The New Jew: A Field Guide

Hebrew

אֲרִידְתָא׃ וְאֵת ׀
פַּרְמַשְׁתָּא וְאֵת ׀
אֲרִיסַי וְאֵת ׀
אֲרִדַי וְאֵת ׀
וַיְזָתָא׃ עֲשֶׂרֶת
בְּנֵי הָמָן בֶּן־הַמְּדָתָא צֹרֵר הַיְּהוּדִים הָרָגוּ וּבַבִּזָּה לֹא שָׁלְחוּ אֶת־יָדָם׃
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא בָּא מִסְפַּר הַהֲרוּגִים בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר
הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר הַמַּלְכָּה בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה הָרְגוּ הַיְּהוּדִים וְאַבֵּד חֲמֵשׁ
מֵאוֹת אִישׁ וְאֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵי־הָמָן בִּשְׁאָר מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ מֶה עָשׂוּ
וּמַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְ וְיִנָּתֵן לָךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵךְ עוֹד וְתֵעָשׂ׃ וַתֹּאמֶר אֶסְתֵּר
אִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב יִנָּתֵן גַּם־מָחָר לַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁוּשָׁן לַעֲשׂוֹת
כְּדָת הַיּוֹם וְאֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵי־הָמָן יִתְלוּ עַל־הָעֵץ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ
לְהֵעָשׂוֹת כֵּן וַתִּנָּתֵן דָּת בְּשׁוּשָׁן וְאֵת עֲשֶׂרֶת בְּנֵי־הָמָן תָּלוּ׃ וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ
הַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר־בְּשׁוּשָׁן גַּם בְּיוֹם אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר וַיַּהַרְגוּ
בְּשׁוּשָׁן שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת אִישׁ וּבַבִּזָּה לֹא שָׁלְחוּ אֶת־יָדָם׃ וּשְׁאָר הַיְּהוּדִים
אֲשֶׁר בִּמְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ נִקְהֲלוּ ׀ וְעָמֹד עַל־נַפְשָׁם וְנוֹחַ מֵאֹיְבֵיהֶם וְהָרֹג
בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶם חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים אָלֶף וּבַבִּזָּה לֹא שָׁלְחוּ אֶת־יָדָם׃ בְּיוֹם־
שְׁלֹשָׁה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר וְנוֹחַ בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר בּוֹ וְעָשֹׂה אֹתוֹ יוֹם
מִשְׁתֶּה וְשִׂמְחָה׃ וְהַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר־בְּשׁוּשָׁן נִקְהֲלוּ בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה עָשָׂר
בּוֹ וּבְאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר בּוֹ וְנוֹחַ בַּחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בּוֹ וְעָשֹׂה אֹתוֹ יוֹם מִשְׁתֶּה
וְשִׂמְחָה׃ עַל־כֵּן הַיְּהוּדִים הַפְּרָזִים הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּעָרֵי הַפְּרָזוֹת עֹשִׂים
אֵת יוֹם אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ אֲדָר שִׂמְחָה וּמִשְׁתֶּה וְיוֹם טוֹב וּמִשְׁלֹחַ
מָנוֹת אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ׃ וַיִּכְתֹּב מָרְדֳּכַי אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וַיִּשְׁלַח סְפָרִים
אֶל־כָּל־הַיְּהוּדִים אֲשֶׁר בְּכָל־מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הַקְּרוֹבִים
וְהָרְחוֹקִים׃ לְקַיֵּם עֲלֵיהֶם לִהְיוֹת עֹשִׂים אֵת יוֹם אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ
אֲדָר וְאֵת יוֹם־חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בּוֹ בְּכָל־שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה׃ כַּיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־נָחוּ

Sephardi

Aridata: ve'et
Parmashta ve'et
Arisai ve'et
Aridai ve'et
Vayzata: aseret
benei Haman ben-Hamedata tzorer hayehudim haragu uvabizah lo shalchu et-yadam:
bayom hahu ba mispar haharugim beShushan habirah lifnei hamelech: vayomer
hamelech le'Ester hamalkah beShushan habirah hargu hayehudim ve'abed chamesh
me'ot ish ve'et aseret benei-Haman bish'ar medinot hamelech meh asu
umah-she'elatech veyinaten lach umah-bakashatech od vete'as: vatomer Ester
im-al-hamelech tov yinaten gam-machar layehudim asher beShushan la'asot
kedat hayom ve'et aseret benei-Haman yitlu al-ha'etz: vayomer hamelech
lehe'asot kein vatinaten dat beShushan ve'et aseret benei-Haman talu: vayikahalu
hayehudim asher-beShushan gam beyom arba'ah asar lechodesh Adar vayahargu
beShushan shelosh me'ot ish uvabizah lo shalchu et-yadam: ush'ar hayehudim
asher bimedinot hamelech nikhalu ve'amod al-nafsham veno'ach me'oyveihem veharog
besoneihem chamishah veshiv'im elef uvabizah lo shalchu et-yadam: beyom-
sheloshah asar lechodesh Adar veno'ach be'arba'ah asar bo ve'asoh oto yom
mishteh vesimchah: vehayehudim asher-beShushan nikhalu bishloshah asar
bo uve'arba'ah asar bo veno'ach bachamishah asar bo ve'asoh oto yom mishteh
vesimchah: al-kein hayehudim haperazim hayoshvim be'arei haperazot osim
eit yom arba'ah asar lechodesh Adar simchah umishteh veyom tov umishlo'ach
manot ish lere'ehu: vayichtov Mordekhai et-hadevarim ha'eleh vayishlach sefarim
el-kol-hayehudim asher bechol-medinot hamelech Achashverosh hakerovim
veharechokim: lekayeim aleihem lihyot osim eit yom arba'ah asar lechodesh
Adar ve'et yom-chamishah asar bo bechol-shanah veshanah: kayamim asher-nachu

English

Aridata, and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vayzata, the ten sons of Haman, son of Hamedata, enemy of the Jews – but they did not even touch the plunder. On that same day, the number of those killed in the imperial city, Shushan, was brought to the king, and the king said to Queen Esther, "The Jews have killed five hundred men in the imperial city of Shushan, alone, as well as Haman's ten sons – what must they have done in the rest of the king's provinces? And now – what is your desire? It shall be yours. And what would you ask further? It shall be done." And Esther said, "If so it please the king, may the Jews of Shushan be granted tomorrow also, to do as they did today. And let Haman's ten sons be hung up on the post." And thus the king commanded; the law was laid down in the imperial city, Shushan, and Haman's ten sons were hung up. And the Jews of Shushan gathered on the fourteenth day of Adar also, and killed three hundred men in Shushan, never once touching the plunder. Meanwhile, the rest of the Jews in the king's provinces, having come together and stood up to defend their lives, found rest from their enemies, killing seventy-five thousand of those who hated them, though they did not touch the plunder. That was on the thirteenth day of the month – and on the fourteenth they rested, and made it a day of feasting and happiness. And the Jews who were in Shushan came together both on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth, and rested on the fifteenth, and made that a day of feasting and happiness. Thus it came about that provincial Jews, living in unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a day of happiness, of feasting and festivity, and of sending one another good things to eat. Mordekhai wrote all this down, and sent scrolls to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near and far, to establish among them that they should mark the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar every single year: the days when the Jews rested from their enemies – the month that