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Weekly Torah Readings

Shoftim

Shoftim
שֹׁפְטִים
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Yisrael

Hebrew
וְהֵבֵאתֶם שָׁמָּה עֹלֹתֵיכֶם וְזִבְחֵיכֶם וְאֵת
מַעְשְׂרֹתֵיכֶם וְאֵת תְּרוּמַת יֶדְכֶם וְנִדְרֵיכֶם
וְנִדְבֹתֵיכֶם וּבְכֹרֹת בְּקַרְכֶם וְצֹאנְכֶם: וַאֲכַלְתֶּם־
שָׁם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם בְּכֹל מִשְׁלַח
יֶדְכֶם אַתֶּם וּבָתֵּיכֶם אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ:
לֹא תַעֲשׂוּן כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים פֹּה הַיּוֹם
אִישׁ כָּל־הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו: כִּי לֹא־בָאתֶם עַד־עָתָּה
אֶל־הַמְּנוּחָה וְאֶל־הַנַּחֲלָה אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
נֹתֵן לָךְ: וַעֲבַרְתֶּם אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן וִישַׁבְתֶּם בָּאָרֶץ
אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם מַנְחִיל אֶתְכֶם וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם
מִכָּל־אֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב וִישַׁבְתֶּם־בֶּטַח:
Sephardi
v'hevetem shamah oloteichem v'zivcheichem v'et
ma'sroteichem v'et t'rumat yedchem v'nidreichem
v'nidvoteichem uvchorot b'karchem v'tzonchem: Va'achaltem-
sham lifnei Adonai Eloheichem us'machtem b'chol mishlach
yedchem atem uvateichem asher berach'cha Adonai Elohecha:
Lo ta'asun k'chol asher anachnu osim poh hayom
ish kol-hayashar b'einav: Ki lo-vatem ad-atah
el-ham'nuchah v'el-hanachalah asher-Adonai Elohecha
noten lach: Va'avartem et-hayarden vishavtem ba'aretz
asher-Adonai Eloheichem manchil etchem v'heniach lachem
mikol-oyveichem misaviv vishavtem-betach:
English
and you shall bring there your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and your votive offerings and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock. And you shall eat there before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you. You shall not do according to all that we are doing here today, every man whatever is right in his own eyes; for you have not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you. But when you cross the Jordan and settle in the land that the Lord your God is allotting to you, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety:
שֹׁפְטִים

SHOFTIM

Hebrew
שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים תִּתֶּן־לְךָ בְּכָל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ
אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ
וְשָׁפְטוּ אֶת־הָעָם מִשְׁפַּט־צֶדֶק: לֹא־תַטֶּה
מִשְׁפָּט לֹא תַכִּיר פָּנִים וְלֹא־תִקַּח שֹׁחַד כִּי
הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר עֵינֵי חֲכָמִים וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי
צַדִּיקִם: צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ
אֶת־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ:
Sephardi
Shoftim v'shotrim titen-l'cha b'chol-sh'arecha
asher Adonai Elohecha noten lecha lishvatecha
v'shaftu et-ha'am mishpat-tzedek: Lo-tateh
mishpat lo takir panim v'lo-tikach shochad ki
hashochad y'aver einei chachamim visalef divrei
tzadikim: Tzedek tzedek tirdof lema'an tichyeh v'yarashta
et-ha'aretz asher-Adonai Elohecha noten lach:
English
Judges and officers you shall appoint for yourself in all your gates that the Lord your God is giving you, throughout your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Levi

Hebrew
לֹא־תִטַּע לְךָ אֲשֵׁרָה כָּל־עֵץ אֵצֶל מִזְבַּח
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשֶׂה־לָּךְ: וְלֹא־תָקִים
לְךָ מַצֵּבָה אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵא יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ: לֹא־תִזְבַּח
לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ שׁוֹר וָשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בוֹ מוּם
כֹּל דָּבָר רָע כִּי תוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא:
כִּי־יִמָּצֵא בְקִרְבְּךָ בְּאַחַד שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ אִישׁ אוֹ־אִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־
הָרַע בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה־אֱלֹהֶיךָ לַעֲבֹר בְּרִיתוֹ: וַיֵּלֶךְ
וַיַּעֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לָהֶם וְלַשֶּׁמֶשׁ
אוֹ לַיָּרֵחַ אוֹ לְכָל־צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־
צִוִּיתִי: וְהֻגַּד־לְךָ וְשָׁמָעְתָּ וְדָרַשְׁתָּ הֵיטֵב וְהִנֵּה
אֱמֶת נָכוֹן הַדָּבָר נֶעֶשְׂתָה הַתּוֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל: וְהוֹצֵאתָ אֶת־הָאִישׁ הַהוּא אוֹ אֶת־
הָאִשָּׁה הַהִוא אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֶת־הַדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה
אֶל־שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֶת־הָאִישׁ אוֹ אֶת־הָאִשָּׁה וּסְקַלְתָּם
בָּאֲבָנִים וָמֵתוּ: עַל־פִּי שְׁנַיִם עֵדִים אוֹ שְׁלֹשָׁה
עֵדִים יוּמַת הַמֵּת לֹא יוּמַת עַל־פִּי עֵד אֶחָד:
יַד הָעֵדִים תִּהְיֶה־בּוֹ בָרִאשֹׁנָה לַהֲמִיתוֹ וְיַד
כָּל־הָעָם בָּאַחֲרֹנָה וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ: כִּי
יִפָּלֵא מִמְּךָ דָבָר לַמִּשְׁפָּט בֵּין־דָּם לְדָם בֵּין־דִּין
לְדִין וּבֵין נֶגַע לָנֶגַע דִּבְרֵי רִיבֹת בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְקַמְתָּ
וְעָלִיתָ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
בּוֹ: וּבָאתָ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם וְאֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵט
אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְדָרַשְׁתָּ וְהִגִּידוּ לְךָ
אֵת דְּבַר הַמִּשְׁפָּט: וְעָשִׂיתָ עַל־פִּי הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר
יַגִּידוּ לְךָ מִן־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ:
Sephardi
Lo-tita lecha asherah kol-etz etzel mizbach
Adonai Elohecha asher ta'aseh-lach: V'lo-takim
lecha matzevah asher sanei Adonai Elohecha: Lo-tizbach
laDonai Elohecha shor vaseh asher yihyeh vo mum
kol davar ra ki to'avat Adonai Elohecha hu:
Ki-yimatze v'kirb'cha b'achad sh'arecha asher-Adonai
Elohecha noten lecha ish o-ishah asher ya'aseh et-
hara b'einei Adonai-Elohecha la'avor berito: Vayeilech
vaya'avod elohim acherim vayishtachu lahem v'lashemesh
o layare'ach o l'chol-tz'va hashamayim asher lo-
tziviti: V'hugad-l'cha v'shama'ta v'darashta heitev v'hineh
emet nachon hadavar ne'estah hato'evah hazot
b'Yisrael: V'hotzeta et-ha-ish hahu o et-
ha'ishah hahi asher asu et-hadavar hara hazeh
el-sh'arecha et-ha-ish o et-ha-ishah us'kaltem
ba'avanim vametu: Al-pi sh'nayim edim o sh'loshah
edim yumat hamet lo yumat al-pi ed echad:
Yad ha'edim tihyeh-bo barishonah lahamito v'yad
kol-ha-am ba'acharonah uvi'arta hara mikirbecha: Ki
yipalei mimcha davar lamishpat bein-dam l'dam bein-din
l'din uvein nega lanega divrei rivot bish'arecha v'kamta
v'alita el-hamakom asher yivchar Adonai Elohecha
bo: Uvata el-hakohanim hal'viyim v'el-hashofet
asher yihyeh bayamim hahem v'darashta v'higidu lecha
et devar hamishpat: V'asita al-pi hadavar asher
yagidu lecha min-hamakom hahu asher yivchar Adonai
v'shamarta la'asot k'chol asher yorucha:
English
You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord your God that you shall make for yourself. And you shall not set up for yourself a pillar, which the Lord your God hates. You shall not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or a sheep in which there is a blemish, any evil thing, for that is an abomination to the Lord your God. If there is found among you, within any of your gates that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing His covenant, and has gone and served other gods and bowed down to them, or to the sun or to the moon or to any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded, and it is told to you and you hear of it, then you shall inquire thoroughly, and if it is true and certain that such an abomination has been done in Israel, then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil thing to your gates, the man or the woman, and you shall stone them with stones so that they die. On the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall he who is to die be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. If a matter arises that is too difficult for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between blow and blow, matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place that the Lord your God will choose. And you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of judgment. And you shall do according to the word that they declare to you from that place that the Lord will choose, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.

Yisrael

Hebrew
עַל־פִּי הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר יוֹרוּךָ וְעַל־הַמִּשְׁפָּט
אֲשֶׁר־יֹאמְרוּ לְךָ תַּעֲשֶׂה לֹא תָסוּר מִן־הַדָּבָר
אֲשֶׁר־יַגִּידוּ לְךָ יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל: וְהָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־
יַעֲשֶׂה בְזָדוֹן לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹעַ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן הָעֹמֵד
לְשָׁרֶת שָׁם אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אוֹ אֶל־הַשֹּׁפֵט
וּמֵת הָאִישׁ הַהוּא וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל:
וְכָל־הָעָם יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּ וְלֹא יְזִידוּן עוֹד:
Sephardi
Al-pi haTorah asher yorucha v'al-hamishpat
asher-yom'ru lecha ta'aseh lo tasur min-hadavar
asher-yagidu lecha yamin us'mol: V'ha-ish asher-
ya'aseh v'zadon l'vilti sh'moa el-hakohen ha'omed
l'sharet sham et-Adonai Elohecha o el-hashofet
umet ha'ish hahu uvi'arta hara miYisrael:
V'chol-ha-am yishm'u v'yira'u v'lo y'zidun od:
English
According to the Torah that they instruct you, and according to the judgment that they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the word that they declare to you, to the right or to the left. And the man who acts presumptuously, not listening to the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel. And all the people shall hear and fear, and not act presumptuously again.
כִּי־תֵצֵא

KI TEITZEI

Hebrew
כִּי־תֵצֵא לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל־אֹיְבֶיךָ וּנְתָנוֹ יְהוָה
אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּיָדֶךָ וְשָׁבִיתָ שִׁבְיוֹ: וְרָאִיתָ
בַּשִּׁבְיָה אֵשֶׁת יְפַת־תֹּאַר וְחָשַׁקְתָּ בָהּ וְלָקַחְתָּ
לְךָ לְאִשָּׁה: וַהֲבֵאתָהּ אֶל־תּוֹךְ בֵּיתֶךָ וְגִלְּחָה אֶת־
רֹאשָׁהּ וְעָשְׂתָה אֶת־צִפָּרְנֶיהָ: וְהֵסִירָה אֶת־
שִׂמְלַת שִׁבְיָהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ וְיָשְׁבָה בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבָכְתָה
אֶת־אָבִיהָ וְאֶת־אִמָּהּ יֶרַח יָמִים וְאַחַר כֵּן תָּבוֹא
אֵלֶיהָ וּבְעַלְתָּהּ וְהָיְתָה לְךָ לְאִשָּׁה: וְהָיָה אִם־לֹא
חָפַצְתָּ בָּהּ וְשִׁלַּחְתָּהּ לְנַפְשָׁהּ וּמָכֹר לֹא־תִמְכְּרֶנָּה
בַּכָּסֶף לֹא־תִתְעַמֵּר בָּהּ תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר עִנִּיתָהּ:
Sephardi
Ki-tetzei lamilchamah al-oyvecha un'tano Adonai
Elohecha b'yadecha v'shavita shivyo: V'ra'ita
bashivyah eshet y'fat-to'ar v'chashakta bah v'lakachta
lecha l'ishah: Vahavetah el-toch beitecha v'gilchah et-
roshah v'astah et-tziparnehah: V'hesirah et-
simlat shivyah mei'alehah v'yashvah beveitecha uvachetah
et-avihah v'et-imah yerach yamim ve'achar ken tavo
elehah uv'altah v'hayetah lecha l'ishah: Vehayah im-lo
chafatzta bah v'shilachtah l'nafshah umachor lo-timk'renah
bakasef lo-tit'amer bah tachat asher initah:
English
When you go out to war against your enemies, and the Lord your God delivers them into your hand, and you take them captive, and you see among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and you desire her and would take her for yourself as a wife, then you shall bring her into your house, and she shall shave her head and pare her nails. And she shall remove the garment of her captivity from her, and remain in your house and weep for her father and her mother a full month; and after that you may go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money; you shall not deal with her as a slave, because you have humbled her.

