Haftarah For Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach

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Hebrew

רֵיחַ־נִיחֹחַ לַיהוָה עַל־עוֹלַת הַתָּמִיד
יֵעָשֶׂה וְנִסְכּוֹ: וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִקְרָא־
קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם כָּל־מְלֶאכֶת עֲבֹדָה
לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ:

Sephardi

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

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.

HAFTARAH FOR SHABBAT CHOL HAMOED PESACH

In the year 2418, thirty years before the redemption from Egypt, some 30,000 people from the tribe of Efraim thought it was the designated time for the redemption. They left Egypt and were killed by the Philistines. In this Haftarah, the prophet Ezekiel is shown the resurrection of these people, and Ezekiel prophesies about the resurrection of the dead, which will take place during the final redemption.

Haftarah

Hebrew

הָיְתָה עָלַי יַד־יְהוָה וַיּוֹצִאֵנִי
בְּרוּחַ יְהוָה וַיְנִיחֵנִי בְּתוֹךְ הַבִּקְעָה
וְהִיא מְלֵאָה עֲצָמוֹת: וְהֶעֱבִירַנִי עֲלֵיהֶם
סָבִיב | סָבִיב וְהִנֵּה רַבּוֹת מְאֹד עַל־פְּנֵי
הַבִּקְעָה וְהִנֵּה יְבֵשׁוֹת מְאֹד: וַיֹּאמֶר
אֵלַי בֶּן־אָדָם הֲתִחְיֶינָה הָעֲצָמוֹת
הָאֵלֶּה וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה אַתָּה יָדָעְתָּ:
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הִנָּבֵא עַל־הָעֲצָמוֹת הָאֵלֶּה
וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵיהֶם הָעֲצָמוֹת הַיְבֵשׁוֹת
שִׁמְעוּ דְּבַר־יְהוָה: כֹּה אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה
לָעֲצָמוֹת הָאֵלֶּה הִנֵּה אֲנִי מֵבִיא בָכֶם
רוּחַ וִחְיִיתֶם: וְנָתַתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם גִּידִים
וְהַעֲלֵתִי עֲלֵיכֶם בָּשָׂר וְקָרַמְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם
עוֹר וְנָתַתִּי בָכֶם רוּחַ וִחְיִיתֶם וִידַעְתֶּם
כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָה: וְנִבֵּאתִי כַּאֲשֶׁר צֻוֵּיתִי
וַיְהִי־קוֹל כְּהִנָּבְאִי וְהִנֵּה־רַעַשׁ וַתִּקְרְבוּ
עֲצָמוֹת עֶצֶם אֶל־עַצְמוֹ: וְרָאִיתִי
וְהִנֵּה־עֲלֵיהֶם גִּידִים וּבָשָׂר עָלָה וַיִּקְרַם
עֲלֵיהֶם עוֹר מִלְמָעְלָה וְרוּחַ אֵין בָּהֶם:
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי הִנָּבֵא אֶל־הָרוּחַ הִנָּבֵא
בֶן־אָדָם וְאָמַרְתָּ אֶל־הָרוּחַ כֹּה־אָמַר |
אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה מֵאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת בֹּאִי הָרוּחַ
וּפְחִי בַּהֲרוּגִים הָאֵלֶּה וְיִחְיוּ: וְהִנַּבֵּאתִי
כַּאֲשֶׁר צֻוֵּיתִי וַתָּבוֹא בָהֶם הָרוּחַ וַיִּחְיוּ

Sephardi

Hayetah alai yad-Adonai vayotzi'eni
b'ru'ach Adonai vay'nicheni b'toch habik'ah
v'hi m'le'ah atzamot: Vehe'evirani aleihem
saviv | saviv v'hineh rabot me'od al-p'nei
habik'ah v'hineh y'veshot me'od: Vayomer
elai ben-adam hatichyeynah ha'atzamot
ha'eleh va'omar Adonai Elohim atah yadata:
Vayomer elai hinavei al-ha'atzamot ha'eleh
v'amarta aleihem ha'atzamot hay'veshot
shim'u d'var-Adonai: Koh amar Adonai Elohim
la'atzamot ha'eleh hineh ani mevi vachem
ruach vichyitem: V'natati aleichem gidim
v'ha'aleiti aleichem basar v'karamti aleichem
or v'natati vachem ruach vichyitem vidatem
ki-ani Adonai: V'nibeiti ka'asher tzuveiti
vay'hi-kol k'hinav'i v'hineh-ra'ash vatikrevu
atzamot etzem el-atzmo: Vara'iti
v'hineh-aleihem gidim uvasar alah vayikram
aleihem or milma'lah v'ruach ein bahem:
Vayomer elai hinavei el-haru'ach hinavei
ben-adam v'amarta el-haru'ach koh-amar |
Adonai Elohim mei'arba ruchot bo'i haru'ach
uf'chi baharugim ha'eleh vichyuy: V'hinabeiti
ka'asher tzuveiti vatavo vahem haru'ach vayichyuy

