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My father never lived to see his dream come true of an
all-Yiddish-speaking
Canada.
-David Steinberg
I once
wanted to become an atheist but I gave up. They have no
holidays.
-Henny Youngman
Look
at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting
would be intolerable. So, for every
ten Jews beating their breasts, God
designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast beaters. By the time I was five
I knew I was that one.
-Mel Brooks
The time
is at hand when the wearing of a prayer shawl
and skullcap will not bar a man from the
White House, unless, of course, the man
is Jewish.
-Jules Farber
Even
if you are Catholic, if you live in New York,
you're Jewish. If you live in Butte, Montana, you are
going to be a goy even if you
are Jewish.
-Lenny Bruce
The
remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served us nothing
but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found.
-Calvin Trillin
Let me
tell you the one thing I have against Moses. He took
us forty years into the desert in order to bring us to the one place in the
Middle East that has no
oil!
-Golda Meir
Even a secret
agent can't lie to
a Jewish mother.
-Peter Malkin
My
idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with
me.
-Benjamin Disraeli
It's so
simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say
it.
-Sam Levenson
Don't be humble; you are
not that great.
-Golda Meir
I
went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I had
lost exactly two
weeks.
-Joe E. Lewis
A
spoken contract isn't worth the paper it's written
on.
-Sam Goldwyn
I don't want to achieve
immortality through my work. I want to achieve immortality through not
dying.
-Woody Allen
Whoever called it
necking was a poor judge of
anatomy.
-Groucho Marx
A
politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to
it.
-Oscar Levant
Too bad that
all the people who know how to run this country are busy driving taxis and
cutting hair.
-George Burns
A committee is a
group that keeps minutes and loses
hours.
-Milton Berle
I don't
want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth, even if it
costs them their
jobs.
-Sam Goldwyn
Television is a medium
because it is neither rare nor well
done.
-Ernie Kovacs
When I bore
people at a party, they think it is their
fault.
-Henry Kissinger
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JEWISH WISDOM:
Fear builds walls to bar the light. - Baal Shem Tov
Engage in Torah and charity even with an ulterior motive, for that habit of right doing will lead also to right motivation. - Talmud: Pesahim, 50b
The sword comes into the world because of justice delayed and because of justice perverted.- Ethics of the Fathers 5:8
Ever since Rabbi Akiba used the Passover seder to plan a revolutionary struggle against the Roman occupiers, the Jews have used the seder to begin concrete work on tikkun (healing and transformation).
- Rabbi Michael Lerner, the Tikkun Magazine Passover supplement 2006
To work out ends of righteousness and love are you called; not merely to enjoy or suffer.
- S.R. Hirsch, "Nineteen Letters," 1836
“Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.” Golda Meir
The worship of God, though desirable as an end itself, can somehow never be in the right spirit, unless it impels one to the service of man. - Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan
Concentrate on three things and you will not fall into the grip of sin. Know from where you came, where you are going, and before Whom you will have to give account and reckoning.- Pirkei Avot 3:1
We cannot learn from general principles: there may be exceptions. - Johanan, Talmud: Kiddushin
A truly generous man is he that always gives, whether it be much or little, before he is asked.- Orchot Tsadiqim
The best security for old age: respect your children.- Sholem Asch
A Jew can be Jewish with God, against God, but not without God.- Elie Wiesel
He who promotes his own honor at the expense of his neighbor's has no portion in the world to come.- Judah b. Hanina, Genesis Rabbah
Even if all the world tells you, "You are righteous," consider yourself a sinner. - Rabbi Simlai
Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism and falsehood. The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement, seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.- Abraham Joshua Heschel, "On Prayer"
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.- Maimonides, "Tzavaah"
Seek the good in everyone, and reveal it, bring it forth.- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1811), "Likutey Moharan"
Just as we love ourselves despite the faults we know we have, so should we love our neighbors despite the faults we see in them.- Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov
A man should never impose an overpowering fear upon his household. - Babylonian Talmud, Gittin 6b
If you add to the truth, you subtract from it.- The Talmud
Love unaccompanied by criticism is not love....Peace unaccompanied by reproof is not peace.- Genesis Rabbah 54:3
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VAYIKRA (Leviticus)
The Book of Leviticus, or Levites, is concerned with the ritual laws and the sacrificial cult. It describes the details of offering sacrifices. The book's emphasis is on purity and holiness. Even though the sacrificial system was abandoned with the destruction of the Second Temple in the year 70 CE, Leviticus continued to be an important influence on Jewish life: nearly half of the 613 commandments are found in it and much of the Talmud is based on it. In Europe, it was traditional for children beginning their Jewish learning to start with the book of Va-Yikra. There are twenty-seven chapters, divided into ten parashiyot.
The parashiyot of Va-Yikra are: VaYikra, Tzav, Shemini, Tazria, Metzora, Achare Mot, Kedoshim, Emor, Behar, and Bechukotai.
May 21, 2022
Torah Reading
Leviticus 25:1 - 26:2
Haftarah
Jeremiah 32:6 - 32:27
Triennial portion: 1st: 25:1- 38; or 3rd: 25:29-26:2
translation and transliteration [when available] of torah and haftorah portions below. audio for haftorah link below.
Weekly Torah Commentary is also posted on this site.
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Torah -
Haftorah - jtsa.edu/torah/behar-haftarah
Shabbat B'Har
VaYikra 25:1 - 26:2
[Parashat BeHar
Shemittah (The Sabbatical Year)]
25:1 Vayedaber HASHEM el-Moshe beHar Sinai lemor
HASHEM spoke to Moshe on Mount Sinai, saying,
2 Daber el-benei Yisra'el ve'amarta alehem ki tavo'u el-ha'aretz
asher ani noten lachem veshavetah ha'aretz Shabbat l'HASHEM
"Speak to the Children of Yisrael and say to them, when you come to
the Land which I give to you the Land shall be at rest - a Shabbat
for HASHEM.
3 Shesh shanim tizra sadecha veshesh shanim tizmor karmecha
ve'asafta et-tevu'atah
For six years you shall plant your field and for six years you shall
prune your vineyard and you shall harvest its produce.
4 Uvashanah hashvi'it Shabbat Shabbaton yihyeh la'aretz Shabbat
l'HASHEM sadecha lo tizra vecharmecha lo tizmor
But the seventh year shall be a complete rest for the land, a
Shabbat for HASHEM, you shall not plant your field and you shall not
prune your vineyard.
5 Et sefiach ketzircha lo tiktzor ve'et-inevei nezirecha lo tivtzor
shnat Shabbaton yihyeh la'aretz
[Even] the crops that grew on their own [from the seeds of y our
previous] harvest you shall not reap, and the grapes of your
untended vines you shall not gather; it shall be a year of complete
rest for the land.
6 Vehayetah Shabbat ha'aretz lachem le'ochlah lecha ule'avdecha
vela'amatecha velischircha uletoshavecha hagarim imach
The [produce] of the land's Shabbat [year] shall be for yourselves,
for food, for you, your servant and your maidservant, for your hired
hand and your resident sojourner who reside with you.
7 Velivhemtecha velachayah asher be'artzecha tihyeh chol tevu'atah
le'echol
[Also] for your domesticated animals and for the [wild] beasts that
are in your land shall all of its produce be for food.
[The Yovel (Jubilee Year)]
8 Vesafarta lecha sheva shabbtot shanim sheva shanim sheva pe'amim
vehayu lecha yemei sheva shabbtot hashanim tesha ve'arba'im shanah
You shall count for yourself seven sabbatical years, seven years,
seven times and it shall be for you, the days [period] of the seven
sabbatical years, forty-nine years.
9 Veha'avarta shofar tru'ah bachodesh hashvi'i be'asor lachodesh
beYom haKippurim ta'aviru shofar becholartzechem
You shall make proclamation with the shofar on the tenth day of the
seventh month. On Yom Kippur shall this shofar-proclamation be made
throughout all your land.
10 Vekidashtem et shnat hachamishim shanah ukratem dror ba'aretz
lechol-yoshveiha yovel hi tihyeh lachem veshavtem ish el-achuzato
ve'ish el-mishpachto tashuvu
You shall sanctify the year of the fiftieth year and proclaim
freedom in the land for all of its inhabitants; it shall be for you
a yovel and each man shall return to his ancestral land and each man
shall return to his family.
11 Yovel hi shnat hachamishim shanah tihyeh lachem lo tizra'u velo
tiktzeru et-seficheiha velo tivtzeru et-nezireiha
It is a yovel, [that] the year of the fiftieth year shall be for
you. You shall not plant and you shall not reap [even] crops that
grew on their own; and you shall not gather the [grapes of] its
untended vineyard.
12 Ki yovel hi kodesh tihyeh lachem min-hasadeh tochlu et-tevu'atah
For it is a yovel, it shall be holy to you. Whatever is in the field
you may eat of its produce.
13 Bishnat hayovel hazot tashuvu ish el-achuzato
On this yovel year, each man shall return to his ancestral land.
[Sheni]
14 Vechi timkeru mimkar la'amitecha o kanoh miyad amitecha al-tonu
ish et-achiv
If you sell anything to your neighbor, or purchase [something] from
your neighbor, do not cheat one another.
15 Bemispar shanim achar hayovel tikneh me'et amitecha bemispar
shnei-tvu'ot yimkor lach
According to the number of years after the yovel you shall purchase
[land] from your neighbor; according to the number of produce years
he shall sell it to you.
16 Lefi rov hashanim tarbeh miknato ulefi me'ot hashanim tam'it
miknato ki mispar tvu'ot hu mocher lach
Based on the abundance of years, you shall increase its purchase
price and based on the lack of years you shall decrease its purchase
price, since it is the number of produce-seasons that he is selling
to you.
17 Velo tonu ish et-amito veyareta me'Elokeicha ki ani HASHEM
Elokeichem
You shall not cheat one another, and you shall fear your G-d, for I
am HASHEM, your G-d.
18 Va'asitem et-chukotai ve'et mishpatai tishmeru va'asitem otam
vishavtem al-ha'aretz lavetach
You shall fulfill My statutes and keep My laws and fulfill them, and
you will then live in the Land in security.
[Shelishi]
19 Venatnah ha'aretz piryah va'achaltem lasova vishavtem lavetach
aleiha
The Land will give forth its fruit and you will eat your fill, and
you will live securely on it.
20 Vechi tomru mah-nochal bashanah hashvi'it hen lo nizra velo
ne'esof et-tevu'atenu
If you shall say [ask] 'What will we eat in the seventh year, for
behold! we have not planted nor gathered our produce?'
21 Vetziviti et-birchati lachem bashanah hashishit ve'asat
et-hatvu'ah lishlosh hashanim
I shall command [direct] My blessing to you in the sixth year and it
will produce [enough] for three years.
22 Uzratem et hashanah hashminit va'achaltem min-hatvu'ah yashan ad
hashanah hatshi'it ad-bo tevu'atah tochlu yashan
You shall plant in the eighth year but you will still be eating from
the old produce until the ninth year; until the [new] produce
arrives [ripens] you shall eat [from] the old.
[Redemption of Land]
23 Veha'aretz lo timacher litzmitut ki-li ha'aretz ki-gerim
vetoshavim atem imadi
The land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is Mine, for,
you are [merely as] foreigners and resident aliens before Me.
24 Uvechol eretz achuzatchem ge'ulah titnu la'aretz
In all of your ancestral lands you shall grant redemption to the
land.
[Revi'i]
25 Ki-yamuch achicha umachar me'achuzato uva go'alo hakarov elav
vega'al et mimkar achiv
If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his ancestral
land, and a close relative comes and redeems that which his brother
sold,
26 Ve'ish ki lo yihyeh-lo go'el vehisigah yado umatza kedei ge'ulato
[or] if the man has no redeemer [close relative] but has acquired
sufficient means and finds [it] enough to redeem it [himself],
27 Vechishav et-shnei mimkaro veheshiv et-ha'odef la'ish asher
machar-lo veshav la'achuzato
He shall calculate the number of years for which he sold the land
and return the remainder [excess] to the man to whom he had sold it,
and he shall return to his ancestral land.
28 Ve'im lo-matz'ah yado dei hashiv lo vehayah mimkaro beyad hakoneh
oto ad shnat hayovel veyatza bayovel veshav la'achuzato
Or if he does not have within his means enough to retrieve the land
to himself, then that which he sold remains in the possession of the
buyer until the yovel year. It is then released by the yovel and he
[the seller] returns to his ancestral land.
[Chamishi ]
29 Ve'ish ki yimkor beit-moshav ir chomah vehayetah ge'ulato ad-tom
shnat mimkaro yamim tihyeh ge'ulato
If a man shall sell a residential home [that is] within a walled
city, the time allotted for its redemption shall be until the end of
one year after he sold it. He has the days [of a full year] in which
to redeem it.
30 Ve'im lo-yiga'el ad-melot lo shanah tmimah vekam habayit
asher-ba'ir asher-lo chomah latzmitut lakoneh oto ledorotav lo yetze
bayovel
If he does not redeem it by the end of a full year, the house within
the city that is surrounded by a wall shall then remain in
perpetuity to its purchaser for his generations [descendants]. It is
not released by the yovel.
31 Uvatei hachatzerim asher ein-lahem chomah saviv al-sedeh ha'aretz
yechashev ge'ulah tihyeh-lo uvayovel yetze
The houses of open cities which are not surrounded by a wall shall
be considered as a field of the land. It shall have a redemption and
it is released by the yovel.
[Levi'im Cities]
32 Ve'arei haLevi'im batei arei achuzatam ge'ulat olam tihyeh
la-Lvi'im
The cities of the Levi'im the houses in the cities of their
ancestral land the Levi'im shall have an eternal right of
redemption.
33 Va'asher yig'al min-haLevi'im veyatza mimkar-bayit ve'ir achuzato
bayovel ki vatei arei haLevi'im hi achuzatam betoch benei Yisra'el
If anyone redeems [a house or field] from the Levi'im, then the
house or his ancestral city shall be released by the yovel, for the
houses of the Levi cities are [considered] their ancestral lands
among the Children of Yisrael.
34 Usedeh migrash areihem lo yimacher ki-achuzat olam hu lahem
The field on the outskirts of their cities may not be sold for it is
their perpetual ancestral land.
[Preventing Poverty]
35 Vechi yamuch achicha umatah yado imach vehechezakta bo ger
vetoshav vachai imach
If your brother becomes impoverished and his hand [assets] become
shaky among you, you must support him, [so too] the proselyte and
the sojourner, [so] that he shall live with you.
36 Al-tikach me'ito neshech vetarbit veyareta me'Elokeicha vechei
achicha imach
You shall not take from him interest or usury and you shall fear
your G-d, and your brother shall live with you.
37 Et-kaspecha lo-titen lo beneshech uvemarbit lo-titen ochlecha
You must not give [lend] him your money with interest, and
usuriously you must not advance him your food.
38 Ani HASHEM Elokeichem asher hotzeti etchem me'eretz Mitzrayim
latet lachem et-eretz Kena'an lihyot lachem le-Elokim
I am HASHEM your G-d Who brought you out from the land of Egypt to
give you the land of Kena'an, to be a G-d for you.
[Shishi
Jewish Slaves]
39 Vechi-yamuch achicha imach venimkar-lach lo-ta'avod bo avodat
aved
If your brother becomes impoverished and is sold to you, you must
not work him like a slave.
40 Kesachir ketoshav yihyeh imach ad-shnat hayovel ya'avod imach
Like a hired hand or resident [worker] shall he be with you. He
shall serve you until the yovel year.
41 Veyatza me'imach hu uvanav imo veshav el-mishpachto ve'el-achuzat
avotav yashuv
Then he and his children shall depart from you and return to his own
family. He shall return to his ancestral estate.
42 Ki-avadai hem asher-hotzeti otam me'eretz Mitzrayim lo yimachru
mimkeret aved
For they are My servants, whom I brought out form the land of Egypt,
they shall not be sold [in the market] as slaves.
43 Lo-tirdeh vo befarech veyareta me'Elokeicha
You must not rule over him to crush him and you shall fear your G-d.
44 Ve'avdecha va'amatcha asher yihyu-lach me'et hagoyim asher
sevivoteichem mehem tiknu eved ve'amah
Your slaves and maidservants that you shall possess from the nations
that surround you, from them you may purchase slaves and
maidservants.
45 Vegam mibenei hatoshavim hagarim imachem mehem tiknu
umimishpachtam asher imachem asher holidu be'artzechem vehayu lachem
la'achuzah
Also, from the children of the sojourners who reside with you from
them you may purchase [slaves], and from their families that live
among you that were born in your land. [All these] shall be your
permanent possession.
46 Vehitnachaltem otam livneichem achareichem lareshet achuzah
le'olam bahem ta'avodu uve'acheichem benei-Yisra'el ish be'achiv
lo-tirdeh vo befarech
You shall will them as inheritance to your children after you as
hereditary property; you shall keep them in servitude permanently.
However regarding your brethren, the Children of Yisrael, many over
his brother, you must not rule over him to crush him.
[Shevi'i
Jewish Slaves of an Idolater]
47 Vechi tasig yad ger vetoshav imach umach achicha imo venimkar
leger toshav imach o le'eker mishpachat ger
If a foreigner or resident acquires means while your brother become
impoverished by him, and is sold to a resident foreigner who resides
with you or to the offspring of a foreign family.
48 Acharei nimkar ge'ulah tihyeh-lo echad me'echav yig'alenu
After he is sold redemption shall be his, one of his brethren shall
redeem him.
49 O-dodo o ven-dodo yig'alenu o-mish'er besaro mimishpachto
yig'alenu o-hishigah yado venig'al
Either his uncle or his uncle's son [cousin] shall redeem him or the
closest [other] family relative shall redeem him. If he obtains
sufficient means of his own he may be redeemed [on his own].
50 Vechishav im-konehu mishnat himochro lo ad shnat hayovel vehayah
kesef mimkaro bemispar shanim kimei sachir yihyeh imo
He shall reckon with the one who bought him. [According to the
number of years] from the year which he was sold to him until the
yovel year. His purchase price shall be [proportional] to the number
of years; at the rate of the days of a hired hand it shall be
[considered as he worked] with him
51 Im-od rabot bashanim lefihen yashiv ge'ulato mikesef miknato
If there are yet many years [until the yovel] accordingly shall he
return his redemption money from his purchase price.
52 Ve'im-me'at nish'ar bashanim ad-shnat hayovel vechishav-lo kefi
shanav yashiv et-ge'ulato
If there remain but a few years until the yovel year, he shall make
a [similar] calculation, based on the number of years he shall
return his redemption money [to the purchaser].
53 Kischir shanah beshanah yihyeh imo lo-yirdenu beferech
le'eineicha
As a hired hand [working] on a yearly basis shall he be considered
with him; he shall not rule over him to crush him before your eyes.
54 Ve'im-lo yiga'el be'eleh veyatza bishnat hayovel hu uvanav imo
If he is not redeemed through these means he then goes out in the
yovel year, he, along with his children.
[Maftir]
55 Ki-li venei-Yisra'el avadim avadai hem asher-hotzeti otam
me'eretz Mitzrayim ani HASHEM Elokeichem
For, the Children of Yisrael are My servants. They are My servants
whom I have brought out of the land of Egypt, I am HASHEM, your G-d.
26:1 Lo-ta'asu lachem elilim ufesel umatzevah lo-takimu lachem
ve'even maskit lo titnu be'artzechem lehishtachavot aleiha ki ani
HASHEM Elokeichem
You shall not make idols for yourselves and graven images and
memorial stones you shall not raise up for yourselves, and a
prostration stone you shall not set in your land upon which to
prostrate oneself, for I am HASHEM, your G-d.
2 Et-Shabbtotai tishmoru umikdashi tira'u ani HASHEM
You shall keep My Shabbatot and you shall fear [revere] My
Sanctuary, I am HASHEM.
...
Shabbat B'Har
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B'Har Yirmiyahu 32:6-27
6 Va-yo-~-me-r Yi-r-m-ya-hu Ha-ya-~ D-va-r A-do-na-y-~ Ei-la-y
Lei-~-mo-r:
7 Hi-nei-~ Cha-na-m-ei-l Be-n Sha-lu-m Do-d-cha Ba-~
Ei-le-~-cha Lei-~-mo-r K-nei-~ L-cha E-t Sa-di-y A-she-r
Ba-a-na-t-o-t Ki-y L-cha Mi-sh-pa-t Ha-g-u-la-~ Li-k-n-o-t:
8 Va-ya-vo-~ Ei-la-y Cha-na-m-ei-l Be-n Do-di-y Ki-d-va-r
A-do-na-y-~ E-l Cha-tza-r Ha-ma-ta-ra-~ Va-yo-~-me-r Ei-la-y K-nei-~
Na-~ E-t Sa-di-y A-she-r Ba-a-na-t-o-t A-she-r B-e-re-tz
Bi-n-ya-mi-y-n Ki-y L-cha Mi-sh-pa-t Ha-y-ru-sha-~ U-l-cha
Ha-g-u-la-~ K-nei-~ La-ch Va-ei-da-a Ki-y D-va-r A-do-na-y-~ Hu-a:
9 Va-e-k-ne-~ E-t Ha-sa-de-~ Mei-ei-t Cha-na-m-ei-l Be-n
Do-di-y A-she-r Ba-a-na-t-o-t Va-e-sh-ka-la-~ L-o E-t Ha-ke-se-f
Shi-v-a-~ Sh-ka-li-y-m Va-a-sa-ra-~ Ha-ka-se-f:
10 Va-e-ch-to-v Ba-sei-fe-r Va-e-ch-to-m Va-a-ei-d Ei-di-y-m
Va-e-sh-ko-l Ha-ke-se-f B-mo-~-z-na-yi-m:
11 Va-e-ka-ch E-t Sei-fe-r Ha-mi-k-na-~ E-t He-cha-tu-m
Ha-mi-tz-va-~ V-ha-chu-ki-y-m V-e-t Ha-ga-lu-y:
12 Va-e-tei-n E-t Ha-sei-fe-r Ha-mi-k-na-~ E-l Ba-ru-ch Be-n
Nei-ri-ya-~ Be-n Ma-ch-sei-ya-~ L-ei-y-nei-y Cha-na-m-ei-l Do-di-y
U-l-ei-y-nei-y Ha-ei-di-y-m Ha-ko-t-vi-y-m B-sei-fe-r Ha-mi-k-na-~
L-ei-y-nei-y Ka-l Ha-y-hu-di-y-m Ha-yo-sh-vi-y-m Ba-cha-tza-r
Ha-ma-ta-ra-~:
13 Va-a-tza-~ E-t Ba-ru-ch L-ei-y-nei-y-he-m Lei-~-mo-r:
14 Ko-~ A-ma-r A-do-na-y-~ Tz-va-o-t E-lo-hei-y Yi-s-ra-ei-l
La-k-o-ach E-t Ha-s-fa-ri-y-m Ha-ei-le-~ Ei-t Sei-fe-r Ha-mi-k-na-~
Ha-ze-~ V-ei-t He-cha-tu-m V-ei-t Sei-fe-r Ha-ga-lu-y Ha-ze-~
U-n-ta-ta-m Bi-ch-li-y Cha-re-s L-ma-a-n Ya-a-m-du Ya-mi-y-m
Ra-bi-y-m:
15 Ki-y Cho-~ A-ma-r A-do-na-y-~ Tz-va-o-t E-lo-hei-y Yi-s-ra-ei-l
O-d Yi-ka-nu Va-ti-y-m V-sa-d-o-t U-ch-ra-mi-y-m Ba-a-re-tz
Ha-zo-~-t:
16 Va-e-t-pa-lei-l E-l A-do-na-y-~ A-cha-rei-y Ti-ti-y E-t Sei-fe-r
Ha-mi-k-na-~ E-l Ba-ru-ch Be-n Nei-ri-ya-~ Lei-~-mo-r:
17 A-ha-~ A-do-na-y E-lo-ha-y-~ Hi-nei-~ A-ta-~ A-si-y-ta E-t
Ha-sha-ma-yi-m V-e-t Ha-a-re-tz B-cho-cha-cha Ha-ga-d-o-l
U-vi-z-ro-a-cha Ha-n-tu-ya-~ Lo-~ Yi-pa-lei-~ Mi-m-cha Ka-l Da-va-r:
18 O-se-~ Che-se-d La-a-la-fi-y-m U-m-sha-lei-m A-vo-n A-v-o-t E-l
Chei-y-k B-nei-y-he-m A-cha-rei-y-he-m Ha-ei-l Ha-ga-d-o-l
Ha-gi-b-o-r A-do-na-y-~ Tz-va-o-t Sh-m-o:
19 G-do-l Ha-ei-tza-~ V-ra-v Ha-a-li-y-li-ya-~ A-she-r Ei-y-ne-~-cha
F-ku-ch-o-t A-l Ka-l Da-r-chei-y B-nei-y A-da-m La-tei-t L-i-y-sh
Ki-d-ra-cha-~-v V-chi-f-ri-y Ma-a-la-la-~-v:
20 A-she-r Sa-m-ta O-t-o-t U-mo-f-ti-y-m B-e-re-tz Mi-tz-ra-yi-m A-d
Ha-y-o-m Ha-ze-~ U-v-yi-s-ra-ei-l U-va-a-da-m Va-ta-a-se-~ L-cha
Shei-m Ka-y-o-m Ha-ze-~:
21 Va-to-tzei-~ E-t A-m-cha E-t Yi-s-ra-ei-l Mei-e-re-tz
Mi-tz-ra-yi-m B-o-t-o-t U-v-m-o-f-ti-y-m U-v-ya-d Cha-za-ka-~
U-v-e-z-r-o-a N-tu-ya-~ U-v-m-o-ra-~ Ga-d-o-l:
22 Va-ti-tei-n La-he-m E-t Ha-a-re-tz Ha-zo-~-t A-she-r Ni-sh-ba-ta
La-a-v-o-ta-m La-tei-t La-he-m E-re-tz Za-va-t Cha-la-v U-d-va-sh:
23 Va-ya-vo-u Va-yi-r-shu O-ta-~ V-lo-~ Sha-m-u V-k-o-le-cha
U-v-to-ra-v-t-cha U-v-t-o-ra-t-cha Lo-~ Ha-la-chu Ei-t Ka-l A-she-r
Tzi-y-ta-~ La-he-m La-a-sho-vo-t Lo-~ A-sho Va-ta-k-rei-~ O-ta-m
Ei-t Ka-l Ha-ra-a-~ Ha-zo-~-t:
24 Hi-nei-~ Ha-so-l-l-o-t Ba-u Ha-i-y-r L-la-ch-da-~ V-ha-i-y-r
Ni-t-na-~ B-ya-d Ha-ka-s-di-y-m Ha-ni-l-cha-mi-y-m A-le-~-ha
Mi-p-nei-y Ha-che-re-v V-ha-ra-a-v V-ha-da-ve-r Va-a-she-r
Di-ba-r-ta Ha-ya-~ V-hi-n-cha Ro-e-~:
25 V-a-ta-~ A-ma-r-ta Ei-la-y A-do-na-y E-lo-ha-y-~ K-nei-~ L-cha
Ha-sa-de-~ Ba-ke-se-f V-ha-ei-d Ei-di-y-m V-ha-i-y-r Ni-t-na-~
B-ya-d Ha-ka-s-di-y-m:
26 Va-y-hi-y D-va-r A-do-na-y-~ E-l Yi-r-m-ya-hu Lei-~-mo-r:
27 Hi-nei-~ A-ni-y A-do-na-y-~ E-lo-hei-y Ka-l Ba-sa-r Ha-mi-me-ni-y
Yi-pa-lei-~ Ka-l Da-va-r:
6 And Jeremiah said: ‘The word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 7
Behold, Hanamel, the son of Shallum your uncle, shall come to you,
saying: Buy my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of
redemption is thine to buy it.’ 8 So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to
me in the court of the guard according to the word of the LORD, and
said unto me: ‘Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which
is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is thine,
and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself.’ Then I knew that
this was the word of the LORD. 9 And I bought the field that was in
Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle’s son, and weighed him the money,
even seventeen shekels of silver. 10 And I subscribed the deed, and
sealed it, and called witnesses, and weighed him the money in the
balances. 11 So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was
sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was
open; 12 and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the
son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my
uncle[‘s son], and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed
the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court
of the guard. 13 And I charged Baruch before them, saying: 14 ’Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, this
deed of the purchase, both that which is sealed, and this deed which
is open, and put them in an earthen vessel; that they may continue
many days. 15 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
Houses and fields and vineyards shall yet again be bought in this
land.’
16 Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch
the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying: 17 ’Ah Lord GOD!
behold, Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great power
and by Thy outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for Thee; 18
who shows mercy unto thousands, and recompenses the iniquity of the
fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the
mighty God, the LORD of hosts is His name; 19 great in counsel, and
mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of
men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the
fruit of his doings; 20 who didst set signs and wonders in the land
of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel and among other men; and
made Thee a name, as at this day; 21 and did bring forth Thy people
Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and
with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great
terror; 22 and gave them this land, which Thou didst swear to their
fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; 23 and
they came in, and possessed it; but they hearkened not to Thy voice,
neither walked in Thy law; they have done nothing of all that Thou
commands them to do; therefore Thou hast caused all this evil to
befall them; 24 behold the mounds, they are come unto the city to
take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans that
fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of
the pestilence; and what Thou hast spoken is come to pass; and,
behold, Thou sees it. 25 Yet Thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD: Buy
thee the field for money, and call witnesses; whereas the city is
given into the hand of the Chaldeans.’
26 Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying: 27 ’Behold,
I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is there any thing too hard for
Me?
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with thanks to headcoverings by devorah for some of the transliterations and translations during parts of the year
if JPS translation, = 1917 or before