Levi

Hebrew
כִּי־תִהְיֶיןָ לְאִישׁ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים הָאַחַת אֲהוּבָה
וְהָאַחַת שְׂנוּאָה וְיָלְדוּ־לוֹ בָנִים הָאֲהוּבָה
וְהַשְּׂנוּאָה וְהָיָה הַבֵּן הַבְּכוֹר לַשְּׂנִיאָה: וְהָיָה
בְּיוֹם הַנְחִילוֹ אֶת־בָּנָיו אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶה לוֹ
לֹא יוּכַל לְבַכֵּר אֶת־בֶּן־הָאֲהוּבָה עַל־פְּנֵי בֶן־
הַשְּׂנוּאָה הַבְּכֹר: כִּי אֶת־הַבְּכֹר בֶּן־הַשְּׂנוּאָה
יַכִּיר לָתֵת לוֹ פִּי שְׁנַיִם בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־יִמָּצֵא לוֹ
כִּי־הוּא רֵאשִׁית אֹנוֹ לוֹ מִשְׁפַּט הַבְּכֹרָה:
Sephardi
Ki-tih'yen l'ish shtei nashim ha'achat ahuvah
v'ha'achat s'nuah v'yald'u-lo vanim ha'ahuvah
v'has'nuah vehayah haben hab'chor las'ni'ah: Vehayah
b'yom hanchilo et-banav et asher-yihyeh lo
lo yuchal l'vaker et-ben-ha'ahuvah al-p'nei ven-
has'nuah hab'chor: Ki et-hab'chor ben-has'nuah
yakir latet lo pi sh'nayim b'chol asher-yimatze lo
ki-hu reshit ono lo mishpat hab'chorah:
English
If a man has two wives, one beloved and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and if the firstborn son is of the hated one, then it shall be, on the day that he causes his sons to inherit what he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn. But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the first of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.

Yisrael

Hebrew
כִּי־יִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ בֵּן סוֹרֵר וּמוֹרֶה אֵינֶנּוּ
שֹׁמֵעַ בְּקוֹל אָבִיו וּבְקוֹל אִמּוֹ וְיִסְּרוּ אֹתוֹ וְלֹא
יִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיהֶם: וְתָפְשׂוּ בוֹ אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ וְהוֹצִיאוּ
אֹתוֹ אֶל־זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ וְאֶל־שַׁעַר מְקֹמוֹ: וְאָמְרוּ
אֶל־זִקְנֵי עִירוֹ בְּנֵנוּ זֶה סוֹרֵר וּמֹרֶה אֵינֶנּוּ
שֹׁמֵעַ בְּקֹלֵנוּ זוֹלֵל וְסֹבֵא: וּרְגָמֻהוּ כָּל־אַנְשֵׁי
עִירוֹ בָאֲבָנִים וָמֵת וּבִעַרְתָּ הָרָע מִקִּרְבֶּךָ וְכָל־
יִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרָאוּ:
Sephardi
Ki-yihyeh l'ish ben sorer umoreh einenu
shome'a b'kol aviv uv'kol imo v'yis'ru oto v'lo
yishma aleihem: V'tafsu vo aviv v'imo v'hotzi'u
oto el-ziknei iro v'el-sha'ar m'komo: Ve'amru
el-ziknei iro b'neinu zeh sorer umoreh einenu
shome'a b'koleinu zolel v'sove: Urgamuhu kol-anshei
iro ba'avanim vamet uvi'arta hara mikirbecha vechol-
Yisrael yishm'u v'yira'u:
English
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they discipline him, he will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of his place. And they shall say to the elders of his city: This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard. Then all the men of his city shall stone him with stones so that he dies; so you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear and fear.
כִּי־תָבוֹא

KI TAVO

Hebrew
וְהָיָה כִּי־תָבוֹא אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
נֹתֵן לְךָ נַחֲלָה וִירִשְׁתָּהּ וְיָשַׁבְתָּ בָּהּ:
וְלָקַחְתָּ מֵרֵאשִׁית כָּל־פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר
תָּבִיא מֵאַרְצְךָ אֲשֶׁר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ
וְשַׂמְתָּ בַטֶּנֶא וְהָלַכְתָּ אֶל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם: וּבָאתָ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן
אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם וְאָמַרְתָּ אֵלָיו הִגַּדְתִּי
הַיּוֹם לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי־בָאתִי אֶל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר
נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ לָתֶת לָנוּ:
Sephardi
Vehayah ki-tavo el-ha'aretz asher Adonai Elohecha
noten lecha nachalah virishtah v'yashavta bah:
V'lakachta mereshith kol-p'ri ha'adamah asher
tavi mei'artz'cha asher Adonai Elohecha noten lach
v'samta vatenne v'halachta el-hamakom asher yivchar
Adonai Elohecha l'shaken shemo sham: Uvata el-hakohen
asher yihyeh bayamim hahem v'amarta elav higadti
hayom laDonai Elohecha ki-vati el-ha'aretz asher
nishba Adonai la'avoteinu latet lanu:
English
And it shall be, when you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, that you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place that the Lord your God will choose to make His name dwell there. And you shall come to the priest who will be in those days, and say to him: I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord swore to our fathers to give us.

Levi

Hebrew
וְלָקַח הַכֹּהֵן הַטֶּנֶא מִיָּדֶךָ וְהִנִּיחוֹ לִפְנֵי מִזְבַּח
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ: וְעָנִיתָ וְאָמַרְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
אֲרַמִּי אֹבֵד אָבִי וַיֵּרֶד מִצְרַיְמָה וַיָּגָר שָׁם בִּמְתֵי
מְעָט וַיְהִי־שָׁם לְגוֹי גָּדוֹל עָצוּם וָרָב: וַיָּרֵעוּ
אֹתָנוּ הַמִּצְרִים וַיְעַנּוּנוּ וַיִּתְּנוּ עָלֵינוּ עֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה:
וַנִּצְעַק אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵינוּ וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהוָה אֶת־
קֹלֵנוּ וַיַּרְא אֶת־עָנְיֵנוּ וְאֶת־עֲמָלֵנוּ וְאֶת־לַחֲצֵנוּ:
וַיּוֹצִאֵנוּ יְהוָה מִמִּצְרַיִם בְּיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרֹעַ נְטוּיָה
וּבְמֹרָא גָּדֹל וּבְאֹתוֹת וּבְמֹפְתִים: וַיְבִאֵנוּ אֶל־
הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה וַיִּתֶּן־לָנוּ אֶת־הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת אֶרֶץ
זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ: וְעַתָּה הִנֵּה הֵבֵאתִי אֶת־רֵאשִׁית
פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַתָּה לִּי יְהוָה וְהִנַּחְתּוֹ לִפְנֵי
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ:
וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְכָל־הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר נָתַן־לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
וּלְבֵיתֶךָ אַתָּה וְהַלֵּוִי וְהַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבֶּךָ:
Sephardi
V'lakach hakohen hatenne miyadecha v'hinicho lifnei mizbach
Adonai Elohecha: V'anita v'amarta lifnei Adonai Elohecha
Arami oved avi vayered Mitzraymah vayagor sham bimtei
m'at vay'hi-sham l'goy gadol atzum varav: Vayare'u
otanu haMitzrim vay'anunu vayit'nu aleinu avodah kashah:
Vanitz'ak el-Adonai Elohei avoteinu vayishma Adonai et-
koleinu vayar et-onyeinu v'et-amaleinu v'et-lachatzeinu:
Vayotzi'einu Adonai miMitzrayim b'yad chazakah uvizroa netuyah
uv'mora gadol uv'otot uv'moftim: Vay'vi'einu el-
hamakom hazeh vayiten-lanu et-ha'aretz hazot eretz
zavat chalav ud'vash: V'atah hineh heveti et-reshith
peri ha'adamah asher-natatah li Adonai v'hinachto lifnei
Adonai Elohecha v'hishtachavita lifnei Adonai Elohecha:
V'samachta b'chol-hatov asher natan-l'cha Adonai Elohecha
ul'veitecha atah v'halevi v'hager asher b'kirbecha:
English
And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. And you shall answer and say before the Lord your God: A wandering Aramean was my father, and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous. And the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us and laid upon us hard labor. Then we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, and our oppression. And the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, with signs and wonders. And He brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. And now, behold, I bring the first of the fruit of the ground that You, O Lord, have given me. And you shall set it down before the Lord your God and worship before the Lord your God. And you shall rejoice in all the good that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you.

Yisrael

Hebrew
כִּי תְכַלֶּה לַעְשֵׂר אֶת־כָּל־מַעְשַׂר תְּבוּאָתְךָ
בַּשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁת שְׁנַת הַמַּעֲשֵׂר וְנָתַתָּה לַלֵּוִי
לַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה וְאָכְלוּ בִשְׁעָרֶיךָ וְשָׂבֵעוּ:
וְאָמַרְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בִּעַרְתִּי הַקֹּדֶשׁ מִן־
הַבַּיִת וְגַם נְתַתִּיו לַלֵּוִי וְלַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה
כְּכָל־מִצְוָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָנִי לֹא־עָבַרְתִּי
מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ וְלֹא שָׁכָחְתִּי: לֹא־אָכַלְתִּי בְאֹנִי
מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא־בִעַרְתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ בְּטָמֵא וְלֹא־נָתַתִּי
מִמֶּנּוּ לְמֵת שָׁמַעְתִּי בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהָי עָשִׂיתִי
כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָנִי: הַשְׁקִיפָה מִמְּעוֹן קָדְשְׁךָ
מִן־הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבָרֵךְ אֶת־עַמְּךָ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֵת
הָאֲדָמָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה לָנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ
לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּדְבָשׁ:
Sephardi
Ki t'chaleh la'ser et-kol-ma'sar t'vuatcha
bashanah hash'lishit sh'nat hama'aser v'natatah lalevi
lager layatom v'la'almanah v'achlu vish'arecha v'save'u:
V'amarta lifnei Adonai Elohecha bi'arti hakodesh min-
habayit vegam n'tativ lalevi v'lager layatom v'la'almanah
k'chol-mitzvat'cha asher tzivitani lo-avarti
mimitzvotecha v'lo shakhachti: Lo-achalti v'oni
mimenu v'lo-bi'arti mimenu b'tamei v'lo-natati
mimenu l'met shama'ti b'kol Adonai Elohai asiti
k'chol asher tzivitani: Hashkifah mim'on kodshecha
min-hashamayim uvarech et-am'cha et-Yisrael v'et
ha'adamah asher natatah lanu ka'asher nishbata
la'avoteinu eretz zavat chalav ud'vash:
English
When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is the year of the tithe, and have given it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your gates and be filled, then you shall say before the Lord your God: I have removed the sacred portion out of my house, and also have given it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all Your commandment that You have commanded me; I have not transgressed any of Your commandments, nor have I forgotten them. I have not eaten of it in my mourning, nor have I put away any of it while I was unclean, nor given any of it for the dead; I have listened to the voice of the Lord my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me. Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the ground that You have given us, as You swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.
נִצָּבִים

NITZAVIM

Hebrew
אַתֶּם נִצָּבִים הַיּוֹם כֻּלְּכֶם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
רָאשֵׁיכֶם שִׁבְטֵיכֶם זִקְנֵיכֶם וְשֹׁטְרֵיכֶם
כֹּל אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל: טַפְּכֶם נְשֵׁיכֶם וְגֵרְךָ אֲשֶׁר
בְּקֶרֶב מַחֲנֶיךָ מֵחֹטֵב עֵצֶיךָ עַד שֹׁאֵב מֵימֶיךָ:
לְעָבְרְךָ בִּבְרִית יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וּבְאָלָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר
יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כֹּרֵת עִמְּךָ הַיּוֹם:
Sephardi
Atem nitzavim hayom kul'chem lifnei Adonai Eloheichem
rasheichem shivteichem zikneichem v'shotreichem
kol ish Yisrael: Tap'chem n'sheichem v'ger'cha asher
b'kerev machanecha meichotev etzecha ad sho'ev meimecha:
L'avorcha bivrit Adonai Elohecha uv'alato asher
Adonai Elohecha koret imcha hayom:
English
You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God: your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel; your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in the midst of your camp, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water, that you may enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, and into His oath, which the Lord your God is making with you today.