English

The prophet Ezekiel said: The hand of the Lord—the spirit of prophecy—came upon me, and by the will of the Lord, took me out from my place and placed me down within the valley. The valley was full of bones from the people of the tribe of Efraim who decided to leave Egypt thirty years before they were destined to leave, and were killed by the Philistines. He made me pass by them—circling around them—and behold, there were many bones on the surface of the valley and the bones were very dry. The Lord said to me: Son of man, do you think these bones can come alive? And I responded, "They can come to life if that is Your will, but Lord, God, only You know if that is indeed Your will." He said to me: Prophesy regarding these bones, and say to them, "Dried up bones, hear the word of the Lord. So says the Lord, God, to these bones: Behold, I will bring the spirit of life into you, and you shall live again! I will place tendons upon you; then I will place flesh over you and cover you with skin. I will put the breath of life into you and you will live, and you will then know that I am the Lord." I prophesied as I was commanded. As I was prophesying, there was a sound; behold, a commotion—the bones came together, each bone attaching to its adjoining bone! And I saw, behold they had tendons upon them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above the flesh, but the spirit of life was not yet in them. Then the Lord said to me: Prophesy regarding the spirit of life; prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit, "So says the Lord, God: Spirit of life, come from all four directions and breathe into these murdered bodies, and they will live." I prophesied as I had been commanded;

Hebrew

וַיַּעַמְדוּ עַל־רַגְלֵיהֶם חַיִל גָּדוֹל מְאֹד־
מְאֹד: וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי בֶּן־אָדָם הָעֲצָמוֹת
הָאֵלֶּה כָּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה הִנֵּה
אֹמְרִים יָבְשׁוּ עַצְמוֹתֵינוּ וְאָבְדָה
תִּקְוָתֵנוּ נִגְזַרְנוּ לָנוּ: לָכֵן הִנָּבֵא וְאָמַרְתָּ
אֲלֵיהֶם כֹּה־אָמַר אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנֵּה
אֲנִי פֹתֵחַ אֶת־קִבְרוֹתֵיכֶם וְהַעֲלֵיתִי
אֶתְכֶם מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶם עַמִּי וְהֵבֵאתִי
אֶתְכֶם אֶל־אַדְמַת יִשְׂרָאֵל: וִידַעְתֶּם
כִּי־אֲנִי יְהוָה בְּפִתְחִי אֶת־קִבְרוֹתֵיכֶם
וּבְהַעֲלוֹתִי אֶתְכֶם מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶם עַמִּי:
וְנָתַתִּי רוּחִי בָכֶם וִחְיִיתֶם וְהִנַּחְתִּי
אֶתְכֶם עַל־אַדְמַתְכֶם וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי־
אֲנִי יְהוָה דִּבַּרְתִּי וְעָשִׂיתִי נְאֻם־יְהוָה:

Sephardi

Vaya'amdu al-ragleihem chayil gadol me'od-
me'od: Vayomer elai ben-adam ha'atzamot
ha'eleh kol-beit Yisrael hemah hineh
omrim yavshu atzmoteinu v'avdah
tikvateinu nigzarnu lanu: Lachen hinavei v'amarta
aleihem koh-amar Adonai Elohim hineh
ani fo'te'ach et-kivroteichem v'ha'aleiti
etchem mikivroteichem ami veheiveiti
etchem el-admat Yisrael: Vidatem
ki-ani Adonai b'fit'chi et-kivroteichem
uveha'aloti etchem mikivroteichem ami:
V'natati ruchi vachem vichyitem v'hinachti
etchem al-admat'chem vidatem ki-
ani Adonai dibarti v'asiti n'um-Adonai:

English

the spirit of life came into them, and they came alive and stood on their feet—it was an extremely large army. The Lord said to me: Son of man, these bones represent all those of the nation of Israel who died in exile. For behold, they say, "Our bones have dried out, and our hope for the redemption is lost, because we have been cut off; there will never be life for us." Therefore, prophesy and say to them, "So said the Lord, God: Behold, just as I resurrected these bones, so too, during the final redemption, I will open your graves and bring you up, My people, from your graves, and I will bring you to the Land of Israel from where you will never again be exiled. When I open your graves and when I raise you up from your graves, My people, you will know that I am the Lord. On that day, I will put My spirit into you, and you will live. I will set you on your land, and you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken, and I have done exactly as I have spoken, says the Lord.

SEVENTH DAY OF PESACH

The following speaks about the travels of the Jewish Nation as they went out of Egypt, including the splitting of the sea, which occurred on the night of the seventh day of Pesach, and the song of praise that the Jewish Nation sung when they finished crossing the sea.

Kohen

Hebrew

וַיְהִי בְּשַׁלַּח פַּרְעֹה אֶת־הָעָם וְלֹא־
נָחָם אֱלֹהִים דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים כִּי
קָרוֹב הוּא כִּי | אָמַר אֱלֹהִים פֶּן־
יִנָּחֵם הָעָם בִּרְאֹתָם מִלְחָמָה וְשָׁבוּ
מִצְרָיְמָה: וַיַּסֵּב אֱלֹהִים | אֶת־הָעָם
דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּר יַם־סוּף וַחֲמֻשִׁים עָלוּ
בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם: וַיִּקַּח
מֹשֶׁה אֶת־עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף עִמּוֹ כִּי
הַשְׁבֵּעַ הִשְׁבִּיעַ אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
לֵאמֹר פָּקֹד יִפְקֹד אֱלֹהִים אֶתְכֶם
וְהַעֲלִיתֶם אֶת־עַצְמֹתַי מִזֶּה אִתְּכֶם:

Sephardi

Vay'hi b'shalach Par'oh et-ha'am v'lo-
nacham Elohim derech eretz P'lishtim ki
karov hu ki | amar Elohim pen-
yinachem ha'am bir'otam milchamah v'shavu
Mitzraymah: Vayasov Elohim | et-ha'am
derech hamidbar Yam-Suf vachamushim alu
b'nei-Yisrael mei'eretz Mitzrayim: Vayikach
Moshe et-atzmot Yosef imo ki
hashbei'a hishbi'a et-b'nei Yisrael
leimor pakod yifkod Elohim etchem
v'ha'alitem et-atzmotai mizeh it'chem:

English

When Pharaoh sent the Jewish Nation out of Egypt, God did not lead them on a direct route to the Land of Israel through the land of the Philistines, because it was near Egypt and it would be easy to return in the face of a challenge. For God said, "Perhaps the people will reconsider having left Egypt when they see the threat of war and they will want to return to Egypt." Rather, God led the nation in a roundabout way through the desert to the Sea of Reeds. The Children of Israel were armed when they went up from Egypt so that they would be able to conquer the Land of Israel. Before they left Egypt, Moses took the bones of Joseph with him to bury them in the Land of Israel, because Joseph made his brothers, the children of Jacob, swear to him, saying, "God will surely remember you and take you out of Egypt in the right time. And when He does so, your children shall bring up my bones from here along with your bones.

On Shabbat: Levi

Hebrew

וַיִּסְעוּ מִסֻּכֹּת וַיַּחֲנוּ בְאֵתָם
בִּקְצֵה הַמִּדְבָּר: וַיהוָה הֹלֵךְ לִפְנֵיהֶם
יוֹמָם בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן לַנְחֹתָם הַדֶּרֶךְ
וְלַיְלָה בְּעַמּוּד אֵשׁ לְהָאִיר לָהֶם

Sephardi

Vayis'u miSukkot vayachanu v'Eitam
biktzeh hamidbar: VaDonai holech lifneihem
yomam b'amud anan lan'chotam haderech
v'lailah b'amud esh leha'ir lahem

English

On the first day of their travels, they traveled from Rameses to Sukkot. On the second day, the 16th of Nissan, they traveled from Sukkot and they