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		<title>&#x1F4AC; מעשה טוביה ליום שני של שבועות &#124; The Story of Toḇiyah for the second day of Shavuot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Moses Gaster]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2018 16:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The story of Toviah (Tobit) in Hebrew translation, in an abridged version arranged for public reading on the second day of Shavuot.]]></description>
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I have set here Ḥakham Moses Gaster&#8217;s transcription and his English translation of a medieval Jewish adaptation of the story of Toḇiyah (a/k/a Toḇit). I&#8217;ve made some light changes to Gaster&#8217;s translation, mostly in removing the high english and re-hebraicizing Anglicized names. Isaac Gantwerk Mayer has kindly taken my transcription and applied his skills in adding niqqudot and t&#8217;amim so that this Megillat Tobit for the second day of Shavuot may be chanted.</p>
<p>The earliest texts of Toḇiyah can be found in Aramaic and these served as the basis for translations into Greek, Syriac, Latin, and Hebrew. Gaster published this short Hebrew version (&#8220;for reading on Shavuot&#8221;) along with a longer Hebrew translation that is closer to what was found in an Aramaic version which Adolf Neubauer had published about twenty years prior. In his introduction to his 1897 publication of this manuscript, Moses Gaster writes, </p>
<blockquote><p>In this MS. (Codex Or. Gaster 28), we find a homily for the second day of Pentecost (Shavuot), the first part of which is a literal translation of the Aramaic text (of Tobit), but very much shortened towards the end. The greatest stress is laid on the giving of tithes, and the history of Tobit is adduced as an example of the grace of God bestowed on the man who fulfils faithfully the duty of paying his tithes. The lesson for the second day of Pentecost commences with the verse, Deut. 14:22, “Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which cometh forth of the field year by year.” The same words stand at the head of the Aramaic text and of the Hebrew. Here the introduction is more spun out than in the Aramaic text, which is merely an abridged copy of the original. Through this official connection with the liturgy one understands the reason why in the Aramaic and in this Hebrew version, which I will call H.G. (Hebrew Gaster), and in Ar. mention is made (II, 1) of the feast of Pentecost. Jerome and H.L. (Gaster&#8217;s other Hebrew manuscript of Tobit, Hebrew London) have merely a <em>feast of the Lord</em>. It may just as well be, that because this feast is mentioned in the legend the legend itself was brought in connection with the lesson of that day.</p>
<p>Now H.G. follows Aramaic as closely as possible, though leaving out the greater part of the legend; all the minor incidents and almost all the prayers are missing, so that the whole book is reduced to a comparatively short tale. But whatever there is left, is a literal translation which sometimes forces the character of the Hebrew. Thus it proves also the fact that Aramaic texts were translated into Hebrew at a later period, and that the legend of Tobit enjoyed a great reputation, and was preserved mainly through its connection with the liturgy. H.L. is also included in a volume containing all those books and poems which are usually associated with the prayer book and synagogue service. Through this connection one under stands the reason for its continual dwindling in size. It served as an illustration of the teaching of the Torah,<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_23063_1('footnote_plugin_reference_23063_1_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_23063_1('footnote_plugin_reference_23063_1_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_23063_1_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_23063_1_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> Gaster uses &#8220;Law&#8221; as the default translation of Torah.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_23063_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_23063_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> and was treated as such. By comparing H.G. with the Aramaic, we shall find that among other things omitted in both is that peculiar legend of the intended sacrifice of the two sons of Sennacherib, mentioned in H.M., chapter I. But the very same legend occurs in my MS. (28) in the homily preceding that of the Tobit legend. We have thus an indication of the probable source of this version (H.M.). It was in every probability taken from this or a very similar collection of homilies.</p>
<p>The minute comparison of the Aramaic (Neub.) with H.G. (for which that is the direct original), besides being interesting as illustrating the way how the abridgement was effected, is also of value for critical purposes. One point is especially important. When Tobi deposits the money with Gaḇael he received from him, according to the Greek, a <em>handwriting</em> (5:3) or a <em>note of hand</em>, so also Itala and Jer. H. L. has, a <em>token</em> (4:10), Ar. and H.M. have instead <em>a bag</em>, which to say the least, is very incongruous. In H.G. we have <em>a ring</em> as a token, which seems to be superior to all the rest. With a slight alteration one could amend the word אמתחת, <em>bag</em>, of H.M., into חתמת, which means a <em>seal</em>. This would imply that the Aramaic is a translation from the corrupted Hebrew text and not </em>vice versa</em>. But one example alone would not suffice to determine definitely the position in which those texts stand to one another. Without pursuing, therefore, this question any further, I limit myself merely to pointing it out. Many other similar contributions to the criticism of the text are to be found in this Hebrew version, for which reason I publish this also, and add an English translation to it. I have divided it into chapters according to the Aramaic and Greek, but without the division of verses, as these chapters are very small, and it is quite unnecessary to subdivide them any further.</em></p></blockquote>
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<h3>Recordings</h3>
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<span class="instruction">ליום שני של שבועות.</span>
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<span class="instruction">For the Second Day of Shavuot.</span>
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עַשֵּׂ֣ר תְּעַשֵּׂ֔ר אֵ֖ת כׇּל־תְּבוּאַ֣ת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ הַיֹּצֵ֥א הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה שָׁנָ֥ה שָׁנָֽה׃ וְאָכַלְתָּ֞ לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בַּמָּק֣וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר֮ לְשַׁכֵּ֣ן שְׁמ֣וֹ שָׁם֒ מַעְשַׂ֤ר דְּגָֽנְךָ֙ תִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ וְיִצְהָרֶ֔ךָ וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקָרְךָ֖ וְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ לְמַ֣עַן תִּלְמַ֗ד לְיִרְאָ֛ה אֶת־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ אָמְר֤וּ חָׄזָׄלׄ֙ עַשֵּׂ֣ר תְּעַשֵּׂ֔ר עַשֵּׂ֖ר בִּשְׁבִ֣יל שֶׁתִּתְעַשֵּׁ֑ר תְּעַשֵּׂ֖ר שֶׁלֹּ֥א תִּתְחַסֵּֽר׃ רֶ֖מֶז לִמְפָרְשֵׁ֣י יָ֑ם לְהוֹצִ֛יא אֶחָ֥ד מֵעֲשָׂרָ֖ה לַעֲמֵלֵ֥י תּוֹרָֽה׃ אִם־תְּעַשֵּׂר֙ דְּגָנֶ֔ךָ וְאִ֥ם־לָא֛ו דְּגָנִ֖י שֶׁנֶּאֱמַ֑ר       ׀       לָכֵ֣ן אָשׁ֔וּב וְלָקַחְתִּ֥י דְגָנִ֖י בְּעִתּֽוֹ׃ זְכִיתֶ֣ם תִּירוֹשֶׁ֔ךָ וְאִם־לָא֖ו תִּירוֹשִֽׁי׃ רַבִּ֥י לֵוִ֖י אָמַ֑ר נִבֳהָ֨ל לַה֤וֹן אִישׁ֙ רַ֣ע עָ֔יִן וְלֹא־יֵדַ֥ע כִּי־חֶ֖סֶר יְבֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ זֶה֩ הַפָּס֨וּק אָמַ֜ר כַּזֶּ֧ה שֶׁאֵינ֛וֹ מוֹצִ֥יא מַעַשְׂרוֹתָ֖יו כָּרָא֑וּי דְּאָמַר֙ רַבִּ֣י לֵוִ֔י מַעֲשֶׂה֙ בְּאֶחָ֔ד שֶׁהָיָ֧ה מוֹצִ֛יא מַעַשְׂרוֹתָ֖יו כָּרָאֽוּי׃ לְפִיכָ֤ךְ מֹשֶׁה֙ מַזְהִ֣יר לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַשֵּׂ֖ר תְּעַשֵּֽׂר׃
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עשר תעשר את בל תבואת זרעך היוצא השדה שנה שנה ואכלת לפני י״י אלהיך במקום אשר יבחר לשכן שמו שם מעשר דגנך ותירושך ויצהרך ובכורות בקרך וצאנך למען תלמד ליראה את י״י אלהיך כל הימים <span class="citation">(דברים יד:כב-כג)</span>. אמרו חׄזׄלׄ עשר תעשר. עשר בשביל שתתעשר. תעשר שלא תתחסר. רמז למפרשי ים להוציא אחד מעשרה לעמלי תורה. אם תעשר דגנך. ואם לאו דגני. שנא׳ לכן אשוב ולקחתי דגני בעתו. זכיתם תירושך. ואם לאו תירושי. ר׳ לוי אמ׳ נבהל להון איש רע עין ולא ידע כי חסר יבואנו. זה הפסוק אמ׳ כזה שאינו מוציא מעשרותיו כראוי. דאמ׳ ר׳ לוי.. מעשה באחד שהיה מוציא מעשרותיו כראוי. לפי׳ משה מזהיר לישראל עשר תעשר.
