Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This is an archive of special readings for the festival of Shemini Atseret (including Simḥat Torah).
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פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית | Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), color-coded according to its narrative layers

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'B', Masoretic layer 'P' and Masoretic layer 'J'

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Parashat Bereshit, Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings

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supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, mythopoesis, פרשת בראשית parashat Bereshit

The text of parashat Bereishit, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .

Torah Reading for Simḥat Torah Morning (Genesis 1:1-2:3): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

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Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillated readings in English, transtropilation

This is an English translation of the Torah reading for Simḥat Torah Morning (Genesis 1:1-2:3), transtropilized. . . .

פָּרָשַׁת וְזֹאת הַבְּרָכָה | Parashat v’Zōt haBrakhah (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic layer 'D1', Masoretic layer 'D2', Masoretic layer 'J' and Masoretic layer 'H'

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Sefer Devarim (Deuteronomy), Parashat v'Zōt haBrakhah, Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings

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שיר Shir, 34th century A.M., mythopoesis, פרשת וזאת הברכה parashat vZot haBrakhah, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, the Plains of Moav, 7th century B.C.E.

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

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Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Sefer Devarim (Deuteronomy), Parashat v'Zōt haBrakhah, Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillated readings in English, transtropilation

A Torah reading of Parashat v’Zot haBrakhah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Parashat Zot haBrakhah and Simḥat Torah (Joshua 1:1-18): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Yehoshua (Joshua), Parashat v'Zōt haBrakhah, Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings

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58th century A.M., Cantillated readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot, English Translation, 21st century C.E.

The haftarah reading for Parashat Zot haBrakhah and Simḥat Torah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

הפטרה לחג הפאי | Haftarah for the Festival of π, the twenty-second day of the seventh month (which falls on Shmini Atseret), I Kings 7:23-26 and 8:54-66

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation) and Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut)

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Melakhim (Kings), π Day Readings, Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Mathematics, Aramaic translation, 3.14159..., רשות reshut, Aramaic, circle drawing, π day

Shmini Atseret is a strange festival. In some ways part of Sukkot, in some ways its own thing, it occupies an equivocal place in the yearly cycle. But one thing that is completely true: Shmini Atseret is on Pi Day. Well, Pi Approximation Day — the twenty-second day of the seventh month. Inspired by my friend and math enthusiast Aryeh Baruch (may he have a long life), I’ve compiled this altered form of the haftarah for Shmini Atseret in the diaspora, including the description of King Solomon’s “molten sea,” as well as an Aramaic “reshut” poem with a numeral acrostic of the first few digits of pi. . . .

Haftarah Reading for Shemini Atseret (1 Kings 8:54-9:1): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

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Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

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Melakhim (Kings), Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Readings

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English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillated readings in English, transtropilation, הפטרות haftarot

The haftarah reading for Shemini Atseret, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .