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Contributed on: 04 Jul 2020 by
❧There are all sorts of customs associated with weddings in Judaism. But one custom that has been practiced for a long time and deserves a comeback is the additions to the Torah reading for Shabbat Kallah. Shabbat Kallah, the Shabbat in the “Sheva Berakhot” week after the wedding, is in many Sephardic communities preferred over Shabbat Ḥatan, the aufruf Shabbat before the wedding. And in all sorts of communities across the Jewish world, there have been customs for specific readings for Shabbat Kallah, treating it as a Special Sabbath in its own right. Traditionally this special maftir and haftarah would recited by the groom (along with an Aramaic translator interpolating for the maftir). The maftir is from the story of Abraham’s servant tasked with finding a wife for Isaac, and the haftarah is from the book of Isaiah and compares a groom and bride to the relationship between God and Israel. . . .
Contributed on: 07 Dec 2020 by
❧When the first day of Ḥanukkah is a Shabbat, the last day of Ḥanukkah is also Shabbat. In most customs this is addressed by using the standard Shabbat Ḥanukkah haftarah from Zechariah on the first day and I Kings 7:40–50 on the last day. But this never sat well with me, since I Kings 7:40–50 (also the haftara for Vayakhel) is a very technical reading, and the last day of Ḥanukkah is more of a culmination. Conveniently, another minor prophet contemporary of Zechariah, Ḥaggai, discusses the reconstruction of the House as a process of national revitalization, *and* claims that the foundation of the temple was rebuilt on the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month — i.e. the day before Ḥanukkah! This is historically fascinating since it suggests that Ḥanukkah as a rededication festival might predate the Maccabean Revolt entirely, but more importantly here, it makes it a very appropriate reading for the day before or the first day of Ḥanukkah. This is an alternative haftarah from the book of Ḥaggai , chapter 2 verses 2—23, that could be used as a replacement for the standard haftarah when Shabbat falls on the day before Ḥanukkah or on the first day of Ḥanukkah. When read on the first day of Ḥanukkah, the traditional Ḥanukkah haftarah reading of Zechariah 2:14–4:7 would be postponed to the eighth day in its place. . . .
Contributed on: 03 Aug 2018 by
❧In the daily Shaḥarit (morning) psukei dzemirah service, this centos completes the reading of Psalms 145-150 and precedes the reading of Vayivarekh David” (1 Chronicles 29:10-13). Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the linked verse piyyut, “Barukh YHVH (Hashem) L’Olam” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .
Contributed on: 19 Apr 2023 by
❧“Bible Thoughts for every and any day” by Rabbi Clifton Harby Levy are a selection of biblical verses he added to The Helpful Manual (Centre of Jewish Science, 1927), pp. 28-31, ostensibly for use in healthful spiritual contemplation. . . .
Contributed on: 29 May 2023 by
❧There are various traditions as to the numbering of the commandments, as well as the enumeration of verses of the Decalogue, the Ten Commandment. In this transcription of the Ladino text we are following the numeration of verses according to the Constantinople Codex of 1547 C.E., as edited by the great scholar Professor Moshe Lazar (z”l) of the University of Southern California in 1988. This newly typeset text is an original transcription by Reb Shmuel Gonzales, of the Boyle Heights Chavurah – of the grassroots Jewish community of East Los Angeles, California; transcriber and editor of Sephardic texts for the Open Siddur Project; in celebration of Shavuot of 5783, and published in May of 2023. . . .
Contributed on: 06 Nov 2014 by
❧Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s interpretive translation of Proverbs 31:10-31, popularly read before the first festive meal for shabbat on Friday night. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Ḥol haMo’ed Shabbat Sukkot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for the Minḥah service on fast days, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Aḥarei Mot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Balaq, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat b’Midbar, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat beHar, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Bereshit in English Translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat b’Ha’alotekha, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat b’Ḥuqotai, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Bo in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat b’Shalaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Devarim, Shabbat Ḥazon, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Emor, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Éqev, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat ha’Azinu and for the 7th day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Ḥuqat, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Ki Tavo, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Ki Tetsei, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Ki Tissa in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Lekh Lekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Mas’ei, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Matot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Metsora, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Miqets in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Mishpatim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Naso, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Nitsavim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Noaḥ in English Translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Ph’qudei, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Pinḥas, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Qedoshim according to Ashkenazi custom, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Qedoshim according to Sefaradi custom, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Qoraḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat R’éh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Shemini, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Shemot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Shlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Shoftim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Tazria, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Terumah, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Toldōt, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Tsav, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat T’tsaveh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Va’era, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat va’Etḥanan, Shabbat Naḥamu, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayaqhel in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayeḥi, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Nitsavim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayera in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayeshsev, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayetsei, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayigash, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayiqra, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayishlaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Yitro, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Parashat Zot haBrakhah and Simḥat Torah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Shabbat haGadol preceding Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Shabbat haḤodesh preceding Rosh Ḥodesh Nissan, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧On Shabbat Ḥazon, the Shabbat before Tisha b’Av, many Ashkenazi communities have a custom to read most of the haftarah (Isaiah 1:1-27) in Eikha trop, the cantillation used for the Book of Lamentations. There are many distinct customs, but one of the most common reads verses at the beginning and end in standard haftarah trop, as well as several verses in the middle, selected for their more hopeful message. This edition of the haftarah for Shabbat Ḥazon, along with its new translation, has the verses recited in Eikha trop marked in blue and the verses in haftarah trop in black. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Shabbat Ḥol haMo’ed Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for shabbatot that coincide with erev Rosh Ḥodesh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Shabbat Parah (after Purim, preceding Shabbat haḤodesh), in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for shabbatot that coincide with Rosh Ḥodesh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Shabbat Shqalim preceding Rosh Ḥodesh Adar, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Shabbat Zakhor preceding Purim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for Shemini Atseret, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for the eighth day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for the first day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧This is an English translation of the Haftarah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashanah (I Samuel 1:1-2:10), transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for the first day of Shavuot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for the first day of Sukkot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for the first Shabbat of Ḥanukkah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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❧The haftarah reading for the second day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .