Schedule for the Reading of Historical Writings corresponding to Festivals and Commemorative Days, according to Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Date: 2024-10-10

Last Updated: 2024-10-10

Categories: Historical Writings, Reading Schedules

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כתובים אחרים ketuvim aḥerim, לוח lu'aḥ

Excerpt: A schedule for the reading of the historical writings in the TaNaKh corresponding to Festivals and Commemorative Days, according to the practice of Isaac Gantwerk Mayer . . .

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The term “historical writings” is used as a general term for the works in Ketuvim that don’t fit into the categories of the Sifrei Emet (Psalms, Proverbs, and Job) or the Five Megillot (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther). This leaves Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Daniel. These books are fascinating, strange, and deeply under-studied, and I’ve wanted to increase our reading and analysis of these books for a long time, at least since I designed a cantillation system for them back in 2018.

This is a cycle of readings from the historical writings assigned to holidays in the Jewish calendar. They could be read according to the system I designed or any personal preference — in Syrian practice, for instance, readings from these books are read with the same cantillation system as used for Ruth.

Festival/Commemorative Day Historical Writings
Pesaḥ First Days II Chronicles 35:1-18
Pesaḥ Last Days Ezra 6:19-7:10
Shavuot Nehemiah 10:1-11:2
9 Av, Tsom Gedalyah, 10 Tevet, and 17 Tammuz II Chronicles 35:25-36:21
1 Elul Daniel 4:26-34
Rosh haShanah Nehemiah 8:2-12
Yom Kippur Daniel 9:1-20
Sukkot Festival Day Nehemiah 8:13-18
Shemini Atseret II Chronicles 7:1-18
Sigd Nehemiah 9:1-37
Ḥanukkah (Day 1) Ezra 6:1-18
Zōt Ḥanukkah (Day 8) Daniel 11:21-45
Tu biShvat Daniel 3:31-4:25
Taanit Esther and Purim Ezra 4:1-6, 5:1-2

This is the schedule for the reading of the historical writings in the TaNaKh corresponding to Festivals and Commemorative Days, according to the practice of Isaac Gantwerk Mayer.

 

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Caption: Ezra Reads the Law. Synagogue interior wood panel from Dura Europos, Syria.