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Simhat Torah

Reading For The Hatan Bereshit

Keriah leChatan Bereshit
קריאה לחתן בראשית
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קריאה לחתן בראשית

READING FOR THE HATAN BERESHIT

It is customary for the congregation to say aloud the passages marked by arrows, followed by the Reader.
Bereshit 1:1-2:3
Hebrew
בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ׃ וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ
וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם׃ וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים
יְהִי־אוֹר וַיְהִי־אוֹר׃ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר
וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ׃ וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים ׀ לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־
בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד׃
Sephardi
Bereshit bara Elohim eit hashamayim ve'et ha'aretz: veha'aretz hayetah tohu vavohu
vechoshech al-penei tehom veruach Elohim merachefet al-penei hamayim: vayomer Elohim
yehi-or vayehi-or: vayar Elohim et-ha'or ki-tov vayavdel Elohim bein ha'or
uvein hachoshech: vayikra Elohim la'or yom velachoshech kara lailah vayehi-erev vayehi-
voker yom echad:
English
In the beginning, God created heaven and earth. And the earth was desolate emptiness, and darkness over the deep; but the spirit of God moved over the waters. And God said: "Let there be light." Light came to be. And He saw that the light was good, and divided light from darkness. God named the light, "Day;" and the darkness He named, "Night." There was evening; then there was morning: one day.
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם׃ וַיַּעַשׂ
אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר
מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַיְהִי־כֵן׃ וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר
יוֹם שֵׁנִי׃
Sephardi
Vayomer Elohim yehi rakia betoch hamayim vihi mavdil bein mayim lamayim: vaya'as
Elohim et-harakia vayavdel bein hamayim asher mitachat larakia uvein hamayim asher
me'al larakia vayehi-chen: vayikra Elohim larakia shamayim vayehi-erev vayehi-voker
yom sheni:
English
God said: "Let there be a clear dome amid the waters, dividing water from water." And He shaped the dome, dividing the waters below the dome from the waters above it - and so it came to be. And God named that dome, "Sky." And there was evening; then there was morning: a second day.
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה
וַיְהִי־כֵן׃ וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים ׀ לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים
כִּי־טוֹב׃ וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה
פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיְהִי־כֵן׃ וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ
Sephardi
Vayomer Elohim yikavu hamayim mitachat hashamayim el-makom echad vetera'eh hayabashah
vayehi-chen: vayikra Elohim layabashah eretz ulemikveh hamayim kara yamim vayar Elohim
ki-tov: vayomer Elohim tadshe ha'aretz deshe esev mazria zera eitz peri oseh
peri lemino asher zar'o-vo al-ha'aretz vayehi-chen: vatotze ha'aretz deshe esev mazria
English
God said, "Let all the waters below the sky be gathered to one place; let dry ground be revealed." And so it came to be. And He named the dry ground, "Land"; and the gathering of waters He named "Seas." And God saw that it was good. And God said, "Let the land sprout green plants that seed, and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with its own seeds in them, overspreading the land." And so it came to be. The land brought forth green, seeding plants, each with its own seeds,