Haftarah For Simchat Torah

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Hebrew

הַזֶּה מִפִּיךָ וְהָגִיתָ בּוֹ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה
לְמַעַן תִּשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכָל־הַכָּתוּב בּוֹ
כִּי־אָז תַּצְלִיחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶךָ וְאָז תַּשְׂכִּיל:
הֲלוֹא צִוִּיתִיךָ חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ אַל־תַּעֲרֹץ
וְאַל־תֵּחָת כִּי עִמְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכֹל
אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵךְ: וַיְצַו יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶת־שֹׁטְרֵי
הָעָם לֵאמֹר: עִבְרוּ | בְּקֶרֶב הַמַּחֲנֶה
וְצַוּוּ אֶת־הָעָם לֵאמֹר הָכִינוּ לָכֶם צֵידָה
כִּי בְּעוֹד | שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים אַתֶּם עֹבְרִים
אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן הַזֶּה לָבוֹא לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת־
הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָכֶם
לְרִשְׁתָּהּ: וְלָראוּבֵנִי וְלַגָּדִי וְלַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט
הַמְנַשֶּׁה אָמַר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר: זָכוֹר אֶת־
הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶתְכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד־
יְהוָה לֵאמֹר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מֵנִיחַ לָכֶם
וְנָתַן לָכֶם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת: נְשֵׁיכֶם
טַפְּכֶם וּמִקְנֵיכֶם יֵשְׁבוּ בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן
לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן וְאַתֶּם תַּעַבְרוּ
חֲמֻשִׁים לִפְנֵי אֲחֵיכֶם כֹּל גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל
וַעֲזַרְתֶּם אוֹתָם: עַד אֲשֶׁר־יָנִיחַ יְהוָה |
לַאֲחֵיכֶם כָּכֶם וְיָרְשׁוּ גַם־הֵמָּה אֶת־
הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם נֹתֵן לָהֶם
וְשַׁבְתֶּם לְאֶרֶץ יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם וִירִשְׁתֶּם
אוֹתָהּ אֲשֶׁר | נָתַן לָכֶם מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד
יְהוָה בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן מִזְרַח הַשָּׁמֶשׁ:
וַיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ לֵאמֹר כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־
צִוִּיתָנוּ נַעֲשֶׂה וְאֶל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁלָחֵנוּ
נֵלֵךְ: כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַעְנוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן
נִשְׁמַע אֵלֶיךָ רַק יִהְיֶה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
עִמָּךְ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־מֹשֶׁה: כָּל־אִישׁ
אֲשֶׁר־יַמְרֶה אֶת־פִּיךָ וְלֹא־יִשְׁמַע אֶת־
דְּבָרֶיךָ לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־תְּצַוֶּנּוּ יוּמָת רַק חֲזַק
וֶאֱמָץ:

Sephardi

hazeh mipi'cha v'hagita bo yomam valailah
lema'an tishmor la'asot k'chol-hakatuv bo
ki-az tatzliach et-d'rachecha v'az taskil:
Halo tziviticha chazak ve'ematz al-ta'arotz
v'al-teichat ki imcha Adonai Elohecha b'chol
asher telech: Vay'tzav Yehoshua et-shotrei
ha'am leimor: Ivru | b'kerev hamachaneh
v'tzavu et-ha'am leimor hachinu lachem tzeidah
ki b'od | sh'loshet yamim atem ov'rim
et-haYarden hazeh lavo lareshet et-
ha'aretz asher Adonai Eloheichem noten lachem
l'rishtah: v'laRe'uveni v'laGadi v'lachatzi shevet
haMenasheh amar Yehoshua leimor: Zakhor et-
hadavar asher tzivah etchem Moshe eved-
Adonai leimor Adonai Eloheichem meiniach lachem
venatan lachem et-ha'aretz hazot: N'sheichem
tapeichem umikneichem yeshvu ba'aretz asher natan
lachem Moshe b'ever haYarden v'atem ta'avru
chamushim lifnei acheichem kol giborei hachayil
va'azartem otam: ad asher-yaniach Adonai |
la'acheichem kachem v'yor'shu gam-heimah et-
ha'aretz asher-Adonai Eloheichem noten lahem
v'shavtem l'eretz y'rushatchem virishtem
otah asher | natan lachem Moshe eved
Adonai b'ever haYarden mizrach hashemesh:
Vaya'anu et-Yehoshua leimor kol asher-
tzivitanu na'aseh v'el-kol-asher tishlachenu
neilech: k'chol asher-shamanu el-Moshe ken
nishma eilecha rak yihyeh Adonai Elohecha
imach ka'asher hayah im-Moshe: Kol-ish
asher-yamreh et-picha v'lo-yishma et-
d'varecha lechol asher-t'tzavenu yumat rak chazak
ve'ematz:

English

during the lifetime of Moses to be strong and courageous in battle. Do not be alarmed and do not be afraid, for the Lord, your God, is always with you wherever you go. As the Jewish Nation finished mourning the passing of Moses, Joshua commanded the officers of the nation to tell the nation to prepare to cross the river. He said: Go around within the camp, and command the people to prepare for entry into the land. Say to them, "Prepare for yourselves all the provisions and weaponry that you may need, because in another three days you will be crossing this Jordan River to come and take possession of the land that the Lord, your God, is giving you to inherit." Joshua then spoke to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh, who would be inheriting the land on the eastern side of the river, saying: Remember that which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you after you requested to settle on the eastern side of the Jordan. Moses told you the word of God, saying, "The Lord, your God, is giving you a place of rest as you asked for, and He will give you this land that is on the eastern side of the Jordan River." Your wives, your children, and all of your cattle shall settle in the land that Moses gave you across the Jordan, on the eastern side. However, all the mighty warriors among you shall cross the Jordan to the west, armed and prepared. You will go ahead of your brothers in battle, and you will help them conquer the Canaanite land. You will do so until the Lord gives your brothers a place in which to rest, just as He has given you, and they too shall take possession of the land that the Lord, your God, is giving them. Only then will you return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of it—the land that Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan River, to the east, in the direction of the rising of the sun. They answered Joshua by saying: We will do everything that you have commanded us, and we will go wherever you will send us. Just as we fully listened to Moses, so shall we listen to you. We only ask of the Lord, your God, that He be with you just as He was with Moses. Any man who will rebel against your commands and will not listen to your words regarding anything that you may command him will be put to death. We only ask that you be strong and courageous against the rebellious and punish them as necessary and don't forgo your honor.

FIRST DAY OF CHANUKAH

The following reading is about the offerings that were brought by each of the leaders of the twelve tribes during the dedication of the Tabernacle in the month of Nissan. The actual work of building the Tabernacle was completed on the 25th day of Kislev, the same date on which the Chanukah miracle took place more than a thousand years later, during the Second Temple period. In addition, after the Jewish Nation defeated the Syrian-Greek army, they cleaned up the Temple, which had been defiled by the Syrian-Greeks, and renewed the service in the Temple during the days of Chanukah.

