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השקדיה פורחת

מילים: ישראל דושמן

לחן: מנשה רבינא

הַשְּׁקֵדִיָּה פּוֹרַחַת,

וְשֶׁמֶשׁ פָּז זוֹרַחַת.

צִפֳּרִים מֵרֹאשׁ כָּל גַּג

מְבַשְּׂרוֹת אֶת בּוֹא הֶחָג:

ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט הִגִּיעַ – חַג הָאִילָנוֹת!

ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט הִגִּיעַ – חַג הָאִילָנוֹת.

הָאָרֶץ מְשַׁוַּעַת:

הִגִּיעָה עֵת לָטַעַת!

כָּל אֶחָד יִטַּע פֹּה עֵץ,

בְּאִתִּים נֵצֵא חוֹצֵץ:

ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט הִגִּיעַ – חַג הָאִילָנוֹת!

ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט הִגִּיעַ – חַג הָאִילָנוֹת.

נִטַּע כָּל הַר וָגֶבַע,

מִדָּן וְעַד בְּאֵר-שֶׁבַע:

וְאַרְצֵנוּ שׁוּב נִירַשׁ –

אֶרֶץ זֵית יִצְהָר וּדְבַשׁ.

ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט הִגִּיעַ – חַג הָאִילָנוֹת!

ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט הִגִּיעַ – חַג הָאִילָנוֹת.

לשנה טובה שקדיה!

מילים: לוין קיפניס

לחן: אברהם צבי אידלזון

לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה, שְׁקֵדִיָּה!

וְיִתֵּן לָךְ אֱלֹהִים:

גֶּשֶׁם טוֹב, שֶׁפַע טַל,

שֶׁמֶשׁ אוֹר, רוּחַ קַל!

חֵן, חֵן, חֵן, יְלָדִים,

אֶתֵּן לָכֶם שְׁקֵדִים!

לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה, תְּמָרָה!

וְיִתֵּן לָךְ אֱלֹהִים:

גֶּשֶׁם טוֹב, שֶׁפַע טַל,

שֶׁמֶשׁ אוֹר, רוּחַ קַל!

חֵן, חֵן, חֵן, יְקָרִים,

אֶתֵּן לָכֶם תְּמָרִים!

לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה, חֲרוּבָה!

וְיִתֵּן לָךְ אֱלֹהִים:

גֶּשֶׁם טוֹב, שֶׁפַע טַל,

שֶׁמֶשׁ אוֹר, רוּחַ קַל!

חֵן, חֵן, חֵן, אֲהוּבִים,

אֶתֵּן לָכֶם חֲרוּבִים!

לְשָׁנָה טוֹבָה, תְּאֵנָה!

וְיִתֵּן לָךְ אֱלֹהִים:

גֶּשֶׁם טוֹב, שֶׁפַע טַל,

שֶׁמֶשׁ אוֹר, רוּחַ קַל!

חֵן, חֵן, חֵן, בָּנוֹת-בָּנִים,

אֶתֵּן לָכֶם תְּאֵנִים!

קומי צאי

מילים: חיים נחמן ביאליק

קוּמִי צְאִי, אֲחוֹתִי כַלָּה,

קוּמִי צְאִי, קוּמִי צְאִי –

בְּשׂוֹרַת אָבִיב לָךְ הֵבֵאתִי:

מֵאֲחוֹרֵי גֶדֶר גַּנִּי

נִרְאָה צִיץ, נִרְאָה צִיץ,

נִשְׁמַע קוֹל הַדְּרוֹר עַל-בֵּיתִי.

מִן הַבֹּקֶר שׁוֹמְרִים סִפֵּךְ

זָהֳרֵי גִיל, זָהֳרֵי גִיל,

נוֹשְׁקִים מְזוּזוֹת פְּתָחָיִךְ;

צְאִי אֲלֵיהֶם, תַּמָּה, בָּרָה,

וּשְׁטָפוּךְ וְחִדְּשׁוּךְ,

וְהִקְרִינוּ אֶת-עֵינָיִךְ.

עָבַר חֶסֶד-אֵל בָּאָרֶץ

עַל כְּנַף-אוֹר, עַל כְּנַף-אוֹר –

וּבַפְּלָגִים נָפְלָה רִנָּה:

לִבְלְבוּ בַגָּן הָעֵצִים,

אָבִיב בָּא! אָבִיב בָּא!

הַדֻּבְדִּבְנִיָּה הִלְבִּינָה.

גַּם-בַּלֵּב שָׁב וַיְחִי

פֶּרַח דּוֹדַי, נָתַן רֵיחוֹ –

צְאִי בָרְכִיהוּ בַּאֲבִיבֵךְ;

אַף אֲנִי, אַף אֲנִי

אֶת-אֲבִיבִי בָּךְ אַשְׁכִּינָה

וַאֲבָרְכֵךְ וַאֲנִיבֵךְ.

עוֹטָה אוֹר, שִׂמְלַת צְחוֹר,

וּבְצַמָּתֵךְ קִשּׁוּר תְּכֵלֶת,

צְאִי אֵלַי כְּחֶזְיוֹן רוּחַ!

וְנָהַרְתְּ, וְשָׂחַקְתְּ,

וִיהִי שְׂחוֹקֵךְ מָלֵא חֵן,

וִיהִי רֵיחֵךְ כַּתַּפּוּחַ.

יַחְדָּו נַפְלִיג אֶל הַשָּׂדֶה

וְאֶל הָהָר וְאֶל הַגָּיְא,

וַאֲלַקְּטָה שָׁם זִכְרִיּוֹת;

אָסֹף אֶאֱסֹף פְּנִינֵי-טָל,

פְּנִינֵי-טָל –

אֶל צַוָּארֵךְ מַרְגָּלִיּוֹת.

אָסֹף אֶאֱסֹף קַרְנֵי אוֹר,

קַרְנֵי אוֹר,

וַאֲלַקְּטָה בֵּין שׁוֹשַׁנִּים;

אֶעֱנֹד מִצְחֵךְ צִיצֵי זִיו,

צְפִירוֹת זָהָב, זֵרֵי פָז,

וְאֶקְשֹׁר לְרֹאשֵׁךְ כְּתָרִים קְטַנִּים.

יַחְדָּו נֵרֵד אֶל הַמַּעְיָן,

וְכָמוֹךְ, מָלֵא רֹךְ,

עַלִּיז, בָּהִיר וְאַוְרִירִי,

תַּחַת שְׁמֵי אֲדֹנָי

עִם הַגָּל וְעִם הַדְּרוֹר

יַזְהִיר אַף יְצַלְצֵל שִׁירִי.

בראשית מ״ג

שקדים כמנחה למשנה למלך אשר במצרים - יוסף

(א) וְהָרָעָ֖ב כָּבֵ֥ד בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

(ב) וַיְהִ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר כִּלּוּ֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל אֶת־הַשֶּׁ֔בֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵבִ֖יאוּ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֲבִיהֶ֔ם שֻׁ֖בוּ שִׁבְרוּ־לָ֥נוּ מְעַט־אֹֽכֶל׃

(ג) וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלָ֛יו יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הָעֵ֣ד הֵעִד֩ בָּ֨נוּ הָאִ֤ישׁ לֵאמֹר֙ לֹֽא־תִרְא֣וּ פָנַ֔י בִּלְתִּ֖י אֲחִיכֶ֥ם אִתְּכֶֽם׃

(ד) אִם־יֶשְׁךָ֛ מְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ אֶת־אָחִ֖ינוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ נֵרְדָ֕ה וְנִשְׁבְּרָ֥ה לְךָ֖ אֹֽכֶל׃ (ה) וְאִם־אֵינְךָ֥ מְשַׁלֵּ֖חַ לֹ֣א נֵרֵ֑ד כִּֽי־הָאִ֞ישׁ אָמַ֤ר אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙ לֹֽא־תִרְא֣וּ פָנַ֔י בִּלְתִּ֖י אֲחִיכֶ֥ם אִתְּכֶֽם׃

(ו) וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לָמָ֥ה הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם לִ֑י לְהַגִּ֣יד לָאִ֔ישׁ הַע֥וֹד לָכֶ֖ם אָֽח׃

(ז) וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ שָׁא֣וֹל שָֽׁאַל־הָ֠אִ֠ישׁ לָ֣נוּ וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הַע֨וֹד אֲבִיכֶ֥ם חַי֙ הֲיֵ֣שׁ לָכֶ֣ם אָ֔ח וַנַּ֨גֶּד־ל֔וֹ עַל־פִּ֖י הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה הֲיָד֣וֹעַ נֵדַ֔ע כִּ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר הוֹרִ֖ידוּ אֶת־אֲחִיכֶֽם׃

(ח) וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוּדָ֜ה אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אָבִ֗יו שִׁלְחָ֥ה הַנַּ֛עַר אִתִּ֖י וְנָק֣וּמָה וְנֵלֵ֑כָה וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ וְלֹ֣א נָמ֔וּת גַּם־אֲנַ֥חְנוּ גַם־אַתָּ֖ה גַּם־טַפֵּֽנוּ׃

(ט) אָֽנֹכִי֙ אֶֽעֶרְבֶ֔נּוּ מִיָּדִ֖י תְּבַקְשֶׁ֑נּוּ אִם־לֹ֨א הֲבִיאֹתִ֤יו אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ וְהִצַּגְתִּ֣יו לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְחָטָ֥אתִֽי לְךָ֖ כׇּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

(י) כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי־עַתָּ֥ה שַׁ֖בְנוּ זֶ֥ה פַעֲמָֽיִם׃

(יא) וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל אֲבִיהֶ֗ם אִם־כֵּ֣ן ׀ אֵפוֹא֮ זֹ֣את עֲשׂוּ֒ קְח֞וּ מִזִּמְרַ֤ת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ בִּכְלֵיכֶ֔ם וְהוֹרִ֥ידוּ לָאִ֖ישׁ מִנְחָ֑ה מְעַ֤ט צֳרִי֙ וּמְעַ֣ט דְּבַ֔שׁ נְכֹ֣את וָלֹ֔ט בׇּטְנִ֖ים וּשְׁקֵדִֽים׃ (יב) וְכֶ֥סֶף מִשְׁנֶ֖ה קְח֣וּ בְיֶדְכֶ֑ם וְאֶת־הַכֶּ֜סֶף הַמּוּשָׁ֨ב בְּפִ֤י אַמְתְּחֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ תָּשִׁ֣יבוּ בְיֶדְכֶ֔ם אוּלַ֥י מִשְׁגֶּ֖ה הֽוּא׃ (יג) וְאֶת־אֲחִיכֶ֖ם קָ֑חוּ וְק֖וּמוּ שׁ֥וּבוּ אֶל־הָאִֽישׁ׃ (יד) וְאֵ֣ל שַׁדַּ֗י יִתֵּ֨ן לָכֶ֤ם רַחֲמִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָאִ֔ישׁ וְשִׁלַּ֥ח לָכֶ֛ם אֶת־אֲחִיכֶ֥ם אַחֵ֖ר וְאֶת־בִּנְיָמִ֑ין וַאֲנִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁכֹ֖לְתִּי שָׁכָֽלְתִּי׃

Genesis 43

(1) But the famine in the land was severe. (2) And when they had eaten up the rations which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again and procure some food for us.” (3) But Judah said to him, “The man warned us, ‘Do not let me see your faces unless your brother is with you.’ (4) If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and procure food for you; (5) but if you will not let him go, we will not go down, for that man said to us, ‘Do not let me see your faces unless your brother is with you.’” (6) And Israel said, “Why did you serve me so ill as to tell the man that you had another brother?” (7) They replied, “But the man kept asking about us and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still living? Have you another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How were we to know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?” (8) Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy in my care, and let us be on our way, that we may live and not die—you and we and our children. (9) I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me responsible: if I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, I shall stand guilty before you forever. (10) For we could have been there and back twice if we had not dawdled.” (11) Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, do this: take some of the choice products of the land in your baggage, and carry them down as a gift for the man—some balm and some honey, gum, ladanum, pistachio nuts, and almonds. (12) And take with you double the money, carrying back with you the money that was replaced in the mouths of your bags; perhaps it was a mistake. (13) Take your brother too; and go back at once to the man. (14) And may El Shaddai dispose the man to mercy toward you, that he may release to you your other brother, as well as Benjamin. As for me, if I am to be bereaved, I shall be bereaved.” (15) So the agents took that gift, and they took with them double the money, as well as Benjamin. They made their way down to Egypt, where they presented themselves to Joseph. (16) When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his house steward, “Take those men into the house; slaughter and prepare an animal, for those men will dine with me at noon.” (17) The man did as Joseph said, and he brought the men into Joseph’s house. (18) But the men were frightened at being brought into Joseph’s house. “It must be,” they thought, “because of the money replaced in our bags the first time that we have been brought inside, as a pretext to attack us and seize us as slaves, with our pack animals.” (19) So they went up to Joseph’s house steward and spoke to him at the entrance of the house. (20) “If you please, my lord,” they said, “we came down once before to procure food. (21) But when we arrived at the night encampment and opened our bags, there was each one’s money in the mouth of his bag, our money in full. So we have brought it back with us. (22) And we have brought down with us other money to procure food. We do not know who put the money in our bags.” (23) He replied, “All is well with you; do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father’s [house], must have put treasure in your bags for you. I got your payment.” And he brought out Simeon to them. (24) Then the steward brought the men into Joseph’s house; he gave them water to bathe their feet, and he provided feed for their asses. (25) They laid out their gifts to await Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to dine there. (26) When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought with them into the house, bowing low before him to the ground. (27) He greeted them, and he said, “How is your aged father of whom you spoke? Is he still in good health?” (28) They replied, “It is well with your servant our father; he is still in good health.” And they bowed and made obeisance. (29) Looking about, he saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and asked, “Is this your youngest brother of whom you spoke to me?” And he went on, “May God be gracious to you, my boy.” (30) With that, Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome with feeling toward his brother and was on the verge of tears; he went into a room and wept there. (31) Then he washed his face, reappeared, and—now in control of himself—gave the order, “Serve the meal.” (32) They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; for the Egyptians could not dine with the Hebrews, since that would be abhorrent to the Egyptians. (33) As they were seated by his direction, from the oldest in the order of his seniority to the youngest in the order of his youth, the men looked at one another in astonishment. (34) Portions were served them from his table; but Benjamin’s portion was several times that of anyone else. And they drank their fill with him.

אל הציפור

מילים: חיים נחמן ביאליק

שָׁלוֹם רָב שׁוּבֵךְ, צִפּוֹרָה נֶחְמֶדֶת,

מֵאַרְצוֹת הַחֹם אֶל-חַלּוֹנִי –

אֶל קוֹלֵךְ כִּי עָרֵב מַה-נַּפְשִׁי כָלָתָה,

בַּחֹרֶף בְּעָזְבֵךְ מְעוֹנִי.

זַמְּרִי, סַפֵּרִי, צִפּוֹרִי הַיְקָרָה,

מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחַקִּים נִפְלָאוֹת,

הֲגַם שָׁם בָּאָרֶץ הַחַמָּה, הַיָּפָה,

תִּרְבֶּינָה הָרָעוֹת, הַתְּלָאוֹת;

הֲתִשְׂאִי לִי שָׁלוֹם מֵאַחַי בְּצִיּוֹן,

מֵאַחַי הָרְחוֹקִים הַקְּרוֹבִים?

הוֹי מְאֻשָּׁרִים! הֲיֵדְעוּ יָדוֹעַ

כִּי אֶסְבֹּל, הוֹי אֶסְבֹּל מַכְאוֹבִים?

הֲיֵדְעוּ יָדוֹעַ מָה רַבּוּ פֹה שׂוֹטְנַי,

מָה רַבִּים, הוֹי רַבִּים לִי קָמִים?

זַמְּרִי, צִפּוֹרִי, נִפְלָאוֹת מֵאֶרֶץ,

הָאָבִיב בָּהּ יִנְוֶה עוֹלָמִים.

הֲתִשְׂאִי לִי שָׁלוֹם מִזִּמְרַת הָאָרֶץ,

מֵעֵמֶק, מִגַּיְא, מֵרֹאשׁ הָרִים?

הֲרִחַם, הֲנִחַם אֱלוֹהַּ אֶת-צִיּוֹן,

אִם עוֹדָהּ עֲזוּבָה לִקְבָרִים?

וְעֵמֶק הַשָּׁרוֹן וְגִבְעַת הַלְּבוֹנָה –

הֲיִתְּנוּ אֶת-מֹרָם, אֶת-נִרְדָּם?

הַהֵקִיץ מִשְּׁנָתוֹ הַשָּׂב בַּיְּעָרִים,

הַלְּבָנוֹן הַיָּשֵׁן, הַנִּרְדָּם?

הֲיֵרֵד כִּפְנִינִים הַטַּל עַל הַר חֶרְמוֹן,

אִם יֵרֵד וְיִפֹּל כִּדְמָעוֹת?

וּמַה-שְּׁלוֹם הַיַּרְדֵּן וּמֵימָיו הַבְּהִירִים?

וּשְׁלוֹם כָּל-הֶהָרִים, הַגְּבָעוֹת?

הַאִם-עוֹד לֹא-נָבְלוּ הַפְּרָחִים שָׁתַלְתִּי

כַּאֲשֶׁר נָבַלְתִּי אָנֹכִי?

אֶזְכְּרָה יָמִים כְּמוֹהֶם פָּרַחְתִּי,

אַךְ עַתָּה זָקַנְתִּי, סָר כֹּחִי.

