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Tishri 15-21, 5770 – Oct. 02/09 , 2009 |
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Hag HaSukkoth - Feast of Tabernacles
5770 C.E.
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Candle Lighting
and Havdalah Times:
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Atlanta,
Georgia, U.S. Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 7:04 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:57 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:56 pm |
San
Antonio, Texas, U.S. Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 7:01 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:53 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:52 pm |
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Baton
Rouge & Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:32 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:24 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:23 pm |
Sheboygan & Manitowoc, Wisconsin US Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:13 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:12 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:10 pm |
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Bowling
Green & Murray, Kentucky, U.S. Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:11 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:06 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:04 pm |
Brisbane,
Australia Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 5:30 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 6:23 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 6:24 pm |
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Chattanooga, & Cleveland
Tennessee, US Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 7:07 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 8:01 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 8:00 pm |
Bucharest,
Romania Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:38 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:38 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:36 pm |
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Miami, Florida, US Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:49 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:40 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:39 pm |
Jakarta, Indonesia Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 5:29 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 6:18 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 6:18 pm |
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New
London, Connecticut USA Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:04 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:01 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 6:59 pm |
Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:37 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:36 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:35 pm |
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Olympia,
Washington, U.S. Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:33 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:34 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:32 pm |
Manila & Cebu, Philippines Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 5:28 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 6:17 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 6:16 pm |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:25 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:21 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:19 pm |
Singapore, Singapore Eve
of First day Sukkot Friday, Oct. 02, 2009 Candles at: 6:39 pm Eve
of Second day Sukkot Shabbat, Oct. 03, 2009 Candles after: 7:28 pm Sunday, Oct. 04, 2009 Habdalah: 7:27 pm |
For other places see: http://chabad.org/calendar/candlelighting.asp
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Tishri 15, 5770
October 02/03, 2009
Morning Service Shabbat & Sukkoth
1st Day
Morning Service for Sabbath
& Tabernacles (day One) – Tabernáculos (Primer Día)
Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 22:26 – 23:44; Bemidbar (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 –
23:1
Reader 2 – Vayikra 23:1-3
Reader 3 – Vayikra 23:4-8
Reader 4 – Vayikra 23:9-14
Reader 5 – Vayikra 23:15-23
Reader 6 – Vayikra 23:24-32
Reader 7 – Vayikra 23:33-44
Maftir –
Bemidbar 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: |
|
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. |
|
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: |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
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; |
|
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. |
|
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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Judaica Press |
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
1.
Behold, a day of the LORD comes, when thy spoil will be divided in the midst of
you.
2.
For I will gather all the Gentiles against Jerusalem to battle; and the city will
be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city
will go forth into captivity, but the residue of the people will not be cut off
from the city.
3.
Then will the LORD go forth, and fight against those Gentiles, as when He
fights in the day of battle.
4.
And His feet will stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before
Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives will cleft in the midst thereof
toward the east and toward the west, so that there will be a very great valley;
and half of the mountain will remove toward the north, and half of it toward
the south.
5.
And you will flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the
mountains will reach unto Azel; yes, you will flee, like as you fled from
before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the LORD my God
will come, and all the holy ones with You.
6.
And it will come to pass in that day, that there will not be light, but heavy
clouds and thick;
7.
And there will be one day which will be known as the LORD'S, not day, and not
night; but it will come to pass, that at evening time there will be light.
8.
And it will come to pass in that day, that living waters will go out from
Jerusalem: half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the
western sea; in summer and in winter will it be.
9.
And the LORD will be King over all the earth; in that day will the LORD be One,
and His name one.
10.
All the land will be turned as the Arabah, from Geba to Rimmon south of
Jerusalem; and she will be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from
Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and
from the tower of Hananel unto the king's winepresses.
11.
And men will dwell therein, and there will be no more extermination; but
Jerusalem will dwell safely. {S}
12.
And this will be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the [Gentile] peoples
that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they
stand upon their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and
their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
13.
And it will come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD will be
among them; and they will lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and
his hand will rise up against the hand of his neighbor.
14.
And Judah also will fight against Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the Gentiles
round about will be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great
abundance.
15.
And so will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the
ass, and of all the beasts that will be in those camps, as this plague.
16.
And it will come to pass, that every one that is left of all the Gentiles that
came against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the
LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
17.
And it will be, that whosoever of the families of the earth goes not up unto
Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, upon them there will be no
rain.
18.
And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, they will have no overflow;
there will be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the Gentiles that go
not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
19.
This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the Gentiles
that go not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
20.
In that day will there be upon the bells of the horses: HOLY UNTO THE LORD; and
the pots in the LORD'S house will be like the basins before the altar.
21.
Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy unto the LORD of hosts;
and all they that sacrifice will come and take of them, and seethe therein; and
in that day there will be no more a trafficker in the house of the LORD of
hosts. {P}
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, full of mercy
and of truth.
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."
Tishri 16, 5770
October 03/04, 2009
Morning Service Sukkoth 2nd
Day
Morning Service Tabernacles (day
Two) – Tabernáculos (Segundo Día)
Torah: Vayikra (Leviticus) 22:26 – 23:44; Bemidbar (Numbers)
29:12-16
Ashlamatah: I Kings 8:2-21
Psalm: Psalms 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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JPS |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. When Israel came forth out of Egypt, the
house of Jacob from a people of a strange language; |
1.
When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from barbarian peoples – |
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2.
Judah became His sanctuary, 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 it, 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 skipped like rams, the 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 ails you, O you sea, that you flee? You 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 skip 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. Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at
the presence of 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 turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint
into a fountain of waters. |
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
1. Then Solomon assembled the elders
of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses
of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark
of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2. And all the men of Israel
assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim,
which is the seventh month.
3. And all the elders of
Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
4. And they brought up the ark
of the LORD, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the
Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
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 told nor numbered for
multitude.
6. And the priests brought in
the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto its place, into the Sanctuary of the
house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
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.
8. And the staves were so long
that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place, even before the
Sanctuary; but they could not be seen without; and there they are unto this
day.
9. There was nothing in the
ark save the two tables 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.
10. And it came to pass, when
the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of
the LORD,
11. So that the priests could
not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled
the house of the LORD.
12. Then spoke Solomon: The
LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
13. I have surely built You a
house of habitation, a place for You to dwell in forever.
14. And the king turned his
face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel; and all the
congregation of Israel stood.
15. And he said: “Blessed be
the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth unto David my father, and
has with His hand fulfilled it, saying:
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 there; but I chose
David to be over My people Israel.
17. Now it was in the heart of
David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
18. But the LORD said unto David
my father: Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did
well that it was in your heart;
19. Nevertheless you will not
build the house; but your son that will come forth out of your loins, he will
build the house for My name.
20. And the LORD has
established His word that He spoke; for I am risen up in the stead of David my
father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built
the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
21. And there have I set 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.”
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 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 habitable world in order to prove those dwelling on the earth.
11. Behold, I am coming
quickly. Hold fast 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!
Tishri 17, 5770
October 04/05, 2009
Morning Service First Intermediate Weekday of Sukkoth
Torah: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:17-22
Psalm: Psalm 115 &
Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 1:1 -2:15
N.C.: Revelation 2:1-7
Torah Reading: Reader
One Num. 29:17-19
Reader Two Num.
29:20-22
Reader Three Num.
29:23-25
Reader Four Num.
29:17-22
Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for:
Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:17-25
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RASHI |
TARGUM
PSEUDO JONATHAN |
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17.
On the second day [you will bring] twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen
yearling lambs, [all] without blemish, |
17.
On the second day of the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer twelve young
bullocks, by twelve orders; two rams, by two orders; fourteen lambs of the
year unblemished by nine orders, five of them will offer two by two, and four
of them one by one. |
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18.
together with their meal-offerings and their libations for the bulls, rams,
and the lambs, of the required number. |
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.
[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
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.
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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Ketubim:
Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 115:1-18
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JPS |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. 1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto Your name give glory, for
Your mercy, and for Your truth's sake. |
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.
Wherefore should the Gentiles say: “Where is now
their God?” |
2.
Why will the Gentiles say, “Where now is their God?” |
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3.
But our God is in the heavens; whatsoever pleased
Him He has done. |
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 work of men's
hands. |
4.
Their idols are of silver and gold, the handiwork of a son of man. |
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5.
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have
they, but they see not; |
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 hear not; noses have they,
but they smell not; |
6.
They have ears, and do not hear; they have nostrils, but do not smell. |
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7.
They have hands, but they handle not; feet have
they, but they walk not; neither speak they 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.
They that make them will be like unto them; yes,
every one that trusts in them. |
8.
May their makers become like them, everyone who relies upon them. |
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9.
O 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.
O 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.
You that 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 has been mindful of us, He 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 them that fear the LORD, both small
and great. |
13.
He will bless those who fear the Lord, the small with the great. |
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14.
The LORD increase you more and more, you and your children. |
14.
The Word of the Lord will add to you; to you, and to your sons. |
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15.
Blessed be you of the LORD who made 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 the heavens of the LORD; but the
earth has He given 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.
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go
down into silence; |
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 will bless the LORD from this time forth and
forever. 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: Thys 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).
Tishri 18, 5770
October 05/06, 2009
Morning Service Second Intermediate Weekday of Sukkoth
Torah: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:20-26
Psalm: Psalm 116:1-19
& Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 2:16 – 3:22
N.C.: Revelation 2:8-11
Torah Reading: Reader
One Num. 29:20-22
Reader
Two Num. 29:23-25
Reader Three Num. 29:26-28
Reader Four Num. 29:20-26
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. |
|
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; |
|
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, |
|
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. |
|
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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JPS |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. I love that the LORD should hear my voice
and my supplications. |
1.
I love, for the Lord will hear my voice, my prayer. |
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2.
Because He haa inclined His ear unto me, therefore
will I call upon Him all my days. |
2.
For He has inclined His ear to me, and I call [to Him] throughout my days. |
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3.
The cords of death compassed me, and the straits of
the nether-world got hold upon me; I found trouble and sorrow. |
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.
But I called upon the name of the LORD: “I beseech
You, O LORD, deliver 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.
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous/ generous; yes,
our God is compassionate. |
5.
The Lord is gracious and righteous/generous, and our God is merciful. |
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6.
The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low,
and He saved me. |
6.
The Lord observes enticements; I became poor, and it was meet to redeem me. |
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7.
Return, O my soul, unto 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 delivered my soul from death, my eyes
from tears, and my feet 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 will 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 trusted even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted.” |
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 unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward 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 will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon 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.
My vows will I pay unto the LORD, yes, 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.
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. |
15.
Honorable in the presence of the Lord is the death that is sent to his pious
ones. |
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16.
I beseech You, O LORD, for I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of
Your handmaid; You have loosed my bands. |
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.
I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon 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 will pay my vows unto the LORD, yea, 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 courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of you, 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.
Tishri 19, 5770
October 06/07, 2009
Morning Service Third Intermediate Weekday of Sukkoth
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 One Num. 29:23-25
Reader Two Num. 29:26-28
Reader Three Num. 29:29-31
Reader Four Num. 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; |
|
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, |
|
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. |
|
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; |
|
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; |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
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; |
|
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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JPS |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. O praise the LORD, all you Gentiles; laud
Him, all you peoples. |
1.
Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise him, all you nations. |
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2.
For His mercy is great toward us; and the truth of
the LORD endures for ever. 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 idol
sacrifices, 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.
Tishri 20, 5770
October 07/08, 2009
Morning Service Fourth Intermediate Weekday of Sukkoth
Torah: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:26-34
Psalm: Psalm 118:1-29
& Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 6:1 – 7:19
N.C.: Revelation 2:18-29
Torah Reading: Reader One Num. 29:26-28
Reader Two Num. 29:29-31
Reader Three Num. 29:32-34
Reader Four Num. 29:26-31
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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JPS |
Targum on the Psalms |
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1. “O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is
good, for His mercy endures forever.” |
1.
Sing praise in the presence of the Lord, for He is good, for His goodness is
forever. |
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2. So let Israel now say, for His mercy endures
forever, |
2.
Let Israel now say, “For his goodness is forever.” |
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3.
So let the house of Aaron now say, for His mercy
endures forever. |
3.
Let the house of Aaron now say, “For His goodness is forever.” |
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4.
So let them now that fear the LORD say, for His
mercy endures forever. |
4.
Let those who fear the Lord now say, “For His goodness is forever.” |
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5.
Out of my straits I called upon the LORD; He
answered me with great enlargement. |
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 will not fear; what can man do
unto 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 as my helper; and I will gaze
upon them that hate me. |
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 refuge 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 refuge 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 the Gentiless compass me about; verily, in the
name of the LORD I will 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 compass me about, yes, they compass me about;
verily, in the name of the LORD I will 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 compass me about like bees; they are quenched
as the fire of thorns; verily, in the name of the LORD I will 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 did thrust sore at me that I might 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 LORD is my strength and song; and He is become
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.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents
of the righteous/generous; the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. |
15.
The sound of praise and redemption is in the tents of the righteous; 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 does
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 will not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. |
17.
I will not die, for I will live, and I will tell of the deeds of God. |
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18.
The LORD has chastened me sore; but He has not given me over unto death. |
18.
Truly has Yah punished me, but He did not hand me over to death. |
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19.
Open to me the gates of righteousness/ generosity; I will enter into them, I
will give thanks unto the LORD. |
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 gate of the LORD; the righteous/ generous will enter into it. |
20.
This is the entrance of the sanctuary of the Lord; the righteous/generous
will enter by it. |
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21.
I will give thanks unto You, for You have answered me, and have become 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 which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone. |
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 is the LORD'S doing; it is marvelous 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 which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. |
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.
We beseech You, O LORD, save now! We beseech You, O LORD, make us now to
prosper! |
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 that comes in the name of the LORD; we bless you out of the
house 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 has given us light; order the festival procession with
boughs, even unto the horns 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 will give thanks unto You; You are my God, I will 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.
O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good, for His mercy endures for ever! |
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.
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.