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pp. 1196-1197
The Reading of the Torah

Last Day Of Pesah, Shavuot & For Shemini Atzeret

קריאה לאחרון של פסח או שבועות, ולשמיני עצרת בחוץ לארץ

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קריאה ליום אחרון של פסח או שבועות, ולשמיני עצרת בחוץ לארץ

TORAH READING FOR THE LAST DAY OF PESAḤ AND SHAVUOT, AND SHEMINI ATZERET OUTSIDE ISRAEL

If the last day of Pesaḥ or the second day of Shavuot falls on Shabbat, start here. If it falls on a weekday, start with "Every male firstborn" on page 1196b. On Shemini Atzeret start here.
Deut. 14:22–16:17
Hebrew
עַשֵּׂר תְּעַשֵּׂר אֵת כָּל־תְּבוּאַת זַרְעֶךָ הַיֹּצֵא הַשָּׂדֶה שָׁנָה שָׁנָה׃ וְאָכַלְתָּ ׀ לִפְנֵי
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם מַעְשַׂר דְּגָנְךָ תִּירֹשְׁךָ וְיִצְהָרֶךָ
וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקָרְךָ וְצֹאנֶךָ לְמַעַן תִּלְמַד לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כָּל־הַיָּמִים׃ וְכִי־
יִרְבֶּה מִמְּךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ כִּי לֹא תוּכַל שְׂאֵתוֹ כִּי־יִרְחַק מִמְּךָ הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָשׂוּם שְׁמוֹ שָׁם כִּי יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃ וְנָתַתָּה בַּכָּסֶף וְצַרְתָּ הַכֶּסֶף
בְּיָדְךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בּוֹ׃ וְנָתַתָּה הַכֶּסֶף בְּכֹל
אֲשֶׁר־תְּאַוֶּה נַפְשְׁךָ בַּבָּקָר וּבַצֹּאן וּבַיַּיִן וּבַשֵּׁכָר וּבְכֹל אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁאָלְךָ נַפְשֶׁךָ
וְאָכַלְתָּ שָּׁם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְשָׂמַחְתָּ אַתָּה וּבֵיתֶךָ׃ וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ לֹא
תַעַזְבֶנּוּ כִּי אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ׃
Sephardi
Aser te'aser et kol-tevuat zar'echa hayotzei hasadeh shana shana: ve'achalta lifnei
Adonai Elohecha bamakom asher-yivchar leshaken shemo sham ma'asar degancha tiroshcha veyitzharecha
uvchorot bekarcha vetzoncha lema'an tilmad leyir'ah et-Adonai Elohecha kol-hayamim: vechi-
yirbeh mimecha haderech ki lo tuchal se'eto ki-yirchak mimecha hamakom asher yivchar Adonai
Elohecha lasum shemo sham ki yevarechecha Adonai Elohecha: venatatah bakesef vetzarta hakesef
beyadcha vehalachta el-hamakom asher yivchar Adonai Elohecha bo: venatatah hakesef bechol
asher-te'aveh nafshecha babakar uvatzon uvayayin uvashechar uvechol asher tish'alecha nafshecha
ve'achalta sham lifnei Adonai Elohecha vesamachta atah uveitecha: vehaLevi asher-bish'arecha lo
ta'azvenu ki ein lo chelek venachalah imach:
English
You must tithe all the produce of your grain, that which grows in the field, each year. You shall then eat it in the presence of the LORD your God, at the place He will choose as a dwelling place for His name; the tithes of your grain, wine and oil as well as the firstborn of your herd and flock, so that you might learn to hold the LORD your God in awe as long as you live. If the distance is very great for you, so that you cannot carry it all; if the place the LORD your God chooses as a dwelling place for His name is far away from you, and the LORD your God blesses you with plenty, then you may sell your produce for money and, holding that money in your hand, go to the place which the LORD your God will choose. You may purchase with that money anything you may wish for of the herd or flock, of wine or intoxicating drinks: anything your heart desires; and you shall eat there, in the presence of the LORD your God, and you and your household shall rejoice. As for the Levite who dwells within your gates – you shall not forsake him, for he does not have a portion or an inheritance among you.
Hebrew
מִקְצֵה ׀ שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים תּוֹצִיא
אֶת־כָּל־מַעְשַׂר תְּבוּאָתְךָ בַּשָּׁנָה הַהִוא וְהִנַּחְתָּ בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ׃ וּבָא הַלֵּוִי כִּי אֵין־
לוֹ חֵלֶק וְנַחֲלָה עִמָּךְ וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָה אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְאָכְלוּ וְשָׂבֵעוּ
לְמַעַן יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל־מַעֲשֵׂה יָדְךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה׃
Sephardi
Miketze shalosh shanim totzi
et-kol-ma'asar tevuatcha bashanah hahi vehinachta bish'arecha: uva haLevi ki ein-
lo chelek venachalah imach vehager vehayatom veha'almanah asher bish'arecha ve'achlu vesave'u
lema'an yevarechecha Adonai Elohecha bechol-ma'aseh yadcha asher ta'aseh:
English
At the end of every third year, you must take out all the tithes of your harvest from that year, and set them down within your gates. Then the Levite, who does not have a portion or an inheritance among you, along with the stranger and orphan and widow within your gates, shall come and eat and be satisfied; do this, so that the LORD your God might bless you in all that you do.
LEVI
Hebrew
*מִקֵּץ
שֶׁבַע־שָׁנִים תַּעֲשֶׂה שְׁמִטָּה׃ וְזֶה דְּבַר הַשְּׁמִטָּה שָׁמוֹט כָּל־בַּעַל מַשֵּׁה יָדוֹ
אֲשֶׁר יַשֶּׁה בְּרֵעֵהוּ לֹא־יִגֹּשׂ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאֶת־אָחִיו כִּי־קָרָא שְׁמִטָּה לַיהוָה׃
אֶת־הַנָּכְרִי תִּגֹּשׂ וַאֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה לְךָ אֶת־אָחִיךָ תַּשְׁמֵט יָדֶךָ׃ אֶפֶס כִּי לֹא יִהְיֶה־
בְּךָ אֶבְיוֹן כִּי־בָרֵךְ יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן־לְךָ נַחֲלָה
לְרִשְׁתָּהּ׃ רַק אִם־שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־
כָּל־הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם׃ כִּי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בֵּרַכְךָ כַּאֲשֶׁר
דִּבֶּר־לָךְ וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים וְאַתָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹט וּמָשַׁלְתָּ בְּגוֹיִם רַבִּים וּבְךָ לֹא
Sephardi
Mikeitz
sheva-shanim ta'aseh shemitah: vezeh devar hashemitah shamot kol-ba'al masheh yado
asher yasheh bere'ehu lo-yigos et-re'ehu ve'et-achiv ki-kara shemitah laAdonai:
et-hanokhri tigos va'asher yihyeh lecha et-achicha tashmet yadecha: efes ki lo yihyeh-
becha evyon ki-varech yevarechecha Adonai ba'aretz asher Adonai Elohecha noten-lecha nachalah
lerishtah: rak im-shamo'a tishma bekol Adonai Elohecha lishmor la'asot et-
kol-hamitzvah hazot asher anochi metzavecha hayom: ki-Adonai Elohecha berachecha ka'asher
diber-lach veha'avtata goyim rabim ve'atah lo ta'avot umashalta begoyim rabim uvecha lo
English
At the end of every seven years, you shall institute a release. And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall let go of what he is entitled to from his debtor; he may not demand payment from his fellow or his kinsman, for a release has been proclaimed for [the honor of] the LORD. You may ask payment of a gentile, but any claim you hold against your kinsmen must be released. Nevertheless, you will not have paupers among you, for the LORD shall surely bless you in the land that He is giving you as a portion, to inherit it – but only if you heed the voice of the LORD your God, safeguarding and keeping all of