The Order Of The Korban Pesach

Seder Korban Pesach

סֵדֶר קָרְבַּן פֶּסַח

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Hebrew

וְנָתַן לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וַחֲבֵרוֹ לַחֲבֵרוֹ,
וְהַכֹּהֵן הַקָּרוֹב אֵצֶל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ
זוֹרְקוּ זְרִיקָה אַחַת כְּנֶגֶד
הַיְסוֹד, וְחוֹזֵר הַכְּלִי רֵיקָן
לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וַחֲבֵרוֹ לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וּמְקַבֵּל
כְּלִי הַמָּלֵא תְּחִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ
מַחֲזִיר הָרֵיקָן. וְהָיוּ שׁוּרוֹת שֶׁל
בְּזִיכֵי כֶּסֶף וְשׁוּרוֹת שֶׁל בְּזִיכֵי
זָהָב. וְלֹא הָיוּ לַבְּזִיכִין שׁוּלַיִם,
שֶׁמָּא יַנִּיחֵם וִיקָרֵשׁ הַדָּם.

Sephardi

Venatan lachavero, vachavero lachavero,
vehakohen hakarov etzel hamizbe'ach
zorku zerikah achat k'neged
hayesod, vechozer hakeli reikan
lachavero, vachavero lachavero, umekabel
keli hamale techilah ve'achar kach
machzir hareikan. Vehayu shurot shel
bezichei kesef veshurot shel bezichei
zahav. V'lo hayu labezichin shulayim,
shema yanichem vikaresh hadam.

English

base of the altar. He would pass the empty vessel back to his friend, who would pass it on to his friend until it was returned to the head of the line. If a Kohen was holding an empty vessel heading back up the line to be reused, and the Kohen ahead of him wanted to pass him a full vessel to be passed down the line and poured on the altar, he would first take the full vessel from his friend and only then pass him the empty vessel. This procedure follows the rule that one may not "pass by" and delay an available mitzvah. To beautify the occasion, all the vessels in each line were of the same material; there were lines in which all of the Kohanim held silver vessels and lines in which all of the Kohanim held gold vessels. The vessels did not have flat bottoms in case the Kohanim would put them down and forget about them, causing the blood to congeal. If this happened, the blood would be unfit to pour on the altar.

Hebrew

אַחַר כָּךְ תּוֹלִין אֶת
הַפֶּסַח וּמַפְשִׁיטִין אוֹתוֹ כֻּלּוֹ,
וְקוֹרְעִין אוֹתוֹ, וּמְמַחִין אֶת
קִרְבָּיו עַד שֶׁיֵּצֵא הַפֶּרֶשׁ,
וּמוֹצִיאִין אֶת הָאֵימוּרִים,
וְהֵם: הַחֵלֶב שֶׁעַל הַקֶּרֶב,
וְיוֹתֶרֶת הַכָּבֵד, וּשְׁתֵּי כְלָיוֹת
וְהַחֵלֶב שֶׁעֲלֵיהֶן, וְהָאַלְיָה
לְעֻמַּת הֶעָצֶה, וְנוֹתְנָם בִּכְלִי
שָׁרֵת, וּמוֹלְחָם וּמַקְטִירָם
הַכֹּהֵן עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כָּל
אֶחָד לְבַדּוֹ.

Sephardi

Achar kach tolin et
hapesach umafshitin oto kulo,
vekor'in oto, umemachin et
qirbav ad sheyeitzei haperesh,
umotzi'in et ha'eimurim,
vehem: hachelev she'al haqerev,
veyoteret hakaved, ushtei kelayot
vehachelev she'aleihen, veha'alyah
le'umat he'atzeh, venotnam bichli
sharet, umolcham umaktirim
hakohen al gabei hamizbe'ach kol
echad levado.

English

Afterward, the Pesach-offering would be hung on iron hooks, and the Kohanim would remove all the skin and tear it open. They would clean out the insides until the waste was removed, and then they would take out the parts of the offering that were going to be offered on the altar. These parts are: The fat that is on the intestines, a lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them, and the tail up to the backbone above the kidneys. The parts would be placed in a bowl that was used especially for the service in the Holy Temple. The Kohen would salt each individual part and burn it on the altar.

Hebrew

וְהַשְּׁחִיטָה וְהַזְּרִיקָה וּמִחוּי
קִרְבָּיו וְהַקְטֵר חֲלָבָיו דּוֹחִין
אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת, וּשְׁאָר עִנְיָנָיו
אֵינָם דּוֹחִין אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת. וְכֵן
אֵין מוֹלִיכִין אֶת הַפֶּסַח לַבַּיִת
כְּשֶׁחָל בְּשַׁבָּת, אֶלָּא כַת הָאַחַת
הֵם מִתְעַכְּבִים עִם פִּסְחֵיהֶם
בְּהַר הַבַּיִת, וְהַכַּת הַשְּׁנִיָּה
יוֹשֶׁבֶת לָהּ בַּחֵיל, וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁית
בִּמְקוֹמָהּ עוֹמֶדֶת. חֲשֵׁכָה,
יָצְאוּ וְצָלוּ פִּסְחֵיהֶם.

Sephardi

Vehashchitah vehazrikah umichuy
qirbav vehakter chalavav dochin
et haShabbat, ushe'ar inyanav
einam dochin et haShabbat. Vechen
ein molichin et hapesach labayit
keshechal beShabbat, ela kat ha'achat
hem mit'akvim im pischeihem
b'har habayit, vehakat hasheniyah
yoshevet lah bacheil, vehashlishit
bimekomah omedet. Chasheichah,
yatz'u vetzalu pischeihem.

English

Slaughtering the Pesach-offering, pouring the blood on the altar, cleaning the animal's insides, and burning its fat on the altar, all push aside the prohibition of "work" on Shabbat. However, everything else connected to the Pesach-offering, such as roasting it and rinsing the intestines, does not push aside the prohibition of "work" on Shabbat. Also, if the fourteenth of Nissan occurs on Shabbat, the Pesach-offerings are not allowed to be carried home. Rather, the first group of people (see next paragraph) leaves the Temple Courtyard and waits with their Pesach-offerings on the Temple Mount, the second group sits and waits with their Pesach-offerings in the area just outside the Temple Courtyard called the "Cheil," and the third group stays where it is—in the Temple Courtyard. When it becomes dark and Shabbat ends, they all go to their homes and roast their Pesach-offerings.

Hebrew

בִּשְׁלשָׁה כִתּוֹת הַפֶּסַח
נִשְׁחָט, וְאֵין כַּת פְּחוּתָה
מִשְּׁלשִׁים אֲנָשִׁים. נִכְנְסָה
כַּת הָרִאשׁוֹנָה, נִתְמַלְּאָה
הָעֲזָרָה, נוֹעֲלִין אוֹתָהּ. וּבְעוֹד
שֶׁהֵם שׁוֹחֲטִין וּמַקְרִיבִין אֶת
הָאֵימוּרִים, קוֹרְאִין אֶת הַהַלֵּל.
אִם גָּמְרוּ אוֹתוֹ קוֹדֶם שֶׁיַּקְרִיבוּ
כֻּלָּם, שׁוֹנִים אוֹתוֹ, וְאִם שָׁנוּ
יְשַׁלְּשׁוּ. עַל כָּל קְרִיאָה תּוֹקְעִין
שָׁלשׁ תְּקִיעוֹת. תְּקִיעָה
תְּרוּעָה תְּקִיעָה.

Sephardi

Bishloshah kitot hapesach
nishchat, ve'ein kat pechutah
mishloshim anashim. Nikhnesah
kat harishonah, nitmal'ah
ha'azarah, no'alin otah. Uve'od
shehem shochatin umakrivin et
ha'eimurim, kor'in et hahallel.
Im gamru oto kodem sheyakrivu
kulam, shonim oto, ve'im shanu
yishalshu. Al kol keriah tok'in
shalosh teki'ot. Teki'ah
teru'ah teki'ah.

English

The Pesach-offering would be slaughtered in three groups, each group consisting of no less than thirty men. The first group would enter, fill up the Temple Courtyard, and then the Kohanim would close the doors to the Temple Courtyard. While the Kohanim were busy slaughtering the Pesach-offering and offering its parts on the altar, the Levites would say Hallel. If the Levites finished saying the entire Hallel before the Kohanim finished offering all the sacrifices, they would repeat Hallel a second time. If the Kohanim had not finished the service by the time the Levites finished repeating Hallel a second time, they would repeat it a third time. Each time Hallel was said, the Kohanim would blow the following three sounds with the trumpets: tekiah, teruah, and tekiah.

Hebrew

גָּמְרוּ לְהַקְרִיב, פּוֹתְחִין
הָעֲזָרָה. יָצְאָה כַּת רִאשׁוֹנָה,
נִכְנְסָה כַּת שְׁנִיָּה, נוֹעֲלִין
דַּלְתוֹת הָעֲזָרָה. גָּמְרוּ, פּוֹתְחִין,
יָצְאָה כַּת שְׁנִיָּה, נִכְנְסָה כַּת
שְׁלִישִׁית, וּמַעֲשֵׂה כֻלָּן שָׁוֶה.

Sephardi

Gamru lehakriv, pot'chin
ha'azarah. Yatz'ah kat rishonah,
nikhnesah kat sheniyah, no'alin
daltot ha'azarah. Gamru, pot'chin,
yatz'ah kat sheniyah, nikhnesah kat
shelishit, uma'aseh kulan shaveh.

English

When the Kohanim finished offering the sacrifices, they would open the doors to the Temple Courtyard and the first group would leave; whereupon, the second group would enter, and they would close the doors to the Temple Courtyard again. When the Kohanim finished