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Three and 1/2 year Lectionary Readings

Third Year of the Reading Cycle

Tishri 15-23, 5771 – Sept. 22 – Oct. 01, 2010

Third Year of the Shmita Cycle

 

Candle Lighting and Havdalah Times:

 

 

Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 7:15 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 8:08 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 7:08 PM

 

 

Brisbane, Australia

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 5:26 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 6:19 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 5:29 PM

 

Bucharest, Romania

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 6:53 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 7:52 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 6:44 PM

Chattanooga, & Cleveland, TN, U.S.

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 7:18 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 8:12 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 7:11 PM

 

Jakarta, Indonesia

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 5:31 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 6:19 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 5:30 PM

Manila & Cebu, Philippines

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 5:34 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 6:23 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 5:30 PM

Miami, FL, U.S.

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 6:58 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 7:49 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 6:52 PM

 

Olympia, WA, U.S.

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 6:49 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 7:50 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 6:39 PM

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

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 6:31 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 7:26 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 6:24 PM

San Antonio, TX, U.S.

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 7:11 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 8:03 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 7:05 PM

Sheboygan  & Manitowoc, WI, US

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 6:28 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 7:27 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 6:19 PM

 

Singapore, Singapore

Shabbat of Sukkoth

Fri. Sep. 24, 2010 – Candles at 6:42 PM

Sat. Sep. 25, 2010 – Havdalah 7:31 PM

Shemini Atzeret – 8th Day

Wed. Sep. 29, 2010 – Candles at 6:40 PM

 

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

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Hag HaSukkoth - Feast of Tabernacles

5771 C.E.

 

We wish all of our readers a most happy, blessed and joyous time over the holidays of Sukkoth (Tabernacles) together with loved ones as you welcome daily your most Distinguished guests at your Sukkah, together with all of most noble and beloved Jewish brothers and sisters, and their Torah Scholars, amen ve amen!

 

 

 

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Hag HaSukkoth

Feast of Tabernacles

5771 C.E.

 

 

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Tishri 17, 5771

Friday Evening September 24 – Saturday Evening September 25, ‏2010

 

Morning Service for the Intermediate Sabbath of Sukkoth

Shabbat de Tabernαculos

 

Torah:              Shemot (Exodus) 33:12 - 34:26‎; (M) BeMidbar (Num.) 29:17-22‎

Ashlamatah:     Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16 ‎

Psalm:              Psalm 115 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 1:1 - 2:15‎

N.C.:                Revelation 2:1-7

 

Torah Reading:

 

Reader 1 – Shemot 33:12-16

Reader 2 – Shemot 33:17-19

Reader 3 – Shemot 33:20-23

Reader 4 – Shemot 34:1-3

Reader 5 – Shemot 34:4-10

Reader 6 – Shemot 34:11-17

Reader 7 – Shemot 34:18-26

    Maftir – BeMidbar 29:17-22

                - Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16

 

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Shemot (Exodus) ‎‎‎33:12 – 34:26‎

 

Rashi

Targum Pseudo Jonathan

12. Moses said to the Lord: "Look, You say to me: 'Bring this people up!' But You have not informed me whom You will send with me. And You said: 'I have known you by name and you have also found favor in My eyes.'

12. And Mosheh said before the LORD, Lo, what have You said to me, Take this people up? but You have not made me to know whom You will send with me. By Your Word You have said, I have ordained you with a goodly name, and you have found favour before Me.

13. And now, if I have indeed found favor in Your eyes, pray let me know Your ways, so that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your eyes; and consider that this nation is Your people."

13. But now I pray, if I have found mercy before You, make me to know the way of Your goodness, to understand Your mercy when in Your dealing with just men it falls to them as it (falls) to the guilty, and to the guilty as to the just; but, on the contrary how it (indeed) befalls the just according to their righteousness/ generosity and the guilty according to their guilt: that I may find mercy before You, and it be made manifest by You that this people is Your people.

14. So He said, "My Presence will go, and I will give you rest."

14. And He said, Await, until the face of My displeasure will have gone away, and afterward I will give you rest.

15. And he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go [with us], do not take us up from here.

15. And he said to Him, If Your wrath go not from us, suffer us not to go up from hence under the frown of Your displeasure.

16. For how then will it be known that I have found favor in Your eyes, I and Your people? Is it not in that You will go with us? Then I and Your people will be distinguished from every [other] nation on the face of the earth."

16. In what will it be known that I have found mercy before You but in the converse of Your Shekinah with us, that distinguishing signs may be wrought for us, in the withholding of the Spirit of prophecy from the Gentiles, and by Your speaking by the Holy Spirit to me and to Your people, that we may be distinguished from all the peoples upon the face of the earth?

17. And the Lord said to Moses: "Even this thing that you have spoken, I will do, for you have found favor in My eyes, and I have known you by name."

17. And the LORD said to Mosheh, This thing also which you have spoken of, will I do; for you have found mercy before Me, and I have ordained you with a goodly name.

18. And he said: "Show me, now, Your glory!"

18. And he said, Show now unto me Your glory

19. He said: "I will let all My goodness pass before you; I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you, and I will favor when I wish to favor, and I will have compassion when I wish to have compassion."

19. but He said, Behold, I will make all the measure of My goodness pass before you, and I will give utterance in the good name of the Word of the Lord before you; and I will have compassion upon whom I see it right to have compassion, and will be merciful to whom I see it right to have mercy.

20. And He said, "You will not be able to see My face, for man shall not see Me and live."

20. And He said, you cannot see the visage of My face; for no man can see Me and abide alive. And the LORD said,

21. And the Lord said: "Behold, there is a place with Me, and you shall stand on the rock.

21. Behold, a place is prepared before Me, and you will stand upon the rock.

22. And it shall be that when My glory passes by, I will place you into the cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with My hand until I have passed by.

22. And it will be that when the glory of My Shekinah passes before you, I will put you in a cavern of the rock, and will overshadow you with My Word until the time that I have passed by.

23. Then I will remove My hand, and you will see My back but My face shall not be seen."

23. And I will make the host of angels who stand and minister before Me to pass by, and you will see the hand-border of the tephillin of My glorious Shekinah; but the face of the glory of My Shekinah you can not be able to see.

 

 

1. And the Lord said to Moses: "Hew for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones. And I will inscribe upon the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

1. And the LORD said to Mosheh, Hew yourself two tables of stone, as the former, and write upon the tables the words that were upon the former tables which you did break;

2. Be prepared for the morning, and in the morning you shall ascend Mount Sinai and stand before Me there on the top of the mountain.

2. and be ready in the morning; and at morning ascend Mount Sinai and stand there before Me on the summit of the mountain.

3. No one shall ascend with you, neither shall anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain, neither shall the sheep and the cattle graze facing that mountain."

3. No man will ascend with you, nor any man be seen on all the mountain, nor sheep, nor oxen grazing on the side of the mount.

4. So he [Moses] hewed two stone tablets like the first ones, and Moses arose early in the morning and ascended Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand.

4. And he hewed two tables of stone like the former: and Mosheh arose in the morning and ascended Mount Sinai, as the LORD had instructed him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

5. And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and He called out in the name of the Lord.

5. And the LORD revealed Himself in the cloud of the glory of His Shekinah, and Mosheh stood with Him there; and Mosheh called on the Name of the Word of the Lord.

6. And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed: v u v h, v u v h, God, Who is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving kindness and truth,

6. And the LORD made His Shekinah to pass by before his face, and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and near in mercies, abounding to exercise compassion and truth;

7. preserving loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and rebellion and sin; yet He does not completely clear [of sin] He visits the iniquity of parents on children and children's children, to the third and fourth generations."

7. keeping mercy and bounty for thousands of generations, absolving and remitting guilt, passing by rebellions, and covering sins; pardoning them who convert unto the Law, but holding not guiltless in the great day of judgment those who will not convert; visiting the sins of fathers upon rebellious children upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

8. And Moses hastened, bowed his head to the ground and prostrated himself,

8. And Mosheh made haste and bowed himself upon the earth and worshipped.

9. and said: "If I have now found favor in Your eyes, O Lord, let the Lord go now in our midst [even] if they are a stiff necked people, and You shall forgive our iniquity and our sin and thus secure us as Your possession."

9. And he said, If now I have found mercy before the LORD let the Shekinah of the Glory of the LORD go among us; for it is a people of hard neck; but pardon You our guilt and our sin, and give us the inheritance of the land which You did covenant unto our fathers, and change us not to become an alien people.

10. And He said: "Behold! I will form a covenant; in the presence of all your people, I will make distinctions such as have not been created upon all the earth and among all the nations, and all the people in whose midst you are shall see the work of the Lord how awe inspiring it is that which I will perform with you.

10. And He said, Behold, I make a covenant that I will not change this people to become an alien people; nevertheless from you will proceed a multitude of the righteous/generous; and with all your people will I do wondrous things in the time when they go into captivity by the rivers of Babel: for I will bring them up from thence, and make them dwell from within the river Sambation; and like wonders will not be created among all the inhabitants of the earth, nor among any nation. And all the people among whom you wilt dwell will see in that day the work of the LORD; for terrible is the thing that I will do with you.

11. Keep carefully what I am commanding you today: Lo! I will drive out from before you the Amorites and the Canaanites, the Hittites and the Perizzites, the Hivvites and the Jebusites.

11. Observe that which I command you this day: behold, I drive out from before you the Amoraee, and Kenaanaee, and Hittaee, and Pherizaee, and Hivaee, and Jebusaee.

12. Beware lest you form a covenant with the inhabitant[s] of the land into which you are coming, lest it become a snare in your midst.

12. Take heed to yourself, lest you strike covenants with the inhabitants of that land into which you are to enter; that it may not be a stumbling-block unto you.

13. But you shall demolish their altars, shatter their monuments, and cut down their sacred trees.

13. But you will rather destroy their high places, and break their statues, and cut down their groves;

14. For you shall not prostrate yourself before another god, because the Lord, Whose Name is "Jealous One," is a jealous God.

14. for it is not lawful for you to worship other gods; for the LORD is zealous and vengeful; His Name is God, the Zealous and the Avenger.

15. Lest you form a covenant with the inhabitant[s] of the land, and they [the gentiles] go astray after their gods, and they offer sacrifices to their gods, and they invite you, and you eat of their slaughtering,

15. Lest you strike a covenant with the dwellers in the land, and they draw you astray after their idols, and they sacrifice to their idols, and invite you, and you eat of the sacrifices of their idols

16. and you take of their daughters for your sons; then their daughters will go astray after their gods and lead your sons astray after their gods.

16. and you take of their daughters for your sons, and when their daughters wander after their idols they make your sons also go astray after their idols.

17. You shall not make molten gods for yourself.

17. Molten gods you will not make to yourselves.

18. The Festival of Unleavened Cakes you shall keep; seven days you shall eat unleavened cakes which I have commanded you, at the appointed meeting time of the month of spring, for in the month of spring you went out of Egypt.

18. You will observe the feast of the unleavened. Seven days you will eat unleavened (cakes), as I have commanded you, in the time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out free from Mizraim.

19. All that opens the womb is Mine, and all your livestock [that] bears a male, [by] the emergence of ox or lamb.

19. Whatever opens the womb is Mine; and of all cattle you are to consecrate the males, of oxen, and of sheep.

20. And a firstborn donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; if you do not redeem it, you shall decapitate it; every firstborn of your sons you shall redeem, and they shall not appear before Me empty handed.

20. But the firstling of an ass you may redeem with a lamb; but if you redeem him not, you will cut him off with the blade. And each firstborn of your sons you must redeem; and they will not appear before Me empty handed.

21. Six days you may work, and on the seventh day you shall rest; in plowing and in harvest you shall rest.

21. Six days will you work, and in the seventh day have rest; in ploughing time and in harvest times you will rest.

22. And you shall make for yourself a Festival of Weeks, the first of the wheat harvest, and the festival of the ingathering, at the turn of the year.

22. The feast of weeks also will you make to yourself in the time of the firsts of the wheat harvest; and the feast of ingathering at the conclusion of the year.

23. Three times during the year shall all your male[s] appear directly before the Master, the Lord, the God of Israel.

23. Three times in the year will all your males appear before the Master of the world, the LORD God of Israel.

24. When I drive out nations from before you and I widen your border, no one will covet your land when you go up, to appear before the Lord, your God, three times each year.

24. For I will drive out the nations from before you, and enlarge your borders; and no man will covet your land at the time of your going up to appear before the LORD your God three times in the year.

25. You shall not slaughter [or sprinkle] the blood of My sacrifice with leaven, and the offering of the Passover feast shall not remain overnight until the morning.

25. You will not sacrifice the victim of My Passover before you have done away with leaven; nor suffer the fat of the paschal sacrifice to remain about the altar till the morning.

26. The choicest of the first of your soil you shall bring to the house of the Lord, your God. You shall not cook a kid in its mother's milk."

26. The best of the first-fruits of your land you will bring to the sanctuary of the LORD your God. You are not allowed to boil or to eat flesh and milk mixed together, lest My displeasure be kindled against you, and the fruit of your trees, with the grapes in their branches and their leaves, be laid waste together.

 

 

 

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: BeMidbar (Numbers) ‎‎‎‎29:17-22‎‎

 

Rashi

Targum Pseudo Jonathan

17. And on the second day, twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in the first year, [all] unblemished.

17. On the second day of the Feast of Tabernacles you shall offer twelve young bullocks, by twelve orders; two rams, by two orders; fourteen lambs of the year unblemished by nine orders, five of them shall offer two by two, and four of them one by one.

18. And their meal offerings and their libations, for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, as prescribed.

18. And their mincha of wheat flour, and the wine of their libation which will be offered with the bullocks, rams, and lambs, by their number according to the order of their appointment;

19. And one young male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and their libations.

19. and one ram by one order, a sin offering, beside the perpetual sacrifice, and the wheat flour of their minchas, and their libations of wine.

20. And on the third day, eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in the first year, [all] unblemished.

20. On the third day of the Feast of Tabernacles you will offer twelve bullocks by twelve orders; two rams by two orders, fourteen unblemished lambs of the year, by ten orders; four of them will offer two and two, and six of them one by one;

21. And their meal offerings and their libations, for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, as prescribed.

21. and their mincha of wheat flour, and their libations of wine, you will offer with the bullocks, rams, and lambs, by the number in their appointed order;

22. And one young male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering and its libation.

22. and one kid of the goats for a sin offering by one order; beside the perpetual sacrifice the wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine.

 

 

 

 

 

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 115:1-18

 

Rashi

Targum on the Psalms

1. Not for us, O Lord, not for us, but for Your name give honor, for Your kindness and for Your truthfulness.

1. Not on our account, O LORD, not on account of our merits, but rather to your name give glory, because of your goodness and because of your truth.

2. Why should the nations say, "Where is your God now?"

2. Why will the Gentiles say, "Where now is their God?"

3. But our God is in heaven; whatever He wishes, He does.

3. And our God's residence is in heaven, all that he desires he has done.

4. Their idols are silver and gold, the handiwork of man.

4. Their idols are of silver and gold, the handiwork of a son of man.

5. They have a mouth but they do not speak; they have eyes but they do not see.

5. They have a mouth, but do not speak; they have eyes, and do not see.

6. They have ears but they do not hear; they have a nose but they do not smell.

6. They have ears, and do not hear; they have nostrils, but do not smell.

7. Their hands-but they do not feel; their feet-but they do not walk; they do not murmur with their throat.

7. Hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; they do not murmur with their throat.

8. Like them shall be those who make them, all who trust in them.

8. May their makers become like them, everyone who relies upon them.

9. Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.

9. O Israel, trust in the word of the LORD; he is their helper and their shield.

10. House of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.

10. Those of the house of Aaron, trust in the word of the LORD; he is their helper and their shield.

11. Those who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.

11. You who fear the LORD, trust in the word of the LORD; he is their helper and their shield.

12. The Lord, Who remembered us, will bless; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron.

12. The word of the LORD has remembered us for good, he will bless; he will bless the house of Israel, he will bless the house of Aaron.

13. He will bless those who fear the Lord, the small together with the great.

13. He will bless those who fear the LORD, the small with the great.

14. May the Lord add upon you, upon you and upon your children.

14. The word of the LORD will add to you; to you, and to your sons.

15. Blessed are you to the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

15. Blessed are you in the presence of the LORD, maker of heaven and earth.

16. The heavens are heavens of the Lord, but the earth He gave to the children of men.

16. The heavens of the heavens are for the glorious presence of the LORD, and the earth he has given to the sons of men.

17. Neither will the dead praise God, nor all those who descend to the grave.

17. The dead do not praise the name of the LORD, nor any of those who go down to the grave of earth.

18. But we shall bless God from now until everlasting, Hallelujah!

18. But we will bless Yah, from now and forevermore. Hallelujah!

 

 

 

 

Ashlamatah: Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16‎

 

Rashi

Targum

18. And it will come to pass on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord God, that My blazing indignation will flame in My nostrils.

18. But it will be at that time, on the day of Gog's coming against the land of Israel, says the LORD God, My wrath will be kindled, and My fury.

19. For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath I have spoken; Surely there shall be a great noise on that day in the land of Israel.

19. And when My punishment is revealed, when the fire of My wrath is kindled, I have decreed by My Memra, that surely on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.

20. And at My presence, the fishes of the sea and the birds of the heaven and the beasts of the field and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men who are upon the surface of the earth shall quake, and all the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall to the ground.

20. The fish of the sea, and the birds of the sky, and the beasts of the field, and all the creeping things that creep on the ground, and all human beings who are on the face of the earth will tremble before Me; the mountains will be demolished, and the towers will be torn down, and every high wall will be piled in rubble on the ground.

21. And I will call the sword against him upon all My mountains, says the Lord God: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

21. I will summon him to fall by the sword on the mountains of Israel My people, says the LORD God. A man's sword will be against his brother.

22. And I will judge against him with pestilence and with blood, and rain bringing floods, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone will I rain down upon him and upon his hordes and upon the many peoples that are with him.

22. I will punish him by pestilence and by killing; torrential rain, hailstones, fire and sulphur will I rain upon him and his armies and upon the many peoples that are with him.

23. And I will reveal Myself in My greatness and in My holiness and will be recognized in the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am the Lord.

23. Thus I will magnify and sanctify Myself; and I will reveal My might in the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am the LORD."

 

 

1. And you, Son of man, prophesy about Gog, and say; So says the Lord God: Lo! I am against you, O Gog, prince and head of Meshech and Tubal.

1. “And you, Son of Adam, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus says the LORD God: Behold I am sending My wrath, against you, O Gog, great chief of Meshech and Tubal.

2. And I will unbridle and entice you and lead you up from the utmost parts of the north and bring you upon the mountains of Israel.

2. I will swing you around, and lead you astray, and I will take you up from the farthest ends of the north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

3. And I will smite the bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.

3. Then I will cast away your bow from your left hand, and pull down your arrows from your right hand.

4. Upon the mountains of Israel shall you fall, you and all your hordes, and the people that are with you; to the birds of prey, to all the winged creatures and the beasts of the field have I given you to be devoured.

4. On the mountains of the land of Israel will your corpse be flung, you and all your armies, and the many peoples that are with you; I have handed you over to the fowl, to every bird that flies and the beasts of the field, to be destroyed.

5. Upon the open field shall you fall, for I have spoken, says the Lord God.

5. Your corpse will be flung on the open field, for I have decreed it by My Memra, says the LORD God.

6. And I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell in safety in the islands, and they will know that I am the Lord.

6. I will kindle a fire in Magog and among the inhabitants of the islands who dwell securely, and they will know that I am the LORD.

7. And I will make known My Holy Name in the midst of My people Israel, and I will no longer cause My Holy Name to be profaned, and the nations will know that I, the Lord, am holy in Israel.

7. And My holy name I will reveal in the midst of My people Israel; and never again will I allow My holy name to be profaned; and the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One; I have made My Shekinah to dwell in Israel.

8. Behold it is coming, and it will be, says the Lord God: that is the day whereof I have spoken.

8. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled, says the LORD God; it is the day that I have decreed by My Memra.

9. Then the inhabitants of the cities of Israel will go forth and make fires and heat up with the weapons, the bucklers, and the encompassing shields, the bows and the arrows and the hand-staves and the spears, and burn them as fires for seven years.

9. Then those who dwell in the cities of the land of Israel will go out, and use for heating and store up for kindling, the weapons, bucklers and shields, bows and arrows, wooden staves and spears, and they will use them for kindling for seven years.

10. So that they shall carry no wood from the fields nor cut down any from the forests, for they shall make fires from the weapons. Thus will they spoil those who spoiled them and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God.

10. And they will not take wood from the field, nor cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for kindling, and they will despoil those who despoiled them, and take booty of those who plundered them, says the LORD God.

11. And it shall come to pass on that day that I will give Gog a place there as a grave in Israel, the valley of them who pass along the east side of the sea, and it will then stop those who pass along. And there shall they bury Gog and all his hordes, and they shall call it the Valley of Hamon Gog [the masses of Gog].

11. It shall be at that time, I will give to Gog a proper place for a burial ground in Israel, in the Valley of the Pass, east of the sea of Gennesaret (Kinneret) and it is near the two mountains [of Abraim]. there they will bury Gog and all of his noisy horde; and they will call it the Valley of Gog's Noisy Horde.

12. And seven months shall the House of Israel be burying them in order to purify the land.

12. The House of Israel will bury them for seven months in order to cleanse the land.

13. They will bury all the people of the land, and they will be renowned; it is a day when I will be glorified, says the Lord God.

13. All the people of the land will bury them; and it will make them famous on the day that I reveal My glory, says the LORD God.

14. Men of continuous employment they shall separate, who pass through the land, burying those who pass through with those who are left on the surface of the land, in order to purify it, at the end of seven months shall they search.

14. And they will appoint men to traverse the land continually, a mobile group, burying those that remain above ground, to cleanse it; at the end of seven months they will begin to search.

15. And when they that pass through shall pass and see a human bone, they shall build a sign next to it until the buriers bury it in the Valley of Hamon Gog.

15. And if one of those who traverse the land will pass along the road, and see a human bone, he will erect a marker beside it until those who bury it will have interred it in the Valley of Gog's Noisy Horde.

16. And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus they shall purify the land.

16. There. too, will be flung the slain of' Rome, the city of many boisterous crowds. thus they will cleanse the land.

 

 

 

 

Rashi’s Commentary on Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16‎

 

19 a great noise [Heb. רַעַשּׁ ,] through noise and thunder, as he states.

 

20 and the cliffs shall fall [Heb. הַמַּדְרִגוֹת .] I heard that they are perpendicular hanging rocks, which appear to be falling, but I say that they are mounds of the towers, for they dig around and cast up the earth in the center to raise the mound, and it is made into steps, eschelons, eschillons in Old French, steps, in order that the earth remain, and after it is pressed down well, they remove the forms that hold up the step.

 

21 And I will call the sword against him upon all My mountains for the sword to come upon them, against him. “And I will call” means, I will prepare. And what is the sword that I will call against him? Their own sword: “every man’s sword shall be against his brother.”

 

22 and great hailstones Hailstones that glisten like precious stones named גָּבִישּׁ , crystal, as the matter is stated (Job 28:18): “Coral and crystal (וְגָּבִישּׁ) .” Our Sages said (Ber. 54b): עַל גַב אִישּׁ : Hailstones that started to fall on Egypt, and stood in the air over the man (עַל גַב אִישּׁ) , Moses, who prayed that they not fall, as the matter that is stated (Exod. 9:33), לֽא נִתַּךְ אַרְצָה “[it] did not reach the ground.”

 

Chapter 39

 

2 and I will entice you [Heb. וְשִּׁשֵּׁאתִיךָ ,] like וְהִשֵּׁאתִיךָ , I will entice you upon My people, as in (Ps. 89:23): “No enemy will entice (יַשִׂיא) him.”

 

7 and I will no longer cause My Holy Name to be profaned For Israel’s degradation is a profanation of His Name, “inasmuch as it is said of them, ‘these are the people of the Lord’” (above 36:20), and He is unable to save them.

 

9 and heat up [Heb. וְהִשִּׂיקוּ ,] like (Orlah 3:5): “An oven that they heated up (שֶּׁהִטִיקוּהָ) ” in the language of the Mishnah.

 

with the weapons [Heb. בַנֶשֶּׁק ,] an armures in Old French, with weapons.

 

11 I will give Gog a place there as a grave A place where there will be a grave for them. Since he is of the seed of Japtheth, who covered his father’s nakedness, he therefore merited burial.

 

the valley of those who pass along The valley where people pass the Sea of Kinnereth to bring from there Genossar fruits regularly.

 

the east side of the sea Jonathan renders: on the east of the Sea of Gennasar.

 

and it will then stop those who pass along [Heb. וְחֽסֶמֶת .] It closes off those who pass, like (Deut. 25:4): “You shall not muzzle (לֽא תַחְסוֹם) .” Because of the many corpses that will fall there, travelers will be prevented from passing through. Therefore, they will pass by them and bury them. Menachem (p. 91) interprets it in his book (Machbereth) to mean that they will close their nose so as not to smell the odor of the corpses.

 

13 They will bury all the people of the land because they died there.

and they will be renowned All the nations will speak their name as praise and as a sign of kindness: “There are no nations as compassionate as this one; do you find a man who buries his enemy who rose up against him to kill him?”

 

14 Men of continuous employment Men designed to continuously devote themselves to this. Israel will separate out in order to [be able to] pass through the land and gather the scattered [corpses].

 

burying with those who pass through Burying with (Heb. אֶת ) those who pass through; the corpses (אֶתהַנוֹתָרִים) that will block off and hinder the crossing. Those who crossed the ocean will bury them for their own benefit.