Kohen

Hebrew

וַיְהִי בְּיוֹם כַּלּוֹת מֹשֶׁה לְהָקִים
אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּן וַיִּמְשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ
אֹתוֹ וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו וְאֵת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ
וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָיו וַיִּמְשָׁחֵם וַיְקַדֵּשׁ
אֹתָם: וַיַּקְרִיבוּ נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
רָאשֵׁי בֵּית אֲבֹתָם הֵם נְשִׂיאֵי
הַמַּטֹּת הֵם הָעֹמְדִים עַל־
הַפְּקֻדִים: וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת־קָרְבָּנָם
לִפְנֵי יְהוָה שֵׁשׁ־עֶגְלֹת צָב
וּשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר בָּקָר עֲגָלָה עַל־שְׁנֵי
הַנְּשִׂאִים וְשׁוֹר לְאֶחָד וַיַּקְרִיבוּ
אוֹתָם לִפְנֵי הַמִּשְׁכָּן: וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה
אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר: קַח מֵאִתָּם
וְהָיוּ לַעֲבֹד אֶת־עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל
מוֹעֵד וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָם אֶל־הַלְוִיִּם
אִישׁ כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתוֹ: וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה
אֶת־הָעֲגָלֹת וְאֶת־הַבָּקָר וַיִּתֵּן
אוֹתָם אֶל־הַלְוִיִּם: אֵת | שְׁתֵּי
הָעֲגָלֹת וְאֵת אַרְבַּעַת הַבָּקָר נָתַן
לִבְנֵי גֵרְשׁוֹן כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתָם: וְאֵת |
אַרְבַּע הָעֲגָלֹת וְאֵת שְׁמֹנַת הַבָּקָר
נָתַן לִבְנֵי מְרָרִי כְּפִי עֲבֹדָתָם בְּיַד
אִיתָמָר בֶּן־אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן: וְלִבְנֵי
קְהָת לֹא נָתָן כִּי־עֲבֹדַת הַקֹּדֶשׁ
עֲלֵהֶם בַּכָּתֵף יִשָּׂאוּ: וַיַּקְרִיבוּ
הַנְּשִׂאִים אֵת חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּיוֹם
הִמָּשַׁח אֹתוֹ וַיַּקְרִיבוּ הַנְּשִׂאִים
אֶת־קָרְבָּנָם לִפְנֵי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ: וַיֹּאמֶר

Sephardi

Vay'hi b'yom kallot Moshe l'hakim
et-hamishkan vayimshach oto vay'kadesh
oto v'et-kol-keilav v'et hamizbe'ach
v'et-kol-keilav vayimshachem vay'kadesh
otam: Vayakrivu n'si'ei Yisrael
rashei beit avotam hem n'si'ei
hamatot hem ha'omdim al-
hap'kudim: Vayaviu et-karbanam
lifnei Adonai shesh-eglot tzav
ush'nei asar bakar agalah al-sh'nei
han'si'im v'shor l'echad vayakrivu
otam lifnei hamishkan: Vayomer Adonai
el-Moshe leimor: Kach me'itam
vehayu la'avod et-avodat ohel
mo'ed v'natatah otam el-haLeviyim
ish k'fi avodato: Vayikach Moshe
et-ha'agalot v'et-habakar vayiten
otam el-haLeviyim: Et | shtei
ha'agalot v'et arba'at habakar natan
livnei Gershon k'fi avodatam: v'et |
arba ha'agalot v'et sh'monat habakar
natan livnei Merari k'fi avodatam beyad
Itamar ben-Aharon hakohen: v'livnei
K'hat lo natan ki-avodat hakodesh
aleihem bakatef yisa'u: Vayakrivu
han'si'im et chanukat hamizbe'ach b'yom
himashach oto vayakrivu han'si'im
et-karbanam lifnei hamizbe'ach: Vayomer

English

It was on the day Moses finished erecting the Tabernacle; he anointed it and all its vessels and sanctified them, and he anointed the altar and all its vessels and sanctified them. The leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral tribal households, approached to bring gifts for the Tabernacle; they were the leaders of the tribes and they were the ones who stood with Moses and Aaron to help count the Jewish Nation. They brought their gift-offerings before the Lord. It consisted of six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon from every two leaders, and an ox from each one of the leaders; they approached and brought them to the Tabernacle. Moses was unsure as to what to do with this offering, for he would not accept it unless commanded to do so. Therefore, the Lord spoke to Moses and told him to tell the Jewish Nation what would be done with the gift-offerings: Take the offering from them, and it shall be used for the service of the Tent of Meeting—the Tabernacle. You shall give them to the Levites; give to each man according to the amount needed for his work. Moses took the covered wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. This is how Moses split the offering. He gave two of the wagons and four of the oxen to the Levites who were from the family of Gershon, the son of Levi, according to what was needed for their work of carrying the curtains and coverings of the Tabernacle. He gave four wagons and eight oxen to the Levites who were from the family of Merari, the son of Levi, according to what was needed for their work of carrying the pillars of the Tabernacle; all this was under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the High priest. However, he did not give from the gift to the Levites who were from the family of Kehat. For the work placed on them involved transporting the holy items including the Holy Ark, which they were to carry only on their shoulders. The leaders of each tribe brought offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed—