Fourth Day Chol Hamoed Pesach

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Levi

Hebrew

וַיְהִי אֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ
טְמֵאִים לְנֶפֶשׁ אָדָם וְלֹא־יָכְלוּ
לַעֲשֹׂת־הַפֶּסַח בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא
וַיִּקְרְבוּ לִפְנֵי מֹשֶׁה וְלִפְנֵי אַהֲרֹן
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא: וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים
הָהֵמָּה אֵלָיו אֲנַחְנוּ טְמֵאִים
לְנֶפֶשׁ אָדָם לָמָּה נִגָּרַע לְבִלְתִּי
הַקְרִיב אֶת־קָרְבַּן יְהוָה בְּמֹעֲדוֹ
בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל: וַיֹּאמֶר
אֲלֵהֶם מֹשֶׁה עִמְדוּ וְאֶשְׁמְעָה
מַה־יְצַוֶּה יְהוָה לָכֶם:

Sephardi

Vay'hi anashim asher hayu
temei'im l'nefesh adam v'lo-yachlu
la'asot-hapesach bayom hahu
Vayikrevu lifnei Moshe v'lifnei Aharon
bayom hahu: Vayomru ha'anashim
hahemah elav anachnu temei'im
l'nefesh adam lamah nigara l'vilti
hakriv et-korban Adonai b'mo'ado
b'toch b'nei Yisrael: Vayomer
aleihem Moshe imdu v'eshme'ah
mah-y'tzaveh Adonai lachem:

English

However, there were men who were ritually impure because of contact with a corpse, and, because of their impurity, they could not sacrifice the Pesach-offering on that day. They approached Moses and Aaron on that day, and those men said to Moses: We are ritually impure because of contact with a corpse, but why should we lose out by not being allowed to bring this offering to God at its designated time together with the rest of the Children of Israel? Instruct the Kohanim to perform the purification process for us and allow us to offer the sacrifice. Moses answered them: Remain where you are, and wait until I hear what the Lord will command you regarding this matter.

Yisrael

Hebrew

וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה
לֵּאמֹר: דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
לֵּאמֹר אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי־יִהְיֶה
טָמֵא | לְנֶפֶשׁ אוֹ בְדֶרֶךְ רְחֹקָה
לָכֶם אוֹ לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם וְעָשָׂה פֶסַח
לַיהוָה: בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה
עָשָׂר יוֹם בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם יַעֲשׂוּ
אֹתוֹ עַל־מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים
יֹאכְלֻהוּ: לֹא־יַשְׁאִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ
עַד־בֹּקֶר וְעֶצֶם לֹא יִשְׁבְּרוּ־
בּוֹ כְּכָל־חֻקַּת הַפֶּסַח יַעֲשׂוּ
אֹתוֹ: וְהָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־הוּא טָהוֹר
וּבְדֶרֶךְ לֹא־הָיָה וְחָדַל לַעֲשׂוֹת
הַפֶּסַח וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא
מֵעַמֶּיהָ כִּי | קָרְבַּן יְהוָה לֹא
הִקְרִיב בְּמֹעֲדוֹ חֶטְאוֹ יִשָּׂא
הָאִישׁ הַהוּא: וְכִי־יָגוּר אִתְּכֶם
גֵּר וְעָשָׂה פֶסַח לַיהוָה כְּחֻקַּת
הַפֶּסַח וּכְמִשְׁפָּטוֹ כֵּן יַעֲשֶׂה
חֻקָּה אַחַת יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְלַגֵּר
וּלְאֶזְרַח הָאָרֶץ:

Sephardi

Vaydaber Adonai el-Moshe
leimor: Daber el-b'nei Yisrael
leimor ish ish ki-yihyeh
tamei | l'nefesh o v'derech r'chokah
lachem o l'doroteichem v'asah pesach
laDonai: Bachodesh hasheni b'arba'ah
asar yom bein ha'arbayim ya'asu
oto al-matzot um'rorim
yochluhu: Lo-yash'iru mimenu
ad-boker v'etzem lo yishb'ru-
bo k'chol-chukat hapesach ya'asu
oto: V'ha'ish asher-hu tahor
uv'derech lo-hayah v'chadal la'asot
hapesach v'nichr'tah hanefesh hahi
mei'amehah ki | korban Adonai lo
hikriv b'mo'ado chet'o yisa
ha'ish hahu: V'chi-yagur it'chem
ger v'asah pesach laDonai k'chukat
hapesach uch'mishpato ken ya'aseh
chukah achat yihyeh lachem v'lager
ul'ezrach ha'aretz:

English

The Lord spoke to Moses and instructed him to tell the Jewish Nation about the second chance to offer the Pesach-offering: Speak to the Children of Israel and tell them: Any person who will be ritually impure because of contact with a corpse or will be too far—he will not be able to travel to the Tabernacle/Temple when the offering is slaughtered—shall sacrifice the Pesach-offering to the Lord in the following month. This applies to you now, in this generation, as well as in all your future generations. They shall offer it in the afternoon of the fourteenth day of the second month—the month of Iyar. They shall eat it with matzot and bitter herbs, just as is done by everyone else on Pesach. The offering must be eaten on that very night, none of it shall be left over until morning, nor shall they break any of its bones. They shall offer it in accordance with all the same statutes of the Pesach-offering when it is offered in the month of Nissan; however, work and leavened foods are permitted on this day. A person who was ritually pure and was not traveling on the road and unable to travel to the Tabernacle or Holy Temple, yet, he intentionally refrained from sacrificing the Pesach-offering at its designated time in Nissan, his soul shall be cut off from its people. Because he did not bring the offering of the Lord at its designated time, that person shall bear his sin. When a convert to Judaism resides amongst you, he too shall bring the Pesach-offering to the Lord at its designated time; he shall do everything exactly according to the statutes of the Pesach-offering and according to its laws. One set of laws shall apply to all of you— to the convert and to the Jewish born citizen of the land.

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
בַּשֶּׁמֶן 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
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-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.

SHABBAT CHOL HAMOED PESACH

The following reading is a conversation between God and Moses regarding His Divine Presence continuing to be with the Jewish Nation as they journey to the Land of Israel, and Moses' request to see God's glory. It also contains some of the mitzvot that God commanded the Jewish Nation to keep after entering the Land of Israel, as well as some of the mitzvot related to the festivals.

Kohen

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־יְהוָה רְאֵה
אַתָּה אֹמֵר אֵלַי הַעַל אֶת־הָעָם
הַזֶּה וְאַתָּה לֹא הוֹדַעְתַּנִי אֵת
אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁלַח עִמִּי וְאַתָּה אָמַרְתָּ
יְדַעְתִּיךָ בְשֵׁם וְגַם־מָצָאתָ חֵן
בְּעֵינָי: וְעַתָּה אִם־נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן
בְּעֵינֶיךָ הוֹדִעֵנִי נָא אֶת־דְּרָכֶךָ
וְאֵדָעֲךָ לְמַעַן אֶמְצָא־חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ
וּרְאֵה כִּי עַמְּךָ הַגּוֹי הַזֶּה: וַיֹּאמֶר
פָּנַי יֵלֵכוּ וַהֲנִחֹתִי לָךְ: וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו
אִם־אֵין פָּנֶיךָ הֹלְכִים אַל־תַּעֲלֵנוּ

Sephardi

Vayomer Moshe el-Adonai re'eh
atah omer elai ha'al et-ha'am
hazeh ve'atah lo hoda'tani et
asher-tishlach imi ve'atah amarta
y'da'ticha v'shem v'gam-matzata chen
b'einai: V'atah im-na matzati chen
b'einecha hodi'eni na et-d'rachecha
v'eida'acha lema'an emtza-chen b'einecha
ur'eh ki amecha hagoy hazeh: Vayomer
panai yeilechu vahinichoti lach: Vayomer elav
im-ein panecha holechim al-ta'alenu

English

After the sin of the Golden Calf, God told Moses that He will remove His Divine Presence from among the Jewish Nation because of their sin. Instead, He will send an angel to lead them as they journey to the Land of Israel. Then, Moses said to God: Look, You say to me, "Bring this people up to the Land of Israel," but You did not inform me whom You will send with me. Therefore, I ask that You reconsider and return Your Divine Presence to us, as before. Furthermore, You said, "You, Moses, are special, for I have made you known as one of importance; I have given you a reputable name, and you have also found favor in My eyes." And now, if it is true that I have found favor in Your eyes, please make your ways known to me—the reward that You give to those who find favor in Your eyes—so that I may know You and so that I may know how great is the reward for