
the Mesorah (TaNaKh)
The Mesorah (Heb: מָסוֹרָה) a/k/a, the Masoretic text is the authoritative Hebrew and Aramaic text of the TaNaKh for Karaite and Rabbinic Judaism. It was primarily copied, edited and distributed by a group of Jews known as the Masoretes between the 7th and 10th centuries CE. The Masoretic Text defines the Jewish canon and its precise letter-text, with its vocalization and accentuation known as the Masorah.
Addenda | Amos | Asarah b'Tevet | Ashrei | Barukh Hashem l’Olam | Blessings After Eating | Congregation & Community | Contemplation | Eikhah (Lamentations) | Erev Shabbat | Esther | Friday | Government & Country | Hallel | Holocaust & Genocide Memorial Day Readings | Hoshea | Imminent Communal Danger & Distress | Malakhi | Melakhim (Kings) | 🇺🇸 Memorial (Decoration) Day Readings | Mikhah | Mishlei (Proverbs) | Monday | Ovadiah | Parashat Balaq | Parashat Bereshit | Parashat b'ha-Alotekha | Parashat b'Har | Parashat b'Midbar | Parashat Bo | Parashat Devarim | Parashat Emor | Parashat Éqev | Parashat Ha'Azinu | Parashat Ki Tavō | Parashat Ki Tétsei | Parashat Ki Tissa | Parashat Lekh Lekha | Parashat Mas'ei | Parashat Matōt | Parashat Metsora | Parashat Miqéts | Parashat Mishpatim | Parashat Naso | Parashat Nitsavim | Parashat Ph'qudei | Parashat Qedoshim | Parashat R'éh | Parashat Shemot | Parashat Sh'mini | Parashat Shōftim | Parashat Tazria | Parashat Terumah | Parashat Toldōt | Parashat Tsav | Parashat T'tsavveh | Parashat Va'era | Parashat Vayaqhel | Parashat Vayélekh | Parashat Vayera | Parashat Vayeshev | Parashat Vayetsei | Parashat Vayigash | Parashat Vayiqra | Parashat v'Zōt haBrakhah | Parashat Yitro | Phonaesthetics | Psalm of the Day | Psuqei d'Zimrah/Zemirot l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov | Purim | Purim Readings | Qohelet (Ecclesiastes) | Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation | Rosh haShanah la-Behemah | Rosh haShanah la-Behemah Readings | Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim | Rosh haShanah Readings | Rūt (Ruth) | Saturday | Sefer Bereshit (Genesis) | Sefer b'Midbar (Numbers) | Sefer Devarim (Deuteronomy) | Sefer Shemot (Exodus) | Sefer Vayiqra (Leviticus) | Se'udah haShlishit | Se'udat Leil Shabbat | Se'udat Yom Shabbat | Shabbat Kallah Readings | Shabbat Readings | Shavuot Readings | Shemini Atseret Readings | Shir haShirim (the Song of Songs, Canticles) | Shirat ha-Yam | Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz | Shmuel (Samuel) | Shoftim (Judges) | Sigd Festival Readings | Special Haftarot | Sukkot Readings | Sunday | Ta'anit Esther | Tehilim (Psalms) | the Shema | Thursday | Tishah b'Av | Tishah b'Av Readings | Travel | Tsom Gedalyah | Tu biShvat Readings | Tuesday | Vayivarekh David | 🇺🇸 Veterans Day Readings | Wednesday | Yehi Kh’vod | Yehoshua (Joshua) | Yeshayah (Isaiah) | Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) | Yoel | 🇮🇱 Yom haZikaron Readings | Yom Kippur Readings | Yonah | Zekharyah | Ḥabaquq | Ḥaggai | Ḥanukkah | Ḥanukkah Readings | Ḳabbalat Shabbat | Aqédat Yitsḥaq | Divrei Hayamim (Chronicles 1 & 2) | Ezra-Neḥemiah | Hallel for Festivals & Rosh Ḥodesh | Minḥah | Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah | Parashat Ḥuqat | Parashat Aḥarei Mōt | Parashat b'Ḥuqotai | Parashat b'Shalaḥ | Parashat Noaḥ | Parashat Pinḥas | Parashat Qoraḥ | Parashat Shlaḥ | Parashat va'Etḥanan | Parashat Vayeḥi | Parashat Vayishlaḥ | Pesaḥ Readings | Rosh Ḥodesh | Rosh Ḥodesh Readings | Simḥat Torah Readings | 🤦︎ Taḥanun (Nefilat Apayim) | Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41) | Yeḥezqel (Ezekiel) | Yom Simḥat Kohen | Tehilim Book 2 (Psalms 42–72) | Tehilim Book 3 (Psalms 73–89) | Tehilim Book 4 (Psalms 90–106) | Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150) | 7th Day of Pesaḥ | the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere (21 December) | Psalms 146 | Psalms 147 | Psalms 148 | Psalms 149 | Psalms 150
acrostic | Acrostic signature | Aharon | Al haShminit | alienation | Alphabetic Acrostic | amen | American Jewry of the United States | animal protection | animal welfare | animals | annual Torah reading cycle | anti-predatory | apotropaic prayers of protection | Arabic translation | Aramaic | atonement | authority vs. integrity | Avraham Avinu | Azael | Azazel | Barkhi Nafshi | Bene Israel | Beta Esrael | Betsalel | bigotry | Binginot | blessings | breaking down | Calends | camels | Cantillated readings in English | census | centos | Children of Avraham | Chinese translation | choose life | Chronicles | civil declarations and charters | Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis | command-compliance pattern | Concordant translation | conflicting messages | corporal punishment | covenant code | curses | Daily Hallel | Dawn | Decalogue | Decoration Day | deliverance from danger | desperate pleas | devotional interpretation | divine abundance | Divrei Hayamim | domesticated animals | dreaming | egalitarian | egel hazahav | English Translation | eros | Ethiopian Jewry | Exilic Period | fake news | fast-forward | fasting | Feminism | First Temple Period | Five Megillot | four special parashot | Friday | Full Hallel | gender expression | gender roles | German Jewry | German translation | giving voice to the voiceless | glitchposting | golden calf | Gratitude | Greek speaking Jewry | Greek translation | halakhot | Hallelu | Har Sinai | hazon et hakol | hidden | hymns of creation | in the merit of our ancestors | interpretive translation | investiture | Isaiah | Izmir | Jeremiah | Jewish Renewal | Jewish Science movement | Jews of India | Judeo-Arabic | Judeo-Greek | judgement | judges | Justice | Kalendes | Ketuvim | kings | Kohanim | Ladino Translation | lamentation | lashon hara | leket psukim | let's review | liberation from mitsrayim | Liturgical customs of Kabbalists | loneliness | love | Marathi translation | Maskil | Masorti | Maw of the Earth | Megillah Readings in English | men | Midbar Paran | midbar quest | Midbar Sinai | Midbar Tsyn | middot | Midian | Mikhtam | military | Miriam's well | missing years | Modi'in | Molekh | Monday | moral prescription | mortality | Mourning this Broken World | moving out | music making | mysterious fish | mythopoesis | Naming names | North America | North American Conference on Ethiopian Jewry | Oholiav | Openers | Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Jewry | Partial Hallel | personal salvation | phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation | pleas for help | Prayers as poems | prayers for intervention | prayers for rescue | pre-Purim | predation | predatory gaze | predatory nature | protection | Psalm of the Day | Psalms for Fast Days | Psukei Dezimra | rebuke | reconnaissance | redaction criticism | remixed biblical verse | resurrection | rhyming translation | ritual purity | role models | rosh hashanah l'behemah | Ruth | safe passage | Samuel | satisfying the desire of all life | Saturday | self-sacrifice | sexual predation | shlepping | Shmuel | slavery | social anxiety | solstice | Song of the Sea | Sukkot Shabbat Hol haMoed | Sunday | supplementary hypothesis | symplegades | thankfulness | thanksgiving | the Camp | the Holocaust | the Holy Mountain | the menorah | the Plains of Moav | the Throne | theophany | thirty-eight years later | Thursday | tithing | transtropilation | Trees | tribes | tsaraat | Tuesday | ultraviolence | United States | Uva Letsiyon | vengeance | virtuous attributes | wedding | Wednesday | winter | xenophobia | Yeshayahu | Yevanic | Yirmiyahu | Yom Kippur | Yom Vayosha | Yosef cycle | Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim (Colleyville Texas) | ecoḥasid | livnei Qoraḥ | neḥilot | Nusaḥ Ashkenaz | Nusaḥ Ha-Ari z"l | Nusaḥ Sefaradi | Poteaḥ et Yodekha | pre-Pesaḥ | Psalms 1 | the daughters of Tselofḥad | 2nd century B.C.E. | Psalms 2 | Psalms 3 | 4th century B.C.E. | Psalms 4 | 5th century B.C.E. | 6th century B.C.E. | Psalms 6 | אז ישיר Az Yashir | אחרי מות Aḥarei Mōt | אלול elul | אמֹר Emor | ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael | אשי ישראל ishei yisrael | אשרי Ashrei | אשת חיל eshet ḥayil | בהמות behemot | בחקתי b’Ḥuqotai | בלק Balaq | בל תשחית bal tashḥit | במדבר Bamidbar | ברכות השחר birkhot hashaḥar | ברכת המזון birkat hamazon | דברים Devarim | הללו־יה hallelu-yah | הלל hallel | המזבח the Mizbe'aḥ | המשכן the Mishkan | הפטרות haftarot | הקפות haḳafot | השואה the Shoah | ואתחנן va'Etḥanan | ויברך דויד Vayivarekh David | וילך Vayelekh | ויקרא Vayiqra | וישלח Vayishlaḥ | זאת חנוכה Zot Ḥanukkah | זמירות zemirot | זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah | חסידים ḥassidim | חקת Ḥuqat | חשבון הנפש Ḥeshbon HaNefesh | יובל Yovel Jubilee | ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim | יצחק Yitsḥaq | יציב פתגם Yetsiv Pitgam | ירושלם Jerusalem | ישראל Yisrael | כבוד kavod | כשרות kashrut | למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ | מגילת אסתר Megillat Esther | מוסר mussar | מוצאי שבת Motsei Shabbat | מזמור Mizmor | מטות Matot | מסעי Masei | מצרע Metsora | נביאות nevi'ut | נזיר Nazir | נח Noaḥ | עינוי Innui (self-affliction) | על הגתית Al HaGitit | על נהרות בבל Al naharot Bavel | עקב Éqev | עשרת הדיברות aseret hadibrot | פיוטים piyyuṭim | פינחס Pinḥas | פסוקי דזמרה pesuqei dezimrah | פרשות parashot | פרשת בא Parashat Bo | פרשת בהעלתך b'Ha'alotekha | פרשת בהר parashat Behar | פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit | פרשת בשלח parashat B'shalaḥ | פרשת האזינו parashat Haazinu | פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua | פרשת וארא parashat Va'era | פרשת וזאת הברכה parashat vZot haBrakhah | פרשת ויגש parashat Vayigash | פרשת ויחי parashat Vayeḥi | פרשת ויצא parashat Vayetsei | פרשת ויקהל parashat Vayaqhel | פרשת וירא parashat Vayera | פרשת וישב parashat Vayeshev | פרשת חיי שרה parashat Ḥayyei Sarah | פרשת יתרו Parashat Yitro | פרשת כי־תבוא parashat Ki Tavo | פרשת כי־תצא parashat Ki Tetsei | פרשת כי תשא parashat Ki Tisa | פרשת לך לך parashat Lekh Lekha | פרשת מקץ parashat Miqets | פרשת משפטים parashat Mishpatim | פרשת נצבים parashat Nitsavim | פרשת נשא parashat Naso | פרשת פיקודי parashat Piqudei | פרשת צו parashat Tsav | פרשת ראה parashat R'éh | פרשת שלח parashat Shlaḥ | פרשת שמות parashat Shemot | פרשת שפטים parashat Shoftim | פרשת תולדת parashat Toldot | פרשת תזריע parashat Tazria | פרשת תרומה parashat Terumah | צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof | צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim | קבלת שבת kabbalat shabbat | קדשים Qedoshim | קלנדס Ḳalends | קרח Qoraḥ | קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf | ראש חודש rosh ḥodesh | שבע ברכות sheva brakhot | שבת הגדול Shabbat haGadol | שבת החודש Shabbat haḤodesh | שבת זכור Shabbat Zakhor | שבת חזון Shabbat Ḥazon | שבת נחמו Shabbat Naḥamu | שבת פרה Shabbat Parah | שבת שקלים Shabbat Sh'qalim | שבת תשובה Shabbat Teshuvah | שבת shabbat | שגיון shigayon | שויתי shiviti | שירת הים Shirat haYam | שיר המעלות Shir haMa'alot | שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom | שיר Shir | שמיטה shmitah | שמיני Sh'mini | שמע shemaŋ | שפע shefa | תהלה tehillah | תהלים Psalms | תוכחות tokheḥot | תפילה tefilah | תרגום targum | 7th century B.C.E. | 8th century B.C.E. | Psalms 8 | 12th century C.E. | 14th century C.E. | Psalms 15 | 16th century C.E. | Psalms 18 | 19th century C.E. | psalms 19 | 20th century C.E. | Psalms 20 | 21st century C.E. | Psalms 22 | Psalms 23 | Psalms 24 | Psalms 25 | Psalms 26 | Psalms 27 | Psalms 28 | Psalms 29 | Psalms 30 | 31st century A.M. | 32nd century A.M. | 33rd century A.M. | 34th century A.M. | 35th century A.M. | 37th century A.M. | Psalms 48 | 50th century A.M. | 52nd century A.M. | 54th century A.M. | 57th century A.M. | 58th century A.M. | Psalms 60 | Psalms 67 | Psalms 79 | Psalms 81 | Psalms 82 | Psalms 84 | Psalms 85 | psalms 89 | Psalms 90 | Psalms 91 | Psalms 92 | Psalms 93 | Psalms 94 | Psalms 95 | Psalms 96 | Psalms 97 | Psalms 98 | Psalms 99 | paraliturgical psalms 100 | Psalms 100 | Psalms 104 | Psalms 107 | Psalms 111 | Psalms 112 | Psalms 113 | Psalms 114 | Psalms 115 | Psalms 116 | Psalms 117 | Psalms 118 | Psalms 121 | Psalms 122 | Psalms 126 | Psalms 133 | Psalms 135 | Psalms 136 | Psalms 139 | Psalms 140 | Psalms 141 | Psalms 142 | Psalms 143 | Psalms 144 | Psalms 145 | Psalms 146 | Psalms 147 | Psalms 148 | Psalms 149 | Psalms 150 | Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE)
Masoretic layer 'H' | Mosheh ben Amram (traditional attribution) | Yeshayahu ben Amōts | Asaph ben Berechiah | Yeḥezqel ben Būzi haKohen | Yaaqov ben Meir | Barukh ben Neriyah | Yonatan ben Uziel | David ben Yishai (traditional attribution) | Saadiah ben Yosef Gaon | Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen | Zackary Sholem Berger (translation) | Paltiel Birnbaum (translation) | Bnei Qoraḥ | Richard Collis (translation) | Estampado por Ǧ. Griffit | Len Fellman (translation) | Shmueli Gonzales (transcription) | Eitan ha-Ezraḥi | Ḥabaquq haNavi | Ḥaggai haNavi | Mordecai Kaplan | R' Hillel Ḥayyim Lavery-Yisraëli | Clifton Harby Levy | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) | Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'B') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'D1') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'P') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'Dp') | the Mesorah (Masoretic kernel 'E') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'J') | Neohasid·org | Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar (translation) | Yosef Razin | Franz Rosenzweig (translation) | Efrat Rotem (translation) | Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation) | Rabbi Sam Seicol | David Seidenberg (translation) | Alex Sinclair (emendation) | Peri Sinclair | Lise Tarlau | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'D2') | J.R.R. Tolkien (translation) | Unknown | Unknown (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (translation) | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Arthur Waskow | Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) | Wikisource Contributors (transcription) | Tzemaḥ Yoreh
Arabic (Judeo-Moroccan Arabic) | Aramaic (Jewish Western Aramaic) | Chinese | English | German | Greek (Yevanic) | Hebrew | Marathi | Spanish | Spanish, Ladino (Judeo-Spanish)
📜 Torah Reading for Simḥat Torah Morning (Genesis 1:1-2:3): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman
Contributed by the Mesorah (TaNaKh) | Len Fellman (translation) | ❧
This is an English translation of the Torah reading for Simḥat Torah Morning (Genesis 1:1-2:3), transtropilated. . . .
📜 פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית | Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Contributed by Tzemaḥ Yoreh | the Mesorah (TaNaKh) | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'B') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'P') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'J') | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The text of parashat Bereishit, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .
📜 פָּרָשַׁת וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה | Parashat v’Zōt haBrakhah (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12), color-coded according to its narrative layers
Contributed by Tzemaḥ Yoreh | the Mesorah (TaNaKh) | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'D1') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'D2') | the Mesorah (Masoretic layer 'J') | Masoretic layer 'H' | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧
The text of parashat v’Zot haBrakhah, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .
📜 Torah Reading for Parashat v’Zōt haBrakhah (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman
Contributed by the Mesorah (TaNaKh) | Len Fellman (translation) | ❧
A Torah reading of Parashat v’Zot haBrakhah in English translation, transtropilated. . . .
💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Zot haBrakhah and Simḥat Torah (Joshua 1:1-18): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman
Contributed by the Mesorah (TaNaKh) | Len Fellman (translation) | ❧
The haftarah reading for Parashat Zot haBrakhah and Simḥat Torah in English translation, transtropilated. . . .