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Three and 1/2 year
Lectionary Readings |
Second Year
of the |
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Tishri 8, 5767 – Sept. 30/
Oct. 1, 2006 |
Fifth Year of
the Shemittah Cycle |
Saturday, October 1, 2006 – Havdalah 7:57 PM
Saturday,
October 1, 2006 – Havdalah 6:22 PM
Saturday, October 1, 2006 – Havdalah 7:29 PM
For other places see: http://chabad.org/calendar/candlelighting.asp
Shabbat Shuvah –
Sabbath of Repentance (returning)
Coming Sunday
evening – Monday evening (October 1-2) – Yom HaKippurim – Day of
Atonements
Next Shabbat: Succoth
1 – Feast of Tabernacles 1st. Day
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Shabbat |
Torah |
Weekday Torah |
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וַיִּפֶן |
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“Vayifen” |
Reader
1 – Sh’mot 32:15-24 |
Reader
1 – Sh’mot 34:1-3 |
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“And
turned” |
Reader
2 – Sh’mot 32:25-29 |
Reader
2 – Sh’mot 34:4-7 |
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“Y volvióse” |
Reader
3 – Sh’mot 32:30-35 |
Reader
3 – Sh’mot 34:1-7 |
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Sh’mot (Exodus) 32:15 – 33:23 |
Reader
4 – Sh’mot 33:1-4 |
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Ashlamatah: II Samuel 22:1 - 22:51 |
Reader
5 – Sh’mot 33:5-11 |
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Special: Hosea 14:2-10, Micah 7:18-20 |
Reader
6 – Sh’mot 33:12-16 |
Reader
1 – Sh’mot 34:8-10 |
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Psalm 66 |
Reader
7 – Sh’mot 33:17-19 |
Reader
2 – Sh’mot 34:11-14 |
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Maftir – Sh’mot 33:20-23 |
Reader
3 – Sh’mot 34:8-14 |
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N.C.: Matityahu 11:7-19 |
Hosea 14:2-10, Micah 7:18-20 |
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of Honor:
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Coming Festivals:
Yom HaKippurim (Day of Atonements) – October 1-2, 2006
See: http://www.betemunah.org/awesome.html
http://www.betemunah.org/kippur.html ; http://www.betemunah.org/atonemen.html
Sukkoth (Tabernacles) – October 6-15, 2006
See: http://www.betemunah.org/succoth.html
http://www.betemunah.org/hoshana.html
http://www.betemunah.org/shemini.html
Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Sh’mot (Exodus) 32:15 –
33:23
And
Mosheh turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the
testimony were in his hands, inscribed on their two sides, here and there were
they inscribed. And the tables were the work of the Lord, and the writing was
the Lord's writing, inscribed and manifested upon the tables.
And
Jehoshua heard the voice of the people exulting with joy before the calf. [
And
Mosheh said, Offer your oblation for the shedding of the blood that is upon
your hands, and make atonement for yourselves before the Lord, because you have
smitten a man his son or his brother, and that you may bring a blessing upon
you this day. And it came to pass on the day following, that Mosheh said to the
people, You have sinned a great sin; but now I will go up and will pray before
the Lord, if haply I may obtain forgiveness of your sin. And Mosheh returned,
and prayed before the Lord, and said, I supplicate of You, You Lord of all the
world, before whom the darkness is as the light! Now have this people sinned a
great sin, and have made to them gods of gold; but now, if You will forgive
their sin, forgive; but if not, blot me, I pray, from the book of the just, in
the midst of which You have written my name. And the Lord said to Mosheh, It is
not right that I should blot out your name; but whosoever sins before Me, him
will I blot from My book. But now, go lead the people to the place of which I
have told you; behold, My angel will proceed before you; but in the day of My
visitation I will visit upon them their sin. And the Word of the Lord plagued
the people, because they had bowed themselves to the calf that Aharon had made.
XXXIII.
And the Lord spoke with Mosheh, Go, remove yourself hence, lest My anger grow
hot against the people, and I consume them. Therefore proceed you, and the
people whom you did bring up out of the
And
the people heard this evil word, and mourned; and no man put on his accustomed
ornaments, which had been given them at
And
the Lord spoke with Mosheh word for word,- the voice of the word was heard, but
the Majesty of the Presence was not seen,- in the way that a man converses with
his companion: and after the speaking voice had ascended, he returned to the
camp, and delivered the word to the congregation of
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 favor
before Me. 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. And He said, Await, until the face of My displeasure shall have
gone away, and afterward I will give you rest. 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. 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? 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. And he
said, Show now unto me Your glory: 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. [
Midrash Tanhuma Yelammedenu for: Sh’mot (Exodus) 32:15
– 33:23
26.
And the Lord spoke unto Moses: “Depart, go up hence” (Exod. 33:1). This is what Scripture says in allusion to this verse:
For I will restore health unto you, and I will heal you of your wounds
(Jer. 30:17). What is meant by I will heal you of your wounds? R. Joshua
the son of Levi said: When they transgressed by means of the golden calf, they
sinned through Aaron, who said to them: Whosoever has any gold (Exod.