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&#8220;You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed, that which comes forth of the field year by year. And you shall eat before <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> your <span class="divine-referent">elōah</span>, in the place which he shall choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of your grain, of your wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock; that you may learn to fear <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> your <span class="divine-referent">elōah</span> always&#8221; <span class="citation">(Deuteronomy 14:22-23)</span>. Our sages say: “You shall surely tithe” (<em>Asser t&#8217;asser</em>), which means: tithe in order that you become rich, and tithe surely, in order that you have no wants. This is an indication to those that travel on the high seas to give the tenth to those that are engaged in the study of the Torah. If you tithe then it is your grain, but if not, it is my grain, as it is said <span class="citation">(Hosea 2:11)</span>, “therefore will I take back my grain in its due time.” If you are worthy, it is your wine, but if not, it is mine. R&#8217; Levi said: <span class="citation">(Prov. 28:22)</span> “He that has an evil eye chases after riches, and knows not that want shall come upon him,” this verse applies to the man who does not bring out his tithes in a proper manner. For R&#8217; Levi said: &#8220;It happened once (a story is told) of a man who brought out his tithes in a proper manner (etc.), therefore Mosheh warned the Yisraelim to tithe surely.&#8221;
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מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה שֶׁהָיָה֙ בְּאִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ טוּבִ֖י מִשֵּׁ֣בֶט נַפְתָּלִ֑י וְכׇל־יָמָ֞יו הָלַ֣ךְ ׀ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ יָשָׁ֗ר וְהָיָ֨ה עוֹשֶׂ֤ה עִם־אֶחָיו֙ חֲסָדִ֣ים רַבִּ֔ים לְאַשֵּׁ֥ר עִמּ֛וֹ הָי֖וּ בַּגָּל֥וּת בְּנִינְוֵֽה׃ וְה֛וּא נִשְׁאַ֥ר יָת֖וֹם מֵאָבִ֑יו וַתְּגַדֵּ֨ל אוֹת֤וֹ דְּבוֹרָה֙ אֵ֣ם אָבִ֔יו וְהִ֧יא נהג [נָהֲגָ֛ה] אוֹת֖וֹ בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ יָשָֽׁר׃ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ הָיָ֣ה אִ֗ישׁ נָשָׂ֤א אִשָּׁה֙ מִזַּרְע֣וֹ וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ וּשְׁמָ֖הּ חַנָּ֑ה וָתֵּ֤לֵד לוֹ֙ בֵּ֔ן וָיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ טוֹבִיָּֽה׃ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֛ר הָיָ֥ה בַּגּוֹלָ֖ה בְּעִ֣יר נִינְוֵ֑ה כׇּל־אֶחָ֣יו וּקְרוֹבָ֗יו הָיוּ֙ מְטַמְּאִ֣ין נַפְשָׁ֔ם וְאוֹכְלִ֥ים לַחְמָ֖ם מִן־בְּנֵ֥י הָאוּמֽוֹת׃ וְה֛וּא לֹ֥א הָיָ֖ה אוֹכֵ֑ל מִפְּנֵי֙ שֶׁהָיָ֣ה יָרֵ֔א מִֽן־הַקָּד֥וֹשׁ בָּרֽוּךְ־ה֖וּא בְּכׇל־לִבּֽוֹ׃ וְעַל־זֹא֞ת נָתַ֨ן ל֤וֹ אֱלֹהִים֙ חֵ֣ן וָחֶסֶ֔ד בְּעֵינֵ֥י שַׁלְמַנֶ֖אצֶר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד אוֹת֗וֹ עַ֚ל כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר ל֔וֹ עַ֥ד י֖וֹם מוֹתֽוֹ׃ וּבָעֵ֖ת הַהִ֑יא צִוָּ֤ה טוּבִי֙ בְּיַד֙ גָּבָּאֵ֣ל קְרוֹב֔וֹ עֶ֖שֶׂר כִּכְּרֵ֥י זָהָֽב׃ 
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1. מעשה שהיה באיש אחד ושמו טובי משבט נפתלי וכל ימיו הלך בדרך ישר והיה עושה עם אחיו חסדים רבים לאשר עמו היו בגלות בנינוה. והוא נשאר יתום מאביו ויגדל (ותגדל .1) אותו דבורה אם אביו והיא נהג אותו בדרך ישר. וכאשר היה איש נשא אשה מזרעו וממשפחתו ושמה חנה ותלד לו בן ויקרא שמו טוביה. וכאשר היה בנולה בעיר נינוה כל אחיו וקרוביו היו מטמאין נפשם ואוכלים לחמם מן בני האומות. והוא לא היה אוכל מפני שהיה ירא מן הׄבׄהׄ בכל לבו ועל זאת נתן לו אלהים חן וחסד בעיני שלמנאצר המלך ויפקוד אותו על כל אשר לו עד יום מותו. ובעת ההיא צוה טובי ביד גבאל קרובו עשר ככרי זהב.
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1. A story is told of a man whose name was Toḇi, of the tribe of Napthali, who all his days walked in the right path, and performed many good deeds for his brethren who were with him in the captivity in Nineveh: and he was left an orphan by his father, and he was brought up by Deḇorah his father’s mother, and she led him in the right path. And when he became a man he took a wife of his own kindred and family, whose name was Ḥannah, and she bare him a son, and he called his name Toḇiyah. And when he was in the captivity, in the city of Nineveh, all his brethren and kindred polluted themselves, and did eat the bread of the sons of the Gentiles. But he did not eat, for he feared Elohim with all his heart. And therefore Elohim gave him grace and favour in the eyes of Shalmanesser, the king, and he appointed him master over all that he had, to the day of his death. And at that time he committed to the hand of Gaḇael his kinsman ten talents of gold.
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וְאַחַ֧ר שֶׁמֵּ֛ת שַׁלְמַנֶ֖אצֶר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ מָלַ֕ךְ סַנְחֵרִ֥יב בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ וּבִימֵ֨י סַנְחֵרִ֜יב הָיָ֣ה ׀ עוֹשֶׂ֣ה טוּבִ֗י חֲסָדִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ לָעֲנִיִּ֔ים וְהָיָ֨ה נוֹתֵ֧ן לֶ֛חֶם לָרְעֵבִ֖ים וְלִיתוֹמִ֑ים וּכְשֶׁהָיָ֣ה רוֹאֶ֗ה הָר֞וּג נוֹפֵ֤ל בָּאָ֨רֶץ֙ מִֽן־הַ֣יְּהוּדִ֔ים הָיָ֥ה קוֹבֵ֖ר אוֹתֽוֹ׃ וַיָּ֣שׇׁב סַנְחֵרִיב֩ בְּחִפָּז֨וֹן מִיְּהוּדָ֜ה וְהָלַ֣ךְ לְנִינְוֶ֗ה בְּחֵמָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ עַל־עֶ֣שֶׂר הַשְּׁבָטִ֔ים וְהָרָ֥ג מֵהֶ֖ם רַבִּ֑ים וְהָיָ֨ה נִבְלָתָ֤ם מֻשְׁלָכִים֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְאֵ֥ין הָיָ֖ה קוֹבֵ֥ר אוֹתָֽם׃ וּכְשֶׁרָאָ֣ה טוּבִ֗י כָּ֕ךְ חָרָ֖ה אַפּ֑וֹ וַיָּ֤קׇם בַּלַּ֨יְלָה֙ וְקָבַ֣ר אוֹתָ֔ם וּכְזֹא֧ת עָשָׂ֛ה פַּעֲמִ֖ים רַבּֽוֹת׃ פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֗ד שָׁאַ֤ל סַנְחֵרִיב֙ אֶת־פִּגְרֵ֣י הַהֲרוּגִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א מָצָ֖א אֶתְהֵ֑ם וְיֹאמְר֞וּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י נִינְוֵה֙ לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ׀ טוּבִ֛י קָבַ֥ר אוֹתָ֖ם בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ וַיְצַ֥ו הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לַהֲרֹ֣ג אוֹת֑וֹ וּכְשֶׁשָּׁמַ֥ע טוּבִ֖י כֵּ֥ן בָּרַֽח׃ וַיְצַ֤ו הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁל֣וֹל אֶת־בֵּית֔וֹ וַיִּתְחַבֵּ֣א מִלְּפָנָ֔יו אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וַחֲמִישָׁ֖ה יָמִ֑ים עַ֞ד כִּי־אֲדְרַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ׀ וְשַׂנְאֶ֣צֶר בָּנָ֗יו הָרְג֤וּ אוֹתוֹ֙ בַחֶ֔רֶב לְסַנְחֵרִ֕יב וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֵסַר־חַדּ֥וֹן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ וַיִּפְקְֹ֤ד הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לַאֲקִקַ֔ר עַ֖ל כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר ל֑וֹ וְדַבֵּ֤ר אֲקִיקַר֙ דְּבָרִ֤ים טוֹבִים֙ עַ֣ל טוּבִ֔י וָיַּשִּׁיבֵ֖הוּ לְנִינְוֶֽה׃
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ואחר שמת שלמנאצר המלך מלך סנחריב בנו תחתיו. ובימי סנחריב היה עושה טובי חסדים רבים לעניים. והיה נותן לחם לרעבים וליתומים וכשהיה רואה הרוג נופל בארץ מן היהודים היה קובר אותו. וישב סנחריב בחפזון מיהודה והלך לנינוה בחימה גדולה על עשר השבטים והרג מהם רבים והיה נבלתם מושלכים בארץ ואין היה קובר אותם. וכשראה טובי כך חרה אפו ויקם בלילה וקבר אותם וכזאת עשה פעמים רבות. פעם אחד שאל סנחריב את פגרי ההרוגים ולא מצא אתהם. ויאמרו אנשי נינוה למלך טובי קבר אותם בלילה ויצו המלך להרוג אותו. וכששמע טובי כן ברח. ויצו המלך לשלול את ביתו ויתחבא מלפניו מ״ה ימים עד כי אדרמלך ושנאצר (!) בניו הרגו אותו בחרב לסנחריב (!) וימלוך אסרחדון בנו תחתיו. ויפקוד המלך לאקקר על כל אשר לו. ודבר אקיקר דברים טובים על טובי וישיבהו לנינוה
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And after the death of the king Shalmanesser, his son Sennacherib reigned in his stead. And in the days of Sennacherib Toḇi did many charitable deeds for the poor, and he fed the hungry and the orphans; and when he saw one of the Jews slain, cast out in the street, he buried him. Now when Sennacherib returned in haste from Yehudah, he went to Nineveh in fierce wrath against the ten tribes, and killed many of them, and their corpses were cast out in the streets, and none buried them. When Toḇi saw that, his wrath was kindled, and he arose in the night and buried them; and thus he did many times. Once Sennacherib asked for the bodies of the slain, but found them not. And the men of Nineveh said to the king: Toḇi buries them. And the king commanded that he be put to death. When Toḇi heard it, he fled. And the king commanded that they should pillage his house, and he hid himself from him five and forty days, until Adramelech and Shanetser his sons killed Sennacherib with the sword, and Esarḥaddon his son reigned in his stead. And the king appointed Aqiqar over all his affairs. And Aqiqar spake good words for Toḇi, and he brought him back to Nineveh.
