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The Month of Nissan

The Third Of Nissan

הַשְּׁלִישִׁי שֶׁל נִיסָן

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הַשְּׁלִישִׁי שֶׁל נִיסָן

THE THIRD OF NISSAN

Hebrew
בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי נָשִׂיא לִבְנֵי זְבוּלֻן
אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־חֵלֹן: קָרְבָּנוֹ
קַעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה
מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים
שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם מְלֵאִים
סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָה: כַּף
אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹרֶת:
פַּר אֶחָד בֶּן־בָּקָר אַיִל אֶחָד כֶּבֶשׂ־
אֶחָד בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ לְעֹלָה: שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים
אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת: וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים
בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה עַתּוּדִים
חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה זֶה
קָרְבַּן אֱלִיאָב בֶּן־חֵלֹן:
Sephardi
Bayom hash'lishi nasi livnei Zevulun
Eliav ben-Chelon: korbano
ka'arat-kesef achat sh'loshim ume'ah
mishkalah mizrak echad kesef shiv'im
shekel b'shekel hakodesh sheneihem m'le'im
solet b'lulah bashemen l'minchah: kaf
achat asarah zahav m'le'ah ketoret:
par echad ben-bakar ayil echad keves-
echad ben-shenato l'olah: s'ir-izim
echad l'chatat: ul'zevach hashelamim
bakar sh'nayim eilim chamishah atudim
chamishah k'vasim b'nei-shanah chamishah zeh
korban Eliav ben-Chelon:
English
<b>On the third day</b> of the dedication, <b>Eliav son of Chelon, leader</b> of the tribe of <b>Zebulun,</b> brought his offering. <b>His offering</b> consisted of <b>one silver plate that weighed one hundred and thirty</b> shekel (approximately 5.5 lbs), <b>one silver dish</b> that weighed <b>seventy</b> shekel of the <b>holy shekel</b> (approximately 3 lbs); <b>both</b> were <b>filled with fine flour mixed with olive oil, to be offered as a flour-offering.</b> He also brought <b>one golden spoon</b> weighing <b>ten</b> shekel (approximately 6.7 ounces), <b>filled with incense.</b> He brought a <b>young bull</b> that was <b>the choicest</b> of its herd, <b>one ram, and one lamb</b> that was less than a <b>year old as a burnt-offering,</b> and <b>one male goat as a sin-offering. As a peace-offering,</b> he brought <b>two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs</b> that were less than a <b>year old. This was the offering of Eliav son of Chelon</b> for the dedication of the altar.
Hebrew
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהַי וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתַי,
שֶׁתָּאִיר הַיּוֹם בְּחַסְדְּךָ הַגָּדוֹל עַל
נִשְׁמָתִין קַדִּישִׁין דְּמִתְחַדְּשִׁין כְּצִפֳּרִים
וּמְצַפְצְפִין וּמְשַׁבְּחִין וּמְצַלַּיִן עַל עַמָּא
קַדִּישָׁא יִשְׂרָאֵל. רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, תַּכְנִיס
וְתַעֲיֵל הָנֵךְ צִפֳּרֵי קַדִּישֵׁי לְאַתַר קַדִּישָׁא
דְּאִיתְמַר עֲלֵיהּ עַיִן לֹא רָאָתָה אֱלֹהִים זוּלָתֶךָ.
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהַי וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתַי,
שֶׁבְּאִם אֲנִי עַבְדְּךָ מִשֵּׁבֶט זְבוּלֻן, שֶׁקָּרָאתִי
בְּתוֹרָתְךָ פָּרָשָׁה שֶׁל הַנָּשִׂיא הַיּוֹם, אֲזַי יָאִירוּ
נָא עָלַי כָּל נִיצוֹצִין קַדִּישִׁין וְכָל הָאוֹרוֹת
הַקְּדוֹשׁוֹת הַכְּלוּלוֹת בִּקְדֻשַּׁת זֶה הַשֵּׁבֶט,
לְהָבִין וּלְהַשְׂכִּיל בְּתוֹרָתְךָ וּבְיִרְאָתֶךָ, לַעֲשׂוֹת
רְצוֹנְךָ כָּל יְמֵי חַיַּי, אֲנִי וְזַרְעִי וְזֶרַע זַרְעִי,
מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם, אָמֵן:
Sephardi
Yehi ratzon milfanekha Adonai Elohai veilohei avotai,
sheta'ir hayom b'chasdekha hagadol al
nishmatin kadishin demitchadshin ketziporim
umetzaftzefin umeshabchin umetzalayin al ama
kadisha Yisrael. Ribono shel olam, tachnis
veta'eil haneikh tziporei kadishei le'atar kadisha
de'itmar aleih ayin lo ra'atah Elohim zulatekha.
Yehi ratzon milfanekha Adonai Elohai veilohei avotai,
sheb'im ani avdekha mishevet Zevulun, shekarati
b'Toratekha parashah shel hanasi hayom, azai ya'iru
na alai kol nitzotzin kadishin vechol ha'orot
hakedoshot hakelulot bikdushat zeh hashevet,
lehavin ulehaskil b'Toratekha uveyiratekha, la'asot
retzonekha kol yemei chayai, ani vezar'i vezerah zar'i,
me'atah ve'ad olam, amen:
English
<b>May it be Your will, Lord my God and the God of my fathers, that in Your great kindness You will shine today upon the holy souls</b> of the righteous, <b>who renew themselves like the birds to sing, praise, and pray</b> to God <b>on behalf of the holy nation,</b> the Children of Israel. <b>God, Master of the universe, gather and take in those holy souls,</b> who sing to You like the birds, <b>to the holy place</b>—the World to Come—<b>about which it says: No eye has seen it except for You, God. May it be Your will, Lord my God and the God of my fathers, that if I, Your servant, am from the tribe of Zebulun,</b> the tribe of whose <b>leader I have read about today in the section of Torah, then may all the holy sparks and all the holy lights that are included in the holiness of this tribe shine upon me, so that I will be able to understand and comprehend the hidden lessons in Your Torah, and to have a fear of You in my heart so that I will do Your will all the days of my life.</b> This should be for me, my children, and my children's children, now and forever. Amen.
הָרְבִיעִי שֶׁל נִיסָן

THE FOURTH OF NISSAN

Hebrew
בַּיּוֹם הָרְבִיעִי נָשִׂיא לִבְנֵי רְאוּבֵן
אֱלִיצוּר בֶּן־שְׁדֵיאוּר: קָרְבָּנוֹ
קַעֲרַת־כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה
מִשְׁקָלָהּ מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים
שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם
מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן לְמִנְחָה:
כַּף אַחַת עֲשָׂרָה זָהָב מְלֵאָה קְטֹרֶת:
פַּר אֶחָד בֶּן־בָּקָר אַיִל אֶחָד כֶּבֶשׂ־
אֶחָד בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ לְעֹלָה: שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים
אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת: וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים
בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה עַתּוּדִים
חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה חֲמִשָּׁה
זֶה קָרְבַּן אֱלִיצוּר בֶּן־שְׁדֵיאוּר:
Sephardi
Bayom harevi'i nasi livnei Reuven
Elitzur ben-sh'dei'ur: korbano
ka'arat-kesef achat sh'loshim ume'ah
mishkalah mizrak echad kesef shiv'im
shekel b'shekel hakodesh sheneihem
m'le'im solet b'lulah bashemen l'minchah:
kaf achat asarah zahav m'le'ah ketoret:
par echad ben-bakar ayil echad keves-
echad ben-shenato l'olah: s'ir-izim
echad l'chatat: ul'zevach hashelamim
bakar sh'nayim eilim chamishah atudim
chamishah k'vasim b'nei-shanah chamishah
zeh korban Elitzur ben-sh'dei'ur:
English
<b>On the fourth day</b> of the dedication, <b>Elitzur son of Shedeyur, leader</b> of the tribe of <b>Reuben,</b> brought his offering. <b>His offering</b> consisted of <b>one silver plate that weighed one hundred and thirty</b> shekel (approximately 5.5 lbs), <b>one silver dish</b> that weighed <b>seventy</b> shekel of the <b>holy shekel</b> (approximately 3 lbs); <b>both</b> were <b>filled with fine flour mixed with olive oil, to be offered as a flour-offering.</b> He also brought <b>one golden spoon</b> weighing <b>ten</b> shekel (approximately 6.7 ounces), <b>filled with incense.</b> He brought a <b>young bull</b> that was <b>the choicest</b> of its herd, <b>one ram, and one lamb</b> that was less than a <b>year old as a burnt-offering,</b> and <b>one male goat as a sin-offering. As a peace-offering,</b> he brought <b>two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs</b> that were less than a <b>year old. This was the offering of Elitzur son of Shedeyur</b> for the dedication of the altar.
Hebrew
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהַי וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתַי,
שֶׁתָּאִיר הַיּוֹם בְּחַסְדְּךָ הַגָּדוֹל עַל
נִשְׁמָתִין קַדִּישִׁין דְּמִתְחַדְּשִׁין כְּצִפֳּרִים
וּמְצַפְצְפִין וּמְשַׁבְּחִין וּמְצַלַּיִן עַל עַמָּא
קַדִּישָׁא יִשְׂרָאֵל. רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, תַּכְנִיס
וְתַעֲיֵל הָנֵךְ צִפֳּרֵי קַדִּישֵׁי לְאַתַר קַדִּישָׁא
דְּאִיתְמַר עֲלֵיהּ עַיִן לֹא רָאָתָה אֱלֹהִים זוּלָתֶךָ.
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהַי וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתַי,
שֶׁבְּאִם אֲנִי עַבְדְּךָ מִשֵּׁבֶט רְאוּבֵן, שֶׁקָּרָאתִי
בְּתוֹרָתְךָ פָּרָשָׁה שֶׁל הַנָּשִׂיא הַיּוֹם, אֲזַי יָאִירוּ
נָא עָלַי כָּל נִיצוֹצִין קַדִּישִׁין וְכָל הָאוֹרוֹת
הַקְּדוֹשׁוֹת הַכְּלוּלוֹת בִּקְדֻשַּׁת זֶה הַשֵּׁבֶט,
לְהָבִין וּלְהַשְׂכִּיל בְּתוֹרָתְךָ וּבְיִרְאָתֶךָ, לַעֲשׂוֹת
רְצוֹנְךָ כָּל יְמֵי חַיַּי, אֲנִי וְזַרְעִי וְזֶרַע זַרְעִי,
מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם, אָמֵן:
Sephardi
Yehi ratzon milfanekha Adonai Elohai veilohei avotai,
sheta'ir hayom b'chasdekha hagadol al
nishmatin kadishin demitchadshin ketziporim
umetzaftzefin umeshabchin umetzalayin al ama
kadisha Yisrael. Ribono shel olam, tachnis
veta'eil haneikh tziporei kadishei le'atar kadisha
de'itmar aleih ayin lo ra'atah Elohim zulatekha.
Yehi ratzon milfanekha Adonai Elohai veilohei avotai,
sheb'im ani avdekha mishevet Reuven, shekarati
b'Toratekha parashah shel hanasi hayom, azai ya'iru
na alai kol nitzotzin kadishin vechol ha'orot
hakedoshot hakelulot bikdushat zeh hashevet,
lehavin ulehaskil b'Toratekha uveyiratekha, la'asot
retzonekha kol yemei chayai, ani vezar'i vezerah zar'i,
me'atah ve'ad olam, amen:
English
<b>May it be Your will, Lord my God and the God of my fathers, that in Your great kindness You will shine today upon the holy souls</b> of the righteous, <b>who renew themselves like the birds to sing, praise, and pray</b> to God <b>on behalf of the holy nation,</b> the Children of Israel. <b>God, Master of the universe, gather and take in those holy souls,</b> who sing to You like the birds, <b>to the holy place</b>—the World to Come—<b>about which it says: No eye has seen it except for You, God. May it be Your will, Lord my God and the God of my fathers, that if I, Your servant, am from the tribe of Reuben,</b> the tribe of whose <b>leader I have read about today in the section of Torah, then may all the holy sparks and all the holy lights that are included in the holiness of this tribe shine upon me, so that I will be able to understand and comprehend the hidden lessons in Your Torah, and to have a fear of You in my heart so that I will do Your will all the days of my life.</b> This should be for me, my children, and my children's children, now and forever. Amen.