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The Reading of the Torah

Reading For Simhat Torah

קריאה לשמחת תורה

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Hebrew
וּלְלֵוִי אָמַר תֻּמֶּיךָ וְאוּרֶיךָ לְאִישׁ חֲסִידֶךָ אֲשֶׁר נִסִּיתוֹ בְּמַסָּה תְּרִיבֵהוּ עַל־מֵי
מְרִיבָה׃ הָאֹמֵר לְאָבִיו וּלְאִמּוֹ לֹא רְאִיתִיו וְאֶת־אֶחָיו לֹא הִכִּיר וְאֶת־בָּנָיו
לֹא יָדָע כִּי שָׁמְרוּ אִמְרָתֶךָ וּבְרִיתְךָ יִנְצֹרוּ׃ יוֹרוּ מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְיַעֲקֹב וְתוֹרָתְךָ
לְיִשְׂרָאֵל יָשִׂימוּ קְטוֹרָה בְּאַפֶּךָ וְכָלִיל עַל־מִזְבְּחֶךָ׃ בָּרֵךְ יְהוָה חֵילוֹ וּפֹעַל
יָדָיו תִּרְצֶה מְחַץ מָתְנַיִם קָמָיו וּמְשַׂנְאָיו מִן־יְקוּמוּן׃ לְבִנְיָמִן
אָמַר יְדִיד יְהוָה יִשְׁכֹּן לָבֶטַח עָלָיו חֹפֵף עָלָיו כָּל־הַיּוֹם וּבֵין כְּתֵפָיו
שָׁכֵן׃ *וּלְיוֹסֵף אָמַר מְבֹרֶכֶת יְהוָה אַרְצוֹ מִמֶּגֶד שָׁמַיִם מִטָּל
וּמִתְּהוֹם רֹבֶצֶת תָּחַת׃ וּמִמֶּגֶד תְּבוּאֹת שֶׁמֶשׁ וּמִמֶּגֶד גֶּרֶשׁ יְרָחִים׃ וּמֵרֹאשׁ
הַרְרֵי־קֶדֶם וּמִמֶּגֶד גִּבְעוֹת עוֹלָם׃ וּמִמֶּגֶד אֶרֶץ וּמְלֹאָהּ וּרְצוֹן שֹׁכְנִי סְנֶה
תָּבוֹאתָה לְרֹאשׁ יוֹסֵף וּלְקָדְקֹד נְזִיר אֶחָיו׃ בְּכוֹר שׁוֹרוֹ הָדָר לוֹ וְקַרְנֵי
רְאֵם קַרְנָיו בָּהֶם עַמִּים יְנַגַּח יַחְדָּו אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְהֵם רִבְבוֹת אֶפְרַיִם וְהֵם
אַלְפֵי מְנַשֶּׁה׃ *וּלְזְבוּלֻן אָמַר שְׂמַח זְבוּלֻן בְּצֵאתֶךָ וְיִשָּׂשכָר
בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ׃ עַמִּים הַר־יִקְרָאוּ שָׁם יִזְבְּחוּ זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק כִּי שֶׁפַע יַמִּים יִינָקוּ
וְשְׂפֻנֵי טְמוּנֵי חָוֹל׃ וּלְגָד אָמַר בָּרוּךְ מַרְחִיב גָּד כְּלָבִיא שָׁכֵן
וְטָרַף זְרוֹעַ אַף־קָדְקֹד׃ וַיַּרְא רֵאשִׁית לוֹ כִּי־שָׁם חֶלְקַת מְחֹקֵק סָפוּן וַיֵּתֵא
רָאשֵׁי עָם צִדְקַת יְהוָה עָשָׂה וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ *וּלְדָן
אָמַר דָּן גּוּר אַרְיֵה יְזַנֵּק מִן־הַבָּשָׁן׃ וּלְנַפְתָּלִי אָמַר נַפְתָּלִי שְׂבַע רָצוֹן וּמָלֵא
בִּרְכַּת יְהוָה יָם וְדָרוֹם יְרָשָׁה׃ וּלְאָשֵׁר אָמַר בָּרוּךְ מִבָּנִים אָשֵׁר
יְהִי רְצוּי אֶחָיו וְטֹבֵל בַּשֶּׁמֶן רַגְלוֹ׃ בַּרְזֶל וּנְחֹשֶׁת מִנְעָלֶךָ וּכְיָמֶיךָ דָּבְאֶךָ׃
אֵין כָּאֵל יְשֻׁרוּן רֹכֵב שָׁמַיִם בְּעֶזְרֶךָ וּבְגַאֲוָתוֹ שְׁחָקִים׃
Sephardi
U'Levi amar Tumecha ve'Urecha le'ish chasidecha asher nisiso beMasah terivehu al-mei
Merivah: ha'omer le'aviv u'le'imo lo re'itiv ve'et-echav lo hikir ve'et-banav
lo yada ki shamru imratecha uvritcha yintzoru: yoru mishpatecha leYaakov veToratecha
leYisrael yasimu ketorah be'apecha vechalil al-mizbecha: Barech Adonai cheilo ufo'al
yadav tirtzeh mechatz matnayim kamav umsan'av min-yekumun: leBinyamin
amar yedid Adonai yishkon lavetach alav chofef alav kol-hayom uvein ketefav
shachen: U'leYosef amar mevorechet Adonai artzo mimeged shamayim mital
umitehom rovetzet tachat: umimeged tevu'ot shemesh umimeged geresh yerachim: umerosh
harerei-kedem umimeged giv'ot olam: umimeged eretz umelo'ah urtzon shochnei seneh
tavo'tah lerosh Yosef ulekodkod nezir echav: bechor shoro hadar lo vekarnei
re'em karnav bahem amim yenagach yachdav afsei-aretz vehem rivvot Efrayim vehem
alfei Menasheh: U'leZevulun amar semach Zevulun betzet'cha veYissachar
be'ohalecha: amim har-yikre'u sham yizbechu zivchei-tzedek ki shefa yamim yinku
usefunei temunei chol: U'leGad amar Baruch marchiv Gad kelavi shachen
vetaraf zero'a af-kodkod: vayar reshit lo ki-sham chelkat mechokek safun vayetei
rashei am tzidkat Adonai asah umishpatav im-Yisrael: U'leDan
amar Dan gur aryeh yezanek min-habashan: uleNaftali amar Naftali seva ratzon umalei
birkat Adonai yam vedarom yerashah: U'leAsher amar Baruch mibanim Asher
yehi retzuy echav vetovel bashemen raglo: barzel unechoshet min'alecha ucheyamecha dov'echa:
ein ka'El Yeshurun rochev shamayim be'ezrecha uvega'avato shechakim:
English
To Levi he said, "Your Tumim and Urim are with Your devoted, the one You tested at Masa, and wrestled at Meriva; who said, of his father and mother: I have seen them not; who did not recognize his brothers, nor know his own sons, for he kept Your words, and guarded close Your covenant. They will teach Your laws to Jacob, and Your Torah to Israel. They will place before You the scent of incense, and offerings burnt on Your Altar. LORD, bless his strength, and receive the work of his hands. Those who rise against him – crush their bearing; all his enemies, until they rise no more." To Benjamin he said, "Beloved of the LORD, he shall rest on Him in safety; and all through the day He shelters him, and rests between his shoulders." To Joseph he said, "His land is blessed of the LORD, with the fruit of the skies, of rain, and of the deeps that bide below, and of the fruit of the sun's harvest, all the fruits of the moon's yield, of the heights of primeval mountains, of the fruit of the ancient hills, and the fruit of the world and its fullness – and the favor of that Presence at the Bush. May this come to the head of Joseph, to the crown of one raised above his brothers. His glory is that of a firstborn bull, his horns the grand horns of the oryx. With these he can gore nations; the ends of the earth together – yes, these are the myriads of Ephraim, the thousands of Manasseh." And to Zebulun he said, "Find happiness, Zebulun, in your journeys, and Issachar in your tents. Tribes shall be called to the mountain, to bring righteous offerings there. For they will draw of the plenty of oceans, and of the hidden, buried riches of the sands." To Gad he said, "Blessed be the One who broadens Gad's borders; for he crouches like a lioness, to tear arm and head from his prey. He chose the first place for his own, for the grave of a law-giver hides there. He came with the heads of the people; he performed the LORD's righteousness, and dealt uprightly with Israel." And to Dan he said, "Dan is a lion cub, leaping from Bashan." And to Naftali he said, "Naftali is sated with favor; filled with the LORD's blessing: go and form your inheritance seaward and south." To Asher he said, "Most blessed of sons is Asher – may he be beloved of his brothers; may his feet be steeped in oil. Your doors are locked with iron and bronze, and your strength is as long as your days." "There is none like God, Yeshurun, riding the skies to help you, the heavens in His grandeur."
עֲלִיַּת כָּל הַנְּעָרִים

THE CHILDREN'S ALIYA

In many congregations, the children participate in the last aliya before calling up the Hatan Torah. All the children gather on the bima, a tallit is spread over them and they say the blessings aloud together with the Oleh. After the blessing which follows the Reading, the whole congregation sing together:
Gen. 48
Hebrew
הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי מִכָּל־רָע יְבָרֵךְ אֶת־הַנְּעָרִים, וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי וְשֵׁם
אֲבֹתַי אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק, וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ׃
Sephardi
Hamalach hago'el oti mikol-ra yevarech et-hane'arim, veyikarei bahem shemi veshem
avotai Avraham veYitzchak, veyidgu larov bekerev ha'aretz:
English
May the angel who rescued me from all harm, bless these boys. May they be called by my name and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac, and may they increase greatly on the earth.
Some add:
Num. 6
Hebrew
יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ׃ יָאֵר יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִיחֻנֶּךָּ׃ יִשָּׂא יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם
לְךָ שָׁלוֹם׃
Sephardi
Yevarechecha Adonai veyishmerecha: Ya'eir Adonai panav elecha vichuneka: Yisa Adonai panav elecha veyasem
lecha shalom:
English
May the LORD bless you and protect you. May the LORD make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. May the LORD turn His face toward you and grant you peace.