Haftarah For Second Day Of Shavuot

Haftarah l'yom sheni shel Shavu'ot

הַפְטָרָה לְיוֹם שֵׁנִי שֶׁל שָׁבוּעוֹת

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Hebrew

אָמַר סֶלָה נְהָרוֹת תְּבַקַּע־
אָרֶץ: רָאוּךָ יָחִילוּ הָרִים זֶרֶם
מַיִם עָבָר נָתַן תְּהוֹם קוֹלוֹ
רוֹם יָדֵיהוּ נָשָׂא: שֶׁמֶשׁ יָרֵחַ
עָמַד זְבֻלָה לְאוֹר חִצֶּיךָ יְהַלֵּכוּ
לְנֹגַהּ בְּרַק חֲנִיתֶךָ: בְּזַעַם
תִּצְעַד־אָרֶץ בְּאַף תָּדוּשׁ
גּוֹיִם: יָצָאתָ לְיֵשַׁע עַמֶּךָ
לְיֵשַׁע אֶת־מְשִׁיחֶךָ מָחַצְתָּ
רֹאשׁ מִבֵּית רָשָׁע עָרוֹת יְסוֹד
עַד־צַוָּאר סֶלָה: נָקַבְתָּ בְמַטָּיו
רֹאשׁ פְּרָזָו יִסְעֲרוּ לַהֲפִיצֵנִי
עֲלִיצֻתָם כְּמוֹ־לֶאֱכֹל עָנִי
בַּמִּסְתָּר: דָּרַכְתָּ בַיָּם סוּסֶיךָ
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וַתִּרְגַּז בִּטְנִי לְקוֹל צָלֲלוּ
שְׂפָתַי יָבוֹא רָקָב בַּעֲצָמַי
וְתַחְתַּי אֶרְגָּז אֲשֶׁר אָנוּחַ לְיוֹם
צָרָה לַעֲלוֹת לְעָם יְגוּדֶנּוּ:
כִּי־תְאֵנָה לֹא־תִפְרָח וְאֵין
יְבוּל בַּגְּפָנִים כִּחֵשׁ מַעֲשֵׂה־
זַיִת וּשְׁדֵמוֹת לֹא־עָשָׂה
אֹכֶל גָּזַר מִמִּכְלָה צֹאן וְאֵין
בָּקָר בָּרְפָתִים: וַאֲנִי בַּיהוָה
אֶעֱלוֹזָה אָגִילָה בֵּאלֹהֵי יִשְׁעִי:
יְהוָה אֲדֹנָי חֵילִי וַיָּשֶׂם רַגְלַי
כָּאַיָּלוֹת וְעַל בָּמוֹתַי יַדְרִכֵנִי
לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹתָי:

Sephardi

Amar selah neharot t'vaka-
aretz: Ra'ucha yachilu harim zerem
mayim avar natan t'hom kolo
rom yadeihu nasa: Shemesh yareach
amad z'vulah l'or chitzecha y'halechu
l'nogah b'rak chanitecha: B'za'am
titz'ad-aretz b'af tadush
goyim: Yatzata l'yesha amecha
l'yesha et-m'shichecha machatzta
rosh mibeit rasha arot y'sod
ad-tzavar selah: Nakavta v'matav
rosh p'razav yis'aru lahafitzeini
alitzutam k'mo-le'echol ani
bamistar: Darachta bayam susecha
chomer mayim rabim: Shamati |
vatirgaz bitni l'kol tzalalu
sefatai yavo rakav ba'atzamai
v'tachtay ergaz asher anuach l'yom
tzarah la'alot l'am y'gudenu:
Ki-t'einah lo-tifrach v'ein
y'vul bag'fanim kichesh ma'aseh-
zayit ush'demot lo-asah
ochel gazar mimichlah tzon v'ein
bakar barfatim: Va'ani badonai
e'elozah agilah beilohei yish'i:
Adonai Adonai cheili vayasem raglai
ka'ayalot ve'al bamotai yadricheini
lamnatzei'ach binginotai:

