Public Fast Days

Ta'aniyot Tzibbur

תַּעֲנִיּוֹת צִבּוּר

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Hebrew

לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל
עֲבָדֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לָהֶם
בָּךְ וַתְּדַבֵּר אֲלֵהֶם אַרְבֶּה אֶת־
זַרְעֲכֶם כְּכוֹכְבֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְכָל־
הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתִּי
אֶתֵּן לְזַרְעֲכֶם וְנָחֲלוּ לְעֹלָם:
וַיִּנָּחֶם יְהוָה עַל־הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר
דִּבֶּר לַעֲשׂוֹת לְעַמּוֹ:

Sephardi

l'Avraham l'Yitzchak ul'Yisrael
avadecha asher nishbata lahem
bach vatedaber aleihem arbeh et-
zar'achem k'chochvei hashamayim vechol-
ha'aretz hazot asher amarti
eten l'zar'achem v'nachalu l'olam:
Vayinachem Adonai al-hara'ah asher
diber la'asot le'amo:

English

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Your righteous servants, who have served You faithfully, to whom You swore by Your very Self, and You spoke to them, "I will increase your descendants to be as numerous as the stars of the heavens, and all this Land of Israel of which I spoke, I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit and inhabit it forever." If You annihilate them, how will this promise be fulfilled? The Lord relented on the bad plan that He said He would do to His people, the entire Jewish Nation, and decided to punish only those who had sinned.

Levi

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה פְּסָל־
לְךָ שְׁנֵי־לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים
וְכָתַבְתִּי עַל־הַלֻּחֹת אֶת־
הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ עַל־הַלֻּחֹת
הָרִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר שִׁבַּרְתָּ: וֶהְיֵה
נָכוֹן לַבֹּקֶר וְעָלִיתָ בַבֹּקֶר אֶל־
הַר סִינַי וְנִצַּבְתָּ לִי שָׁם עַל־רֹאשׁ
הָהָר: וְאִישׁ לֹא־יַעֲלֶה עִמָּךְ
וְגַם־אִישׁ אַל־יֵרָא בְּכָל־הָהָר
גַּם־הַצֹּאן וְהַבָּקָר אַל־יִרְעוּ אֶל־
מוּל הָהָר הַהוּא:

Sephardi

Vayomer Adonai el-Moshe pesol-
lecha shenei-luchot avanim karishonim
v'chatavti al-haluchot et-
hadevarim asher hayu al-haluchot
harishonim asher shibarta: Veheyeh
nachon laboker v'alita vaboker el-
har Sinai v'nitzavta li sham al-rosh
hahar: V'ish lo-ya'aleh imach
v'gam-ish al-yera b'chol-hahar
gam-hatzon v'habakar al-yir'u el-
mul hahar hahu:

English

Moses broke the first set of Tablets when he saw the Jewish Nation had served the Golden Calf. After the Lord forgave them, He said to Moses: Carve for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will inscribe upon the Tablets the words of the Ten Commandments that were on the first Tablets, which you broke. Be prepared for the great revelation you will experience in the morning, and in the morning you shall ascend Mount Sinai and stand before Me there at the top of the mountain. When you ascended the mountain to receive the first Tablets, others were allowed to ascend with you part of the way to increase the fanfare. This time, however, they will be given in private. No one, not even Aaron, your brother, shall ascend the mountain with you, nor shall anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain. The sheep and the cattle shall not even graze facing that mountain.

Yisrael

Hebrew

וַיִּפְסֹל שְׁנֵי־לֻחֹת אֲבָנִים
כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וַיַּשְׁכֵּם מֹשֶׁה בַבֹּקֶר
וַיַּעַל אֶל־הַר סִינַי כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה
יְהוָה אֹתוֹ וַיִּקַּח בְּיָדוֹ שְׁנֵי לֻחֹת
אֲבָנִים: וַיֵּרֶד יְהוָה בֶּעָנָן וַיִּתְיַצֵּב
עִמּוֹ שָׁם וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְהוָה:
וַיַּעֲבֹר יְהוָה | עַל־פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא

Sephardi

Vayifsol shenei-luchot avanim
karishonim vayashkem Moshe vaboker
vaya'al el-har Sinai ka'asher tzivah
Adonai oto vayikach b'yado sh'nei luchot
avanim: Vayered Adonai be'anan vayityatzev
imo sham vayikra b'shem Adonai:
Vaya'avor Adonai | al-panav vayikra

English

Moses carved two stone Tablets like the first ones. The next day, Moses arose early in the morning and ascended Mount Sinai as the Lord had commanded him, and he took two stone Tablets in his hand. The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there at the top of the mountain, and Moses called out with the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before Moses and He called out:

Congregation says the shaded words, followed by the reader.

Hebrew

יְהוָה | יְהוָה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן
אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת:
נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן
וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה
פֹּקֵד | עֲוֹן אָבוֹת עַל־בָּנִים
וְעַל־בְּנֵי בָנִים עַל־שִׁלֵּשִׁים

Sephardi

Adonai | Adonai El rachum v'chanun
erech apayim v'rav-chesed ve'emet:
Notzer chesed la'alafim nosei avon
vafesha v'chata'ah v'nakeh lo yenakeh
poked | avon avot al-banim
v'al-benei vanim al-shileshim

English

The Lord is merciful and helps prevent people from sinning. The Lord is merciful and helps people who have sinned to repent. God is merciful and gracious to all of His creations, even if they do not deserve it. God is slow to anger, giving people a chance to repent. God shows much kindness even to those who do not have merits, and is true to His word—to reward those who perform His will. God guards and preserves His kindness for two thousand generations—He remembers the merits of our ancestors, and He is kind to us because of them. God forgives intentional sins. God forgives rebellious sins. God forgives unintentional sins. God completely cleanses us from our sins when we repent, but He does not cleanse us if we

Hebrew

וְעַל־רִבֵּעִים: וַיְמַהֵר מֹשֶׁה
וַיִּקֹּד אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּ: וַיֹּאמֶר
אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ
אֲדֹנָי יֵלֶךְ־נָא אֲדֹנָי בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ כִּי
עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹרֶף הוּא וְסָלַחְתָּ
לַעֲוֺנֵנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּנוּ:
וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית
נֶגֶד כָּל־עַמְּךָ אֶעֱשֶׂה נִפְלָאֹת
אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נִבְרְאוּ בְכָל־הָאָרֶץ
וּבְכָל־הַגּוֹיִם וְרָאָה כָל־הָעָם
אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה בְקִרְבּוֹ אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂה
יְהוָה כִּי־נוֹרָא הוּא אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי
עֹשֶׂה עִמָּךְ:

Sephardi

v'al-ribe'im: Vayemaher Moshe
vayikod artzah vayishtachu: Vayomer
im-na matzati chen b'einecha
Adonai yeilech-na Adonai b'kirbenu ki
am-kesheh-oref hu v'salachta
la'avoneinu ul'chatateinu un'chaltanu:
Vayomer hineh anochi koret berit
neged kol-amecha e'eseh nifla'ot
asher lo-nivre'u b'chol-ha'aretz
uvechol-hagoyim v'ra'ah chol-ha'am
asher-atah b'kirbo et-ma'aseh
Adonai ki-nora hu asher ani
oseh imach:

English

don't repent. He remembers the intentional sins of parents and, if they continue in their parents' ways, punishes their children and children's children to the third and fourth generations for their sins as well. As Moses saw the Divine Presence was about to leave, he hurried, bowed his head toward the ground, prostrated himself, and said: If I have now found favor in Your eyes, my Lord, then please may the Divine Presence of my Lord go in our midst as we journey, since You have forgiven us. And if because they are a stiff necked people they will sin before You again, may You forgive our intentional and unintentional sins, and secure us as Your everlasting nation and portion. God agreed and said: Behold I will enter a covenant to this: In the presence of all your people, I will make distinctions such as have never been created upon all the earth and among all the nations—the Divine Presence will dwell only among the Jewish Nation. All the people in whose midst you dwell shall see the work of the Lord—for it is awesome—that which I will now be doing for you.

הַפְטָרָה לְמִנְחָה שֶׁל תַּעֲנִיּוֹת צִבּוּר

HAFTARAH FOR MINCHAH OF PUBLIC FAST DAYS

For the blessings that are said before and after the Haftarah, see page 404-404.

In the following Haftarah, God encourages His people, even sinners, to return to Him and promises that He will mercifully forgive those who improve their ways. This is read on a fast day, a time when we should consider our actions and repent.

Haftarah

Hebrew

דִּרְשׁוּ יְהוָה בְּהִמָּצְאוֹ
קְרָאֻהוּ בִּהְיוֹתוֹ קָרוֹב: יַעֲזֹב
רָשָׁע דַּרְכּוֹ וְאִישׁ אָוֶן מַחְשְׁבֹתָיו
וְיָשֹׁב אֶל־יְהוָה וִירַחֲמֵהוּ וְאֶל־
אֱלֹהֵינוּ כִּי־יַרְבֶּה לִסְלוֹחַ: כִּי
לֹא מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם
וְלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם דְּרָכָי נְאֻם יְהוָה:
כִּי־גָבְהוּ שָׁמַיִם מֵאָרֶץ כֵּן גָּבְהוּ
דְרָכַי מִדַּרְכֵיכֶם וּמַחְשְׁבֹתַי
מִמַּחְשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם: כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵרֵד
הַגֶּשֶׁם וְהַשֶּׁלֶג מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם
וְשָׁמָּה לֹא יָשׁוּב כִּי אִם־הִרְוָה
אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְהוֹלִידָהּ וְהִצְמִיחָהּ
וְנָתַן זֶרַע לַזֹּרֵעַ וְלֶחֶם לָאֹכֵל:
כֵּן יִהְיֶה דְבָרִי אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מִפִּי

Sephardi

Dirshu Adonai b'himatzo
kera'uhu bihyoto karov: Ya'azov
rasha darko v'ish aven machshevotav
v'yashov el-Adonai virachamehu ve-el-
Eloheinu ki-yarbeh lislach: Ki
lo machshevotai machshevoteichem
v'lo darcheichem derachai n'um Adonai:
Ki-gavhu shamayim me'aretz ken gavhu
derachai midarcheichem umachshevotai
mimachshevoteichem: Ki ka'asher yered
hageshem vehasheleg min-hashamayim
veshamah lo yashuv ki im-hirvah
et-ha'aretz veholidah vehitzmichah
venatan zera lazorea v'lechem la'ochel:
Ken yihyeh devari asher yetze mipi

English

Seek the Lord and return to Him while He still allows Himself to be found and persuaded—before a decree is sealed—call to Him while He is near. Let the wicked abandon his evil ways, and let the unrighteous abandon his wrong thoughts; let him return to the Lord and He will have mercy upon him, and let him return to our God, for He will generously forgive him. The Lord says: For My thoughts are not similar to your thoughts—you think that returning to Me will not help, but My thoughts say otherwise—and your ways are not similar to My ways—it is the way of humans to punish and not forgive, but My ways are different and I forgive. Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts higher than your thoughts. For just as the rain and snow fall from the heavens and do not return there through evaporation until they have quenched the earth and caused it to bear fruit and further its growth, and until they have given seed to the planter and bread to those who eat, so shall be My words of good tidings that come from My mouth, that you will hear through the prophets—it will not return to Me