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וּכְשֶׁהִגִּ֖יעַ חַ֣ג שְׁבוּע֑וֹת עָשָׂ֥ה אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ אֲרִסְטְוָ֥ן רַֽב׃ וּכְשֶׁהָיָ֤ה יוֹשֵׁב֙ עַל־הַ֣שֻּׁלְחָ֔ן אָמַ֖ר לְטוֹבִיָּ֣ה בְּנ֑וֹ לָ֣ךְ ׀ וְהָבֵ֗א לִ֕י מֵאַחֵ֧ינוּ הָעֲנִיִּ֛ים מְיָרְאֵ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים לֶאֱכֹ֥ל עִמָּֽנוּ׃ וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ טוֹבִיָּ֑ה וּמָצָ֞א אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֗ד מֵ֚ת מֻשְׁלָ֣ךְ בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְאָבִֽיו׃ מֶ֥ה עָשָׁ֖ה אָבִ֑יו קָ֣ם מִן־הַשֻּׁלְחָ֡ן וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אִתּוֹ֩ וְיִקַּ֨ח אוֹת֜וֹ מִן־רְח֣וֹב הָעִ֗יר וַיָּבִ֤יא אוֹתוֹ֙ בְּבָ֣יִת אֶחָ֔ד עַד־בָּ֥א הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ שֶׁיּוּכַ֥ל לְקָבְרֽוֹ׃ וַיָּ֧שׇׁב אֶל־בֵּית֛וֹ וַיֹּאכַ֥ל לַחְמ֖וֹ בָּאֵ֑בֶל וְאָמַ֞ר א֥וֹי לָנוּ֙ שֶׁיָּקִ֣ים בָּ֔נוּ וְהָפַכְתִּ֛י חַגֵּיכֶ֥ם וְכׇל־שִֽׁירֵיכֶ֖ם לְאֵֽבֶל׃
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2. וכשהגיע חג שבועות עשה אשתו ארסטוון רב. וכשהיה יושב על השולחן אמר לטוביה בנו לך והבא לי מאחינו העניים מיראי אלהים לאכול עמנו. וילך טוביה ומצא איש אחד מת מושלך בדרך ויגד לאביו. מה עשה אביו קם מן השולחן וילך אתו ויקח אותו מן רחוב העיר ויביא אותו בבית אחד עד בא השמש שיוכל לקברו וישב אל ביתו ויאכל לחמו באבל. ואמר אוי לנו שיקים בנו והפכתי חגיכם וכל שיריכם לאבל.
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2. When the festival of Shavuot came, his wife prepared a plentiful meal, and as he sat at the table, he said to his son Toḇiyah: &#8220;Go, and bring to me some of our poor brethren, such as fear Elohim, to eat with us.&#8221; Then Toḇiyah went and found a man slain, cast out in the street, and he told his father. What did his father do? He rose from the table and he went with him, and he took him from the street of the city, and brought him into a house until the going down of the sun, that he might be able to bury him. And he turned to his house and ate his bread in mourning. And he said: &#8220;Woe that on us is fulfilled, &#8216;and I will turn your feasts and your songs into mourning&#8217; <span class="citation">(Cf. Amos 8:10)</span>.”
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וַיֵּ֖בְךְּ בְּכִ֣י גָד֑וֹל וּכְשֶׁבָּ֨א הַשֶּׁ֤מֶשׁ הָלַךְ֙ וְקָבַ֣ר אוֹת֔וֹ וַיָּ֧שׇׁב אֶל־בֵּית֛וֹ וְיִשְׁכַּ֥ב עַל־מִטָּת֖וֹ וּפָנָ֥יו גְּלוּיֽוֹת׃ וְנָפַ֨ל עָפָ֤ר מִן־הַכּ֨וֹתֶל֙ עַל־עֵינָ֔יו וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר הָיָ֤ה הוֹלֵךְ֙ לְרוֹפֵ֔א לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רְפוּאָ֖ה בְּעֵינָ֑יו וְלֹא֙ הוֹעִֽיל־ל֣וֹ כְּל֔וּם עַ֥ד שֶׁעִוֵּ֖ר מִשְּׁנֵ֥י עֵינָֽיו׃ וְהָיָ֥ה ע֖וֹד אַרְבָּעָ֣ה שָׁנִ֑ים וַאֲקִיקַר֙ אוֹהֲב֔וֹ הָיָ֥ה מְפַרְנֵ֖ס אוֹתֽוֹ׃ 
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ויבך בכי גדול וכשבא השמש הלך וקבר אותו וישב אל ביתו וישכב על מטתו ופניו גלויות ונפל עפר מן הכותל על עיניו. ובבקר היה הולך לרופא לעשות רפואה בעיניו ולא הועיל לו כלום עד שעור משני עיניו והיה עוד ד׳ שנים. ואקיקר אוהבו היה מפרנס אותו.
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And he wept very sore. And when the sun went down he went and buried him. And he returned to his house, and he lay upon his bed, and his face was uncovered, and dust fell from the wall into his eyes. And in the morning he went to the physician to cure his eyes, but it did not avail him, until he became blind of both eyes, which lasted for four years. And Aqiqar his friend nourished him.
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לְיַמִּ֖ים רַבִּ֑ים חָנָ֨ה אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ הָיָ֤ה עוֹשָׂה֙ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה לַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְנָֽתְנוּ־לָ֛הּ גְּדִ֥י אֶחָ֖ד בִּשְׁכָרָֽהּ׃ וְטוּבִ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע הַגְּדִ֖י זוֹעֵ֣ק בַּבַּ֑יִת וּשְׁאֵ֣ל לָ֗הּ מִנַּ֤יִן לָךְ֙ הַגְּדִ֣י הַזֶּ֔ה אוּלַ֖י גָּנַ֥בְתְּ אוֹתֽוֹ׃ אָמְרָה֙ חָנָ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ בִּשְׁכַ֛ר מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֖י נָֽתְנוּ־לִ֑י שֶׁלֹּ֖א גְּנַבְתִּֽיהוּ׃ וְלֹ֛א הֶאֱמִ֥ין טוּבִ֖י לָ֑הּ וַיָּרִ֥יבוּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם עַ֥ל הַגֶּֽדִי׃ אָמְרָה֙ חָנָ֣ה לְטוּבִ֔י אָ֥ן טוּבְךָ֖ וּזְכֻיּוֹתֶ֑יךָ וּקְלָנִ֥ךְ אִתְגְלֵ֖י לְכֽוֹלָא
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לימים רבים חנה אשתו היה עושה מעשה לנשים ונתנו לה גדי אחד בשכרה וטובי שמע הגדי זועק בבית. ושאל לה מנין לך הגדי הזה אולי גנבת אותו. אמרה חנה אשתו בשכר מעשה ידי נתנו לי שלא גנבתיהו. ולא האמין טובי לה ויריבו שניהם על הגדי. אמרה חנה לטובי אן טובך וזכוותך וקלנך אתגלי לכולא.
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After many days Ḥannah his wife did work for women, and they gave her a young goat for her wages. And Toḇi heard the kid bleating in the house, and he asked her: &#8220;From where did you get this kid? Have you stolen it perhaps?&#8221; And his wife Ḥannah said: &#8220;They have given it to me as the wages of the work of mine hands; I have not stolen it!&#8221; But Toḇi did not believe her, and they quarreled concerning the kid. Ḥannah said to Toḇi: &#8220;Where is your goodness and your merits? Hence your worthlessness is manifest to all!&#8221;
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כְּשֶׁשָּׁמַ֣ע טוּבִ֣י כָּ֠ךְ חָרָ֨ה אַפּ֜וֹ וַיֵּ֗בְךְּ וְהִתְפַּלֵּל֙ לַקָּד֣וֹשׁ בָּרֽוּךְ־ה֔וּא בְּצָרַ֥ת נַפְשׁ֖וֹ וְאָמַ֑ר רִבּ֣וֹנוֹ שֶׁלֲּעוֹלַ֗ם קַ֤ח אֶת־נַפְשִׁי֙ מִמֶּ֔נִּי כִּ֥י ט֨וֹב מוֹתִ֧י מֵחַיָּ֛י וְלֹא־אֶשְׁמַ֥ע חֶרְפָּ֖ה עֽוֹד׃
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3. כששמע טובי כך חרה אפו ויבך והתפלל להׄבׄהׄ בצרת נפשו ואמר רׄבׄשׄעׄ קח את נפשי ממני כי טוב מותי מחיי ולא אשמע חרפה עוד.
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3. When Toḇi heard this he was much grieved, and he wept and prayed to <span class="divine-referent">the blessed Holy One</span> in the anguish of his soul, and he said: &#8220;<span class="divine-referent">Ribono shel Olam</span>! Take my soul from me, for it is better for me to die than to live, so that I shall no more hear shame.&#8221;
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וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא שָׁרָ֤ה בַּת־רְעוּאֵל֙ שֶׁהַיַּחַ֣ד בְּאַגְבָּתַּ֔נִיס בְּאֶ֖רֶץ מָדַ֑י שָׁמְעָ֣ה ׀ חֶרְפָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֗ה לְפִ֣י שֶׁנִּשְׁאַת֩ לְשִׁבְעָ֨ה אֲנָשִׁ֜ים לְאִשָּׁ֗ה וְאֶחָ֤ד מֵהֶם֙ לֹ֣א בָּ֔א כְּדֶ֖רֶךְ כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ וְאָמְרָ֥ה לָ֖הּ שִׁפְחָתָ֑הּ אַ֣תְּ ׀ הִ֣יא שֶׁהָרַ֗גְתְּ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה שֶׁנִּשְׁאַ֣ת לָהֶ֗ם וְאֶחָ֤ד מֵהֶם֙ לֹא־בָּ֣א אֵלַ֔יִךְ שאתה [שֶׁאַ֥תְּ] מַלְקָ֖ה אוֹתָֽם׃
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וביום ההוא שרה בת רעואל שהיחד. באגבתניס בארץ מדי שמעה חרפה גדולה לפי שנשאת לשבעה אנשים לאשה. ואחד מהם לא בא כדרך כל הארץ ואמרה לה שפחתה את היא שהרגת את האנשים האלה שנשאת להם ואחד מהם לא בא אליך שאתה מלקה אותם.
