Second Day Chol Hamoed Pesach

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Hebrew

תִּפְגַּע שׁוֹר אֹיִבְךָ אוֹ חֲמֹרוֹ
תֹּעֶה הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ לוֹ: כִּי־
תִרְאֶה חֲמוֹר שֹׂנַאֲךָ רֹבֵץ
תַּחַת מַשָּׂאוֹ וְחָדַלְתָּ מֵעֲזֹב
לוֹ עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב עִמּוֹ:

Sephardi

Tifga shor oyiv'cha o chamoro
toeh hashev t'shiveinu lo: Ki-
tir'eh chamor sona'acha rovetz
tachat masa'o vechadalta mei'azov
lo azov ta'azov imo:

English

any person; you shall not place your hand with a wicked person by being an accomplice to him and agreeing to be a false witness. If you see judges perverting judgment, don't follow them to do evil, even if they are the majority. If the defendant in the case asks you about this perverted judgment, don't answer regarding the dispute, by stating something that follows the wicked majority, turning away from the truth; rather, state your opinion truthfully. When there is a dispute between a pauper and a rich man, do not glorify and accord honor to the poor man by ruling in his favor, with the reasoning that the rich man should support the pauper in any case; rather, judge the case fairly. If you happen upon someone's ox or donkey wandering, even if he is your enemy, you shall surely return it to him. If you see the donkey, even of someone you hate, lying under its burden, will you possibly refrain from helping him? It is inconceivable! Rather, you shall surely help remove the burden from the animal together with its owner.

Yisrael

Hebrew

לֹא תַטֶּה מִשְׁפַּט אֶבְיֹנְךָ
בְּרִיבוֹ: מִדְּבַר־שֶׁקֶר תִּרְחָק
וְנָקִי וְצַדִּיק אַל־תַּהֲרֹג כִּי
לֹא־אַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע: וְשֹׁחַד לֹא
תִקָּח כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר פִּקְחִים
וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִים: וְגֵר לֹא
תִלְחָץ וְאַתֶּם יְדַעְתֶּם אֶת־
נֶפֶשׁ הַגֵּר כִּי־גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם
בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם: וְשֵׁשׁ שָנִים
תִּזְרַע אֶת־אַרְצֶךָ וְאָסַפְתָּ
אֶת־תְּבוּאָתָהּ: וְהַשְּׁבִיעִת
תִּשְׁמְטֶנָּה וּנְטַשְׁתָּהּ וְאָכְלוּ
אֶבְיֹנֵי עַמֶּךָ וְיִתְרָם תֹּאכַל חַיַּת
הַשָּׂדֶה כֵּן־תַּעֲשֶׂה לְכַרְמְךָ
לְזֵיתֶךָ: שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲשֶׂה
מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי
תִּשְׁבֹּת לְמַעַן יָנוּחַ שׁוֹרְךָ
וַחֲמֹרֶךָ וְיִנָּפֵשׁ בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ
וְהַגֵּר: וּבְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־אָמַרְתִּי
אֲלֵיכֶם תִּשָּׁמֵרוּ וְשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים
אֲחֵרִים לֹא תַזְכִּירוּ לֹא יִשָּׁמַע
עַל־פִּיךָ: שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים תָּחֹג לִי
בַּשָּׁנָה: אֶת־חַג הַמַּצּוֹת תִּשְׁמֹר
שִׁבְעַת יָמִים תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת
כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ לְמוֹעֵד חֹדֶשׁ
הָאָבִיב כִּי־בוֹ יָצָאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם
וְלֹא־יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָם: וְחַג

Sephardi

Lo tateh mishpat evyon'cha
b'rivo: Midvar-sheker tirchak
v'naki v'tzadik al-taharog ki
lo-atzdik rasha: V'shochad lo
tikach ki hashochad y'aveir pikchim
visalef divrei tzaddikim: V'ger lo
tilchatz v'atem y'datem et-
nefesh hager ki-gerim heyitem
b'eretz Mitzrayim: V'shesh shanim
tizra et-artz'cha ve'asafta
et-t'vu'atah: V'hash'vi'it
tishm'tenah untashtah v'achlu
evyonei amecha v'yitram tochal chayat
hasadeh ken-ta'aseh l'charm'cha
l'zeitecha: Sheshet yamim ta'aseh
ma'asecha uvayom hash'vi'i
tishbot lema'an yanuach shor'cha
vachamorecha v'yinapesh ben-amatecha
v'hager: Uvchol asher-amarti
aleichem tishameru v'shem elohim
acherim lo tazkiru lo yishama
al-picha: Shalosh r'galim tachog li
bashanah: Et-chag hamatzot tishmor
shiv'at yamim tochal matzot
ka'asher tziviticha l'mo'ed chodesh
ha'aviv ki-vo yatzata miMitzrayim
v'lo-yera'u fanai reikam: V'chag

English

You shall not pervert the judgment of your destitute fellow Jew in his dispute by ruling against him because he lacks worthiness in your eyes. Rather, judge him according to Torah law, regardless of his standing in the community. You shall distance yourself from falsehood. If a person was sentenced to death and then new evidence is brought forth to exonerate him, deliberations must be renewed. You shall not kill one who is found innocent after the renewed deliberations, regardless of his original conviction. However, if a person was acquitted and new evidence is brought forth to convict, you shall not renew deliberations; you shall not kill one whom the court originally ruled to be righteous, regardless of any new evidence brought forth. Do not worry that justice won't be served, for I will not let the wicked pass as righteous—if he is truly guilty, I will find ways to punish him. You must not accept a bribe, even if you intend to rule correctly. For the bribe will blind those who can otherwise see, and will distort words of righteousness and truthful judgments. You shall not oppress a foreigner—a convert—because you surely know the sensitive soul of a foreigner, since you were all foreigners in the land of Egypt. For the first six years of the seven year shmittah cycle, you may sow your land, bring in its produce, and do all other field related work. However, in the seventh year you shall release the land from any agricultural work, and leave it to lie fallow so that the deprived of your people will eat from its produce, and whatever remains will be eaten by the animals of the field. You shall do the same for your vineyard and olive grove. You shall do your work for six days of the week, but on the seventh day you shall hold

Hebrew

הַקָּצִיר בִּכּוּרֵי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּזְרַע
בַּשָּׂדֶה וְחַג הָאָסִף בְּצֵאת הַשָּׁנָה
בְּאָסְפְּךָ אֶת־מַעֲשֶׂיךָ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה:
שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה כָּל־
זְכוּרְךָ אֶל־פְּנֵי הָאָדֹן | יְהוָה: לֹא־
תִזְבַּח עַל־חָמֵץ דַּם־זִבְחִי וְלֹא־יָלִין
חֵלֶב־חַגִּי עַד־בֹּקֶר: רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי
אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ:

Sephardi

Hakatzir bikurei ma'asecha asher tizra
basadeh v'chag ha'asif b'tzet hashanah
b'osp'cha et-ma'asecha min-hasadeh:
Shalosh pe'amim bashanah yera'eh kol-
z'chur'cha el-p'nei ha'adon | Adonai: Lo-
tizbach al-chametz dam-zivchi v'lo-yalin
chelev-chagi ad-boker: Reshit bikurei
admat'cha tavi beit Adonai Elohecha
lo-t'vashel g'di bachalev imo:

English

from all work, so that your ox and donkey can rest as well. You must also see to it that your non-Jewish maidservant's son and the non-Jew who resides in your city shall be refreshed by not having to do any work. Observe all the positive commandments, which I have told you to keep, as well as their corresponding negative commandments. Do not mention the name of the false gods of others, even in passing, and do not let it be heard because of you—do not even allow a non-Jewish associate to mention the name of a false god. Three times a year, you shall celebrate with Me in Jerusalem. You shall observe the Festival of Matzot; you shall eat matzot for seven days, as I commanded you to do at the set time of the month of the first-ripened produce—Nissan, for it was in that month that you went out of Egypt. When the Jewish Nation come up to Jerusalem for the festival, they shall not appear before Me empty handed; rather, they shall bring animals with them for sacrifices. And you shall observe the Festival of Shavuot, which is at the time of the harvest of the first fruits of your labor, that which you plant in the field, as well as the Festival of Sukkot, which is the time of the gathering at the end of the year, when you gather the fruit of your labor from the field. Three times a year, during the aforementioned festivals of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, all of your males shall appear before the Master, the Lord of Israel. On the fourteenth of Nissan, when you bring the Pesach-offering, You shall not slaughter or sprinkle the blood of My offering while you still have chametz (leaven) in your possession, and the fats of My festival offering must be burned on the altar that night—none of its fats shall remain by morning. Of the seven species of produce with which your Land of Israel was blessed—wheat, barley, grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates—you shall bring some of the first that begin to ripen to the house of the Lord, your God, as a gift to the Kohanim. You may not cook a young goat in its mother's milk, nor any meat in any milk, nor may you eat from any such mixture.

The following is the commandment for the special offerings brought in the Holy Temple during the Festival of Pesach.

Fourth Reading

Hebrew

וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם אִשֶּׁה עֹלָה לַיהוָה פָּרִים
בְּנֵי־בָקָר שְׁנַיִם וְאַיִל אֶחָד וְשִׁבְעָה
כְּבָשִׂים בְּנֵי שָׁנָה תְּמִימִם יִהְיוּ לָכֶם:
וּמִנְחָתָם סֹלֶת בְּלוּלָה בַשֶּׁמֶן שְׁלֹשָׁה
עֶשְׂרֹנִים לַפָּר וּשְׁנֵי עֶשְׂרֹנִים לָאַיִל
תַּעֲשׂוּ: עִשָּׂרוֹן עִשָּׂרוֹן תַּעֲשֶׂה לַכֶּבֶשׂ
הָאֶחָד לְשִׁבְעַת הַכְּבָשִׂים: וּשְׂעִיר
חַטָּאת אֶחָד לְכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם: מִלְּבַד עֹלַת
הַבֹּקֶר אֲשֶׁר לְעֹלַת הַתָּמִיד תַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־
אֵלֶּה: כָּאֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ לַיּוֹם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים
לֶחֶם אִשֵּׁה רֵיחַ־נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָה עַל־עוֹלַת

Sephardi

V'hikravtem isheh olah laDonai parim
b'nei-vakar sh'nayim v'ayil echad v'shiv'ah
k'vasim b'nei shanah t'mimim yihyu lachem:
Uminchatam solet b'lulah vashemen sh'loshah
esronim lapar ush'nei esronim la'ayil
ta'asu: Isaron isaron ta'aseh lakeves
ha'echad l'shiv'at hak'vasim: Us'ir
chatat echad l'chaper aleichem: Milvad olat
haboker asher l'olat hatamid ta'asu et-
eleh: Ka'eileh ta'asu layom shiv'at yamim
lechem isheh rei'ach-nicho'ach laDonai al-olat

English

You shall bring the following animals to the Lord as a burnt-offering, to be completely consumed by fire: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs that are less than a year old. They shall be unblemished for you. As their flour-offering, bring three-tenths of an eifah (approximately 6 kg/13.5 lb) of fine flour mixed with olive oil for each bull, two-tenths of an eifah (approximately 4 kg/9 lb) for the ram, and one-tenth of an eifah (approximately 2 kg/4.5 lb) for each lamb of the seven lambs. You should also bring one young male goat as a sin-offering to atone for your sins. You shall bring these offerings besides for the morning burnt-offering, which is offered daily. You shall bring these offerings on each day, for seven days. They are like food and are brought as a fire-offering to make a