 

with those who pass through Heb. אֶתהַעֽבְרִים , with those who pass through. So I heard, and so did Jonathan render.

 

those who are left on the surface of the land far from the crossing. Those who cross the sea will not occupy themselves with burying them. Those designated to devote themselves to this purpose will bury them.

 

at the end of seven months the majority of the corpses visible to the eye will have been buried; from then on they will probe through the land in the hidden places, in the briars and among the thorns, and bury whomever find.

 

15 And when they that pass through the land shall pass Wayfarers who see a human bone will construct a marker next to it as a sign that there is a bone of a dead body there, in order that wayfarers and those who prepare ritually pure food should stay away from it.

 

until the men of continuous employment, designated to search, will come and bury it.

 

16 And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah And also the city whose name is “the city stirring with numerous people,” that is, the wicked city, the masses of its inhabitants will be buried there.

 

Thus they shall purify the land [i.e.,] Israel will purify their ritually pure foods and their terumoth in the Land.

 

Hamonah without a “mappiq hey” since the final “hey” serves as an adjective, for הֲמוֹנָה is like הוֹמִיָה , stirring.

 

 

 

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).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further study see:

http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html

http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html

 

Tishri 18, 5771

Saturday Evening September 25 – Sunday Evening September 26, ‏2010

 

Morning Service Sukkoth 4th Day

Morning Service Tabernacles (day Four) – Tabernαculos (Quarto Dνa)

 

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 1 – BeMidbar 29:20-22

Reader 2 – BeMidbar 29:23-25

Reader 3 – BeMidbar 29:26-28

Reader 4 – BeMidbar 29:20-26   

 

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) ‎‎‎29:20-28‎

 

RASHI

TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN

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;

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;

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;

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.

 

 

 

 

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 116:1-19

 

Rashi

Targum on the Psalms

1. I wished that the Lord would hear my voice [in] my supplications.

1. I love, for the LORD will hear my voice, my prayer.

2. For He extended His ear to me, and I shall call out in my days.

2. For He has inclined His ear to me, and I call [to Him] throughout my days.

3. [When] bands of death surrounded me and the boundaries of the grave befell me, and I found trouble and grief,

3. The sicknesses of death surrounded me, and the pains of Sheol found me; pain and sorrow I will find.

4. And I called out in the name of the Lord, "Please, O Lord, save my soul!

4. And in the name of the LORD I will call out: Please, O LORD, save my soul.

5. The Lord is gracious and righteous, and our God is merciful.

5. The LORD is gracious and righteous/generous, and our God is merciful.

6. The Lord protects the simple; when I was poor, He saved me.

6. The LORD observes enticements; I became poor, and it was meet to redeem me.

7. Return, my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

7. Return, O my soul, to your place of rest, for the Word of the LORD has repaid you with good.

8. For You have rescued my soul from death, my eye from tears, and my foot from stumbling.

8. For You have delivered my soul from being killed, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

9. I shall walk before the Lord in the lands of the living.

9. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

10. I believed so that I spoke; I humble myself exceedingly.

10. I have believed, therefore I will speak; in the assembly of the righteous/generous I have sung much praise.

11. I said in my haste, "All men are liars."

11. I said when I fled, “All the sons of men are liars.”

12. How can I repay the Lord for all His favors upon me?

12. How will I repay in the presence of the LORD all His kind favors that are shown to me?

13. I shall lift up a cup of salvations, and I shall call out in the name of the Lord.

13. The cup of redemption I will carry in the age to come, and I will call on the name of the LORD.

14. I shall pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all His people.

14. I will repay my vows in the presence of the LORD, I will tell now His miracles to all His people.

15. Difficult in the eyes of the Lord is the death of His pious ones.

15. Honorable in the presence of the LORD is the death that is sent to His pious ones.

16. Please, O Lord, for I am Your servant; I am Your servant the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my thongs.

16. Please, O LORD; for I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaiden, You have loosened my bonds.

17. To You I shall slaughter a thanksgiving offering, and I shall call out in the name of the Lord.

17. To You I will sacrifice the sacrifice of slaughter, and call out in the name of the LORD.

18. I shall pay my vows to the Lord now in the presence of all His people,

18. I will repay my vows in the presence of the LORD, I will tell now His miracles to all His people.

19. In the courtyards of the house of the Lord, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

19. In the courts of the sanctuary of our God, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

 

 

 

 

Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 2:16 - 3:22

 

16. For there is not a memory of the wise more than with the fool forever, in that already the days to come will be forgotten. And how does the wise die above the fool?

17. So then I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is evil to me; for all is vanity and striving after wind.

18. Yes, I, a labourer, hated all my labour under the sun, that I must leave it to the man who will be after me.

19. And who knows if he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule among all my labour in which I laboured, and acted wisely under the sun. This is also vanity.

20. And I turned to make my heart despair over all the labour which I laboured under the sun.

21. When there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with advantage; yet he will give it to a man who has not laboured with it, for his share; this also is vanity and a great evil.

22. For what is there for man in all his labour, and in striving of his heart, which he did as a labourer under the sun?

23. For all his days are pains, and his task is grief; his heart does not even take rest in the night. Even this also is vanity.

24. Is it not good that he should eat and drink and make his soul see good in his labour? This I also saw, that it was from the hand of God.

25. For who can eat, or who can enjoy, apart from me?

26. For God gives wisdom, and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight. But to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and to heap up, to give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and striving after wind.

 

1. To all there is an appointed time, even a time for every purpose under the heavens:

2. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pull up what is planted;

3. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build up;

4. A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5. A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6. A time to seek, and a time to give up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away;

7. A time to tear, and a time to sew together; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8. A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

9. What advantage has he who works in that which he did as a labourer?

10. I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men, to be humbled by it.

11. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, He has set eternity in their heart, without which man cannot find out the work that God makes from the beginning even to the end.

12. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice to do good in his life.

13. And also every man that eats and drinks, and sees good in his labour, it is the gift of God.

14. I know that whatever God does, it will be forever; nothing is to be added to it, and nothing is to diminish from it. And God does it so that they fear before Him.

15. That which has been, it already is; and that which is to be, it already has been. And God seeks what has gone by.

16. And again I saw under the sun the place of justice: wickedness/lawlessness is there; and the place of righteousness/generosity, wickedness/lawlessness is there.

17. I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous/generous and the wicked/lawless; for there is a time there for every good purpose and for every work.

18. I said in my heart concerning the issue of the sons of men, that God may test them and see that they by themselves are beasts.

19. For that which happens to the sons of men, and that which happens to beasts, even one event is to them. As this one dies, so that one dies; yea, one breath is to all; so that there is to the man no advantage over the beast; for all is vanity.

20. All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all return to the dust.

21. Who knows the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward; and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?

22. And I have seen that nothing is better than that the man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

 

 

 

Revelation 2:8-11

 

8. And to the angel of the congregation of Smyrna, write: Thus says the first (Adam) and the Last (Adam), who became dead, and lives:

9. I know your works, and your affliction, and your poverty; but you are rich. And I know the evil speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, when they are not Jewish [but are Gentiles], and are a synagogue of the Adversary.

10. Do not fear at all what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested; and you will have affliction for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of Life.

11. The one who has ears, hear what the Spirit [of G-d] says to the [Jewish] congregations. The one overcoming will not at all be hurt by the second death.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further study see:

http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html

http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html

 

Tishri 19, 5771

Sunday Evening September 26 – Monday Evening September 27, ‏2010

 

Morning Service Sukkoth 5th Day

Morning Service Tabernacles (day Five) – Tabernαculos (Quinto Dνa)

 

Torah:              BeMidbar (Numbers) ‎29:23-28‎

Psalm:              Psalm 117:1-2 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 4:1 – 5:20‎

N.C.:                Revelation 2:12-17

 

Torah Reading:

 

Reader 1 – BeMidbar 29:23-25

Reader 2 – BeMidbar 29:26-28

Reader 3 – BeMidbar 29:29-31

Reader 4 – BeMidbar 29:23-28   

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) ‎‎‎29:23-31‎

 

RASHI

TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN

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.

 

 

 

 

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 117:1-2

 

Rashi

Targum on the Psalms

1. Praise the Lord, all nations, laud Him, all peoples.

1. Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; praise him, all you nations.    

2. For His kindness has overwhelmed us, and the truth of the Lord is eternal. Hallelujah!

2. For He has increased His goodness towards us; and the truth of the Lord is forever. Hallelujah!

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further study see:

http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html

http://www.betemunah.org/birth.html

 

Tishri 20, 5771

Monday Evening September 27 – Tuesday Evening September 28, ‏2010

 

Morning Service Sukkoth 6th Day

Morning Service Tabernacles (day Six) – Tabernαculos (Sexto Dνa)

 

Torah:              BeMidbar (Numbers) ‎29:26-31‎

Psalm:              Psalm 118:1-29 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) ‎6:1 – 7:19‎

N.C.:                Revelation 2:18-29

 

Torah Reading:

 

Reader 1 – BeMidbar 29:26-28

Reader 2 – BeMidbar 29:29-31

Reader 3 – BeMidbar 29:32-34

Reader 4 – BeMidbar 29:26-31   

 

 

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) ‎‎‎29:26-34‎

 

RASHI

TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN

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.

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.

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

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.

 

 

 

 

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 118:1-29

 

Rashi

Targum on the Psalms

1. Give thanks to the Lord because He is good, for His kindness is eternal.

1. Sing praise in the presence of the LORD, for He is good, for His goodness is forever.

2. Israel shall now say, "For His kindness is eternal."

2. Let Israel now say, “For His goodness is forever.”

3. The house of Aaron shall now say, "For His kindness is eternal."

3. Let the house of Aaron now say, “For His goodness is forever.”

4. Those who fear the Lord shall now say, "For His kindness is eternal."

4. Let those who fear the LORD now say, “For His goodness is forever.”

5. From the straits I called God; God answered me with a vast expanse.

5. Out of distress I called to Yah, Yah accepted my prayer in a broad place.

6. The Lord is for me; I shall not fear. What can man do to me?

6. The Word of the LORD is my help, I will not fear, what will a son of man do to me?

7. The Lord is for me with my helpers, and I shall see [revenge] in my enemies.

7. The Word of the LORD is helping me, and I will behold vengeance on my foes.

8. It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in man.

8. It is better to trust in the Word of the LORD than to rely on a son of man.

9. It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in princes.

9. It is better to trust in the Word of the LORD than to rely on rulers.

10. All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord that I shall cut them off.

10. All the Gentiles have surrounded me; in the name of the Word of the LORD I have put my trust, for I will tear them apart.

11. They encircled me, yea they surrounded me; in the name of the Lord that I shall cut them off.

11. They have encompassed me, indeed, surrounded me; in the name of the Word of the LORD I have put my trust, for I will tear them apart.

12. They encircled me like bees; they were extinguished like a thorn fire; in the name of the Lord that I shall cut them off.

12. They have encompassed me like hornets; they burned like fire in thorns; in the name of the Word of the LORD I have put my trust, for I will tear them apart.

13. You pushed me to fall, but the Lord helped me.

13. But you have knocked me down to make me fall; and the Word of the LORD has given me help.

14. The might and the cutting power of God was my salvation.

14. My strength and my praise are fearful against all the world; the LORD gave command by His Word, and has become my redeemer.

15. A voice of singing praises and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; the right hand of the Lord deals valiantly.

15. The sound of praise and redemption is in the tents of the righteous/generous; the right hand of the LORD has done mightily.

16. The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord deals valiantly.

16. The right hand of the LORD is exalted; the right hand of the LORD has done mightily.

17. I shall not die but I shall live and tell the deeds of God.

17. I will not die, for I will live, and I will tell of the deeds of God.

18. God has chastised me, but He has not delivered me to death.

18. Truly has Yah punished me, but He did not hand me over to death.

19. Open for me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter them and thank God.

19. Open to me the entrances of the city of righteousness/generosity; I will enter them, I will praise Yah.

20. This is the Lord's gate; the righteous will enter therein.

20. This is the entrance of the sanctuary of the LORD; the righteous/generous will enter by it.

21. I shall thank You because You answered me, and You were my salvation.

21. I will give thanks in Your presence, for You have received my prayer, and become for me a redeemer.

22. The stone that the builders rejected became a cornerstone.

22. The child the builders abandoned was among the sons of Jesse; and he was worthy to be appointed king and ruler.

23. This was from the Lord; it is wondrous in our eyes.

23. “This has come from the presence of the LORD,” said the builders; “it is wonderful before us,” said the sons of Jesse.

24. This is the day that the Lord made; we shall exult and rejoice thereon.

24. “This day the LORD has made,” said the builders; “let us rejoice and be glad in it,” said the sons of Jesse.

25. Please, O Lord, save now! Please, O Lord, make prosperous now!

25. “If it please You, O LORD, redeem us now,” said the builders; “if it please You, O LORD, prosper us now,” said Jesse and his wife.

26. Blessed be he who has come in the name of the Lord; we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

26. “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Word of the LORD,” said the builders; “they will bless you from the sanctuary of the LORD,” said David.

27. The Lord is God, and He gave us light. Bind the sacrifice with ropes until [it is brought to] the corners of the altar.

27. “God, the LORD, has given us light,” said the tribes of the house of Judah; “bind the child for a festal sacrifice with chains until you sacrifice him, and sprinkle his blood on the horns of the altar,” said Samuel the prophet.

28. You are my God and I shall thank You; the God of my father, and I shall exalt You.

28. “You are my God, and I will give thanks in Your presence; my God, I will praise You,” said David.

29. Give thanks to the Lord because He is good, for His kindness is eternal.

29. Samuel answered and said, “Sing praise, assembly of Israel, give thanks in the presence of the LORD, for He is good, for His goodness is everlasting.”

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further study see:

 

http://www.betemunah.org/hoshana.html

 

Tishri 21, 5771

Tuesday Evening September 28 – Wednesday Evening September 29, ‏2010

 

Morning Service for Hoshana Rabba (The Great Hosanna)‎

Morning Service Tabernacles (day Seven) – Tabernαculos (Sιptimo Dνa)

 

Torah:              BeMidbar (Numbers) ‎29:22-34‎

Psalm:              Psalm 1:1-6 & 150:1-6 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) ‎7:19 – 9:3

N.C.:                John 7:37-44 & Revelation 3:1-6

 

Torah Reading:

 

Reader 1 – BeMidbar 29:22-28

Reader 2 – BeMidbar 29:29-31

Reader 3 – BeMidbar 29:32-34

Reader 4 – BeMidbar 29:22-31   

 

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) ‎‎‎29:22-34‎

 

RASHI

TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN

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;

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.

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.

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

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.

 

 

 

 

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) 1:1-6 & 150:1-6

 

Rashi

Targum on the Psalms

1. The praises of a man are that he did not follow the counsel of the wicked, neither did he stand in the way of sinners nor sit in the company of scorners.

1. Happy the man who has not walked in the council of the wicked/Lawless, or stood in the paths of sinners, or taken a seat with the band of mockers. 

2. But his desire is in the Law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.

2. Instead his pleasure is in the Law of the LORD, and in His Torah he meditates day and night.

3. He shall be as a tree planted beside rivulets of water, which brings forth its fruit in its season, and its leaves do not wilt; and whatever he does prosper.

3. And he will be like a living tree planted by streams of water, whose fruit ripens in due course, and its leaves do not fall, and all its branches that grow ripen and flourish.

4. Not so the wicked, but [they are] like chaff that the wind drives away.

4. Not so the wicked/lawless; instead, they are like the chaff that the storm-wind will drive.

5. Therefore, the wicked shall not stand up in judgment, nor shall the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

5. Therefore the wicked/lawless will not be acquitted in the great day, nor sinners in the hand of the righteous/generous,

6. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

6. Because the path of the righteous/generous is manifest in the LORD’s presence, but the paths of the wicked/lawless will perish.

 

 

1. Hallelujah! Praise God in His holy place, praise Him in the firmament of His might.

1. Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary, praise Him in the firmament of His strength.

2. Praise Him with His mighty deeds, praise Him as befits His superb greatness.

2. Praise Him for His mighty deeds, praise Him according to His abundant greatness.

3. Praise Him with a shofar blast, praise Him with psaltery and lyre.

3. Praise Him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise Him with harps and lyres.

4. Praise Him with timbres and dance, praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.

4. Praise Him with drums and with dances, praise Him with flutes and pipes.

5. Praise Him with resounding cymbals, praise Him with resonant cymbals.

5. Praise Him with cymbals that sound alone; praise Him with cymbals that sound with shouting.

6. Let every soul praise God. Hallelujah!

6. Every breath will sing praise to God. Hallelujah!

 

 

 

 

Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) 7:19 – 9:3

 

19. Wisdom (Torah) makes the wise stronger than ten rulers who are in the city.

20. For there is not a just man on the earth who does good, and does not sin.

21. Also, do not give your heart to all the words they speak, that you not hear your servant cursing you.

22. For also your own heart knows that you yourself have also cursed others many times.

23. All this I have tested by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

24. That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?

25. And I turned my heart about, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, and the foolishness of madness:

26. and I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets; her hands are bonds. He who is good before God will escape from her; but the sinner will be captured by her.

27. Behold, I have found this, says the Preacher, counting one by one to find out the sum,

28. that my soul still seeks, but I have not found; one man among a thousand I have found, but a woman among all those I have not found.

29. See, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.

 

1. Who is as the wise? And who knows the meaning of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the boldness of his face is changed.

2. I say, Keep the king's word, even on the matter of the oath of God;

3. Do not be hasty to go from before him. Do not take a stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever he pleases.

4. Because the king's word is that which has power; who then will say to him, What are you doing?

5. Whoever keeps the command will know no evil thing. A wise man's heart knows both time and judgment.

6. Because there is a time and judgment to every purpose, in this the evil of man is great upon him.

7. For he does not know what will be. For who can tell him when it will be?

8. Man is not a ruler over the spirit, to restrain the spirit; nor has he power in the day of death. And there is no discharge in that war, nor will wickedness/lawlessness deliver its possessors.

9. All this I have seen. I gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which a man rules over a man for his evil.

10. And so I saw the wicked/lawless buried; and they came and went from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.

11. Where sentence on an evil work is not executed speedily, on account of this the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

12. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged to him, yet surely I know that it will be well to those who fear God, who fear before Him.

13. But it will not be well for the wicked/lawless; and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

14. There is a vanity which is done on the earth: There are just ones to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked/lawless; and there are wicked/lawless men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous/generous. I said that this also is vanity.

15. Then I praised mirth, because nothing is good for man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be glad. For that will go with him in his labour for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

16. When I gave my heart to know wisdom (Torah), and to see the business that is done on the earth; for even by day and by night he does not see sleep in his eyes.

17. Then I looked at all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; because though a man labours to seek it out, yet he will not find it. And even if the wise speaks of knowing, he will not be able to find it.

 

1. For all this I gave to heart, even to explain all this, that the righteous/generous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. Whether love or hatred, man does not know all that is before them.

2. All happens alike to all; one event to the righteous/generous, and to the wicked/lawless; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices, and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who swears is as he that fears an oath.

3. This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all. Yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they are alive, and after that they go to those who died.

 

 

 

John 7:37-44

 

37. And in the last day of the great feast, Yeshua stood and cried out, saying: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink,

38. The one faithfully obeying in me, as the Writing says, “Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.”

39. But he said this concerning the Spirit of G-d, whom the ones faithfully obeying in him were about to receive; for the spirit of holiness was not yet given, because Yeshua was not yet glorified.

40. Then hearing the Word, many of the crowd said, “This is truly the [awaited] Prophet.”

41. Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But others said, “No! For does the Messiah come out of Galilee?

42. Has not the Scripture said that the Messiah comes from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was (Mic. 5:2)?”

43. Then a division occurred in the congregation because of him.

44. And some of them desired to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.

 

 

Revelation 3:1-6‎

 

1. And to the angel of the congregation in Sardis, write: These things says the one having the seven spirits of G-d, and the seven stars: I know your deeds, and the name that you have, and that you are alive but dead.

2. Be watchful, and establish the things/words of those who are about to die. For I have not found your deeds being complete before G-d.

3. Then remember how you heard and you received, take heed and repent/return. But if you do not watch, I will come upon you like a thief and you will not at all know what hour I come upon you.

4. You also have a few names in Sardis who did not defile their robes, and they will walk with me in white because they are worthy.

5. The one overcoming, this one will be clothed in white garments, and I will not at all blot his name out of the Book of Life; and I will acknowledge his name before my Father, and before His angels.

6. The one who has ears, hear what the spirit [of G-d] says to the [Jewish] congregations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further study see:

 

http://www.betemunah.org/shemini.html

 

Tishri 22, 5771

Wednesday Evening September 29 – Thursday Evening September 30, ‏2010

 

Morning Service for Shemini Atseret (8th Day)‎

Morning Service Festival of the 8th Day, Day 1 – Fiesta del Octavo Dia – Primer Dia

 

Torah:              Debarim (Deuteronomy) 14:22 - 16:17‎ & BeMidbar (Numbers) 29:35–30:1‎

Ashlamatah:     I Kings 8:54-66‎

Psalm:              Psalm 12:1-9 & Koheleth (Ecclesiastes) ‎9:4 – 10:8

N.C.:                I Hillel (Luke) 2:21-40

 

Torah Reading:

 

Reader 1 – Debarim 14:22-29

Reader 2 – Debarim 15:1-6

Reader 3 – Debarim 15:7-11‎

Reader 4 – Debarim 15:12-18‎

Reader 5 – Debarim 15:19-23‎

Reader 6 – Debarim 16:1-8

Reader 7 – Debarim 16:9-17

    Maftir – Bemidbar 29:35–30:1

                - I Kings 8:54-66‎

   

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Debarim (Deut.) ‎‎‎14:22 – 16:17‎

 

RASHI

TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN

22. You must surely tithe all the produce of your planting, that your field yields on a yearly basis.

22. Be mindful to tithe your fruitage of whatsoever comes forth, and which you gather in from the field year by year; not giving the fruit of one year for the fruit of another.

[JERUSALEM. My people of the house of Israel, tithing you will tithe all the produce of your seed, of that which you sow upon the face of the field and gather in the produce of each year. Israel, My people, it is not lawful for you to tithe and eat the fruit of one year along with the fruit of (another) year.]

23. You will eat in the presence of Adonai, your G-d, in the place He chooses to house His presence there--- the tithe of your grain, your wine, and your olive oil, and the firstborn of your cattle and flocks; in order that you learn to fear Adonai, your G-d, all the years.

23. And the second tithe you will eat before the Lord your God in the place which He will choose to make His Shekinah to dwell there; the tenths of your corn, your vines, and your oil, and likewise the firstlings of your oxen and sheep, that you may learn to fear the LORD your God all the days.

24. If the journey will be beyond you; if you will be unable to carry it because the place is distant for you where Adonai, your G-d, chooses to set His presence there, for Adonai, your G-d, has blessed you---

24. And if the way be too great for you to be able to carry the tenth, because the place which the LORD your God will choose for His Shekinah to dwell there is too distant from you, when the LORD your God will have blessed you,

25. you will substitute coins. You will bundle the coins in your hand, and will go to the place that Adonai, your G-d, chooses.

25. then you may make exchange for it into silver, and bind the sum in your band, and proceed to the place which the LORD your God will choose,

26. You will spend the money for anything you desire--- for cattle, sheep, wine, intoxicating liquor--- and for anything that you wish; and you will eat there in the presence of Adonai, your G-d, and will rejoice, you and your household.

26. and give the silver for anything that your soul pleases, of oxen, sheep, wine new or old, or whatever your soul desires; and you will eat there before the LORD your God and rejoice, you and the men of your house.

27. And the Levite who is in your city, you must not abandon; since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

27. And the Levite who is in your cities forsake not, for he has not a portion or a heritage with you.

28. At the end of three years, separate all the tithes of your produce of that year and set them aside in your city.

28. At the end of three years you will bring forth all the tenths of your produce for that year, and lay them up in your cities.

29. The Levite will come, for he has no portion or inheritance with you, and the proselyte and the orphan and the widow who are in your city, let them eat their fill; in order that Adonai, your G-d, bless you in all the endeavors that you make.

29. And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage with you, and the stranger, the orphan, and the widow who are in your cities, will come and eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the works of your hands that you do.

 

 

1. At the end of seven years, you are to make shemitah.

1. At the end of seven years you will make a Release.

2. And this is the statement of shemitah: suspend every creditor's hand from his loan to his neighbor; he will not claim [it] from his neighbor or his brother because it was proclaimed shemitah to Adonai.

2. And this is the indication of the custom of the Release: Every man who is master of a loan, who lends to his neighbor, will give remission. He will not have power to coerce his neighbor in demanding his loan, nor of his brother, a son of Israel; because the Bet Din has published the Release before the Lord.

3. You should demand payment from the stranger, but what you have with your brother your hand will relinquish.

3. From a son of the Gentiles you may exact, but the lawful right (dina) which is yours with your brother you will release with your hand.

4. End it [poverty], so that there will be no one, destitute among you when Adonai will surely bless you in the land that Adonai, your G-d, is giving you as territory to inherit.

4. If you will only be diligent in the precepts of the Law, there will be no poor among you; for, blessing, the LORD will bless you in the land which the LORD your God will give you for a possession to inherit;

5. Only if you will listen to the voice of Adonai, your G-d, to guard to fulfill this entire mitzvah that I am commanding you today.

5. If, obeying, you will only obey the Word of the LORD your God, to observe and do all these commandments which I command you this day.

6. When Adonai, your G-d, blesses you just as He told you, you will grant loans to nations but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but over you they will not rule.

6. For the LORD your God blesses you, as He says to you (that) you will take from many nations, but they will not take from you; and you will have power over many nations, but they will not have power over you.

7. If there should be someone destitute in your midst among one of your brothers in one of your cities, in your land that Adonai, your G-d, is giving you; do not harden your heart and do not close your hand against your destitute brother.

 7. But if you be not diligent in the precepts of the Law, and there be among you a poor man in one of your cities of the land which the LORD your God gives you, you will not harden your heart, nor hold back your hand from your poor brother;

8. Rather, you must surely open your hand generously to him, and you must surely extend a loan to him to cover the wants which he lacks.

8. but you will open your hand to him, and lend to him according to the measure of his lack through which he is in need.

9. Look out for yourself lest there be an evil thought in your mind, saying, "The seventh year is approaching, the shemitah year," and you will look askance at your destitute brother and will not give him; and if he cries out concerning you to Adonai, you will be regarded as sinful.

9. Beware lest there be a word in your proud heart, saying: The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and your eye become evil toward your poor brother, so as to be not willing to give to him, and he cry against you to the LORD, and there be guilt upon you.

10. You must surely give him, and let your heart not hurt when you give him; for, as a consequence of this thing, Adonai, your G-d, will bless you in all your work and in all your commerce.

10. Giving you will give to him, nor will your heart be evil when you give to him; for on account of this matter the LORD your God will bless you in all your works that you put your hands unto.

[JERUSALEM. Giving you will give to him, nor let your looks be evil at the time you give to him.]

11. For the destitute will not cease to exist within the land; therefore I am commanding you saying, "Open your hand generously to your brother, to your indigent, and to your destitute in your land."

11. But forasmuch as the house of Israel will not rest in the commandments of the law, the poor will not cease in the land: therefore I command you, saying: You will verily open your hands toward your neighbors, to the afflicted around you, and to the poor of your country. [JERUSALEM. If Israel would keep the precepts of the Law, there would be no poor among them; but if they will forsake the precepts of the Law, the poor will not cease from the land: therefore I command you, saying: You will verily open your hands to your poor brethren, and to the needy who will be in your land.]

12. If your brother-Jew or Jewess is sold to you and he serves you six years; then in the seventh year you are to send him free from you.

12. If your brother, a son of Israel, or if a daughter of Israel, be sold to you, he will serve you six years; and when the seventh comes, you will send him from you free.

13. When you send him free from you, do not send him away empty-handed.

13. And when you let him go away from you at liberty, you will not send him away empty.

14. You must surely present him with a severance bonus from your flocks, and from your threshing area, and your wine cellar, whatever Adonai, your G-d, has blessed you with are you to give him.

14. Comforting/Strengthening you will comfort/ strengthen him out of your flocks, your floors, and your wine presses; as the LORD has blessed you, you will give to him. [JERUSALEM. You will furnish him.]

15. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and Adonai, your G-d, redeemed you; that is why I am commanding you this matter today.

15. And be mindful that you were servants in the land of Mizraim, and that the LORD your God set you free; therefore I command you today that you do this thing.

16. Should he say to you, "I am not leaving you;" because he loves you and your household, for he has it good with you.

16. But if he say to you, I will not go out from you, because I love you and the men of your house, and because it has been good for him to be with you,

17. Take the awl and put it through his ear and the door, and he will become your perpetual slave. And do the same to your maid-servant as well.

17. Then you will take an awl, and bore (or apply) it through his ear, and that to the door of the house of judgment, and he will be your serving servant until the Jubilee. And for your handmaid also you will write a certificate of release, and give it to her.

18. Let it not seem difficult to you when you send him free from you, for double the profit produced by the wage earner has he worked for you six years; and Adonai, your G-d, will bless you in everything you do.

18. It must not be a hardship in your eyes when you send him away from you; for double the hire of an hireling has he been of service to you six years; and on his account the LORD your God has blessed you in all that you have done.

19. Every firstborn that is born in your cattle, and in your flocks---a male--- you must consecrate to Adonai, your G-d; you may not work with your first-born ox, or shear the first-born of your flocks.

19. Every firstling male that comes out of your herd and flock you will consecrate before the LORD your God. You will not work with the firstlings of your herd, nor shear the firstlings of your flocks;

20. Before Adonai, your G-d, you must eat it, each year, in the place that Adonai chooses, you and your household.

20. You will eat thereof before the LORD your God from year to year, in the place which the LORD will choose, you and the men of your houses.

21. And if it has a blemish--- if it is crippled or blind--- or has any severe blemish, do not slaughter it to Adonai, your G-d.

21. But if there be any spot in it, if it be lame or blind, or have any blemish, you will not sacrifice it before the LORD your God:

22. In your cities may you eat it; the ritually unclean and the clean together, like the deer and the gazelle.

22. You may eat it in your cities; he who is unclean, (so) that he may not approach the holy things, and he who being clean may approach the holy, may alike (eat), as the flesh of the antelope or hart.

23. Only, do not eat its blood; spill it like water on the ground.

23. Only you will not eat the blood; you will pour it out upon the ground like water.

 

 

1. Take heed of the month of spring, when you will celebrate Pesach for Adonai your G-d; for in the month of spring Adonai, your G-d, took you out from Egypt at night.

1. Be mindful to keep the times of the festivals, with the intercalations of the year, and to observe the ‎rotation thereof: in the month of Abib to perform the pascha before the LORD your God, because in ‎the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Mizraim;

2. You will slaughter the pesach-offering to Adonai, your G-d, flocks of ruminants and cattle in the place that Adonai chooses to house His Presence there.

2. You will eat it therefore by ‎night. But you will sacrifice the pascha before the LORD your God between the suns; and the sheep ‎and the bullocks on the morrow, on that same day to rejoice in the feast at the place which the LORD ‎will choose to make His Shekinah to dwell there.

3. Do not eat chametz on it; seven days are you to eat on it matzos, bread of anguish; since in haste you left the land of Egypt, so that you remember the day of your exodus from the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

3. You will not eat leavened bread with the pascha; ‎seven days you will eat unleavened bread unto His Name, the unleavened bread of humiliation; ‎for with haste you went forth from the land of Mizraim; that you may remember the day of your ‎out going from the land of Mizraim all the days of your life.

4. And no sourdough of yours may be seen in all of your boundary seven days; and none of the flesh may remain overnight which you slaughtered towards the evening of the first day---until morning.

4. Take heed that in the beginning of the ‎pascha there be no leaven seen among you within all your borders for seven days; and that none of ‎the flesh which you sacrifice in the evening of the first day remain till the morning.

5. You are forbidden to slaughter the pesach in any of your cities that Adonai, your G-d, is giving you.

5. It will not be ‎allowed you to eat the pascha in (any) one of your cities which the LORD your God gives to you;

6. Solely in the place that Adonai, your G-d, chooses to house His Presence, there will you slaughter the pesach towards the afternoon, at sunset, at the time you left Egypt.

6. but ‎in the place which the LORD your God will choose to make His Shekinah to dwell, there will you ‎sacrifice the pascha; and in the evening at the going down of the sun you may eat it until the middle ‎of the night, the time when you began to go out of Mizraim.

7. You will cook [it] and eat [it] in the place that Adonai, your G-d, chooses; and you may depart in the morning and go to your residence.

7. And you will dress and eat it in the ‎place which the LORD your God will choose, and in the early morning (if need be) you may return ‎from the feast, and go to your cities.

8. For six days you will eat matzot, and on the seventh day, is one of withdrawal for the sake of Adonai, your G-d, do not do work.

8. On the first day you will offer the Omer, and eat unleavened ‎cakes of the old corn; but in the six remaining days you may begin to eat unleavened cakes of the ‎new corn, and on the seventh day you will assemble with thanksgiving before the LORD your God; ‎no work will you perform.‎

9. Seven weeks count for yourself; from the time the sickle begins felling the standing grain, begin to count seven weeks.

9. Seven weeks number to you; from the time when you begin to put the sickle to the harvest of the ‎field after the reaping of the Omer you will begin to number the seven weeks.

10. You are to celebrate the festival of Shabuoth for Adonai, your G-d, to the fullness of your open-handed gift that you can give, as Adonai, your G-d, has blessed you.

10. And you will keep ‎with joy the Festival of Weeks before the LORD your God, after the measure of the freewill ‎offerings of your hands, according as the LORD your God will have blessed you.

11. You are to rejoice in the presence of Adonai, your G-d--- you, and your son and your daughter, and your male slave and your female slave, and the Levite who is in your city, and the proselyte, and the orphan and the widow who are among you---in the place that Adonai, your G-d, chooses to house His presence there.

11. And you will ‎rejoice with the joy of the feast before the LORD your God, you and your sons, your daughters, your ‎servants and handmaids, the Levites who are in your cities, and the stranger, the orphan, and the ‎widow who are among you, at the place which the LORD your God will choose where to make His ‎Shekinah to dwell.

12. Remember that you were a slave in Egypt; you are to guard and celebrate these statutes.

12. Remember that you were servants in Mizraim; so will you observe and perform ‎these statutes.‎

13. The festival of Sukkoth celebrate for yourself seven days, when you harvest your threshing-floor and your wine-press.

13. The Feast of Tabernacles you will make to yourselves seven days, when you will have completed to gather in the corn from your threshing floors, and the wine from your presses.

14. You are to rejoice during your festival--- you and your son and your daughter, and your male slave and your female slave, and the Levite and the proselyte, and the orphan and the widow who are in your city.

14. And you will rejoice in the joy of your feasts with the clarinet and flute, you and your sons and daughters, your handmaids, the Levite, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow, who are in your cities.

15. Seven days are you to be festive for Adonai, your G-d, in the place Adonai chooses, for Adonai, your G-d, will bless you in all your produce and in all your endeavors; and you will experience pure joy.

15. Seven days you will keep the feast before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD will choose, because the LORD your God will have blessed you in all your provision, and in all the work of your hands, and so will you be joyful in prosperity.

16. Three times a year are all your males to be seen in the presence of Adonai, your G-d, in the place that He chooses--- in the festival of Matzot, and on the festival of Shabuoth, and on the festival of Sukkoth--- and he will not appear in Adonai's presence empty-handed.

16. Three times in the year will all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place that He will choose; at the Feast of the Unleavened, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; nor must you appear before the LORD your God empty handed of any of the requirements;

17. Everyone according to the gift appropriate to his means, according to the blessing of Adonai, your G-d, that He gave you.

17. Everyone after the measure of the gifts of his hands, according to the blessing which the LORD your God has bestowed upon you.

 

 

 

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: BeMidbar (Numbers) 29:35–30:1‎‎

 

RASHI

TARGUM PSEUDO JONATHAN

35. On the eighth day will be a [day of] restraint for you, when you will not do any work of consequence.

35. And on the eighth day you will gather together joyfully from your tabernacles, in your houses, a gladsome company, a festal day, and a holy convocation will you have, no servile work will you do

36. You will bring a burnt-offering, a fire-offering for a pleasing aroma to Adonai, [consisting of] one young bull, one ram, and seven yearling lambs, [all] without blemish;

36. But offer a sacrifice an oblation to be received with favor before the LORD; light oblations; one bullock before the one God, one ram for the one people, lambs of the year unblemished, seven, for the joy of the seven days.

37. [together with] their meal-offerings and libations for the bull, ram, and lambs. of the required number.

37. Their mincha of wheat flour, and their libations of wine which you will offer with the bullocks, rams, and Iambs, by their number, After the order of their appointment;

38. And one he-goat as a sin-offering, in addition to [bringing] the constant (daily) burnt-offering with its meal-offering and libation.

38. And one kid for a sin offering, beside the perpetual sacrifice, the flour for its mincha, and the wine for its libation.

39. These you will make to Adonai on your festivals, aside from your vows and dedications, burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, and libations and peace-offerings."

39. These you will offer before the LORD in the time of your festivals, beside your vows which you vow at the festival, and which you will bring on the day of the feast, with your free-will oblation for your burnt sacrifice, your mincha, libations, and consecrated victims.

1. Moshe spoke to B’ne Yisrael all that Adonai had commanded him.

1. And Mosheh spoke to the sons of Israel, according to all that the Lord had commanded Mosheh.

 

 

 

 

 

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) Psalm 12:1-9‎

 

Rashi

Targum on the Psalms

1. For the conductor on the sheminith, a song of David.

1. For praise, on the lyre of eight strings. A hymn of David.

2. Save, O Lord, for the pious are gone, for the faithful have vanished from the sons of men.

2. Redeem, O LORD, for the good are annihilated; for the faithfully obedient have ceased from the sons of men.

3. One speaks to another with falseness, smooth talk; they speak with a double heart.

3. They speak lies, each to his fellow, lips are flattering; in their heart they deceive, and with a lying heart they speak.

4. May the Lord cut off all smooth lips, the tongue that speaks great things.

4. The LORD will destroy from the world all flattering lips, the tongue that speaks arrogance.

5. Who said, "With our tongue we will overpower; our lips are with us. Who is lord over us?"

5. Those who deny the essence, who say, “By our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us, who is our master?”

6. Because of the plunder of the poor, because of the cry of the needy, Now I will rise, the Lord shall say; I will grant them salvation, He shall speak concerning them.

6. Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the cry of the needy, now I will arise, says the LORD; I will give redemption to My people, but against the wicked/Lawless I will give testimony of evil.

7. The sayings of the Lord are pure sayings, like silver refined, exposed to the earth, clarified sevenfold.

7. The words of the LORD are pure words, silver purified in the furnace on the ground, refined seven times.

8. You, O Lord, shall guard them; You shall guard him from this generation forever.

8. You, O LORD, will keep the righteous/generous; you will protect them from this evil generation forever.

9. Wicked men walk on all sides when the [one who appears] basest to the sons of men is elevated.

9. All around the wicked/Lawless walk, like a leech that sucks the blood of the sons of men

 

 

 

 

Ashlamatah: ‎ I Kings 8:54-66‎‎

 

Rashi

Targum

54. And it was, as Solomon finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread out toward heaven.

54. And when Solomon finished praying before the LORD all this prayer and petition, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from where he was bowed upon his knees and his hands were stretched out in prayer toward the heavens

55. And he stood, and blessed the entire congregation of Israel (with) a loud voice, saying,

55. And he arose and blessed all the assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

56. "Blessed (be) the Lord, Who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He spoke; there has not failed one word of all his good word, that He spoke through Moses His servant.

56. "Blessed be the LORD who has given rest to his people Israel according to everything that He spoke. There has not failed one word from all His good words that He spoke by the hand of Moses his servant.

57. May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our forefathers; let Him not leave us, nor forsake us.

57. May the Memra of the LORD our God be at our aid as it was at the aid of our fathers. May it not forsake us, and may it not reject us,

58. That He may incline our hearts to Him, to go in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our forefathers.

58. to direct our hearts to fear Him, to walk in all the ways that are good before Him and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments that He commanded our fathers.

59. And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the Lord, be close to the Lord our God, day and night, that He sustain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, each day's need granted on its day.

59. And may these words of mine that I have asked from before the LORD be received before the LORD our God day and night, to carry out the Judgment of His servant and the humiliation of His people Israel, as needed day by day,

60. So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God: there is none else.

60. in order that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no other.

61. Let your heart, [therefore], be whole with the Lord our God, to follow His statutes and to keep His precepts as of this day.

61. And may your heart be peaceful in the fear of the LORD our God to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments according to this day."

62. And the King and all Israel with him slaughtered sacrifices before the Lord.

62. And the king and all Israel with him were sacrificing the sacrifice of holy things before the LORD.

63. And Solomon slaughtered the peace- offerings that he slaughtered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. [With this] the King and all the children of Israel inaugurated the Temple of the Lord.

63. And Solomon sacrificed the sacrifice of holy things that he sacrificed before the LORD - 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep, and the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the Sanctuary of the LORD.

64. On that day the King consecrated the middle of the court that was before the Temple of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt-offerings (and) the meal-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings, for the copper altar that was before the Lord was too small to contain the burnt-offerings (and) the meal- offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings.

64. On that day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Sanctuary of the LORD, for there he made the holocaust and the cereal offering and the fat pieces of the offering of holy things for the altar of bronze that was before the LORD was too small to hold the holocaust and the cereal offering and the fat pieces of the offering of holy things.

65. Now Solomon observed the Feast at that time and all Israel with him, a great assemblage from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, [totalling] fourteen days.

65. And Solomon made in that time a festival, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days the dedication of the house and seven days the festival - fourteen days.

66. On the eighth day he dismissed the people, and they blessed the King and went to their homes, rejoicing and delighted of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had wrought for David His servant and for Israel His people.

66. On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king, and they went to their cities while rejoicing, and their heart was pleased over all the good that the LORD had done to David his servant and to Israel his people.

 

 

 

 

Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 9:4 – 10:8

 

4. For one who is chosen to be among all the living, there is hope. For a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5. For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything; nor do they have any more a reward, for their memory is forgotten.

6. Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has now perished; nor do they any longer have a part forever in all that is done under the sun.

7. Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God now is pleased with your works.

8. Let your garments be white at every time; and let your head lack no ointment.

9. Look on life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which He gave you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. For that is your share in this life, and in your labour which you as a labourer do under the sun.

10. All that your hand finds to do, do it with [all of] your strength. For there is no work, or planning, or knowledge, or wisdom, in Sheol, there where you go.

11. I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty; nor even bread to the wise; nor even riches to the men of discernment; nor even favour to knowing men. For time and occurrence happen to them all.

12. For man also does not know his time. As the fish that are taken in the evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the trap, like them are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them.

13. This wisdom I saw also under the sun, and it is great to me:

14. There was a little city, and few men in it. And a great king came against it, and besieged it, and built huge siege works against it.

15. And there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom saved the city. Yet no man remembered that poor man!

16. And I said, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

17. The words of wise men are heard in quiet, more than the cry of one who rules among fools.

18. Wisdom is better than weapons of conflict; but one sinner destroys much good.

 

1. As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink and ferment; so a little foolishness is heavier than wisdom and than honour.

2. The heart of the wise is toward his right, but the fool's heart toward his left.

3. And also, in the way in which a stupid one walks, his heart fails, and he says to all that he is a fool.

4. If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place; for composure quiets great offenses.

5. There is an evil I have seen under the sun, sins which come from the face of the ruler:

6. Folly is set in many high positions, and many rich men sit in low situations.

7. I have seen slaves on horses, and rulers walking as slaves on the earth.

8. He who digs a pit may fall into it; and one breaking a wall, a snake may bite him.

 

 

 

I Hillel (Luke) 2:21-40

 

21. And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise the child his name was called Yeshua, the name called by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

22. And when the days of her cleansing according to the Law of Moses were fulfilled, they took him up to Jerusalem to present him to Ha-Shem,

23. As it has been written in the Law of the Lord: “Every male opening a womb will be called holy to the Lord” (Ex. 13:2).

24. And to offer a sacrifice according to that said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two nestlings of doves” (Lev. 12:8).

25. And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Shimeon. And this man was righteous/generous and devout, eagerly expecting the Consolation of Israel. And the Spirit of Holiness was upon him.

26. And it happened to him, having been divinely instructed by the Spirit of Holiness, he was not to see death before he would see the Messiah of Ha-Shem.

27. And by the Spirit he came into the temple. And as the parents were bringing in the child Yeshua for them to do according to the custom of the Law concerning him,

28. Even Shimeon received him into his arms. And he blessed God and said,

29. “Now, Master of the universe, You will let Your servant go in peace according to Your Word;

30. Because my eyes have seen Your Salvation (Yeshua),

31. Which You prepared before the face of all the peoples;

32. A Light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the Glory of Your people Israel.”

33. And Joseph was marvelling, also his mother, at the things being said concerning him (Yeshua).

34. And Shimeon blessed them and said to his mother Miryam: “Behold, this one is set for the fall and rising up of many in Israel, and for a sign spoken against;

35. Yes, a sword also will pierce your own soul, so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”

36. And there was Hannah, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in many days, having lived seven years with a husband from her virginity;

37. And she was a widow of eighty four years, who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers.

38. And coming on at the very hour, she gave thanks to Ha-Shem, and spoke concerning him (Yeshua) to all those in Jerusalem eagerly expecting redemption.

39. And as they finished all things according to the Law of Ha-Shem, they returned to Galilee, to Nazareth their city.

40. And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom [knowledge and understanding]. And the mercy of G-d was upon him.

 

 

 

Midrash Pesiqta deRab Kahana

 

Pisqa Twenty-Eight: 1-5

 

On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your-peace offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39).

 

XXVIII:I

 

1. A. On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill­offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-9): But you have increased the nation, O Lord, you have increased the nation; [you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land] (Is. 17 :25): You gave security to the wicked Pharaoh. Did he then call you "Lord"? Was it not with blasphemies and curses that he said, Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice (Ex. 5:2)! You gave security to the wicked Sennacherib. Did he then call you "Lord"? Was it not with blasphemies and curses that he said, Who is there among all the gods of the lands... (2 Kgs. 18:35). You gave security to the wicked Nebuchadnezzar. Did he then call you "Lord"? Was it not with blasphemies and curses that he said, And who is God to save you from my power (Dan. 3:15).  ...you have increased the nation; you are glorified: You gave security to David and so he blessed you: David blessed the Lord before all the congregation (1 Chr. 29:10). You gave security to his son, Solomon, and so he blessed you: Blessed is the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel (1 Kgs. 8:56). You gave security to Daniel and so he blessed you: Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God (Dan. 2:20)

 

[But you have increased the nation, O Lord, you have increased the nation; you are glorified;] you have enlarged all the borders of the land (Is. 17:25): Said R. Levi, "You have examined those who are near you and you have examined those who are distant from you. Draw near those who are near you, and send distant those who are distant from you. Draw near those who are near you: The Lord is near those who call upon Him (Ps. 145:18). ...and send distant those who are distant from you: The Lord is distant    from those who do wickedly (Prov. 15:29)."

 

Another interpretation of the verse But you have increased the nation, [O Lord, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land] (Is. 17:25): In the case of the nations of the world, if you give them a male child, he draws forward his foreskin and grows a lock [that is cut off in the honor of the idol.] When he grows up, he brings him to the temple of his idol and outrages you. But in the case of Israel, if you give one of them a male child, he counts eight days and circumcises him. If he was a firstborn, he redeems him after thirty days. When he grows up, he brings him to synagogues and study houses and blesses you every day: Blessed be the Lord who is to be blessed.

 

Another interpretation of the verse But you have increased the nation, [O Lord, you have increased the nation; you are glorified; you have enlarged all the borders of the land] (Is. 17:25): The nations of the world, if you increase the number of festivals for them, they eat and drink and carouse and go to theaters and circuses and outrage you with their words and deeds. But in the case of Israel, if you give them festival days, they eat, drink, rejoice, go to synagogues and school houses, increase their praying and increase their prayers for additional offerings and other offerings. Therefore it was necessary for Scripture to say, On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...] These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39).

 

XXVIII:II

 

The wicked borrows and does not pay back, [but the righteous is generous and gives; for those blessed by the Lord shall possess the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off] (Ps. 37:21-22):Said R. Isaac, "There are three who are regarded as wicked: one who raises his hand against his fellow, one who borrows and does not pay back, and a contentious person. ...one who raises his hand against his fellow: He said to the wicked man, Why do you hit your fellow? (Ex. 2:13).” Said R. Zeora, "It is not the end of the matter that he actually hit him, but even if one raised his hand to hit him but did not hit him, he is regarded as wicked, as it is said, He said to the wicked person, why do you hit your fellow? (Ex. 2:13). What it says is not why did you hit your fellow, but why do you hit him. He wanted to hit him but up to that point he had not done so." Said R. Samuel bar Tanhum, "I said this before R. Tanhuma and he said, 'Even if he merely looked impudently at the other, he is regarded as wicked, as it is said, A wicked man looks impudently (Prov. 21:29)." “...one who borrows and does not pay back: The wicked borrows and does not pay back. ...and a contentious person: with reference to the party of Korach, Depart, I ask, from the tents of these wicked men (Num. 16:26)."

 

R. Judah, when he would impose an oath on someone, would recite this verse: Depart, I ask, from the tents of these wicked men (Num. 16:26).

 

Another comment on the verse The wicked borrows and cannot pay back, [but the righteous is generous and gives; for those blessed by the Lord shall possess the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off] (Ps. 37:21-22): These refers to the nations of the world who eat and drink but do not recite a blessing. ...but the righteous is generous and gives: this refers to Israel, who eat and say a blessing.

 

Said R. Simeon b. Laqish, "You find that, when the Holy One, blessed be He, gives to a righteous man what he asks from Him, he goes and shows grace to Him even more. That is in line with this verse: but the righteous is generous and gives. The righteous one of the world is generous and gives."

 

Said R. Levi, "It entered the mind of the Holy One, blessed be He, to assign to Israel a festival day for each month during the summer, in Nisan, Passover, in Iyyar, the minor Passover, in Sivan, Pentecost, but because of the transgressions and bad deeds for which they were responsible, he took festivals from them for the three month period of Tammuz, Ab, and Elul [which are marked by the breach of the wall of Jerusalem on the 17th of Tammuz, the destruction of the Temple on the ninth of Ab, and the month of penitence through Elul. During those months there is no occasion for a festival.] Then Tishri came along and made it up for all three of those months. The New Year makes up for the festival that is lacking in Tammuz, the Great Fast for the festival missing in Ab, and the seven days of The Festival for what is missing in Elul. Said the Holy One, blessed be He, 'The month of Tishri makes up for what is lacking in the other months, will it not compensate also for itself? Give it what is coming to it, and let the month come and task what is coming to it. Therefore it was necessary for Scripture to say, On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-9)."

 

XXVIII:III

 

In a day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; [God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him] (Qoh. 7:14): Said R. Abba bar Kahana, "If an occasion for doing a good deed comes your way, do it right away, as it is written, on a day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him (Qoh. 7:14). And if a bad day comes your way, consider how to repent and to be     saved from it."

 

R. Yudan in the name of R. Eleazar: "Three things annul an evil decree [that is foreseen by astrology], and these are they: prayer, acts of charity, and repentance. And all three of them may be located in a single verse of Scripture: If my people, upon whom my name is called, shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will forgive their sin and heal their land (2 Chr. 7:14). If my people, upon whom my name is called, shall humble themselves and pray refers to prayer. ... and seek my face refers to acts of charity, in line with this verse: In justice I shall behold your face (Ps. 17:15). [Justice is the same word as acts of charity.] ... and turn from their evil ways refers to repentance. Then what is written? I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin.  R. Huna in the name of R. Joseph: "Also changing one's name and the doing of a different sort of deed will have the same effect. We know that changing a name makes a difference from the case of Abraham: And your name will no longer be called Abram but your name will be Abraham (Gen. 17:5). Abram did not produce a son, but Abraham did. And along these same lines, Sarai your wife (Gen. 17:5). Sarai did not produce a son, but Sarah did. We know that the doing of a different sort of deeds makes a difference from the case of the men of Nineveh, as it is said, And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways (Jonah 3:10). Some say, "Also changing one's place of domicile, as it is said, And the Lord said to Abram, Get you out of your country, the land of your birth (Gen. 12:1). And then: I shall make you a great nation (Gen. 12:1).” R. Mana said, "Also fasting [has the same effect], as it is said, The Lord answer you in the day of distress [interpreted here to mean the day of fasting] (Ps. 20:20).” Raba bar Hama bar Guria in the name of Rab: "Fasting is as good for a dream as fire for stubble." Said R. Joseph, "That is so if it is done on the same day [as the dream], even if that is the Sabbath [on which it is ordinarily forbidden to fast]."

 

... God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him (Qoh. 7:14): The Holy One, blessed be He, made both the righteous and the wicked. That is in line with this verse of Scripture: And afterward his brother came out, and his hand was holding on to the heel of Esau (Gen. 25:26). R. Phineas, R. Hilqiah in the name of R. Simon: There was scarcely a membrane between them, and yet this one came forth as a righteous, and the other as a wicked person. On what account has the Holy One, blessed be He, made both the righteous and the wicked? So that these should atone for those, in line with this verse: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him (Qoh. 7:14).

 

Another interpretation of the verse In a day of prosperity be joyful, [and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him (Qoh. 7:14): Said R. Tanhum bar Hiyya, "On a day on which something good happens for your fellow, be with him in his rejoicing, and on a day on which something bad happens, pay attention...and in the day of adversity consider, meaning, see how you may do a deed of mercy with him to save him from his misfortune.

 

The mother of R. Tanhum bar Hiyya would do things this way. When she (mother) would buy a litra of meat from the market for him, she would purchase two, one for him, the other for the poor. When she would buy a bundle of vegetables from the market, she would buy two, one for him, and one for the poor. Why did the Holy One, blessed be He, create poor and rich? So that one should support the other. This was on the count of this verse God has made the one as well as the other, meaning both the poor and the rich. It is so that the one may attain merit through supporting the other, so that each may provide the other with the occasion for attaining merit, in line with the clause: God has made the one as well as the other.

 

Said R. Aha, "On a day of good fortune for the Torah, be with it in its success, and in the day of adversity consider. When the day comes of which it is written, Sinners will be afraid in Zion (Is. 33:14), be among those who see and not among those who are seen. Be among the spectators and not among the ones who fight the lions. Be among those concerning whom it is written, They shall go forth and look on the carcasses of the men who rebelled against me (Is. 66:24), and not among those of whom it is written, Their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire {be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh] (Is. 66:24)."

 

On what account did the Holy One, blessed be He, create both Gehenna and the Garden of Eden? It is so that they may afford assistance to one another. And what is the distance between them? R. Yohanan said, "A wall." R. Hanina said, "A handbreadth." Rabbis say, "Both of them are equivalent."

 

Said R. Levi, "Said the Holy One, blessed be He, to Israel, 'My children, as to those offerings concerning which I wrote you in the Torah, be meticulous about them, for there is no better intercessor for the bringing of rain than offerings. Therefore it was necessary for Scripture to say, On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. {You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39)."

 

XXVIII:IV

 

Give a portion to seven or even to eight, [for you do not know what evil may happen on earth. If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. He who observes the wind who will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap] (Qoh. 11:2-4): R. Eliezer, R. Nehemiah, and R. Joshua: R. Eliezer said, "Give a portion to seven refers to the Sabbath, concerning which it is written, And it came to pass on the seventh day (Ex. 16:27), and or even to eight refers to circumcision. As it is written, And Elijah put his face between his knees (1 Kgs. 18:42). Said Elijah before the Holy One, blessed be He, 'Lord of the ages, if there remained for Israel only these two religious duties alone, their merit would be such as to justify rain.' R. Nehemiah said, "Give a portion to seven refers to the generation of Moses, which practiced circumcision on the seventh day, or even to eight refers to the generation of Joshua, which practiced circumcision on the eighth day. Said the Holy One, blessed be He, to him, 'Moses, your lord, circumcised them on the seventh day, and you circumcise them on the eighth.' At that time said the Lord to Joshua, 'Prepare for your use flint knives [and again circumcise the children of Israel a second time] (Josh. 5:2). "A second time do you circumcise them, a third time you do not circumcise them.” R. Joshua said, said, "Give a portion to seven refers to the seven days of Passover, or even to eight refers to the eight days of The Festival. And when it says, or even, it means to encompass the eighth day of the Solemn Assembly, the New Year, and the Day of Atonement."

 

R. Simon interpreted the verse to speak of the leaders: "Give a portion to seven: On the seventh day the leader of the children of Ephraim (Num. 7:48). ... or even to eight: on the eighth day the leader of the children of Manasseh (Num. 7:54)."

 

R. Azariah in the name of R. Judah bar Simon interpreted the verse to speak of the consecration [of the priests for serving in the tabernacle]: "Give a portion to seven: For seven days he shall consecrate you (Lev. 8:33). or even to eight: And it came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron (Lev. 9:1)."

 

R. Judah bar. Simon in the name of R. Meir interpreted the verse to speak of the menstrual period: "Give a portion to seven refers to the seven days of the menstrual period. ... or even to eight refers to the eight days between birth and circumcision. Said thc Holy One, blessed be He, if a woman has properly observed the seven days of her menstrual period, I shall give her a male child and you will circumcise him on the eighth day (Lev. 12:3)."

 

R. Levi said, "Give a portion to seven refers to the seven days of The Festival [of Tabernacles], ... or even to eight: On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace­ offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39)."

 

XXVIII:V

 

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation. [Let the faithful exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their couches] (Ps. 149:4-5). R. Joshua of Sikhnin in the name of R. Levi: "The Holy One, blessed be He, takes pleasure in the offerings of Israel. ... He adorns the humble with salvation, and salvation refers only to offerings in line with this verse: And the Lord looked upon [thus: accorded salvation to] Abel and his offering (Gen. 4:4)."

 

"For the Lord takes pleasure in his people: The Holy One, blessed be He,    takes pleasure in the offerings of Israel. Therefore Moses admonishes Israel: On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39)."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further study see:

 

http://www.betemunah.org/shemini.html

 

Tishri 23, 5771

Thursday Evening September 30 – Friday Evening October 01, ‏2010

 

Morning Service for Shemini Atseret (8th Day)‎ - 2nd Day

Morning Service Festival of the 8th Day, Day 2 – Fiesta del Octavo Dia – Segundo Dia

 

Torah:              Debarim (Deuteronomy) 14:22 - 16:17‎ & BeMidbar (Numbers) 29:35–30:1‎

Ashlamatah:     Amos 8:4-10 + 9:13-15

Psalm:              Psalm 12:1-9

                        Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 10:9 – 12:14

N.C.:                Revelation 3:14-22

 

Torah Reading:

 

Reader 1 – Debarim 14:22-29

Reader 2 – Debarim 15:1-6

Reader 3 – Debarim 15:7-11‎

Reader 4 – Debarim 15:12-18‎

Reader 5 – Debarim 15:19-23‎

Reader 6 – Debarim 16:1-8

Reader 7 – Debarim 16:9-17

    Maftir – Bemidbar 29:35–30:1

                - Amos 8:4-10 + 9:13-15

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Debarim (Deut.) ‎‎‎14:22 – 16:17‎

 

(See above pp. 32-37)

 

 

Rashi & Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Bemidbar (Numbers) 29:35–30:1‎

 

(See above p. 37)

 

Ketubim: Targum Tehillim (Psalms) Psalm 12:1-9‎

 

(See above p. 38)

 

 

 

Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) 10:9 – 12:14

 

9. Whoever pulls out stones may be hurt with them; he who splits trees may be endangered by them.

10. If the iron is blunt, and he does not whet the mouths, then he must put more strength to it. But wisdom is an advantage giving success.

11. If the snake will bite without charming, then there is no advantage to a master of tongue.

12. The words of a wise mouth are grace, but the lips of a stupid one swallow him;

13. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his mouth is evil madness.

14. Yet the stupid one makes many words; a man knows not what they will be; and what will be after him, who can tell him?

15. The labor of fools wearies him, because he does not know how to go to the city.

16. Woe to you, O land, when your king is a boy, and your leaders eat in the morning.

17. Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your leaders eat in due time, in strength, and not in drinking.

18. The framework tumbles through laziness; and through lowering of hands, the house leaks.

19. Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life; but silver answers all things.

20. Also, do not curse a king in your thought; and do not curse the rich in your bedrooms; for a bird of the heavens may carry the voice; yes, the lord of wings may tell the matter.

 

1. Send out your bread on the face of the waters, for you will find it in many days.

2. Give a share to seven, or even to eight; for you do not know what evil may be on the earth.

3. If the clouds are full of rain, they empty on the earth. And if the tree falls in the south, or in the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will be.

4. He who watches the wind will not sow. And he who looks at the clouds will not reap.

5. As you do not know what is the way of the wind, as the bones in the pregnant woman's womb, even so you do not know the works of God who makes all.

6. Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hand until evening; for you do not know what will be blessed, this or that; or whether they both will be good as one.

7. Also the light is sweet; yes, it is good for the eyes to behold the sun.

8. But if the man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that may come is vanity.

9. Rejoice, O young man, in your youth. And make your heart glad in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

10. So then remove vexation from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh. For childhood and prime of life are vanity.

 

1. Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, or the years strike when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

2. While not yet the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are darkened, or the clouds return after rain;

3. In the day when those keeping the house will tremble, and the strong men are bowed, and the grinders cease because they are few; and those looking out the windows are darkened;

4. And the doors will be shut in the streets, when the sound of the mill is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music are silenced;

5. Also they will be afraid of a high place, and terrors in the way; and the almond tree will blossom, and the locust makes himself a burden; and desire breaks, because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the street;

6. While the silver cord is not yet loosed, or the golden bowl is crushed, or the pitcher is shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern;

7. Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

8. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, all is vanity.

9. And more than that, the Preacher was wise; he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he listened, and looked, and set in order many proverbs.

10. The Preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and words of truth written on uprightness.

11. The words of the wise are as goads; yes, as nails driven by the masters of collections, they are given from one Shepherd.

12. And more than these, my son, be warned: The making of many books has no end, and much study is the weariness of the flesh.

13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this applies to every man.

14. For God will bring every work into judgment, with all that is hidden, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

 

 

 

Ashlamatah for Shemini Atzereth Second Day: Amos 8:4-10 + 9:13-15‎

 

Rashi

Targum

4. Ά Hearken to this, you who swallow up the needy, and to cut off the poor of the land.

4. Listen to this, you who trample the heads of the needy like the dust of the earth, you who think of abolishing the words of the poor from the land;

5. Saying, "When will the month be delayed, so that we will sell grain, and the Sabbatical Year, so that we will open [our stores of] grain, to make the ephah smaller and to make the shekel larger, and to pervert deceitful scales.

5. who say, “When will the month for corn arrive, so that we can sell corn? And the Sabbatical Year so that we can open the storehouses, and make the measure small and make the Sela greater, dealing dishonestly with deceitful scales?

6. To purchase the poor with money, and the needy in order to inherit them, and the refuse of the grain we will sell."

6. That we may buy the poor for silver and the needy in order to acquire an inheritance, that we may sell the refuse of the corn.

7. The Lord swore by the pride of Jacob: I will never forget any of their deeds.

7. The LORD who gave greatness to Ya’aqob swears: “None of their deeds will ever be forgotten.”

8. Shall the land not quake for this, and shall all its inhabitants [not] be destroyed? Yea, it shall rise up wholly like the rain cloud, and it shall cast up and sink like the river of Egypt. {P}

8. Will not the land be laid waste for this, and all that dwell in it be desolated? A king will come up against it with his army which is great like the waters of a river, and he will cover it all and drive out its inhabitants, and it will sink like the river of Egypt.

9. And it shall come to pass on that day, says the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to set at midday, and I will darken the land on a sunny day.

9. And at that time, says the LORD God, I will cover the sun at noon, and I will darken the earth on a sunny day.

10. And I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation, and I bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head, and I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end is like a bitter day. {P}

10. I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will put sack-cloth on all loins, and baldness on every head. I will make it like mourning for an only child, and the end of it like a bitter day.

 

 

13. Ά Behold days are coming, says the Lord, that the plowman shall meet the reaper and the treader of the grapes the one who carries the seed, and the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

13. Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when the ploughman will meet the reaper, and the presser of grapes him who puts out the seed; and the mountains will produce sweet wine, and all the hills will be tilled.

14. And I will return the captivity of My people Israel, and they shall rebuild desolate cities and inhabit [them], and they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their produce.

14. I will bring back the exiles of My people Israel. They will rebuild ruined cities and inhabit them; they will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will till gardens and eat their fruit.

15. And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no longer be uprooted from upon their land, that I have given them, said the Lord your God. {P}

15. And I will establish them upon their land, nevermore to be exiled from their land which I have given them,” says the LORD your God.

 

 

 

 

Revelation 3:14-22

 

14. And to the angel of the congregation of Laodicea, write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, even the beginning of the creation of G-d:

15. I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would that you were cold, or hot.

16. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit you out of my mouth.

17. Because you say, I am rich, and I am made rich (Hosea 12:9), and I have need of nothing, and do not know that you are weak and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

18. I advise you to buy from me gold having been fired by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed lest your shame and nakedness should be uncovered. And anoint your eyes with eye-salve, that you may see.

19. As many as I love, I rebuke and I chasten. Be zealous, then, and repent.

20. Behold, I stand at the door and knock: If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter and I will dine with him, and he with me.

21. The one overcoming, I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His [appointed] throne [for me].

22. The one who has ears, hear what the spirit [of G-d] says to the [Jewish] congregations.

 

 

 

Midrash Pesiqta deRab Kahana

 

Pisqa Twenty-Eight: 6 -10

 

XXVIII:VI

 

R. Yohanan, “The Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly constitutes a festival day unto itself [and not a continuation of The Festival of Tabernacles], requiring a priestly selection by itself [to choose by lottery which priests will conduct the rite and get the priestly portions of the sacrifices], an offering by itself, a blessing by itself, thus: a festival by itself." Said R. Bun, "In the case of all of them it is written, And on the day, but here it is written, On the day. On that basis we know that The Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly constitutes a festival day unto itself [and not a continuation of The Festival of Tabernacles]." ...requiring a priestly selection by itself: For we have learned in the Mishnah: “On the eighth day they reverted ,to draw lots on the festivals” [Mishnah Suk. 5:9].

 

"...an offering by itself: an ox, a ram." ... a blessing by itself: Said R. Ila, "On the basis of that allegation, we learn that [in reciting the blessing over the wine, we must include the blessing,] ... who has kept us in life and sustained us and brought us to this season."

 

XXVIII:VII

 

As to the conduct of the seven days of the Festival, [with respect to dismantling of the tabernacle on the seventh day,] how is the matter carried out? When one has finished eating [the final meal for the seven days of The Festival,] he should not dismantle the tabernacle. But from dusk onward he brings down [from the roof to the house] the dishes [in which he has eaten in the tabernacle, since he will not eat his evening meal, on the Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly, in the tabernacle]. That [postponement of the dismantling of the tabernacle] is on account of the honor owing to the final festival day [of The Festival] [Mishnah Suk. 4:8]. R. Abba bar Kahana, R. Hiyya bar Ashi in the name of Rab: "It is necessary while it is still day [before dark, inaugurating the Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly] to render his tabernacle no longer valid."  Said R. Joshua b. Levi, "It is necessary for a person to recite in his house [and not in the tabernacle] the sanctification [of the wine] for the night of the last festival day." R. Jacob bar Aha in the name of R. Samuel said, "If one has recited the sanction of the wine in one house and changed his mind and decided to eat in another, it is necessary to recite the sanctification a second time." R. Aha, R. Hinena in the name of R. Hoshaiah: "He whose tabernacle is particularly pleasing to him, lo, such a one on the festival night of the last day of the Festival says the sanctification in his house and then goes up to the roof and eats in his tabernacle and he does not have to recite the sanctification a second time." Said R. Abun, "The opinion of Samuel accords with the view of R. Hiyya, and the opinion of R. Joshaiah accords with the position of R. Joshua b. Levi." Said R. Mana, "But there is no real disagreement between them. What Samuel has said applies to a case in which a person had determined in advance to eat in a particular room, and the opinion of R. Joshua b. Levi applies when one has not determined in advance to eat in a particular room."

 

Said R. Joshua b. Levi, "The Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly was appropriate to have been set fifty days after The Festival itself [as Pentecost comes fifty days after Passover]. The matter has been stated as a parable. To what is it comparable? It is to be compared to the case of a king who had married daughters, some of them living nearby, others living at a distance. Those that were living nearby could come and go in one day, while those living at a distance could not come and go in one day. So too in the case of Passover, since the Israelites pass from winter [when it rains] to summer, and the bother of making a trip is not much [for the roads are dry and in good repair], therefore the festival of Pentecost is fifty days after [Passover], since people can make the trip in one day. But in the case of The Festival, since at that season the Israelites are going from summer to winter [when the rainy season starts], on account of which the trip is difficult [and the roads impassable], therefore [the Eighth Day of Solemn Assembly] is not set at a spell of fifty days [from The Festival], since people cannot make the trip in one day. Said the Holy One, blessed be He, 'I and you - we shall rejoice on a single day.' Therefore it was necessary to say: On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace ­offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39).

 

XXVIII:VIII

 

R. Yudan in the name of R. Isaac, "All the time that the Israelites delay [and observe an extra festival] in their synagogues and study houses, the Holy One, blessed be He, delays [and leaves] his Presence with them. What is the verse of Scripture that indicates it? "May we urge you to stay? Let us prepare a kid for you (Judges 13:15)."

 

R. Haggai in the name of R. Isaac: "So long as the Israelites join together in synagogues and school houses, the Holy One, blessed be He, joins his Presence together with them. What is the verse of Scripture that indicates it? "I have most assuredly joined together with [interpreting in a different way the letters usually translated, hoped in] the Lord and he turned to me (Ps. 40:2)."

 

Said R. Alexandri, "The matter may be compared to the case of a king who had an occasion for rejoicing. During all seven days of banqueting, a noble lady counseled the members of the palace staff, saying to them, 'While the king is taken up with his celebration, ask what you need.’ When they did not grasp [her advice], the lady secured for them an additional day [of celebration]. So throughout the seven days of The Festival, the Torah counsels Israel, saying to them, 'Ask for rain from the Lord.’ You may know that that is the fact, for lo, on the second day [it is stated], and their drink-offerings (Num. 29:19), so too on the sixth, and its drink-offerings (Num. 29:31), and on the seventh, in accord with the rule applying to them (Num. 29:33). [We shall now explain how the Torah counsels Israel to pray for rain on that occasion. The cited words make use of the letters] M, Y, and M, which spell, in Hebrew, water. On that basis we derive proof that the rite of pouring a water libation on the altar [as a prayer for rain] derives from the rules of the Torah and is to be recited on The Festival. But because the Israelites did not look into the matter, the Torah itself secured for them an additional day of celebration: Therefore it was necessary for the Torah to state, On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. [You shall do no laborious work, but you shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord...These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39).

 

XXVIII:IX

 

Said R. Alexandri, 'The matter may be compared to the case of a king to whom an occasion for rejoicing came. All the seven days of the banqueting, the prince was busy with the guests. When the seven days of banqueting were over, said the king to his son, 'My son, I know that on an the days of banqueting, you were busy with the guests. But now you and I may set aside one day for rejoicing on our own. And I shall not make a lot of trouble for you, but prepare one chicken and one litra of meat.’ So for all seven days of the banqueting, the Israelites are busy with their offerings of the nations of the world. For said R. Phineas, 'All those seventy oxen that the Israelites offer on the Festival serve the seventy nations of the world, so that the world will not be turned barren [on account of their sins]. What verse of Scripture indicates it? In return for my love they accuse me, even as I make prayer for them (Ps. 109:4). We rely on prayer. When the seven days of The Festival are completed, the Holy One, blessed be He, says to Israel, 'My children, I know that through the seven days of The Festival you have been taken up with making offerings for the nations of the world. But now I and you - we shall celebrate on our own, together. And I shall not make a lot of trouble for you, but prepare one ox and one ram.' Now when the Israelites heard this, they began to praise the Holy One, blessed be He, saying, This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it (Ps. 118:24)."

 

[With reference to the verse This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it (Ps. 118:24),] Said R. Abyun, "We do not know in what to rejoice, the day or the Holy One, blessed be He [since the Hebrew letters for the words in it may be read also in him]. But Solomon came along and spelled the matter out: We shall rejoice and be glad in You (Song 1:4) [and hence the sense here to is in Him]. "...in You (Song 1:4): in Your Torah." ...in You (Song 1:4): in Your salvation." [Since the word for in You contains the letters B and K], which bear the numerical value of twenty-two], said R. Isaac, "It is in the twenty-two letters of which you made use to write out Your Torah for us, the B stands for two, the K for twenty, [that we rejoice]."

 

XXVIII:X

 

These you will offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts in addition [to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-39): R. Haninah in the name of R. Tanhum bar Yudan: "What is written is not These you have offered, but rather, These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts [in addition to your votive-offerings and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings and for your cereal-offerings and for your drink-offerings and for your peace-offerings] (Numbers 29:35-9). The Torah counsels Israel, saying to them, 'Other days [are coming].'"

 

Said R. Berekhiah in the name of R. Abba bar Kahana, "It is written, You shall keep this ordinance in its season (Ex. 13:10). The Torah counsels Israel, saying to them, 'Other days [are coming]."

 

Said R. Judah bar; Simon, "It is written, Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, [and bless your people Israel and the ground which you have given us as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey] (Deut. 26:15). What is written after that passage? This day the Lord your God commands you [to do these statutes and ordinances; you shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. You have declared this day concerning the Lord that he is your God and that you will walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his ordinances and will obey his voice; and the Lord has declared this day concerning you that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you; and that you are to keep all his commandments, that he will set you high above all nations that he has made, in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has spoken] (Deut. 26:16-19). Now what has one thing got to do with the other? So long as Israel carry out the will of the Holy One, blessed be He, and properly separate the tithes that they owe, so that they can say, I have removed holy things from the house (Deut. 13:13), the Holy One, blessed be He, counsels Israel, saying to them, 'Other days [are coming]' [as at Deut. 26:16-19]. But you who held fast to the Lord your God are all alive this day (Deut. 4:4).

 

 

 

Next Shabbat:

Shabbat Mevar'chim HaChodesh Heshvan

Proclamation of the New Moon for the Month of Heshvan

Evening Friday 7th of October - Evening Saturday 9th of October

 

Shabbat

Torah Reading:

Weekday Torah Reading

וְאִשָּׁה כִּי-יָזוּב

 

 

“V'Isha Ki-Yazuv”

Reader 1 – Vayiqra 15:25-33

Reader 1 – Vayiqra 15:25-27

“And if a woman have an issue”

Reader 2 – Vayiqra 16:1-6

Reader 2 – Vayiqra 15:28-30

“Si una mujer tiene un flujo”

Reader 3 – Vayiqra 16:7-11

Reader 3 – Vayiqra 15:31-33

Vayiqra (Lev.) 15:25 – 16:34

B'Midbar (Num.) 28:9-15

Reader 4 – Vayiqra 16:12-17

 

Ashlamatah: Ezekiel 16:9-14, 59-62

Reader 5 – Vayiqra 16:18-24

 

Special: 1 Samuel 20:18,42

Reader 6 – Vayiqra 16:25-30

Reader 1 – Vayiqra 15:25-27

Psalm 80:1-20

Reader 7 – Vayiqra 16:31-34

Reader 2 – Vayiqra 15:28-30

      Maftir: B’Midbar 28:9-15

Reader 3 – Vayiqra 15:31-33

N.C.: 2 Peter 1:3-4

                - Ezekiel 16:9-14, 59-62

                  1 Samuel 20:18,42

 

 

It is our hope and prayer that Your Honors and Your Excellencies together with loved ones have had a wonderful Festival of Sukkoth as well as a most joyous and reflective Festival of the Eight Day. May you be refreshed and reinvigorated to continue this great work through your study of G-d’s Word and support of this Work, together with all of our most noble and beloved Jewish brothers and sisters and their Torah Scholars, amen ve amen!

 

Shalom ve Chag Sameach!

 

Hakham Dr. Yosef ben Haggai

Rosh Paqid Adon Hillel ben David

Dr. Adon Eliyahu ben Abraham