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And the same day, Sarah, the daughter of Reuel, who lived in Agbatanis, in the land of Madai, heard a great reproach because she had been given to seven men as wife, and not one of them came in unto her according to the way of all the earth. And her maid said to her: &#8220;It is you who has killed these men to whom you have been given in marriage, and not one of them has come in unto you because you have hurt them.&#8221;
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וַיהִ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁמְעָ֤ה שָׁרָה֙ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֣י שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ וְתֵּ֖בְךְּ בְּכִ֣י גָּד֑וֹל וְתַ֨עַל֙ אֶל־הָ֣עֲלִיָּ֔ה לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל שָׁ֖ם בְּצָרַ֥ת נַפְשָֽׁהּ׃ וְאָמְרָ֑ה רִבּ֨וֹנוֹ שֶׁלֲּעוֹלָ֜ם אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֗עְתָּ כִּ֚י טְהוֹרָ֣ה אָ֔נִי וְלֹ֥א נִטְמֵ֖אתִי עִם־אָדָֽם׃ וַאֲנִ֥י יְחִידָ֖ה לְאָבִ֑י וְאֵ֨ין ל֤וֹ בֵּן֙ לָרֶ֣שֶׁת נַחֲלָת֔וֹ וְלֹ֖א קָרֽוֹב׃ וַהֲרֵ֕י מֵ֥תוּ בַּעֲדִ֖י שִׁבְעָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְלָמָּ֧ה יֵ֛שׁ לִ֖י חַיִּ֥ים עֽוֹד׃ וְאִ֥ם לֹ֛א יִיטַ֥ב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ לַהֲרֹ֣ג אוֹתִ֑י רַחֵם֙ עָלַ֔י וְלֹ֛א אֶשְׁמַ֥ע חֶרְפָּ֖ה עֽוֹד׃
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ויהי כאשר שמעה שרה את דברי שפחתה ותבך בכי גדול ותעל אל העלייה להתפלל שם בצרת נפשה. ואמ׳ רׄבׄשׄעׄ אחה ידעת כי טהורה אני ולא נטמאתי עם אדם. ואני יחידה לאבי ואין לו בן לרשת נחלתו ולא קרוב והרי מתו בעדי שבעה אנשים ולמה יש לי חיים עוד. ואם לא ייטב בעיניך להרוג אותי רחם עלי ולא אשמע חרפה עוד.
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And it came to pass, when Sarah heard the words of her maid she wept very much, and went up into the upper chamber to pray there in the anguish of her soul. And she said: &#8220;<span class="divine-referent">Ribono shel Olam</span>! You know that I am pure, and I have not polluted myself with man. I am the only daughter of my father, neither has he son to inherit his property, nor any kinsman; and behold, seven husbands are dead for my sake, and why should I live? But if it please not you to kill me, have pity on me that I hear no more reproach!&#8221;
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אִמְרוּ֙ חָׄזָׄ֔לׄ כִּ֣י ׀ בַּ֣יּוֹם הַזֶּ֗ה קִבֵּ֞ל הַקָּד֤וֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ־הוּא֙ תְּפִלָּתָ֔ם וְשָׁלַ֛ח לַמַּלְאָ֥ךְ רָפָאֶ֖ל לְרׇפְאָ֣הּ אֶת־שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם אֶת־טוּבִי֙ מֵעִוְר֣וֹן עֵינָ֔יו וְאֶת־שָׁרָ֕ה לִיתֵּ֨ן לְטוֹבִיָּ֤ה בֶּֽן־טוּבִי֙ לְאִשָּׁ֔ה וּלְהָסִ֣יר מִמֶּ֔נָּה אַשְׁמְדַ֖אי מֶ֥לֶךְ הַשֵּׁדִֽים׃
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אמרו חׄזׄלׄ כי ביום הזה קבל הׄבׄהׄ תפלתם. ושלח למלאך רפאל לרפאה את שניהם את טובי מעורון עיניו ואת שרה ליתן לטוביה בן טובי לאשה ולהסיר ממנה אשמדאי מלך השדים.
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Our sages say that on that day, <span class="divine-referent">the blessed Holy One</span> accepted (both) their prayers, and he commanded the angel Raphael to heal them both; to cure Toḇi from the blindness of his eyes, and to give Sarah for wife to Toḇiyah, the son of Toḇi, and to take away from her Ashmedai, the king of the Sheydim.
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בְּאוֹתָ֧הּ שָׁעָ֛ה זָכַ֥ר טוּבִ֖י אֶת־הַכָּ֑סֶף שֶׁהִפְקִ֖יד בְּיַ֥ד גָּבָּאֵֽל׃ וַיִּקְרָא֩ לְטוֹבִיָּ֨ה בְּנ֜וֹ וְאָמַ֣ר ל֗וֹ בְּנִי֙ כׇּל־יָמֶ֔יךָ אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ תִּירָ֑א וַעֲשֵׂ֥ה צְדָקָ֖ה כׇּל־יָמֶֽיךָ׃ וְלֹ֥א תֵּלֵ֛ךְ עִם־אִ֥ישׁ גַּנָּ֖ב וְנוֹאֵ֑ף וְהִפְרִ֥ישׁ מַעַשְׂרוֹתֶ֖יךָ כָּרָאֽוּי׃ וְהַקָּד֖וֹשׁ בָּר֣וּךְ ה֑וּא יִתֵּ֥ן לְךָ֖ ע֥וֹשֶׁר רָֽב׃ וְעַתָּ֨ה בְנִ֝י דַּ֣ע ׀ כִּ֗י עֶ֚שֶׂר כִּכַּ֣ר כֶּ֔סֶף הִפְקַדְתִּ֖י בְּיַ֣ד גָּבָּאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֥א יָדַעְתִּ֖י י֥וֹם מוֹתִֽי׃ תֵּלֵ֖ךְ אֵלָ֑יו וְה֛וּא יִתֵּ֥ן לְךָ֖ הַכָּֽסֶף׃
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4. באותה שעה זכר טובי אח הכסף שהפקיד ביד גבאל. ויקרא לטוביה בנו ואמר לו. בני כל ימיך את י״י אלהיך תירא ועשה צדקה כל ימיך ולא תלך עם איש גנב ונואף והפריש מעשרותיך כראוי והׄבׄהׄ יתן לך עושר רב. ועתה בני דע כי עשר ככר כסף הפקדתי ביד גבאל ולא ידעתי יום מותי. תלך אליו והוא יתן לך הכסף.
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4. At that time Toḇi remembered the money which he had committed to the hand of Gaḇael. And he called his son Toḇiyah, and said to him, &#8220;My son, fear <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> your <span class="divine-referent">elōah</span> all your days, and give alms all your days, and do not walk with a thief or an adulterer, and set aside your tithes as is proper, and <span class="divine-referent">the blessed Holy One</span> will give you great riches. And now, my son, know that I have committed ten talents of silver to the hand of Gaḇael, and I know not the day of my death; go to him, and he will give you the money.&#8221;
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וַיַּ֣עַן טוֹבִיָּה֮ אֵל־אָבִיו֒ כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוִּיתַ֜נִי אֶעֱשֶׂ֗ה אֲבָ֞ל אֵ֧יךְ אוּכַ֛ל לָקַ֥חַת הַכֶּ֖סֶף מִיַּ֣ד גָּבָּאֵ֑ל ה֚וּא לֹא־מַכִּ֣יר לִ֔י וַאֲנִ֕י לֹ֥א מַכִּ֖יר אוֹתֽוֹ׃ אָמַר־ל֣וֹ אָבִ֗יו קַ֕ח הַטַּבַּ֥עַת הַזֹּא֖ת שֶׁנָּתַ֣ן לִ֑י וְטָבַעְתִּ֖י נָתַ֥תִּי לֽוֹ׃ וְעַתָּ֖ה בְּנִ֑י בִּקֵּ֨שׁ אִ֤ישׁ נֶאֱמָן֙ שֶׁיֵּלֵ֣ךְ עִמֶּ֔ךָ וְאֶתֵּ֥ן ל֖וֹ שְׁכָרֽוֹ׃ מִיָּד֙ יֵצֵ֣א טוֹבִיָּ֔ה לְבַקֵּ֛שׁ אִ֥ישׁ נֶאֱמָ֖ן שֶׁיֵּלֵ֣ךְ עִמּ֑וֹ וּמָצָא֙ אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֣ךְ רָפָאֵ֔ל עוֹמֵ֕ד וְלֹ֥א הִכִּ֛ירוּ כִּי־מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה הֽוּא׃ שָׁאַ֥ל ל֖וֹ מִנַּ֣יִן אָ֑תָּה אָמַ֥ר ל֖וֹ מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ אָמַ֣ר ל֔וֹ יָדַ֖עְתָּ לֶהָל֣וֹךְ לְמָדַ֑י אָמַ֥ר ל֖וֹ הֵֽן׃ אָמַ֥ר ל֖וֹ טוֹבִיָּ֑ה הַמְתֵּ֧ן לִ֛י וְאַגִּ֖יד לְאָבִֽי׃ הָלַ֥ךְ טוֹבִיָּ֖ה וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לְאָבִ֑יו אָמַ֥ר ל֖וֹ קְרָ֥א אוֹתֽוֹ׃ אָמַ֨ר ל֜וֹ טוּבִ֗י בְּנִ֤י רוֹצֶה֙ לֶהָל֣וֹךְ לְמָדַ֔י רוֹצֶ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה לֶהָל֣וֹךְ עִמּ֑וֹ אָמַ֥ר ל֖וֹ הֵֽן׃ מִיַּ֕ד קָרָ֨א טוּבִ֤י לִבְנוֹ֙ וְאָמַ֣ר ל֔וֹ הַתְקֵ֧ן עָצְמְךָ֛ וְתֵ֖לֵךְ עִם־הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וְאלֹהֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ יַצְלִ֣יחַ דַּרְכְּכֶ֔ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֖ם בְּשָּׁלֽוֹם׃ מִיַּ֕ד הָלְכ֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ וַיָּב֗וֹאוּ עַ֚ד הַנָּהָ֣ר פְּרָ֔ת וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ שָֽׁם׃ 
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5. ויען טוביה אל אביו בל אשר צויתני אעשה אבל איך אוכל לקחת הכסף מיד גבאל הוא לא מכיר לי ואני לא מכיר אותו. אמר לו אביו קח הטבעת הזאת שנתן לי. וטבעתי נתתי לו. ועתה בני בקש איש נאמן שילך עמך ואתן לו שכרו. מיד יצא טוביה לבקש איש נאמן שילך עמו ומצא את המלאך רפאל עומד ולא הכירו כי מלאך י״י הוא. שאל לו מנין אתה. אמ׳ לו מבני ישראל. אמר לו ידעת להלוך למדי. אמר לו הן. אמר לו טוביה אמתין (המתין .1) לי ואגיד לאבי. הלך טוביה ויגד לאביו. אמר לו קרא אותו. אמר לו טובי בני רוצה להלוך למדי רוצה אתה להלוך עמו. אמ׳ לו הן. מיד קרא טובי לבנו ואמר לו התקין עצמך ותלך עם האיש הזה ואלהי השמים יצליח דרככם ושבתם בשלום. מיד הלכו שניהם בדרך ויבואו עד הנהר פרת וילינו שם
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5. And Toḇiyah answered his father: &#8220;All that you have commanded me I will do: but how can I take the money from the hand of Gaḇael, who knows me not, and I know not him? His father said to him: &#8220;Take this ring, which he has given me, and I have given him my ring. And now, my son, seek you a trusty man, who may go with you, and I will give him his wages. So Toḇiyah went immediately to seek for a man who might go with him, and he found the angel Raphael standing by. But he did not recognize him that he was an angel of <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> your <span class="divine-referent">elōah</span>. He asked him: &#8220;From where are you?&#8221; He answered him, &#8220;From the Children of Yisrael.&#8221; He said to him: &#8220;Know you how to go to Madai?&#8221; And he said: &#8220;Yes.&#8221; Toḇiyah said to him: &#8220;Tarry a little for my sake, and I will tell my father.&#8221; Toḇiyah went and told his father. He said to him: &#8220;Call him.&#8221; And he said to him: &#8220;My son Toḇiyah desires to go to Madai; are you willing to go with him?&#8221; He said to him: &#8220;Yes!&#8221; And Toḇi called his son immediately, and said to him: &#8220;Prepare yourself, and go with this man, and may <span class="divine-referent">the elōah of Heaven</span> prosper your way and bring you back in peace.
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וָיָּ֨רׇץ טוֹבִיָּ֤ה אֶל־הַנָּהָר֙ לִשְׁתּ֔וֹת וַיָּצָ֥א דָּ֖ג וְאָכַ֣ל לַחְמ֑וֹ וְצָעַ֕ק וְאָמַ֨ר רָפָאֵ֤ל לְטוֹבִיָּה֙ לֵ֔ךְ וֶאֱחֹ֧ז אֶת־הַדָּ֛ג וְלֹ֥א תַּעֲזֹ֖ב אוֹתֽוֹ׃ הָלַ֖ךְ טוֹבִיָּ֑ה וְתָפַ֧שׂ אֶת־הַדָּ֛ג וַיּוֹצִ֥יא אוֹת֖וֹ לַיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃ אָמַ֣ר לוֹ֮ רָפָאֵל֒ בֶּצַ֤ע אוֹתוֹ֙ בְּאֶמְצַ֔ע וְקַ֖ח לִבּ֑וֹ וְה֣וּא טוֹב֩ לְהַקְטִ֨יר מִמֶּ֜נּוּ לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ כׇּל־אִ֗ישׁ שֶׁיֵּ֥שׁ בּוֹ֙ ר֣וּחַ שֵׁדִ֔ים שֶׁיִּבְרְח֖וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ וְקַ֖ח הַמָּרָ֑ה וְהִיא֩ טוֹבָ֨ה לִמְשֹׁ֤חַ מִמֶּ֨נָּה֙ הָעֵינַ֔יִם שֶׁיֵּ֥שׁ בָּהֶ֛ם עִוְר֖וֹן וְיִרְפָּֽאוּ׃ עָשָׂה־כֵן֙ טוֹבִיָּ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה ל֖וֹ רָפָאֵ֑ל וְיֵלְכ֖וּ עַ֥ד מָדַֽי׃ וְאָמַ֣ר רָפָאֵל֮ לְטוֹבִיָּה֒ אָחִ֞י לְבֵ֤ית רְעוּאֵל֙ תָּבֹ֔א שֶׁה֣וּא ׀ אִ֣ישׁ זָקֵ֗ן וְל֞וֹ בַּ֧ת אַחַ֛ת יָפָ֥ה עַד־מְאֹ֖ד וּשְׁמָ֣הּ שָׁרָ֑ה וֶאֱמֹר־ל֕וֹ שֶׁיִּתֵּ֥ן אוֹתָ֖הּ לְךָ֥ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ אָמַ֓ר ׀ ל֨וֹ טוֹבִיָּ֝ה שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי שֶׁהִ֛יא נִשֵּׁ֖את לְשִׁבְעָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וַיָּמוּת֕וֹ בְּטֶ֥רֶם שֶׁיָּב֖וֹאוּ אֵלֶֽיהָ׃ אָמַ֥ר רָפָאֵ֖ל לֹ֣א תִּירָ֑א כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּהְיֶ֤ה בְּחֶ֨דֶר֙ עִמָּ֔הּ קַ֚ח לֵ֣ב הַדָּ֔ג וְקֹטֶ֤ר אוֹתָהּ֙ תַּ֣חַת בְּגָדֶ֔יהָ וְהַשֵּׁ֥ד מֵרִ֖יחַ וְיִבְרַֽח׃ 
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6. וירץ טוביה אל הנהר לשתות ויצא דג ואכל לחמו וצעק. ואמר רפאל לטוביה לך ואחוז את הדג ולא תעזוב אותו. הלך טוביה ותפש אל (את .1) הדג ויוציא אותו ליבשה. אמר לו רפאל בצע אותו באמצע וקח לבו והוא טוב להקטיר ממנו לפני כל איש שיש בו רוח שדים שיברחו ממנו. וקח המרה והיא טובה למשוח ממנה העינים שיש בהם עורון וירפאו. עשה כן טוביה כאשר צוה לו רפאל וילכו עד מדי. ואמר רפאל לטוביה. אחי לבית רעואל תבא שהוא איש זקן ולו בת אחת יפה עד מאד ושמה שרה ואמור לו שיתן אותך לו (אותה לי .1) לאשה. אמר לו טוביה שמעתי שהיא נשאת לשבעה אנשים וימותו בטרם שיבואו אליה. אמר רפאל לא תירא כאשר תהיה בחדר עמה קח לב הדג וקטר אותה תחת בגדיו (בגדיה .1) והשד מריח ויברח.
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6. Both went then on their journey, and they came to the river Euphrates, and they passed the night there. And Toḇiyah ran to the river to drink, and a fish came out and ate his bread, and he cried out. And Raphael said to Toḇiyah: &#8220;Lay hold of the fish, and do not let it go.&#8221; Toḇiyah went and laid hold of the fish and drew it out, and Raphael said to him: &#8220;Open it in the middle and take its heart; it is good to burn it before a man in whom the spirit of Sheydim is, to make them flee from him; and take also the gall, for it is good to anoint therewith the eyes in which there is blindness, and they shall be healed.&#8221; So Toḇiyah did as the angel commanded him, and they went to Madai. And Raphael said to Toḇiyah: &#8220;My brother, you come to the house of Reuel, who is an old man, and has a daughter who is exceeding fair, whose name is Sarah, speak to him that he may give her to you for a wife. Toḇiyah said to him: &#8220;I have heard that she has been given in marriage to seven men, and they died before they came in unto her.&#8221; Raphael said: &#8220;Fear not! when you shall be with her in the marriage chamber, take the heart of the fish and burn thereof under her garment, and the sheyd will smell it, and will run away.&#8221;
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אָמַ֤ר רָפָאֵל֙ לִרְעוּאֵ֔ל תֵּ֥ן בִּתְּךָ֖ לְטוֹבִיָּ֣ה לְאִשָּׁ֑ה אָמַ֥ר ל֖וֹ הִנֵּֽנִי׃ וַיִּקַּ֥ח רְעוּאֵ֖ל אֶת־שָׁרָ֣ה בִּתּ֑וֹ וַיִּתֵּ֧ן לָ֛הּ לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ אָמַ֥ר רְעוּאֵ֖ל לְאִשְׁתּ֑וֹ אַתְקִ֛ינִי אִדְּר֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית מִשְׁכְּבָֽא׃ וַיָּב֖וֹאוּ שָׁ֑מָּה טוֹבִיָּ֖ה וְשָׁרָ֥ה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃ מִיָּ֞ד זָכַ֣ר טוֹבִיָּה֮ אֶת־דְּבָרִ֣י רָפָאֵל֒ וַיִּקַּ֨ח לֵ֤ב הַדָּג֙ וַיָּ֨שֶׂם֙ עַ֣ל הַמַּחְתָּ֔ה וַיַּ֕קְטֵר תַּ֖חַת בִּגְדֵ֣י שָׁרָ֑ה וְאַשְׁמְדַ֕אי קִבֵּ֥ל הָרֵ֖יחַ וּבָרַֽח׃ מִיָּד֙ הִתְפַּלְּל֣וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם לְקָד֖וֹשׁ בָּר֣וּךְ ה֑וּא שֶׁרָפָ֖א אוֹתָֽהּ׃
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7. אמר רפאל לרעואל תן בתך לטוביה לאשה אמר לו הנני. ויקח רעואל את שרה בתו ויתן לה לטוביה לאשה. אמר רעואל לאשתו אתקיני אדרון בית משכבא ויבואו שמה טוביה ושרה אשתו. מיד זכר טוביה אח דברי רפאל ויקה לב הדג וישם על המחתה ויקטר תחת בגדי שרה ואשמדאי קבל הריח וברח. מיד התפללו שניהם להׄבׄהׄ שרפא אותה.
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7. Raphael said to Reuel: &#8220;Give your daughter to Toḇiyah for a wife.&#8221; And he said: &#8220;Hineni/I am willing.&#8221; And Reuel took his daughter Sarah and gave her to Toḇiyah for a wife. And Reuel said to his wife: &#8220;Prepare a bedchamber.&#8221; Toḇiyah and his wife Sarah went into it; and Toḇiyah remembered the words of Raphael, and he took the heart of the fish and put it on a censer and burnt it under the clothes of Sarah. And Ashmedai received the smell, and he fled instantly; and both prayed to <span class="divine-referent">the blessed Holy One</span>, who had healed her.
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לְמָחָר֩ אַמָ֨ר טוֹבִיָּ֜ה לְרָפָאֵ֗ל לֵ֤ךְ לְגָּבָּאֵל֙ וְיִתֵּ֣ן לְךָ֔ הָעֲשָׂרָ֖ה כִּכְּרֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב מִיָּ֕ד הַלָ֥ךְ רָפָאֵ֖ל וְהֵבִ֥יא אֶת־הַכָּֽסֶף׃
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למחר אמר טוביה לרפאל לך לנבאל ויתן לך העשרה ככרי זהב. מיד הלך רפאל והביא את הכסף
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On the morrow, Toḇiyah said to Raphael: &#8220;Go to Gaḇael, that he may give you ten talents of gold.&#8221; Raphael went immediately, and brought the money.
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וְאָמַ֥ר רָפָאֵ֖ל לְטוֹבִיָּ֑ה אָחִ֗י אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֨עְתָּ֙ אֵ֣יךְ הִנַּ֔חְתָּ אֶת־אָבִ֥יךָ וְאֶת־אִמֶּ֖ךָ בְּצַ֥עַר גָּדֽוֹל׃ וְעַתָּ֞ה נֵלֵ֤ךְ אֲנַחְנוּ֙ לִפְנ֣וֹת הַבַּ֔יִת וְתָּבֵ֥א אִשְׁתְּךָ֖ אַחֲרֵ֑ינוּ וְיֵלְכ֖וּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ אָמַ֣ר רָפָאֵל֮ לְטוֹבִיָּה֒ כְּשֶׁתָּב֣וֹא ׀ לְבֵ֣ית אָבִ֗יךָ קַ֤ח הַמָּרָה֙ מִן־הַדָּ֔ג וְשִׂ֕ים בְּעֵינֵ֥י אָבִ֖יךָ וְיִרְפָּ֑א וָיַּ֖עַשׂ כֵּֽן׃ וְאָמַ֥ר טוּבִ֖י לִבְנ֑וֹ סיפר ]סַ֥פֵּר[ לִי֙ כׇּל־מַ֣ה שֶׁעָשִׂ֔יתָ וַיּסַפֵּ֖ר לֽוֹ׃ וְאָמַ֞ר בָּר֣וּךְ יְהוָ֗ה שֶׁשָּׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכוֹ֙ עִם־בָּנִ֔י וְהִצְלִ֖יחַ דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְרָפָ֕א שְׁנֵ֥י עֲנִיִּ֖ים כָּמֽוֹנוּ׃ 
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ואמר רפאל לטוביה אחי אתה ידעת איך הנחת את אביך ואת אמך בצער גדול. ועתה נלך אנחנו לפנות הבית ותבא אשתך אחרינו. וילכו שניהם. אמ׳ רפאל לטוביה כשתבא לבית אביך קח המרה מן הדג וישם (ושים .1) בעיני אביך וירפא. ויעש בן ואמר טובי לבנו סִיפֵר (!) לי בל מה שעשית ויספר לו. ואמר ברוך י״י ששלח מלאכו עם בני והצלח דרכו ורפא שני עניים כמונו.
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And Raphael said to Toḇiyah: &#8220;You know that you have left your father and your mother in great pain; now let us go to prepare the house, and let your wife come after us. So they both of them went. Raphael said to Toḇiyah: &#8220;When you come into the house of your father, take the gall and put it in the eyes of your father, and he will be cured.&#8221; He did so. And Toḇi said to his son: &#8220;Tell me all that you have done.&#8221; And he told him. And he said: &#8220;Blessed be <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> who has sent his angel with my son, and has prospered his way, and has cured two poor people like ourselves.&#8221;
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לְאַחַ֧ר יָמִ֛ים בֵּ֥רַךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְטוֹבִיָּ֑ה עַ֤ל שֶׁקִּיֵם֙ מִצְוַ֣ת אָבִ֔יו וַיִּתֵּ֥ן מַעֲשֵׂ֖ר מִכׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֽוֹ׃ הָ֨א לָמַ֧דְנוּ כֹּ֛חַ הַצְּדָק֥וֹת וְהַמַּעַשְׂר֖וֹת כַּמָּ֣ה גָּד֑וֹל עַל֩ שֶׁעָשָׁ֨ה טוּבִ֜י צְדָק֗וֹת וְהִפְרִ֤ישׁ מַעַשְׂרוֹתָיו֙ כְּרָא֔וּי מַ֚ה שָׁלֵ֣ם ל֔וֹ הַקָּד֖וֹשׁ בָּר֥וּךְ הֽוּא׃ וּלְפִ֨י שֶׁהָ֤יוּ יוֹדְעִין֙ אֲב֣וֹת הָעוֹלָ֔ם כֹּ֥חַ הַצְּדָקָ֖ה וְהַמַּעַשְׂר֑וֹת הָ֥יוּ זְהִירִ֖ין בָּהֶֽן׃ לְכָךְ֙ הִזְהִ֣יר מֹשֶׁ֔ה עַשֵּׂ֣ר תְּעַשֵּׂ֔ר אֵ֖ת כׇּל־תְּבוּאַ֥ת זַרְעֶֽךָ׃
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לאחר ימים בֵרַך אלהים לטוביה על שקיים מצות אביו ויתן מעשר מכל אשר לו. הא למדנו כח הצדקות והמעשרות כמה גדול על שעשה טובי צדקות והפריש מעשרותיו בראוי מה שלם לו הׄבׄהׄ ולפי שהיו יודעין אבות העולם כח הצדקה והמעשרות היו זהירין בהן. לכך הזהיר משה עשר תעשר את כל תבואת זרעך׃
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In after days Elohim blessed Toḇiyah also, because he fulfilled the command of his father, and gave tithes of everything that he possessed. Hence we learn how great is the power of alms and tithes, and how, because Toḇi gave alms and separated his tithes as is required, <span class="divine-referent">the blessed Holy One</span> rewarded him! And because the ancestors of the world knew the power of alms and tithes they were careful in observing them. Therefore did Mosheh warn the Yisraelim, saying to them: &#8220;You shall surely tithe all the increase of your seed.&#8221;
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		<title>Für Scheni chamischi scheni &#124; For (customary fasts on) the Monday, Thursday, and the following Monday (after Pesaḥ &#038; Sukkot), by Yehoshua Heshil Miro (1835)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2021 21:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA["Für Scheni chamischi scheni" was written by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, <a href="https://opensiddur.org/?p=41365">בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) <em>Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion</em></a>. In the 1835 edition, it appears as teḥinah №55, on pp. 98-100.]]></description>
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
<span class="instruction">Für Scheni chamischi scheni</span><span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_41548_2('footnote_plugin_reference_41548_2_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_41548_2('footnote_plugin_reference_41548_2_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_41548_2_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_41548_2_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> In dem Buche Kolbo, in dem Abschnitt vom Fasten: Es ist ein Gebrauch in Israel, nach dem Oster- und dem Laubhüttenfeste dreimal, nämlich Montag, Donnerstag und den folgenden Montag zu fasten und zu beren, zur Versdhnung der Sünden die man etwa im Wohtgenuß der Feste begangen haben könnte. Der Mahril setzt hinzu: Es heißt in der Schrift (Psalm 2, 11) Freuet euch mit Zittern; wo Freude ist, soll auch heilige Scheu vor Gott sein. Der Midrasch bezichet den Grbrauch auf Hiob 1, 5. Rabi Joseph Caro in dem Abschnitt vom Fasten (הלכות תענית) und der Halachoth gedoleth geben noch andere Ursachen an. — In jedem Falle liegt mehr Würde im Entsagen als im Genieben. Siehe Dr. Klei Predigten, 2te Sammlung, 24ste Prebigt. Hamburg 1824).&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_41548_2_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_41548_2_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>
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<span class="instruction">For the Monday, Thursday, and the following Monday (after Pesaḥ &#038; Sukkot)</span><span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_41548_2('footnote_plugin_reference_41548_2_2');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_41548_2('footnote_plugin_reference_41548_2_2');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_41548_2_2" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[2]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_41548_2_2" class="footnote_tooltip"> In the book of Kolbo, in the section on fasting: It is a minhag in Israel to fast and pray three times after the festivals of Pesaḥ and Sukkot, namely Monday, Thursday and the following Monday, in order to atone for sins that may have been committed during the festivals. The Maharil adds: &#8220;It is written (Psalms 2:11) Rejoice with trembling; where there is joy, there should also be holy reverence before God.&#8221; The Midrash connects the minhag to Job 1:5. Rabi Yosef Ḳaro in the section on fasting (הלכות תענית) and the Halachoth gedoleth (?) give still other causes. — In any case, there is more dignity in renouncing than in enjoying. See Dr. Klei, Sermons, 2te Collection, 24ste Prebigt. Hamburg 1824).&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_41548_2_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_41548_2_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>
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Ich flehe dich an, König des Erbarmens,<br />
sende vollkommene Genesung allen die ihrer bedürfen,<br />
und möge sich dein heilig Wort bestätigen:<br />
&#8220;Ich will jede Krankheit von dir abwenden&#8221; <span class="citation">(Exodus 23:25)</span>.<br />
An den Tagen wo die Jahreszeiten si scheiden,<br />
fasten und beten wir, daß du uns vor Krankheiten fchützen mögest,<br />
die in dieser Zeit sich einzustellen pflegen.
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I beseech you, King of Mercy,<br />
send perfect recovery to all who need it,<br />
and may your holy word be confirmed:<br />
&#8220;I will turn away every sickness from you&#8221; <span class="citation">(Exodus 23:25)</span>.<br />
On the days when the seasons part,<br />
we fast and pray that you may protect us from the diseases<br />
that tend to appear at this time.
