Megilat Pisgah – the Scroll of Fustat[1] ‫(מגלת‬ ‫ּפִ סְ ּגָה‬ ‫ּלַת‬

)‫קהיר‬

And it was in the days of King Suleiman in

the kingdom of Turkey in the eastern land ‫ֹלמ ֹה‬ ֑ ְ‫ִימי הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬ ֖ ֵ ‫וַי ִ ְ֛הי ּב‬
and the land of Greece and many provinces. ‫ּתֹג ְַרמָ֗ ה‬ ‫ּבְמַ ל ְ֣כּות‬
In those days, when King Suleiman sat on his ‫ּב ֶ ְ֤א ֶרץ הַ ּמִ ז ְָרח֙ ו ֶ ְ֣א ֶרץ י ָ ָ֔ון‬
royal throne in Constantinople the great city, ‫ַרּבֹֽות׃‬ ‫ּובִמְ דִ ינ֖ ֹות‬
he contemplated all the provinces of his ‫ְׁשבֶת ׀‬ ֣ ֶ ‫ַּבּי ִ ָ֣מים הָ ֞הֵ ם ּכ‬
kingdom, and sent to each and every province ‫ֹלמ ֹה ֚עַ ל ּכ ֵ ִּ֣סא‬ ֗ ְ‫הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬
a single official to judge his people in ‫אֲ ֶ ׁ֥שר‬ ֔ ‫מַ ל‬
‫ְכּותֹו‬
righteousness and justice. After these things, ‫ּב ְ֥ק ֹאסְ טַ אנ ִ ְ֖טינָא הָ ִ ֣עיר‬
King Suleiman raised a single official over his ‫וַּיִתְ ּבֹונֵ ֙ן‬ ‫ְדֹולה‬ ֑ ָ ‫הַ ּג‬
officials in the land of Egypt, and his name ‫ְכּותֹו‬ ֔ ‫ּב ְׇכל־מְ דִ ינ֣ ֹות מַ ל‬
was the Known Adversary. And he placed his ‫ל ְׇכל־מְ דִ ָינ֤ה‬ ‫ו ְׁשָ ל ַ֨ח‬
throne over all the officials with him. And he ‫ַ ׂ֣שר אֶ חַ֔ ד‬ ֙‫ּומְ דִ ינָה‬
sent him — the official — to the land of ‫לִׁשְ ּ֥פ ֹט עַ ָ ּ֖מּה ּב ֶ ְ֥צדֶ ק‬
Egypt and commanded him, saying: Egypt is ‫ַאחר‬ ַ֖ ‫ּובְמִ ׁשְ ָּפֽט׃‬
yours, and dwell in it, and your mouth all my ‫הַ ּדְ ב ִ ָ֣רים הָ ֵ ֑אּלֶה ּג ַ ִּ֣דל ׀‬
people will kiss, only my throne will be ‫ֹלמ ֹה ַ ׂ֤שר אֶ חָ ֙ד‬ ֗ ְ‫הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬
greater than yours. Be strong and courageous ‫מִ ּׂשָ ָ֔ריו ּוׁשְ ֥מֹו הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֖טן‬
to judge in righteousness and keep separate ‫הַ ּיָדֽ ּועַ ׃ ו ַ ָּיׂ֣שֶ ם אֶ ת־ּכִסְ ֔אֹו‬
‫מֵ עַ ל־ּכׇ ל־הַ ּׂשָ ִ ֖רים אֲ ֶ ׁ֥שר‬
from greed, and put the currency on my
‫אֹותֹו הַ ַ ּׂ֖שר‬ ֔ ‫אִ ּֽתֹו׃ וַּיִׁשְ ַ ֣לח‬
name. And the Known Adversary went to the
‫ל־א ֶרץ מִ צ ָ ְ֑רי ִם וַי ַ ְ֥צו‬ ֣ ֶ ֶ‫א‬
land of Egypt and went up to Fustat and
‫ֵאמ ֹר׃ מִ צ ַ ְ֨רי ִם‬ ֽ ‫אֹותֹו ל‬ ֖
dwelt there. And he began to oppress and ‫ּובּה ּתֵ ׁשֵ֔ ב‬ ֣ ָ ‫ִ ּ֥תהְ י ֶה ְל ָ֙ך‬
deal greedily, and he did evil in the eyes of ‫ל־פיָך י ַּׁ ִ֣שק כׇּ ל־עַ ִּ ֑מי‬ ֖ ִּ ַ‫ו ְע‬
YHWH. And in his days violence increased, ‫מךָּ׃‬ ֽ ֶּ ִ‫ַ ֥רק הַ כ ֵּ ִּ֖סא אֶ ג ַּ ְ֥דל מ‬
and the Known Adversary neglected the word ‫חֲ ַ ֖זק ו ֶאֱ ַ ֑מץ לִׁשְ ּ֤פ ֹט‬
of King Suleiman. And he gathered great ‫ְּב ֶצ֙דֶ ק֙ ּולְהַ ְר ִ ֣חיק הַ ֶּ֔בצַע‬
wealth, but his eyes and soul were not ‫ָּת ִ ׂ֥שים‬ ַ‫ו ְהַ ּמַ טְ ֵ ּ֖בע‬
satisfied, for he was insatiable of spirit. And ‫עַ ל־ׁשְ ִמֽי׃ וַּיָב ֹ ֙א הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן‬
he set in his heart to rebel against the king, ‫ל־א ֶרץ מִ צ ָ ְ֑רי ִם‬ ֖ ֶ ֶ‫הַ ּי ָ֔דּועַ א‬
and gathered great wealth from all the people ‫ו ַ ַ ּ֥יעַ ל הַ ּפִ סְ ָ ּ֖גה וַּי ֵ ֵֵׁׁ֥֥שב ָּבּֽה׃‬
of Egypt. And he picked out for them ַ‫ו ְהִ תְ ִ ֛חיל לַעֲ ׁ֖ש ֹק ו ְ ִלב ְ֑צ ֹע‬
irresponsible and frivolous people, and talked ‫ו ַ ַ ּ֥יעַ ׂש הָ ַ ֖רע ּבְעֵ ינֵ ֥י יהו ֽה׃‬
to them and sent them out — about two ֹ ‫וַּיִּט‬ ‫הֶ חָ ָ ֑מס‬ ‫ ְּבי ָ ָ֖מיו‬ ‫ו ַ ִּי ֶ֥רב‬
thousand men. And he cut a deal with them, ֙‫ׁש‬
and did discounts for them, and apportioned ‫אֶ ת־ּדְ ַ ֥בר‬  ַ‫הַ ּי ָ֔דּוע‬ ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן‬
them monies from everyones as they ‫ֹלמ ֹה׃ וַּיִקְ ּ֨ב ֹץ‬ ֽ ְ‫הַ ֶ ּ֖מלְֶך ׁש‬
gathered it. ‫֧הֹון ַ ֛רב ו ְֹלא־ׂשָ ב ָ ְ֥עה‬
‫ִ ּ֥כי‬ ‫ו ְעֵ ָינ֑יו‬ ‫נָפְ ׁ֖שֹו‬
‫הָ ָי֥ה‬ ‫ב־נ֖פֶ ׁש‬ֶ ַ‫ְרח‬
‫ְּבל ִּ֖בֹו‬ ‫וַּי ֵ ִּ֥תן‬ ‫עַ ד־מְ ֽא ֹד׃‬
‫ל־הּמֶ לְֶך‬ ֑ ַ ַ‫ע‬ ‫לִמְ ֣ר ֹד‬
‫ַ ֖רב‬ ‫֥הֹון‬ ‫ו ַ ֵּיָ֣אסֵ֔ ף‬
‫מִ צ ָ ְֽרי ִם׃‬ ‫מִ ּכׇ ל־ַאנ ֵ ְׁ֥שי‬
‫וַּיִתְ לַּקְ ֣טּו אֵ ֔ ָליו אֲ נ ִ ָׁ֥שים‬
‫ם‬֙ ‫ֵר ִ ֖קים ּופֹוחֲ ִז֑ים וַּיִסְ ּפְ ֵר‬
‫ו ַ ִּי֣מְ צָאֵ֔ ם ּכִׁשְ נֵ ֥י אֲ ל ִ ָ֖פים‬
‫ת‬ ֙ ‫ִאֽיׁש׃ ו ַ ִ ּ֤יכְר ֹת ּב ְִרי‬
‫עִ ּמָ֔ ם ו ְעָ ָ ׂ֥שה ל ֶ ָ֖הם‬
‫ם‬ ֙ ֶ‫הַ ּנ ָ֑חֹות וַי ְחַ ֵ ּ֤לק לָה‬
‫מָ ֔עֹות ּכׇ ל־אֶ ָ ֖חד ּכ ִ ְ֥פי‬
‫עֶ ְרּכֹֽו׃‬

And he sent this camp to the captains who

had been in Fustat. And also, he killed about ‫וַּיִׁשְ ַ ֖לח ז ֹאת־הַ ּמַ חֲ ֶנ֑ה‬
thirty men from the forces of Suleiman. And ‫ר־היּו‬
֖ ָ ֶ‫אֲ ׁש‬ ‫ַ ּ֣בּקְ צִי ִ֔נים‬
he took all the force that came with him and ‫ם מֵ ֵ ֣חיל‬ ֙ ‫ּבְפִ סְ גָּ ֽה׃ ו ְ ַג‬
placed his tent by the banks of the Nile. And ‫ֹלׁשים‬ ֥ ִ ְ‫ֹלמ ֹה הָ ַ ֖רג ּכַּׁש‬ ֔ ְ‫ׁש‬
it was, when the force of King Suleiman saw ‫וַּי ַ ִּ֖קח‬ ‫ִאֽיׁש׃‬
that the remainder of the captains who had ‫אֲ ׁשֶ֗ ר‬ ‫אֶ ת־ּכׇ ל־הַ ַ ֑חי ִל‬
been in Fustat had been killed, and that the ‫֚ ָּבאּו אֵ ֔ ָליו ו ַ ָּיׂ֥שֶ ם ָאהֳ ֖לֹו‬
Known Adversary was rebelling against King ‫עַ ל־ׂשְ ַ ֥פת הַ ּי ְֽא ֹר׃ וַי ְהִ֗ י‬
Suleiman, all the forces gathered against ‫ּכַאֲ ׁשֶ֨ ר ָר ֜אּו ֵ ֣חיל ׀‬
Fustat and closed its doors behind them. And ‫ֹלמ ֹה הַ ּנִׁשְ ָא ֩ר‬ ֗ ְ‫הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬
they dwelt there eight days in its midst. And ‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ִּ֨כי נֶהֶ ְרג֤ ּו הַ ּקְ צִינִי‬
it was, when the Known Adversary saw the ‫ּבְפִ סְ ָּ֔גה‬ ‫אֲ ׁשֶ ר־הָ י֣ ּו‬
force of King Suleiman was not listening to ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֔דּועַ מָ ַ ֖רד‬ ‫ו ְ ִכ ֙י‬
his voice, when he went up to Fustat and ‫ֹלמ ֹה וַּיִתְ קַ ּב ְ֤צּו‬ ֑ ְ‫ּב ֶ ְ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬
rebelled against it, and the Known Adversary ֙‫ו ְעָ לּו‬ ֙‫ּכׇ ל־הַ חַ֨ יִל‬
conspired with his advisors and said to them, ‫וַּיִסְ ּג ְ֥רּו‬ ‫ל־הּפִ סְ ָּ֔גה‬ ֣ ַ ֶ‫א‬
“What to do?” And they said to him, “If you ‫ֵיהֽם׃‬ ֶ ‫עֲ ל‬ ָ‫ְתֹותיה‬֖ ֶ ‫ּדַ ל‬
listen to our advice and do it, then you can ‫וַּיֵׁשְ ֛בּו ׁשְ מ ָֹנ֥ה י ִ ָ֖מים‬
become king. And now, go and make war ‫ְתֹוכּֽה׃ וַי ִ ְ֣הי ּכַאֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר‬ ָ ‫ּב‬
upon the force of King Suleiman, and take ַ֩ ‫ָראָ֡ ה הַ ָ ּׂ֣שטָ ן הַ ּי‬
‫ָדּוע‬
Fustat and dwell in it, and then the kingship ֙‫ּכִי־חֵ֨ יל הַ ֶ ּ֤מלְֶך ׁשְ ֹלמ ֹה‬
will arise in your hand.” And when the ‫ְקֹולֹו‬ ֔ ‫ּב‬ ‫ֹלא־ׁשָ מְ ֣עּו‬
Known Adversary heard this thing, their ‫ּומ ְרדּו‬ ֣ ָ ‫וְכִי־עָ ֥לּו לְפִ סְ ָ ּ֖גה‬
advice was good in his eyes, and he picked a ַ֙ ‫֑בֹו וַּיִתְ י ַעֵ֨ ץ הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן הַ יַד‬
‫ּ֙וע‬
thousand from the staff, along with the force ‫ֹאמר ל ֶ ַ֖הם‬ ֥ ֶ ‫עִ ם־י֣ ֹועֲ ָָ֔֔ציו ו ַּי‬
‫ֹאמרּו‬ ֣ ‫ַ ֥מה נַעֲ ֶׂשֽה׃ ו ַּי‬
that was with him, and they gathered about
֙‫אֵ ֗ ָליו אִ֨ ם ּתִ ׁשְ ַ ֤מע עָ צָתֵ נּו‬
two thousand from the hoi polloi, and he
‫ּתּוכל‬ ַ֖ ‫ו ְתֵ עָ ֶ ׂ֑שינָה ָ ֥אז‬
went up with his force after Fustat to its
‫מלְֶך׃ ו ְעַ ָּ֗תה ֵ ֥לְך‬ ֽ ֶ ‫לִהְ י֥ ֹות‬
head, and affixed weapons of destruction ‫ָּחם ִ ֥עם ֵ ֖חיל הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך‬ ֛ ֵ ‫ו ְהִ ל‬
there, and made war with it three days, and ֙‫ֹלמ ֹה ו ַּתִ ַ ּ֤קח הַ ּפִ סְ ּגָה‬ ֑ ְ‫ׁש‬
they could not get into Fustat. And on the ‫ו ֵ ַּ֣תׁשֶ ב ָּ֔בּה ָ ֛אז ָּת ֥קּום‬
fourth day, he cast the weapons of ‫הַ ּמַ מְ ל ָ ָ֖כה ְּבי ֶָדֽיָך׃ וַי ִ ְ֣הי‬
destruction and went to one part of the city ַ֮ ‫ּבִׁשְ ֣מ ֹעַ הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּיָד‬
‫ּ֮וע‬
wall, and made it fall to the ground, and the ‫יטב‬ ֣ ַ ִ‫אֶ ת־הַ ּדָ ָ ֣בר הַ ּז ֶ֒ה ו ַּת‬
wall fell atop five hundred people from the ‫ּבְעֵ ָינ֣יו עֲ צ ָָ֡תם וַיְלַּקֵ ֩ט‬
force of the Known Adversary. And they ‫מֵ הָ עֲ ב ֨ ִָדים אֶ֜ לֶף ִ ֤עם‬
went up to Fustat and killed ninety from the ‫ר־היּו עִ ּ֔מֹו‬ ֣ ָ ֶ‫הַ ַ֙חיִל֙ אֲ ׁש‬
‫‪force of King Suleiman, and the remainders‬‬ ‫ם ּכִׁשְ ֵנ֤י‬ ‫וַּיֵָאסְ ֤פּו עֲ לֵיהֶ ֙‬
‫‪fled and escaped. And YHWH did not place‬‬ ‫ם מֵ ַ ֣עם הָ אָ֔ ֶרץ‬ ‫הָ אֲ לָפִ י ֙‬
‫‪in the heart of the Known Adversary to‬‬ ‫ו ַ ַּ֨יעַ ל ֧הּוא ו ְׇכל־חֵ ֛ילֹו‬
‫‪follow them any more.‬‬ ‫הַ ּפִ סְ ָ ּ֖גה‬ ‫חֹורי‬ ‫אֲ ֵ ֥‬
‫ם‬ ‫ֹאׁשּה וַּי ַ ְ֤תּקֵ ן ׁשָ ֙‬ ‫אֶ ל־ר ָ ֑‬
‫ו ְהָ֨ יּו‬ ‫מַ ׁשְ חִ֔ ית‬ ‫ּכ ֵ ְ֣לי‬
‫ֹלׁשה‬ ‫נִלְחָ ִ ֤מים עִ ּמ ֹ֙ו ׁשְ ָ ֣‬
‫י ָמִ֔ ים ו ְֹ֥לא יָכ ְ֖לּו ל ָ֥בֹוא‬
‫אֶ ל־הַ ּפִ סְ ּגָ ֽה׃ ַ֠וי ְהִ י ּבַּי֨ ֹום‬
‫הָ ְרבִיעִ֜ י וַּיַׁשְ ֵ ֣לְך עֲ לֵיהֶ֗ ם‬
‫אֶ ת־ ְּכ ֨ ֵלי הַ ּמַ ׁשְ חִ֜ ית וַּי ָ֨ב ֹא‬
‫אֶ חָ ֙ד‬ ‫ל־ּכ ֹ ֶתל‬ ‫עַ ֤‬
‫וָּיַּפִ ֖ילּוהָ‬ ‫ן־החֹומָ֔ ה‬ ‫מִ ַ ֣‬
‫ל ָ ָ֑א ֶרץ ו ַּתִ ּ֣פ ֹל הַ חֹומָ֗ ה‬
‫ת אִ֔ יׁש‬ ‫עַ֨ ל חָ ֵ ֤מׁש מֵ א ֹ ֙‬
‫מֵ ֵ ֖חיל הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֥טן הַ ּיָדֽ ּועַ ׃‬
‫ל־הּפִ סְ ָּ֔גה‬ ‫אֶ ַ ֣‬ ‫וַּיַעֲ לּו֙‬
‫מֵ ֵ ֛חיל‪ ‬הַ ֶ ּ֥מלְֶך‬ ‫וַּיַהַ ְרג֧ ּו‬
‫ֹלמ ֹה ּתִ ׁשְ ִ ֣עים ָנ֑פֶ ׁש‬ ‫ׁשְ ֖‬
‫ּב ְָר ֥חּו‬ ‫ָארים‬ ‫ו ְהַ ּנִׁשְ ִ ֖‬
‫וְנִמְ ָלֽטּו׃ ו ְֹ֨לא נ ַ ָ֧תן יהו֛ ה‬
‫ּב ֵ ְ֖לב הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֑דּועַ‬
‫יהם עֽ ֹוד׃‬ ‫ל ְִר ּ֥ד ֹף ַאחֲ ֵר ֶ ֖‬

‫‪On that day, at the time the Known‬‬

‫‪Adversary and all his force arose to Fustat,‬‬ ‫ת עֲ ֨לֹות‬ ‫ַ ּ֣בּיֹום הַ ֣הּוא ּבְעֵ ֩‬
‫‪and his force placed him as king over them,‬‬ ‫ּ֙וע ו ְׇכל־חֵ יל ֹ֙ו‬ ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן הַ ּיָד ַ֙‬
‫‪and called out in the street of Egypt and all its‬‬ ‫וַּי ִ ָׂ֧שימּו‬ ‫ל־הּפִ סְ ָּ֔גה‬‫אֶ ַ ֣‬
‫‪cities that the Known Adversary was made‬‬ ‫אֹותֹו ּכׇ ל־חֵ ֖ילֹו ֶ ֣מלְֶך‬ ‫֛‬
‫‪king in Egypt. And it was, when he was made‬‬ ‫ֵיהם וַּיִקְ ְר ֨אּו ּב ְִר ֤חֹוב‬ ‫עֲ ל ֶ ֑‬
‫‪king that he set a tax on the people who were‬‬ ‫ם ו ְׇכל־עָ ֶ ֔ריהָ ִ ּ֤כי‬ ‫מִ צ ַ ְ֙רי ִ ֙‬
‫‪in Egypt, for he wanted to take their wealth.‬‬ ‫נַעֲ ׂשָ ה֙ הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֔דּועַ‬
And the force of the Known Adversary came ‫ֶ ֖מלְֶך ּבְמִ צ ָ ְֽרי ִם׃ וַי ְהִ ֙י‬
and said to him, “Our lord king, you know ‫ׂשֹותֹו מָ֔ לְָך ו ַ ָּיׂ֧שֶ ם‬ ֣ ָ‫ּבְהֵ ע‬
what your servants did to you, and we ‫ַ ֛מס ַ ֥על הָ אֲ נ ִ ָׁ֖שים אֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר‬
crowned you king over us in Egypt. And now, ‫ִ ּ֥כי ּב ֵ ִּ֖קׁש‬ ‫ּבְמִ צ ָ ְ֑רי ִם‬
if you servants have found favor in your eyes, ‫ל ַ ָ֥קחַ ת‬
and if it seems good to the king, may a law be ‫וַּיָב ֹ֜אּו‬ ‫אֶ ת־מָ מֹונָ ֽם׃‬
passed to destroy, kill, and annihilate all he ַ‫׀ הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֗דּוע‬ ‫ֵ ֣חיל‬
Jews, from young to old, children and ‫דֹונ֣ינּו‬ ֵ ֲ‫ֹאמרּו אֵ לָי ֙ו א‬ ֤ ‫ו ַּי‬
women, and plunder as spoil, and take ‫הַ ּמֶ֔ לְֶך אַ ָ ּ֧תה י ָדַ עְ ָ ּ֛ת‬
revenge on them, for our enemies and ‫ה־עׂשּו עֲ ב ֶ ָ֖דיָך ָ ֑לְך‬ ֥ ָ ֶ‫מ‬
stressors are they.” And the Known ‫ְמלְֶך עָ ֵ ֖לינּו‬ ֥ ֶ ‫ו ִ ְ֣המְ ַלכְנ֔ ּוָך ל‬
Adversary said to them, “The Jews are given ‫ו ְעַ ֞ ָּתה‬ ‫ּבְמִ צ ָ ְֽרי ִם׃‬
over to you, do to you as is good in your ‫מָ צ ְ֤אּו עֲ בָדֶ ֙י ָ֙ך ֵ ֣חן‬ ‫אִ֨ ם‬
eyes.” And it was, when the Jews heard this ‫מ ֶל ְ֙ך‬ ֙ ֶּ ַ‫עַ ל־ה‬ ‫ּבְעֵ י ֶ֔ניָך ו ִ ְ֤אם‬
matter, they mourned heavily and cried out a ‫֔טֹוב תִּ נ ֶ ָּ֖תן ַ ּ֑דת לְהַ שְׁ מִ֡ יד‬
great and bitter cry and declared a fast and ‫ּולְאַ ֵּ ֣בד‬ ‫לַהֲ ֣ר ֹג‬
wept and placed ash on their heads and girt ‫ל־הַ יְּהּודִ֠ ים מִ ַּ֨נעַ ר‬ ֠ ‫אֶ ת־כׇּ‬
with sackcloth until their pleas went up to ‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ו ְעַ ד־זָקֵ֜ ן ַ ֤טף וְנָשִׁ י‬
Heaven. The runners went out urgently at the ‫ל ָ֔בֹוז‬ ‫ּושְׁ ל ָ ָ֣לם‬
‫ִ ּ֛כי‬ ‫מֵ הֶ֔ ם‬ ‫ם‬ ֙ ֵ‫ּולְהִ ּנָק‬
word of the Known Adversary, and the law
‫ֵהֽם׃‬ ‫אֹוי ֵ ְ֥בינּו וְצ ֵ ָ֖רינּו‬
was passed in the Jewish quarter, and all the
‫ם הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן‬ ֙ ֶ‫ו ַּי ֹ֤אמֶ ר לָה‬
Jews were confounded.
‫ְהּודים‬ ֖ ִ ‫הַ ּי‬ ַ‫הַ ּי ָ֔דּוע‬
‫נְתּונִ ֣ים ל ֶ ָ֑כם ו ְעָ ׂ֥שּו ל ֶ ָ֖הם‬
‫ּכ ְ֥טֹוב ּבְעֵ ינ ֵֶיכֽם׃ וַי ִ ְ֣הי‬
‫ם‬ ֮ ‫ּכַאֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר ׁשָ מְ ֣עּו הַ ּיְהּודִ י‬
‫הַ ּז ֶ֒ה‬ ‫אֶ ת־הַ ּדָ ָ ֣בר‬
‫׀ ּכ ֵ ָ֣בד מְ ֗א ֹד‬ ‫וַּיַ ֽעֲ ׂשּו־אֵ ֶ ֣בל‬
‫ְדֹולה‬ ֖ ָ ‫וַּיִּזָעֲ ֧קּו זְעָ ָ ֥קה ּג‬
‫׀ ֣צֹום‬ ‫ּומָ ָ ֑רה וַּיִקְ ְר ֣אּו‬
‫עָ פָ ֙ר‬ ‫וַיַּעֲ ֤לּו‬ ‫ּו ֶ֗בכִי‬
‫וַּיַחְ ּג ְ֤רּו‬ ‫עַ ל־ר ֹאׁשָ֔ ם‬
 ‫מִ ּקְ טַ ָּנ֣ם‬ ‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ׂשַ ּקִ י‬
‫ו ְֶתאֱ ַ ֛בל‬ ‫ו ְעַ ד־ּגְדֹו ֔ ָלם‬
‫אֻ מְ ַ ֖לל‬ ‫הָ ָ ֥א ֶרץ‬
‫וַּיִהְ י֞ ּו‬ ‫ֵי־ּבּֽה׃‬
ָ ‫ּכׇ ל־יֹֽוׁשְ ב‬
‫ּב ְׇכל־י֣ ֹום ו ָי֗ ֹום צ ִ ָ֣מים‬
‫ְתה‬ ֥ ָ ‫ו ְצֹועֲ קִ֔ ים עַ ד־ׁשֶ עָ ל‬
‫מי ִם׃‬ ֽ ָ ָ‫הַ ּׁש‬ ‫ׁשַ ו ְעָ ָ ֖תם‬
‫הָ ָר ֞ ִצים יָצ ְ֣אּו דְ חּופִ֗ ים‬
ַ‫ּבִדְ ַב ֙ר הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֔דּוע‬
‫ו ְהַ ָ ּ֥דת נִּתְ ָנ֖ה ּבַחֲ ַ ֣צר‬
‫ְהּודים‬ ֖ ִ ‫ּוכל־הַ ּי‬ ‫ְהּודים ׇ‬ ֑ ִ ‫הַ ּי‬
‫נָבֹוכּֽו׃‬

And it was, when the force of the Known

Adversary heard his words, they gathered the ‫מֹוע חֵ֨ יל הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן‬ַ֩ ְ‫וַי ִ ְ֣הי ּכִׁש‬
hoi polloi two hundred men, and went to the ‫אֶ ת־ּדְ בָר֔ ֹו‬ ַ֙ ‫הַ ּי‬
‫ָדּוע‬
city together, and took everything that was ‫וַּיֵָאסְ ֛פּו מֵ ַ ֥עם הָ ָ ֖א ֶרץ‬
theirs, and plundered a great plunder. And it ‫ִ ֑איׁש וַּיָב ֹ֤אּו‬ ‫אֲ ל ַ ְּּ֣פי ִם‬
was that anyone who found a Jew would try ֙‫עַ ל־הָ עִ י ֙ר ֶּ֔בטַ ח וַּיִקְ חּו‬
to kill him, and they killed five Jews. And the ‫לָהֶ֔ ם‬ ‫אֶ ת־ּכׇ ל־אֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר‬
Jews were fleeing and running to preserve ‫וָּיִׁשְ ל ְ֥לּו ּב ֶ ָ֖הם ׁשָ ָ ֥לל ַ ֽרב׃‬
their lives, for they said “We are all dead!” ‫ו ְהָ ָ֗יה ּכׇ ל־מִ ֙י ׁשֶ ּמָ ָ ֣צא‬
And there was a great cry in Egypt, for there ‫ְהּודי מְ ב ֵ ַּ֖קׁש לְהַ ְרּג֑ ֹו‬ ִ֔ ‫י‬
was no house where there was no cry. And ‫ְהּודֽים׃‬ ִ ‫ו ְהָ ְרג֖ ּו חֲ מִ ָ ּׁ֥שה י‬
one Jew died from the fear alone. There was ‫ּבֹור ִ ֥חים‬ְ ‫ְהּודים ָ ֛היּו‬֧ ִ ‫ו ְהַ ּי‬
a Jewish man in Fustat the fortress, and God ‫לְמַ ֵ ּ֣לט‬ ‫ְָאצים‬ ִ֖ ‫ו‬
sent help and rescue and support by His right ‫ׁשֹותם ִ ּ֥כי ָאמְ ֖רּו‬ ֑ ָ ְ‫אֶ ת־נִּפ‬
hand. And it was, when the Jews were crying ‫כ ָ ֻּ֥לנּו מֵ ִתֽים׃ ו ַתְּ ִ ֛הי‬
out, the matter was told to an official of the ‫צְעָ ָ ֥קה גְד ָ ֹ֖לה בְּמִ צ ָ ְ֑רי ִם‬
officials of the Known Adversary, and he ‫אֲ ֶׁ ֥שר‬ ‫ַּ֔בי ִת‬ ‫ֽי־אין‬֣ ֵ ‫ִּכ‬
stood before him, for he was second to him, ‫ּומת‬ ֛ ֵ ‫ֽין־שם צְעָ ָקֽה׃‬ ֖ ָׁ ‫ֵא‬
‫מֵ ֥ר ֹב‬ ‫אֶ ָ ֖חד‬ ִ֥ ‫י‬
‫ְהּודי‬
and said to him, “My lord king! If I have ‫ְהּודי הָ ָ֖יה‬ ִ ֔ ‫הַ ַּפֽחַ ד׃ ִ ֣איׁש י‬
found favor in the king’s eyes, and if it seems ֙‫ִירה ו ְהָ אֵ ל‬ ֑ ָ ‫ּבְפִ סְ ַּג֣ת הַ ּב‬
good to the king, let the Jews be, for what is ַ‫ּומֹוׁשיע‬
ִ֛ ‫ׁשִ ל ְ֔חֹו ֵ ֧עזֶר‬
their crime and what is their sin for which ‫ְתֹומְך ְּב ַי֣ד י ְמִ ינִ ֽי׃ וַי ְהִ ֮י‬ ֵ֖ ‫ו‬
you have sold them into the hand of those ‫ְהּודים‬ ֣ ִ ‫הַ ּי‬ ‫ּבִהְ י֣ ֹות‬
who seek their harm? If it seems good to the ‫ים וַּי ַֻּג֣ד הַ ּדָ ָ ֣בר‬ ֒ ִ‫צֹועֲ ק‬
king, may their silver and gold be given into ‫לַּׂשָ ֩ר מִ ּׂשָ ֵ ֨רי הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן‬
the royal treasury, and I myself will pass ‫ָדּוע וַּיַעֲ ֣מ ֹד לְפָ ָ֔ניו ִ ּ֥כי‬ ַ֙ ‫הַ ּי‬
amidst them and you will ask them from my ‫֖הּוא מִ ׁשְ ֶנ֣ה ֑לֹו ו ַּ֥י ֹאמֶ ר‬
hand.” And the Known Adversary said to the ‫ּמלְֶך׃ אִ ם־נָ ֩א‬ ֽ ֶ ַ‫֖לֹו אֲ ד ֹנִ ֥י ה‬
second, “Go, do as you will, and the people ‫מָ ָ֨צאתִ י חֵ֜ ן בְּעֵ ֵינ֣י הַ מֶּ֗ לְֶך‬
will be as good in your eyes, for you have ‫֔טֹוב‬ ‫מ ֶל ְ֙ך‬ ֙ ֶּ ַ‫ו ְאִ ם־עַ ל־ה‬
found favor in my eyes.” And the second ‫ְהּודים ִּ֨כי ַ ֤מה‬ ֑ ִ ‫הֵ ִ ֖ניחַ ַלּי‬
went and proclaimed in the Jewish quarter: ‫אתם‬ ָ֔ ָ‫ּומה חַ ּט‬ ַ֣ ‫ם‬ ֙ ָ‫ּפִ ׁשְ ע‬
“Thus says the king, let no man lift his hand ‫אֹותם ְּב ַ֖יד‬ ָ֛ ‫ִּ֨כי ּתִ מְ ֧ס ֹר‬
against the Jews.” And the second said to the ‫ָרעָ ָתֽם׃‬ ‫מְ בַּקְ ֵ ׁ֥שי‬
Jews, “Peace be upon you, do not fear, for ‫֔טֹוב‬ ‫ּמ ֶל ְ֙ך‬ ֙ ֶ ַ‫עַ ל־ה‬ ‫ִ ֥אם‬
the king has commanded such to you.” And it ‫ּוזְהָ ָ ֖בם‬ ‫ּכַסְ ָ ּ֥פם‬ ‫יִּנ ֵ ָ֛תן‬
was, when the force of the Known Adversary ‫אֶ ל־ ִּגנ ְֵז֣י הַ ֶ ּ֑מלְֶך ָאנ ִ ֹ֧כי‬
‫אֶ עֶ ְר ֶ ֛בּנּו מִ ּי ִ ָ֖די ּתְ בַקְ ֶׁשּֽנּו׃‬
had plundered the Jews, they took all the
‫הַ ּׂשָ טָ֨ ן‬ ‫ו ַּי ֹאמֶ ֩ר‬
plunger and put it in one of the houses of the
‫אֶ ל־הַ ּמִ ׁשְ ֶ֗נה ֵ ֤לְך‬  ַ‫הַ ּי ָ֜דּוע‬
officials.
‫עֲ ׂשֵ ה֙ ּכַאֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר ּתַ חְ ּ֔פ ֹץ‬
‫ׂשֹות־ּבֹו ּכ ַּ֣טֹוב‬ ֖ ֲ‫ו ְהָ ָ ֛עם ַלֽע‬
‫ ֵ ֖חן‬ ‫את‬ ָ ‫ּבְעֵ ֶינ֑יָך ּכִי־מָ ָ ֥צ‬
‫ּבְעֵ ינַ ֽי׃ וַּי ָ֣ב ֹא הַ ּמִ ׁשְ ֶ֔נה‬
‫ְהּודים‬ ֑ ִ ‫וַיַּכ ִ ְ֖רז ּבַחֲ ַ ֣צר הַ ּי‬
‫הַ ּמֶ֔ לְֶך‬ ‫ָאמר‬ ַ֣ ‫ּ֚כ ֹה‬
‫י ָ֖דֹו‬ ‫ֹט־איׁש‬ ֥ ִ ‫ַאל־י ִפְ ׁש‬
‫ו ַּ֤י ֹאמֶ ר‬ ‫ְהּודֽים׃‬ ִ ‫ַּבּי‬
‫ְהּודים‬ ִ ֔ ‫ַלּי‬ ֙‫הַ ּמִ ׁשְ נֶה‬
‫יראּו‬ ֑ ָ ִ‫ׁשָ ֥לֹום ל ֶ ָ֖כם ַאל־ּת‬
 ‫ִיכֽם׃‬ֶ ‫ִ ּ֥כי הַ ֶ ּ֖מלְֶך צ ִָּו֥ה עֲ ל‬
‫׀ ּכַאֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר ׁשָ ֗ ָלל חֵ֨ יל‬ ‫וַי ִ ְ֣הי‬
ַ֙ ‫הַ ּי‬
‫ָדּוע‬ ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן‬
‫וַּיִקְ ֖חּו‬ ‫ְהּודים‬ִ ֔ ‫אֶ ת־הַ ּי‬
‫אֶ ת־ּכׇ ל־הַ ּׁשָ ָ ֑לל וַּי ִַּנ֧יחּו‬
‫אֶ ַ ֖חד‬ ‫ּב ֵ ְ֥בית‬ ‫אֹותֹו‬
֛
‫מֵ הַ ּׁשָ ִ ֽרים׃‬

After these things, the Known Adversary

asked the Jews for a hundred and fifty ‫ַאחר הַ ּדְ ב ִ ָ֣רים הָ אֵ֗ ּלֶה‬ ַ֣
thousand gold paras, and said to them: “If ַ֙ ‫ּבִּקֵ֨ ׁש הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן הַ ּי‬
‫ָדּוע‬
you do not bring them to me quickly, I will ‫מֵ אָ֨ ה‬ ִ ֔ ‫מֵ ַ ֣הּי‬
‫ְהּודים‬
kill you by sword.” And when the Jews heard ‫ו ַחֲ מִ ִ ּׁ֧שים ֶ ֛אלֶף ּפְ ָר ִ ֥חים‬
this evil matter, they mourned and could not ‫ְָאמר‬ ֣ ַ ‫ְדֹולים ו‬ ֑ ִ ‫ז ָ ָ֖הב ּג‬
answer him for they were terrified of his ‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ם־ֹלא ּתְ בִיאּו‬ ֤ ִ‫לָהֶ֗ ם א‬
face. And it was, when the children of Israel ‫ָאמִ יתְ ֶ ֖כם‬ ‫ּבִמְ הֵ ָ֔רה‬
saw that the hand of YHWH was plaguing ַ‫וְכִׁשְ ֣מ ֹע‬ ‫ּב ֶָח ֶֽרב׃‬
them, they sprinkled ash on their heads and ‫ְהּודים אֶ ת־הַ ּדָ ָ ֥בר‬ ִ ֔ ‫הַ ּי‬
blew the shofar and declared a fast, and each ‫הָ ָ ֖רע הַ ֶּז֑ה וַּיִתְ אַ ָּ֗בלּו‬
man returned from their wicked way, and ‫ו ְֹ֤לא יָכְלּו֙ לַעֲ נ֣ ֹות א ֹ֔תֹו ִ ּ֥כי‬
cried out to YHWH in a loud voice and ‫נִבְהֲ ֖לּו מִ ּפָ נָ ֽיו׃ וַי ְהִ ֩י‬
weeping. And while they were weeping and ‫ּכַאֲ ׁשֶ֨ ר ָר ֜אּו ב ְֵנ֣י י ִׂשְ ָראֵ֗ ל‬
petitioning before their Rock, men went up ‫ִּ֨כי ָי֤ד יהוה֙ נָגְעָ ה־ ָ֔בם‬
from them and fell before the Known ‫ֹאׁשם‬ ֛ ָ ‫וַּיִז ְְר ֨קּו עָ ָ ֧פר עַ ל־ר‬
Adversary. And he would not listen to them, ‫ְׁשֹופר וַּיִקְ ְר ֣אּו‬֖ ָ ‫וַּיִתְ קְ ֥עּו ּב‬
and said, “Give me countless gold and ‫ׁש‬֙ ‫עֲ צ ָ ָ֑רה וְי ֻ ָׁ֤שבּו אִ י‬
silver!” And the Known Adversary took vast ‫מִ ּדַ ְרּכ֣ ֹו הָ ָרעָ֔ ה וַּיִזְעֲ ֧קּו‬
‫אֶ ל־יהו֛ ה ּב ְ֥קֹול ּג ָ֖דֹול‬
wealth from the Jews who were in Egypt, and
‫יֹותם‬ ֛ ָ ֱ‫וְכֶה‬ ‫ּו ַב ְּבכִּיָ ֽה׃‬
they were seized by their enemies to strike
‫ּבֹוכים ּומִ תְ חַ ּנ ְִנ֖ים לִפְ ֵנ֣י‬ ִ֥
them a great and painful blow. And when the
‫צּורם וַּיַעֲ ֨לּו מֵ ֶ ֤הם‬ ָ֑
stressful decree overtook them, some of the ‫ם וַּי ִּ֔פ ֹלּו לִפְ ֵנ֖י‬ ֙ ‫אֲ נָׁשִ י‬
Jews hid. And they passed a law to all the
men of Egypt that any Jew who fled, they
would hang him at the door of his house. And
every day the oppressors would lift their hand
against the Jews to afflict them and strike
them a great and painful blow. And people
came from the force of the Known
Adversary and grabbed at the Jews to take
their silver and gold and all that was theirs.
And they cried out to YHWH in their stress
and from their adversities to save them, and
they petitioned YHWH in a loud voice, and
there was not one house in Egypt where there
was no weeping and moaning. On the
seventeenth of the month of Adar, the
Known Adversary sought to destroy, kill, and
annihilate all he Jews, from young to old,
children and women, and plunder as spoil.
And on the eighteenth of the month of Adar,
the Jews gathered for their souls in petitions
and a great cry and fasting and weeping and
sackcloth and ashes placed upon them. And
the plea of the children of Israel went up to
YHWH who heard their shouts and
remembered the covenant for them. And God
saw their deeds and their sackcloth and their
fasting and did not despise their poverty, and
sent their rescue suddenly, and saved them
from the hand of their enemies and those
who sought their harm.
‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֥טן הַ ּיָדֽ ּועַ ׃ ו ְֹ֥לא‬
‫ֵיהם ו ַּ֣י ֹאמֶ ר‬ ֑ ֶ ‫ׁשָ ַ ֖מע אֲ ל‬
‫ ֶ ּ֥כסֶ ף וְז ָ ָ֖הב ּב ְֹ֥לא‬ ‫ּתְ נּו־ ֔ ִלי‬
‫מִ סְ ָּפֽר׃ וַּיִּקַ ח֙ הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן‬
‫ְהּודים אֲ ֶ ׁ֥שר‬ ֛ ִ ‫הַ ּי ָ֔דּועַ ֵ ֥מהַ ּי‬
‫ּבְמִ צ ַ ְ֖רי ִם מָ ֣מֹון ַ ֑רב ו ְהָ֨ יּו‬
‫ם‬֙ ֶ‫נִתְ ּפָ ִ ֤סים ְּבי ַד־אֹויְבֵיה‬
‫ּכֹותם מַ ָ ּ֥כה ַר ָ ּ֖בה‬ ַ֣ ‫ל‬
ָ֔ ‫ְה‬
‫וְכַאֲ ׁשֶ֨ ר‬ ‫צּומֽה׃‬ָ ֲ‫ו ַע‬
‫ם הַ ּצ ָ ָ֣רה‬ ֙ ֶ‫נִתְ ַר ָ ּ֤בה עֲ לֵיה‬
‫ו ְהַ ְּגז ֵָ֔רה וַּיֵחָ ב ְ֖אּו מִ ּקְ ָ ֣צת‬
‫ְהּודֽים׃ ו ַּתִ ָ ּ֥נתֵ ן ָ ּ֖דת‬ ִ ‫הַ ּי‬
‫ל ְׇכל־ַאנ ֵ ְׁ֣שי מִ צ ָ ְ֑רי ִם ִ ּ֤כי‬
‫ּכׇ ל־הַ ּיְהּודִ ֙י אֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר יִב ַ ְ֔רח‬
‫ֵיתֹו׃‬ ֽ ‫ל־ּפ ַתח ּב‬ ֥ ֶ ַ‫י ִתְ ֖לּוהּו ע‬
‫ּוב ְׇכל־י֣ ֹום ו ְי֑ ֹום הַ ּנֹוגְׂשִ֕ ים‬
‫אֶ ת־י ָ ָ֤דם‬ ‫ּפֹוׁשְ טִ֨ ים‬
‫ְלי ַּסְ ָ ֣רם‬ ‫ם‬ ֙ ‫עַ ל־הַ ּיְהּודִ י‬
‫ּכֹותם מַ ָ ּ֥כה ַר ָ ּ֖בה‬ ָ֔ ַ‫ּולְה‬
‫צּומֽה׃ וַּי ָ֣ב ֹאּו אֲ נָׁשִ֔ ים‬ ָ ֲ‫ו ַע‬
ַ‫מֵ ֵ ֖חיל הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֑דּוע‬
‫ם‬ ֙ ‫הַ ּיְהּודִ י‬ ‫וַּיִתְ ּפְ ׂ֤שּו‬
‫ל ַ ָ֣קחַ ת מֵ הֶ֔ ם ּכַסְ ָ ּ֥פם‬
‫ּוזְהָ ָ ֖בם ו ְׇכל־אֲ ֶ ׁ֥שר ל ֶָהֽם׃‬
‫וַּיִזְעֲ ֤קּו אֶ ל־יהוה֙ ּב ַ ְ֣צר‬
‫ם‬ ֙ ֶ‫ּומִ֨ ּמְ ֤צּוק ֹתֵ יה‬ ‫לָהֶ֔ ם‬
‫וַּיִתְ חַ ּנְנ֥ ּו‬ ‫יֹוׁשִ יעֵ֔ ם‬
‫אֶ ל־יהו֖ה ּב ְ֣קֹול ּג ָ֑דֹול‬
‫ו ְֹ֤לא הָ י ָה֙ ֵ ּ֣בית מִ צ ַ ְ֔רי ִם‬
‫ין־ּבכִי ו ַאֲ נ ָָחֽה׃‬ ֖ ֶ ֵ‫אֲ ֶ ׁ֥שר א‬
‫ּבְׁשִ ב ָ ְ֣עה עָ ׂשָ ֮ר ל ַ֣ח ֹדֶ ׁש‬
‫ּב ֵ ִּ֣קׁש הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן‬ ֒‫אֲ דַ ר‬
 ‫לְאַ ֵ ּ֣בד‬ ‫הַ ּי ָ֡דּועַ‬
‫ל־הַ יְּהּודִ֠ ים אֲ ׁשֶ֨ ר‬ ‫אֶ ת־כׇּ ֠‬
‫מִ ּנ ַ ַ֤ער‬ ‫ּבְמִ צ ַ ְ֜רי ִם‬
‫ו ְעַ ד־זָקֵ ֙ן ַ ֣טף וְנָׁשִ֔ ים‬
‫מֹונ֣ה‬ ‫ּוׁשְ ל ָ ָ֖לם ָלבֹֽוז׃ ּובִׁשְ ָ‬
‫עָ ׂשָ ֮ר ל ַ֣ח ֹדֶ ׁש אֲ דַ ר֒‬
‫ְהּודים לַעֲ ֣מ ֹד‬ ‫נִקְ ּב ְ֣צּו הַ ּי ֡ ִ‬
‫ם ּב ְַ֨תחֲ נּו ִ֜נים‬ ‫עַ ל־נַפְ ׁשָ ֩‬
‫ִּבזְעָ ָ ֣קה ּג ְ֗דֹולָה ּב ְ֤צֹום‬
‫ּו ְב ִכ ֙י ו ַ ְׂ֣שק ו ָאֵ֔ פֶ ר י ַ ֻּ֖צע‬
‫ל ֶָהֽם׃ ו ַ ַּ֛תעַ ל ׁשַ ו ַ ְ֥עת‬
‫ְּבנֵי־י ִׂשְ ָר ֵ ֖אל אֶ ל־יהו֑ ה‬
‫אֶ ת־נַאֲ קָ ָ֔תם‬ ‫וַּיִׁשְ מַ ֙ע‬
‫יתֹו׃‬ ‫וַּיִז ְּ֥כ ֹר ל ֶ ָ֖הם ּב ְִר ֽ‬
‫אֱ ֹלהִ֜ ים‬ ‫ו ַ ַּ֨י ְרא‬
‫אֶ ת־מַ עֲ ׂשֵ יהֶ֗ ם‬
‫ו ְאֶ ת־ׂשַ ָ ּ֤קם‬
‫ם ו ְֹלא־ּב ָָז֣ה‬ ‫ִית ֙‬
‫ת־ּתעֲ נ ָ‬ ‫ַ‬ ‫ו ְאֶ‬
‫ִיתם וַּיִׁשְ ַ ֥לח י ִׁשְ ָ ֖עם‬ ‫עֲ נ ֶ֔‬
‫יעם מִ ַּי֥ד‬ ‫ּפִ תְ ֑אֹום ו ַּיֹוׁשִ ֵ ֛‬
‫ּומְ בַּקְ ֵ ׁ֥שי‬ ‫ֵיהם‬ ‫אֹויְב ֶ ֖‬
‫ָרעָ ָתֽם׃‬

‫‪On that night, our pleas went up before God,‬‬

‫‪and our prayers were written in the Book of‬‬ ‫ְתה‬ ‫ַּב ַּלי ָ ְ֣לה הַ ֗הּוא עָ ל ָ ֤‬
‫‪Remembrances, and were read out before the‬‬ ‫ׁשַ ו ְעָ תֵ נּו֙ לִפְ ֵנ֣י הָ אֱ ֹלהִ֔ ים‬
‫‪Sovereign. And He said, “I see, I see my poor‬‬ ‫ּתְ פִ ֵ‬
‫ּלֹות֙נּו֙‬ ‫וְנִכְּתְ ֤בּו‬
‫‪people in Egypt, and I hear their cries from‬‬ ‫ּב ֵ ְ֣ספֶ ר הַ ִּזכְרֹונ֔ ֹות וַּיִהְ י֥ ּו‬
‫‪their oppressors, for I know their pains.” On‬‬ ‫ּמלְֶך׃‬ ‫נִקְ ָר ִ ֖אים לִפְ נֵ ֥י הַ ֶ ֽ‬
‫‪that day, the remaining officials of the‬‬ ‫ו ַ֕י ֹּאמֶ ר ָר ֥א ֹה ָר ִ ֛איתִ י‬
‫‪officials of King Suleiman conspired who‬‬ ‫אֶ ת־עֳ נִ ֥י עַ ִּ ֖מי אֲ ֶׁ ֣שר‬
‫‪were speaking with the Known Adversary,‬‬ ‫בְּמִ צ ָ ְ֑רי ִם ו ְאֶ ת־צַעֲ קָ ָ ֤תם‬
heart to heart, and planned to grab him. And ‫שָׁ ַמ֙עְ תִּ ֙י מִ פְּ ֵנ֣י נֹֽגְשָׂ֔ יו ִּ ֥כי‬
each man swore to his fellow, and they took ‫אֶ ת־מַ כְא ָֹבֽיו׃‬ ‫י ַ ָ֖דעְ תִּ י‬
with them thirty men from the force of King ֩‫ּבַּי֣ ֹום הַ ֡הּוא נִתְ י ַעֲ צּו‬
Suleiman, and went upon to Fustat, and did ‫ָארים‬ ֗ ִ ְ‫הַ ּנִׁש‬ ‫הַ ּׂשָ ִ ֣רים‬
not find the Known Adversary for he was in ‫ֹלמ ֹה‬ ֔ ְ‫מִ ּׂשָ ִר ֙י הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬
the bathroom. And it was told to them, saying ‫מְ דַ ּב ִ ְ֖רים‬ ‫ר־היּו‬
֥ ָ ֶ‫אֲ ׁש‬
“Hey, he is in the bathroom,” and they went ‫עִ ם־הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֑דּועַ ּב ֵ ְ֣לב‬
to him so as to grab him, and he heard and ‫וַּיִּוָעֲ ֖דּו‬ ‫ו ָ ֔ ֵלב‬
fled from them. And the force of King ‫וַּיִׂשְ ּב ְ֨עּו ִ ֤איׁש‬ ‫ְתפְ ׂשֽ ֹו׃‬ ָ ‫ל‬
Suleiman pursued him and did not find him. ‫לְָאחִ י ֙ו וַּיִקְ ֣חּו עִ ּמָ֔ ם‬
And it was, when King Suleiman saw that the ‫ֹלמ ֹה‬ ֖ ְ‫ׁש‬ ‫מֵ ֵחֽיל־הַ ֶ ּ֥מלְֶך‬
Known Adversary had fled, he went up to ‫ֹלׁשים ִ ֑איׁש וַּיַעֲ ֣לּו‬ ֣ ִ ְ‫ׁש‬
Fustat and dwelt in it. And he hurried and ֙‫הַ ּפִ סְ ָּ֗גה ו ְֹ֤לא מָ צְאּו‬
called to all the streets of Egypt: “Peace and ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֔דּועַ ִ ּ֥כי הָ ָ֖יה‬
tranquility will be yours, and do not fear,” ‫ּב ֵ ְ֥בית הַ ּמֶ ְר ָחֽץ׃ וַּי ַ ֻּ֤גד‬
and the said, “May our lord the king ‫ֵאמ ֹר הִ ּנֵ ֥ה ֖הּוא‬ ֔ ‫ם ל‬ ֙ ֶ‫לָה‬
Suleiman live forever!” And there was vast ‫ּבַּמֶ ְר ָ ֑חץ וַּיֵל ְ֤כּו אֵ לָי ֙ו ּכ ֵ ְ֣די‬
great joy, and Egypt rejoiced and was happy. ‫ְתפְ ׂ֔שֹו וַּיִׁשְ ַ ֖מע וַּיִב ַ ְ֥רח‬ ָ ‫ל‬
For the Jews there was light and gladness and ‫ֵיהֽם׃ וַּי ְִרּדְ ֣פּו ַאחֲ ָ֔ריו‬ ֶ ‫מִ ּפְ נ‬
‫ֹלמ ֹה ו ְֹ֖לא‬ ֽ ְ‫ֵ ֖חיל הַ ֶ ּ֥מלְֶך ׁש‬
joy and honor.
‫מְ צָאֽ ּוהּו׃ וַי ְהִ֨ י ּכ ְִר ֤אֹות‬
‫ֹלמ ֹה ִ ּ֛כי הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֥טן‬ ֔ ְ‫הַ ּמֶ ֶל ְ֙ך ׁש‬
‫הַ ּי ָ֖דּועַ ּב ַ ָ֑רח וַּיַעֲ ֥לּו‬
‫בּו־בּֽה׃‬ ָ ְ‫אֶ ל־הַ ּפִ סְ ָ ּ֖גה ו ַ ֵּיׁ֥ש‬
֙‫וַּיִקְ ְראּו‬ ‫וַי ְמַ הֲ ֤רּו‬
‫מִ צ ַ ְ֔רי ִם‬ ‫ל־רח ֹ֣בֹות‬ ְ ‫ּב ְׇכ‬
‫ׁשָ ֧לֹום ו ְהַ ׁשְ ֵ ֛קט י ִהְ ֶי֥ה‬
‫ו ְַאל־ּתִ פְּ ַ ֑חדּו‬ ‫ל ֶ ָ֖כם‬
‫ו ַּי ֹ֤אמרּו֙ י ִ ְ֣חי אֲ ד ֹ ֵ֔נינּו‬
‫ְעֹולֽם׃‬ ָ ‫ֹלמ ֹה ל‬ ֖ ְ‫הַ ֶ ּ֥מלְֶך ׁש‬
֙‫ו ַּתְ הִ֨ י ׂשִ ּמְ ָ ֤חה ּגְדֹולָה‬
‫ּומִ צ ַ ְ֕רי ִם‬ ‫עַ ד־מְ ֔א ֹד‬
 ‫ו ְשָׂ ֵמֽחָ ה׃‬ ‫צָהֲ ָ ֖לה‬
‫אֹורה‬
ָ֖ ‫הי ָ ְ֥תה‬ ִ ֕ ‫ַלי‬
ֽ ָ ‫ְּהּודים‬
‫ו ְשִׂ מְ ָ ֑חה ו ְשָׂ ֖ש ֹׂן ו ִָיקֽר׃‬

And on the nineteenth of the month of Adar

the officials of King Suleiman planned to ‫ּובְתִ ׁשְ ָ ֥עה עָ ָ ׂ֖שר ל ַ֣ח ֹדֶ ׁש‬
pursue the Known Adversary. And a great ‫אֲ ַ ֑דר נִתְ ו ַעֲ ֤דּו ׂשָ ֵר ֙י‬
force was gathered, and wore their weapons, ‫ֹלמ ֹה ל ְִר ּ֥ד ֹף‬ ֔ ְ‫הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬
and took them with them. And the officials of ‫ַאחר הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֥טן הַ ּיָדֽ ּועַ ׃‬ ַ֖
King Suleiman divided them into three ‫ּג ָ֑דֹול‬ ‫ַ ֣חי ִל‬ ‫וְי ִקְ ב ְּ֖צּו‬
divisions, and they pursued after the Known ‫ַ֔זי ִן‬ ‫ּכ ֵ ְ֣לי‬ ‫ם‬֙ ‫ו ַ ַּ֤י ְלּבִׁשּו‬
Adversary. And the force of the Known ‫ם‬ ֩ ‫וַּיִּקָ ֖חּום עִ ָּמֽם׃ וַּיַחְ לְקּו‬
Adversary fled and hid in the sugarcane field. ֙‫ׂשָ ֵ ֨רי הַ ֶ ּ֤מלְֶך ׁשְ ֹלמ ֹה‬
And it was told to the force of King Suleiman ‫ֹלׁשה חֲ לָקִ֔ ים וַּי ְִרּדְ ֥פּו‬ ֣ ָ ְ‫לִׁש‬
that men fled and were hidden in the ‫ַאחֲ ֵ ֖רי הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֥טן הַ ּיָדֽ ּועַ ׃‬
sugarcane field. And they cast fire upon them ‫וַּיָנ ֻ֛סּו מֵ ֵ ֖חיל הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן‬
and burned them and the sugarcane field. ‫הַ ּי ָ֑דּועַ וַּיִתְ חַ ּב ְ֖אּו ּבִׂשְ ֵ ֥דה‬
And the force of King Suleiman came and ‫הַ ּקָ נִ ֽים׃ וְי ֻּגַ ֛ד ל ֵ ְ֖חיל‬
saw them burnt in the fire. And it was told to ‫֚ ִּכי‬ ‫ֹלמ ֹה‬ ֑ ְ‫ׁש‬ ‫הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך‬
the force of the Known Adversary that the ‫אֲ נ ִ ָׁ֣שים ּב ָָ֔רחּו ו ֵ ְ֥הם‬
force of King Suleiman was pursuing after ‫ּבִׂשְ ֵ ֥דה‬ ‫נֶחְ ּב ִ ָ֖אים‬
them, and their hearts died within them. And ‫ֵיהם‬ ֖ ֶ ‫הַ ּקָ נִ ֽים׃ וַּיַׁשְ ִ ֥ליכּו עֲ ל‬
they abandoned their horses and their swords ‫אֹותם‬ ָ֖ ‫ֵ ֑אׁש וַּיִׂשְ ְר ֥פּו‬
‫הַ ּקָ נִ ֽים׃‬ ‫ו ְאֶ ת־ׂשְ ֵ ֥דה‬
and left. And many men fled and cast
‫ֵ ֖חיל הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך‬ ‫וַּי ָ֛ב ֹאּו‬
themselves into the Nile and went and
‫אֹותם‬ ָ֖ ‫ֹלמ ֹה וַּי ְִר ֥אּו‬ ֑ ְ‫ׁש‬
drowned. And the force of King Suleiman
‫רּופים ּב ֵָאֽׁש׃ וַּיֻּגַ ֛ד‬ ֥ ִ ְ‫ׂש‬
came up to them and saw them dead by the ַ‫ל ֵ ְ֖חיל הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֑דּוע‬
banks of the Nile. And the Known Adversary ֙‫ּכִי־חֵ֨ יל הַ ֶ ּ֤מלְֶך ׁשְ ֹלמ ֹה‬
fled with all his force to a city of the cities of ‫ָר ַ ֣דף ַאחֲ ֵריהֶ֔ ם ו ַ ָּי ׇ֥מת‬
Egypt, and cut a deal with them, and wined ‫ל ָ ַּ֖בם ּבְקִ ְר ָּבֽם׃ וַּיַעַ ז ְ֣בּו‬
and dined them. And the force of the king ‫אֶ ת־סּוסֵ יהֶ֔ ם‬
pursued the Known Adversary, and reached ‫בֹותם וַּי ֵֵלֽכּו׃‬ ֖ ָ ‫ו ְאֶ ת־חַ ְר‬
them coming out from the city, and they ‫וַּיִב ְְרחּו֙ אֲ נ ִ ָׁ֣שים ַר ִּ֔בים‬
exterminated the city and plundered it and ‫ל־ּתֹוְך‬ ֣ ֶ‫וַּיַׁשְ ִ ֥ליכּו עַ צ ָ ְ֖מם א‬
burned some of it in fire. And the Jews who ‫הַ ּי ְ֑א ֹר וַּיֵלְכ֖ ּו וׇ ּיִטְ ָּבֽעּו׃‬
were in the city plundered it but did not kill a ‫ֵ ֖חיל‬ ‫וַּי ָ֣ב ֹאּו עֲ לֵיהֶ֔ ם‬
single person. ‫ֹלמ ֹה וַּי ְִר ֣אּו‬ ֑ ְ‫הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬
‫מֵ ִ ֖תים‬ ‫אֹותם‬ ָ֔
‫הַ ּי ְֽא ֹר׃ ו ַ ָּ֨ינׇ ס‬ ‫עַ ל־ׂשְ ַ ֥פת‬
‫ָדּוע ו ְׇכל־חֵ ֔ילֹו‬ ַ֙ ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן הַ ּי‬
‫ל־עיר מֵ עָ ֵ ֣רי מִ צ ָ ְ֑רי ִם‬ ֖ ִ ֶ‫א‬
‫ם ּב ִ ְ֔רית‬ ֙ ֶ‫וַּיִכ ְְר ֤תּו לָה‬
‫וַּיַׁשְ קֽ ּום׃‬ ‫וַּיַאֲ כ ִ֖לּום‬
‫׀ ֵ ֣חיל הַ ּמֶ֗ לְֶך‬ ‫וַּי ְִרּדְ ֣פּו‬
‫ּ֙וע וַּי ִ ַּׂ֣שיגּו‬
ַ֙ ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן הַ ּיָד‬
‫אֹותם יֹוצ ִ ְ֖אים מִ ן־הָ ִ ֑עיר‬ ָ֔
‫אֶ ת־הָ עִ י ֙ר‬ ‫וַּיֶחֶ ְר ֤בּו‬
‫אֹותּה וַּיִׂשְ ְר ֥פּו‬ ָ֔ ‫וַּיִׁשְ ל ְ֣לּו‬
‫ּב ֵָאֽׁש׃‬ ‫מִ קְ צ ָ ָ֖תּה‬
‫אֲ ׁשֶ ר־הָ י֣ ּו‬ ֙ ‫ו ְהַ ּיְהּודִ י‬
‫ם‬
‫אֹותם‬ ָ֑ ‫ּבָעִ֔ יר ׁשָ ל ְ֖לּו‬
‫ו ְֹלא־הָ ְרג֥ ּו מֵ ֶ ֖הם ִאֽיׁש׃‬

On the twenty-seventh day of the month of

Adar the force of King Suleiman pursued ‫ם‬֮ ‫ּבְי֣ ֹום שִׁ ב ָ ְ֣עה ו ְעֶ ׂשְ ִרי‬
after the force of the ‘king’ Known Adversary ‫ל ְ֣ח ֹדֶ ׁש אֲ דַ ר֒ ָר ְר ֗פּו ֚חֵ יל‬
and reached him and grabbed him and cut off ‫ֹלמ ֹה ַאחֲ ֵ ֥רי‬ ֔ ְ‫הַ ֶ ּ֣מלְֶך ׁש‬
his head. And the force of King Suleiman ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן‬ ‫חֵ יל־הַ ֶ ּ֖מלְֶך‬
brought the head of the Known Adversary, ‫הַ ּי ָ֑דּועַ וַּי ִ ַּׂ֤שיגּו אֹות ֹ֙ו‬
hanged on a spear. And they hanged him on ‫וַּיַחְ ּתְ כ֖ ּו‬ ‫ו ַ ִּי֣תְ ּפְ ׂ֔שּוהּו‬
the Havilah gate before all the people. And it ‫ֵ ֥חיל‬ ‫ר ֹאׁשֽ ֹו׃ וַּיָ ִ֕ביאּו‬
was at the time when the force of King ‫ֹלמ ֹה‬ ֑ ְ‫ׁש‬ ‫הַ ֶ ּ֖מלְֶך‬
Suleiman came to Egypt, and with him the ַ‫ׁש הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֔דּוע‬֙ ‫אֶ ת־ר ֹא‬
head of the Known Adversary, and the ‫ּתָ ֖לּוי עַ ל־הָ ֽר ֹמַ ח׃ וַּיִתְ ֖לּו‬
people of Egypt rejoiced a great rejoicing. ‫ ַ ׁ֣שעַ ר הַ חֲ ו ִי ֔ ָלה‬ ‫אֹותֹו ֚עַ ל‬ ֑
And when the Jews saw the rescue of YHWH ‫לְעֵ ינֵ ֥י ּכׇ ל־הָ ָעֽם׃ וַי ִ ְ֣הי‬
and the miracles that were done for them in ‫ּבְעֵ֗ ת ָּ֨בא חֵ יל־הַ ֶ ּ֤מלְֶך‬
the days of Haman the Agagite, who sought ‫ׁשְ ֹלמ ֹה֙ לְמִ צ ַ ְ֔רי ִם ו ְעִ ּמָ֕ ם‬
to kill and annihilate all he Jews, from young ַ‫ר ֹ֖אׁש הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֣טן הַ ּי ָ֑דּוע‬
to old, children and women, and plunder as ‫וַּיִׂשְ מְ ֛חּו ַאנ ֵ ְׁ֥שי מִ צ ַ ְ֖רי ִם‬
spoil — and just as the Amalekite planned so ‫ְדֹולֽה׃ וְכ ְִר ֨אֹות‬ ָ ‫ׂשִ ּמְ ָ ֥חה ג‬
too did the Known Adversary to do, but God ‫ְׁשּועת‬֣ ַ ‫ְהּודים אֶ ת־י‬ ִ ֜ ‫הַ ּי‬
overturned their plots and made light of their ‫ם אֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר‬ ֮ ‫יהו֗ ה ו ְאֶ ת־הַ ּנִּסִ י‬
schemes and turned their labors on their ‫ִימי הָ ָ ֣מן‬ ֣ ֵ ‫נַעֲ ׂ֣שּו לָהֶ ֒ם ּב‬
head. Thus the Jews established and agreed to ‫הָ אֲ ָג ִ֡גי ו ַאֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר ּב ֵ ִּ֣קׁש‬
fast on the twenty-seventh day of the month ‫ּולְאַ ֵּ ֣בד‬ ‫לַהֲ ֣ר ֹג‬
of Adar and to make the twenty-eighth day a ‫ל־הַ יְּהּודִ֠ ים מִ ּנ ַ ַ֤ער‬ ֠ ‫אֶ ת־כׇּ‬
joyous feast, with giving gifts from one to his ‫ו ְעַ ד־זָקֵ ֙ן ַ ֣טף וְנָׁשִ֔ ים‬
friend and gifts to the poor. For thus YHWH ‫׀‬ ‫וְכַאֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר‬ ‫ּוׁשְ ל ָ ָ֖לם ל ָ֑בֹוז‬
did for them miracles and wonders and saved ‫י ַ ָ֣עץ הָ עֲ מָ לֵקִ֗ י ֵ ּ֥כן י ָעַ֨ ץ‬
them from the hand o their enemies and ‫ָדּוע לַעֲ ׂ֔שֹות‬ ַ֙ ‫הַ ּׂשָ ָ ֤טן הַ ּי‬
those who sought their harm. Thus, the Jews ‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ו ְהָ אֵ֨ ל הֵ ֵ ֤פר עֲ צ ָָת‬
‫מַ חְ ׁשְ ב ָֹ֔תם‬ ‫ו ְקִ ל ֵ ְ֣קל‬
dwelling in Egypt established and accepted
‫ֹאׁשֽם׃‬ ָ ‫ו ְהֵ ִ ׂ֥שיב עֲ מָ ָ ֖לם ּבְר‬
upon them and their descendants and upon all
‫ְהּודים‬ ֤ ִ ‫עַ ל־ ֵּכ ֩ן נִקְ הֲ֨ לּו הַ ּי‬
who join them to fast on the twenty-seventh
‫ְהתְ עַ ּנ֔ ֹות‬ ִ֣ ‫ל‬ ֙‫ו ְהִ סְ ִּכ֙ימּו‬
day of the month of Adar and to read this ‫ּבְי֛ ֹום ׁשִ ב ָ ְ֥עה ו ְעֶ ׂשְ ִ ֖רים‬
Megillah on the twenty-eighth day of it, and ‫ל ְ֥ח ֹדֶ ׁש אֲ ָ ֑דר וְלַעֲ ׂ֗שֹות‬
to make it a joyous feast day. Thus they ‫ם ּ֔בֹו‬ ֙ ‫י֨ ֹום ׁשְ מ ֶֹנ֤ה ו ְעֶ ׂשְ ִרי‬
called these days Nissim [miracles], for God ‫ו ְשִׂ מְ חָ֔ ה‬ ‫מִ שְׁ ֶּ ֣תה‬
did them miracles and wonders and saved ‫ת ִ ֣איׁש‬ ֙ ‫ּומִ שְׁ ֹ֤לחַ מָ נֹו‬
them from the hand of their enemies. ‫ּומַ ָּתנ֖ ֹות‬ ‫ל ְֵרעֵ֔ הּו‬
‫אֲ ׁשֶ ֩ר‬ ‫ ַ ֣על‬ ‫ָלֽאֶ בְי ֹנִ ֽים׃‬
‫עָ ׂשָ֨ ה יהו֧ ה עִ ּמָ ֶ ֛הם‬
‫וְנִפְ ל ָ֖אֹות‬ ‫נ ִ ִּ֥סים‬
 ‫מִ ַּי֥ד‬ ‫יעם‬ ֑ ֵ ִ‫ו ַּתֹוׁש‬
‫ּומְ בַּקְ ֵ ׁ֥שי‬ ‫יהם‬֖ ֶ ֵ‫ׂשֹונְא‬
‫קִ י ְּ֣מּו‬ ‫עַ ל־ּכֵן‬ ‫ָרעָ ָתֽם׃‬
‫ְּהּודים‬ִ ֡ ‫הַ י‬ ‫ו ְקִ ב ְּ֣לּו‬
‫ם‬֩ ִ ‫ּבְמִ צ ְַרי‬ ‫הַ ּיֹוׁשְ ִ ֣בים‬
‫עֲ לֵיהֶ֨ ם ׀ ו ְעַ ל־ז ְַרעָ֜ ם‬
‫כׇּ ל־הַ נִּ ְל ִו֤ים‬ ‫ו ְעַ֨ ל‬
‫לְהִ תְ עַ ּנ֔ ֹות‬ ‫ם‬ ֙ ֶ‫עֲ לֵיה‬
‫ּבְׁשִ ב ָ ְ֧עה ו ְעֶ ׂשְ ִ ֛רים י֖ ֹום‬
‫׀‬ ‫ל ַ֣ח ֹדֶ ׁש אֲ ָ ֑דר וְלִקְ ֣ר ֹא‬
‫הַ ּמְ ג ָ ִּ֣לה הַ ּז ֹ֗את ּבִׁשְ מ ֹ ָ֨נה‬
‫ם ּ֔בֹו וְלַעֲ ׂ֣שֹות‬ ֙ ‫ו ְעֶ ׂשְ ִ ֤רים יֹו‬
‫מִ ׁשְ ֶ ּ֥תה‬ ‫י֖ ֹום‬ ‫א ֹ֔תֹו‬
֩‫ו ְׂשִ מְ ָחֽה׃ עַ ל־ ֵּ֡כן ָק ְֽראּו‬
‫ם‬ ֙ ‫ַליָּמִ֨ ים הָ ֵ ֤אּלּו נִּסִ י‬
֙‫הָ אֵ ל‬ ‫עַ ל־ׁשֶ ָ ֤עׂשָ ה‬
‫עִ ּמָ הֶ֔ ם נ ִ ִּ֖סים וְנִפְ ל ָ֑אֹות‬
‫מִ ַּי֥ד‬ ‫יעם‬ ֖ ָ ִ‫ו ְהֹוׁש‬
‫ֵיהֽם׃‬ ֶ ‫אֹויְב‬

Thus may all your enemies perish, YHWH,

and those who hate You treasured one, like
Haman the Agagite and the Known
Adversary who sought to kill and annihilate
all he Jews, from young to old, children and
women, and plunder as spoil, but God in His
compassion overturned their plots and made
light of their schemes and hanged them. And
may those who love you be like the sunrise in
might, and the land was peaceful! And we
will remember His wonders and mercies that
He does for us at all days and at all hours and
‫׀ י ֹאב ְ֣דּו ׇכל־אֹוי ְ ֶ֗ביָך‬ ‫ֵ ּ֣כן‬
֒‫יהוה֮ ו ְׂשֹונ ֵ ְ֣אי סְ ֻגּלָתְ ָך‬
‫הָ ָ ֣מן הָ אֲ גָגִ ֣י ו ְהַ ּׂשָ ָ ֪טן‬ ‫ּכ ְ֣מֹו‬
‫ּוע אֲ ֶ ׁ֣שר ּבִּקְ ׁ֣שּו‬ ַ֩ ‫֠הַ ּי ָ֟ד‬
‫ּולְאַ ֵּ ֣בד‬ ‫לַהֲ ֣ר ֹג‬
‫ל־הַ יְּהּודִ֠ ים מִ ּנ ַ ַ֤ער‬ ֠ ‫אֶ ת־כׇּ‬
‫ו ְעַ ד־זָקֵ ֙ן ַ ֣טף וְנָׁשִ֔ ים‬
‫ו ְהָ אֵ֨ ל‬ ‫ל ָ֑בֹוז‬ ‫ּוׁשְ ל ָ ָ֖לם‬
‫ּב ַ ְ֤רחֲ מָ י ֙ו הֵ ֵ ֣פר עֲ צֵהֶ֔ ם‬
‫ו ְקִ ל ֵ ְ֥קל מַ חְ ׁשְ ב ָ ֹ֖תם ו ְָת ֥לּו‬
‫ו ְא ֹהֲ ָ ֥ביו‬ ‫אֹותֽם׃‬ ָ
at all times. Save us, YHWH our God, and ‫ְּכצֵאת־הַ ֶ ּׁ֖שמֶ ׁש ִּב ְגב ָֻר ֑תֹו‬
gather us — speedily! – from the nations, to ‫ו ַּתִ ׁשְ ֖ק ֹט הָ ָא ֶֽרץ׃ וְנִז ְּ֖כ ֹר‬
thank Your Holy Name and laud Your ‫ו ַחֲ סִ ָ ֑דיו‬ ‫ְאֹותיו‬
֣ ָ ‫נִפְ ל‬
praises. And we are Your people and the ‫עֹוׂשה עִ ּמָ֔ נּו‬ ֶ֣ ‫אֲ ׁשֶ ר־הּו ֙א‬
flock You pasture, we thank You forever, ‫ּב ְׇכל־י֥ ֹום ּוב ְׇכל־ׁשָ ָ ֖עה‬
from generation to generation we tell Your ‫יענּו ׀‬ ֣ ֵ ִׁ‫ּוב ְׇכל־ז ְַמֽן׃ הֹוש‬
praises. ‫יהו֣ ה אֱ ֹלהֵ֗ ינּו ו ְקַ ב ֵ ְּ֤צנּו‬
‫ִמֽן־הַ ּגֹו ִ֔ים‬ ֙‫מְ הֵ ָרה‬
‫ְשם ׇקדְ ֶׁ ֑שָך‬ ֣ ֵׁ ‫לְה ֹ֖דֹות ל‬
‫לְהִ שְׁ ַּת ֵּ ֖בחַ בִּתְ הִ ל ֶָּתָֽך׃‬
‫ו ַאֲ ַנ֤חְ נּו עַ מְּ ָ֙ך ׀ ו ְצ ֹ֣אן‬
֖‫נֹודה לְָּך‬ ֶ֥ ‫יתָך‬ ֶ֔ ִ‫מַ ְרע‬
‫ְעֹולם ל ְ֣דֹור ו ָ֔ד ֹר נְסַ ֵּ ֖פר‬ ָ֑ ‫ל‬
‫תְּ הִ ל ֶָּתָֽך׃‬

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