The Blessing of the Torah
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Ba-rooch
ah-ta Adonai, Eh-lo-hay-noo
meh-lech ha oh-lahm,
ah-sher ba-char ba-noo me-kol ha-ahmeem,
v’na-tahn la-noo et torah-toe,
ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai, no-tane ha-torah.
Blessed are
You, O Lord our G-d,
King of the Universe,
Who has chosen us from all peoples
and given us His Torah.
Blessed are You, O Lord, Giver of the Torah. |
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Cantor Kenneth B. Cohen of
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D’varim 26:1-29:8
Rishon [1st]:
29:10You stand this day all
of you before the LORD your G-d; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all
the men of Yisra'el, 29:11your little ones, your wives, and your foreigner who is in the midst of your camps, from the one who cuts
your wood to the one who draws your water; 29:12that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your G-d, and into his oath, which the LORD
your G-d makes with you this day; 29:13that he may establish you this day to himself for a people, and that he may be to you a G-d,
as he spoke to you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov.
29:14Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath, 29:15but with him who stands here with us this day before the
LORD our G-d, and also with him who is not here with us this day
29:16(for you know how we lived in the land
of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed;
29:17and you have seen their abominations,
and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them); 29:18lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family,
or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our G-d, to go to serve the gods of those
nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood;
29:19and it happen, when he hears the words
of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have shalom, though I walk in the stubbornness
of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry. 29:20The LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that
man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from
under the sky. 29:21The
LORD will set him apart to evil out of all the tribes of Yisra'el, according to all the curses of the covenant
that is written in this book of the law.
29:22The generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from
a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it
sick; 29:23and
that the whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, and a burning, that it is
not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sedom and `Amorah, Admah and Tzevoyim,
which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
29:24even all the nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land?
what means the heat of this great anger? 29:25Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the G-d of their fathers,
which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
29:26and went and served other gods, and
worshiped them, gods that they didn't know, and that he had not given to them:
29:27therefore the anger of the LORD was
kindled against this land, to bring on it all the curse that is written in this book;
29:28and the LORD rooted them out of their
land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
29:29The secret things belong to the LORD our G-d; but the things that are revealed belong to us
and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Sheni [2nd]:
30:1It shall happen, when all
these things are come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to
mind among all the nations, where the LORD your G-d has driven you,
30:2and shall return to the LORD your
G-d, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all
your heart, and with all your soul; 30:3that then the LORD your G-d will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will
return and gather you from all the peoples, where the LORD your G-d has scattered you.
30:4If any of your
outcasts are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there will the LORD your G-d gather you, and
from there will he bring you back: 30:5and the LORD your G-d will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you
shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers.
30:6The LORD your G-d will
circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the LORD your G-d with all your heart, and
with all your soul, that you may live.
Shlishi [3rd]:
30:7The LORD your G-d
will put all these curses on your enemies, and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.
30:8You shall return and obey the voice of
the LORD, and do all his mitzvot which I command you this day.
30:9The LORD your G-d will make
you plenteous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the
fruit of your ground, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your
fathers.
30:10If you shall obey the voice of the LORD your G-d, to keep his mitzvot and
his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to the LORD your G-d with all
your heart, and with all your soul. 30:11For this mitzvah which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is
it far off. 30:12It
is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, and make us to hear
it, that we may do it? 30:13Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us,
and make us to hear it, that we may do it? 30:14But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
R'vi'i [4th]:
30:15Behold, I have set
before you this day life and good, and death and evil;
30:16in that I command you this day to love the LORD your G-d,
to walk in his ways, and to keep his mitzvot and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may
live and multiply, and that the LORD your G-d may bless you in the land where you go in to possess
it. 30:17But if your
heart turn away, and you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
30:18I denounce to you this
day, that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land, where you pass over the Yarden to
go in to possess it.
30:19I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the
blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your seed;
30:20to love the LORD your G-d,
to obey his voice, and to cleave to him; for he is your life, and the length of your days; that you may dwell in
the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya`akov, to give them.
31:1Moshe went and spoke these words to all Yisra'el.
31:2He said to them, I am one hundred twenty years old this day; I can no
more go out and come in: and the LORD has said to me, You shall not go over this Yarden.
31:3The LORD your G-d, he will
go over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them: and
Yehoshua, he shall go over before you, as the LORD has spoken. 31:4The LORD will do to them as he did to Sichon and to `Og,
the kings of the Amori, and to their land; whom he destroyed. 31:5The LORD will deliver them up before you, and you shall
do to them according to all the mitzvah which I have commanded you.
31:6Be strong and of good courage, don't be
afraid, nor be scared of them: for the LORD your G-d, he it is who does go with you; he will not fail
you, nor forsake you.
Chamishi [5th]:
31:7Moshe called to
Yehoshua, and said to him in the sight of all Yisra'el, Be strong and of good courage: for you shall go with this
people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit
it. 31:8The LORD, he
it is who does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: don't be afraid,
neither be dismayed.
31:9Moshe wrote this law, and delivered it to the kohanim the sons of Levi, who bore the
ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Yisra'el. 31:10Moshe commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of
release, in the feast of booths, 31:11when all Yisra'el is come to appear before the LORD your G-d in the place which he shall
choose, you shall read this law before all Yisra'el in their hearing. 31:12Assemble the people, the men and the women and the
little ones, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear
the LORD your G-d, and observe to do all the words of this law;
31:13and that their children, who have not
known, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your G-d, as long as you live in the land where you go
over the Yarden to possess it.
Shishi [6th]:
31:14The LORD said to Moshe,
Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Yehoshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I
may give him a charge. Moshe and Yehoshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
31:15The LORD appeared in
the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
31:16The LORD said to Moshe, Behold, you
shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the prostitute after the strange gods of the
land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
31:17Then my anger
shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they
shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, Haven't
these evils come on us because our G-d is not among us? 31:18I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil
which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.
31:19Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach you it the children of Yisra'el: put it in their
mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Yisra'el.
Shvi'i [7th]:
31:20For when I shall have
brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten
and filled themselves, and grown fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break
my covenant. 31:21It
shall happen, when many evils and troubles are come on them, that this song shall testify before them as a
witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they
frame this day, before I have brought them into the land which I swore. 31:22So Moshe wrote this song the same day, and taught it the
children of Yisra'el.
31:23He gave Yehoshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring
the children of Yisra'el into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.
31:24It happened, when Moshe had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were
finished,
31:25that Moshe commanded
the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, 31:26Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the
ark of the covenant of the LORD your G-d, that it may be there for a witness against you.
31:27For I know your
rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against
the LORD; and how much more after my death?
Maftir [concluding]:
31:28Assemble to me
all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and
earth to witness against them. 31:29For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I
have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the
sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
31:30Moshe spoke in the ears of all the assembly of Yisra'el the words of this song, until they were finished.
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The Blessing of the Haftarah
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Ba-rooch, ah-ta Adonai,
eh-lo-hay-noo,
meh-lech ha-ohlahm,
ah-sher ba-char been-vee-eem toe-veem,
v’ra-tza b’deevray-hem,
ha-neh-eh-ma-reem, beh-eh-meht.Ba-rooch ah-ta, Adonai,
ha-bo-char ba-torah,
oo-v’Mo-sheh ahv-doe, oo-v'yeesra-ale ah-mo,
oo-veen-vee-aye ha-eh-met, va-tzeh-dek.
Blessed are you, O Lord our G-d,
King of the Universe,
Who selected good prophets,
and was pleased with their words
which were spoken truthfully.
Blessed are You, O Lord,
Who chooses the Torah,
Your servant Moses, Your people Israel,
and prophets of truth and righteousness. |
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Yesha‘yahu 61:10-63:9
61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,
my soul shall be joyful in my G-d;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
61:11For as the earth brings
forth its bud,
and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth;
so the Lord G-d will cause righteousness
and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
62:1For Tziyon's sake will I not hold my shalom,
and for Yerushalayim's sake I will not rest,
until her righteousness go forth as brightness,
and her yeshu`ah as a lamp that burns.
62:2The nations shall see
your righteousness,
and all kings your glory,
and you shall be called by a new name,
which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
62:3You shall also be a crown
of beauty in the hand of the LORD,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your G-d.
62:4You shall no more be
termed Forsaken;
neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate:
but you shall be called Cheftzi-Bah, and your land Beulah;
for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
62:5For as a young man
marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you;
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your G-d rejoice over you.
62:6I have set watchmen on your walls, Yerushalayim;
they shall never hold their shalom day nor night:
you who call on the LORD, take no rest,
62:7and give him no rest,
until he establish,
and until he make Yerushalayim a praise in the earth.
62:8The LORD has sworn
by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,
Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies;
and foreigners shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:
62:9but those who have
garnered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD;
and those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
Hoshea (Hosea) 14:2-10
14:1Yisra'el, return to the LORD your G-d;
For you have fallen because of your sin.
14:2Take words with you, and return to the LORD.
Tell him, "Forgive all our sins,
And accept that which is good:
So we offer like bulls our lips.
14:3Ashshur can't save us.
We won't ride on horses;
Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!'
For in you the fatherless finds mercy."
14:4"I will heal their waywardness.
I will love them freely;
For my anger is turned away from him.
14:5I will be like the dew to Yisra'el.
He will blossom like the lily,
And send down his roots like Levanon.
14:6His branches will spread,
And his beauty will be like the olive tree,
And his fragrance like Levanon.
14:7Men will dwell in his shade.
They will revive like the grain,
And blossom like the vine.
Their fragrance will be like the wine of Levanon.
14:8Efrayim, what have I to do any more with idols?
I answer, and will take care of him.
I am like a green fir tree;
From me your fruit is found."
14:9Who is wise, that he may understand these things?
Who is prudent, that he may know them?
For the ways of the LORD are right,
And the righteous walk in them;
But the rebellious stumble in them.
Mikhah (Micah) 7:18-20
7:18Who is a G-d
like you, who pardons iniquity,
And passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage?
He doesn't retain his anger forever,
Because he delights in loving kindness.
7:19He will again have compassion on us.
He will tread our iniquities under foot;
And you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
7:20You will give truth to Ya`akov,
and mercy to Avraham,
As you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
Yo'el (Joel) 2:15-27
2:15Blow the shofar in Tziyon!
Sanctify a fast.
Call a solemn assembly.
2:16Gather the people.
Sanctify the assembly.
Assemble the elders.
Gather the children, and those who suck the breasts.
Let the bridegroom go forth from his room,
And the bride out of her chamber.
2:17Let the kohanim, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and
the altar,
And let them say, "Spare your people, LORD,
And don't give your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should rule over them.
Why should they say among the peoples,
'Where is their G-d?'" 2:18Then the LORD was jealous for his land,
And had pity on his people. 2:19The LORD answered his people,
"Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil,
And you will be satisfied with them;
And I will no more make you a reproach among the nations.
2:20But I will remove the northern army far away from you,
And will drive it into a barren and desolate land,
Its front into the eastern sea,
And its back into the western sea;
And its stench will come up,
And its bad smell will rise."
Surely he has done great things.
2:21Land, don't be afraid.
Be glad and rejoice, for the LORD has done great things.
2:22Don't be afraid, you animals of the field;
For the pastures of the wilderness spring up,
For the tree bears its fruit.
The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
2:23"Be glad then, you children of Tziyon,
And rejoice in the LORD, your G-d;
For he gives you the former rain in just measure,
And he causes the rain to come down for you,
The former rain and the latter rain,
As before.
2:24The threshing floors will be full of wheat,
And the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
2:25I will restore to you the years that the swarming arbeh has eaten,
The great arbeh, the khagav, and the
caterpillar,
My great army, which I sent among you.
2:26You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied,
And will praise the name of the LORD, your G-d,
Who has dealt wondrously with you;
And my people will never again be disappointed.
2:27You will know that I am in the midst of Yisra'el,
And that I am the LORD, your G-d, and there is no one else;
And my people will never again be disappointed.
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The Blessing of the B'rit Chadasha
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Ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai,
Eh-lo-hay-noo
meh-lech ha-ohlahm,
ah-shehr na-tahn la-noo ma-she-ahch Yeshua,
v’ha-deebrote shell Ha-breet Ha-cha-da-sha,
ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai,
notain Ha-breet Ha-cha-da-shah.
Blessed are You, O Lord our G-d,
King of the Universe,
Who has given us Messiah Yeshua
and the commandments of the New Covenant.
Blessed are You, O Lord,
Giver of the New Covenant. |
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Romans 9:30-10:13
9:30What shall we say
then? That the Goyim, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness
which is of faith; 9:31but Yisra'el, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.
9:32Why? Because they didn't
seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;
9:33even as it is written,
"Behold, I lay in Tziyon a stumbling stone and a rock of offense;
And no one who believes in him will be disappointed."
10:1Brothers, my heart's
desire and my prayer to G-d is for Yisra'el, that they may be saved.
10:2For I testify about them that they have a
zeal for G-d, but not according to knowledge.
10:3For being ignorant of G-d’s righteousness, and seeking to
establish their own righteousness, they didn't subject themselves to the righteousness of G-d.
10:4For Messiah is the
fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 10:5For Moshe writes about the righteousness of the law, "The
one who does them will live by them." 10:6But the righteousness which is of faith says this, "Don't say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into
heaven?' (that is, to bring Messiah down); 10:7or, 'Who will descend into the abyss?' (that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead.)"
10:8But what does it say?
"The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;" that is, the word of faith, which we preach:
10:9that if you will confess
with your mouth the Lord Yeshua, and believe in your heart that G-d raised him from the dead, you
will be saved. 10:10For
with the heart, one believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
10:11For the Scripture says,
"Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed."
10:12For there is no
distinction between Yehudi and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
10:13For, "Whoever will call
on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Messianic Jews 12:14-15
12:14Follow after shalom
with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
12:15looking carefully lest there be any man
who falls short of the grace of G-d; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and
thereby the many be defiled;
Messianic Jews 13:5-8
13:5Be free from
the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither
will I in any way forsake you." 13:6So that with good courage we say,
"The Lord is my helper. I will not fear.
What can man do to me?"
13:7Remember
your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of G-d, and considering the results of their conduct,
imitate their faith. 13:8Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
The Blessing After Torah
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Ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai,
eh-lo-hay-noo
meh-lech ha-ohlahm,
ah-sher na-tahn la-noo toe-raht eh-met,
v’cha-yaye oh-lahm na-ta b’toe-chay-noo.
Ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai, no-tain ha-torah.
Blessed are you, O Lord our G-d,
King of the Universe,
Who has given us a Torah of truth,
and has planted eternal life in our midst.
Blessed are You, O Lord, Giver of the Torah. |
Click here to listen to this sung by
Cantor Kenneth B. Cohen of
Temple Sholom, Greenwich, CT |
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