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Simḥat Torah Readings

This is an archive of special readings for the festival of Simḥat Torah, celebrated on the same day as Shemini Atseret in Erets Yisrael and on the second festival day of Shemini Atseret outside of Erets Yisrael.

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

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

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

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

Contributor(s):

the Mesorah (TaNaKh) and Len Fellman (translation)

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat v’Zōt haBrakhah (Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

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

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

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

Contributor(s):

the Mesorah (TaNaKh) and Len Fellman (translation)

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

The text of parashat v’Zot haBrakhah, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis.

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

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

Contributor(s):

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

📜 פָּרָשַׁת בְּרֵאשִׁית | Parashat Bereshit (Genesis 1:1-6:8), color-coded according to its narrative layers

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

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Parashat Bereshit, Sefer Bereshit (Genesis), Simḥat Torah Readings

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

Contributor(s):

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

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

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

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

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

Contributor(s):

the Mesorah (TaNaKh) and Len Fellman (translation)

🆕 🗐 Lists of “Vows” or Alternate Readings for Simḥat Torah Night

Most communities these days with the practice of reading Torah on Simḥat Torah night read either the first three or the first five ‘aliyot from V-Zot haBerakha, the morning Torah reading from Deuteronomy. However this was not always the case. In many communities throughout eastern Europe, Simḥat Torah night was a time to auction off and read verses of blessing from throughout the entire Torah — called “nedarim” or “vows” in honor of the fact people would pledge money to read them as an aliyah. Many different lists of these verses have come down to us over the years, from as few as three to as many as twenty different readings. Here’s a compilation of ten different lists of “vows,” nine of which were sourced from R. Avraham Yaari’s renowned work “Toldot Ḥag Simḥat Torah” and the tenth of which was submitted by Michael Y. Kopinsky to the “Life in the Fast Lein” Facebook group. Also included are images of the original sources for the ten lists, as well as an original translation of R. Yaari’s passage explaining the custom of the “vows.”

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Reading Schedules, Simḥat Torah Readings

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Needing Transcription, vows

Contributor(s):

Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)

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Torah reading by women (credit: Yochi Rappeport, license: CC BY-SA)

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