מעמד ליום ראשון

Ma'amad for Sunday

תורה (בראשית א)

Torah (Genesis 1:1-5)

א (א) בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ: (ב) וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל-פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל-פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם: (ג) וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי-אֽוֹר: (ד) וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת-הָא֖וֹר כִּי-ט֑וֹב וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹהִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָא֖וֹר וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ: (ה) וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים | לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי-עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי-בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד: פ

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.

נביאים (ישעיה מב)

Prophets (Isaiah 42:5-9)

(ה) כֹּֽה-אָמַ֞ר הָאֵ֣ל | יְהוָ֗ה בּוֹרֵ֤א הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְנ֣וֹטֵיהֶ֔ם רֹקַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ וְצֶאֱצָאֶ֑יהָ נֹתֵ֤ן נְשָׁמָה֙ לָעָ֣ם עָלֶ֔יהָ וְר֖וּחַ לַהֹלְכִ֥ים בָּֽהּ: (ו) אֲנִ֧י יְהוָ֛ה קְרָאתִ֥יךָֽ בְצֶ֖דֶק וְאַחְזֵ֣ק בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְאֶצָּרְךָ֗ וְאֶתֶּנְךָ֛ לִבְרִ֥ית עָ֖ם לְא֥וֹר גּוֹיִֽם: (ז) לִפְקֹ֖חַ עֵינַ֣יִם עִוְר֑וֹת לְהוֹצִ֤יא מִמַּסְגֵּר֙ אַסִּ֔יר מִבֵּ֥ית כֶּ֖לֶא יֹ֥שְׁבֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ: (ח) אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא שְׁמִ֑י וּכְבוֹדִי֙ לְאַחֵ֣ר לֹֽא-אֶתֵּ֔ן וּתְהִלָּתִ֖י לַפְּסִילִֽים: (ט) הָרִֽאשֹׁנ֖וֹת הִנֵּה-בָ֑אוּ וַֽחֲדָשׁוֹת֙ אֲנִ֣י מַגִּ֔יד בְּטֶ֥רֶם תִּצְמַ֖חְנָה אַשְׁמִ֥יע אֶתְכֶֽם:

Thus said God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and what it brings forth, Who gave breath to the people upon it And life to those who walk thereon: I the LORD, in My grace, have summoned you, And I have grasped you by the hand. I created you, and appointed you A covenant people, a light of nations— Opening eyes deprived of light, Rescuing prisoners from confinement, From the dungeon those who sit in darkness. I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not yield My glory to another, Nor My renown to idols. See, the things once predicted have come, And now I foretell new things, Announce to you ere they sprout up.

כתובים (תהילים כד)

Writings (Psalm 24)

כד (א) לְדָוִ֗ד מִ֫זְמ֥וֹר לַֽ֭יהוָה הָאָ֣רֶץ וּמְלוֹאָ֑הּ תֵּ֝בֵ֗ל וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ: (ב) כִּי-ה֖וּא עַל-יַמִּ֣ים יְסָדָ֑הּ וְעַל-נְ֝הָר֗וֹת יְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ: (ג) מִֽי-יַעֲלֶ֥ה בְהַר-יְהוָ֑ה וּמִי-יָ֝קוּם בִּמְק֥וֹם קָדְשֽׁוֹ: (ד) נְקִ֥י כַפַּ֗יִם וּֽבַר-לֵ֫בָ֥ב אֲשֶׁ֤ר | לֹא-נָשָׂ֣א לַשָּׁ֣וְא נַפְשִׁ֑י וְלֹ֖א נִשְׁבַּ֣ע לְמִרְמָֽה: (ה) יִשָּׂ֣א בְ֭רָכָה מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה מֵאֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעֽוֹ: (ו) זֶ֭ה דּ֣וֹר דֹּרְשָׁ֑יו מְבַקְשֵׁ֨י פָנֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֣ב סֶֽלָה: (ז) שְׂא֤וּ שְׁעָרִ֨ים | רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם וְֽ֭הִנָּשְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵ֣י עוֹלָ֑ם וְ֝יָב֗וֹא מֶ֣לֶךְ הַכָּבֽוֹד: (ח) מִ֥י זֶה֮ מֶ֤לֶךְ הַכָּ֫ב֥וֹד יְ֭הוָה עִזּ֣וּז וְגִבּ֑וֹר יְ֝הוָ֗ה גִּבּ֥וֹר מִלְחָמָֽה: (ט) שְׂא֤וּ שְׁעָרִ֨ים | רָֽאשֵׁיכֶ֗ם וּ֭שְׂאוּ פִּתְחֵ֣י עוֹלָ֑ם וְ֝יָבֹא מֶ֣לֶךְ הַכָּבֽוֹד: (י) מִ֤י ה֣וּא זֶה֮ מֶ֤לֶךְ הַכָּ֫ב֥וֹד יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֑וֹת ה֤וּא מֶ֖לֶךְ הַכָּב֣וֹד סֶֽלָה:

Of David. A psalm. The earth is the LORD’s and all that it holds, the world and its inhabitants. For He founded it upon the ocean, set it on the nether-streams. Who may ascend the mountain of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place?— He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not taken a false oath by My life or sworn deceitfully. He shall carry away a blessing from the LORD, a just reward from God, his deliverer. Such is the circle of those who turn to Him, Jacob, who seek Your presence. Selah. O gates, lift up your heads! Up high, you everlasting doors, so the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory?— the LORD, mighty and valiant, the LORD, valiant in battle. O gates, lift up your heads! Lift them up, you everlasting doors, so the King of glory may come in! Who is the King of glory?— the LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory! Selah.

תורה (דברים לב)

Torah (Deuteronomy 32:1-6)

לב (א) הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ אִמְרֵי-פִֽי: (ב) יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם עֲלֵי-דֶ֔שֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים עֲלֵי-עֵֽשֶׂב: (ג) כִּ֛י שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א הָב֥וּ גֹ֖דֶל לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ: (ד) הַצּוּר֙ תָּמִ֣ים פָּעֳל֔וֹ כִּ֥י כָל-דְּרָכָ֖יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אֵ֤ל אֱמוּנָה֙ וְאֵ֣ין עָ֔וֶל צַדִּ֥יק וְיָשָׁ֖ר הֽוּא: (ה) שִׁחֵ֥ת ל֛וֹ לֹ֖א בָּנָ֣יו מוּמָ֑ם דּ֥וֹר עִקֵּ֖שׁ וּפְתַלְתֹּֽל: (ו) הֲלַיְהוָה֙ תִּגְמְלוּ-זֹ֔את עַ֥ם נָבָ֖ל וְלֹ֣א חָכָ֑ם הֲלוֹא-הוּא֙ אָבִ֣יךָ קָּנֶ֔ךָ ה֥וּא עָֽשְׂךָ֖ וַֽיְכֹנְנֶֽךָ:

Give ear, O heavens, let me speak; Let the earth hear the words I utter! May my discourse come down as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, Like showers on young growth, Like droplets on the grass. For the name of the LORD I proclaim; Give glory to our God! The Rock!—His deeds are perfect, Yea, all His ways are just; A faithful God, never false, True and upright is He. Children unworthy of Him— That crooked, perverse generation— Their baseness has played Him false. Do you thus requite the LORD, O dull and witless people? Is not He the Father who created you, Fashioned you and made you endure!

משנה (תמיד פ''א)

Mishnah (Tamid - Chapter 1)

(א) בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה מְקוֹמוֹת הַכֹּהֲנִים שׁוֹמְרִים בְּבֵית הַמִּקְדָשׁ. בְּבֵית אַבְטִינַס וּבֵית הַנִּיצוֹץ וּבֵית הַמּוֹקֵד. בְּבֵית אַבְטִינַס וּבְבֵית הַנִּיצוֹץ הָיוּ עֲלִיּוֹת וְהָרוֹבִים שׁוֹמְרִים שָׁם. בֵּית הַמּוֹקֵד כִּפָּה וּבַיִת גָּדוֹל הָיָה מוּקָף רוֹבְדִין שֶׁל אֶבֶן וְזִקְנֵי בֵית אָב הָיוּ יְשֵׁנִים שָׁם. וּמַפְתְּחוֹת הָעֲזָרָה בְּיָדָם וּפִרְחֵי כְהוּנָה אִישׁ כְּסָתוֹ בָּאָרֶץ. לֹא הָיוּ יְשֵׁנִים בְּבִגְדֵי קֹדֶש אֶלָּא הָיוּ פּוֹשְׁטִין וּמְקַפְּלִים וּמַנִּיחִים אוֹתָם תַּחַת רָאשֵׁיהֶם. וּמִתְכַּסִּים בִּכְסוּת עַצְמָן. אֵרַע קֶרִי לְאֶחָד מֵהֶם יוֹצֵא וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ בַּמְּסִבָּה הַהוֹלֶכֶת תַּחַת הַבִּירָה וְנֵרוֹת דּוֹלְקוֹת מִכַּאן וּמִכַּאן עַד שֶׁהוּא מַגִּיע לְבֵית הַטְּבִילָה. וּמְדוּרָה הָיְתָה שָּׁם. וּבֵית הַכִּסֵּא שֶׁל כָּבוֹד. וְזֶה הָיָה כְבוֹדוֹ. מְצָאוֹ נָעוּל בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁם אָדָם. פָּתוּחַ בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁאֵין שָׁם אָדָם. יָרַד וְטָבַל עָלָה ונִסְתַּפַּג וְנִתְחַמַּם כְּנֶגֶד הַמְּדוּרָה. בָּא וְיָשַׁב לוֹ אֵצֶל אֶחָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים עַד שֶׁהָיוּ שְׁעָרִים נִפְתָּחִים יוֹצֵא וְהוֹלֵךְ לוֹ: (ב) מִי שֶׁהוּא רוֹצֶה לִתְרוֹם אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ מַשְׁכִּים וְטוֹבֵל עַד שֶׁלֹּא יָבֹא הַמְמוּנֶה. וְכִי בְּאֵיזוֹ שָׁעָה הַמְמוּנֶה בָא. לֹא כָל הָעִתִּים שָׁווֹת. פְּעָמִים שֶׁהוּא בָא מִקְּרִיאַת הַגֶּבֶר אוֹ סָמוּךְ לוֹ מִלְּפָנָיו אוֹ מִלְּאַחֲרָיו. הַמְמוּנֶה בָא וְדוֹפֵק עֲלֵיהֶם וְהֵם פּוֹתְחִים לוֹ. אָמַר לָהֶם מִי שֶׁטָּבַל יָבֹא וְיָפִיס הֵפִיסוּ זָכָה מִי שֶׁזָּכָה: (ג) נָטַל אֶת הַמַּפְתֵּחַ וּפָתַח אֶת הַפִּשְׁפֵּשׁ וְנִכְנַס מִבֵּית הַמּוֹקֵד לָעֲזָרָה. וְנִכְנְסוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אַחֲרָיו וּשְׁתֵּי אֲבוּקוֹת שֶׁל אוֹר בְּיָדָם. נֶחְלְקוּ לִשְׁתֵּי כִתּוֹת. אֵלּוּ מְהַלְּכִין בְּאַכְסַדְרָה דֶּרֶךְ הַמִּזְרָח וְאֵלּוּ מְהַלְּכִין בְּאַכְסַדְרָה דֶּרֶךְ הַמַּעֲרָב. וְהָיוּ בוֹדְקִין וְהוֹלְכִין עַד שֶׁהֵם מַגִּיעִין לִמְקוֹם עוֹשֵׂי חֲבִיתִּין. הִגִּיעוּ. אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ אָמְרוּ שָׁלוֹם הַכֹּל שָׁלוֹם. הֶעֱמִידוּ אֶת עוֹשֵׂי חֲבִיתִּין לַעֲשׂוֹת חֲבִיתִּין. מִי שֶׁזָכָה לִתְרוֹם אֶת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ הוּא יִתְרוֹם. וְהֵם אוֹמְרִים לוֹ. הֱוֵי זָהִיר שֶׁלֹּא תִגַּע בַּכֶּלִי עַד שֶׁתְּקַדֵּשׁ יָדֶיךָ וְרַגְלֶיךָ מִן הַכִּיּוֹר. וַהֲרֵי הַמַּחְתָּה נְתוּנָה בְּמִקְצוֹעַ בֵּין הַכֶּבֶשׁ לַמִּזְבֵּחַ בְּמַעֲרָבוֹ שֶׁל כֶּבֶשׁ. אֵין אָדָם נִכְנָס עִמּוֹ וְלֹא נֵר בְּיָדוֹ אֶלָּא מְהַלֵּךְ לְאוֹר הַמַּעֲרָכָה. לֹא הָיוּ רוֹאִין אוֹתוֹ וְלֹא שׁוֹמְעִין אֶת קוֹלוֹ עַד שֶׁהָיוּ שׁוֹמְעִין קוֹל הָעֵץ שְׁעָשָׂה בֶּן קָטִין מוּכָנִי לַכִּיּוֹר. וְהֵם אוֹמְרִים הִגִּיעַ עֵת קִדֵּשׁ יָדָיו וְרַגְלָיו מִן הַכִּיּוֹר. נָטַל מַחְתַּת הַכֶּסֶף וְעָלָה לְרֹאשׁ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּפִנָּה אֶת הַגֶּחָלִים הֵילַךְ וְהֵילַךְ וְחָתָה מִן הַמְאֻכָּלוֹת הַפְּנִימִיּוֹת וְיָרַד. הִגִּיעַ לְרִצְפָּה הוֹפֵךְ פָּנָיו לְצָפוֹן וְהוֹלֵךְ בְּמִזְרָחוֹ שֶׁל כֶּבֶשׁ כְּעֶשֶׂר אַמּוֹת. צָבַר אֶת הַגֶּחָלִים עַל גַּבֵּי הָרִצְפָּה רָחוֹק מִן הַכֶּבֶשׁ שְׁלשָׁה טְפָחִים מָקוֹם שֶׁנוֹתְנִין שָׁם מֻרְאַת הָעוֹף וְדִשּׁוּן מִזְבֵּחַ הַפְּנִימִי וְהַמְּנוֹרָה: עֶזְרָא וּבֵית דִּינוֹ תִּקְּנוּ עַל פִּי הַקַּבָּלָה לִקְרוֹא בְּכָל יוֹם בְּמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹשִׂים בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ תּוֹרָה נְבִיאִים וּכְתוּבִים וּלְכַךְ תִּקְּנוּ שֶׁיִּהְיוּ קוֹרִין בְּמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית בִּשְׁעַת עֲבוֹדָה כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּתְקַיְמוּ בִּזְכוּת הַקָּרְבָּן מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית וְהֵם מַעֲשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ: וְאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה לִנְטוֹעַ שָׁמַיִם וְלִיסוֹד אָרֶץ אֵלּוּ הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת שֶׁהִבְטִיחַ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ שֶׁכְּשֶׁיִּהְיוּ קוֹרְאִים בְּסֵדֶר הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת שֶׁמַּעֲלֶה הוּא עֲלֵיהֶם כְּאִלּוּ הִקְרִיבוּם לְפָנָיו וְאִלְמָלֵא מַעֲמָדוֹת לֹא נִתְקַיְּמוּ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ שֶׁאֵין מַעֲמָדוֹת אֵלּוּ אֶלָּא עַל הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת:

1 The Kohanim [priests] stood watch in three places in the Temple: in the Chamber of Avtinas [name of a family] , in the Chamber of Nitsots [spark] , and in the Chamber of Fire. The Avtinas and Nitsots chambers were elevated and the youngsters [priests] would [stand] watch there. The Chamber of Fire was domed structure, surrounded by benches of stone. The elders of the ministering priestly family would sleep there and the keys to the courtyard were in their hands. The young priests would sleep in their clothes on the ground. They did not sleep in their holy clothes but would take them off, fold them, put them under their heads and sleep wearing their own clothing. If one had a seminal emission, he would exit and walk down a circular [staircase] that led under the Temple where candles were burning on both sides [to give light] until he got to the Room of Immersion. There was a bonfire and a restroom there. This was the respectfulness: If he found it locked, he would know that there was somebody there. If it was open, he would know that there was nobody there, he would go down and immerse himself, come up and dry off and warm himself by the bonfire. He would go [to the Chamber of Fire] and sit with the other priests until the gates opened and leave and go on his way. 2 Anybody [of the priests] who wishes to remove [the ashes] from the altar must rise early and immerse himself [in the mikva] as long as the supervising priest hasn't yet arrived. When did the supervising priest arrive? There is no set time; sometimes he comes when the rooster crows, or close to it, sometimes before, sometimes after. The supervisor would knock on them [the doors to the Temple] and they [the priests] would open [the doors] for him. He would say to them, "Whoever has immersed, come and participate in the lottery." They would perform the lottery and whoever won, won. 3 He [the supervising priest] took the key and opened the small door [located in the Chamber of Fire] and entered from the Chamber of Fire to the Courtyard. And they [the other priests] entered after him with two torches of fire were in their hands. They would split into two groups. [One group] walked under the portico [surrounding the Courtyard] towards the east and [the other group] walked under the portico towards the west. They would check [the temple vessels] and walk until they reached the place where the Chavitim [loaves of bread brought as meal offering] are made. They [the two groups] met each other and would say, "It is fine, all is fine," [the vessels are in order]. They would appoint [from their group] makers of the Chavitim to make the Chavitim. 4 The one who won the right to remove the ashes from the altar, would remove [the ashes] and they [the other priests] say to him, "Be careful to not touch the utensil [the shovel] until you have sanctified your hands and feet from the laver." And [they would continue saying],"Look, the shovel is placed in the corner between the ramp [of the altar] and the altar, on the west of the ramp." No one would enter [the area between the altar and the antechamber] with him, and he didn't have a candle in his hand, rather he would walk by the light of the altar's pyre. They [the other priests] would not see him and would not hear him until they heard the sound of the wood that Ben Kitin made [into] a wheel for the laver [being turned], and they would say, "The time has come to sanctify your hands and feet from the laver." He would take the silver shovel and go up to the top of the altar and stir the coals from side to side, and then scoop from the inner consumed [coals]. He then went back down. When he reached the floor, he would turn his face to the north [and] walk along the eastern side of the ramp for about ten amot [cubits]. He piled the coals on the floor three tefachim [hand-breadths] from the ramp, the [same] place where they would put the crop of the bird [ of a burnt offering ] and the ashes from the [golden] inner altar and the ashes of the menorah. (The following is not from the Mishnah, but is part of the liturgy of Maamadot): Ezra and his Court established, according to the tradition, to read the account of Creation daily, as they did in the Temple, to read Torah, Prophets, and Writings. Thus, they established that the reading of the account of Creation should coincide with the Temple Service, in order that the work of Creation, meaning the Work of Heaven and Earth, should continue to exist, in merit of the offering. Our Rabbis, of blessed memory, said that "to hang up the heaven and to set a foundation for the earth", these are the sacrifices that the Holy One, Blessed be He, promised our patriarch Abraham that there should be a reading of the order of the sacrifices, in order that it should be considered as if the sacrifices were offered before Him, and if not for the Maamadoth, Heaven and Earth would not be sustained, for these standings only exist because of the sacrifices.

מדרש הנעלם פרשת וירא (דף ק' ע''א)

Midrash HaNe'elam, Parshath Vayera (100a)

אָמַר רַבִּי כְּרוֹסְפְּדַאי הַאי מַאן דְּמַדְכַּר בְּפוּמֵיהּ בְּבָתֵּי כְנֵסִיּוֹת וּבְבָתֵּי מִדְרָשׁוֹת עִנְיָנָא דְקוּרְבָּנַיָּא וְתַקְרוֹבְתָּא וִיכַוֵּן בְּהוּ בְּרִית כְּרוּתָה הִיא דְּאִינוּן מַלְאָכַיָּא דְמַדְכְּרִין חוֹבַיָּא דִבְנֵי נָשָׁא לְאַבְאָשָׁא לוֹן דְּלָא יָכְלִין לְמֶעְבַּד לֵיהּ בִּישָׁא אֶלָּא טָבָא. וְעַתָּה בַּעֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁאֵין אָנוּ יְכוֹלִין לְהַקְרִיב קָרְבָּן אֵין לָנוּ אֶלָּא לְהַזְכִּיר סֵדֶר הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן לְהִשְׁתַּדֵּל בְּתַלְמוּד כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כָּל יָמָיו שֶׁל אָדָם מְשֻׁלָּשִׁים שְׁלִישׁ בְּמִקְרָא שְׁלִישׁ בְּמִשְׁנָה שְׁלִישׁ בְּתַלְמוּד וְכָל הָעוֹשֶׂה כֵן מוּבְטָח לוֹ שֶׁהוּא בֶּן הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא וְעָלָיו הַכָּתוּב אוֹמֵר וְהַחוּט הַמְשֻׁלָּשׁ לֹא בִמְהֵרָה יִנָּתֵק:

Rabbi Krospedai said, whoever verbally recalls the subject of offering sacrifices while studying or praying in the synagogues and study halls should have in mind that a covenant is made with those angels that recall the guilt of human beings to cause them harm that through the sacrifices these angels are unable to do bad, only good. Now, due to our sins, since we are unable to offer the sacrifices physically, all we have remaining is the verbal recitation of the order of the sacrifices, and to follow that with study, in order that a person's study-life should be divided into three parts, one-third in Scripture, one-third in Mishnah, and one-third in Talmud. Anyone who does so is promised to be a resident of the World to Come, and Scripture says of such a person "the three-corded rope is not easily broken".

זרעים. משנה (ברכות כ''ח)

Mishnah Zeraim (Berachoth 28b)

רַבִּי נְחוּנְיָא בֶּן הַקָּנָה הָיָה מִתְפַּלֵּל בִּכְנִיסָתוֹ לְבֵית הַמִּדְרָשׁ וּבִיצִיאָתוֹ תְּפִלָּה קְצָרָה. אָמְרוּ לוֹ מַה מָּקוֹם לִתְפִלָּה זוֹ. אָמַר לָהֶם בִּכְנִיסָתִי אֲנִי מִתְפַּלֵּל שֶׁלֹּא יֶאֱרַע דְּבַר תַּקָּלָה עַל יָדִי וּבִיצִיאָתִי אֲנִי נוֹתֵן הוֹדָאָה עַל חֶלְקִי:

Rabbi Neḥunya ben Hakana would recite a brief prayer upon his entrance into the study hall and upon his exit. They said to him: 'What room is there for this prayer?' He said to them: 'Upon my entrance, I pray that no mishap will transpire caused by me. And upon my exit, I give thanks for my portion.'

גמרא (ברכות ג')

Gemara Zeraim (Berachoth 3a)

תַּנְיָא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי פַּעַם אַחַת הָיִיתִי מְהַלֵּךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְנִכְנַסְתִּי לְחָרְבָה אַחַת מֵחָרְבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם לְהִתְפַּלֵּל וּבָא אֵלִיָּהוּ זָכוּר לַטּוֹב וְשָׁמַר לִי עַל הַפֶּתַח (וְהִמְתִּין לִי) עַד שֶׁסִּיַּמְתִּי תְפִלָּתִי. לְאַחַר שֶׁסִּיַּמְתִּי תְפִלָּתִי אָמַר לִי שָׁלוֹם עָלֶיךָ רַבִּי. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ שָׁלוֹם עָלֶיךָ רַבִּי וּמוֹרִי. אָמַר לִי בְּנִי מִפְּנֵי מַה נִכְנַסְתָּ לְחָרְבָה זוֹ. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל. אָמַר לִי הָיָה לְךָ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל בַּדֶּרֶךְ. וְאָמַרְתִּי לוֹ מִתְיָרֵא הָיִיתִי שֶׁמָּא יַפְסִיקוּנִי עוֹבְרֵי דְרָכִים. וְאָמַר לִי הָיָה לְךָ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל תְּפִלָּה קְצָרָה: בְּאוֹתָה שָׁעָה לָמַדְתִּי מִמֶּנּוּ שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים. לָמַדְתִּי שֶׁאֵין נִכְנָסִין לְחָרְבָה. וְלָמַדְתִּי שֶׁמִתְפַּלְּלִים בַּדֶּרֶךְ. וְלָמַדְתִּי שֶׁהַמִתְפַּלֵּל בַּדֶּרֶךְ מִתְפַּלֵּל תְּפִלָּה קְצָרָה. וְאָמַר לִי בְּנִי מַה קּוֹל שָׁמַעְתָּ בְּחָרְבָה זוֹ. אָמַרְתִּי לוֹ שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּת קוֹל שֶׁמְּנַהֶמֶת כַּיּוֹנָה וְאוֹמֶרֶת אוֹי לִי שֶׁהֶחֱרַבְתִּי אֶת בֵּיתִי וְשָׂרַפְתִּי אֶת הֵיכָלִי וְהִגְלֵיתִי אֶת בָּנַי לְבֵין הָאֻמּוֹת. וְאָמַר לִי בְּנִי חַיְּיִךָ וְחַיִּיִ רֹאשֶׁךָ לֹא שָׁעָה זוֹ בִּלְבָד אוֹמֶרֶת כַּךְ אֶלָּא שָׁלשׁ פְּעָמִים בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם אוֹמֶרֶת כַּךְ וְלֹא זוֹ בִּלְבָד אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּשָׁעָה שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל נִכְנָסִין לְבָתֵּי כְנֵסִיּוֹת וּלְבָתֵּי מִדְרָשׁוֹת וְעוֹנִין אָמֵן יְהֵא שְׁמֵיהּ רַבָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְנַעֲנֵעַ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ וְאוֹמֵר אַשְׁרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ שֶׁמְּקַלְּסִין אוֹתוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ כַּךְ. וּמַה לּוֹ לְאָב שֶׁהִגְלָה אֶת בָּנָיו וְאוֹי לָהֶם לַבָּנִים שֶׁגָּלוּ מֵעַל שֻׁלְחָן אֲבִיהֶם:

It was taught that Rabbi Yose said: I was once walking along the road when I entered the ruins of an old, abandoned building among the ruins of Jerusalem in order to pray. I noticed that Elijah, of blessed memory, came and guarded the entrance for me and waited at the entrance until I finished my prayer. When I finished praying and exited the ruin, Elijah said to me, deferentially as one would address a Rabbi: Greetings to you, my Rabbi. I answered him: Greetings to you, my Rabbi, my teacher. And Elijah said to me: My son, why did you enter this ruin? I said to him: In order to pray. And Elijah said to me: You should have prayed on the road. And I said to him: I was unable to pray along the road, because I was afraid that I might be interrupted by travelers and would be unable to focus. Elijah said to me: You should have recited the abbreviated prayer instituted for just such circumstances. Rabbi Yose concluded: At that time, from that brief exchange, I learned from him, three things: I learned that one may not enter a ruin; and I learned that one need not enter a building to pray, but he may pray along the road; and I learned that one who prays along the road recites an abbreviated prayer so that he may maintain his focus. And after this introduction, Elijah said to me: What voice did you hear in that ruin? I responded: I heard a Heavenly voice, cooing like a dove and saying: Woe to the children, due to whose sins I destroyed My house, burned My Temple, and exiled them among the nations. And Elijah said to me: By your life and by your head, not only did that voice cry out in that moment, but it cries out three times each and every day. Moreover, any time that God’s greatness is evoked, such as when Israel enters synagogues and study halls and answers in the kaddish prayer, 'May His great name be blessed', the Holy One, Blessed be He, shakes His head and says: Happy is the king who is thus praised in his house. When the Temple stood, this praise was recited there, but now: How great is the pain of the father who exiled his children, and woe to the children who were exiled from their father’s table.

מועד. משנה (ר''ה כ''ט)

Mishnah Moed (Rosh Hashanah 3:8)

וְהָיָה כַּאֲשֶׁר יָרִים משֶׁה יָדוֹ וְגָבַר יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכַאֲשֶׁר יָנִיחַ יָדוֹ וְגָבַר עֲמָלֵק. וְכִי יָדָיו שֶׁל משֶׁה עוֹשׂוֹת מִלְחָמָה אוֹ שׁוֹבְרוֹת מִלְחָמָה אֶלָּא לוֹמַר לָךְ כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִסְתַּכְּלִין כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה וּמְשַׁעְבְּדִין אֶת לִבָּם לַאֲבִיהֶם שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם הָיוּ מִתְגַּבְּרִין וְאִם לָאו הָיוּ נוֹפְלִין. כַּיּוֹצֵא בַּדָּבָר אַתָּה אוֹמֵר וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל משֶׁה עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שָׂרָף וְשִׂים אֹתוֹ עַל נֵס וְהָיָה כָּל הַנָּשׁוּךְ וְרָאָה אֹתוֹ וָחָי. וְכִי נָחָשׁ מֵמִית אוֹ נָחָשׁ מְחַיֶּה אֶלָּא בִּזְמַן שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל מִסְתַּכְּלִין כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה וּמְשַׁעְבְּדִין אֶת לִבָּם לַאֲבִיהֶם שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם הָיוּ מִתְרַפְּאִין וְאִם לָאו הָיוּ נִמּוֹקִין:

“And so it was, when Moshe raised his hand, Israel prevailed…” (Exodus 17:11). And is it Moshe’s hands that make [success in] war or break [success in] war? Rather, [this comes to] tell you, [that] whenever Israel would look upward and subjugate their hearts to their Father in heaven, they would prevail; and if not, they would fall. Similar to this matter, you [can] say concerning the verse; “Make a [graven] snake and place it on a pole, and everyone bitten who sees it will live” (Numbers 21:8): And is it the snake that kills or [is it] the snake that [revives]? Rather, whenever Israel would look upward and subjugate their hearts to their Father in heaven, they would be healed; and if not, they would be harmed.

גמרא (מגילה דף כ''ח)

Gemara Moed (Megillah 28a)

תַּנְיָא שָׁאֲלוּ תַלְמִידָיו אֶת רַבִּי נְחוּנְיָּא בֶּן הַקָּנָה בַּמָּה הֶאֱרַכְתָּ יָמִים. אָמַר לָהֶם מִיָּמַי לֹא נִתְכַּבַּדְתִּי בִּקְלוֹן חֲבֵרִי. וְלֹא עָלְתָה עַל מִטָּתִי קִלְלַת חֲבֵרִי. וַתְּרָן בְּמָמוֹנִי הָיִיתִי:

Rabbi Neḥunya ben HaKana was once asked by his disciples: In the merit of which virtue were you blessed with longevity? He said to them: In all my days, I never attained veneration at the expense of my fellow’s degradation. Nor did my fellow’s curse ever go up with me upon my bed. And I was always openhanded with my money.

נשים. משנה וגמרא (שלהי קדושין)

Mishnah and Gemara Nashim (end of Kiddushin)

רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר לְעוֹלָם יְלַמֵּד אָדָם אֶת בְּנוֹ אוּמָנוּת נְקִיָּה וְקַלָּה וִיבַקִּשׁ רַחֲמִים לְמִי שֶׁהָעוֹשֶׁר וְהַנְּכָסִים שֶׁלּוֹ. שֶׁאֵין הָעֲשִׁירוּת וְאֵין הָעֲנִיּוּת מִן הָאוּמָנוּת אֶלָּא מִמִּי שֶׁהָעשֶׁר שֶׁלּוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לִי הַכֶּסֶף וְלִי הַזָּהָב נְאֻם יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת: רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר רָאִיתָ מִיָּמֶיךָ חַיָּה וְעוֹף שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהֶם אוּמָנוּת וְהֵם מִתְפַּרְנְסִים שֶׁלֹּא בְצַעַר וַהֲלֹא לֹא נִבְרְאוּ אֶלָּא לְשַׁמְּשֵׁנִי וַאֲנִי נִבְרֵאתִי לְשַׁמֵּשׁ אֶת קוֹנִי אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁאֶתְפַּרְנֵס שֶׁלֹּא בְצַעַר אֶלָּא שֶׁהֲרֵעוֹתִי אֶת מַעֲשַׂי וְקִפַּחְתִּי אֶת פַּרְנָסָתִי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר עֲוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם הִטּוּ אֵלֶּה וְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶם מָנְעוּ הַטּוֹב מִכֶּם: תַּנְיָא רַבִּי נְהוֹרַאי אוֹמֵר מַנִּיחַ אֲנִי כָּל אוּמָנוּת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם וְאֵינִי מְלַמֵּד אֶת בְּנִי אֶלָּא תוֹרָה שֶׁכָּל אוּמָנוּת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם אֵין עוֹמֶדֶת לוֹ אֶלָּא בִּימֵי יַלְדוּתוֹ אֲבָל בִּימֵי זִקְנָתוֹ הֲרֵי הוּא מוּטָל בְּרָעָב אֲבָל תּוֹרָה אֵינָהּ כֵּן. עוֹמֶדֶת לוֹ בְּעֵת יַלְדוּתוֹ וְנוֹתֶנֶת לוֹ אַחֲרִית טוֹב וְתִקְוָה בְּעֵת זִקְנָתוֹ. בְּעֵת יַלְדוּתוֹ מָהוּ אוֹמֵר וְקוֹוֵי יְהֹוָה יַחֲלִיפוּ כֹחַ יַעֲלוּ אֵבֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִים יָרוּצוּ וְלֹא יִיגָעוּ יֵלְכוּ וְלֹא יִיעָפוּ. בְּזִקְנָתוֹ מָהוּ אוֹמֵר עוֹד יְנוּבוּן בְּשֵׂיבָה דְּשֵׁנִים וְרַעֲנַנִּים יִהְיוּ:

Rabbi Meir says, "A person should always teach his son a clean and easy profession, and he should pray to the One to whom wealth and possessions belong, as there is no profession which does not have in it poverty and wealth. For poverty is not due to one's profession, and wealth is not due to one's profession, rather, it is all according to one's merit." Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar says, "Have you seen in all your days a beast or fowl that has a profession? [Yet] they sustain themselves without trouble. And weren't they created solely to serve me, and I was created to serve my Master. Isn't it logical, then, that I should be able to sustain myself without trouble? However, I my actions were bad, and I deprived myself of my sustenance."

נזיקין. משנה (סנהדרין צ')

The mishna taught that Rabbi Nehorai says: I set aside all the trades and I teach my son only Torah. It is taught in the Tosefta (5:14): Rabbi Nehorai says: I set aside all the trades in the world, and I teach my son only Torah, as all other trades serve one only in the days of his youth, when he has enough strength to work, but in the days of his old age, behold, he is left to lie in hunger. But Torah is not like this: It serves a person in the time of his youth and provides him with a future and hope in the time of his old age. With regard to the time of his youth, what does it say about a Torah scholar? “But they that wait for the Lord shall renew their strength” (Isaiah 40:31). With regard to the time of his old age, what does it say? “They shall still bring forth fruit in old age, they shall be full of sap and richness” (Psalms 92:15).

כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ לָהֶם חֵלֶק לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְעַמֵּךְ כֻּלָּם צַדִּיקִים לְעוֹלָם יִירְשׁוּ אָרֶץ נֵצֶר מַטָּעַי מַעֲשֵׂי יָדַי לְהִתְפָּאֵר:

Mishnah Nezikin (Sanhedrin 90a)

נזיקין. גמרא (ב''מ ל''ג)

All Israelites have a share in the World-to-Come, as it is stated: “And your people also shall be all righteous, they shall inherit the land forever; the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, for My name to be glorified” (Isaiah 60:21).

תָּנוּ רַבָּנָן הָעֲסוּקִים בְּמִקְרָא מִדָּה וְאֵינָה מִדָּה. בְּמִשְׁנָה מִדָּה וְנוֹטְלִין עָלֶיהָ שָׂכָר. בְּתַלְמוּד אֵין לָךְ מִדָּה גְדוֹלָה מִזּוֹ. וּלְעוֹלָם הֱוֵי רָץ לְמִשְׁנָה יוֹתֵר מֵהַתַּלְמוּד:

Gemara Nezikin (Bava Metzia 33a)The Sages taught in a baraita: For those who engage in the study of Bible, it is a virtue but not a complete virtue. For those who engage in the study of Mishna, it is a virtue and they receive reward for its study. For those who engage in the study of Talmud, you have no virtue greater than that. And always pursue study of the Mishna more than study of the Talmud.

קדשים. משנה (שלהי חולין)

Mishnah Kodshim (end of Chullin)

לֹא יִטּוֹל אָדָם אֵם עַל הַבָּנִים אֲפִילוּ לְטַהֵר בָּהּ אֶת הַמְּצוֹרָע. וּמָה אִם מִצְוָה קַלָּה שֶׁהִיא כְאִיסָר אָמְרָה תוֹרָה לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ יָמִים. קַל וָחוֹמֶר עַל מִצְוֹת חֲמוּרוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה:

A person may not take a mother with its offspring, even to purify the leper. And just as a light commandment that is like an issar [a specific, small, unit of money], the Torah said [about it], "In order to be good for you and you will lengthen your days," (Deuteronomy 22:7), a fortiori for weighty commandments which are in the Torah.

גמרא (שם)

Gemara Kodshim (ibid.)

תַּנְיָא דְבֵי רַבִּי יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר אֵין לְךָ כָּל מִצְוָה וּמִצְוָה שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה שֶׁמַתַּן שְׂכָרָהּ בְּצִדָּהּ שֶׁאֵין תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים תְּלוּיָה בָּהּ. בְּכִבּוּד אָב וָאֵם כְּתִיב לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיכֻן יָמֶיךָ וּלְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ. וּבְשִׁילּוּחַ הַקֵּן נַמֵּי כְתִיב לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ יָמִים. הֲרֵי שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ אָבִיו עֲלֵה לַבִּירָה וְהָבֵא לִי גּוֹזָלוֹת וְעָלָה וְשִׁלַּח אֶת הָאֵם וְלָקַח אֶת הַבָּנִים וּבְרִדְתּוֹ נָפַל וּמֵת הֵיכָן אֲרִיכוּת יָמָיו שֶׁל זֶה וְהֵיכָן טוֹבָתוֹ שֶׁל זֶה. אֶלָּא לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיכֻן יָמֶיךָ לְיוֹם שֶׁכֻּלּוֹ אָרוּךְ וּלְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ לְעוֹלָם שֶׁכֻּלּוֹ טוֹב:

The school of Rabbi Ya’akov taught that Rabbi Ya’akov says: There is not a single mitzva written in the Torah whose reward is stated alongside it, which is not dependent on a belief in the resurrection of the dead, i.e., the reward is actually bestowed in the World-to-Come, after the resurrection of the dead. How so? With regard to honoring one’s father and mother, it is written: “That your days may be long, and that it may go well with you” (Deuteronomy 5:16). With regard to the sending away of the mother bird from the nest, it is written: “That it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days” (Deuteronomy 22:7). Despite this, it occurred that there was one whose father said to him: Climb to the top of the building and bring me fledglings; and he climbed to the top of the building and sent away the mother bird and took the offspring, thereby simultaneously fulfilling the mitzva to send away the mother bird from the nest and the mitzva to honor one’s parents, but as he returned he fell and died. Where is the length of days of this one? And where is the goodness of the days of this one? Rather, the verse “that your days may be long” is referring to the world that is entirely long, and “that it may be well with you” means in the world where all is well.

טהרות. משנה (ידים פּ''ג)

Mishnah Taharoth (Yadayim 3:5)

כָּל כִּתְבֵי הַקֹדֶשׁ מְטַמְּאִין אֶת הַיָּדַיִם. שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים וְקֹהֶלֶת מְטַמְּאִין אֶת הַיָּדָיִם. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים מְטַמֵּא אֶת הַיָּדַיִם וְקֹהֶלֶת מַחֲלוֹקֶת. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר קֹהֶלֶת אֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא אֶת הַיָּדַיִם וְשִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים מַחֲלוֹקֶת. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר קֹהֶלֶת מִקּוּלֵי בֵית שַׁמַּאי וּמֵחוּמְרֵי בֵית הִלֵּל. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן עַזַּאי מְקֵָבָּל אֲנִי מִפִּי שִׁבְעִים וּשְׁנַיִם זָקֵן בְּיוֹם שֶׁהוֹשִׁיבוּ אֶת רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה בִּישִׁיבָה שֶׁשִּׁיר הַשִּׁירִים וְקֹהֶלֶת מְטַמְּאִין אֶת הַיָדָיִם. אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא חַס וְשָׁלוֹם לֹא נֶחֱלַק אָדָם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל עַל שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים שֶׁלֹּא תְטַמֵּא אֶת הַיָּדָיִם. שֶׁאֵין כָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ כְּדַאי כְּיוֹם שֶׁנִּתַּן בּוֹ שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁכָּל הַכְּתוּבִים קֹדֶשׁ וְשִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים קדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים. וְאִם נֶחְלְקוּ לֹא נֶחְלְקוּ אֶלָּא עַל קֹהֶלֶת. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן חָמִיו שֶׁל רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא כְּדִבְרֵי בֶּן עַזַּאי כֵּן נֶחֱלָקוּ וְכֵן גָּמָרוּ:

All sacred scriptures render the hands impure. The Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes render the hands impure. Rabbi Yehudah says: The Song of Songs renders the hands impure, but there is a dispute regarding Ecclesiastes. Rabbi Yose says: Ecclesiastes does not render the hands impure, and there is a dispute regarding The Song of Songs. Rabbi Shimon says: Ecclesiastes is among the [relative] leniencies of Beit Shammai, and the [relative] stringencies of Beit Hillel. Rabbi Shimon ben Azzai said, "I have a recieved tradition from the mouths of seventy-two elders, on the day they inducted Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria into his seat [as head] at the Academy, that The Song of Songs and Ecclesiastes render the hands impure." Rabbi Akiva said, "Mercy forbid! No one in Israel ever disputed that The Song of Songs renders the hands impure, since nothing in the entire world is worthy but for that day on which The Song of Songs was given to Israel; for all the Scriptures are holy, but The Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies! And if they did dispute, there was only a dispute regarding Ecclesiastes." Rabbi Yochanan ben Yehoshua, the son of Rabbi Akiva's father-in-law, said, "In accordance with words of Ben Azzai, thus did they dispute, and thus did they conclude."

גמרא (נדה ל)

Gemara Taharoth (Niddah 30b)

דָּרַשׁ רַבִּי שִׂמְלַאי לְמָה הַיֶּלֶד דּוֹמֶה בִּמְעֵי אִמּוֹ לְפִנְקָס שֶׁמְּקֵפָּל וּמוּנָח שְׁתֵּי יָדָיו עַל שְׁתֵּי צְדָעָיו שְׁתֵּי אַצִלָיו עַל שְׁתֵּי אַרְכֻּבוֹתָיו וּשְׁתֵּי עֲקֵבָיו עַל שְׁתֵּי עַגְבוֹתָיו וְרֹאשׁוֹ בֵּין בִּרְכָּיו וּפִיו סָתוּם וְטַבּוּרוֹ פָּתוּחַ וְאוֹכֵל מִמַּה שֶּׁאִמּוֹ אוֹכֶלֶת וְשׁוֹתֶה מִמַּה שֶׁאִמּוֹ שׁוֹתָה וְאֵינוֹ מוֹצִיא רְעִי שֶׁמָּא יַהֲרוֹג אֶת אִמּוֹ. וְכֵיוָן שֶׁיָּצָא לַאֲוִיר הָעוֹלָם נִפְתַּח הַסָּתוּם וְנִסְתַּם הַפָּתוּחַ שֶׁאִלְּמָלֵא כֵן אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לִחְיוֹת אֲפִילוּ שָׁעָה אֶחָת. וְנֵר דָּלוּק לוֹ עַל רֹאשׁוֹ וְצוֹפֶה וּמַבִּיט מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּהִלּוֹ נֵרוֹ עֲלֵי רֹאשִׁי לְאוֹרוֹ אֵלֶךְ. וְאַל תִּתְמַהּ שֶׁהֲרֵי אָדָם יָשֵׁן כַּאן וְרוֹאֶה חֲלוֹם בְּאַסְפַּמְיָּא. וְאֵין לְךָ יָמִים שֶׁאָדָם שָׁרוּי בְּטוֹבָה יוֹתֵר מֵאוֹתָן הַיָּמִים שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר מִי יִתְּנֵנִי כְיַרְחֵי קֶדֶם כִּימֵי אֱלוֹהַּ יִשְׁמְרֵנִי וְאֵיזֶהוּ הַיָּמִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם יְרָחִים וְאֵין בָּהֶם שָׁנִים הֱוֵה אוֹמֵר אֵלּוּ יַרְחֵי לֵידָה. וּמְלַמְּדִים אוֹתוֹ כָּל הַתּוֹרָה כֻלָּה. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וַיֹּרֵנִי וַיֹּאמֶר לִי יִתְמָךְ דְּבָרַי לִבֶּךָ שְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתַי וֶחְיֵה. וְאוֹמֵר בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִי. מַאי וְאוֹמֵר וְכִי תֵימָא נָבִיא הוּא דְּקָאָמַר תָּא שְׁמַע בְּסוֹד אֱלוֹהַּ עֲלֵי אָהֳלִי: וְכֵיוָן שֶׁיָּצָא לְאַוִּיר הָעוֹלָם בָּא מַלְאָךְ וּסְטָרוֹ עַל פִּיו וּמְשַׁכֵּחַ מִמֶּנּוּ כָּל הַתּוֹרָה כֻלָּה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לַפֶּתַח חַטָּאת רֹבֵץ. וְאֵינוֹ יוֹצֵא מִשָּׁם עַד שֶׁמַּשְׁבִּיעִים אוֹתוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כִּי לִי תִכְרַע כָּל בֶּרֶךְ תִּשָּׁבַע כָּל לָשׁוֹן. כִּי לִי תִכְרַע כָּל בֶּרֶךְ זֶה יוֹם הַמִּיתָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְפָנָיו יִכְרְעוּ כָּל יוֹרְדֵי עָפָר. תִּשָּׁבַע כָּל לָשׁוֹן זֶה יוֹם הַלֵּידָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר נְקִי כַפַּיִם וּבַר לֵבָב אֲשֶׁר לֹא נָשָׂא לַשָּׁוְא נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא נִשְׁבַּע לְמִרְמָה. וּמַה הִיא הַשְּׁבוּעָה שֶׁמַּשְׁבִּיעִין אוֹתוֹ אוֹמְרִים לוֹ תְּהִי צַדִּיק וְאַל תְּהִי רָשָׁע וַאֲפִילוּ כָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ אוֹמְרִים לְךָ צַדִּיק אַתָּה הֱיֵה בְּעֵינֶיךָ כְּרָשָׁע. וֶהֱוֵי יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא טָהוֹר וּמְשָׁרְתָיו טְהוֹרִים וּנְשָׁמָה שֶׁנָּתַן בְּךָ טְהוֹרָה. אִם אַתָּה מְשַׁמְּרָהּ בְּטָהֳרָה מוּטָב וְאִם לָאו הֲרֵי הוּא נוֹטְלָהּ מִמֶּךָּ:

R. Simlai delivered the following discourse: What does an embryo resemble when it is in the bowels of its mother? Folded writing tablets. Its hands rest on its two temples respectively, its two elbows on its two legs and its two heels against its buttocks. Its head lies between its knees, its mouth is closed and its navel is open, and it eats what its mother eats and drinks what its mother drinks, but produces no excrements because otherwise it might kill its mother. As soon, however, as it sees the light the closed organ opens and the open one closes, for if that had not happened the embryo could not live even one single hour. A light burns above its head and it looks and sees from one end of the world to the other, as it is said, then his lamp shined above my head, and by His light I walked through darkness. And do not be astonished at this, for a person sleeping here might see a dream in Spain. And there is no time in which a man enjoys greater happiness than in those days, for it is said, O that I were as the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; now which are the days' that make up 'months' and do not make up years? The months of pregnancy of course. It is also taught all the Torah from beginning to end, for it is said, and he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments and live', and it is also said, When the converse of God was upon my tent. Why the addition of 'and it is also said'? — In case you might say that it was only the prophet who said that, come and hear 'when the converse of God was upon my tent. As soon as it, sees the light an angel approaches, slaps it on its mouth and causes it to forget all the Torah completely, as it is said, Sin coucheth at the door. It does not emerge from there before it is made to take an oath, as it is said, That unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear; 'That unto Me every knee shall bow' refers to the day of dying of which it is said All they that go down to the dust shall kneel before Him; 'Every tongue shall swear' refers to the day of birth of which it is said, He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart, who hath not taken My name in vain, and hath not sworn deceitfully. What is the nature of the oath that it is made to take? Be righteous, and be never wicked; and even if all the world tells you, You are righteous', consider yourself wicked. Always bear in mind that the Holy One, blessed be He, is pure, that his ministers are pure and that the soul which He gave you is pure; if you preserve it in purity, well and good, but if not, I will take it away from you.

כתב הרב ר''י קארו שטוב לומר בכל יום עשרת הדברות שעל ידי כן יזכור מעמד הר סיני ויתחזק באמונתו:

Rabbi Yosef Karo writes that it is good to recite the Ten Commandments daily, because it will cause him to remember the stand at Mount Sinai, and this will strengthen one's faith.

עשרת הדברות (שמות כ)

The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20)

כ (א) וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֵ֛ת כָּל-הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה לֵאמֹֽר: ס (ב) אָֽנֹכִ֖י֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֧ר הוֹצֵאתִ֛יךָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם מִבֵּ֣֥ית עֲבָדִֽ֑ים: (ג) לֹֽ֣א יִהְיֶֽה-לְךָ֛֩ אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים עַל-פָּנָֽ֗יַ : (ד) לֹֽ֣א-תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה-לְךָ֥֣ פֶ֣֙סֶל֙ | כָּל-תְּמוּנָ֔֡ה אֲשֶׁ֤֣ר בַּשָּׁמַ֣֙יִם֙ | מִמַּ֔֡עַל וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר֩ בָּאָ֖֨רֶץ מִתָּ֑֜חַת וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּמַּ֖֣יִם | מִתַּ֥֣חַת לָאָֽ֗רֶץ: (ה) לֹא-תִשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥֣ה לָהֶ֖ם֮ וְלֹ֣א תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ כִּ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵ֣ל קַנָּ֔א פֹּ֠קֵד עֲוֹ֨ן אָב֧וֹת עַל-בָּנִ֛ים וְעַל-שִׁלֵּשִׁ֥ים וְעַל-רִבֵּעִ֖ים לְשֹׂנְאָֽ֑י: (ו) וְעֹ֥֤שֶׂה חֶ֖֙סֶד֙ לַאֲלָפִ֑֔ים לְאֹהֲבַ֖י וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֹתָֽי: ס (ז) לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֛א אֶת-שֵֽׁם-יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ לַשָּׁ֑וְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יְנַקֶּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר-יִשָּׂ֥א אֶת-שְׁמ֖וֹ לַשָּֽׁוְא: פ (ח) זָכ֛וֹר֩ אֶת-י֥֨וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֖֜ת לְקַדְּשֽׁ֗וֹ: (ט) שֵׁ֤֣שֶׁת יָמִ֣ים֙ תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ וְעָשִׂ֖֣יתָ כָּל-מְלַאכְתֶּֽךָ֒: (י) וְי֙וֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔֜י שַׁבָּ֖֣ת | לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑֗יךָ לֹֽ֣א-תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨ה כָל-מְלָאכָ֡֜ה אַתָּ֣ה | וּבִנְךָֽ֣-וּ֠בִתֶּ֗ךָ עַבְדְּךָ֤֨ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָ וְגֵרְךָ֖֙ אֲשֶׁ֥֣ר בִּשְׁעָרֶֽ֔יךָ: (יא) כִּ֣י שֵֽׁשֶׁת-יָמִים֩ עָשָׂ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה אֶת-הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת-הָאָ֗רֶץ אֶת-הַיָּם֙ וְאֶת-כָּל-אֲשֶׁר-בָּ֔ם וַיָּ֖נַח בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י עַל-כֵּ֗ן בֵּרַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה אֶת-י֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֖ת וַֽיְקַדְּשֵֽׁהוּ: ס (יב) כַּבֵּ֥ד אֶת-אָבִ֖יךָ וְאֶת-אִמֶּ֑ךָ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יַאֲרִכ֣וּן יָמֶ֔יךָ עַ֚ל הָאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽךְ: (יג) לֹ֥֖א תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח: לֹ֣֖א תִּֿנְאָֽ֑ף: לֹ֣֖א תִּֿגְנֹֽ֔ב: לֹֽא-תַעֲנֶ֥ה בְרֵעֲךָ֖ עֵ֥ד שָֽׁקֶר: (יד) לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ד בֵּ֣ית רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֹֽא-תַחְמֹ֞ד אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְרֵעֶֽךָ: פ

1 And God spoke all these words, saying: 2 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. 4 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate Me; 6 and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments. 7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain. 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; 11 for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day; wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 12 Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 13 Thou shalt not murder. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 14 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

פרשת המן (שמות טז)

The Chapter of Manna (Exodus 16:4-36)

(ד) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל-מֹשֶׁ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י מַמְטִ֥יר לָכֶ֛ם לֶ֖חֶם מִן-הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְיָצָ֨א הָעָ֤ם וְלָֽקְטוּ֙ דְּבַר-י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ לְמַ֧עַן אֲנַסֶּ֛נּוּ הֲיֵלֵ֥ךְ בְּתוֹרָתִ֖י אִם-לֹֽא: (ה) וְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י וְהֵכִ֖ינוּ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר-יָבִ֑יאוּ וְהָיָ֣ה מִשְׁנֶ֔ה עַ֥ל אֲשֶֽׁר-יִלְקְט֖וּ י֥וֹם | יֽוֹם: (ו) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן אֶֽל-כָּל-בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עֶ֕רֶב וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֧י יְהוָ֛ה הוֹצִ֥יא אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם: (ז) וּבֹ֗קֶר וּרְאִיתֶם֙ אֶת-כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה בְּשָׁמְע֥וֹ אֶת-תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶ֖ם עַל-יְהוָ֑ה וְנַ֣חְנוּ מָ֔ה כִּ֥י תַלִּ֖ינוּ עָלֵֽינוּ: (ח) וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה בְּתֵ֣ת יְהוָה֩ לָכֶ֨ם בָּעֶ֜רֶב בָּשָׂ֣ר לֶאֱכֹ֗ל וְלֶ֤חֶם בַּבֹּ֙קֶר֙ לִשְׂבֹּ֔עַ בִּשְׁמֹ֤עַ יְהוָה֙ אֶת-תְּלֻנֹּ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר-אַתֶּ֥ם מַלִּינִ֖ם עָלָ֑יו וְנַ֣חְנוּ מָ֔ה לֹא-עָלֵ֥ינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶ֖ם כִּ֥י עַל-יְהוָֽה: (ט) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶֽל-אַהֲרֹ֔ן אֱמֹ֗ר אֶֽל-כָּל-עֲדַת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל קִרְב֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֔ע אֵ֖ת תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶֽם: (י) וַיְהִ֗י כְּדַבֵּ֤ר אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶל-כָּל-עֲדַ֣ת בְּנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּפְנ֖וּ אֶל-הַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וְהִנֵּה֙ כְּב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה נִרְאָ֖ה בֶּעָנָֽן: פ (יא) וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל-מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר: (יב) שָׁמַ֗עְתִּי אֶת-תְּלוּנֹּת֮ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ דַּבֵּ֨ר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם לֵאמֹ֗ר בֵּ֤ין הָֽעַרְבַּ֙יִם֙ תֹּאכְל֣וּ בָשָׂ֔ר וּבַבֹּ֖קֶר תִּשְׂבְּעוּ-לָ֑חֶם וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕ם כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם: (יג) וַיְהִ֣י בָעֶ֔רֶב וַתַּ֣עַל הַשְּׂלָ֔ו וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת-הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וּבַבֹּ֗קֶר הָֽיְתָה֙ שִׁכְבַ֣ת הַטַּ֔ל סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה: (יד) וַתַּ֖עַל שִׁכְבַ֣ת הַטָּ֑ל וְהִנֵּ֞ה עַל-פְּנֵ֤י הַמִּדְבָּר֙ דַּ֣ק מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס דַּ֥ק כַּכְּפֹ֖ר עַל-הָאָֽרֶץ: (טו) וַיִּרְא֣וּ בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אִ֤ישׁ אֶל-אָחִיו֙ מָ֣ן ה֔וּא כִּ֛י לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ מַה-ה֑וּא וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם ה֣וּא הַלֶּ֔חֶם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם לְאָכְלָֽה: (טז) זֶ֤ה הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה לִקְט֣וּ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ עֹ֣מֶר לַגֻּלְגֹּ֗לֶת מִסְפַּר֙ נַפְשֹׁ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם אִ֛ישׁ לַאֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּאָהֳל֖וֹ תִּקָּֽחוּ: (יז) וַיַּעֲשׂוּ-כֵ֖ן בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיִּלְקְט֔וּ הַמַּרְבֶּ֖ה וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט: (יח) וַיָּמֹ֣דּוּ בָעֹ֔מֶר וְלֹ֤א הֶעְדִּיף֙ הַמַּרְבֶּ֔ה וְהַמַּמְעִ֖יט לֹ֣א הֶחְסִ֑יר אִ֥ישׁ לְפִֽי-אָכְל֖וֹ לָקָֽטוּ: (יט) וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֕ישׁ אַל-יוֹתֵ֥ר מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עַד-בֹּֽקֶר: (כ) וְלֹא-שָׁמְע֣וּ אֶל-מֹשֶׁ֗ה וַיּוֹתִ֨רוּ אֲנָשִׁ֤ים מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ עַד-בֹּ֔קֶר וַיָּ֥רֻם תּוֹלָעִ֖ים וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ וַיִּקְצֹ֥ף עֲלֵהֶ֖ם מֹשֶֽׁה: (כא) וַיִּלְקְט֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֔קֶר אִ֖ישׁ כְּפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ וְחַ֥ם הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְנָמָֽס: (כב) וַיְהִ֣י | בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֗י לָֽקְט֥וּ לֶ֙חֶם֙ מִשְׁנֶ֔ה שְׁנֵ֥י הָעֹ֖מֶר לָאֶחָ֑ד וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ כָּל-נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הָֽעֵדָ֔ה וַיַּגִּ֖ידוּ לְמֹשֶֽׁה: (כג) וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם ה֚וּא אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה שַׁבָּת֧וֹן שַׁבַּת-קֹ֛דֶשׁ לַֽיהוָ֖ה מָחָ֑ר אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר-תֹּאפ֞וּ אֵפ֗וּ וְאֵ֤ת אֲשֶֽׁר-תְּבַשְּׁלוּ֙ בַּשֵּׁ֔לוּ וְאֵת֙ כָּל-הָ֣עֹדֵ֔ף הַנִּ֧יחוּ לָכֶ֛ם לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת עַד-הַבֹּֽקֶר: (כד) וַיַּנִּ֤יחוּ אֹתוֹ֙ עַד-הַבֹּ֔קֶר כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֑ה וְלֹ֣א הִבְאִ֔ישׁ וְרִמָּ֖ה לֹא-הָ֥יְתָה בּֽוֹ: (כה) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אִכְלֻ֣הוּ הַיּ֔וֹם כִּֽי-שַׁבָּ֥ת הַיּ֖וֹם לַיהוָ֑ה הַיּ֕וֹם לֹ֥א תִמְצָאֻ֖הוּ בַּשָּׂדֶֽה: (כו) שֵׁ֥שֶׁת יָמִ֖ים תִּלְקְטֻ֑הוּ וּבַיּ֧וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֛י שַׁבָּ֖ת לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה-בּֽוֹ: (כז) וַֽיְהִי֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י יָצְא֥וּ מִן-הָעָ֖ם לִלְקֹ֑ט וְלֹ֖א מָצָֽאוּ: ס (כח) וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל-מֹשֶׁ֑ה עַד-אָ֙נָה֙ מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔ם לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֹתַ֖י וְתוֹרֹתָֽי: (כט) רְא֗וּ כִּֽי-יְהוָה֮ נָתַ֣ן לָכֶ֣ם הַשַּׁבָּת֒ עַל-כֵּ֠ן ה֣וּא נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֛ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֖י לֶ֣חֶם יוֹמָ֑יִם שְׁב֣וּ | אִ֣ישׁ תַּחְתָּ֗יו אַל-יֵ֥צֵא אִ֛ישׁ מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי: (ל) וַיִּשְׁבְּת֥וּ הָעָ֖ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִעִֽי: (לא) וַיִּקְרְא֧וּ בֵֽית-יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת-שְׁמ֖וֹ מָ֑ן וְה֗וּא כְּזֶ֤רַע גַּד֙ לָבָ֔ן וְטַעְמ֖וֹ כְּצַפִּיחִ֥ת בִּדְבָֽשׁ: (לב) וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה זֶ֤ה הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה מְלֹ֤א הָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן | יִרְא֣וּ אֶת-הַלֶּ֗חֶם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱכַ֤לְתִּי אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בְּהוֹצִיאִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם: (לג) וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל-אַהֲרֹ֗ן קַ֚ח צִנְצֶ֣נֶת אַחַ֔ת וְתֶן-שָׁ֥מָּה מְלֹֽא-הָעֹ֖מֶר מָ֑ן וְהַנַּ֤ח אֹתוֹ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם: (לד) כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶל-מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיַּנִּיחֵ֧הוּ אַהֲרֹ֛ן לִפְנֵ֥י הָעֵדֻ֖ת לְמִשְׁמָֽרֶת: (לה) וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָֽכְל֤וּ אֶת-הַמָּן֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה עַד-בֹּאָ֖ם אֶל-אֶ֣רֶץ נוֹשָׁ֑בֶת אֶת-הַמָּן֙ אָֽכְל֔וּ עַד-בֹּאָ֕ם אֶל-קְצֵ֖ה אֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן: (לו) וְהָעֹ֕מֶר עֲשִׂרִ֥ית הָאֵיפָ֖ה הֽוּא: פ

And the LORD said to Moses, “I will rain down bread for you from the sky, and the people shall go out and gather each day that day’s portion—that I may thus test them, to see whether they will follow My instructions or not. But on the sixth day, when they apportion what they have brought in, it shall prove to be double the amount they gather each day.” So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “By evening you shall know it was the LORD who brought you out from the land of Egypt; and in the morning you shall behold the Presence of the LORD, because He has heard your grumblings against the LORD. For who are we that you should grumble against us? Since it is the LORD,” Moses continued, “who will give you flesh to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to the full, because the LORD has heard the grumblings you utter against Him, what is our part? Your grumbling is not against us, but against the LORD!” Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole Israelite community: Advance toward the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.” And as Aaron spoke to the whole Israelite community, they turned toward the wilderness, and there, in a cloud, appeared the Presence of the LORD. The LORD spoke to Moses: “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Speak to them and say: By evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; and you shall know that I the LORD am your God.” In the evening quail appeared and covered the camp; in the morning there was a fall of dew about the camp. When the fall of dew lifted, there, over the surface of the wilderness, lay a fine and flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”—for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “That is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. This is what the LORD has commanded: Gather as much of it as each of you requires to eat, an omer to a person for as many of you as there are; each of you shall fetch for those in his tent.” The Israelites did so, some gathering much, some little. But when they measured it by the omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no deficiency: they had gathered as much as they needed to eat. And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over until morning.” But they paid no attention to Moses; some of them left of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and stank. And Moses was angry with them. So they gathered it every morning, each as much as he needed to eat; for when the sun grew hot, it would melt. On the sixth day they gathered double the amount of food, two omers for each; and when all the chieftains of the community came and told Moses, he said to them, “This is what the LORD meant: Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy sabbath of the LORD. Bake what you would bake and boil what you would boil; and all that is left put aside to be kept until morning.” So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered; and it did not turn foul, and there were no maggots in it. Then Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath of the LORD; you will not find it today on the plain. Six days you shall gather it; on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none.” Yet some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found nothing. And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you men refuse to obey My commandments and My teachings? Mark that the LORD has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you two days’ food on the sixth day. Let everyone remain where he is: let no one leave his place on the seventh day.” So the people remained inactive on the seventh day. The house of Israel named it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like wafers in honey. Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: Let one omer of it be kept throughout the ages, in order that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.” And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, put one omer of manna in it, and place it before the LORD, to be kept throughout the ages.” As the LORD had commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the Pact, to be kept. And the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a settled land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. The omer is a tenth of an ephah.

אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ זָכְרֵנוּ בְּזִכָּרוֹן טוֹב לְפָנְיִךָ וּפָקְדֵנוּ בִּפְקֻדַּת יְשׁוּעָה וְרַחֲמִים מִשְּׁמֵי שְׁמֵי קֶדֶם וּזְכָר לָנוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אַהֲבַת הַקַּדְמוֹנִים אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשְׂרָאֵל עֲבָדֶיךָ אֶת הַבְּרִית וְאֶת הַחֶסֶד וְאֶת הַשְּׁבוּעָה שֶׁנִּשְׁבַּעְתָּ לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ בְּהַר הַמּוֹרִיָּה וְאֶת הָעֲקֵדָה שֶׁעָקַד אֶת יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּחַ כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ:

פרשת העקידה (בראשית כב)

The Binding of Isaac (Genesis 22:1-19)

כב (א) וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים נִסָּ֖ה אֶת-אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי: (ב) וַיֹּ֡אמֶר קַח-נָ֠א אֶת-בִּנְךָ֙ אֶת-יְחִֽידְךָ֤ אֲשֶׁר-אָהַ֙בְתָּ֙ אֶת-יִצְחָ֔ק וְלֶךְ-לְךָ֔ אֶל-אֶ֖רֶץ הַמֹּרִיָּ֑ה וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ שָׁם֙ לְעֹלָ֔ה עַ֚ל אַחַ֣ד הֶֽהָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֹמַ֥ר אֵלֶֽיךָ: (ג) וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם אַבְרָהָ֜ם בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַֽיַּחֲבֹשׁ֙ אֶת-חֲמֹר֔וֹ וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת-שְׁנֵ֤י נְעָרָיו֙ אִתּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֖ת יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֑וֹ וַיְבַקַּע֙ עֲצֵ֣י עֹלָ֔ה וַיָּ֣קָם וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ אֶל-הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר-אָֽמַר-ל֥וֹ הָאֱלֹהִֽים: (ד) בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗י וַיִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֧ם אֶת-עֵינָ֛יו וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת-הַמָּק֖וֹם מֵרָחֹֽק: (ה) וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶל-נְעָרָ֗יו שְׁבוּ-לָכֶ֥ם פֹּה֙ עִֽם-הַחֲמ֔וֹר וַאֲנִ֣י וְהַנַּ֔עַר נֵלְכָ֖ה עַד-כֹּ֑ה וְנִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה אֲלֵיכֶֽם: (ו) וַיִּקַּ֨ח אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת-עֲצֵ֣י הָעֹלָ֗ה וַיָּ֙שֶׂם֙ עַל-יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔וֹ וַיִּקַּ֣ח בְּיָד֔וֹ אֶת-הָאֵ֖שׁ וְאֶת-הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם יַחְדָּֽו: (ז) וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִצְחָ֜ק אֶל-אַבְרָהָ֤ם אָבִיו֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָבִ֔י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֶּ֣נִּֽי בְנִ֑י וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֤ה הָאֵשׁ֙ וְהָ֣עֵצִ֔ים וְאַיֵּ֥ה הַשֶּׂ֖ה לְעֹלָֽה: (ח) וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֱלֹהִ֞ים יִרְאֶה-לּ֥וֹ הַשֶּׂ֛ה לְעֹלָ֖ה בְּנִ֑י וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם יַחְדָּֽו: (ט) וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ אֶֽל-הַמָּקוֹם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר-ל֣וֹ הָאֱלֹהִים֒ וַיִּ֨בֶן שָׁ֤ם אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת-הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת-הָעֵצִ֑ים וַֽיַּעֲקֹד֙ אֶת-יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔וֹ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם אֹתוֹ֙ עַל-הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ מִמַּ֖עַל לָעֵצִֽים: (י) וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת-יָד֔וֹ וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת-הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת לִשְׁחֹ֖ט אֶת-בְּנֽוֹ: (יא) וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֵלָ֜יו מַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ מִן-הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֣ם | אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי: (יב) וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַל-תִּשְׁלַ֤ח יָֽדְךָ֙ אֶל-הַנַּ֔עַר וְאַל-תַּ֥עַשׂ ל֖וֹ מְא֑וּמָּה כִּ֣י | עַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי-יְרֵ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ אַ֔תָּה וְלֹ֥א חָשַׂ֛כְתָּ אֶת-בִּנְךָ֥ אֶת-יְחִידְךָ֖ מִמֶּֽנִּי: (יג) וַיִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת-עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּרְא֙ וְהִנֵּה-אַ֔יִל אַחַ֕ר נֶאֱחַ֥ז בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ בְּקַרְנָ֑יו וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אַבְרָהָם֙ וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת-הָאַ֔יִל וַיַּעֲלֵ֥הוּ לְעֹלָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת בְּנֽוֹ: (יד) וַיִּקְרָ֧א אַבְרָהָ֛ם שֵֽׁם-הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא יְהוָ֣ה | יִרְאֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר הַיּ֔וֹם בְּהַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה יֵרָאֶֽה: (טו) וַיִּקְרָ֛א מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה אֶל-אַבְרָהָ֑ם שֵׁנִ֖ית מִן-הַשָּׁמָֽיִם: (טז) וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בִּ֥י נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּי נְאֻם-יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֗י יַ֚עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ אֶת-הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה וְלֹ֥א חָשַׂ֖כְתָּ אֶת-בִּנְךָ֥ אֶת-יְחִידֶֽךָ: (יז) כִּֽי-בָרֵ֣ךְ אֲבָרֶכְךָ֗ וְהַרְבָּ֨ה אַרְבֶּ֤ה אֶֽת-זַרְעֲךָ֙ כְּכוֹכְבֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְכַח֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל-שְׂפַ֣ת הַיָּ֑ם וְיִרַ֣שׁ זַרְעֲךָ֔ אֵ֖ת שַׁ֥עַר אֹיְבָֽיו: (יח) וְהִתְבָּרְכ֣וּ בְזַרְעֲךָ֔ כֹּ֖ל גּוֹיֵ֣י הָאָ֑רֶץ עֵ֕קֶב אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ בְּקֹלִֽי: (יט) וַיָּ֤שָׁב אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶל-נְעָרָ֔יו וַיָּקֻ֛מוּ וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ יַחְדָּ֖ו אֶל-בְּאֵ֣ר שָׁ֑בַע וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב אַבְרָהָ֖ם בִּבְאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע: פ

And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him: ‘Abraham’; and he said: ‘Here am I.’ And He said: ‘Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.’ And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men: ‘Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder; and we will worship, and come back to you.’ And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spoke unto Abraham his father, and said: ‘My father.’ And he said: ‘Here am I, my son.’ And he said: ‘Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt-offering?’ And Abraham said: ‘God will aprovide Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering, my son.’ So they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said: ‘Abraham, Abraham.’ And he said: ‘Here am I.’ And he said: ‘Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him; for now I know that thou art a God-fearing man, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from Me.’ And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son. And Abraham called the name of that place Adonai-jireh; as it is said to this day: ‘In the mount where the LORD is seen.’ And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said: ‘By Myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast hearkened to My voice.’ So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer- sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.

במדבר כה (י) וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל-מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר: (יא) פִּֽינְחָ֨ס בֶּן-אֶלְעָזָ֜ר בֶּן-אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֗ן הֵשִׁ֤יב אֶת-חֲמָתִי֙ מֵעַ֣ל בְּנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּקַנְא֥וֹ אֶת-קִנְאָתִ֖י בְּתוֹכָ֑ם וְלֹא-כִלִּ֥יתִי אֶת-בְּנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּקִנְאָתִֽי: (יב) לָכֵ֖ן אֱמֹ֑ר הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֥ן ל֛וֹ אֶת-בְּרִיתִ֖י שָׁלֽוֹם:

Numbers 25:10-12 - And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: ’Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy. Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace.

י''א פסוקים שמתחילין בנו''ן ומסיימין בנו''ן הם טובים לשמירה ובספר נפתולי אלהים מצאתי שכתב בפ' מטות ורבינו יהודא החסיד ז''ל סדרם כך. נגע. נחנו. נביא. נהר. נחית. נגד. נפתי. נר. נפת. נדו. נושקי. אפשר שסדרם כך לפי השם היוצא מהם ורבינו בחיי ז''ל בפרשה הנ''ל כתב ושם המפורש יוצא מי''א פסוקים הללו והוא מן י''ג אותיות אם תזכיר הפסוקים ועם השם היוצא מהם לא תירא מפחד כי השם מועיל לפחד עכ''ל. עוד מצאתי שצריך לומר פסוק ראשון ג' פעמים:

The following are eleven verse which both begin with the letter Nun and end with the letter Nun, and these are good omens for protection. In the Book 'Naftulei Elokim' I found it written in 'Parshas Maatos', and our master Rabbenu Yehudah HaChassid z"l ordered them thus (as below), and it is possible that he placed them in this order because of the Divine Name which emanates from them. Rabbenu Bachayeh z"l in the abovementioned parshah writes that the Name of the Tetragramaton comes from these eleven verses, and this is from the thirteen letters. If someone recites these verses and remembers the Name which comes from them, he will not need to fear any source of fear, because this Divine Name is effective to remove fear. I also found a source that says the first verse should be recited three times.

רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם הַצֵל אֶת עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכָּל מִינֵי כְשָׁפִים וּמִכָּל מִינֵי עַיִן הָרָע וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁפָּרַשְׂתָּ כְנָפֶיךָ עַל אֲבוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁבַּמִּדְבָּר שֶׁלֹּא שָׁלְטָה עֲלֵיהֶם עֵינָא בִישָׁא דְבִלְעָם כֵּן תִּפְרוֹשׂ עָלֵינוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים לִהְיוֹתֵנוּ מְכוּסִים בְּמִכְסֶה וּבְהַנְהָגָה בִּשְׁמוֹתֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים מִכָּל עֵינָא בִישָׁא:

Master of the Universe, rescue Thy People, the House of Israel, from all forms of witchcraft, and from all forms of Evil Eye; and just as You spread Thy Wings over our ancestors who were in the wilderness in order to prevent the damaging effects of the Evil Eye of Balaam, so too spread Thy Wings over us in Thy Abundant Mercy, in order that we would be concealed in the concealment and the guidance of Thy Holy Names, to be protected from any Evil Eye.