32:24). And when the Holy One, blessed be He, became reconciled with them and
desired to make known to them that He bore no resentment over the fashioning of
the calf, He desired to do so through Aaron, as is said: And He said unto
Aaron: “Take for yourself a bull calf for a burnt offering” (Lev. 9:2).
Similarly,
since He had indicated His wrath through the words Go, get yourself down,
He became reconciled with him through the words Depart, go up hence. The
Holy One, blessed be He, said: With the very expression (with which) I humbled
you, I will exalt you, as is said: Depart, go up hence. Another comment
on Depart, go up hence. What is written previously concerning this
matter? And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain (Exod. 32:15).
After they had performed the wicked deed, Moses descended from the mountain
and, as he approached the camp, observed the golden calf they had made. Until
that moment, the tablets that the Holy One, blessed be He, had given him had
been virtually self-borne, but as he descended the mountain, approached the
camp, and saw the calf, the letters flew from the tablets and they became heavy
in the hands of Moses. Forthwith, Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the
tables out of his hand (ibid., v. 19).
Observe
how strong Moses was. R. Judah said: The tablets weighed as much as forty
measures of wheat and were made of sapphire, yet they were like some small
object in his hand. When the writing flew off, he shattered them. What did he
do then? He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire
(ibid., v. 20). Then he began to search for the guilty ones. He convened a
court from amongst the tribe of Levi, for they had not participated in
fashioning the calf. All who appeared before the court but were not testified
against underwent the water test, as a woman suspected of unfaithfulness is
tested [the drinking of the bitter water to determine whether she was faithful
to her husband]. And strewed it upon the water and made the children of
After
the calf and its worshippers were destroyed, he came before the Holy One,
blessed be He, pleading and beseeching, as it is said: And Moses returned
unto the Lord and said: “Oh, this people have sinned. . . yet now, if You will
forgive their sin (ibid., vv. 31-32). And the Holy One, said unto Moses: Whosoever
has sinned against Me. . . and now, go and lead the people unto the place
(ibid., v. 33). In the day when I visit, I will visit their sins upon them
(ibid., v. 34); that is, I will sit in judgment against them on the Day of
Atonement. Then the guiltless will be exonerated and the guilty will be
condemned, as is said: In the day when I visit, etc. R. Hanina said:
Whoever says the Lord is lax (in dispensing) justice, may his bowels become
loose. He is simply long-suffering. Hence, In the day when I visit, I will
visit their sin upon them. After he judged them and carried out the
verdict, he called out: Master of the Universe, the calf and those who
worshipped it have already been consumed. Perhaps You have something else
against Your people? He replied: Depart, go up hence. Therefore Solomon
said: Take away the dross from the silver (Prov. 25:4).
I
will send an angel before you ... unto a land flowing with milk and honey. . .
if I go in the midst of you, even for a moment, I will consume you (Exod. 33:2, 5). How long is a moment? R.
Samuel the son of Abba maintained: It is one fifty-eighth thousandth, six
hundred and fiftieth part of an hour. That I may know what to do unto you
(ibid.). I will give them the Day of Atonement that it may atone for them. And
the children of
27.
And now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off
(Exod. 33:7). R. Simeon the son of
Lakish held that Moses made his decision by an inference ad minorem. He said:
One who is excommunicated by a teacher must (all the more so) be treated as
such by the disciple. Since this was the intention of the Holy One, blessed be
He, concerning them, I must withdraw from them. Therefore Moses used to take
the tent without the camp.
R.
Isaac said afar off is a mil, as it is said: Yet there will be a
space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure (Josh. 3:4).
And it came to pass, that everyone that sought the Lord went out (Exod.
33:7). From this you learn that a man must go into exile if need be in order
to study. And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tent, that
all the people rose up (ibid., v. 8). You learn from this that a man
must stand in the presence of an aged person, a wise man, the head of the
court, and a king, and that he must remain standing until they have departed.
And
looked after Moses (ibid.). R. Ammi
said: They looked after him to praise him. “Praised be the nurse who nursed one
such as this.” R. Isaac maintained: They looked after him in reproach. They
would look at his back and say: “Notice his neck, see his cap, he eats their
portion, indeed two portions.”
And
it came to pass that everyone that sought the Lord went out (ibid., v. 7). “Everyone who sought Moses” is not
written here but rather everyone that sought the Lord. Because of
this they said: One should greet an elderly person and a Torah scholar as one
greets the Shekhinah, as it is said: And it came to pass that everyone
that sought the Lord went out. Even the angels, the seraphim, and the bands
of angels sought Him out, saying to each other: He is in the dwelling of Moses.
And it came to pass: When Moses entered into the tent, the pillar of clouds
descended, and stood at the door of the tent (ibid., v. 9). When they
observed that the Shekhinah had revealed Himself to Moses, all the people arose
and prayed. And the Holy One spoke unto Moses face to face (ibid., v.
11). We do not know whether the humble one lifted himself or whether the
Exalted One lowered Himself. Said R. Joshua the son of Levi: The Great One of
the World inclined Himself, so to speak, since it is said: And the Lord went
out unto the Tent of Meeting (ibid., v. 7).
And
he would return into the camp (ibid.,
v. 11). He said to Moses: Did I not tell you that when I am angry at them, you
must be kindly disposed toward them, and that when you are angry at them I will
be conciliatory toward them? But now you and I are angry at them. Both of us
must not be angry with them at the same time. That is why it states: And the
Lord spoke to Moses face to face (ibid.). His attitude toward them then
changed, and he would return into the camp. Do not read the word as veshav
(“sat”) but as veshuv (“returned”) to the camp. If he had not done so,
the words His minister Joshua the son of Nun would have been written as
‘Joshua the son of Nun will minister in your stead.”
He
said to Him: Master of the Universe, even when You are angry, You persuade me
to be conciliatory toward them, as is said: And Moses said unto the Lord:
“See, You say unto me: Bring up this people” (ibid., v. 12). Apparently You
are not able to foreclose Your affection for them. Now, if I have found
grace in Your sight, show me Your ways (ibid., v. 13).
The
Holy One, blessed be He, said to Moses: I have made decrees, and I have
fulfilled your decree to forgive (them) for the entire episode of the calf—I will
pardon in accordance with your word, and I will fulfill your desire that My
presence will go with you (ibid.).
He
said to him: The nations make use of heavenly representations; if we do
likewise (instead of having direct access to God), what difference is there
between us? By your life, I will do as you say—My Presence will go with you.
Now,
therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me Your ways ...
and the Lord said: Behold, there is a place by Me (ibid. vv. 13, 21). R. Yosé the son of Halafta said:
It does not say “Behold, I am in this place,” but rather there is a place by
Me; that is to say, My place depends upon Me, I am not dependent upon My
place. And He said: I will make all My goodness pass before you (ibid.,
v. 19); that is, I will show you the measure of My goodness and the measure of
My retribution. And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious
(ibid.).
He
disclosed to him all the treasures that were to be bestowed upon the righteous/generous,
each in reward for certain acts. He (Moses) asked: “Whose treasure is
this?”“This is the treasure of those who give charity.”“Whose treasure is
this?”“This is treasure for the master of the law,” He replied. “And whose
treasure is this?” he queried. “It belongs to those who honor them,” He said.
Then he pointed to the greatest of the treasures and asked: “Master of the
Universe, whose great treasure is this one?”“I will give it to him who performs
meritorious deeds. But even to the one who has no good deeds to his credit, I
will give them as a gift for nothing (hinam) from among these,” as it is
said: I will be gracious (ahon) to whom I will be gracious, and will show
mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Another
comment on I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious. “I will be gracious
to whom we have been gracious” is not written here, but rather, to whom I
will be gracious. That is to say, I will be gracious to anyone who desires
My graciousness, and I will be gracious unto the one to whom I wish to be
gracious. Similarly, I will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. He
said: You can not see My face (ibid., v. 20). Moses wanted to learn the
rewards that were to be given to the righteous/generous and why the wicked were
at ease. The Holy One, blessed be He, answered: You can not see My face.
My face is mentioned here only with reference to the ease enjoyed by the
wicked, as it is said: And repays them that hate him to their face, to
destroy them (Deut. 7:10). The Holy One, blessed be He, said: And I will
take away My hand (Exod. 33:23). That is to say, in this world I will not
show you the rewards awaiting those that fear My name, but I will in the
world-to-come: Whereof from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the
ear, neither has the eye seen a God beside You who works for him that waits for
him (Isa. 64:3).
Ketubim
Targum Psalm 66
1.
For praise. A praise song. Shout for joy in the presence of the Lord, all
inhabitants of the earth.
2.
Praise the glory of His name; set forth the glory of His praise.
3.
Say in the presence of God, “How fearful are your works! For all the abundance
of Your works, Your enemies will deny You.”
4.
All the inhabitants of the earth will bow down before You, and they will praise
You, they will praise Your name forever.
5.
Come and see the works of God; fearful is the lord of destiny to the sons of
men.
6.
He turned the Red Sea to dry land; the sons of
7.
He who rules over the world in the power of His strength, His eyes behold the
Gentiles; let the disobedient not exalt themselves forever.
8.
Bless God, O Gentiles, and make the sound of His praise heard.
9.
Who has designated our souls for the life of the age to come, and has not
allowed our feet to be shaken.
10.
For You have tried us, O God, You have refined us like a smith who refines
silver. Another Targum: For You have tried [us], for You have tested our
fathers, O God; You exiled them among the kingdoms; You found them refined as
one who purifies silver.
11.
You brought us into the net, You placed chains on our loins. Another Targum:
You brought us into
12.
You humbled us, You made our creditors ride over our heads; You judged us as if
by fire and water, and You brought us out to a broad place. Another Targum: The
Medes and Greeks rode over us, they passed over our heads; You brought us among
the Romans, who judge us like the cruel Chaldeans, who cast our father Abraham
into the fiery furnace, and the Egyptians, who cast our infants into the water;
yet You brought us up to freedom.
13.
I will enter Your house with burnt-offerings, I will pay You my vows. Another
Targum: Just as You have mercy on us and redeem us, then we will enter Your
sanctuary with burnt-offerings and we will pay You our vows.
14.
Which opened my lips, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
15.
Fat burnt-offerings I will offer in Your presence, with the sweet smell of the
sacrifice of rams; I will make [sacrifice of] bulls with he-goats forever.
16.
Come hear, and I will tell all who fear God what He has done for my soul.
17.
I cried out to Him with my mouth, and His praise was on my tongue.
18.
If I saw falsehood in my heart, would the Lord not hear?
19.
Truly God has heard, He listened to the sound of my prayer.
20.
Blessed be God, who has not removed my prayer and His favor from me.
Ketubim
Rashi Psalm 66
2
Sing the glory of His name Sing in
honor of His name. Or: Recite the glory of His name with music and song.
3
How awesome is each one of Your
deeds! Through the greatness of Your might When You show the world Your
might through pestilence, sword, famine, or lightning Your enemies, the wicked,
confess their lies and sins because of their great fear.
5
awesome in His deeds Feared by
mankind, lest He find a transgression in them, for all their deeds are revealed
to You.
6
He turned the sea into dry land The
7
will not exalt themselves Their hand
will not be high.
8
O peoples, bless our God for His
wonders, that He kept our soul alive in exile, and you cannot annihilate us.
10
You tested us with distress in the
exile. You refined us to remove the dross from us when we repent before
You, as they refine silver to remove its dross.
11
You brought us into a trap A narrow
place, like in a prison. a chain, an expression of locking up.
12
You caused man to ride at our head
The kings of all the heathen nations.
13
I shall come to Your house when You
build the
15
fat an expression of marrow.
16
all you who fear God They are the
proselytes who became converted.
17
My mouth called out to Him When we
were in exile, we called out to Him, and we recited His exaltation with our
tongue. and He was exalted I found: With my mouth, I called out to Him.
His exaltation is ready under my tongue to be let out of my mouth, as (Job
20:12): “though he hide it under his tongue.”
18
If I saw iniquity, etc. He did not
deal with us according to our sins, but He made Himself as though He neither
saw nor heard the iniquity that was in our hearts.
19
But indeed you should know.
20
Who did not remove my prayer from
before Him, and He did not remove His kindness from me.
Ketubim
Midrash Psalm 66
Say
unto God: “How fearful is Your work! Through the greatness of Your might will
Your enemies dwindle away before You. All the earth will worship You” (Ps. 66:3-4). Even as it was said to God at the
Ordinary Ashlamatah: II Samuel 22:1 - 22:51
1
And David spoke unto Ha-Shem the words of this song in the day that Ha-Shem
delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul;
2
and he said: Ha-Shem is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
3
The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of
salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my savior, You saved me from violence.
4
Praised, I cry, is Ha-Shem, and I am saved from mine enemies.
5
For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
6
The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
8
Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they
were shaken, because He was wroth.
9
Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals
flamed forth from Him.
10
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and thick darkness was under His
feet.
11
And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yes, He was seen upon the wings of the
wind.
12
And He made darkness pavilions round about Him, gathering of waters, thick
clouds of the skies.
13
At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth.
14
Ha-Shem thundered from heaven, and the Most High gave forth His voice.
15
And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were laid
bare by the rebuke of Ha-Shem, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
17
He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters;
18
He delivered me from mine enemy most strong, from them that hated me, for they
were too mighty for me.
19
They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but Ha-Shem was a stay unto me.
20
He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He
delighted in me.
21
Ha-Shem rewarded me according to my righteousness/generosity; according to the
cleanness of my hands has He recompensed me.
22
For I have kept the ways of Ha-Shem, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23
For all His ordinances were before me; and as for His statutes, I did not
depart from them.
24
And I was single-hearted toward Him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity.
25
Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness/generosity,
according to my cleanness in His eyes.
26
With the merciful You do show Yourself merciful, with the upright man You do
show Yourself upright,
27
With the pure You do show myself pure; and with the crooked You do show
Yourself subtle.
28
And the afflicted people You do save; but Your eyes are upon the haughty, that
You may humble them.
29
For You are my lamp, O Ha-Shem; and Ha-Shem does lighten my darkness.
30
For by You I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.
31
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of Ha-Shem is tried; He is a shield
unto all them that take refuge in Him.
32
For who is God, save Ha-Shem? and who is a Rock, save our God?
33
The God who is my strong fortress, and who lets my way go forth straight;
34
Who makes my feet like hinds', and sets me upon my high places;
35
Who trains my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
36
You have also given me Your shield of salvation; and Your condescension hath
made me great.
37
You have enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.
38
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; neither did I turn back till
they were consumed.
39
And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise; yes,
they are fallen under my feet.
40
For You have girded me with strength unto the battle; You have subdued under me
those that rose up against me.
41
You have also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me; yes, them that hate
me, that I might cut them off.
42
They looked, but there was none to save; even unto Ha-Shem, but He answered
them not.
43
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the
mire of the streets, and did tread them down.
44
You also have delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept
me to be the head of the gentiles; a people whom I have not known serve me.
45
The sons of the stranger dwindle away before me; as soon as they hear of me,
they obey me.
46
The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places.
47
Ha-Shem lives, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, my Rock of
salvation;
48
Even the God that executes vengeance for me, and brings down peoples under me,
49
And that brings me forth from mine enemies; yea, You lift me up above them that
rise up against me; You deliver me from the violent man.
50
Therefore I will give thanks unto You, O Ha-Shem, among the gentiles, and will
sing praises unto Your name.
Special Ashlamatah: Hosea 14:2-10, Micah 7:18-20
14:1
(14:2) Return, O Israel, unto Ha-Shem your God; for you have stumbled in your
lawlessness.
14:2
(14:3) Take with you words, and return unto Ha-Shem; say unto Him: 'Forgive
all iniquity, and accept that which is good; so will we render for bullocks the
offering of our lips.
14:3
(14:4) Asshur will not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we
call any more the work of our hands our gods; for in You the fatherless finds
mercy.'
14:4
(14:5) I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger
is turned away from him.
14:5
(14:6) I will be as the dew unto
14:6
(14:7) His branches will spread, and his beauty will be as the olive-tree, and
his fragrance as
14:7
(14:8) They that dwell under His shadow will again make corn to grow, and will
blossom as the vine; the scent thereof will be as the wine of
14:8
(14:9) Ephraim will say: 'What have I to do any more with idols?' As for Me, I
respond and look on him; I am like a leafy cypress-tree; from Me is your fruit
found.
14:9
(14:10) Whosoever is wise, let him understand these things, whosoever is
prudent, let him know them. For the ways of Ha-Shem are right, and the just do
walk in them; but transgressors do stumble therein.
7:18 Who is a God like unto You, that pardons the
iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He
retains not His anger for ever, because He delights in mercy.
7:19 He will again have compassion upon us; He
will subdue our iniquities; and You will cast all their sins into the depths of
the sea.
7:20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to
Abraham, as You have sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Midrash of Matityahu
(Matthew) 11:7-19
7. ¶ And as they [the talmidim of Yochanan the Immerser
bar Zechariah HaKohen] were departing, Yeshuah began to tell the congregations
about Yochanan [the Immerser]: ‘What did you go out in the wilderness (desert)
to see? A reed swayed by the wind?
8. What did you go out to see then? A man clothed in a
soft Talleet (prayer mantle)? Behold, those who wear soft a soft Talleet are in
the houses of kings.
9. But what did you go out to see? A prophet? In truth, I
tell you, this one is greater than a prophet.
10. For this is he of whom it has been written: Behold, I
am sending to you Eliyahu the prophet, before the coming of the great and the
fearful day of Ha-Shem (Malachi 3:23).
11. Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has
not risen anyone greater than Yochanan the Immerser. Yet he who is least in the
kingdom of the heavens is greater than Yochanan the Immerser.
12. And from the days of Yochanan the Immerser until the
present time, the kingdom of the heavens is [perceived as something to be]
violently broken into, and [would be prophets thinking to break in] are tearing
it apart,
13. when all the Prophets and the Law spoke about
Yochanan..
14. And if you are willing to accept it, he is Eliyahu who
was impending to come (cf. Malachi 3:22-24; Yeshayahu 40:3-5).
15. He who has ears to hear.
- But to what shall I liken this generation? It is
like little children sitting in the marketplaces who call to others
saying:
- We played flute for you, but you would not dance;
[so] we wailed funeral dirges for you, but you did not mourn and beat your
breasts and weep aloud, either.
- For Yochanan [the Immerser bar Zechariah HaKohen]
came neither eating nor drinking, and they say concerning him: He is
possessed of demons.
- But the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and
they say about him: He is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of turn-coat
tax gougers and sinners! So fools judge the Hakhamim (wise men).
The Rabbi’s Private Prophetic Study
It
has been a year and halve since we officially started putting into practice the
Shmitah Torah Reading Lectionary, and as we go through and savor the various
readings contained for each Sabbath I am over-awed and impressed with the
accuracy and harmony of its readings at the appropriate time. Together with His
Honor Rosh Paqid Adon Hillel ben David we have worked many years on this
project and we surely are delighted at the many and wonderful discoveries we
have made.
This
Shabbat (Shabbat Shuvah) is the Sabbath that falls inside the 10 days between
Rosh-HaShanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur which we will be observing G-d willing
as from next Sunday evening to Monday evening. This Sabbath deals of course
with the topic of repentance which more accurately can be translated as
RETURNING.
Our
Torah Seder therefore starts with the words: “And Mosheh turned,
and went down from the mountain” (Exodus 32:15) The Psalmist takes note on the
power of sincere and contrite prayer to change circumstances and notes:
“Surely, God has heard; He has attended to the voice of my prayer” (Psalm
66:19). Our Special Ashlamatah (Prophetic reading) for this Sabbath, which
according to our customs must be read by the most learned person in the
congregation, starts with the words: “Return, O Israel, unto
Ha-Shem your God” (Hosea 14:2). The ordinary Ashlamatah as well as the Psalm
introduces us to the main topic of the Prophetic Book Of Jonah that we will be
reading on Yom Kippur: Teaching the Gentiles Torah. In the Midrash of Matityahu
we are introduces to the topic of Eliyahu – “Behold, I am sending to you
Eliyahu the prophet, before the coming of the great and the fearful day of
Ha-Shem” (Malachi 3:23), and that being Yochanan the Immerser whose task was to
proclaim repentance (returning) and the command to be immersed for the
remission of sins. In fact it is most plausible that Yochanan’s activities took
place during these ten days of returning or Yamim HaNoraim.
As
we fast approach Yom Kippur we need to take some time for ourselves and stop
all activity and think about the things we need to change in our lives to
please G-d and have greater blessings than those we currently have. We also
need to think about what part we must play in the bringing of the Gentiles
under the sovereignty of G-d, His Messiah, and His Torah, and recommit
ourselves with vigor to that task, each in the gift and capacity that G-d has
given him/her. We have Yom Kippur because of the sin of the golden calf, and
the tikun reparation for this sin is teshuvah (returning to G-d) and do what
Jonah was supposed to do – teach the Gentiles Torah.
May
you and your loved ones be sealed in the book of life for a great year of much
blessing, good health, and copious prosperity together with all of our most
noble brethren of Yisrael, amen ve amen!
Yom HaKippurim – Day of Atonements - 5767
Sunday, October 1, 2006 Light Candles at: 7:02 PM
Monday, October 2, 2006
Sunday, October 1, 2006 Light Candles at: 5:30 PM
Monday, October 2, 2006
Sunday, October 1, 2006 Light Candles at: 6:40 PM
Monday, October 2, 2006
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Yom Kippur Shacharit
Service Torah Reader 1 – Vayikra (Leviticus)
16:1-6 Reader 2 – Vayikra (Leviticus)
16:7-11 Reader 3 – Vayikra (Leviticus)
16:12-17 Reader 4 – Vayikra (Leviticus)
16:18-24 Reader 5 – Vayikra (Leviticus)
16:25-30 Reader 6 – Vayikra (Leviticus)
16:31-34
Maftir – B’Midbar (Numbers) 29:7-11 Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 57:14 -
58:14 N.C.
Yochanan (John) 1:19-31 |
Yom Kippur Mincha Service Torah Book of Jonah Reader 1 – Vayikra 18:1-5 Reader 2 – Vayikra 18:6-21 Reader 3 – Vayikra 18:22-30 Micah 7:18-20 |
Gamar Chatima Tova!
May you end with a good signature (sealing)!
May it go well with you and loved ones over the fast!
Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Vayikra (Leviticus) 16:1-34
XVI.
And the Lord spoke with Mosheh, after that the two sons of Aharon the high
priest had died (or, the priests the two elder sons of Aharon had died) at the
time of their offering extraneous fire (aisha baria) before the Lord; died they
by the flaming fire. [
This
will be the rite (mida) for the entering of Aharon into the holy place. With a
young bullock, having no mixture, for the sin offering, and a ram for the burnt
offering. With the vestments of fine linen, the holy robe, will he be dressed,
and linen drawers will be upon his flesh, and with the girdle of fine linen will
he be bound, and the mitre of fine linen will be ordained for his head. These
are the holy garments; but with the golden robes he will not enter, that
there be not brought to memory the sin of the golden calf; and at the time
when he is to enter he will wash his flesh in forty seahs of water, and attire
himself with them.
And
from the congregation of the sons of
And
Aharon will bring the bullock which is for himself, and make atonement with
confession of words for himself, and for the men of his house, and kill the
bullock for his sin offering.
And
he will take a censer full of coals burning with fire from off the altar from
before the Lord, and with his hand full of sweet incense, beaten small, he will
enter within the veil. And he will put the sweet incense upon the fire before
the Lord, and the cloud of the fuming incense will envelope the mercy-seat that
is over the testimony, that he may not die by the flaming fire before the Lord.
And he will take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle with his right
finger upon the face of the mercy-seat eastward, and before the mercy-seat he
will sprinkle the blood seven times with his right finger.
Then
will he kill the goat of the sin offering which is (purchased with) the money
of the people, and carry in of the blood of the goat within the veil, and do
with the blood of the goat as he did with the blood of the bullock, and
sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat.
And he will make atonement for the holy place, with confession of words for the
uncleanness of the children of
And
he will withdraw, and come forth from the holy place, unto the altar which is
before the Lord, and make atonement upon it with confession of words, and take
of the blood of the bullock and of the blood of the goat, mingled together, and
put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And he will sprinkle upon it
from the blood with his right finger seven times, and cleanse it, and sanctify
it from the defilements of the children of
And
when he has completed to make atonement for the holy place, and for the
tabernacle of ordinance, and for the altar, with confession of words, he will
bring near the living goat. And Aharon will lay his hands (upon him) in this
order, his right hand upon his left, upon the head of the living goat, and confess
over him all the lawlessness of the children of Israel, and all their rebellions,
and all their sins, and will put them, with an oath uttered and expressed with
the Great and glorious Name, upon the head of the goat, and send (him) away by
the hand of a man prepared from the year foregoing, to take him into a rocky
desert which is Beth‑hadurey; and the goat will bear upon him all their
sins into a desert place; and the man will send forth the goat to a rocky
desert; and the goat will go up on the mountains of Beth‑hadurey, and a tempestuous wind from the presence of
the Lord will carry him away, and he will die.
And
Aharon will enter the tabernacle of ordinance, and take off the robes of fine
linen with which he was attired at the time of his going into the holy place,
and will lay them aside there. Then will he wash his flesh in the sanctuary,
and afterward attire himself, and withdraw, and come forth, and perform his
burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atonement for himself
and for his people. And the fat of the sin offering he will burn at the altar.
And
he who led away the goat to Azazel will wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh
in forty seahs of water, and afterward he may enter the camp. But the bullock
for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was
brought into the sanctuary to make atonement, will be carried away upon
carriages by the hands of young men who are priests; and they will bear them
without the camp, and burn them with fire, their skin, their flesh, and their
dung. And he who burns them will wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in forty
seahs of water, and afterwards he may enter the camp.
And
this will be to you for an everlasting statute: in the seventh month, it is the
month Tishri, on the tenth day of the month, you will humble your souls,
(abstaining) from food, and from drinks, and from the use of the bath, and from
rubbing, and from sandals, and from the practice of the (matrimonial) bed: nor
will you do any work, neither the native-born nor the stranger who dwells among
you. For on this day He will make ATONEMENT for you to cleanse you from all
your sins; and you will confess your transgressions before the Lord, and will
be clean. It is a Sabbath of rest to you: no work of business will you do, but
will humiliate your souls. [
And
the priest who is anointed, and who has offered his oblation to minister
instead of his father, will be clothed in the robes of fine linen, even the
consecrated robes. And he will make atonement for the Holy of Holies, and for
the tabernacle of ordinance, and for the altar; and for the priests, and for
all the people of the congregation, will he atone, with confession of words.
And this will be to you for an everlasting statute, to expiate the children of
Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: B’Midbar (Numbers) 29:7-11
And
on the tenth of the seventh month, the month of Tishri, you will have a holy
convocation, and castigate your souls (by abstaining) from food and drink, the
bath, friction, sandals, and the marriage bed; and you will do no servile labor,
but offer a sacrifice before the Lord to be received with favor; one young
bullock, one ram, lambs of the year seven, unblemished, will you have; and
their mincha of wheat flour mingled with olive oil, three tenths for the
bullock, two tenths for one ram, a single tenth for a lamb, so for the seven
lambs one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of the
expiations, and the perpetual sacrifice and their minchas, and the wine of
their libations.
Ashlamatah:
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) 57:14 - 58:14
14
And He will say: cast up, cast up, clear the way, take up the stumbling-block
out of the way of My people. {S}
15
For thus says the High and Lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is
Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite
and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart
of the contrite ones.
16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always at wroth; for the
spirit that enwraps itself is from Me, and the souls which I have made.
17
For the lawlessness of his covetousness was I wroth and smote him, I hid Myself
and was wroth; and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
18
I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and requite with
comforts him and his mourners.
19
Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, says Ha-Shem that
creates the fruit of the lips; and I will heal him.
20
But the lawless are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters
cast up mire and dirt.
21
There is no peace, says my God concerning the lawless. {P}
1 Cry
aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a horn, and declare unto My people
their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
2
Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways; as a nation that did
righteousness/generosity, and forsook not the ordinance of their God, they ask
of Me righteous/generous ordinances, they delight to draw near unto God.
3
'Wherefore have we fasted, and You see not? Wherefore have we afflicted our
soul, and You take no knowledge?'--Behold, in the day of your fast you pursue
your business, and exact all your labors.
4
Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of
lawlessness; you fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on
high.
5
Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is
it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under
him? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Ha-Shem?
6
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the fetters of lawlessness,
to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you
break every yoke?
7
Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that
are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him, and
that you hide not yourself from your own flesh?
8
Then will your light break forth as the morning, and your healing will spring
forth speedily; and your righteousness/generosity will go before you, the glory
of Ha-Shem will be your rearward.
9
Then will you call, and Ha-Shem will answer; you will cry, and He will say:
'Here I am.' If you take away from the midst of you the yoke, the putting forth
of the (judging) finger, and speaking lawlessness;
10
And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul;
then will your light rise in darkness, and your gloom be as the noon-day;
11
And Ha-Shem will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and
make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like a
spring of water, whose waters fail not.
12
And they that will be of you will build the old waste places, you will raise up
the foundations of many generations; and you will be called The repairer of the
breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.
13
If you turn away your foot because of the Sabbath, from pursuing your business
on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, and the holy of Ha-Shem
honorable; and will honor it, not doing your wonted ways, nor pursuing your
business, nor speaking thereof;
14
Then will you delight yourself in Ha-Shem, and I will make you to ride upon the
high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your
father; for the mouth of Ha-Shem has spoken it. {P}
Book
of Jonah
Chapter
One
1
Now the Word of Ha-Shem came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying: 2 'Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and
proclaim against it; for their lawlessness is come up before Me.' 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish
from the presence of Ha-Shem; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going
to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with
them unto Tarshish, from the presence of Ha-Shem. 4 But Ha-Shem hurled a great wind into the
sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be
broken. 5 And the mariners were afraid,
and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in
the ship into the sea, to lighten it unto them. But Jonah was gone down into
the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said
unto him: 'What do you mean that you sleep? arise, call upon your God, if so be
that God will think upon us, that we perish not.' 7 And they said every one to his fellow:
'Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon
us.' So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 8 Then said they unto him: 'Tell us, we pray,
for whose cause this evil is upon us: what is your occupation? and from where do
you come? what is your country? and of what people art you?' 9 And he said unto them: 'I am an Hebrew; and
I fear Ha-Shem, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.' 10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and
said unto him: 'What is this that you have done?' For the men knew that he fled
from the presence of Ha-Shem, because he had told them. 11 Then said they unto him: 'What will we do
unto you, that the sea may be calm unto us?' for the sea grew more and more
tempestuous. 12 And he said unto them:
'Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so will the sea be calm unto you;
for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.' 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring
it to the land; but they could not; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous
against them. 14 Wherefore they cried
unto Ha-Shem, and said: 'We beseech You, O Ha-Shem, we beseech You, let us not
perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for You, O
Ha-Shem, have done as it pleased You.'
15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea
ceased from its raging. 16 Then the men
feared Ha-Shem exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Ha-Shem, and made
vows.
Chapter
Two
1
And Ha-Shem prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the
belly of the fish three days and three nights.
2 Then Jonah prayed unto Ha-Shem his God out of the fish's belly. 3 And he said: I called out of mine
affliction unto Ha-Shem, and He answered me; out of the belly of the
nether-world cried I, and You heard my voice.
4 For You did cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the
flood was round about me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me. 5 And I said: 'I am cast out from before Your
eyes'; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple. 6 The waters compassed me about, even to the
soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head. 7 I went down to the bottoms of the
mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet have You
brought up my life from the pit, O Ha-Shem my God. 8 When my soul fainted within me, I
remembered Ha-Shem; and my prayer came in unto You, into Your holy temple. 9 They that regard lying vanities forsake
their own mercy. 10 But I will sacrifice
unto You with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation is of Ha-Shem. {S}
11
And Ha-Shem spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
{P}
Chapter
Three
1
And the Word of Ha-Shem came unto Jonah the second time, saying: 2 'Arise, go unto
Chapter
Four
1
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed unto Ha-Shem, and said: 'I
pray, O Ha-Shem, was not this my saying, when I was yet in mine own country?
Therefore I fled beforehand unto Tarshish; for I knew that You are a gracious
God, and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and repents of
the evil. 3 Therefore now, O Ha-Shem,
take, I beseech You, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to
live.' {S}
4
And Ha-Shem said: 'Are you greatly angry?'
5 Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city,
and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see
what would become of the city. 6 And
Ha-Shem God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might
be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his evil. So Jonah was exceeding
glad because of the gourd. 7 But God
prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd,
that it withered. 8 And it came to pass,
when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat
upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he
might die, and said: 'It is better for me to die than to live.' 9 And God said to Jonah: 'Are you greatly
angry for the gourd?' And he said: 'I am greatly angry, even unto death.' 10 And Ha-Shem said: 'You have had pity on
the gourd, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow, which came up
in a night, and perished in a night; 11
and should not I have pity on Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than
six-score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and
their left hand, and also much cattle?' {P}
Targum Pseudo Jonathan for: Vayikra (Leviticus) 16:1-34
XVIII.
And the Lord spoke with Mosheh, saying: Speak with the sons of
No
man, either young or old, will come near to any of the kindred of his flesh to
dishonor (their) nakedness by carnality, or by the knowledge of their
nakedness. I am the Lord. The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your
mother, you will not dishonor. A woman will not lie with her father, nor a man
with his mother; she is your mother: you will not discover her nakedness. The
nakedness of your father's wife you will not dishonor, for it is the nakedness
of your father. The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or
the daughter of your mother, (or of her) whom, your father begat by another
wife, or of your mother, whom your mother bare by your father or by another
husband, you will not dishonor. The nakedness of your son's daughter, or the
daughter of your daughter, you will not dishonor, because they are as your own
nakedness. The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, who has been
begotten of your father, she is your sister, you will not dishonor. The
nakedness of your father's sister you will not dishonor; she is of kin to your
father's flesh. The nakedness of your mother's sister you will not dishonor;
for she is of kin to your mother's flesh. The nakedness of your father's
brother you will not dishonor, nor come near to his wife carnally; she is the
wife of your father's brother. The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you will
not dishonor; she is the wife of your son, you will not dishonor her nakedness.
The nakedness of your brother's wife you will not dishonor in the life‑time of your brother, or after his death, if he have
children; for it is the nakedness of your brother. The nakedness of a woman and
of her daughter you will not dishonor, neither will you take her son's daughter
or the daughter of her daughter, to dishonor their nakedness; for they are of
kin to her flesh; it is corruption. Neither will you take a wife in the
lifetime of her sister, to aggrieve her by dishonoring her nakedness, over her,
all the days of her life. And unto the side of a woman in the time of the separation
of her uncleanness you will not draw near to dishonor her nakedness. Nor unto
the side of your neighbor's wife will you come to defile her. And of your
offspring you will not give up any to lie carnally with the daughters of the
Gentiles, to perform strange worship; nor will you profane the Name of your
God: I am the Lord. [
Ashlamatah:
Micah 7:18-20
18
Who is a God like unto You, that pardons the lawlessness, and passes by the
transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retains not His anger for
ever, because He delights in mercy.
19
He will again have compassion upon us; He will subdue our lawlessness; and You
will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20
You will show faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, as You have sworn unto
our fathers from the days of old. {P}