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Auch ergeben wir uns Gefühlen und Handlungen der Buße,<br />
wegen der sünden,<br />
die wir vielleicht in den eben verflossenen Feiertagen begangen haben.<br />
Verzeihe uns, und behüte uns vor allem Uebel,<br />
und stehe uns bei in allen Nöthen.<br />
Schütze uns vor dem Einfluße des Neides,<br />
des Hasses und der Zwietracht,<br />
vor Armuth und Demüthigung,<br />
vor allen bösen Zufällen<br />
und vor den Anschlägen frevelhafter Menschen.<br />
Stärke uns in den Gefühlen der Buße, —
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We also surrender to feelings and actions of penance<br />
for the sins we may have committed<br />
during the festival days that have just passed.<br />
Forgive us and protect us from all evil,<br />
and stand by us in all our needs.<br />
Protect us from the influence of envy,<br />
of hatred and of discord,<br />
from poverty and humiliation,<br />
from all evil coincidences<br />
and from the attempts of wicked men.<br />
Strengthen us in the feelings of repentance, —
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Behüte alle Frauen vor unzeitiger Niederkunft,<br />
und wenn du ihnen Kinder beschieden hast,<br />
so gieb ihnen Kraft sie zu nähren,<br />
und sie deinem Dienste zu erziehen.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Protect all women from untimely childbirth,<br />
and if you have given them children,<br />
give them strength to nurture them<br />
and bring them up to serve you.
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Behüte die liebe Jugend vor Kinderkrankheiten,<br />
und gieb ihnen alle Eigenschaften des Geistes,<br />
um die Lehren der heiligen Religion zu fassen,<br />
und ihrem Herzen einzuprägen.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Protect the dear youth from infantile diseases,<br />
 and give them all the qualities of the spirit<br />
 to grasp the teachings of the holy religion<br />
 and imprint them on their hearts.
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Und wie du einst die Ehe des ersten Menschenpaares gefügt und gesegnet hast,<br />
wie du die Ehe des Isaak durch Eliesar,<br />
die Ehe des Jakob durch seine Reise nach Padan Aram,<br />
die Ehe des Mosche durch seine Flucht vor Pharao herbei geführt hast,<br />
so leite ihre Entschlüsse zur rechten Zeik,<br />
wenn fie in den heligen Ehestand treten wollen.
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And as you once ordained and blessed the marriage of the first human couple,<br />
as you brought about the marriage of Yitsḥaq through Eliezar,<br />
the marriage of Yaaqov through his journey to Padan Aram,<br />
the marriage of Mosheh through his flight from Pharaoh,<br />
so guide their resolutions at the right time<br />
when they want to enter the holy matrimony.
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Erbarme dich aller Wittwen und Waisen,<br />
und gieb ihnen Gunst in den Augen derer,<br />
die sie zu ihrem schutz<br />
und Unterhalt in Anspruch nehmen.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Have mercy on all widows and orphans,<br />
and give them favor<br />
in the eyes of those who claim them<br />
for their protection and sustenance.
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Segne die Menschheit mit Gesundheit<br />
und guter Nahrung bis an ihr Lebensziel.<br />
Wer auf einer Reise ist,<br />
wer in öden Gegenden wandelt,<br />
wer sich der See anvertraut hat,<br />
mögest du vor Hunger,<br />
vor Durst und gefährlichen Stürmen,<br />
wie vor allen bösen Ereignissen shützen<br />
und sie glücklich zum Ziel ihrer Reise leiten.
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Bless mankind with health and good food<br />
until they reach their destination in life.<br />
Whoever is on a journey,<br />
whoever walks in desolate regions,<br />
whoever has entrusted himself to the sea,<br />
may you protect them from hunger,<br />
from thirst and dangerous storms,<br />
as well as from all evil events,<br />
and guide them happily to the goal of their journey.
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Die sich dem Handel widmen, segne, O Gott,<br />
daß sie sich und ihre Familien mit Ehren ernähreu können,<br />
ohne Vergehungen, die diesem Nahrungszweig anzuhängen pflegen,<br />
setze sie in Stand, andere Dürftige,<br />
besonders arme Gelehrte unterstützen zu können.
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Bless, O God, those who devote themselves to trade,<br />
that they may be able to feed themselves and their families with honor,<br />
without the transgressions that tend to attach to this branch of food;<br />
enable them to support other needy people,<br />
especially poor scholars.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Die sich einem Handwerke widmen,<br />
segne mit Kraft und Muth,<br />
damit sie mit Liebe ihren Beruf erfüllen.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Bless those who devote themselves to a craft<br />
with strength and courage,<br />
so that they fulfill their profession with love.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Arme und Dürftige erhalte durch Milde und Barmherzigkeit,<br />
wie du allen deinen Geschöpfen deine milde Hand öffnest. —
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Sustain the poor and the needy with gentleness and mercy,<br />
just as you open your gentle hand to all your creatures. —
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Die Gelehrten segne mit Weisheit und Verstand,<br />
daß fie dir wohlgefällig lehren, richten und entscheiden mögen.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Bless the learned with wisdom and understanding,<br />
that they may teach, judge and decide in a manner pleasing to thee.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Das Gebet unserer Vorbeter erhöre<br />
stets mit Gnade und Wohlwollen.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Hear the prayer of our prayer leaders<br />
always with grace and goodwill.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Unsern Gemeindevorstchern<br />
und Armenpflegern stärke das Herz,<br />
daß sie sich stets mit Eifer und Redlichkeit<br />
ihres Amtes annehmen,<br />
gieb ihnen Gunst in den Augen der hohen Behörden,<br />
wenn sie eine gute Sache zu vertreten haben,<br />
und entkleide sie alles Stolzes, aller Selbstsucht.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Strengthen the hearts of our community leaders<br />
and those who care for the needy,<br />
that they may always assume their office<br />
with zeal and honesty;<br />
grant them favor in the eyes of the high authorities<br />
when they have a good cause to represent,<br />
and strip them of all pride and selfishness.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Segne uns,<br />
und erlöse und von allem Uebel,<br />
<em>Amen</em>.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Bless us<br />
and deliver us from all evil,<br />
<em>Amen</em>.
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<p>&#8220;Für Scheni chamischi scheni&#8221; was written by Yehoshua Heshil Miro and published in his anthology of teḥinot, <a href="/?p=41365">בית יעקב (Beit Yaaqov) <em>Allgemeines Gebetbuch für gebildete Frauen mosaischer Religion</em></a>. This teḥinah was new to the 1835 edition, where it appears as teḥinah №55, on pp. 98-100. In the 1842 edition, it appears as teḥinah №58, on pp. 103-105. </p>
<p>This transcription was derived by proofreading the output of Tesseract-OCR with its Fraktur script training data. This translation was derived by proofreading the output of the translation tools of DeepL and Google. &#8211;Aharon Varady</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A ritual and liturgy for Jews who have felt compelled to withdraw from friendships, organisations, or social and religious environments in which antisemitism, hostility towards Israel, or the dismissal of Jewish grief had become tolerated or normalised. It is intended particularly for those who have already established a practical boundary—by leaving, blocking, unfollowing, or ending a relationship—and who need a Jewish ritual through which to acknowledge the resulting grief and affirm their dignity, solidarity, and continued connection to the Jewish people.]]></description>
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I wrote this ritual in 2026 for Jews who have felt compelled to withdraw from friendships, organisations, or social and religious environments in which antisemitism, hostility towards Israel, or the dismissal of Jewish grief had become tolerated or normalised. It is intended particularly for those who have already established a practical boundary—by leaving, blocking, unfollowing, or ending a relationship—and who need a Jewish ritual through which to acknowledge the resulting grief and affirm their dignity, solidarity, and continued connection to the Jewish people.
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<span class="instruction">Before the ritual begins,<br />
the practical boundary has already been made:<br />
evidence saved if necessary; the message reported if necessary;<br />
the person blocked, muted, unfollowed, deleted, or left behind.</span></p>
<p><span class="instruction">Objects, all optional: a Havdalah candle; spices; wine or grape juice; a small piece of paper.<br />
You may wish to write on the piece of paper the name of the person, the relationship, or the illusion you are releasing.</span></p>
<p><span class="instruction">Find a quiet space. Turn towards Jerusalem.</span></p>
<p><span class="instruction">You may wish to begin the ritual by placing your phone face down.</span>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;">Lighting the Candle — the first fire after loneliness</span>
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<span class="instruction">One of these two paragraphs:</span>
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“When the sun set at the end of the first Shabbat, darkness began to settle in.<br />
Adam was afraid. He asked himself:<br />
perhaps the serpent will now come to attack me?<br />
What did <span class="divine-referent">the Holy One</span> do? <span class="divine-referent">God</span> prepared two flints for him.<br />
Adam struck them against each other and light came forth.<br />
Then Adam blessed the light.” <span class="citation">(Bereshit Rabbah 11.2)</span>
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I light this flame before I sit with the loss.<br />
May this flame help me see<br />
who remained,<br />
who left,<br />
who minimised,<br />
who called contempt an opinion.<br />
This light marks the boundary between my tent<br />
and what can no longer enter it.
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה<br />
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ<br />
מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם<br />
בּוֵֹרא מְאוֹרֵי הָאֵשׁ׃
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<em>Barukh Atah<br />
Adonai Eloheinu<br />
Melekh ha-olam,<br />
borei me’orei ha-esh.</em></p>
<p>Blessed are You,<br />
<span class="divine-referent">Eternal</span> <span class="divine-referent">our God</span>,<br />
<span class="divine-referent">Sovereign of the universe</span>,<br />
creator of the lights of fire.
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<span class="instruction">Light the candle.</span>
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קְרִיעָה
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;"><em>Qeri‘ah</em> — the tear</span>
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Like many Jews, I too have been betrayed.<br />
Like many Jews, I too have been left alone.<br />
Like many Jews, I too have endured selective compassion.<br />
Like many Jews, I too have heard hatred excused.<br />
Like many Jews, I too have found myself standing before closed doors.<br />
Like many Jews, my heart too is torn.<br />
Like many Jews, I too name the loss.
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בָּרוּךְ דַּיַּן הָאֱמֶת׃
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<em>Barukh Dayan ha-Emet.</em> </p>
<p>Blessed is <span class="divine-referent">the True Judge</span>.
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<span class="instruction">Tear the paper.</span>
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שִׁבְעָה
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;"><em>Shivah</em> — sitting with the loss</span>
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<span class="instruction">One may remove a shoe, sit on cushions if possible, or sit on a low chair.<br />
If none of this is possible, simply sit in stillness for a few moments.</span>
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הַבֵּיט יָמִין וּרְאֵה<br />
וְאֵין־לִי מַכִּיר<br />
אָבַד מָנוֹס מִמֶּנִּי<br />
אֵין דּוֵֹרשׁ לְנַפְשִׁי׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים קמב:ה)</span>
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<em>Habit yamin u-re’eh,<br />
ve-ein li makir;<br />
avad manos mimmeni,<br />
ein doresh le-nafshi.</em></p>
<p>Look to the right and see:<br />
there is no one who knows me.<br />
Refuge has failed me;<br />
no one cares for my soul. <span class="citation">(Psalms 142:5)</span>
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<span class="instruction">You may want to add:</span>
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I sit with this loss, not to mourn anyone else,<br />
but to mourn the part of myself that believed it was accompanied.<br />
I mourn the illusion that certain words would never be spoken.<br />
I mourn the illusion that, when hatred of Jews appeared,<br />
I would not be left alone.<br />
Like David in the cave, I look to the right and see<br />
that there are moments when no one seems to know me,<br />
no refuge remains, no one asks after my soul.
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<span class="instruction">Pause for a moment of silence. Then say:</span>
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I will not sit for seven days.<br />
I will not give this wound that much power.<br />
But I acknowledge that there has been a loss.<br />
May <span class="divine-referent">God</span> comfort the part of me that believed it was not alone.
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<span class="instruction">These passages from &#8220;<a href="/index.php?tag_ID=2287">Lekhah Dodi</a>&#8221; (1529) by Rabbi Shlomo Alkabetz of Safed may then be read or sung:</span>
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רַב לָךְ שֶׁבֶת בְּעֵמֶק הַבָּכָא<br />
הִתְנַעֲרִי מֵעָפָר קוּמִי׃
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<em>Rav lakh shevet be-emeq ha-bakha.<br />
Hitna&#8217;ari me-afar qumi.</em></p>
<p>Long enough have you sat in the valley of tears. […]<br />
Shake yourself from the dust.
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;">Rising — strength and dignity</span>
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May I rise with strength.<br />
May I rise with dignity.
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה<br />
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ<br />
מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם<br />
זוֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים׃
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<em>Barukh Atah<br />
Adonai Eloheinu<br />
Melekh ha-olam,<br />
zoqef kefufim.</em></p>
<p>Blessed are You,<br />
<span class="divine-referent">Eternal</span> <span class="divine-referent">our God</span>,<br />
<span class="divine-referent">Sovereign of the universe</span>,<br />
who raises those who are bowed down.
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The wound is real.<br />
But it will not govern my house.
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<span class="instruction">Rise.</span>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;">The Curse Turns Into Blessing</span>
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הִנֵּה בָרֵךְ לָקַחְתִּי<br />
וּבֵרֵךְ וְלֹא אֲשִׁיבֶנָּה
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<em>Hinéh varékh lakaḥti;<br />
u-vérékh ve-lo ashivennah.</em></p>
<p>I have received a command to bless:<br />
<span class="divine-referent">He</span> has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.” <span class="citation">(Numbers 23:20)</span>
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<span class="instruction">One of the two following paragraphs:</span>
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Even Balaam, who came to curse, became a witness.<br />
From a place of hostility came the words:<br />
this people is not absorbed into the nations’ account.<br />
I do not need the hostile gaze to bless me.<br />
And I remember: the curse does not have the final word.
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I did not want to be alone.<br />
I did not choose this solitude.<br />
Sometimes Israel dwells alone<br />
because others leave Israel alone.<br />
Sometimes a Jew discovers solitude<br />
not when enemies shout, but when friends grow quiet.<br />
But this solitude will not be my grave.<br />
It will become the boundary of my tent.
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;">A Litany of Enough</span>
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<span class="instruction">One of the two following paragraphs:</span>
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If I explained and you did not listen — <em>dayenu</em>.<br />
If I explained again and you asked me to justify myself — <em>dayenu</em>.<br />
If you saw Jewish grief and answered with suspicion — <em>dayenu</em>.<br />
If your friendship required my silence — <em>dayenu</em>.
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This is the moment of <em>Hadar</em>:<br />
not vanity, but dignity.<br />
I will not make myself smaller in order to be tolerated.<br />
My patience is not endless.<br />
My dignity is not negotiable.<br />
My tent is not a public square for contempt.
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;">The Modesty of Israel</span>
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מַה־טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב<br />
מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל <span class="citation">(במדבר כד:ה)</span>
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<em>Mah tovu ohalekha Ya‘aqov,<br />
mishkenotekha Yisrael.</em></p>
<p>How goodly are your tents, O Jacob,<br />
your dwellings, O Israel. <span class="citation">(Numbers 24:5)</span>
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The Talmud asks what Balaam saw.<br />
It answers:<br />
he saw that the entrances of Israel’s tents<br />
were not aligned with one another,<br />
so that one person did not look into the private space of another.<br />
From that restraint came the blessing: <em>Mah tovu</em> <span class="citation">(Numbers 24:5)</span> —<br />
“How goodly are your tents, O Jacob.” <span class="citation">(Bava Batra 60a)</span>
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The beauty of Israel’s tents<br />
was that every opening had restraint,<br />
protected from the gaze of another.<br />
My life, too, is a tent.<br />
My grief has a threshold.<br />
My Jewishness is not an open chamber<br />
into which others may enter<br />
to judge, minimise, or explain.
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My tent is smaller today.<br />
Some people no longer enter it.<br />
But it is more truthful, more guarded, more beautiful.
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בְּשָׂמִים
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;"><em>Besamim</em> — against the hostile eye</span>
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עַיִן הָרָע
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<em>‘Ayin hara</em> names the hostile gaze:<br />
the gaze that stares at Jewish pain with suspicion;<br />
the gaze that turns Jewish vulnerability into an accusation;<br />
the gaze that demands endless explanation but refuses recognition.<br />
In many Jewish communities,<br />
especially among Sephardi and Mizraḥi Jews,<br />
the language of protection from <em>‘ayin hara</em> — the evil or hostile eye —<br />
has been attached to Joseph.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
<span class="instruction">One of the following paragraphs:</span>
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בְּלִי עַיִן הָרַע<br />
בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף
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<em>Bli ‘ayin hara.<br />
Bén porat Yosef.</em></p>
<p>Without the evil eye.<br />
Joseph, fruitful beyond the eye.
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יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ<br />
שֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁלֹט בִּי עַיִן הָרָעָה<br />
וְשֶׁלֹּא תִּשְׁלֹט בְּאהֶֹל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַיִן שֶׁל שִׂנְאָה
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<em>Yehi ratson milfanekha<br />
she-lo tishlot bi ‘ayin hara‘ah,<br />
ve-she-lo tishlot be-ohel Yisrael ‘ayin shel sin’ah.</em></p>
<p>May it be Your will<br />
that no evil eye have power over me,<br />
and that no eye of hatred have power over the tent of Israel.
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May I stand, like Joseph, beyond the hostile eye.<br />
May the eye that looks at Jewish grief with suspicion not define me.<br />
May the eye that turns Jewish fear into accusation not enter my tent.<br />
Let my breath return to me.
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<span class="instruction">Here you can smell the spices, or simply pause and breathe.</span>
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הַבְדָּלָה
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;"><em>Havdalah</em> — extinguishing the candle</span>
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<span class="instruction">Take the wine or grape juice. Extinguish the candle in it, or simply look at the flame and then cover it.</span>
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בָּרוּךְ הַמַּבְדִּיל<br />
בֵּין אוֹר לְחֹשֶׁךְ<br />
בֵּין אֱמֶת לְפַחַד<br />
בֵּין חֲבֵרוּת לִנְטִישָׁה<br />
בֵּין מַחֲלֹקֶת לְשִׂנְאָה<br />
בֵּין פֶּתַח לְפִרְצָה
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<em>Barukh ha-mavdil<br />
bein or le-ḥoshekh,<br />
bein emet le-faḥad,<br />
bein ḥaverut linetishah,<br />
bein maḥloket le-sin’ah,<br />
bein petaḥ le-firtsah.</em></p>
<p>Blessed is <span class="divine-referent">the One</span> who separates<br />
light from darkness,<br />
truth from fear,<br />
friendship from abandonment,<br />
disagreement from hatred,<br />
a doorway from a breach.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
The flame is extinguished. The boundary remains.<br />
The relationship ends. The blessing remains.<br />
The wound is real. But it will not govern my house.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
מַה־טֹּבוּ
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;"><em>Mah Tovu</em> — the tents still stand</span>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
מַה־טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב<br />
מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל <span class="citation">(במדבר כד:ה)</span>
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
<em>Mah tovu ohalekha Ya‘aqov,<br />
mishkenotekha Yisrael.</em></p>
<p>How goodly are your tents, O Jacob,<br />
your dwellings, O Israel. <span class="citation">(Numbers 24:5)</span>
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עוֹד לֹא אָבְדָה תִּקְוָתֵנוּ<br />
הַתִּקְוָה בַּת שְׁנוֹת אַלְפַּיִם<br />
לִהְיוֹת עַם חָפְשִׁי בְּאַרְצֵנוּ<br />
אֶרֶץ צִיּוֹן וִירוּשָׁלַיִם
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<em>Od lo avdah tiqvaténu,<br />
ha-tiqvah bat shnot alpayim,<br />
lihiyot ‘am ḥofshi be-artseinu,<br />
erets Tsiyon vi-Yerushalayim.</em></p>
<p>Our hope is not yet lost,<br />
the hope of two thousand years:<br />
to be a free people in our land,<br />
the land of Ẓíōn and Jerusalem.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_68262_3('footnote_plugin_reference_68262_3_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_68262_3('footnote_plugin_reference_68262_3_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_68262_3_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_68262_3_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> Lines from <a href="/?p=31146">Hatiqvah</a> (1878) by Naphtali Herz Imber, the national anthem of the State of Israel.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_68262_3_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_68262_3_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 10px; text-decoration-thickness: from-font;">Conclusion</span>
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Where a Jew was left alone,<br />
let me add solidarity.<br />
Where trust was diminished,<br />
let me add <em>tsedaqah</em>.<br />
Where the heart was closed,<br />
let the hand be opened.<br />
The wound does not have the last word.
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עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי
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<em>Am Yisrael Ḥai</em>.</p>
<p>The people of Israel lives.
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<span class="instruction">After the ritual, consider a donation to Israel, communal security, victims of terror, or your synagogue.</span>
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