Parashat Yitro • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-14) in Ladino translation from the Constantinople Codex (1547)

Contributor(s):

Shmueli Gonzales (transcription) and the Masoretic Text

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. . . .

📜 פָּרָשַׁת יִתְרוֹ | Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:22), color-coded according to its narrative layers

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Tzemaḥ Yoreh, the Masoretic Text, Masoretic kernel 'E', Masoretic layer 'P' and Masoretic layer 'J'

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

📜 Torah Reading for Parashat Yitro (Exodus 18:1-20:22): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation) and the Masoretic Text

A Torah reading of Parashat Yitro in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

💬 Haftarah Reading for Parashat Yitro (Isaiah 6:1-7:6 & 9:5-6): Chantable English translation with trōp, by Len Fellman

Contributor(s):

Len Fellman (translation), the Masoretic Text and Yeshayahu ben Amōts

The haftarah reading for Parashat Yitro, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17