Third Day Chol Hamoed Pesach

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Hebrew

הָאָבִיב כִּי בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב
יָצָאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם: כָּל־פֶּטֶר
רֶחֶם לִי וְכָל־מִקְנְךָ תִּזָּכָר
פֶּטֶר שׁוֹר וָשֶׂה: וּפֶטֶר חֲמוֹר
תִּפְדֶּה בְשֶׂה וְאִם־לֹא תִפְדֶּה
וַעֲרַפְתּוֹ כֹּל בְּכוֹר בָּנֶיךָ
תִּפְדֶּה וְלֹא־יֵרָאוּ פָנַי רֵיקָם:
שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים תַּעֲבֹד וּבַיּוֹם
הַשְּׁבִיעִי תִּשְׁבֹּת בֶּחָרִישׁ
וּבַקָּצִיר תִּשְׁבֹּת: וְחַג שָׁבֻעֹת
תַּעֲשֶׂה לְךָ בִּכּוּרֵי קְצִיר חִטִּים
וְחַג הָאָסִיף תְּקוּפַת הַשָּׁנָה:
שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה
כָּל־זְכוּרְךָ אֶת־פְּנֵי | הָאָדֹן
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: כִּי־
אוֹרִישׁ גּוֹיִם מִפָּנֶיךָ וְהִרְחַבְתִּי
אֶת־גְּבֻלֶךָ וְלֹא־יַחְמֹד אִישׁ
אֶת־אַרְצְךָ בַּעֲלֹתְךָ לֵרָאוֹת
אֶת־פְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שָׁלֹשׁ
פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה: לֹא־תִשְׁחַט
עַל־חָמֵץ דַּם־זִבְחִי וְלֹא־
יָלִין לַבֹּקֶר זֶבַח חַג הַפָּסַח:
רֵאשִׁית בִּכּוּרֵי אַדְמָתְךָ תָּבִיא
בֵּית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל
גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ:

Sephardi

Ha'aviv ki b'chodesh ha'aviv
yatzata miMitzrayim: Kol-peter
rechem li vechol-miknecha tizachar
peter shor vaseh: Ufeter chamor
tifdeh veseh ve'im-lo tifdeh
va'araftto kol bechor banekha
tifdeh velo-yera'u fanai reikam:
Sheshet yamim ta'avod uvayom
hashevi'i tishbot becharish
uvakatzir tishbot: Vechag shavu'ot
ta'aseh lecha bikurei ketzir chitim
vechag ha'asif tekufat hashanah:
Shalosh pe'amim bashanah yera'eh
kol-zechurecha et-p'nei | ha'adon
Adonai Elohei Yisrael: Ki-
orish goyim mipanecha vehirchavti
et-gevulecha velo-yachmod ish
et-artzecha ba'alotcha lera'ot
et-p'nei Adonai Elohecha shalosh
pe'amim bashanah: Lo-tishchat
al-chametz dam-zivchi v'lo-
yalin laboker zevach chag hapesach:
Reshit bikurei admatecha tavi
beit Adonai Elohecha lo-tevashil
gedi bachalev imo:

English

you to do at the set time of the month when the grain begins to ripen—the 15th of Nissan. This festival shall always be in the spring season, because it was in the month of Nissan, during the spring season that you went out of Egypt. When God killed all the firstborn sons and all the firstborn male animals of the Egyptians, He passed over the Jewish homes and saved the firstborn of the Jewish Nation. Therefore, God commands you: Every firstborn son who is the first to open the womb of his mother shall be Mine, and you must redeem him from a Kohen when he is thirty days old. Also whenever any of your livestock, whether of an ox or a sheep shall give birth to a male, if this offspring was the first to open its mother's womb, it shall also be Mine, and must be given to a Kohen. Among non-kosher animals, you shall redeem the male firstborn donkey by exchanging it for a lamb, which you will give to the Kohen; if you do not redeem it, you shall decapitate it, causing you financial loss—just as you wished to cause financial loss to the Kohen. Every son of yours who is a firstborn to his mother, you shall redeem from any Kohen for five shekels (about 100 grams of pure silver). When the Jewish Nation will come up to the Holy Temple to celebrate the festivals, they shall not appear before Me empty handed; rather, they shall bring an animal as a burnt-offering. Six days you shall work, and on the seventh day you shall rest by not doing any work. You shall rest from plowing and from harvesting. And you shall make for yourself a Festival of Weeks (Shavuot), during which you shall bring the two loaves of bread, which is the first offering that is brought from the new wheat harvest in the Holy Temple. You shall also observe the Festival of the Gathering of your crop (Sukkot), which takes place at the time when the new year begins (Tishrei). Three times a year during the aforementioned festivals of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot, all your males shall appear before the Master of the universe, the Lord, Who is the God of Israel, by coming to the holy Temple in Jerusalem. For I will drive out all nations from before you and widen your borders in the Land of Israel, which will cause many of you to live far from the Holy Temple. No man of the other nations will desire your land and scheme to obtain it when you go up to appear before the Lord, your God, these three times of the year. Therefore, you can go to the Holy Temple without worry. You shall not slaughter or sprinkle the blood of My Pesach-offering while you still have chametz (leaven) in your possession. The Pesach-offering shall be brought on the fourteenth of Nissan, and its parts that are burned on the altar may not remain off of the altar overnight, until the morning of the fifteenth. 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 בַשָּׁמֶן
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 הַתָּמִיד יֵעָשֶׂה וְנִסְכּוֹ:
וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם
כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ:

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 bashamen
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-eileh: Ka'eileh ta'asu layom
shiv'at yamim lechem isheh rei'ach-nicho'ach
lAdonai al-olat hatamid yei'aseh v'nisko:
Uvayom hashevi'i mikra-kodesh yihyeh lachem
kol-m'lechet avodah lo ta'asu:

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 pleasing smell for the Lord. It shall all be brought in addition to the daily burnt-offering and its wine offering. And just as on the first day of this seven day period, the seventh day shall also be a holy gathering for you; you shall not do any work.

FOURTH DAY CHOL HAMOED PESACH

The following speaks about the Pesach-offering, as well as the one offered on the fourteenth of the month of Iyar by those who could not offer it during its designated time.

Kohen

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר־
סִינַי בַּשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ
מִצְרַיִם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן לֵאמֹר:
וְיַעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַפָּסַח
בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ: בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר־יוֹם בַּחֹדֶשׁ
הַזֶּה בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם תַּעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ
כְּכָל־חֻקֹּתָיו וּכְכָל־מִשְׁפָּטָיו תַּעֲשׂוּ
אֹתוֹ: וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
לַעֲשֹׂת הַפָּסַח: וַיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־הַפֶּסַח
בָּרִאשׁוֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ
בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי כְּכֹל
אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה כֵּן עָשׂוּ
בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

Sephardi

Vaydaber Adonai el-Moshe b'midbar-
Sinai bashanah hashenit letzetam mei'eretz
Mitzrayim bachodesh harishon leimor:
Veya'asu b'nei-Yisrael et-hapesach
bemo'ado: B'arba'ah asar-yom bachodesh
hazeh bein ha'arbayim ta'asu oto bemo'ado
kechol-chukotav uvechol-mishpatav ta'asu
oto: Vaydaber Moshe el-b'nei Yisrael
la'asot hapesach: Vaya'asu et-hapesach
barishon b'arba'ah asar yom lachodesh
bein ha'arbayim b'midbar Sinai k'chol
asher tzivah Adonai et-Moshe ken asu
b'nei Yisrael:

English

God spoke to Moses while the Jewish Nation were camped in the Sinai Desert, in the second year after they went out of the land of Egypt, in the first month—the month of Nissan—and instructed him to tell the Jewish Nation: The Children of Israel shall sacrifice the Pesach-offering at its designated time. You shall sacrifice it in the afternoon of the fourteenth day of this month of Nissan, at its designated time. You shall do so in accordance with all its statutes pertaining to the animal, and all its laws pertaining to your personal preparations before offering it. Then Moses spoke to the Children of Israel; he reviewed with them all the laws they needed to know in order to bring the Pesach-offering. The Children of Israel sacrificed the Pesach-offering while they were camped in the Sinai Desert, in the afternoon of the fourteenth day of the first month—they did everything exactly as God had commanded them through Moses.