Eighth Day Of Chanukah

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Hebrew

שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת: וּלְזֶבַח
הַשְּׁלָמִים בָּקָר שְׁנַיִם אֵילִם חֲמִשָּׁה
עַתּוּדִים חֲמִשָּׁה כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה
חֲמִשָּׁה זֶה קָרְבַּן פַּגְעִיאֵל בֶּן־עָכְרָן:

Sephardi

S'ir-izim echad l'chatat: ul'zevach
hashelamim bakar sh'nayim eilim chamishah
atudim chamishah k'vasim b'nei-shanah
chamishah zeh korban Pag'iel ben-Achran:

English

bull that was the choicest of its herd, one ram, and one lamb that was less than a year old as a burnt-offering, and one male goat as a sin-offering. As a peace-offering, he brought two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs that were less than a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Achran for the dedication of the altar.

Hebrew

בַּיּוֹם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר יוֹם נָשִׂיא לִבְנֵי
נַפְתָּלִי אֲחִירַע בֶּן־עֵינָן: קָרְבָּנוֹ קַעֲרַת־
כֶּסֶף אַחַת שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה מִשְׁקָלָהּ
מִזְרָק אֶחָד כֶּסֶף שִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל
הַקֹּדֶשׁ שְׁנֵיהֶם | מְלֵאִים סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה
בַּשֶּׁמֶן 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 אֲחִירַע בֶּן־עֵינָן:

Sephardi

Bayom shneim asar yom nasi livnei
Naftali Achira ben-Einan: korbano ka'arat-
kesef achat sh'loshim ume'ah mishkalah
mizrak echad kesef shiv'im shekel b'shekel
hakodesh sh'neihem | m'le'im solet b'lulah
vashemen l'minchah: kaf achat asarah zahav
m'le'ah k'toret: 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 Achira ben-Einan:

English

On the twelfth day of the dedication, Achira son of Einan, leader of the tribe of Naftali, brought his offering. His offering consisted of one silver plate that weighed one hundred and thirty shekel (approximately 5.5 lbs), one silver dish that weighed seventy shekel of the holy shekel (approximately 3 lbs); both were filled with fine flour mixed with olive oil, to be offered as a flour-offering. He also brought one golden spoon weighing ten holy shekel (approximately 6.7 ounces), filled with incense. He brought a young bull that was the choicest of its herd, one ram, and one lamb that was less than a year old as a burnt-offering, and one male goat as a sin-offering. As a peace-offering, he brought two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs that were less than a year old. This was the offering of Achira son of Einan for the dedication of the altar.

Hebrew

זֹאת | חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּיוֹם הִמָּשַׁח
אֹתוֹ מֵאֵת נְשִׂיאֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קַעֲרֹת
כֶּסֶף שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה מִזְרְקֵי־כֶסֶף
שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר כַּפּוֹת זָהָב שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה:
שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמֵאָה הַקְּעָרָה הָאַחַת כֶּסֶף
וְשִׁבְעִים הַמִּזְרָק הָאֶחָד כֹּל כֶּסֶף
הַכֵּלִים אַלְפַּיִם וְאַרְבַּע־מֵאוֹת בְּשֶׁקֶל
הַקֹּדֶשׁ: כַּפּוֹת זָהָב שְׁתֵּים־עֶשְׂרֵה
מְלֵאֹת קְטֹרֶת עֲשָׂרָה עֲשָׂרָה הַכַּף
בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ כָּל־זְהַב הַכַּפּוֹת
עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה: כָּל־הַבָּקָר לָעֹלָה
שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר פָּרִים אֵילִם שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂר
כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר וּמִנְחָתָם
וּשְׂעִירֵי עִזִּים שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר לְחַטָּאת:
וְכֹל בְּקַר | זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים עֶשְׂרִים
וְאַרְבָּעָה פָּרִים אֵילִם שִׁשִּׁים עַתּוּדִים
שִׁשִּׁים כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָה שִׁשִּׁים זֹאת

Sephardi

Zot | chanukat hamizbe'ach b'yom himashach
oto me'et nesi'ei Yisrael ka'arot
kesef shteim esreh mizrekei-kesef
shneim asar kapot zahav shteim esreh:
sh'loshim ume'ah hake'arah ha'achat kesef
v'shiv'im hamizrak ha'echad kol kesef
hakelim alpayim v'arba-me'ot b'shekel
hakodesh: kapot zahav sh'teim-esreh
m'le'ot k'toret asarah asarah hakaf
b'shekel hakodesh kol-z'hav hakapot
esrim ume'ah: kol-habakar la'olah
shneim asar parim eilim sh'neim-asar
k'vasim b'nei-shanah shneim asar uminchatam
us'irei izim shneim asar l'chatat:
v'chol b'kar | zevach hashelamim esrim
vearba'ah parim eilim shishim atudim
shishim k'vasim b'nei-shanah shishim zot

English

These are the combined totals of the offerings that were brought by the leaders of the tribes of Israel for the dedication of the altar, on the day it was anointed and for the following eleven days: twelve silver plates, twelve silver dishes, and twelve gold spoons. Each silver plate weighed one hundred and thirty holy shekel (approximately 5.5 lbs), and each basin weighed seventy holy shekel (approximately 3 lbs). The silver of all the vessels together weighed two thousand four hundred shekel of the holy shekel (approximately 101.5 lbs). They also brought twelve golden spoons filled with incense, each spoon weighing ten shekels of the holy shekel (approximately 6.7 ounces). The gold spoons weighed a total of one hundred and twenty holy shekel (approximately 5 lbs). The cattle brought for the burnt-offerings were a total of twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve lambs that were less than a year old, together with their flour-offerings, and twelve young male goats as sin-offerings. The cattle brought for the peace-offerings were a total of twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty lambs that were less than a year old.

Hebrew

חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ אַחֲרֵי הִמָּשַׁח אֹתוֹ:
וּבְבֹא מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד לְדַבֵּר
אִתּוֹ וַיִּשְׁמַע אֶת־הַקּוֹל מִדַּבֵּר אֵלָיו
מֵעַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת אֲשֶׁר עַל־אֲרֹן הָעֵדֻת
מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי הַכְּרֻבִים וַיְדַבֵּר אֵלָיו: וַיְדַבֵּר
יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר: דַּבֵּר אֶל־אַהֲרֹן
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו בְּהַעֲלֹתְךָ אֶת־הַנֵּרֹת
אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי הַמְּנוֹרָה יָאִירוּ שִׁבְעַת
הַנֵּרוֹת: וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן אַהֲרֹן אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי
הַמְּנוֹרָה הֶעֱלָה נֵרֹתֶיהָ כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה
יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה: וְזֶה מַעֲשֵׂה הַמְּנֹרָה
מִקְשָׁה זָהָב עַד־יְרֵכָהּ עַד־פִּרְחָהּ
מִקְשָׁה הִוא כַּמַּרְאֶה אֲשֶׁר הֶרְאָה
יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשָׂה אֶת־הַמְּנֹרָה:

Sephardi

Chanukat hamizbe'ach acharei himashach oto:
Uv'vo Moshe el-ohel mo'ed ledaber
ito vayishma et-hakol midaber elav
mei'al hakaporet asher al-aron ha'edut
mibein sh'nei hak'ruvim vaydaber elav: Vaydaber
Adonai el-Moshe leimor: Daber el-Aharon
v'amarta elav b'ha'alot'cha et-hanerot
el-mul p'nei ham'norah ya'iru shiv'at
hanerot: Vaya'as ken Aharon el-mul p'nei
ham'norah he'elah nerotehah ka'asher tzivah
Adonai et-Moshe: V'zeh ma'aseh ham'norah
mikshah zahav ad-y'rechah ad-pirchah
mikshah hi kamar'eh asher her'ah
Adonai et-Moshe ken asah et-ham'norah:

English

These were the offerings of the leaders of the tribes for the dedication of the altar after it was anointed. When Moses would come to the Tent of Meeting to speak with God, he would hear the voice of God speaking to him from between the two cherubim that were above the cover of the Ark of Testimony, and God spoke only to him. The Lord spoke to Moses and gave him instructions to tell Aaron. Speak to Aaron and tell him: When you kindle the lamps of the menorah, the seven lamps shall shine toward the center of the menorah. Aaron did so; he lit the lamps with their wicks facing toward the center of the menorah, just as the Lord commanded Moses. This is the making of the menorah: it was not made of separate pieces joined together; rather, it was hammered from one solid piece of gold. Every part of it was hammered—from its base to its ornamental flower. In accordance with the form that the Lord had shown Moses when he was on Mount Sinai, that is how the menorah was made.

PURIM

The following speaks of the war between the Jewish Nation and Amalek, the ancestor of Haman, reminding us that the war against Amalek continues in all generations.

Kohen

Hebrew

וַיָּבֹא עֲמָלֵק וַיִּלָּחֶם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵל
בִּרְפִידִם: וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
בְּחַר־לָנוּ אֲנָשִׁים וְצֵא הִלָּחֵם
בַּעֲמָלֵק מָחָר אָנֹכִי נִצָּב עַל־רֹאשׁ
הַגִּבְעָה וּמַטֵּה הָאֱלֹהִים בְּיָדִי:
וַיַּעַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַר־לוֹ מֹשֶׁה
לְהִלָּחֵם בַּעֲמָלֵק וּמֹשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן וְחוּר
עָלוּ רֹאשׁ הַגִּבְעָה:

Sephardi

Vayavo Amalek vayilachem im-Yisrael
birfidim: Vayomer Moshe el-yehoshua
b'char-lanu anashim v'tze hilachem
ba'Amalek machar anochi nitzav al-rosh
hagiv'ah umateh ha'Elohim b'yadi:
Vaya'as Yehoshua ka'asher amar-lo Moshe
l'hilachem ba'Amalek uMoshe Aharon v'Chur
alu rosh hagiv'ah:

English

When the Jewish Nation came to Refidim, there was no water for them to drink. They challenged Moses and complained, "Is God in our midst or not?" It was then that Amalek came and waged war with the Children of Israel in Refidim. Moses said to Joshua: Choose for us strong, God-fearing, and righteous men, and go out from the protection of the Cloud of Glory and fight against Amalek. Tomorrow while you are at battle, I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand. Joshua did just as Moses told him, to fight against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and their nephew Hur ascended to the top of the hill to pray on behalf of the Jewish Nation.

Levi

Hebrew

וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר יָרִים מֹשֶׁה יָדוֹ
וְגָבַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכַאֲשֶׁר יָנִיחַ יָדוֹ
וְגָבַר עֲמָלֵק: וִידֵי מֹשֶׁה כְּבֵדִים
וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶבֶן וַיָּשִׂימוּ תַחְתָּיו וַיֵּשֶׁב
עָלֶיהָ וְאַהֲרֹן וְחוּר תָּמְכוּ בְיָדָיו
מִזֶּה אֶחָד וּמִזֶּה אֶחָד וַיְהִי יָדָיו

Sephardi

Vehayah ka'asher yarim Moshe yado
v'gavar Yisrael v'cha'asher yani'ach yado
v'gavar Amalek: Videi Moshe k'vedim
vayikchu-even vayasimu tachtav vayeshev
alehah veaharon v'Chur tam'chu b'yadav
mizeh echad umizeh echad vay'hi yadav

English

And it was that when Moses would raise his hand toward heaven, reminding the Jews to place their trust in God, the Children of Israel would overpower Amalek, and when he would lower his hand and the Jews would not place their trust in God, Amalek would overpower them. God made Moses' hands feel heavy, so those with him took a stone and placed