English

to give the Land of Israel to the tribes, for the words of this oath are everlasting. When the Jews were in the desert, You split the earth and turned it into rivers so that they would not die of thirst in the desert and would enter the Land of Israel. When the Canaanite kings, who felt as strong as mountains, saw the great miracles that You performed for the Jewish Nation, they trembled and fell. The flow of water of the Jordan River passed and stopped so that the Jewish Nation could cross over, and from the depths, the water gave forth its voice in praise to God. The river stood up like a pillar as if the depths were raising their hands up toward the sky. During one of the battles that Joshua fought against Canaanite kings, the sun and moon stood still in their heavenly dwellings until the battle ended. When the Jews were fleeing the Egyptians who were right behind them, they walked by the light of Your arrows and the brightness of the flashing of Your spear—the lightning and hail that You rained down upon the Egyptians. With fury You tread on those inhabiting the Land of Israel, and with wrath You trampled the seven nations occupying Canaan. You went forth to rescue Your people, to rescue Your anointed ones. You crushed the rulers of the house of the wicked, uncovering it from the foundation to the neck—You destroyed them forever. When Sancheiriv, king of Ashur, came to attack the Jews, You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own staffs, which they had tried to use to scatter me like a storm. They would rejoice had they been successful to secretly devour the poor Jewish Nation, just as the Egyptians intended to do. You trampled the Egyptians at sea with Your horses—Your clouds of Glory; the abundant waters of the sea were as heaps. Just as the Egyptians' pursuit of the Jews ended badly for them, so too, Sancheiriv's pursuit of the Jews ended badly for him. When the Babylonians heard of what happened to the Egyptians, they said: I heard and my innards trembled; my lips quivered at the sound of it. Decay entered my bones, and I trembled in my place, for although now, I am at rest, thinking of my day of trouble, when God will bring up His nation as troops from my land scares me. For on the day that Babylon will fall, fig trees will no longer blossom in their land, nor will the vines produce. The work put into the olive tree will fail, and the field will not yield food. The flock will be cut off from its enclosure, and there will be no cattle in the stalls. On that day, the Jewish Nation will say: I will rejoice in the Lord; I will express joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord, my Master, is my strength. He made my feet as swift as the deer, and He will lead me to my high places—to the city of Jerusalem, where this song of praise will be for the choirmaster of the Holy Temple, the tribe of Levi, to play in my tune.

קְרִיאַת הַתּוֹרָה

WEEKLY TORAH READINGS

בְּרֵאשִׁית

BEREISHIT

Hebrew

בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת
הָאָרֶץ: וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ
וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת
עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם: וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי־
אוֹר: וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאוֹר כִּי־טוֹב וַיַּבְדֵּל
אֱלֹהִים בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ: וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים
לָאוֹר יוֹם וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־
בֹקֶר יוֹם אֶחָד:

Sephardi

Bereishit bara Elohim et hashamayim v'et
ha'aretz: V'ha'aretz hayetah tohu vavohu
v'choshech al-p'nei t'hom v'ruach Elohim m'rachefet
al-p'nei hamayim: Vayomer Elohim yehi or vay'hi-
or: Vayar Elohim et-ha'or ki-tov vayavdel
Elohim bein ha'or uvein hachoshech: Vayikra Elohim
la'or yom v'lachoshech kara lailah vayehi-erev vay'hi-
voker yom echad:

English

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was desolate and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep, and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw the light that it was good, and God separated between the light and the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.

Levi

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי
מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם: וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־
הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ
וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַיְהִי־כֵן: וַיִּקְרָא
אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר
יוֹם שֵׁנִי:

Sephardi

Vayomer Elohim yehi rakia b'toch hamayim vihi
mavdil bein mayim lamayim: Vaya'as Elohim et-
harakia vayavdel bein hamayim asher mitachat larakia
uvein hamayim asher mei'al larakia vay'hi-chen: Vayikra
Elohim larakia shamayim vayehi-erev vayehi-voker
yom sheni:

English

God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it separate between waters and waters." God made the firmament, and separated between the waters that were under the firmament and the waters that were above the firmament, and it was so. God called the firmament Heaven. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.

Yisrael

Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִקָּווּ הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת
הַשָּׁמַיִם אֶל־מָקוֹם אֶחָד וְתֵרָאֶה הַיַּבָּשָׁה
וַיְהִי־כֵן: וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לַיַּבָּשָׁה אֶרֶץ וּלְמִקְוֵה
הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טוֹב: וַיֹּאמֶר
אֱלֹהִים תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע
עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־
הָאָרֶץ וַיְהִי־כֵן: וַתּוֹצֵא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב
מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע לְמִינֵהוּ וְעֵץ עֹשֶׂה־פְּרִי אֲשֶׁר
זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טוֹב: וַיְהִי־
עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי:

Sephardi

Vayomer Elohim yikavu hamayim mitachat
hashamayim el-makom echad v'teira'eh hayabashah
vay'hi-chen: Vayikra Elohim layabashah eretz ul'mikveh
hamayim kara yamim vayar Elohim ki-tov: Vayomer
Elohim tadshe ha'aretz deshe esev mazria zera
etz peri oseh peri l'mino asher zar'o-vo al-
ha'aretz vay'hi-chen: Vatotze ha'aretz deshe esev
mazria zera l'mineihu v'etz oseh-p'ri asher
zar'o-vo l'mineihu vayar Elohim ki-tov: Vay'hi-
erev vayehi-voker yom sh'lishi:

English

God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering of the waters He called Seas, and God saw that it was good. God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation: herb yielding seed, fruit tree producing fruit after its kind, whose seed is in it, upon the earth," and it was so. The earth brought forth vegetation: herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree producing fruit whose seed is in it after its kind, and God saw that it was good. There was evening and there was morning, a third day.

