Haftarah For Minchah Of Public Fast Days

Haftarah l'Minchah shel Ta'aniyot Tzibbur

הַפְטָרָה לְמִנְחָה שֶׁל תַּעֲנִיּוֹת צִבּוּר

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Hebrew

לֹא־יָשׁוּב אֵלַי רֵיקָם כִּי אִם־
עָשָׂה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר חָפַצְתִּי וְהִצְלִיחַ
אֲשֶׁר שְׁלַחְתִּיו: כִּי־בְשִׂמְחָה
תֵּצֵאוּ וּבְשָׁלוֹם תּוּבָלוּן הֶהָרִים
וְהַגְּבָעוֹת יִפְצְחוּ לִפְנֵיכֶם רִנָּה
וְכָל־עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יִמְחֲאוּ־כָף:
תַּחַת הַנַּעֲצוּץ יַעֲלֶה בְרוֹשׁ וְתַחַת
הַסִּרְפַּד יַעֲלֶה הֲדַס וְהָיָה לַיהוָה
לְשֵׁם לְאוֹת עוֹלָם לֹא יִכָּרֵת: כֹּה
אָמַר יְהוָה שִׁמְרוּ מִשְׁפָּט וַעֲשׂוּ
צְדָקָה כִּי־קְרוֹבָה יְשׁוּעָתִי לָבוֹא
וְצִדְקָתִי לְהִגָּלוֹת: אַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ
יַעֲשֶׂה־זֹּאת וּבֶן־אָדָם יַחֲזִיק בָּהּ
שֹׁמֵר שַׁבָּת מֵחַלְּלוֹ וְשֹׁמֵר יָדוֹ
מֵעֲשׂוֹת כָּל־רָע: וְאַל־יֹאמַר בֶּן־
הַנֵּכָר הַנִּלְוָה אֶל־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר
הַבְדֵּל יַבְדִּילַנִי יְהוָה מֵעַל
עַמּוֹ וְאַל־יֹאמַר הַסָּרִיס הֵן אֲנִי
עֵץ יָבֵשׁ: כִּי־כֹה | אָמַר יְהוָה
לַסָּרִיסִים אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־
שַׁבְּתוֹתַי וּבָחֲרוּ בַּאֲשֶׁר חָפָצְתִּי
וּמַחֲזִיקִים בִּבְרִיתִי: וְנָתַתִּי
לָהֶם בְּבֵיתִי וּבְחוֹמֹתַי יָד וָשֵׁם
טוֹב מִבָּנִים וּמִבָּנוֹת שֵׁם עוֹלָם
אֶתֶּן־לוֹ אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִכָּרֵת: וּבְנֵי
הַנֵּכָר הַנִּלְוִים עַל־יְהוָה לְשָׁרְתוֹ
וּלְאַהֲבָה אֶת־שֵׁם יְהוָה לִהְיוֹת לוֹ
לַעֲבָדִים כָּל־שֹׁמֵר שַׁבָּת מֵחַלְּלוֹ
וּמַחֲזִיקִים בִּבְרִיתִי: וַהֲבִיאוֹתִים
אֶל־הַר קָדְשִׁי וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים בְּבֵית
תְּפִלָּתִי עוֹלוֹתֵיהֶם וְזִבְחֵיהֶם
לְרָצוֹן עַל־מִזְבְּחִי כִּי בֵיתִי בֵית־

Sephardi

Lo-yashuv elai reikam ki im-
asah et-asher chafatzti vehitzliach
asher shelachtiv: Ki-vesimchah
teitze'u uveshalom tuvallun heharim
vehageva'ot yiftzechu lifneichem rinah
vechol-atzei hasadeh yimcha'u-kaf:
Tachat hana'atzutz ya'aleh verosh vetachat
hasirpad ya'aleh hadas vehayah laDonai
l'shem le'ot olam lo yikkareit: Koh
amar Adonai shimru mishpat va'asu
tzedakah ki-krovah yeshu'ati lavo
uvtzidkati lehiggalot: Ashrei enosh
ya'aseh-zot uven-adam yachazik bah
shomer Shabbat meichallelo veshomer yado
mei'asot kol-ra: Ve'al-yomar ben-
hanekhar hanilveh el-Adonai leimor
Havdel yavdileini Adonai mei'al
amo ve'al-yomar hasaris hen ani
etz yaveish: Ki-khoh | amar Adonai
lasarisim asher yishmeru et-
Shabbotai uvacharu ba'asher chafatzti
umachazikim bivriti: V'natati
lahem beveiti uvechomotai yad vasheim
tov mibanim umibanot shem olam
eten-lo asher lo yikkareit: Uvnei
hanekhar hanilvim al-Adonai leshareto
ule'ahavah et-shem Adonai lihyot lo
la'avadim kol-shomer Shabbat meichallelo
umachazikim bivriti: Vahavi'otim
el-har kodshi vesimachtim beveit
tefilati oloteihem vezivcheihem
leratzon al-mizbechi ki beiti beit-

English

ineffectively; rather, it will accomplish what I desire and it will be successful in its mission—My word shall always be fulfilled. For the day will come when you shall go forth from exile with joy, and you will be brought to your land with peace. Your joy will be so great that it will feel as if the mountains and the hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of evil people, who are compared to thorns, the righteous, who are compared to cypress trees, shall prosper. Instead of evil people, who are compared to thistles, the righteous, who are compared to the myrtle, shall prosper. It shall be for the Lord as a name of greatness, and as an everlasting sign of His love for His people, which shall never be discontinued. The prophet Isaiah said: God said the following: While you are in exile, guard the laws of the Torah and do acts of righteousness to each other, for if you will do so, My salvation will be near and swift to come, and My righteousness will be quick to be revealed. Fortunate is the man who does this and the person who can hold on to it: He who keeps the Shabbat and is careful not to desecrate it and the one who guards his hand from doing any evil. Let the son of a foreigner, a non-Jew who wants to come close to God because of his belief in Him, not say, “Why should I become righteous in my deeds? The Lord will surely keep me separate from His people when they receive their great reward.” Let not the barren say, “Why should I better my ways? I am like a dry tree that cannot give fruit and therefore has no continuity.” For so said God, “Regarding the eunuchs who guard My Shabbat and those who choose to act as I desire and hold strongly to the Torah—My covenant with the Jewish Nation. I will give to them in My house and within My walls—the Holy Temple—a place where their good name will be remembered, which will be greater than the remembrance that comes from having sons and daughters. I will give him an everlasting memorial that will never be discontinued.” And the sons of the foreigners who want to come close to God, to serve Him and to love the name of God and to be His servants, and to all who keep the Shabbat by not desecrating it and hold strong to My covenant—the Torah. Of them God says, “I will bring them to the Holy Temple on My holy mountain, and I will cause them to rejoice in My house of prayer, for their burnt-offerings and their peace-offerings shall be willingly accepted upon My altar, for My house shall be called a house of prayer

Hebrew

תְּפִלָּה יִקָּרֵא לְכָל־הָעַמִּים: נְאֻם
אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה מְקַבֵּץ נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
עוֹד אֲקַבֵּץ עָלָיו לְנִקְבָּצָיו:

Sephardi

Tefilah yikkarei lechol-ha'amim: N'um
Adonai Elohim mekabetz nidchei Yisrael
od akabetz alav lenikbatzav:

English

for all nations.” So says God, the Lord, the One Who gathers-in the dispersed of Israel, “I will yet gather the converts from other nations, to join with the Jews already gathered.”

יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן וְשֵׁנִי שֶׁל סֻכּוֹת

FIRST TWO DAYS OF SUKKOT

The following talks about various offerings that were brought in the Holy Temple, including the special offerings brought for each festival, as well as other laws about the festivals.

Kohen

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר:
שׁוֹר אוֹ־כֶשֶׂב אוֹ־עֵז כִּי יִוָּלֵד
וְהָיָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תַּחַת אִמּוֹ
וּמִיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי וָהָלְאָה יֵרָצֶה
לְקָרְבַּן אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָה: וְשׁוֹר אוֹ־
שֶׂה אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־בְּנוֹ לֹא תִשְׁחֲטוּ
בְּיוֹם אֶחָד: וְכִי־תִזְבְּחוּ זֶבַח־
תּוֹדָה לַיהוָה לִרְצֹנְכֶם תִּזְבָּחוּ:
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יֵאָכֵל לֹא־תוֹתִירוּ
מִמֶּנּוּ עַד־בֹּקֶר אֲנִי יְהוָה:
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם מִצְוֹתַי וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם
אֲנִי יְהוָה: וְלֹא תְחַלְּלוּ אֶת־
שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲנִי יְהוָה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם:
הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם
לִהְיוֹת לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים אֲנִי יְהוָה:

Sephardi

Vaydaber Adonai el-moshe leimor:
Shor o-kesev o-ez ki yivaled
vehayah shiv'at yamim tachat imo
umiyom hash'mini vahal'ah yeratzeh
lekorban isheh laDonai: Veshor o-
seh oto ve'et-beno lo tishchatu
beyom echad: Vechi-tizbechu zevach-
todah laDonai lirtzonchem tizbachu:
Bayom hahu yei'achel lo-totiru
mimenu ad-boker ani Adonai:
Ush'martem mitzvotai va'asitem otam
ani Adonai: V'lo techallelu et-
shem kodshi venikdashti b'toch b'nei
Yisrael ani Adonai mekadishchem:
Hamotzi etchem mei'eretz Mitzrayim
lihyot lachem leilohim ani Adonai:

English

The Lord spoke to Moses regarding the animals to be accepted as sacrifices and instructed him to say the following to the Jewish Nation: When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain under its mother’s care for at least seven days and may not be brought as an offering, and only from the eighth day onward, will it be accepted as a fire-offering to the Lord. You may not slaughter a female among the oxen, sheep, or any other animal on the same day as its male or female offspring. And when you slaughter an offering of thanksgiving to the Lord, you shall slaughter it with the intention that you will follow the laws regarding this sacrifice—that you eat it on that very day, so that it should be an appeasement for you. The thanksgiving sacrifice must be eaten on the very day it was slaughtered; you shall not leave any of it over until morning, or even intend to do so. I am the Lord, who knows a person’s intentions. You shall preserve My commandments by studying them, so that you will do them properly; I am the Lord. Do not desecrate My Holy Name by intentionally not following My will. Keep My commandments even under oppression; when you do so, I will be sanctified among the Children of Israel. I am the Lord Who sanctifies you to be My holy nation; I am the Lord Who took you out of the land of Egypt to be your God on the condition that you will Sanctify Me by keeping My commandments; I am the Lord Who acts favorably to those who keep My will.

On Shabbat: Levi

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה
לֵּאמֹר: דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם מוֹעֲדֵי יְהוָה
אֲשֶׁר־תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ
אֵלֶּה הֵם מוֹעֲדָי: שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים
תֵּעָשֶׂה מְלָאכָה וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי
שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ כָּל־
מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ שַׁבָּת הִוא
לַיהוָה בְּכֹל מוֹשְׁבֹתֵיכֶם:

Sephardi

Vaydaber Adonai el-moshe
leimor: Daber el-b'nei Yisrael
v'amarta aleihem mo'adei Adonai
asher-tikre'u otam mikra'ei kodesh
eleh hem mo'adai: Sheshet yamim
tei'aseh melachah uvayom hashevi'i
Shabbat Shabbaton mikra-kodesh kol-
melachah lo ta'asu Shabbat hi
laDonai b'chol moshvoteichem:

English

The Lord spoke to Moses and instructed him to tell the Jewish Nation about the festivals, saying: Speak to the Children of Israel and say to them: The Lord has set certain days to be festivals when you are commanded to pronounce them as days of holy gathering—festivals—and He tells you: The following are My designated days: Six days of the week work may be done, but the seventh day shall be a day of rest; it is a day of holy gathering. On this day you may not do any work, for it is a day of rest for the Lord. This applies in all your settlements, and at all times.