וְאַחַי הָעֹבְדִים, הַזּוֹרְעִים בְּדִמְעָה –

הֲקָצְרוּ בְרִנָּה הָעֹמֶר? –

מִי יִתֶּן-לִי אֵבֶר וְעַפְתִּי אֶל-אֶרֶץ

בָּהּ יָנֵץ הַשָּׁקֵד, הַתֹּמֶר!

כְּבָר כָּלוּ הַדְּמָעוֹת, כְּבָר כָּלוּ הַקִּצִּים –

וְלֹא הֵקִיץ הַקֵּץ עַל-יְגוֹנִי,

שָׁלוֹם רָב שׁוּבֵךְ, צִפּוֹרִי הַיְקָרָה,

צַהֲלִי-נָא קוֹלֵךְ וָרֹנִּי!

שמות כ״ה

המנורה - גביעים משוקדים

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(לא) וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ מְנֹרַ֖ת זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר מִקְשָׁ֞ה תֵּעָשֶׂ֤ה הַמְּנוֹרָה֙ יְרֵכָ֣הּ וְקָנָ֔הּ גְּבִיעֶ֛יהָ כַּפְתֹּרֶ֥יהָ וּפְרָחֶ֖יהָ מִמֶּ֥נָּה יִהְיֽוּ׃ (לב) וְשִׁשָּׁ֣ה קָנִ֔ים יֹצְאִ֖ים מִצִּדֶּ֑יהָ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה ׀ קְנֵ֣י מְנֹרָ֗ה מִצִּדָּהּ֙ הָאֶחָ֔ד וּשְׁלֹשָׁה֙ קְנֵ֣י מְנֹרָ֔ה מִצִּדָּ֖הּ הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ (לג) שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה גְ֠בִעִ֠ים מְֽשֻׁקָּדִ֞ים בַּקָּנֶ֣ה הָאֶחָד֮ כַּפְתֹּ֣ר וָפֶ֒רַח֒ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה גְבִעִ֗ים מְשֻׁקָּדִ֛ים בַּקָּנֶ֥ה הָאֶחָ֖ד כַּפְתֹּ֣ר וָפָ֑רַח כֵּ֚ן לְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת הַקָּנִ֔ים הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים מִן־הַמְּנֹרָֽה׃ (לד) וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁ֨קָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ׃ (לה) וְכַפְתֹּ֡ר תַּ֩חַת֩ שְׁנֵ֨י הַקָּנִ֜ים מִמֶּ֗נָּה וְכַפְתֹּר֙ תַּ֣חַת שְׁנֵ֤י הַקָּנִים֙ מִמֶּ֔נָּה וְכַפְתֹּ֕ר תַּחַת־שְׁנֵ֥י הַקָּנִ֖ים מִמֶּ֑נָּה לְשֵׁ֙שֶׁת֙ הַקָּנִ֔ים הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים מִן־הַמְּנֹרָֽה׃ (לו) כַּפְתֹּרֵיהֶ֥ם וּקְנֹתָ֖ם מִמֶּ֣נָּה יִהְי֑וּ כֻּלָּ֛הּ מִקְשָׁ֥ה אַחַ֖ת זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר׃ (לז) וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶת־נֵרֹתֶ֖יהָ שִׁבְעָ֑ה וְהֶֽעֱלָה֙ אֶת־נֵ֣רֹתֶ֔יהָ וְהֵאִ֖יר עַל־עֵ֥בֶר פָּנֶֽיהָ׃ (לח) וּמַלְקָחֶ֥יהָ וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ זָהָ֥ב טָהֽוֹר׃ (לט) כִּכָּ֛ר זָהָ֥ב טָה֖וֹר יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹתָ֑הּ אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַכֵּלִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ (מ) וּרְאֵ֖ה וַעֲשֵׂ֑ה בְּתַ֨בְנִיתָ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה מׇרְאֶ֖ה בָּהָֽר׃ {ס}

Exodus 25

(1) יהוה spoke to Moses, saying: (2) Tell the Israelite people to bring Me gifts; you shall accept gifts for Me from every person whose heart is so moved. (3) And these are the gifts that you shall accept from them: gold, silver, and copper; (4) blue, purple, and crimson yarns, fine linen, goats’ hair; (5) tanned ram skins, dolphin skins, and acacia wood; (6) oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the aromatic incense; (7) lapis lazuli and other stones for setting, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. (8) And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. (9) Exactly as I show you—the pattern of the Tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings—so shall you make it. (10) They shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. (11) Overlay it with pure gold—overlay it inside and out—and make upon it a gold molding round about. (12) Cast four gold rings for it, to be attached to its four feet, two rings on one of its side walls and two on the other. (13) Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold; (14) then insert the poles into the rings on the side walls of the ark, for carrying the ark. (15) The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark: they shall not be removed from it. (16) And deposit in the Ark [the tablets of] the Pact which I will give you. (17) You shall make a cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. (18) Make two cherubim of gold—make them of hammered work—at the two ends of the cover. (19) Make one cherub at one end and the other cherub at the other end; of one piece with the cover shall you make the cherubim at its two ends. (20) The cherubim shall have their wings spread out above, shielding the cover with their wings. They shall confront each other, the faces of the cherubim being turned toward the cover. (21) Place the cover on top of the Ark, after depositing inside the Ark the Pact that I will give you. (22) There I will meet with you, and I will impart to you—from above the cover, from between the two cherubim that are on top of the Ark of the Pact—all that I will command you concerning the Israelite people. (23) You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. (24) Overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it. (25) Make a rim of a hand’s breadth around it, and make a gold molding for its rim round about. (26) Make four gold rings for it, and attach the rings to the four corners at its four legs. (27) The rings shall be next to the rim, as holders for poles to carry the table. (28) Make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold; by these the table shall be carried. (29) Make its bowls, ladles, jars and jugs with which to offer libations; make them of pure gold. (30) And on the table you shall set the bread of display, to be before Me always. (31) You shall make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be made of hammered work; its base and its shaft, its cups, calyxes, and petals shall be of one piece. (32) Six branches shall issue from its sides; three branches from one side of the lampstand and three branches from the other side of the lampstand. (33) On one branch there shall be three cups shaped like almond-blossoms, each with calyx and petals, and on the next branch there shall be three cups shaped like almond-blossoms, each with calyx and petals; so for all six branches issuing from the lampstand. (34) And on the lampstand itself there shall be four cups shaped like almond-blossoms, each with calyx and petals: (35) a calyx, of one piece with it, under a pair of branches; and a calyx, of one piece with it, under the second pair of branches, and a calyx, of one piece with it, under the last pair of branches; so for all six branches issuing from the lampstand. (36) Their calyxes and their stems shall be of one piece with it, the whole of it a single hammered piece of pure gold. (37) Make its seven lamps—the lamps shall be so mounted as to give the light on its front side— (38) and its tongs and fire pans of pure gold. (39) It shall be made, with all these furnishings, out of a talent of pure gold. (40) Note well, and follow the patterns for them that are being shown you on the mountain.

במדבר י״ז

בחירת האל בשבט לוי

... (יד) וַיִּהְי֗וּ הַמֵּתִים֙ בַּמַּגֵּפָ֔ה אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר אֶ֖לֶף וּשְׁבַ֣ע מֵא֑וֹת מִלְּבַ֥ד הַמֵּתִ֖ים עַל־דְּבַר־קֹֽרַח׃

(טו) וַיָּ֤שׇׁב אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶל־פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה נֶעֱצָֽרָה׃
(טז) וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃

(יז) דַּבֵּ֣ר ׀ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְקַ֣ח מֵֽאִתָּ֡ם מַטֶּ֣ה מַטֶּה֩ לְבֵ֨ית אָ֜ב מֵאֵ֤ת כׇּל־נְשִֽׂיאֵהֶם֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־שְׁמ֔וֹ תִּכְתֹּ֖ב עַל־מַטֵּֽהוּ׃

(יח) וְאֵת֙ שֵׁ֣ם אַהֲרֹ֔ן תִּכְתֹּ֖ב עַל־מַטֵּ֣ה לֵוִ֑י כִּ֚י מַטֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד לְרֹ֖אשׁ בֵּ֥ית אֲבוֹתָֽם׃

(יט) וְהִנַּחְתָּ֖ם בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד לִפְנֵי֙ הָֽעֵד֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֛ר אִוָּעֵ֥ד לָכֶ֖ם שָֽׁמָּה׃

(כ) וְהָיָ֗ה הָאִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶבְחַר־בּ֖וֹ מַטֵּ֣הוּ יִפְרָ֑ח וַהֲשִׁכֹּתִ֣י מֵֽעָלַ֗י אֶת־תְּלֻנּוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥ם מַלִּינִ֖ם עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

(כא) וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ אֵלָ֣יו ׀ כׇּֽל־נְשִׂיאֵיהֶ֡ם מַטֶּה֩ לְנָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד מַטֶּ֨ה לְנָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְבֵ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֔ם שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר מַטּ֑וֹת וּמַטֵּ֥ה אַהֲרֹ֖ן בְּת֥וֹךְ מַטּוֹתָֽם׃

(כב) וַיַּנַּ֥ח מֹשֶׁ֛ה אֶת־הַמַּטֹּ֖ת לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה בְּאֹ֖הֶל הָעֵדֻֽת׃ (כג) וַיְהִ֣י מִֽמׇּחֳרָ֗ת וַיָּבֹ֤א מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־אֹ֣הֶל הָעֵד֔וּת וְהִנֵּ֛ה פָּרַ֥ח מַטֵּֽה־אַהֲרֹ֖ן לְבֵ֣ית לֵוִ֑י וַיֹּ֤צֵֽא פֶ֙רַח֙ וַיָּ֣צֵֽץ צִ֔יץ וַיִּגְמֹ֖ל שְׁקֵדִֽים׃ (כד) וַיֹּצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־כׇּל־הַמַּטֹּת֙ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶֽל־כׇּל־בְּנֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּרְא֥וּ וַיִּקְח֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ מַטֵּֽהוּ׃ ..

Numbers 17

(1) יהוה spoke to Moses, saying: (2) Order Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the fire pans—for they have become sacred—from among the charred remains; and scatter the coals abroad. (3) [Remove] the fire pans of those who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and let them be made into hammered sheets as plating for the altar—for once they have been used for offering to יהוה, they have become sacred—and let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel. (4) Eleazar the priest took the copper fire pans which had been used for offering by those who died in the fire; and they were hammered into plating for the altar, (5) as יהוה had ordered him through Moses. It was to be a reminder to the Israelites, so that no outsider—one not of Aaron’s offspring—should presume to offer incense before יהוה and suffer the fate of Korah and his band. (6) Next day the whole Israelite community railed against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You two have brought death upon יהוה’s people!” (7) But as the community gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting; the cloud had covered it and the Presence of יהוה appeared. (8) When Moses and Aaron reached the Tent of Meeting, (9) יהוה spoke to Moses, saying, (10) “Remove yourselves from this community, that I may annihilate them in an instant.” They fell on their faces. (11) Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take the fire pan, and put on it fire from the altar. Add incense and take it quickly to the community and make expiation for them. For wrath has gone forth from יהוה: the plague has begun!” (12) Aaron took it, as Moses had ordered, and ran to the midst of the congregation, where the plague had begun among the people. He put on the incense and made expiation for the people; (13) he stood between the dead and the living until the plague was checked. (14) Those who died of the plague came to fourteen thousand and seven hundred, aside from those who died on account of Korah. (15) Aaron then returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, since the plague was checked. (16) יהוה spoke to Moses, saying: (17) Speak to the Israelite people and take from them—from the chieftains of their ancestral houses —one staff for each chieftain of an ancestral house: twelve staffs in all. Inscribe each one’s name on his staff, (18) there being one staff for each head of an ancestral house; also inscribe Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi. (19) Deposit them in the Tent of Meeting before the Pact, where I meet with you. (20) The staff of the candidate whom I choose shall sprout, and I will rid Myself of the incessant mutterings of the Israelites against you. (21) Moses spoke thus to the Israelites. Their chieftains gave him a staff for each chieftain of an ancestral house, twelve staffs in all; among these staffs was that of Aaron. (22) Moses deposited the staffs before יהוה, in the Tent of the Pact. (23) The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Pact, and there the staff of Aaron of the house of Levi had sprouted: it had brought forth sprouts, produced blossoms, and borne almonds. (24) Moses then brought out all the staffs from before יהוה to all the Israelites; each identified and recovered his staff. (25) יהוה said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back before the Pact, to be kept as a lesson to rebels, so that their mutterings against Me may cease, lest they die.” (26) This Moses did; just as יהוה had commanded him, so he did. (27) But the Israelites said to Moses, “Lo, we perish! We are lost, all of us lost! (28) Everyone who so much as ventures near יהוה’s Tabernacle must die. Alas, we are doomed to perish!”

ירמיהו א׳

השקד השוקד
(יא) וַיְהִ֤י דְבַר־יְהֹוָה֙ אֵלַ֣י לֵאמֹ֔ר מָה־אַתָּ֥ה רֹאֶ֖ה יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ וָאֹמַ֕ר מַקֵּ֥ל שָׁקֵ֖ד אֲנִ֥י רֹאֶֽה׃ (יב) וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י הֵיטַ֣בְתָּ לִרְא֑וֹת כִּֽי־שֹׁקֵ֥ד אֲנִ֛י עַל־דְּבָרִ֖י לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃ {ס}

Jeremiah 1

(1) The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. (2) The word of the LORD came to him in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign, (3) and throughout the days of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, and until the end of the eleventh year of King Zedekiah son of Josiah of Judah, when Jerusalem went into exile in the fifth month.
(4) The word of the LORD came to me:
(5) Before I created you in the womb, I selected you;
Before you were born, I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet concerning the nations. (6) I replied:
Ah, Lord GOD!
I don’t know how to speak,
For I am still a boy. (7) And the LORD said to me:
Do not say, “I am still a boy,”
But go wherever I send you
And speak whatever I command you. (8) Have no fear of them,
For I am with you to deliver you
—declares the LORD.
(9) The LORD put out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me: Herewith I put My words into your mouth. (10) See, I appoint you this day
Over nations and kingdoms:
To uproot and to pull down,
To destroy and to overthrow,
To build and to plant.
(11) The word of the LORD came to me: What do you see, Jeremiah? I replied: I see a branch of an almond tree. (12) The LORD said to me:
You have seen right,
For I am watchful to bring My word to pass.
(13) And the word of the LORD came to me a second time: What do you see? I replied:
I see a steaming pot,
Tipped away from the north.^-c (14) And the LORD said to me:
From the north shall disaster break loose
Upon all the inhabitants of the land! (15) For I am summoning all the peoples
Of the kingdoms of the north
—declares the LORD.
They shall come, and shall each set up a throne
Before the gates of Jerusalem,
Against its walls round about,
And against all the towns of Judah. (16) And I will argue My case against them
For all their wickedness:
They have forsaken Me
And sacrificed to other gods
And worshiped the works of their hands.
(17) So you, gird up your loins,
Arise and speak to them
All that I command you.
Do not break down before them,
Lest I break you before them. (18) I make you this day
A fortified city,
And an iron pillar,
And bronze walls
Against the whole land—
Against Judah’s kings and officers,
And against its priests and citizens. (19) They will attack you,
But they shall not overcome you;
For I am with you—declares the LORD—to save you.

רבנו בחיי, במדבר י״ז:כ״ג

(א) והנה פרח מטה אהרן לבית לוי. שהוא מטה בית לוי. (ב) ויוצא פרח ויצץ ציץ ויגמול שקדים. מה שגמל שקדים ולא פרי אחר, שהוא פרי מכובד וממהר לצאת משנה לשנה יותר משאר פירות, ומפני זה נקראו שקדים מלשון שקידה, כמ"ש (ירמיהו א׳:י״ב) כי שוקד אני על דברי לעשותו. והפרי הזה מר מתחלתו. וכן לשון זה של שקדים נזכר על מדת הדין לעולם, ויגמול שקדים, מקל שקד אני רואה, כלומר ענף עם השקדים שבו שהם מרים, רמז על פורענות ועל מרירות מדת הדין המתוחה בחורבן בית המקדש על ידי נבוכדנצר...

Rabbeinu Bahya, Bamidbar 17:23

(1) והנה פרח מטה אהרן לבית לוי, “and behold! The staff of Aaron, representing the ancestral house of Levi, sprouted, etc.” It did so because Aaron was part of the ancestral house of Levi. (2) ויוצא פרח ויצץ ציץ, “it had brought forth sprouts, produced blossoms, and borne almonds.” The reason the staff produced almonds instead of some other fruit [seeing the almond is not one of the fruit for which the land of Israel is famous, Ed.] is because not only are almonds highly regarded but they are the first to mature after winter. The word שקד suggests a kind of eagerness such as the prophet Jeremiah describing G’d as “eager” to carry out His promise/threat [having shown Jeremiah an almond tree in a vision, Jeremiah 1,11-12. Ed.]. In that particular instance the almond tree symbolized the bitter taste of some almonds and G’d used it as a threat of the Jewish people tasting the bitterness of exile. We have other examples of similar meanings of the simile of almonds. The people of Israel were to learn from this that if someone challenges the hierarchy as established by the Torah not only would he be punished but his punishment would be swift. The attribute of Justice would be activated against such a person. King Uzziah was a case in point; he was punished immediately he offered incense, his forehead becoming afflicted with tzoraat, the dreaded skin disease (Chronicles II 26,19).

גלויה, תחת השקד בארץ ישראל בחמשה עשר בשבט, 1908

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