נֹחַ

NOACH

Hebrew

אֵלֶּה תּוֹלְדֹת נֹחַ נֹחַ אִישׁ צַדִּיק תָּמִים הָיָה
בְּדֹרֹתָיו אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִים הִתְהַלֶּךְ־נֹחַ:
וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ שְׁלֹשָׁה בָנִים אֶת־שֵׁם אֶת־חָם וְאֶת־
יָפֶת: וַתִּשָּׁחֵת הָאָרֶץ לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וַתִּמָּלֵא
הָאָרֶץ חָמָס: וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה
נִשְׁחָתָה כִּי־הִשְׁחִית כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֶת־דַּרְכּוֹ עַל־
הָאָרֶץ: וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים לְנֹחַ קֵץ כָּל־בָּשָׂר בָּא
לְפָנַי כִּי־מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ חָמָס מִפְּנֵיהֶם וְהִנְנִי
מַשְׁחִיתָם אֶת־הָאָרֶץ: עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי־גֹפֶר
קִנִּים תַּעֲשֶׂה אֶת־הַתֵּבָה וְכָפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּיִת
וּמִחוּץ בַּכֹּפֶר: וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָהּ שְׁלֹשׁ
מֵאוֹת אַמָּה אֹרֶךְ הַתֵּבָה חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה רָחְבָּהּ
וּשְׁלֹשִׁים אַמָּה קוֹמָתָהּ: צֹהַר תַּעֲשֶׂה לַתֵּבָה
וְאֶל־אַמָּה תְּכַלֶנָּה מִלְמַעְלָה וּפֶתַח הַתֵּבָה
בְּצִדָּהּ תָּשִׂים תַּחְתִּיִּם שְׁנִיִּם וּשְׁלִשִׁים תַּעֲשֶׂהָ:

Sephardi

Eleh toldot Noach Noach ish tzadik tamim hayah
b'dorotav et-haElohim hit'halech-Noach:
Vayoled Noach sh'loshah vanim et-Shem et-Cham ve'et-
Yafet: Vatishachet ha'aretz lifnei haElohim vatimalei
ha'aretz chamas: Vayar Elohim et-ha'aretz v'hineh
nishchatah ki-hishchit kol-basar et-darko al-
ha'aretz: Vayomer Elohim l'Noach ketz kol-basar ba
lefanai ki-mal'ah ha'aretz chamas mipneihem v'hineni
mashchitam et-ha'aretz: Aseh lecha teivat atzei-gofer
kinim ta'aseh et-hatevah v'chafarta otah mibayit
umichutz bakofer: V'zeh asher ta'aseh otah shelosh
me'ot amah orech hatevah chamishim amah rochbah
usheloshim amah komatah: Tzohar ta'aseh latevah
v'el-amah t'chalenah milma'lah ufetach hatevah
b'tzidah tasim tachtim sh'niyim ush'lishim ta'asehah:

English

These are the generations of Noach. Noach was a righteous man, perfect in his generations; Noach walked with God. Noach begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Yefet. The earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. God said to Noach, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make the ark with compartments, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. Make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. Make it with lower, second, and third decks."

Levi

Hebrew

וַאֲנִי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת־הַמַּבּוּל מַיִם עַל־הָאָרֶץ
לְשַׁחֵת כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ רוּחַ חַיִּים מִתַּחַת
הַשָּׁמַיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָרֶץ יִגְוָע: וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־
בְּרִיתִי אִתָּךְ וּבָאתָ אֶל־הַתֵּבָה אַתָּה וּבָנֶיךָ
וְאִשְׁתְּךָ וּנְשֵׁי־בָנֶיךָ אִתָּךְ: וּמִכָּל־הֶחָי מִכָּל־
בָּשָׂר שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל תָּבִיא אֶל־הַתֵּבָה לְהַחֲיֹת
אִתָּךְ זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה יִהְיוּ:

Sephardi

Va'ani hineni mevi et-hamabul mayim al-ha'aretz
l'shachet kol-basar asher-bo ruach chayim mitachat
hashamayim kol asher-ba'aretz yigva: Vahakimoti et-
beriti itach uvata el-hatevah atah uvanecha
v'ish't'cha un'shei-banecha itach: Umikol-hechai mikol-
basar sh'nayim mikol tavi el-hatevah l'hachayot
itach zachar un'kevah yihyu:

English

"And I, behold, I am bringing the flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which there is the breath of life from under the heavens; everything that is on the earth shall perish. But I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall enter the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort you shall bring into the ark to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female."

Yisrael

Hebrew

מֵהָעוֹף לְמִינֵהוּ וּמִן־הַבְּהֵמָה לְמִינָהּ
מִכֹּל רֶמֶשׂ הָאֲדָמָה לְמִינֵהוּ שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל

Sephardi

Meiha'of l'mineihu umin-habehemah l'minah
mikol remes ha'adamah l'mineihu sh'nayim mikol

English

Of the birds after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort