לֹֽא־יַשְׁאִ֤ירוּ | Lo Yash'iru — an ofan for Pesaḥ Sheni, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Date: 2024-05-21

Last Updated: 2024-06-01

Categories: Pesaḥ Sheni

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, ofanim, יוצרות yotsrot, פיוטים piyyutim

Excerpt: An ofan for Pesaḥ Sheni in tripartite stanzas. Each stanza begins with a citation of Numbers 9:12-14, then an acrostic spelling out "the son of Avraham the priest, ḥazaq." . . .


Content:
An ofan for Pesaḥ Sheni in tripartite stanzas. Each stanza begins with a citation of Numbers 9:12-14, then an acrostic spelling out “the son of Avraham the priest, ḥazaq.”

This is part two of a five-part series of yotsrot for Pesaḥ Sheni (which the author literally just finished the night of).


Source (Hebrew) Translation (English)
מְלֹ֥א כׇל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃ (ישעיה ו:ג)
All the earth is full of Their glory! (Isaiah 6:3)
לֹֽא־יַשְׁאִ֤ירוּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ (במדבר ט:יב)
בְּרָכוֹת לֶאֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
נִגּוּנִים עַל־פִּסְחֵֽנוּ
Let it not remain of them… (Numbers 9:12)
blessings to our God,  
songs over our pesaḥim.  
כְּכׇל־חֻקַּ֥ת הַפֶּ֖סַח (במדבר ט:יב)
אֹפַן אֶת־שִׁירוֹ שָׁח
בָּרוּךְ הוּא עַד־נֵֽצַח
Like all the laws of pesaḥ, (Numbers 9:12)
each Wheel-angel recites its song —  
blessed be They forever!  
וְהָאִישׁ֩ אֲשֶׁר־ה֨וּא טָה֜וֹר (במדבר ט:יג)
רוֹאֶה אֶת־זְהֹר
הַכֹּהֵן עַל־הַר הֹר
And the man who is pure (Numbers 9:13)
sees the luminance  
of the priest on Mt. Hor.[1] Aharon, the high priest who officiated over festival sacrifices.   
כִּ֣י ׀ קׇרְבַּ֣ן יְהֹוָ֗ה (במדבר ט:יג)
מַלְאֲכֵי הֲמוֹנַי
הֵם יַשְׁלִֽיחוּ מִפָּנַי
For a sacrifice to the Cause (Numbers 9:13)
Angels of my myriads  
send it forth from before me.  
וְכִֽי־יָג֨וּר אִתְּכֶ֜ם גֵּ֗ר (במדבר ט:יד)
כְּאֶזְרָח אַל־תְּאַתְגֵּר
הָס שׂוֹנֵא וְתִסָּגֵר
And if a stranger dwells among you (Numbers 9:14)
like a native, do not challenge.  
Hush, hateful one, and be shut up!  
חֻקָּ֤ה אַחַת֙ (במדבר ט:יד)
נְטֹהַר טְהוֹרָה מֻבְטַחַת
חָזָק וְרַב אַל־נִפְחַת
A single law (Numbers 9:14)
we will be cleansed in promised purity,  
strong and mighty, let us not decrease.  
וְהַחַיּוֹת יְשׁוֹרֵֽרוּ וּכְרוּבִים יְפָאֵֽרוּ
וּשְׂרָפִים יָרֹֽנּוּ וְאֶרְאֶלִּים יְבָרֵֽכוּ
פְּנֵי כׇּל־חַיָּה וְאוֹפַן וּכְרוּב לְעֻמַּת שְׂרָפִים
לְעֻמָּתָם מְשַׁבְּחִים וְאוֹמְרִים:
בָּר֥וּךְ כְּבוֹד־יְהֹוָ֖ה מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃
And the Creature-angels compose and the Mount-angels praise
and the Fire-angels cheer and the Altar-angels bless,
the face of each Creature-angel and Wheel-angel and Mount-angel facing the Fire-angels,
facing them, praising, and saying:
blessed be the glory of the Cause from Their place!

Notes

Notes
1 Aharon, the high priest who officiated over festival sacrifices.

Contributor: Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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