and their libations of wine, which you will offer
with the the bullocks, rams, and lambs by their number, after their appointed
order, |
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25. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
25. and one
kid for a sin offering, by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice, the
wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. |
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26. On
the fifth day [you will bring] nine young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
26. On
the fifth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, nine young bullocks by
nine orders; two rams by two orders lambs of the year fourteen, perfect by
twelve orders two of them in a pair, twelve singly; |
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27. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
27. and the
wheat flour for their mincha, and the libation wine for the bullocks, the
rams, and lambs by their number after the order of their appointment; |
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28. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
28. and one
kid for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice and the
wheat flour for the mincha, and the wine of its libation. |
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29. On
the sixth day [you will bring] eight young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
29. On
the sixth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, eight young bullocks by
eight orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year
by thirteen orders; a pair of them together, and twelve of them singly. |
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30. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs. of the
required number. |
30. Their
mincha of wheat flour, and their libation of wine you will offer with the
bullocks, rams, and lambs, by their number in the order appointed; |
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31. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libations. |
31. and one
kid for a sin offering by one order, besides the perpetual sacrifice, the
wheat flour for the mincha, the wine of its libation, and a vase of
water to be outpoured on the day of the Feast of Tabernacles in grateful
acknowledgment (for a good memorial) of the showers of rain. |
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Ketubim:
Targum Tehillim
(Psalms) 117:1-2
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Rashi |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. Praise the Lord, all nations, laud Him,
all peoples. |
1. Praise the
Lord, all you Gentiles; praise him, all you nations. |
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2. For His kindness has overwhelmed us, and the truth of the Lord is
eternal. Hallelujah! |
2. For He has
increased His goodness towards us; and the truth of the LORD is forever.
Hallelujah! |
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Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 4:1 – 5:20
1.
So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun.
And behold the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter!
And at the hand of those who oppressed them was power; but there was no
comforter to them.
2.
And I commended the dead who already have died, more than the living who are
alive until now.
3.
Yes, better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil
work that is done under the sun.
4.
And I considered every labour, and every advantage of the work, that it is the
envy of a man against his neighbour; this is also vanity and striving after
wind.
5.
The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh.
6.
Better is a hand filled with rest, than two fists with labour and striving after
wind.
7.
Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.
8.
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither son nor
brother; and there is no end to all his labour; even his eyes are not satisfied
with riches; and he says , For whom do I labour, and take good from my soul?
This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil task.
9.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10.
For if they fall, this one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him, the one
that falls, and there is not another to lift him up.
11.
Also if two lie together, then they have warmth; but for one, how is he warm?
12.
And if one overthrows him, two will withstand him; and a threefold cord is not
quickly torn apart.
13.
A poor and a wise child is better than the old and stupid king who does not
know to be warned any more.
14.
For from the house of the imprisoned he goes forth to reign, although in his
kingdom he was born poor.
15.
I saw all the living who walk about under the sun, with the second child who
will stand up in his place.
16.
There is no end to all the people, to all who have been before them; they also
who come after will not rejoice with him. Surely this is also vanity and
striving after wind.
1.
Guard your feet when you go to the house of God, and draw near to hear, more
than to give a sacrifice, as do the fools. For they do not know that they are
doing evil.
2.
Do not be hasty with your mouth, and do not let your heart hurry to bring forth
a word before God. For God is in Heaven, and you are on earth; on account of
this, let your words be few.
3.
For the dream comes through the greatness of the task; and the voice of the
fool is known by the many words.
4.
When you vow a vow to God, do not wait to fulfil it. For He has no pleasure in
fools. Fulfil that which you have vowed.
5.
It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not fulfil
it.
6.
Do not allow your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; do not say before the angel
that it was an error. Why should God be angry over your voice, and destroy the
work of your hands?
7.
For in the multitude of dreams, both words and vanities abound; but fear God.
8.
If you see the oppression of the poor, or the removing of justice and
righteousness/generosity in the province, do not be amazed at the purpose. For
a high one over a high one is watching; and high ones are over them.
9.
And the advantage of a land, it is among all; even a king has a field being
tilled.
10.
He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver; and he who loves
abundance does not gain. This is also vanity.
11.
When the good thing increases, those who devour it increase; then what profit
is it to its owners, except to see it with his eyes?
12.
The sleep of the labouring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much. But
the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
13.
There is a painful evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being kept for
their owner to his evil;
14.
but those riches perish by an evil use; and he fathers a son, and nothing is in
his hand.
15.
As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, he will return to go as he came.
And from his labour he may not carry anything that may go in his hand.
16.
And this also is a painful evil, that in all, as he came, so will he go. And
what profit is to him who has laboured for the wind?
17.
Also all his days he eats in darkness, and with much grief, along with his
sickness and wrath.
18.
See what I have seen: It is good which a labourer does to eat and to drink and
to see good in all his labour which as a labourer does under the sun, the
number of the days of his life which God gives to him, for it is his portion.
19.
Also every man to whom God has given riches and treasures, and gives him power
to eat of it, and to take his share, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the
gift of God.
20.
For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answers him in
the joy of his heart.
Revelation 2:12-17
12.
And to the angel of the congregation in Pergamos, write: These things says the
one having the sharp, two-edged sword:
13.
I know your works, and where you dwell, the place of the throne of the
Adversary. And you hold to my name (authority), and did not deny my faithful
obedience even in the days when you resisted; and my faithful witness who was
killed alongside you.
14.
But I have a few things against you, that you have there those holding the
teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the sons
of Israel, to eat sacrifices to idols, and to commit fornication (i.e.
apostasy).
15.
So you also have those holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans (oppressors of
the laity), which thing I hate.
16.
Repent (Return)! But if not, I will come to you immediately, and I will make
war with them with the sword of my mouth.
17.
The one who has ears, hear what the Spirit [of G-d] says to the [Jewish]
congregations. To the one overcoming, I will give him to eat from the hidden
manna. And I will give to him a white stone, and on the stone a new name having
been written, which no one knows except the one receiving it.
Hag
HaSukkoth
Feast of
Tabernacles
5773 Ano
Mundi
For
further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html
http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html
Tishri 20, 5773
Evening Friday October 05 – Evening Saturday October 06, 2012
Morning Service for the Intermediate Sabbath of Sukkoth
Shabbat Intermedio de Tabernáculos
Torah: Shemot
(Exodus) 33:12 - 34:26; (M) BeMidbar (Num.) 29:26-34
Ashlamatah: Ezekiel
38:18 – 39:16
Psalm: Psalm
118:1-29 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 6:1 – 7:19
N.C.: Revelation
2:18-29
Torah Reading:
Reader 1 – Shemot 33:12-16
Reader 2 – Shemot 33:17-19
Reader 3 – Shemot 33:20-23
Reader 4 – Shemot 34:1-3
Reader 5 – Shemot 34:4-10
Reader 6 – Shemot 34:11-17
Reader 7 – Shemot 34:18-26
Maftir – BeMidbar 29:26-34
- Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16
Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Shemot (Exodus) 33:12 – 34:26
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Rashi |
Targum Pseudo Jonathan |
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12. Moses said to the Lord: "Look, You say to me: 'Bring this people
up!' But You have not informed me whom You will send with me. And You said:
'I have known you by name and you have also found favor in My eyes.' |
12. And
Mosheh said before the LORD, Lo, what have You said to me, Take this people
up? but You have not made me to know whom You will send with me. By Your Word
You have said, I have ordained you with a goodly name, and you have found
favour before Me. |
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13. And now, if I have indeed found favor in Your eyes, pray let me know
Your ways, so that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your eyes; and
consider that this nation is Your people." |
13. But now I
pray, if I have found mercy before You, make me to know the way of Your
goodness, to understand Your mercy when in Your dealing with just men it
falls to them as it (falls) to the guilty, and to the guilty as to the just;
but, on the contrary how it (indeed) befalls the just according to their
righteousness/ generosity and the guilty according to their guilt: that I may
find mercy before You, and it be made manifest by You that this people is
Your people. |
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14. So He said, "My Presence will go, and I will give you rest." |
14. And He
said, Await, until the face of My displeasure will have gone away, and
afterward I will give you rest. |
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15. And he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go [with us], do
not take us up from here. |
15. And he
said to Him, If Your wrath go not from us, suffer us not to go up from hence
under the frown of Your displeasure. |
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16. For how then will it be known that I have found favor in Your eyes, I
and Your people? Is it not in that You will go with us? Then I and Your
people will be distinguished from every [other] nation on the face of the
earth." |
16. In what
will it be known that I have found mercy before You but in the converse of
Your Shekinah with us, that distinguishing signs may be wrought for us, in
the withholding of the Spirit of prophecy from the Gentiles, and by Your
speaking by the Holy Spirit to me and to Your people, that we may be
distinguished from all the peoples upon the face of the earth? |
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17. And the Lord said to Moses: "Even this thing that you have
spoken, I will do, for you have found favor in My eyes, and I have known you
by name." |
17. And the
LORD said to Mosheh, This thing also which you have spoken of, will I do; for
you have found mercy before Me, and I have ordained you with a goodly name. |
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18. And he said: "Show me, now, Your glory!" |
18. And he
said, Show now unto me Your glory |
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19. He said: "I will let all My goodness pass before you; I will
proclaim the name of the Lord before you, and I will favor when I wish to
favor, and I will have compassion when I wish to have compassion." |
19. but He
said, Behold, I will make all the measure of My goodness pass before you, and
I will give utterance in the good name of the Word of the Lord before you;
and I will have compassion upon whom I see it right to have compassion, and
will be merciful to whom I see it right to have mercy. |
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20. And He said, "You will not be able to see My face, for man shall
not see Me and live." |
20. And He
said, you cannot see the visage of My face; for no man can see Me and abide
alive. And the LORD said, |
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21. And the Lord said: "Behold, there is a place with Me, and you
shall stand on the rock. |
21. Behold, a
place is prepared before Me, and you will stand upon the rock. |
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22. And it shall be that when My glory passes by, I will place you into
the cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with My hand until I have passed
by. |
22. And it
will be that when the glory of My Shekinah passes before you, I will put you
in a cavern of the rock, and will overshadow you with My Word until the time
that I have passed by. |
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23. Then I will remove My hand, and you will see My back but My face shall
not be seen." |
23. And I
will make the host of angels who stand and minister before Me to pass by, and
you will see the hand-border of the tephillin of My glorious Shekinah; but
the face of the glory of My Shekinah you can not be able to see. |
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1. And the Lord said to Moses: "Hew for yourself two stone tablets
like the first ones. And I will inscribe upon the tablets the words that were
on the first tablets, which you broke. |
1. And the
LORD said to Mosheh, Hew yourself two tables of stone, as the former, and write
upon the tables the words that were upon the former tables which you did
break; |
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2. Be prepared for the morning, and in the morning you shall ascend Mount
Sinai and stand before Me there on the top of the mountain. |
2. and be
ready in the morning; and at morning ascend Mount Sinai and stand there
before Me on the summit of the mountain. |
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3. No one shall ascend with you, neither shall anyone be seen anywhere on
the mountain, neither shall the sheep and the cattle graze facing that
mountain." |
3. No man
will ascend with you, nor any man be seen on all the mountain, nor sheep, nor
oxen grazing on the side of the mount. |
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4. So he [Moses] hewed two stone tablets like the first ones, and Moses
arose early in the morning and ascended Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded
him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand. |
4. And he
hewed two tables of stone like the former: and Mosheh arose in the morning
and ascended Mount Sinai, as the LORD had instructed him, and took in his
hand the two tables of stone. |
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5. And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and He
called out in the name of the Lord. |
5. And the
LORD revealed Himself in the cloud of the glory of His Shekinah, and Mosheh
stood with Him there; and Mosheh called on the Name of the Word of the Lord. |
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6. And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed: v u v h, v u v h, God,
Who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving
kindness and truth, |
6. And the
LORD made His Shekinah to pass by before his face, and proclaimed, The LORD,
the LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and near in mercies,
abounding to exercise compassion and truth; |
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7. preserving loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
rebellion and sin; yet He does not completely clear [of sin] He visits the
iniquity of parents on children and children's children, to the third and
fourth generations." |
7. keeping
mercy and bounty for thousands of generations, absolving and remitting guilt,
passing by rebellions, and covering sins; pardoning them who convert unto the
Law, but holding not guiltless in the great day of judgment those who will
not convert; visiting the sins of fathers upon rebellious children upon the
third and upon the fourth generation. |
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8. And Moses hastened, bowed his head to the ground and prostrated
himself, |
8. And Mosheh
made haste and bowed himself upon the earth and worshipped. |
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9. and said: "If I have now found favor in Your eyes, O Lord, let
the Lord go now in our midst [even] if they are a stiff necked people, and
You shall forgive our iniquity and our sin and thus secure us as Your
possession." |
9. And he
said, If now I have found mercy before the LORD let the Shekinah of the Glory
of the LORD go among us; for it is a people of hard neck; but pardon You our
guilt and our sin, and give us the inheritance of the land which You did
covenant unto our fathers, and change us not to become an alien people. |
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10. And He said: "Behold! I will form a covenant; in the presence of
all your people, I will make distinctions such as have not been created upon
all the earth and among all the nations, and all the people in whose midst
you are shall see the work of the Lord how awe inspiring it is that which I
will perform with you. |
10. And He
said, Behold, I make a covenant that I will not change this people to become
an alien people; nevertheless from you will proceed a multitude of the
righteous/generous; and with all your people will I do wondrous things in the
time when they go into captivity by the rivers of Babel: for I will bring
them up from thence, and make them dwell from within the river Sambation; and
like wonders will not be created among all the inhabitants of the earth, nor
among any nation. And all the people among whom you wilt dwell will see in
that day the work of the LORD; for terrible is the thing that I will do with
you. |
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11. Keep carefully what I am commanding you today: Lo! I will drive out
from before you the Amorites and the Canaanites, the Hittites and the Perizzites,
the Hivvites and the Jebusites. |
11. Observe
that which I command you this day: behold, I drive out from before you the
Amoraee, and Kenaanaee, and Hittaee, and Pherizaee, and Hivaee, and Jebusaee. |
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12. Beware lest you form a covenant with the inhabitant[s] of the land
into which you are coming, lest it become a snare in your midst. |
12. Take heed
to yourself, lest you strike covenants with the inhabitants of that land into
which you are to enter; that it may not be a stumbling-block unto you. |
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13. But you shall demolish their altars, shatter their monuments, and cut
down their sacred trees. |
13. But you
will rather destroy their high places, and break their statues, and cut down
their groves; |
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14. For you shall not prostrate yourself before another god, because the
Lord, Whose Name is "Jealous One," is a jealous God. |
14. for it is
not lawful for you to worship other gods; for the LORD is zealous and
vengeful; His Name is God, the Zealous and the Avenger. |
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15. Lest you form a covenant with the inhabitant[s] of the land, and they
[the gentiles] go astray after their gods, and they offer sacrifices to their
gods, and they invite you, and you eat of their slaughtering, |
15. Lest you
strike a covenant with the dwellers in the land, and they draw you astray after
their idols, and they sacrifice to their idols, and invite you, and you eat
of the sacrifices of their idols |
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16. and you take of their daughters for your sons; then their daughters
will go astray after their gods and lead your sons astray after their gods. |
16. and you
take of their daughters for your sons, and when their daughters wander after
their idols they make your sons also go astray after their idols. |
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17. You shall not make molten gods for yourself. |
17. Molten
gods you will not make to yourselves. |
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18. The Festival of Unleavened Cakes you shall keep; seven days you shall
eat unleavened cakes which I have commanded you, at the appointed meeting
time of the month of spring, for in the month of spring you went out of
Egypt. |
18. You will
observe the feast of the unleavened. Seven days you will eat unleavened
(cakes), as I have commanded you, in the time of the month of Abib; for in
the month of Abib you came out free from Mizraim. |
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19. All that opens the womb is Mine, and all your livestock [that] bears a
male, [by] the emergence of ox or lamb. |
19. Whatever
opens the womb is Mine; and of all cattle you are to consecrate the males, of
oxen, and of sheep. |
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20. And a firstborn donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; if you do not
redeem it, you shall decapitate it; every firstborn of your sons you shall
redeem, and they shall not appear before Me empty handed. |
20. But the
firstling of an ass you may redeem with a lamb; but if you redeem him not,
you will cut him off with the blade. And each firstborn of your sons you must
redeem; and they will not appear before Me empty handed. |
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21. Six days you may work, and on the seventh day you shall rest; in
plowing and in harvest you shall rest. |
21. Six days
will you work, and in the seventh day have rest; in ploughing time and in
harvest times you will rest. |
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22. And you shall make for yourself a Festival of Weeks, the first of the
wheat harvest, and the festival of the ingathering, at the turn of the year. |
22. The feast
of weeks also will you make to yourself in the time of the firsts of the
wheat harvest; and the feast of ingathering at the conclusion of the year. |
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23. Three times during the year shall all your male[s] appear directly
before the Master, the Lord, the God of Israel. |
23. Three
times in the year will all your males appear before the Master of the world,
the LORD God of Israel. |
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24. When I drive out nations from before you and I widen your border, no
one will covet your land when you go up, to appear before the Lord, your God,
three times each year. |
24. For I
will drive out the nations from before you, and enlarge your borders; and no
man will covet your land at the time of your going up to appear before the
LORD your God three times in the year. |
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25. You shall not slaughter [or sprinkle] the blood of My sacrifice with
leaven, and the offering of the Passover feast shall not remain overnight
until the morning. |
25. You will
not sacrifice the victim of My Passover before you have done away with
leaven; nor suffer the fat of the paschal sacrifice to remain about the altar
till the morning. |
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26. The choicest of the first of your soil you shall bring to the house of
the Lord, your God. You shall not cook a kid in its mother's milk." |
26. The
best of the first-fruits of your land you will bring to the sanctuary of the
LORD your God. You are not allowed to boil or to eat flesh and milk mixed
together, lest My displeasure be kindled against you, and the fruit of your
trees, with the grapes in their branches and their leaves, be laid waste
together. |
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Rashi
& Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: BeMidbar (Numbers) 29:26-34
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RASHI |
TARGUM
PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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26. On
the fifth day [you will bring] nine young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
26. On
the fifth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, nine young bullocks by
nine orders; two rams by two orders lambs of the year fourteen, perfect by
twelve orders two of them in a pair, twelve singly; |
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27. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
27. and the
wheat flour for their mincha, and the libation wine for the bullocks, the
rams, and lambs by their number after the order of their appointment; |
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28. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
28. and one
kid for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice and the
wheat flour for the mincha, and the wine of its libation. |
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29. On
the sixth day [you will bring] eight young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
29. On
the sixth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, eight young bullocks by
eight orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year
by thirteen orders; a pair of them together, and twelve of them singly. |
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30. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs. of
the required number. |
30. Their
mincha of wheat flour, and their libation of wine you will offer with the bullocks,
rams, and lambs, by their number in the order appointed; |
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31. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libations. |
31. and one
kid for a sin offering by one order, besides the perpetual sacrifice, the
wheat flour for the mincha, the wine of its libation, and a vase of
water to be outpoured on the day of the Feast of Tabernacles in grateful
acknowledgment (for a good memorial) of the showers of rain. |
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32. On
the seventh day [you will bring] seven young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
32. On
the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer seven
bullocks by seven orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs
of the year by fourteen orders: the number of all these lambs ninety-eight,
to make atonement against the ninety-eight maledictions. |
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33. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs. of
their required number. |
33. And their
mincha of wheat flour and libations of wine you shall offer with the
bullocks, rains, and lambs, by their number, according to the order appointed
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34. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
34. one kid
by one order, beside the perpetual sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha,
and its libation of wine. |
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Ketubim:
Targum Tehillim
(Psalms) 118:1-29
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Rashi |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. Give thanks to the Lord because He is
good, for His kindness is eternal. |
1. Sing
praise in the presence of the LORD, for He is good, for His goodness is
forever. |
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2. Israel shall now say, "For His kindness is eternal." |
2. Let Israel
now say, “For His goodness is forever.” |
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3. The house of Aaron shall now say, "For His kindness is
eternal." |
3. Let the
house of Aaron now say, “For His goodness is forever.” |
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4. Those who fear the Lord shall now say, "For His kindness is
eternal." |
4. Let those
who fear the LORD now say, “For His goodness is forever.” |
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5. From the straits I called God; God answered me with a vast expanse. |
5. Out of
distress I called to Yah, Yah accepted my prayer in a broad place. |
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6. The Lord is for me; I shall not fear. What can man do to me? |
6. The Word
of the LORD is my help, I will not fear, what will a son of man do to me? |
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7. The Lord is for me with my helpers, and I shall see [revenge] in my
enemies. |
7. The Word
of the LORD is helping me, and I will behold vengeance on my foes. |
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8. It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in man. |
8. It is
better to trust in the Word of the LORD than to rely on a son of man. |
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9. It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in princes. |
9. It is
better to trust in the Word of the LORD than to rely on rulers. |
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10. All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord that I shall cut
them off. |
10. All the
Gentiles have surrounded me; in the name of the Word of the LORD I have put
my trust, for I will tear them apart. |
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11. They encircled me, yea they surrounded me; in the name of the Lord
that I shall cut them off. |
11. They have
encompassed me, indeed, surrounded me; in the name of the Word of the LORD I
have put my trust, for I will tear them apart. |
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12. They encircled me like bees; they were extinguished like a thorn fire;
in the name of the Lord that I shall cut them off. |
12. They have
encompassed me like hornets; they burned like fire in thorns; in the name of
the Word of the LORD I have put my trust, for I will tear them apart. |
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13. You pushed me to fall, but the Lord helped me. |
13. But you
have knocked me down to make me fall; and the Word of the LORD has given me
help. |
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14. The might and the cutting power of God was my salvation. |
14. My
strength and my praise are fearful against all the world; the LORD gave
command by His Word, and has become my redeemer. |
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15. A voice of singing praises and salvation is in the tents of the
righteous; the right hand of the Lord deals valiantly. |
15. The sound
of praise and redemption is in the tents of the righteous/generous; the right
hand of the LORD has done mightily. |
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16. The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord
deals valiantly. |
16. The right
hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD has done mightily. |
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17. I shall not die but I shall live and tell the deeds of God. |
17. I will
not die, for I will live, and I will tell of the deeds of God. |
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18. God has chastised me, but He has not delivered me to death. |
18. Truly has
Yah punished me, but He did not hand me over to death. |
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19. Open for me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter them and thank
God. |
19. Open to
me the entrances of the city of righteousness/generosity; I will enter them,
I will praise Yah. |
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20. This is the Lord's gate; the righteous will enter therein. |
20. This is
the entrance of the sanctuary of the LORD; the righteous/generous will enter
by it. |
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21. I shall thank You because You answered me, and You were my salvation. |
21. I will
give thanks in Your presence, for You have received my prayer, and become for
me a redeemer. |
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22. The stone that the builders rejected became a cornerstone. |
22. The child
the builders abandoned was among the sons of Jesse; and he was worthy to be
appointed king and ruler. |
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23. This was from the Lord; it is wondrous in our eyes. |
23. “This has
come from the presence of the LORD,” said the builders; “it is wonderful
before us,” said the sons of Jesse. |
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24. This is the day that the Lord made; we shall exult and rejoice
thereon. |
24. “This day
the LORD has made,” said the builders; “let us rejoice and be glad in it,”
said the sons of Jesse. |
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25. Please, O Lord, save now! Please, O Lord, make prosperous now! |
25. “If it
please You, O LORD, redeem us now,” said the builders; “if it please You, O
LORD, prosper us now,” said Jesse and his wife. |
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26. Blessed be he who has come in the name of the Lord; we have blessed
you in the name of the Lord. |
26. “Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Word of the LORD,” said the builders;
“they will bless you from the sanctuary of the LORD,” said David. |
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27. The Lord is God, and He gave us light. Bind the sacrifice with
ropes until [it is brought to] the corners of the altar. |
27. “God, the
LORD, has given us light,” said the tribes of the house of Judah; “bind
the child for a festal sacrifice with chains until you sacrifice him, and
sprinkle his blood on the horns of the altar,” said Samuel the
prophet. |
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28. You are my God and I shall thank You; the God of my father, and I
shall exalt You. |
28. “You are
my God, and I will give thanks in Your presence; my God, I will praise You,”
said David. |
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29. Give thanks to the Lord because He is good, for His kindness is
eternal. |
29. Samuel
answered and said, “Sing praise, assembly of Israel, give thanks in the
presence of the LORD, for He is good, for His goodness is everlasting.” |
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Koheleth
(Ecclesiastes) 6:1 – 7:19
1.
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, and it is great among men:
2. A
man to whom God has given riches, and wealth, and honour, so that he lacks
nothing for his soul of all that he desires; yet God does not give him the
power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it; this is vanity, and it is an evil
disease.
3.
If a man fathers a hundred, and lives many years, and the days of his years are
many, and his soul is not satisfied from the good, and also there is no burial
for him; I say, a miscarriage is better than he.
4.
For he comes in with vanity, and goes out in darkness; his name will be covered
in darkness.
5.
Also he has not seen nor known the sun; this one has more rest than that one.
6.
Yes, though he lives twice a thousand years, yet he has seen no good. Do not
all go to one place?
7.
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
8.
For what is the advantage to the wise more than the fool? What advantage is to
the poor who knows how to walk before the living?
9.
Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the soul. This is also
vanity and striving after wind.
10.
That which has been is named already, and it is known that he is man; and he is
not able to contend with Him who is stronger than he.
11.
For there are many things that increase vanity, and what is the advantage to
man?
12.
For who knows what is good for man in this life, the number of the days of his
life of vanity? Even he makes them like the shadow. For who can tell a man what
will be after him under the sun?
1. A
good name is better than good ointment; and the day of death than the day of
one's birth.
2.
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of
feasting; for it is the end of every man; and the living will lay it to his
heart.
3.
Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is
made good.
4.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of the stupid
one is in the house of mirth.
5.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of
fools.
6.
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the stupid
one. And this also is vanity.
7.
For oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.
8.
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; the patient in spirit is
better than the proud in spirit.
9.
Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for vexation rests in the bosom of
fools.
10.
Do not say, Why was it that the former days were better than these? For you do
not ask from wisdom concerning this.
11.
Wisdom [Torah] is good with an inheritance; yes, a gain to those who see the
sun.
12.
For Wisdom [Torah] is in a shadow; and silver is in a shadow; but the
excellence of knowledge is that Wisdom [Torah] gives life to those who have it.
13.
Look at the work of God; for who can make that straight which He has bent?
14.
In the good day, be in good spirit, but also see in the evil day, that God has
made one along with the other, so that man should not find anything after him.
15.
All things I have seen in the days of my vanity; there is a just man who
perishes in his righteousness/generosity, and there is a wicked/lawless one who
prolongs his life in his evil.
16.
Do not be too much righteous, nor make yourself overly wise; why destroy
yourself?
17.
Do not be very evil, and do not be a fool; why should you not die in your time?
18.
It is good that you should take hold of this; yes, also from this do not let
your hand rest; for he who fears God will come forth with all of them.
19.
Wisdom [Torah] makes the wise stronger than ten rulers who are in the city.
Ashlamatah: Ezekiel 38:18 –
39:16
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Rashi |
Targum |
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18. And it will come to pass on that day, when Gog comes against the land
of Israel, declares the Lord God, that My blazing indignation will flame in
My nostrils. |
18. But it
will be at that time, on the day of Gog's coming against the land of Israel,
says the LORD God, My wrath will be kindled, and My fury. |
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19. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken; Surely
there shall be a great noise on that day in the land of Israel. |
19. And when
My punishment is revealed, when the fire of My wrath is kindled, I have
decreed by My Memra, that surely on that day there will be a great earthquake
in the land of Israel. |
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20. And at My presence, the fishes of the sea and the birds of the heaven
and the beasts of the field and all the creeping things that creep upon the
earth and all the men who are upon the surface of the earth shall quake, and
all the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall to the
ground. |
20. The fish
of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the beasts of the field, and all
the creeping things that creep on the ground, and all human beings who are on
the face of the earth will tremble before Me; the mountains will be
demolished, and the towers will be torn down, and every high wall will be
piled in rubble on the ground. |
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21. And I will call the sword against him upon all My mountains, says the
Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother. |
21. I will
summon him to fall by the sword on the mountains of Israel My people, says
the LORD God. A man's sword will be against his brother. |
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22. And I will judge against him with pestilence and with blood, and rain
bringing floods, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone will I rain down
upon him and upon his hordes and upon the many peoples that are with him. |
22. I will punish
him by pestilence and by killing; torrential rain, hailstones, fire and
sulphur will I rain upon him and his armies and upon the many peoples that
are with him. |
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23. And I will reveal Myself in My greatness and in My holiness and will
be recognized in the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am the
Lord. |
23. Thus I
will magnify and sanctify Myself; and I will reveal My might in the eyes of
many nations, and they will know that I am the LORD." |
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1. And you, Son of man, prophesy about Gog, and say; So says the Lord
God: Lo! I am against you, O Gog, prince and head of Meshech and Tubal. |
1. “And you,
Son of Adam, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the LORD God: Behold I
am sending My wrath, against you, O Gog, great chief of Meshech and Tubal. |
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2. And I will unbridle and entice you and lead you up from the utmost
parts of the north and bring you upon the mountains of Israel. |
2. I will
swing you around, and lead you astray, and I will take you up from the
farthest ends of the north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel. |
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3. And I will smite the bow out of your left hand and make your arrows
fall from your right hand. |
3. Then I
will cast away your bow from your left hand, and pull down your arrows from
your right hand. |
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4. Upon the mountains of Israel shall you fall, you and all your hordes,
and the people that are with you; to the birds of prey, to all the winged
creatures and the beasts of the field have I given you to be devoured. |
4. On the
mountains of the land of Israel will your corpse be flung, you and all your
armies, and the many peoples that are with you; I have handed you over to the
fowl, to every bird that flies and the beasts of the field, to be destroyed. |
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5. Upon the open field shall you fall, for I have spoken, says the Lord
God. |
5. Your
corpse will be flung on the open field, for I have decreed it by My Memra,
says the LORD God. |
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6. And I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell in safety in the
islands, and they will know that I am the Lord. |
6. I will
kindle a fire in Magog and among the inhabitants of the islands who dwell
securely, and they will know that I am the LORD. |
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7. And I will make known My Holy Name in the midst of My people Israel,
and I will no longer cause My Holy Name to be profaned, and the nations will
know that I, the Lord, am holy in Israel. |
7. And My
holy name I will reveal in the midst of My people Israel; and never again
will I allow My holy name to be profaned; and the nations will know that I am
the LORD, the Holy One; I have made My Shekinah to dwell in Israel. |
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8. Behold it is coming, and it will be, says the Lord God: that is the
day whereof I have spoken. |
8. Behold, it
is coming, and it will be fulfilled, says the LORD God; it is the day that I
have decreed by My Memra. |
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9. Then the inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go forth and make
fires and heat up with the weapons, the bucklers, and the encompassing
shields, the bows and the arrows and the hand-staves and the spears, and burn
them as fires for seven years. |
9. Then those
who dwell in the cities of the land of Israel will go out, and use for
heating and store up for kindling, the weapons, bucklers and shields, bows
and arrows, wooden staves and spears, and they will use them for kindling for
seven years. |
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10. So that they shall carry no wood from the fields nor cut down any from
the forests, for they shall make fires from the weapons. Thus will they spoil
those who spoiled them and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord
God. |
10. And they
will not take wood from the field, nor cut it from the forests, because they
will use the weapons for kindling, and they will despoil those who despoiled
them, and take booty of those who plundered them, says the LORD God. |
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11. And it shall come to pass on that day that I will give Gog a place
there as a grave in Israel, the valley of them who pass along the east side
of the sea, and it will then stop those who pass along. And there shall they
bury Gog and all his hordes, and they shall call it the Valley of Hamon Gog
[the masses of Gog]. |
11. It shall
be at that time, I will give to Gog a proper place for a burial ground in
Israel, in the Valley of the Pass, east of the sea of Gennesaret (Kinneret) and
it is near the two mountains [of Abraim]. there they will bury Gog and all of
his noisy horde; and they will call it the Valley of Gog's Noisy Horde. |
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12. And seven months shall the House of Israel be burying them in order to
purify the land. |
12. The House
of Israel will bury them for seven months in order to cleanse the land. |
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13. They will bury all the people of the land, and they will be renowned;
it is a day when I will be glorified, says the Lord God. |
13. All the
people of the land will bury them; and it will make them famous on the day
that I reveal My glory, says the LORD God. |
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14. Men of continuous employment they shall separate, who pass through the
land, burying those who pass through with those who are left on the surface
of the land, in order to purify it, at the end of seven months shall they
search. |
14. And they
will appoint men to traverse the land continually, a mobile group, burying
those that remain above ground, to cleanse it; at the end of seven months
they will begin to search. |
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15. And when they that pass through shall pass and see a human bone, they
shall build a sign next to it until the buriers bury it in the Valley of
Hamon Gog. |
15. And if
one of those who traverse the land will pass along the road, and see a human
bone, he will erect a marker beside it until those who bury it will have
interred it in the Valley of Gog's Noisy Horde. |
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16. And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus they shall purify
the land. |
16. There.
too, will be flung the slain of' Rome, the city of many boisterous crowds.
thus they will cleanse the land. |
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Rashi’s Commentary on Ezekiel
38:18 – 39:16
19 a great noise [Heb. רַעַשּׁ ,] through noise and thunder, as he states.
20 and the cliffs shall fall [Heb. הַמַּדְרִגוֹת .] I heard that they are
perpendicular hanging rocks, which appear to be falling, but I say that they
are mounds of the towers, for they dig around and cast up the earth in the
center to raise the mound, and it is made into steps, eschelons, eschillons in Old
French, steps, in order that the earth remain, and after it is pressed down
well, they remove the forms that hold up the step.
21 And I will call the sword against him upon all My mountains for the sword to come upon them, against him. “And I will call” means,
I will prepare. And what is the sword that I will call against him? Their own
sword: “every man’s sword shall be against his brother.”
22 and great hailstones Hailstones that glisten like precious
stones named גָּבִישּׁ , crystal, as the matter is
stated (Job 28:18): “Coral and crystal (וְגָּבִישּׁ) .” Our Sages said (Ber. 54b): עַל גַב
אִישּׁ : Hailstones that started to fall on Egypt, and
stood in the air over the man (עַל
גַב אִישּׁ) , Moses, who prayed that they
not fall, as the matter that is stated (Exod. 9:33), לֽא נִתַּךְ
אַרְצָה “[it] did not reach the ground.”
Chapter 39
2 and I will entice you [Heb. וְשִּׁשֵּׁאתִיךָ ,] like וְהִשֵּׁאתִיךָ , I will entice you upon My
people, as in (Ps. 89:23): “No enemy will entice (יַשִׂיא) him.”
7 and I will no longer cause My Holy Name to be profaned For Israel’s degradation is a profanation of His Name, “inasmuch as it
is said of them, ‘these are the people of the Lord’” (above 36:20), and He is
unable to save them.
9 and heat up [Heb. וְהִשִּׂיקוּ ,] like (Orlah 3:5): “An oven
that they heated up (שֶּׁהִטִיקוּהָ) ” in the language of the
Mishnah.
with the weapons [Heb. בַנֶשֶּׁק ,] an armures in Old French,
with weapons.
11 I will give Gog a place there as a grave A place where there will be a grave for them. Since he is of the seed
of Japtheth, who covered his father’s nakedness, he therefore merited burial.
the valley of those who pass along The valley
where people pass the Sea of Kinnereth to bring from there Genossar fruits regularly.
the east side of the sea Jonathan renders: on the east of the Sea
of Gennasar.
and it will then stop those who pass along [Heb. וְחֽסֶמֶת .] It closes off those who pass,
like (Deut. 25:4): “You shall not muzzle (לֽא
תַחְסוֹם) .” Because of the many corpses that will fall
there, travelers will be prevented from passing through. Therefore, they will
pass by them and bury them. Menachem (p. 91) interprets it in his book
(Machbereth) to mean that they will close their nose so as not to smell the
odor of the corpses.
13 They will bury all the people of the land because they died there.
and they will be renowned All the nations will speak their name as
praise and as a sign of kindness: “There are no nations as compassionate as
this one; do you find a man who buries his enemy who rose up against him to
kill him?”
14 Men of continuous employment Men designed to continuously devote
themselves to this. Israel will separate out in order to [be able to] pass
through the land and gather the scattered [corpses].
burying with those who pass through Burying
with (Heb. אֶת ) those who pass through; the corpses (אֶתהַנוֹתָרִים) that will block off and hinder
the crossing. Those who crossed the ocean will bury them for their own benefit.
with those who pass through Heb. אֶתהַעֽבְרִים , with those who pass through.
So I heard, and so did Jonathan render.
those who are left on the surface of the land far from the crossing. Those who cross the sea will not occupy
themselves with burying them. Those designated to devote themselves to this
purpose will bury them.
at the end of seven months the majority of the corpses visible to the
eye will have been buried; from then on they will probe through the land in the
hidden places, in the briars and among the thorns, and bury whomever find.
15 And when they that pass through the land shall pass Wayfarers who see a human bone will construct a marker next to it as a
sign that there is a bone of a dead body there, in order that wayfarers and
those who prepare ritually pure food should stay away from it.
until the men of continuous employment, designated
to search, will come and bury it.
16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah And also the city whose name is “the city stirring with numerous
people,” that is, the wicked city, the masses of its inhabitants will be buried
there.
Thus they shall purify the land [i.e.,] Israel will purify their ritually
pure foods and their terumoth in the Land.
Hamonah without a “mappiq hey” since the final
“hey” serves as an adjective, for הֲמוֹנָה is like הוֹמִיָה , stirring.
Revelation
2:18-29
18.
And to the angel of the congregation in Thyatira, write: These things/words
says the son of G-d, the one having his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet
like burnished brass (Daniel 10:5-6):
19.
I know your works, and your love, and your service, and your faithful
obedience, and your patience, and your latter works are greater than the
former.
20.
But I have a few things against you, that you allow the woman Jezebel to teach,
she saying herself to be a prophetess, and teaches and deceives my servants to
commit fornication [apostasy], and to eat sacrifices to idols.
21.
And I gave time to her that she might repent of her fornication [apostasy]. And
she did not desire to repent [from her fornication (apostasy)].
22.
Behold, I am throwing her into a coffin, and into great affliction those
committing adultery (apostasy) with her, unless they repent of their deeds.
23.
And I will kill her children with death; and all the congregations will know that
I am the one searching the inner parts and hearts. And I will give to each of
you according to your deeds.
24.
But I say to you and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as do not have this
teaching, and who do not know the deep things of the Adversary, as they say: I
will not place upon you another burden.
25.
But what you have, hold fast until I come.
26.
And the one overcoming, and the one observing my deeds until the end, to him I
will give authority over the Gentiles,
27.
To rule them with an iron staff and like clay vessels they will be broken to
pieces, as I also have received from my Father (Psa. 2:8, 9).
28.
And I will give to him the Morning Star.
29.
The one who has ears, let him hear what the spirit [of G-d] says to the
[Jewish] congregations.
Hoshana
Rabba (The Great Hosanna)
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For
further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/hoshana.html
Tishri
21, 5773
Evening
Saturday October 06 – Evening Sunday
October 07, 2012
Morning
Service for Hoshana Rabba (The Great Hosanna)
Morning Service Tabernacles (day Seven) – Tabernáculos (Séptimo
Día)
Torah: BeMidbar
(Numbers) 29:22-34
Psalm: Psalm
1:1-6 & 150:1-6 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 7:19
– 9:3
N.C.: John
7:37-44 & Revelation 3:1-6
Torah Reading:
Reader 1 – BeMidbar 29:22-28
Reader 2 – BeMidbar 29:29-31
Reader 3 – BeMidbar 29:32-34
Reader 4 – BeMidbar 29:22-31
Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:22-34
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RASHI |
TARGUM
PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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22. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
22. and one
kid of the goats for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual
sacrifice the wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. |
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23. On
the fourth day [you will bring] ten young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
23. On
the fourth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, ten young bullocks by ten
orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year by
twelve orders; three of them will be offered at two times, and eight of them
singly; |
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24. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
24. their
mincha of wheaten flour, and their libations of wine, which you will offer
with the the bullocks, rams, and lambs by their number, after their appointed
order, |
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25. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
25. and one
kid for a sin offering, by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice, the
wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. |
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26. On
the fifth day [you will bring] nine young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
26. On
the fifth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, nine young bullocks by
nine orders; two rams by two orders lambs of the year fourteen, perfect by
twelve orders two of them in a pair, twelve singly; |
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27. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs, of
the required number. |
27. and the
wheat flour for their mincha, and the libation wine for the bullocks, the
rams, and lambs by their number after the order of their appointment; |
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28. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
28. and one
kid for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice and the
wheat flour for the mincha, and the wine of its libation. |
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29. On the
sixth day [you will bring] eight young bulls, two rams, and fourteen
yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
29. On
the sixth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, eight young bullocks by
eight orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year
by thirteen orders; a pair of them together, and twelve of them singly. |
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30. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs. of
the required number. |
30. Their
mincha of wheat flour, and their libation of wine you will offer with the
bullocks, rams, and lambs, by their number in the order appointed; |
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31. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libations. |
31. and one
kid for a sin offering by one order, besides the perpetual sacrifice, the
wheat flour for the mincha, the wine of its libation, and a vase of
water to be outpoured on the day of the Feast of Tabernacles in grateful
acknowledgment (for a good memorial) of the showers of rain. |
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32. On
the seventh day [you will bring] seven young bulls, two rams, and
fourteen yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
32. On
the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer seven
bullocks by seven orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs
of the year by fourteen orders: the number of all these lambs ninety-eight,
to make atonement against the ninety-eight maledictions. |
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33. together
with their meal-offerings and libations for the bulls, rams, and lambs. of
their required number. |
33. And their
mincha of wheat flour and libations of wine you shall offer with the
bullocks, rains, and lambs, by their number, according to the order appointed
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34. [You will
also bring] one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the
constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
34. one kid
by one order, beside the perpetual sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha,
and its libation of wine. |
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Ketubim:
Targum Tehillim
(Psalms) 1:1-6 & 150:1-6
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Rashi |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. The praises of a man are that he did not
follow the counsel of the wicked, neither did he stand in the way of sinners
nor sit in the company of scorners. |
1. Happy the
man who has not walked in the council of the wicked/Lawless, or stood in the
paths of sinners, or taken a seat with the band of mockers. |
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2. But his desire is in the Law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates
day and night. |
2. Instead
his pleasure is in the Law of the LORD, and in His Torah he meditates day and
night. |
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3. He shall be as a tree planted beside rivulets of water, which brings
forth its fruit in its season, and its leaves do not wilt; and whatever he
does prosper. |
3. And he
will be like a living tree planted by streams of water, whose fruit ripens in
due course, and its leaves do not fall, and all its branches that grow ripen
and flourish. |
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4. Not so the wicked, but [they are] like chaff that the wind drives
away. |
4. Not so the
wicked/lawless; instead, they are like the chaff that the storm-wind will
drive. |
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5. Therefore, the wicked shall not stand up in judgment, nor shall the
sinners in the congregation of the righteous. |
5. Therefore
the wicked/lawless will not be acquitted in the great day, nor sinners in the
hand of the righteous/generous, |
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6. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked
shall perish. |
6. Because
the path of the righteous/generous is manifest in the LORD’s presence, but
the paths of the wicked/lawless will perish. |
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1. Hallelujah! Praise God in His holy place, praise Him in the firmament
of His might. |
1.
Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary, praise Him in the firmament of His
strength. |
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2. Praise Him with His mighty deeds, praise Him as befits His superb
greatness. |
2. Praise Him
for His mighty deeds, praise Him according to His abundant greatness. |
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3. Praise Him with a shofar blast, praise Him with psaltery and lyre. |
3. Praise Him
with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with harps and lyres. |
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4. Praise Him with timbres and dance, praise Him with stringed
instruments and flute. |
4. Praise Him
with drums and with dances, praise Him with flutes and pipes. |
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5. Praise Him with resounding cymbals, praise Him with resonant cymbals. |
5. Praise Him
with cymbals that sound alone; praise Him with cymbals that sound with
shouting. |
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6. Let every soul praise God. Hallelujah! |
6. Every
breath will sing praise to God. Hallelujah! |
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Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 7:19
– 9:3
19.
Wisdom (Torah) makes the wise stronger than ten rulers who are in the city.
20.
For there is not a just man on the earth who does good, and does not sin.
21.
Also, do not give your heart to all the words they speak, that you not hear
your servant cursing you.
22.
For also your own heart knows that you yourself have also cursed others many
times.
23.
All this I have tested by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from
me.
24.
That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
25.
And I turned my heart about, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom,
and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, and the
foolishness of madness:
26.
and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets;
her hands are bonds. He who is good before God will escape from her; but the
sinner will be captured by her.
27.
Behold, I have found this, says the Preacher, counting one by one to find out
the sum,
28.
that my soul still seeks, but I have not found; one man among a thousand I have
found, but a woman among all those I have not found.
29.
See, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have
sought out many inventions.
1.
Who is as the wise? And who knows the meaning of a thing? A man's wisdom makes
his face shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.
2. I
say, Keep the king's word, even on the matter of the oath of God;
3.
Do not be hasty to go from before him. Do not take a stand in an evil thing,
for he does whatever he pleases.
4.
Because the king's word is that which has power; who then will say to him, What
are you doing?
5.
Whoever keeps the command will know no evil thing. A wise man's heart knows
both time and judgment.
6.
Because there is a time and judgment to every purpose, in this the evil of man
is great upon him.
7.
For he does not know what will be. For who can tell him when it will be?
8.
Man is not a ruler over the spirit, to restrain the spirit; nor has he power in
the day of death. And there is no discharge in that war, nor will
wickedness/lawlessness deliver its possessors.
9.
All this I have seen. I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun.
There is a time in which a man rules over a man for his evil.
10.
And so I saw the wicked/lawless buried; and they came and went from the holy
place, and were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is
also vanity.
11.
Where sentence on an evil work is not executed speedily, on account of this the
heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
12.
Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged to him,
yet surely I know that it will be well to those who fear God, who fear before
Him.
13.
But it will not be well for the wicked/lawless; and he will not lengthen his
days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
14.
There is a vanity which is done on the earth: There are just ones to whom it
happens according to the work of the wicked/lawless; and there are
wicked/lawless men to whom it happens according to the work of the
righteous/generous. I said that this also is vanity.
15.
Then I praised mirth, because nothing is good for man under the sun except to
eat and to drink and to be glad. For that will go with him in his labour for
the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
16.
When I gave my heart to know wisdom (Torah), and to see the business that is
done on the earth; for even by day and by night he does not see sleep in his
eyes.
17.
Then I looked at all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that
is done under the sun; because though a man labours to seek it out, yet he will
not find it. And even if the wise speaks of knowing, he will not be able to
find it.
1.
For all this I gave to heart, even to explain all this, that the righteous/generous
and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. Whether love or hatred,
man does not know all that is before them.
2.
All happens alike to all; one event to the righteous/generous, and to the
wicked/lawless; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who
sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the
sinner; he who swears is as he that fears an oath.
3.
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one
event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and
madness is in their heart while they are alive, and after that they go to those
who died.
John
(Yochanan) 7:37-44
37.
And in the last day of the great feast [of Tabernacles], Yeshua stood and cried
out, saying: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink,
38.
The one faithfully obeying in me, as the Writing says, “Out of his belly will
flow rivers of living water.”
39.
But he said this concerning the Spirit of G-d, whom the ones faithfully obeying
in him were about to receive; for the spirit of holiness was not yet given,
because Yeshua was not yet glorified.
40.
Then hearing the Word, many of the crowd said, “This is truly the [awaited]
Prophet.”
41.
Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But others said, “No! For does the Messiah
come out of Galilee?
42.
Has not the Scripture said that the Messiah comes from the seed of David, and
from Bethlehem, the village where David was (Mic. 5:2)?”
43.
Then a division occurred in the congregation because of him.
44.
And some of them desired to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.
Revelation
3:1-6
1.
And to the angel of the congregation in Sardis, write: These things says the
one having the seven spirits of G-d, and the seven stars: I know your deeds,
and the name that you have, and that you are alive but dead.
2.
Be watchful, and establish the things/words of those who are about to die. For
I have not found your deeds being complete before G-d.
3.
Then remember how you heard and you received, take heed and repent/return. But
if you do not watch, I will come upon you like a thief and you will not at all
know what hour I come upon you.
4.
You also have a few names in Sardis who did not defile their robes, and they
will walk with me in white because they are worthy.
5.
The one overcoming, this one will be clothed in white garments, and I will not
at all blot his name out of the Book of Life; and I will acknowledge his name
before my Father, and before His angels.
6.
The one who has ears, hear what the spirit [of G-d] says to the [Jewish]
congregations.
Shemini
Atseret (Festibal of the 8th Day) Day 1
For
further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/shemini.html
Tishri
22, 5773
Evening Sunday October 07 – Evening Monday October 08, 2012
Morning Service for Shemini Atseret (8th Day)
Morning Service Festival of the 8th Day (Day 1), Day 1 –
Fiesta del Octavo Dia – Primer Dia
Torah: Debarim
(Deuteronomy) 14:22 - 16:17
& BeMidbar (Numbers) 29:35–30:1
Ashlamatah: I Kings
8:54-66
Psalm: Psalm
12:1-9 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 9:4 – 10:8
N.C.: I Hillel
(Luke) 2:21-40
Torah Reading:
Reader 1 – Debarim 14:22-29
Reader 2 – Debarim 15:1-6
Reader 3 – Debarim 15:7-11
Reader 4 – Debarim 15:12-18
Reader 5 – Debarim 15:19-23
Reader 6 – Debarim 16:1-8
Reader 7 – Debarim 16:9-17
Maftir – Bemidbar 29:35–30:1
- I Kings 8:54-66
Rashi
& Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Debarim (Deut.) 14:22 – 16:17
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RASHI |
TARGUM
PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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22. You
must surely tithe all the produce of your planting, that your field
yields on a yearly basis. |
22. Be
mindful to tithe your fruitage of whatsoever comes forth, and which
you gather in from the field year by year; not giving the fruit of one year
for the fruit of another. [JERUSALEM. My
people of the house of Israel, tithing you will tithe all the produce
of your seed, of that which you sow upon the face of the field and gather in
the produce of each year. Israel, My people, it is not lawful for you to
tithe and eat the fruit of one year along with the fruit of (another) year.] |
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23. You will
eat in the presence of Adonai, your G-d, in the place He chooses to house His
presence there--- the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your olive oil, and
the firstborn of your cattle and flocks; in order that you learn to
fear Adonai, your G-d, all the years. |
23. And the
second tithe you will eat before the Lord your God in the place which He will
choose to make His Shekinah to dwell there; the tenths of your corn, your
vines, and your oil, and likewise the firstlings of your oxen and sheep, that
you may learn to fear the LORD your God all the days. |
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24. If the
journey will be beyond you; if you will be unable to carry it because the
place is distant for you where Adonai, your G-d, chooses to set His presence
there, for Adonai, your G-d, has blessed you--- |
24. And if
the way be too great for you to be able to carry the tenth, because the place
which the LORD your God will choose for His Shekinah to dwell there is too
distant from you, when the LORD your God will have blessed you, |
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25. you will
substitute coins. You will bundle the coins in your hand, and will go to the
place that Adonai, your G-d, chooses. |
25. then you
may make exchange for it into silver, and bind the sum in your band, and
proceed to the place which the LORD your God will choose, |
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26. You will
spend the money for anything you desire--- for cattle, sheep, wine,
intoxicating liquor--- and for anything that you wish; and you will eat there
in the presence of Adonai, your G-d, and will rejoice, you and your
household. |
26. and give
the silver for anything that your soul pleases, of oxen, sheep, wine new or
old, or whatever your soul desires; and you will eat there before the LORD
your God and rejoice, you and the men of your house. |
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27. And the
Levite who is in your city, you must not abandon; since he has no portion or
inheritance with you. |
27. And the
Levite who is in your cities forsake not, for he has not a portion or a
heritage with you. |
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28. At the
end of three years, separate all the tithes of your produce of that year and set
them aside in your city. |
28. At the
end of three years you will bring forth all the tenths of your produce for
that year, and lay them up in your cities. |
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29. The
Levite will come, for he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the
proselyte and the orphan and the widow who are in your city, let them eat
their fill; in order that Adonai, your G-d, bless you in all the endeavors
that you make. |
29. And
the Levite, because he has no part or heritage with you, and the stranger,
the orphan, and the widow who are in your cities, will come and eat and be
satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the works of your
hands that you do. |
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1. At the end
of seven years, you are to make shemitah. |
1. At the end
of seven years you will make a Release. |
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2. And this
is the statement of shemitah: suspend every creditor's hand from his loan to
his neighbor; he will not claim [it] from his neighbor or his brother because
it was proclaimed shemitah to Adonai. |
2. And this
is the indication of the custom of the Release: Every man who is master of a
loan, who lends to his neighbor, will give remission. He will not have power
to coerce his neighbor in demanding his loan, nor of his brother, a son of
Israel; because the Bet Din has published the Release before the Lord. |
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3. You should
demand payment from the stranger, but what you have with your brother your
hand will relinquish. |
3. From a son
of the Gentiles you may exact, but the lawful right (dina) which is yours
with your brother you will release with your hand. |
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4. End it
[poverty], so that there will be no one, destitute among you when Adonai will
surely bless you in the land that Adonai, your G-d, is giving you as
territory to inherit. |
4. If
you will only be diligent in the precepts of the Law, there will be no poor
among you; for, blessing, the LORD will bless you in the land which the LORD
your God will give you for a possession to inherit; |
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5. Only if
you will listen to the voice of Adonai, your G-d, to guard to fulfill this
entire mitzvah that I am commanding you today. |
5. If,
obeying, you will only obey the Word of the LORD your God, to observe and do
all these commandments which I command you this day. |
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6. When
Adonai, your G-d, blesses you just as He told you, you will grant loans to
nations but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but
over you they will not rule. |
6. For the
LORD your God blesses you, as He says to you (that) you will take from many
nations, but they will not take from you; and you will have power over many
nations, but they will not have power over you. |
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7. If there
should be someone destitute in your midst among one of your brothers in one
of your cities, in your land that Adonai, your G-d, is giving you; do not
harden your heart and do not close your hand against your destitute brother. |
7. But if you be not diligent in the
precepts of the Law, and there be among you a poor man in one of your cities
of the land which the LORD your God gives you, you will not harden your
heart, nor hold back your hand from your poor brother; |
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8. Rather,
you must surely open your hand generously to him, and you must surely extend
a loan to him to cover the wants which he lacks. |
8. but you
will open your hand to him, and lend to him according to the measure of his
lack through which he is in need. |
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9. Look out
for yourself lest there be an evil thought in your mind, saying, "The
seventh year is approaching, the shemitah year," and you will look
askance at your destitute brother and will not give him; and if he cries out
concerning you to Adonai, you will be regarded as sinful. |
9. Beware
lest there be a word in your proud heart, saying: The seventh year, the year
of release, is at hand, and your eye become evil toward your poor brother, so
as to be not willing to give to him, and he cry against you to the LORD, and
there be guilt upon you. |
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10. You must
surely give him, and let your heart not hurt when you give him; for, as a
consequence of this thing, Adonai, your G-d, will bless you in all your work
and in all your commerce. |
10. Giving
you will give to him, nor will your heart be evil when you give to him; for
on account of this matter the LORD your God will bless you in all your works
that you put your hands unto. [JERUSALEM.
Giving you will give to him, nor let your looks be evil at the time you give
to him.] |
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11. For the
destitute will not cease to exist within the land; therefore I am commanding
you saying, "Open your hand generously to your brother, to your
indigent, and to your destitute in your land." |
11. But
forasmuch as the house of Israel will not rest in the commandments of the
law, the poor will not cease in the land: therefore I command you, saying:
You will verily open your hands toward your neighbors, to the afflicted
around you, and to the poor of your country. [JERUSALEM. If Israel
would keep the precepts of the Law, there would be no poor among them; but if
they will forsake the precepts of the Law, the poor will not cease from the
land: therefore I command you, saying: You will verily open your hands to
your poor brethren, and to the needy who will be in your land.] |
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12. If your
brother-Jew or Jewess is sold to you and he serves you six years; then in the
seventh year you are to send him free from you. |
12. If your
brother, a son of Israel, or if a daughter of Israel, be sold to you, he will
serve you six years; and when the seventh comes, you will send him from you
free. |
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13. When you
send him free from you, do not send him away empty-handed. |
13. And when
you let him go away from you at liberty, you will not send him away empty. |
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14. You must
surely present him with a severance bonus from your flocks, and from your
threshing area, and your wine cellar, whatever Adonai, your G-d, has blessed
you with are you to give him. |
14.
Comforting/Strengthening you will comfort/ strengthen him out of your flocks,
your floors, and your wine presses; as the LORD has blessed you, you will
give to him. [JERUSALEM. You will furnish him.] |
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15. Remember
that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and Adonai, your G-d, redeemed
you; that is why I am commanding you this matter today. |
15. And be
mindful that you were servants in the land of Mizraim, and that the LORD your
God set you free; therefore I command you today that you do this thing. |
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16. Should he
say to you, "I am not leaving you;" because he loves you and your
household, for he has it good with you. |
16. But if he
say to you, I will not go out from you, because I love you and the men of
your house, and because it has been good for him to be with you, |
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17. Take the
awl and put it through his ear and the door, and he will become your
perpetual slave. And do the same to your maid-servant as well. |
17. Then you
will take an awl, and bore (or apply) it through his ear, and that to the
door of the house of judgment, and he will be your serving servant until the
Jubilee. And for your handmaid also you will write a certificate of release,
and give it to her. |
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18. Let it
not seem difficult to you when you send him free from you, for double the
profit produced by the wage earner has he worked for you six years; and
Adonai, your G-d, will bless you in everything you do. |
18. It must
not be a hardship in your eyes when you send him away from you; for double
the hire of an hireling has he been of service to you six years; and on his
account the LORD your God has blessed you in all that you have done. |
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19. Every
firstborn that is born in your cattle, and in your flocks---a male--- you
must consecrate to Adonai, your G-d; you may not work with your first-born
ox, or shear the first-born of your flocks. |
19. Every
firstling male that comes out of your herd and flock you will consecrate
before the LORD your God. You will not work with the firstlings of your herd,
nor shear the firstlings of your flocks; |
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20. Before
Adonai, your G-d, you must eat it, each year, in the place that Adonai
chooses, you and your household. |
20. You will
eat thereof before the LORD your God from year to year, in the place which
the LORD will choose, you and the men of your houses. |
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21. And if it
has a blemish--- if it is crippled or blind--- or has any severe blemish, do
not slaughter it to Adonai, your G-d. |
21. But if
there be any spot in it, if it be lame or blind, or have any blemish, you
will not sacrifice it before the LORD your God: |
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22. In your
cities may you eat it; the ritually unclean and the clean together, like the
deer and the gazelle. |
22. You may
eat it in your cities; he who is unclean, (so) that he may not approach the
holy things, and he who being clean may approach the holy, may alike (eat),
as the flesh of the antelope or hart. |
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23. Only, do
not eat its blood; spill it like water on the ground. |
23. Only you
will not eat the blood; you will pour it out upon the ground like water. |
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1. Take heed
of the month of spring, when you will celebrate Pesach for Adonai your G-d;
for in the month of spring Adonai, your G-d, took you out from Egypt at
night. |
1. Be
mindful to keep the times of the festivals, with the intercalations of the
year, and to observe the rotation
thereof: in the month of Abib to perform the pascha before the LORD your
God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Mizraim; |
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2. You will
slaughter the pesach-offering to Adonai, your G-d, flocks of ruminants and
cattle in the place that Adonai chooses to house His Presence there. |
2. You will
eat it therefore by night. But you will sacrifice the pascha before the LORD your God
between the suns; and the sheep and the
bullocks on the morrow, on that same day to rejoice in the feast at the place
which the LORD will choose to make His Shekinah to dwell there. |
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3. Do not eat
chametz on it; seven days are you to eat on it matzos, bread of anguish;
since in haste you left the land of Egypt, so that you remember the day of
your exodus from the land of Egypt all the days of your life. |
3. You will
not eat leavened bread with the pascha; seven
days you will eat unleavened bread unto His Name, the unleavened bread of
humiliation; for with haste you went forth from the land of Mizraim; that you
may remember the day of your out going from the land of Mizraim all the days of your life. |
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4. And no
sourdough of yours may be seen in all of your boundary seven days; and none
of the flesh may remain overnight which you slaughtered towards the evening
of the first day---until morning. |
4. Take heed
that in the beginning of the pascha there be no leaven seen among you within all your borders
for seven days; and that none of the flesh
which you sacrifice in the evening of the first day remain till the morning. |
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5. You are
forbidden to slaughter the pesach in any of your cities that Adonai, your
G-d, is giving you. |
5. It will
not be allowed you to eat the pascha in (any) one of your cities which
the LORD your God gives to you; |
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6. Solely in
the place that Adonai, your G-d, chooses to house His Presence, there will
you slaughter the pesach towards the afternoon, at sunset, at the time you
left Egypt. |
6. but in
the place which the LORD your God will choose to make His Shekinah to dwell,
there will you sacrifice the pascha; and in the evening at the going down of the
sun you may eat it until the middle of the night,
the time when you began to go out of Mizraim. |
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7. You will
cook [it] and eat [it] in the place that Adonai, your G-d, chooses; and you
may depart in the morning and go to your residence. |
7. And you
will dress and eat it in the place which the LORD your God will choose, and in the early
morning (if need be) you may return from the
feast, and go to your cities. |
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8. For six
days you will eat matzot, and on the seventh day, is one of withdrawal for
the sake of Adonai, your G-d, do not do work. |
8. On the
first day you will offer the Omer, and eat unleavened cakes
of the old corn; but in the six remaining days you may begin to eat
unleavened cakes of the new corn, and on the seventh day you will assemble with
thanksgiving before the LORD your God; no
work will you perform. |
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9. Seven
weeks count for yourself; from the time the sickle begins felling the
standing grain, begin to count seven weeks. |
9. Seven
weeks number to you; from the time when you begin to put the sickle to the
harvest of the field after the reaping of the Omer you will begin to number the
seven weeks. |
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10. You are
to celebrate the festival of Shabuoth for Adonai, your G-d, to the fullness
of your open-handed gift that you can give, as Adonai, your G-d, has blessed
you. |
10. And you
will keep with joy the Festival of Weeks before the LORD your God, after
the measure of the freewill offerings of your hands, according as the LORD your God will have
blessed you. |
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11. You are
to rejoice in the presence of Adonai, your G-d--- you, and your son and your
daughter, and your male slave and your female slave, and the Levite who is in
your city, and the proselyte, and the orphan and the widow who are among
you---in the place that Adonai, your G-d, chooses to house His presence
there. |
11. And you
will rejoice with the joy of the feast before the LORD your God, you
and your sons, your daughters, your servants and
handmaids, the Levites who are in your cities, and the stranger, the orphan,
and the widow who are among you, at the place which the LORD your God
will choose where to make His Shekinah to
dwell. |
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12. Remember
that you were a slave in Egypt; you are to guard and celebrate these
statutes. |
12. Remember
that you were servants in Mizraim; so will you observe and perform these
statutes. |
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13. The
festival of Sukkoth celebrate for yourself seven days, when you harvest your
threshing-floor and your wine-press. |
13. The Feast
of Tabernacles you will make to yourselves seven days, when you will have
completed to gather in the corn from your threshing floors, and the wine from
your presses. |
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14. You are
to rejoice during your festival--- you and your son and your daughter, and
your male slave and your female slave, and the Levite and the proselyte, and
the orphan and the widow who are in your city. |
14. And you
will rejoice in the joy of your feasts with the clarinet and flute, you and
your sons and daughters, your handmaids, the Levite, the stranger, the
orphan, and the widow, who are in your cities. |
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15. Seven
days are you to be festive for Adonai, your G-d, in the place Adonai chooses,
for Adonai, your G-d, will bless you in all your produce and in all your
endeavors; and you will experience pure joy. |
15. Seven
days you will keep the feast before the LORD your God in the place which the
LORD will choose, because the LORD your God will have blessed you in
all your provision, and in all the work of your hands, and so will you be
joyful in prosperity. |
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16. Three
times a year are all your males to be seen in the presence of Adonai, your
G-d, in the place that He chooses--- in the festival of Matzot, and on the
festival of Shabuoth, and on the festival of Sukkoth--- and he will not
appear in Adonai's presence empty-handed. |
16. Three
times in the year will all your males appear before the LORD your God in the
place that He will choose; at the Feast of the Unleavened, at the Feast of
Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; nor must you appear before the
LORD your God empty handed of any of the requirements; |
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17. Everyone
according to the gift appropriate to his means, according to the blessing of
Adonai, your G-d, that He gave you. |
17. Everyone
after the measure of the gifts of his hands, according to the blessing which
the LORD your God has bestowed upon you. |
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Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan
for: BeMidbar (Num.) 29:35–30:1
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RASHI |
TARGUM
PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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35. On
the eighth day will be a [day of] restraint for you, when you will
not do any work of consequence. |
35. And
on the eighth day you will gather together joyfully from your
tabernacles, in your houses, a gladsome company, a festal day, and a holy convocation
will you have, no servile work will you do |
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36. You will
bring a burnt-offering, a fire-offering for a pleasing aroma to Adonai,
[consisting of] one young bull, one ram, and seven yearling lambs, [all]
without blemish; |
36. But offer
a sacrifice an oblation to be received with favor before the LORD; light
oblations; one bullock before the one God, one ram for the one people, lambs
of the year unblemished, seven, for the joy of the seven days. |
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37. [together
with] their meal-offerings and libations for the bull, ram, and lambs. of the
required number. |
37. Their
mincha of wheat flour, and their libations of wine which you will offer with
the bullocks, rams, and Iambs, by their number, After the order of their
appointment; |
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38. And one
he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily)
burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation. |
38. And one
kid for a sin offering, beside the perpetual sacrifice, the flour for its
mincha, and the wine for its libation. |
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39. These you
will make to Adonai on your festivals, aside from your vows and dedications,
burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, and libations and peace-offerings." |
39. These you
will offer before the LORD in the time of your festivals, beside your vows
which you vow at the festival, and which you will bring on the day of the
feast, with your free-will oblation for your burnt sacrifice, your mincha,
libations, and consecrated victims. |
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1. Moshe
spoke to B’ne Yisrael all that Adonai had commanded him. |
1. And Mosheh
spoke to the sons of Israel, according to all that the Lord had commanded
Mosheh. |
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Ketubim:
Targum Tehillim
(Psalms) Psalm 12:1-9
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Rashi |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. For the conductor on the sheminith, a
song of David. |
1. For
praise, on the lyre of eight strings. A hymn of David. |
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2. Save, O Lord, for the pious are gone, for the faithful have vanished
from the sons of men. |
2. Redeem, O
LORD, for the good are annihilated; for the faithfully obedient have ceased
from the sons of men. |
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3. One speaks to another with falseness, smooth talk; they speak with a
double heart. |
3. They speak
lies, each to his fellow, lips are flattering; in their heart they deceive,
and with a lying heart they speak. |
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4. May the Lord cut off all smooth lips, the tongue that speaks great
things. |
4. The LORD
will destroy from the world all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks
arrogance. |
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5. Who said, "With our tongue we will overpower; our lips are with
us. Who is lord over us?" |
5. Those who
deny the essence, who say, “By our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with
us, who is our master?” |
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6. Because of the plunder of the poor, because of the cry of the needy,
Now I will rise, the Lord shall say; I will grant them salvation, He shall speak concerning them. |
6. Because
of the oppression of the poor, because of the cry of the needy, now I will
arise, says the LORD; I will give redemption to My people, but
against the wicked/Lawless I will give testimony of evil. |
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7. The sayings of the Lord are pure sayings, like silver refined, exposed
to the earth, clarified sevenfold. |
7. The words
of the LORD are pure words, silver purified in the furnace on the ground,
refined seven times. |
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8. You, O Lord, shall guard them; You shall guard him from this
generation forever. |
8. You, O
LORD, will keep the righteous/generous; you will protect them from this evil
generation forever. |
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9. Wicked men walk on all sides when the [one who appears] basest to the
sons of men is elevated. |
9. All around
the wicked/Lawless walk, like a leech that sucks the blood of the sons of men |
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Ashlamatah: I Kings 8:54-66
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Rashi |
Targum |
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54. And it was, as Solomon finished praying all this prayer and
supplication to the Lord, that he arose from before the altar of the Lord,
from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread out toward heaven. |
54. And when
Solomon finished praying before the LORD all this prayer and petition, he
arose from before the altar of the LORD, from where he was bowed upon his
knees and his hands were stretched out in prayer toward the heavens |
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55. And he stood, and blessed the entire congregation of Israel (with) a
loud voice, saying, |
55. And he
arose and blessed all the assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: |
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56. "Blessed (be) the Lord, Who has given rest to His people Israel,
according to all that He spoke; there has not failed one word of all his good
word, that He spoke through Moses His servant. |
56.
"Blessed be the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel according
to everything that He spoke. There has not failed one word from all His good
words that He spoke by the hand of Moses his servant. |
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57. May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our forefathers; let
Him not leave us, nor forsake us. |
57. May the
Memra of the LORD our God be at our aid as it was at the aid of our fathers.
May it not forsake us, and may it not reject us, |
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58. That He may incline our hearts to Him, to go in all His ways, and to
keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He
commanded our forefathers. |
58. to direct
our hearts to fear Him, to walk in all the ways that are good before Him and
to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments that He commanded
our fathers. |
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59. And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication
before the Lord, be close to the Lord our God, day and night, that He sustain
the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, each day's need
granted on its day. |
59. And may
these words of mine that I have asked from before the LORD be received before
the LORD our God day and night, to carry out the Judgment of His servant and
the humiliation of His people Israel, as needed day by day, |
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60. So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God:
there is none else. |
60. in order
that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no
other. |
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61. Let your heart, [therefore], be whole with the Lord our God, to follow
His statutes and to keep His precepts as of this day. |
61. And may
your heart be peaceful in the fear of the LORD our God to walk in His
statutes and to keep His commandments according to this day." |
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62. And the King and all Israel with him slaughtered sacrifices before the
Lord. |
62. And the
king and all Israel with him were sacrificing the sacrifice of holy things
before the LORD. |
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63. And Solomon slaughtered the peace- offerings that he slaughtered to
the Lord, twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand
sheep. [With this] the King and all the children of Israel inaugurated the
Temple of the Lord. |
63. And
Solomon sacrificed the sacrifice of holy things that he sacrificed before the
LORD - 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep, and the king and all the sons of Israel
dedicated the house of the Sanctuary of the LORD. |
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64. On that day the King consecrated the middle of the court that was
before the Temple of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt-offerings (and)
the meal-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings, for the copper altar
that was before the Lord was too small to contain the burnt-offerings (and)
the meal- offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings. |
64. On that
day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of
the Sanctuary of the LORD, for there he made the holocaust and the cereal offering
and the fat pieces of the offering of holy things for the altar of bronze
that was before the LORD was too small to hold the holocaust and the cereal
offering and the fat pieces of the offering of holy things. |
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65. Now Solomon observed the Feast at that time and all Israel with him, a
great assemblage from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before
the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, [totalling] fourteen days. |
65. And
Solomon made in that time a festival, and all Israel with him, a great
assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before the
LORD our God, seven days the dedication of the house and seven days the
festival - fourteen days. |
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66. On the eighth day he dismissed the people, and they blessed the King
and went to their homes, rejoicing and delighted of heart for all the
goodness that the Lord had wrought for David His servant and for Israel His
people. |
66. On the
eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king, and they went
to their cities while rejoicing, and their heart was pleased over all the
good that the LORD had done to David his servant and to Israel his people. |
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Kohelet
(Ecclesiastes) 9:4 – 10:8
4.
For one who is chosen to be among all the living, there is hope. For a living
dog is better than a dead lion.
5.
For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything; nor
do they have any more a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
6.
Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has now perished; nor do they any
longer have a part forever in all that is done under the sun.
7.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God
now is pleased with your works.
8.
Let your garments be white at every time; and let your head lack no ointment.
9.
Look on life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your
vanity, which He gave you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. For that
is your share in this life, and in your labour which you as a labourer do under
the sun.
10.
All that your hand finds to do, do it with [all of] your strength. For there is
no work, or planning, or knowledge, or wisdom, in Sheol, there where you go.
11.
I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the mighty; nor even bread to the wise; nor even riches to the men of
discernment; nor even favour to knowing men. For time and occurrence happen to
them all.
12.
For man also does not know his time. As the fish that are taken in the evil
net, and as the birds that are caught in the trap, like them are the sons of
men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.
13.
This wisdom I saw also under the sun, and it is great to me:
14.
There was a little city, and few men in it. And a great king came against it,
and besieged it, and built huge siege works against it.
15.
And there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom saved the city.
Yet no man remembered that poor man!
16.
And I said, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is
despised, and his words are not heard.
17.
The words of wise men are heard in quiet, more than the cry of one who rules
among fools.
18.
Wisdom is better than weapons of conflict; but one sinner destroys much good.
1.
As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink and ferment; so a little
foolishness is heavier than wisdom and than honour.
2.
The heart of the wise is toward his right, but the fool's heart toward his
left.
3.
And also, in the way in which a stupid one walks, his heart fails, and he says
to all that he is a fool.
4.
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for
composure quiets great offenses.
5.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, sins which come from the face of
the ruler:
6.
Folly is set in many high positions, and many rich men sit in low situations.
7. I
have seen slaves on horses, and rulers walking as slaves on the earth.
8.
He who digs a pit may fall into it; and one breaking a wall, a snake may bite
him.
I
Hillel (Luke) 2:21-40
And after eight days passed it was time
for his Brit Milah (circumcision)[2] and he was named Yeshua,
the name that he was called by the messenger (angel) before he
was conceived in the womb. And when the day came for her[3] (Miriam’s) purification
according to the Torah of Moshe[4], and they brought him
(Yeshua) up to Yerushalayim to redeem (i.e. pidyon ha-ben) him to the Lord. As it is written, “you will set apart to the Lord
all that opens the womb; every firstling that is a male, which you have coming
from a beast, will be the Lord's” (Exo. 13:12)[5]. And they offered the
sacrifice required in the Torah of the Lord,
as it is written: “If, however, her means do not suffice for a
sheep, she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering
and the other for a sin offering. The priest will make expiation on her behalf,
and she will be clean” (Lev. 12:8).[6]
And behold there was a man (Royal Ish) in Yerushalayim whose name was Rabbi Shim’on ben
Hillel;[7]
this man (royal ish) was a Tsaddiq and Shomer Shabbat/Nazar,[8]
anticipating[9]
the Comforter of Yisrael (the Messiah) because the spirit of
prophecy rested on him. And the spirit of prophecy revealed to him that he
would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s
Messiah. And he was guided by the spirit of prophecy to come into the Bet HaMikdash;
and they (Yosef and Miriam) brought the child Yeshua according to the
Oral Torah,[10] Rabbi
Shim’on ben Hillel took him in his arms and blessed God with the
appropriate blessing[11] and then said, Master of
the Universe, now you are dismissing your servant from Yerushalayim in
shalom (peace) according to Your prophecy:[12] for my eyes have seen Your
shalom (tikun), which You have provided before all peoples, a light of
truth for the Gentiles and for the exoneration of your people (Yisrael.) And
his father and mother were amazed and marveled at what Rabbi Shim’on ben
Hillel said about him. Then Rabbi Shim’on ben Hillel blessed
them[13] and
said to his mother Miriam, “this child is appointed for the rise and fall of
many in Yisrael, to be a sign of opposition so that the thoughts of many will
be brought to light and a sword will pierce your own soul.
And there was a prophetess, Channah bat P’nu’el of the
tribe of Asher. She was advanced in age she live with her
husband for seven years after marriage, and then she was widowed to the age of
eighty-four. She never failed to attend the Temple worship fasting and
praying night and day. And at that moment she came, and began giving thanks to
God and spoke about the child to everyone who was looking for the redemption of
Yerushalayim. When they finished everything required by the Torah of the Lord they returned to Galil to the
city of Branches. The child grew and became strong filled with Hokhmah
(wisdom), Binah (understanding), and Da’at (knowledge), and the Chessed (loving-kindness)
of God was upon him.
Midrash
Pesiqta deRab Kahana
Pisqa
Twenty-Eight: 1-5
On the eighth day you
shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall
offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the
Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition
to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings
and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your-peace
offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39).
XXVIII:I
On
the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious
work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing
odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts
in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewillofferings, for your
burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and
for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-9): But you have increased the nation,
O Lord, you have increased the nation; [you are glorified; you have enlarged
all the borders of the land] (Is. 17 :25): You gave security to the wicked
Pharaoh. Did he then call you "Lord"? Was it not with blasphemies and
curses that he said, Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice (Ex. 5:2)!
You gave security to the wicked Sennacherib. Did he then call you
"Lord"? Was it not with blasphemies and curses that he said, Who is
there among all the gods of the lands... (2 Kgs. 18:35). You gave security to
the wicked Nebuchadnezzar. Did he then call you "Lord"? Was it not
with blasphemies and curses that he said, And who is God to save you from my
power (Dan. 3:15). ...you have increased
the nation; you are glorified: You gave security to David and so he blessed
you: David blessed the Lord before all the congregation (1 Chr. 29:10). You
gave security to his son, Solomon, and so he blessed you: Blessed is the Lord
who has given rest to his people Israel (1 Kgs. 8:56). You gave security to
Daniel and so he blessed you: Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of
God (Dan. 2:20)
[But
you have increased the nation, O Lord, you have increased the nation; you are
glorified;] you have enlarged all the borders of the land (Is. 17:25): Said R.
Levi, "You have examined those who are near you and you have examined
those who are distant from you. Draw near those who are near you, and send
distant those who are distant from you. Draw near those who are near you: The
Lord is near those who call upon Him (Ps. 145:18). ...and send distant those
who are distant from you: The Lord is distant
from those who do wickedly (Prov. 15:29)."
Another
interpretation of the verse But you have increased the nation, [O Lord, you
have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders
of the land] (Is. 17:25): In the case of the nations of the world, if you give
them a male child, he draws forward his foreskin and grows a lock [that is cut
off in the honor of the idol.] When he grows up, he brings him to the temple of
his idol and outrages you. But in the case of Israel, if you give one of them a
male child, he counts eight days and circumcises him. If he was a firstborn, he
redeems him after thirty days. When he grows up, he brings him to synagogues
and study houses and blesses you every day: Blessed be the Lord who is to be
blessed.
Another
interpretation of the verse But you have increased the nation, [O Lord, you
have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders
of the land] (Is. 17:25): The nations of the world, if you increase the number
of festivals for them, they eat and drink and carouse and go to theaters and
circuses and outrage you with their words and deeds. But in the case of Israel,
if you give them festival days, they eat, drink, rejoice, go to synagogues and
school houses, increase their praying and increase their prayers for additional
offerings and other offerings. Therefore it was necessary for Scripture to say,
On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious
work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing
odor to the Lord...] These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts
in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your
burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and
for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39).
XXVIII:II
The
wicked borrows and does not pay back, [but the righteous is generous and gives;
for those blessed by the Lord shall possess the land, but those cursed by him
shall be cut off] (Ps. 37:21-22):Said R. Isaac, "There are three who are
regarded as wicked: one who raises his hand against his fellow, one who borrows
and does not pay back, and a contentious person. ...one who raises his hand
against his fellow: He said to the wicked man, Why do you hit your fellow? (Ex.
2:13).” Said R. Zeora, "It is not the end of the matter that he actually
hit him, but even if one raised his hand to hit him but did not hit him, he is
regarded as wicked, as it is said, He said to the wicked person, why do you hit
your fellow? (Ex. 2:13). What it says is not why did you hit your fellow, but
why do you hit him. He wanted to hit him but up to that point he had not done
so." Said R. Samuel bar Tanhum, "I said this before R. Tanhuma and he
said, 'Even if he merely looked impudently at the other, he is regarded as
wicked, as it is said, A wicked man looks impudently (Prov. 21:29)."
“...one who borrows and does not pay back: The wicked borrows and does not pay
back. ...and a contentious person: with reference to the party of Korach,
Depart, I ask, from the tents of these wicked men (Num. 16:26)."
R.
Judah, when he would impose an oath on someone, would recite this verse:
Depart, I ask, from the tents of these wicked men (Num. 16:26).
Another
comment on the verse The wicked borrows and cannot pay back, [but the righteous
is generous and gives; for those blessed by the Lord shall possess the land,
but those cursed by him shall be cut off] (Ps. 37:21-22): These refers to the
nations of the world who eat and drink but do not recite a blessing. ...but the
righteous is generous and gives: this refers to Israel, who eat and say a
blessing.
Said
R. Simeon b. Laqish, "You find that, when the Holy One, blessed be He,
gives to a righteous man what he asks from Him, he goes and shows grace to Him
even more. That is in line with this verse: but the righteous is generous and
gives. The righteous one of the world is generous and gives."
Said
R. Levi, "It entered the mind of the Holy One, blessed be He, to assign to
Israel a festival day for each month during the summer, in Nisan, Passover, in
Iyyar, the minor Passover, in Sivan, Pentecost, but because of the
transgressions and bad deeds for which they were responsible, he took festivals
from them for the three month period of Tammuz, Ab, and Elul [which are marked
by the breach of the wall of Jerusalem on the 17th of Tammuz, the destruction
of the Temple on the ninth of Ab, and the month of penitence through Elul.
During those months there is no occasion for a festival.] Then Tishri came
along and made it up for all three of those months. The New Year makes up for
the festival that is lacking in Tammuz, the Great Fast for the festival missing
in Ab, and the seven days of The Festival for what is missing in Elul. Said the
Holy One, blessed be He, 'The month of Tishri makes up for what is lacking in
the other months, will it not compensate also for itself? Give it what is
coming to it, and let the month come and task what is coming to it. Therefore
it was necessary for Scripture to say, On the eighth day you shall have a
solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a
burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you
shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your
votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for
your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your
peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-9)."
XXVIII:III
In a
day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; [God has
made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that
will be after him] (Qoh. 7:14): Said R. Abba bar Kahana, "If an occasion
for doing a good deed comes your way, do it right away, as it is written, on a
day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made
the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will
be after him (Qoh. 7:14). And if a bad day comes your way, consider how to repent
and to be saved from it."
R.
Yudan in the name of R. Eleazar: "Three things annul an evil decree [that
is foreseen by astrology], and these are they: prayer, acts of charity, and
repentance. And all three of them may be located in a single verse of
Scripture: If my people, upon whom my name is called, shall humble themselves
and pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will forgive
their sin and heal their land (2 Chr. 7:14). If my people, upon whom my name is
called, shall humble themselves and pray refers to prayer. ... and seek my face
refers to acts of charity, in line with this verse: In justice I shall behold
your face (Ps. 17:15). [Justice is the same word as acts of charity.] ... and
turn from their evil ways refers to repentance. Then what is written? I will
hear from heaven and forgive their sin.
R. Huna in the name of R. Joseph: "Also changing one's name and the
doing of a different sort of deed will have the same effect. We know that
changing a name makes a difference from the case of Abraham: And your name will
no longer be called Abram but your name will be Abraham (Gen. 17:5). Abram did
not produce a son, but Abraham did. And along these same lines, Sarai your wife
(Gen. 17:5). Sarai did not produce a son, but Sarah did. We know that the doing
of a different sort of deeds makes a difference from the case of the men of
Nineveh, as it is said, And God saw their works, that they turned from their
evil ways (Jonah 3:10). Some say, "Also changing one's place of domicile,
as it is said, And the Lord said to Abram, Get you out of your country, the
land of your birth (Gen. 12:1). And then: I shall make you a great nation (Gen.
12:1).” R. Mana said, "Also fasting [has the same effect], as it is said,
The Lord answer you in the day of distress [interpreted here to mean the day of
fasting] (Ps. 20:20).” Raba bar Hama bar Guria in the name of Rab:
"Fasting is as good for a dream as fire for stubble." Said R. Joseph,
"That is so if it is done on the same day [as the dream], even if that is
the Sabbath [on which it is ordinarily forbidden to fast]."
...
God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out
anything that will be after him (Qoh. 7:14): The Holy One, blessed be He, made
both the righteous and the wicked. That is in line with this verse of
Scripture: And afterward his brother came out, and his hand was holding on to
the heel of Esau (Gen. 25:26). R. Phineas, R. Hilqiah in the name of R. Simon:
There was scarcely a membrane between them, and yet this one came forth as a
righteous, and the other as a wicked person. On what account has the Holy One,
blessed be He, made both the righteous and the wicked? So that these should
atone for those, in line with this verse: God has made the one as well as the
other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him (Qoh.
7:14).
Another
interpretation of the verse In a day of prosperity be joyful, [and in the day
of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man
may not find out anything that will be after him (Qoh. 7:14): Said R. Tanhum
bar Hiyya, "On a day on which something good happens for your fellow, be
with him in his rejoicing, and on a day on which something bad happens, pay
attention...and in the day of adversity consider, meaning, see how you may do a
deed of mercy with him to save him from his misfortune.
The
mother of R. Tanhum bar Hiyya would do things this way. When she (mother) would
buy a litra of meat from the market for him, she would purchase two, one for
him, the other for the poor. When she would buy a bundle of vegetables from the
market, she would buy two, one for him, and one for the poor. Why did the Holy
One, blessed be He, create poor and rich? So that one should support the other.
This was on the count of this verse God has made the one as well as the other,
meaning both the poor and the rich. It is so that the one may attain merit
through supporting the other, so that each may provide the other with the
occasion for attaining merit, in line with the clause: God has made the one as
well as the other.
Said
R. Aha, "On a day of good fortune for the Torah, be with it in its
success, and in the day of adversity consider. When the day comes of which it
is written, Sinners will be afraid in Zion (Is. 33:14), be among those who see
and not among those who are seen. Be among the spectators and not among the
ones who fight the lions. Be among those concerning whom it is written, They
shall go forth and look on the carcasses of the men who rebelled against me
(Is. 66:24), and not among those of whom it is written, Their worm shall not
die, neither shall their fire {be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring unto
all flesh] (Is. 66:24)."
On
what account did the Holy One, blessed be He, create both Gehenna and the
Garden of Eden? It is so that they may afford assistance to one another. And
what is the distance between them? R. Yohanan said, "A wall." R.
Hanina said, "A handbreadth." Rabbis say, "Both of them are
equivalent."
Said
R. Levi, "Said the Holy One, blessed be He, to Israel, 'My children, as to
those offerings concerning which I wrote you in the Torah, be meticulous about
them, for there is no better intercessor for the bringing of rain than
offerings. Therefore it was necessary for Scripture to say, On the eighth day
you shall have a solemn assembly. {You shall do no laborious work, but you
shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the
Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition
to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings
and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your
peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39)."
XXVIII:IV
Give
a portion to seven or even to eight, [for you do not know what evil may happen
on earth. If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth;
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree
falls, there it will lie. He who observes the wind who will not sow, and he who
regards the clouds will not reap] (Qoh. 11:2-4): R. Eliezer, R. Nehemiah, and
R. Joshua: R. Eliezer said, "Give a portion to seven refers to the
Sabbath, concerning which it is written, And it came to pass on the seventh day
(Ex. 16:27), and or even to eight refers to circumcision. As it is written, And
Elijah put his face between his knees (1 Kgs. 18:42). Said Elijah before the
Holy One, blessed be He, 'Lord of the ages, if there remained for Israel only
these two religious duties alone, their merit would be such as to justify
rain.' R. Nehemiah said, "Give a portion to seven refers to the generation
of Moses, which practiced circumcision on the seventh day, or even to eight
refers to the generation of Joshua, which practiced circumcision on the eighth
day. Said the Holy One, blessed be He, to him, 'Moses, your lord, circumcised
them on the seventh day, and you circumcise them on the eighth.' At that time
said the Lord to Joshua, 'Prepare for your use flint knives [and again
circumcise the children of Israel a second time] (Josh. 5:2). "A second
time do you circumcise them, a third time you do not circumcise them.” R.
Joshua said, said, "Give a portion to seven refers to the seven days of
Passover, or even to eight refers to the eight days of The Festival. And when
it says, or even, it means to encompass the eighth day of the Solemn Assembly,
the New Year, and the Day of Atonement."
R.
Simon interpreted the verse to speak of the leaders: "Give a portion to
seven: On the seventh day the leader of the children of Ephraim (Num. 7:48).
... or even to eight: on the eighth day the leader of the children of Manasseh
(Num. 7:54)."
R.
Azariah in the name of R. Judah bar Simon interpreted the verse to speak of the
consecration [of the priests for serving in the tabernacle]: "Give a
portion to seven: For seven days he shall consecrate you (Lev. 8:33). or even
to eight: And it came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron (Lev.
9:1)."
R.
Judah bar. Simon in the name of R. Meir interpreted the verse to speak of the
menstrual period: "Give a portion to seven refers to the seven days of the
menstrual period. ... or even to eight refers to the eight days between birth
and circumcision. Said thc Holy One, blessed be He, if a woman has properly
observed the seven days of her menstrual period, I shall give her a male child
and you will circumcise him on the eighth day (Lev. 12:3)."
R.
Levi said, "Give a portion to seven refers to the seven days of The
Festival [of Tabernacles], ... or even to eight: On the eighth day you shall
have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a
burnt offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you
shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your
votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for
your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace
offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39)."
XXVIII:V
For
the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.
[Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches] (Ps.
149:4-5). R. Joshua of Sikhnin in the name of R. Levi: "The Holy One,
blessed be He, takes pleasure in the offerings of Israel. ... He adorns the
humble with salvation, and salvation refers only to offerings in line with this
verse: And the Lord looked upon [thus: accorded salvation to] Abel and his
offering (Gen. 4:4)."
"For
the Lord takes pleasure in his people: The Holy One, blessed be He, takes pleasure in the offerings of Israel.
Therefore Moses admonishes Israel: On the eighth day you shall have a solemn
assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering,
an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the
Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your
freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and
for your drink-offerings and for your peace offerings] (Numbers
29:35-39)."
Shemini
Atseret (Festival of the 8th Day) - 2nd Day
For
further study see:
http://www.betemunah.org/shemini.html
Tishri
23, 5773 Ano Mundi
Evening
Monday October 08 – Evening Tuesday October 09, 2012
Morning Service for Shemini Atseret (8th Day) - 2nd Day
Morning Service Festival of the 8th Day, Day 2 – Fiesta
del Octavo Dia – Segundo Dia
Torah: Debarim
(Deuteronomy) 14:22 - 16:17
& BeMidbar (Numbers) 29:35–30:1
Ashlamatah: Amos
8:4-10 + 9:13-15
Psalm: Psalm
12:1-9
Kohelet
(Ecclesiastes) 10:9 – 12:14
N.C.: Revelation
3:14-22
Torah Reading:
Reader 1 – Debarim 14:22-29
Reader 2 – Debarim 15:1-6
Reader 3 – Debarim 15:7-11
Reader 4 – Debarim 15:12-18
Reader 5 – Debarim 15:19-23
Reader 6 – Debarim 16:1-8
Reader 7 – Debarim 16:9-17
Maftir – Bemidbar 29:35–30:1
- Amos 8:4-10 + 9:13-15
Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Debarim (Deut.) 14:22 – 16:17
(See
above as in the previous day)
Rashi
& Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:35–30:1
(See
above as in the previous day)
Ketubim: Targum Tehillim
(Psalms) Psalm 12:1-9
(See
above as in the previous day)
Kohelet
(Ecclesiastes) 10:9 – 12:14
9.
Whoever pulls out stones may be hurt with them; he who splits trees may be
endangered by them.
10.
If the iron is blunt, and he does not whet the mouths, then he must put more
strength to it. But wisdom is an advantage giving success.
11.
If the snake will bite without charming, then there is no advantage to a master
of tongue.
12.
The words of a wise mouth are grace, but the lips of a stupid one swallow him;
13.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his
mouth is evil madness.
14.
Yet the stupid one makes many words; a man knows not what they will be; and
what will be after him, who can tell him?
15.
The labor of fools wearies him, because he does not know how to go to the city.
16.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a boy, and your leaders eat in the
morning.
17.
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your leaders
eat in due time, in strength, and not in drinking.
18.
The framework tumbles through laziness; and through lowering of hands, the
house leaks.
19.
Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life; but silver answers all
things.
20.
Also, do not curse a king in your thought; and do not curse the rich in your
bedrooms; for a bird of the heavens may carry the voice; yes, the lord of wings
may tell the matter.
1.
Send out your bread on the face of the waters, for you will find it in many
days.
2.
Give a share to seven, or even to eight; for you do not know what evil may be
on the earth.
3.
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty on the earth. And if the tree falls
in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will
be.
4.
He who watches the wind will not sow. And he who looks at the clouds will not
reap.
5.
As you do not know what is the way of the wind, as the bones in the pregnant
woman's womb, even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.
6.
Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hand until evening; for you
do not know what will be blessed, this or that; or whether they both will be
good as one.
7.
Also the light is sweet; yes, it is good for the eyes to behold the sun.
8.
But if the man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the
days of darkness, for they will be many. All that may come is vanity.
9.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. And make your heart glad in the days of
your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
10.
So then remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh. For
childhood and prime of life are vanity.
1.
Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not
come, or the years strike when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;
2.
While not yet the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened,
or the clouds return after rain;
3.
In the day when those keeping the house will tremble, and the strong men are
bowed, and the grinders cease because they are few; and those looking out the
windows are darkened;
4.
And the doors will be shut in the streets, when the sound of the mill is low,
and one rises up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music are
silenced;
5.
Also they will be afraid of a high place, and terrors in the way; and the
almond tree will blossom, and the locust makes himself a burden; and desire
breaks, because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the
street;
6.
While the silver cord is not yet loosed, or the golden bowl is crushed, or the
pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern;
7.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to
God who gave it.
8.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity.
9.
And more than that, the Preacher was wise; he still taught the people
knowledge. Yes, he listened, and looked, and set in order many proverbs.
10.
The Preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and words of truth written on
uprightness.
11.
The words of the wise are as goads; yes, as nails driven by the masters of
collections, they are given from one Shepherd.
12.
And more than these, my son, be warned: The making of many books has no end,
and much study is the weariness of the flesh.
13. Let
us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His
commandments; for this applies to every man.
14. For
God will bring every work into judgment, with all that is hidden, whether it is
good, or whether it is evil.
Ashlamatah
for Shemini Atzereth Second Day: Amos 8:4-10 + 9:13-15
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Rashi |
Targum |
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4. ¶ Hearken to this, you who swallow up the needy, and to cut off the poor
of the land. |
4. Listen to
this, you who trample the heads of the needy like the dust of the earth, you
who think of abolishing the words of the poor from the land; |
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5. Saying, "When will the month be delayed, so that we will sell
grain, and the Sabbatical Year, so that we will open [our stores of] grain,
to make the ephah smaller and to make the shekel larger, and to pervert
deceitful scales. |
5. who say,
“When will the month for corn arrive, so that we can sell corn? And the
Sabbatical Year so that we can open the storehouses, and make the measure
small and make the Sela greater, dealing dishonestly with deceitful scales? |
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6. To purchase the poor with money, and the needy in order to inherit
them, and the refuse of the grain we will sell." |
6. That we
may buy the poor for silver and the needy in order to acquire an inheritance,
that we may sell the refuse of the corn. |
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7. The Lord swore by the pride of Jacob: I will never forget any of their
deeds. |
7. The LORD
who gave greatness to Ya’aqob swears: “None of their deeds will ever be
forgotten.” |
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8. Shall the land not quake for this, and shall all its inhabitants [not]
be destroyed? Yea, it shall rise up wholly like the rain cloud, and it shall
cast up and sink like the river of Egypt. {P} |
8. Will not
the land be laid waste for this, and all that dwell in it be desolated? A
king will come up against it with his army which is great like the waters of
a river, and he will cover it all and drive out its inhabitants, and it will
sink like the river of Egypt. |
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9. And it shall come to pass on that day, says the Lord God, that I will
cause the sun to set at midday, and I will darken the land on a sunny day. |
9. And at
that time, says the LORD God, I will cover the sun at noon, and I will darken
the earth on a sunny day. |
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10. And I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation, and I bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every
head, and I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end is
like a bitter day. {P} |
10. I will
turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will
put sack-cloth on all loins, and baldness on every head. I will make it like
mourning for an only child, and the end of it like a bitter day. |
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13. ¶ Behold days are coming, says the Lord, that the plowman shall meet the
reaper and the treader of the grapes the one who carries the seed, and the
mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. |
13. Behold,
the days are coming, says the LORD, when the ploughman will meet the reaper,
and the presser of grapes him who puts out the seed; and the mountains will
produce sweet wine, and all the hills will be tilled. |
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14. And I will return the captivity of My people Israel, and they shall
rebuild desolate cities and inhabit [them], and they shall plant vineyards
and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their produce. |
14. I will
bring back the exiles of My people Israel. They will rebuild ruined cities
and inhabit them; they will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will
till gardens and eat their fruit. |
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15. And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no longer be
uprooted from upon their land, that I have given them, said the Lord your
God. {P} |
15. And I
will establish them upon their land, nevermore to be exiled from their land
which I have given them,” says the LORD your God. |
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Revelation 3:14-22
14.
And to the angel of the congregation of Laodicea, write: These things says the
Amen, the faithful and true Witness/Martyr, even the beginning of the creation
of G-d:
15.
I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would that you were
cold, or hot.
16.
So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit you
out of my mouth.
17.
Because you say, I am rich, and I am made rich (Hosea 12:9), and I have need of
nothing, and do not know that you are weak and miserable and poor and blind and
naked.
18.
I advise you to buy from me gold having been fired by fire, that you may become
rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed lest your shame and nakedness
should be uncovered. And anoint your eyes with eye-salve, that you may see.
19.
As many as I love, I rebuke and I chasten. Be zealous, then, and repent.
20.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock: If anyone hears my voice and opens the
door, I will enter and I will dine with him, and he with me.
21.
The one overcoming, I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also
overcame and sat with My Father on His [appointed] throne [for me].
22.
The one who has ears, hear what the spirit [of G-d] says to the [Jewish]
congregations.
Midrash Pesiqta deRab Kahana
Pisqa
Twenty-Eight: 6 -10
XXVIII:VI
R.
Yohanan, “The Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly constitutes a festival day unto
itself [and not a continuation of The Festival of Tabernacles], requiring a
priestly selection by itself [to choose by lottery which priests will conduct
the rite and get the priestly portions of the sacrifices], an offering by
itself, a blessing by itself, thus: a festival by itself." Said R. Bun,
"In the case of all of them it is written, And on the day, but here it is
written, On the day. On that basis we know that The Eighth Day of Solemn
Assembly constitutes a festival day unto itself [and not a continuation of The
Festival of Tabernacles]." ...requiring a priestly selection by itself:
For we have learned in the Mishnah: “On the eighth day they reverted ,to draw
lots on the festivals” [Mishnah Suk. 5:9].
"...an
offering by itself: an ox, a ram." ... a blessing by itself: Said R. Ila,
"On the basis of that allegation, we learn that [in reciting the blessing
over the wine, we must include the blessing,] ... who has kept us in life and
sustained us and brought us to this season."
XXVIII:VII
As
to the conduct of the seven days of the Festival, [with respect to dismantling
of the tabernacle on the seventh day,] how is the matter carried out? When one
has finished eating [the final meal for the seven days of The Festival,] he
should not dismantle the tabernacle. But from dusk onward he brings down [from
the roof to the house] the dishes [in which he has eaten in the tabernacle,
since he will not eat his evening meal, on the Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly,
in the tabernacle]. That [postponement of the dismantling of the tabernacle] is
on account of the honor owing to the final festival day [of The Festival]
[Mishnah Suk. 4:8]. R. Abba bar Kahana, R. Hiyya bar Ashi in the name of Rab:
"It is necessary while it is still day [before dark, inaugurating the
Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly] to render his tabernacle no longer
valid." Said R. Joshua b. Levi,
"It is necessary for a person to recite in his house [and not in the
tabernacle] the sanctification [of the wine] for the night of the last festival
day." R. Jacob bar Aha in the name of R. Samuel said, "If one has
recited the sanction of the wine in one house and changed his mind and decided
to eat in another, it is necessary to recite the sanctification a second
time." R. Aha, R. Hinena in the name of R. Hoshaiah: "He whose
tabernacle is particularly pleasing to him, lo, such a one on the festival
night of the last day of the Festival says the sanctification in his house and
then goes up to the roof and eats in his tabernacle and he does not have to
recite the sanctification a second time." Said R. Abun, "The opinion
of Samuel accords with the view of R. Hiyya, and the opinion of R. Joshaiah
accords with the position of R. Joshua b. Levi." Said R. Mana, "But
there is no real disagreement between them. What Samuel has said applies to a
case in which a person had determined in advance to eat in a particular room,
and the opinion of R. Joshua b. Levi applies when one has not determined in
advance to eat in a particular room."
Said
R. Joshua b. Levi, "The Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly was appropriate to
have been set fifty days after The Festival itself [as Pentecost comes fifty
days after Passover]. The matter has been stated as a parable. To what is it
comparable? It is to be compared to the case of a king who had married
daughters, some of them living nearby, others living at a distance. Those that
were living nearby could come and go in one day, while those living at a
distance could not come and go in one day. So too in the case of Passover,
since the Israelites pass from winter [when it rains] to summer, and the bother
of making a trip is not much [for the roads are dry and in good repair],
therefore the festival of Pentecost is fifty days after [Passover], since
people can make the trip in one day. But in the case of The Festival, since at
that season the Israelites are going from summer to winter [when the rainy
season starts], on account of which the trip is difficult [and the roads impassable],
therefore [the Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly] is not set at a spell of fifty
days [from The Festival], since people cannot make the trip in one day. Said
the Holy One, blessed be He, 'I and you - we shall rejoice on a single day.'
Therefore it was necessary to say: On the eighth day you shall have a solemn
assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a
burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you
shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your
votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for
your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace
offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39).
XXVIII:VIII
R.
Yudan in the name of R. Isaac, "All the time that the Israelites delay
[and observe an extra festival] in their synagogues and study houses, the Holy
One, blessed be He, delays [and leaves] his Presence with them. What is the
verse of Scripture that indicates it? "May we urge you to stay? Let us prepare
a kid for you (Judges 13:15)."
R.
Haggai in the name of R. Isaac: "So long as the Israelites join together
in synagogues and school houses, the Holy One, blessed be He, joins his
Presence together with them. What is the verse of Scripture that indicates it?
"I have most assuredly joined together with [interpreting in a different
way the letters usually translated, hoped in] the Lord and he turned to me (Ps.
40:2)."
Said
R. Alexandri, "The matter may be compared to the case of a king who had an
occasion for rejoicing. During all seven days of banqueting, a noble lady
counseled the members of the palace staff, saying to them, 'While the king is
taken up with his celebration, ask what you need.’ When they did not grasp [her
advice], the lady secured for them an additional day [of celebration]. So
throughout the seven days of The Festival, the Torah counsels Israel, saying to
them, 'Ask for rain from the Lord.’ You may know that that is the fact, for lo,
on the second day [it is stated], and their drink-offerings (Num. 29:19), so
too on the sixth, and its drink-offerings (Num. 29:31), and on the seventh, in
accord with the rule applying to them (Num. 29:33). [We shall now explain how
the Torah counsels Israel to pray for rain on that occasion. The cited words
make use of the letters] M, Y, and M, which spell, in Hebrew, water. On that
basis we derive proof that the rite of pouring a water libation on the altar
[as a prayer for rain] derives from the rules of the Torah and is to be recited
on The Festival. But because the Israelites did not look into the matter, the
Torah itself secured for them an additional day of celebration: Therefore it
was necessary for the Torah to state, On the eighth day you shall have a solemn
assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a
burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you
shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your
votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for
your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your
peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39).
XXVIII:IX
Said
R. Alexandri, 'The matter may be compared to the case of a king to whom an
occasion for rejoicing came. All the seven days of the banqueting, the prince
was busy with the guests. When the seven days of banqueting were over, said the
king to his son, 'My son, I know that on an the days of banqueting, you were
busy with the guests. But now you and I may set aside one day for rejoicing on
our own. And I shall not make a lot of trouble for you, but prepare one chicken
and one litra of meat.’ So for all seven days of the banqueting, the Israelites
are busy with their offerings of the nations of the world. For said R. Phineas,
'All those seventy oxen that the Israelites offer on the Festival serve the
seventy nations of the world, so that the world will not be turned barren [on
account of their sins]. What verse of Scripture indicates it? In return for my
love they accuse me, even as I make prayer for them (Ps. 109:4). We rely on
prayer. When the seven days of The Festival are completed, the Holy One,
blessed be He, says to Israel, 'My children, I know that through the seven days
of The Festival you have been taken up with making offerings for the nations of
the world. But now I and you - we shall celebrate on our own, together. And I
shall not make a lot of trouble for you, but prepare one ox and one ram.' Now
when the Israelites heard this, they began to praise the Holy One, blessed be
He, saying, This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad
in it (Ps. 118:24)."
[With
reference to the verse This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice
and be glad in it (Ps. 118:24),] Said R. Abyun, "We do not know in what to
rejoice, the day or the Holy One, blessed be He [since the Hebrew letters for
the words in it may be read also in him]. But Solomon came along and spelled
the matter out: We shall rejoice and be glad in You (Song 1:4) [and hence the
sense here to is in Him]. "...in You (Song 1:4): in Your Torah."
...in You (Song 1:4): in Your salvation." [Since the word for in You
contains the letters B and K], which bear the numerical value of twenty-two],
said R. Isaac, "It is in the twenty-two letters of which you made use to
write out Your Torah for us, the B stands for two, the K for twenty, [that we
rejoice]."
XXVIII:X
These
you will offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition [to your
votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for
your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your
peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39): R. Haninah in the name of R. Tanhum bar
Yudan: "What is written is not These you have offered, but rather, These
you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts [in addition to your
votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for
your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your
peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-9). The Torah counsels Israel, saying to them,
'Other days [are coming].'"
Said
R. Berekhiah in the name of R. Abba bar Kahana, "It is written, You shall
keep this ordinance in its season (Ex. 13:10). The Torah counsels Israel,
saying to them, 'Other days [are coming]."
Said
R. Judah bar; Simon, "It is written, Look down from your holy habitation,
from heaven, [and bless your people Israel and the ground which you have given
us as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey] (Deut.
26:15). What is written after that passage? This day the Lord your God commands
you [to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do
them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared this day
concerning the Lord that he is your God and that you will walk in his ways, and
keep his statutes and his commandments and his ordinances and will obey his
voice; and the Lord has declared this day concerning you that you are a people
for his own possession, as he has promised you; and that you are to keep all
his commandments, that he will set you high above all nations that he has made,
in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a people holy to the
Lord your God, as he has spoken] (Deut. 26:16-19). Now what has one thing got
to do with the other? So long as Israel carry out the will of the Holy One,
blessed be He, and properly separate the tithes that they owe, so that they can
say, I have removed holy things from the house (Deut. 13:13), the Holy One,
blessed be He, counsels Israel, saying to them, 'Other days [are coming]' [as
at Deut. 26:16-19]. But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive
this day (Deut. 4:4).
Next
Shabbat:
Shabbat: “VaYavo Ya’aqob Shalem” – Sabbath: “And came Jacob in peace”
&
Shabbat Mevar’chim Rosh Chodesh Heshvan
Sabbath of the Proclamation of the New Moon for the month of Heshvan
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Shabbat |
Torah Reading: |
Weekday Torah Reading: |
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וַיָּבֹא
יַעֲקֹב
שָׁלֵם |
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“VaYavo Ya’aqob Shalem” |
Reader 1 – B’resheet 33:18-20 |
Reader
1 – B’resheet 35:9-11 |
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“And came
Jacob in peace” |
Reader 2 – B’resheet 34:1-6 |
Reader
2 – B’resheet 35:12-14 |
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“Y llegó Jacob en paz” |
Reader 3 – B’resheet 34:7-10 |
Reader
3 – B’resheet 35:15-17 |
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B’resheet (Gen) 33:18 – 35:8 |
Reader 4 – B’resheet 34:11-17 |
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Ashlamatah: Nahum 1:12 – 2:6, 14 |
Reader 5 – B’resheet 34:18-24 |
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Special: |
Reader 6 – B’resheet 34:25 –
35:3 |
Reader
1 – B’resheet 35:9-11 |
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Psalm 28:1-9 |
Reader 7 – B’resheet 35:4-8 |
Reader
2 – B’resheet 35:12-14 |
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Maftir – B’resheet 35:6-8 |
Reader
3 – B’resheet 35:15-17 |
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N.C.: Jude 8-10; Luke 7:1-10; Acts 8:1-4 |
Nahum 1:12 –
2:6, 14 I Sam. 20:18,42 |
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It is our hope and most
earnest prayer that Your Honors and Your Excellencies together with loved ones
have had a wonderful Festival of Sukkoth as well as a most joyous and
reflective Festival of the Eight Day. May you be refreshed and reinvigorated to
continue this great work through your study of G-d’s Torah and much needed support
of this Work, together with all of our most noble and beloved Jewish brothers
and sisters and their Torah Scholars,
amen ve amen!
Shalom ve Chag Sameach Sukkot!
Hakham Dr. Yosef ben Haggai
Rosh Paqid Adon Hillel ben
David
Paqid Dr.
Adon Eliyahu ben Abraham