Birkat HamazonPurim פורים
This part of the Siddur, ready to read in Hebrew, transliterated or translated, line by line.
Shabbat Zachor שבת זכור
שַׁבַּת זָכוֹר
לְשֵׁם יִחוּד קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, בִּדְחִֽילוּ וּרְחִֽימוּ, וּרְחִֽימוּ וּדְחִֽילוּ, לְיַחֲדָא שֵׁם יוֹ"ד קֵ"א בְּוָא"ו קֵ"א בְּיִחוּדָא שְׁלִים, בְּשֵׁם כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל. הִנֵּה אֲנַֽחְנוּ בָּאִים לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה כְּמוֹ שֶׁצִוָּֽנוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ בְּתוֹרָתוֹ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה זָכ֕וֹר אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֲמָלֵ֑ק, וְנֶאֱמַר תִּמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם לֹ֖א תִּשְׁכָּֽח, וְנֶאֱמַר כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּֽרְשֽׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵֽינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה זָכוֹר בַּפֶּה וְלִקְרוֹתָהּ בַּסֵּֽפֶר, לְתַקֵּן שֹֽׁרֶשׁ מִצְוָה זוֹ בְּמָקוֹם עֶלְיוֹן, לַעֲשׂוֹת נַֽחַת רֽוּחַ לְיֽוֹצְרֵֽנוּ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹן בּֽוֹרְאֵֽנוּ. וְהָיָ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִהְיֶ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶחָ֖ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ אֶחָֽד. וְיַעֲלֶה לְפָנֶֽיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ כְּאִלּוּ כִּוַּֽנְנוּ בְּכָל-הַכַּוָּנוֹת הָרְאוּיוֹת לְכַוֵּן בְּמִצְוָה זוֹ. וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ:
זָכ֕וֹר (Deuteronomy 25:17) אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֲמָלֵ֑ק בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב בְּךָ֙ כׇּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים אַֽחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה עָיֵ֣ף וְיָגֵ֑עַ וְלֹ֥א יָרֵ֖א אֱלֹהִֽים׃ וְהָיָ֡ה בְּהָנִ֣יחַ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ ׀ לְ֠ךָ֠ מִכׇּל־אֹ֨יְבֶ֜יךָ מִסָּבִ֗יב בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְהֹוָה־אֱ֠לֹהֶ֠יךָ נֹתֵ֨ן לְךָ֤ נַחֲלָה֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ תִּמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם לֹ֖א תִּשְׁכָּֽח׃
after the Torah reading it is customary to say this, and some say it before
מִי כָמוֹךָ, וְאֵין כָּמוֹךָ, מִי דֽוֹמֶה־לָּךְ, וְאֵין דּוֹמֶה לָךְ:
in alphabetical order
אָדוֹן חַסְדְּךָ בַּל יֶחְדָּל, אֲמִתְּךָ מִבְצָר עֹז וּמִגְדָּל, כִּי־הָיִ֨יתָ מָע֥וֹז לַדָּ֛ל מָע֥וֹז לָאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּצַּר־ל֑וֹ:
בִּימֵי חָרְפִי מִקַּדְמוֹנָי, בִּי דִבֶּר רוּחַ יְהֹוָה, וְהַיּוֹם אִם גֵּרְשׁוּנִי עֲוֹנָי, דּוֹדִי לִי וַאֲנִי לוֹ:
גְּמָלַנִי מֵאָז טוֹבוֹת, גְּלוּיוֹת יְדוּעוֹת לַלְּבָבוֹת, גַּם אִם יִהְיוּ הַצָּרוֹת קְרוֹבוֹת, אַשְׁרֵ֖י כׇּל־ח֥וֹכֵי לֽוֹ:
דְּמֵי מִתְקוֹמְמַי אַזֶּה, וְדִגְלִי אָרִים כִּדְבַר כָּל־חוֹזֶה, הִנֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ זֶ֛ה קִוִּ֥ינוּ ל֖וֹ:
הַיּוֹם אַבִּיעָה חִידוֹת, הָיוּ מִנִּי קֶדֶם עֲתִידוֹת, נִפְלָא בָּם הַמֵּבִין צְפוּנֵי סוֹדוֹת, יֽוֹצְרִ֤י מִבֶּ֙טֶן֙ לְעֶ֣בֶד ל֔וֹ:
וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, מֶלֶךְ הוּקָם עָל כִּבְרוֹשׁ, נִשָּׂא וָרָם עַל כָּל־קָצִין וָרֹאשׁ, וַיהֹוָ֛ה הֵנִיחַֽ־ל֥וֹ:
זִמֵּן בִּשְׁנַת שָׁלֹשׁ לְמַלְכוּתוֹ, לְהַרְאוֹת לְכָל־עֲבָדָיו תְּכוּנָתוֹ, וְאַבְנֵי־נֵ֔זֶר מִֽתְנוֹסְס֖וֹת עַל־אַדְמָתֽוֹ, וְעַפְרֹ֖ת זָהָ֣ב לֽוֹ:
חֵלֶק לְכָל־בְּנֵי שׁוּשָׁן נָתַן, וְהִקְדִּישׁ קְרוּאָיו כְּחָתָן, בַּחֲצַ֕ר גִּנַּ֥ת בִּיתַ֖ן, אִ֝וָּ֗הּ לְמוֹשָׁ֥ב לֽוֹ:
טָעַם עֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹן כָּל־אִישׁ וְיִצְרוֹ, וְאֵין אוֹנֵס לְאִישׁ יַיִן עֲבָרוֹ, וְלָתֵת לְכָל־שׁוֹאֵל דֵּי מַחְסֹרוֹ, אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֶחְסַ֖ר לֽוֹ:
יַחַד אֻסְּפוּ כָּל־הַנִּדְרָשִׁים, גַּ֚ם וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה עָשְׂתָ֖ה מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה נָשִׁ֑ים, וּמִשְׁתֵּה הַנָּשִׁים כַּאֲנָשִׁים, שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים יִסְפְּרוּ־לֽוֹ:
כְּט֥וֹב לֵב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בַּיָּ֑יִן, אָמַר לְהָבִיא לְפָנָיו אֶת יְפַת הָעָיִן, וַתְּמָאֵן בִּדְבָרוֹ לֵאמֹר אָיִן, הֵעֵ֥זָה פָ֝נֶ֗יהָ וַתֹּ֣אמַר לֽוֹ:
לַקְּרוֹבִים אֵלָיו הַיּוֹשְׁבִים עֲלֵי כָן, שָׁאַל וַיְּעָצֵהוּ מְמוּכָן, הוּא הָמָן לַפֻּרְעָנוּת מוּכָן, לִבּ֗וֹ יִקְבׇּץ־אָ֥וֶן ל֑וֹ:
מוֹעֲצוֹתָיו כַּדָּת נְתוּנוֹת, הָיוּ לְעַמִּי רְפוּאוֹת צְפוּנוֹת, כִּי לוּלֵי אִגָּרוֹת רִאשׁוֹנוֹת, גַם־פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֥יְתָה לּֽוֹ:
נוֹעָץ לִקְרֹא לְכָל־הֲמוֹנָיו, לְהָבִיא כָל־יְפַת תֹּאַר לְפָנָיו, וְהַנַּעֲרָה אֲשֶׁר תִּיטַב בְּעֵינָיו, מָהֹ֛ר יִמְהָרֶ֥נָּה לּ֖וֹ:
סִנְסָן לְיָאִיר הֵאִיר וְזָרַח, יָשִׂ֥ישׂ כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר לָר֥וּץ אֹֽרַח, טֶרֶם מַכָּה צִיץ רְפוּאָה פָרַח, כִּֽי־הִפְלָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה חָסִ֣יד ל֑וֹ:
עִמּוֹ נֶאֶמְנָה הֲדַסָּה תַמָּה, הִ֤יא אֶסְתֵּר֙ בַּת־דֹּד֔וֹ בָּרָה כַּחַמָּה, וּבְמ֤וֹת אָבִ֙יהָ֙ וְאִמָּ֔הּ לְקָחָ֧הּ מׇרְדֳּכַ֛י ל֖וֹ:
פָּֽגְעָה חֵן וַתֵּלֶךְ וַהֲלוֹם, וַתִּלָּקַ֤ח אֶסְתֵּר֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ גִּזְרַת יָהֲלוֹם, וּמָרְדְּכַי צִוָּה לָהּ לְכִי לְשָׁלוֹם, כִּי־ה֥וּא אֲ֝דֹנַ֗יִךְ וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוִי־לֽוֹ:
צֶדֶק לָֽבְשָׁה בְּמַמְלַכְתָּהּ, לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר עַמָּהּ וּמוֹלַדְתָּהּ, וְהַמֶּלֶךְ אֲהֵבָהּ וַיֶּרֶב תִּפְאַרְתָּהּ, כִּי מֵיְהֹוָה הָֽיְתָה לּוֹ:
קֶשֶׁב רַב קָשַׁב צְרוֹר הַמּוֹר, מִסָּרִיסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ הַקְּבוּעִים לִשְׁמוֹר, וְהִנָּם חוֹשְׁבִים עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאֹמֹר, הָ֥בָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖ה ל֑וֹ:
רָחֲשָׁה אֶסְתֵּר לַמֶּלֶךְ בְּאִמְרֵי שֶׁפֶר, בְּשֵׁם מָרְדְּכַי וְנִכְתַּב בַּסֵּפֶר, בֻּקַּשׁ וְנִמְצָא לִפְנֵי צְבִי עוֹפֶר, כִּי־ב֭וּל הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ־ל֑וֹ:
שְׁנֵיהֶם נִתְלוּ עַל הָעֵץ, כִּי שָׁמַע מָרְדְּכַי לְשׁוֹנָם בְּהִוָּעֵץ, נַשְׁקֶה לַמֶּלֶךְ סַם הַמָּוֶת רוֹעֵץ, אוּלַ֤י יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְנ֣וּכְלָה ל֔וֹ:
תְּשׁוּעָה זֹאת צְפוּנָה לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן, נִכְתְּבָה עַל סֵפֶר הַזִּכָּרוֹן, לִהְיוֹת לוֹ מִן הַמֶּלֶךְ תַּגְמוּל וְיִתְרוֹן, כִּ֤י פֹ֣עַל אָ֭דָם יְשַׁלֶּם־ל֑וֹ:
Signature: Ani Yehuda HaLevi HaKatan ben Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi
אַחַר כָּל־אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים, אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ אֶת־הָמָן הֵרִים, וַיְנַשְּׂאֵהוּ מֵעַ֕ל כׇּל־הַשָּׂרִ֖ים, וְתוֹעֲפֹ֖ת הָרִ֣ים לֽוֹ:
נִמְנַע מָרְדְּכַי מִסְּגוֹד לָרָשָׁע, נִין עֲמָלֵק אֲשֶׁר מִבֶּטֶן פָּשַׁע, וְזֶה הוֹסִיף עַל חַטָּאתוֹ פֶּשַׁע, לֹא־יֹאבֶ֣ה יְהֹוָה֮ סְלֹ֣חַֽ לוֹ֒:
יוֹם כָּֽרְעוּ לוֹ כָּל־עַבְדֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ, וּמָרְדְּכַי בְּתֻמּוֹ הוֹלֵךְ, בִּקֵּשׁ לְחַרְחֵר רִיב עַל עַם דָּל וָהֵלֶךְ, עֹבֵ֥ר מִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗ר עַל־רִ֥יב לֹּא־לֽוֹ:
יָעַץ תַּחְבּוּלוֹת כְּשִׂכִּים בְּצִדּוֹ, וַיִּבֶז בְּעֵינָיו בִּגְאוֹן חֶמְדּוֹ, לִשְׁלוֹחַ יָד בְּמָרְדְּכַי לְבַדּוֹ, בָּ֣ז לְ֭דָבָר יֵחָ֣בֶל ל֑וֹ:
הִרְבָּה כֶסֶף וְזָהָב לִבְלִי חוֹק, וַיֹּאמֶר בְּלִבּוֹ זֶה עֵת לִשְׂחוֹק, וַיָּבֵא עֵצוֹת מֵרָחוֹק, לָרֶ֖שֶׁת מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹת לֹּא־לֽוֹ:
וַיַּפֵּל פּוּר וְיָדוֹ בַגּוֹרָל הָדָה, וַיַּרְא כִּי בַאֲדָר מֵת אָבִי הַתְּעוּדָה, וְלֹא זָכַר כִּי הִיא עֵת הַלֵּידָה, חֶבְלֵ֥י יוֹלֵדָ֖ה יָבֹ֣אוּ ל֑וֹ:
דּוֹב אוֹרֵב יְעָצוּהוּ רַעְיוֹנָיו, וַיִּשְׁאַל שְׁאֵלָה מֵאֲדוֹנָיו, וְגַם הוּא שִׁנֵּי אֲרָיוֹת שִׁנָּיו, וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת לָבִ֖יא לֽוֹ:
הֵן עַם אָחוֹר נָזוֹרוּ, וְדָתֵיהֶם שׁוֹנוֹת וְדָֽתְךָ בַּל יִנְצוֹרוּ, ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ קָמָ֣ה אֵֽין־ל֗וֹ:
הֲכִינוֹתִי כֶסֶף לִגְנָזֶיךָ יַעַל, לְאַבֵּד זֶה הַגּוֹי הַנִּגְעַל, כׇּל־הַבִּרְכַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־כָֽרְעוּ֙ לַבַּ֔עַל וְכׇ֨ל־הַפֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־נָשַׁ֖ק לֽוֹ:
לְהָבִ֖יא אֶל־גִּנְזֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ אֹסֵף, עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים כִּכְּרֵי כֶסֶף, וְנֶפֶשׁ אַכֶּה לְכָל־בֵּית־יוֹסֵף, פַּעַם אַחַת וְלֹא אֶשְׁנֶה לוֹ:
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהִי לְךָ קִנְיָנֶיךָ, וְזֹאת טַבַּעְתִּי עַל יַד יְמִינֶךָ, וְהָעָ֕ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בּ֖וֹ כַּטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ, וּבָא֙ עַד־קִצּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥ין עוֹזֵ֖ר לֽוֹ:
יָצָא וְסוֹפְרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ נִקְרָאוּ, וַיִּכְתְּבוּ כְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר הוֹרָהוּ, וּבְכָל־עַם וָעָם רָצִים יָצָאוּ, שָׂרֵ֨י הָרֶ֤כֶב אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙:
הָיָה דבָרוֹ נָחוּץ לֵאמֹר, כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לִזְמוֹר, בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר בַּאֲדָר הָחֵל וְגָמוֹר, לֹא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ:
קָרַע מָרְדְּכַי בְּגָדָיו לִפְנֵי אֵל, וַיִּצְעַק מַר עַל גּוֹלַת אֲרִיאֵל, הֲבָנִ֥ים אֵין֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־יוֹרֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין ל֑וֹ:
טָרֹף טֹרַף שְׁאָר הֲמוֹנַי, מִֽי־נָתַ֨ן לִמְשִׁסָּ֧ה יַעֲקֹ֛ב לְמוֹנַי, וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל לְבֹזְזִ֖ים הֲל֣וֹא יְהֹוָ֑ה ז֚וּ חָטָ֣אנוּ ל֔וֹ:
נַעֲרוֹת אֶסְתֵּר הִגִּידוּהָ דָבָר, שָׁמַעְנוּ צְעָקָה כַּיְּעֵנִים בַּמִּדְבָּר, וּמָרְדְּכַי בִּלְבוּשׁ שַׂק עָבַר, לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְנוּ מֶה־הָ֥יָה לֽוֹ:
בְּגָדִים שָֽׁלְחָה לְהַלְבִּישׁוֹ, וְלֹא קִבֵּל מִמְּרִירוּת נַפְשׁוֹ, וַתִּשְׁלַח לַהֲתָךְ לְחָקְרוֹ וּלְדָרְשׁוֹ, לְדֵעָ֕ה מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽוֹ:
רוּחוֹ הוֹצִיא לַהֲתָךְ וְחִוָּה, וּפָרָשַׁת הַכֶּסֶף לְפָנָיו שִׁוָּה, וְהַפַּתְשֶׁגֶן שָׁלַח וְעַל אֶסְתֵּר צִוָּה, לָב֨וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן־ל֛וֹ:
בִּתְשׁוּבָתָהּ אָֽמְרָה לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ, דַּע כִּי בֶן־מָוֶת אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִקָּרֵא וְיָבֹא, לְבַד מֵאֲשֶׁר יוֹשִׁיט לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־שַׁרְבִיט זְהָבוֹ, בִּקְרׇב־אִ֔ישׁ לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת ל֑וֹ:
יַקִּיר כְּשָׁמְעוֹ דִּבְרֵי הֲדַסָּה, זָעַק אֲהָהּ כִּי אֵין מְנוּסָה, זַ֤עַף יְהֹוָה֙ אֶשָּׂ֔א כִּ֥י חָטָ֖אתִי ל֑וֹ:
שָׁלַח לָהּ לֵאמֹר אַל תְּדַמִּי, לְהִמָּלֵט בֵּית־הַמֶּלֶךְ מִכָּל־לְאוּמִי, כִּי אַתְּ תֹּאבְדִי וְאוּלָם עַמִּי, אַחֲרֵ֣י נִמְכַּ֔ר גְּאֻלָּ֖ה תִּהְיֶה־לּ֑וֹ:
מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר יִשְׁלַח שְׁלוֹמָיו, עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו, כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו, עַל־כֵּ֖ן אוֹחִ֥יל לֽוֹ:
וַתַּעֲנֵהוּ לֵךְ כְּנוֹס כָּל־חוֹכֵי פִדְיוֹם, וְצ֣וּמוּ עָ֠לַ֠י שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ לַ֣יְלָה וָי֔וֹם, וְרַחֲמִים בַּקְּשׁוּ מֵאֵל נוֹרָא וְאָיוֹם, וְאַֽל־תִּתְּנ֥וּ דֳמִ֖י ל֑וֹ:
אֵל נִדְרָשׁ בְּכָל־לֵב יִדְרְשֶׁנּוּ, כִּי נִכְמְרוּ רַחֲמָיו לְעַם יִקְרָאֶנּוּ, וַיֹּאמֶר עוֹד זָכֹר אֶזְכְּרֶנּוּ, עַל־כֵּ֗ן הָמ֤וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ:
לָֽבְשָׁה חֵן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וַתֵּלֶךְ, וַתִּיקַר עַד מאֹד בְּעֵינֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ, וַיִּבֶז בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר הוּא מוֹלֵךְ, וְעַל֙ כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ־ל֔וֹ:
הַיָּפָה בַנָּשִׁים נֶטַע נַעֲמָן, מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְ כִּי הַכֹּל מְזוּמָן, וַתֹּ֣אמֶר יָב֨וֹא הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וְהָמָן֙, אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתִי לֽוֹ:
לְמָחָר קְרָאתָם לְסוֹד נִכְמָס, וַיֵּצֵא הָמָן בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא שָׂמֵחַ וְנֶעְלָס, וְהוּא֙ בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְרֹזְנִ֖ים מִשְׂחָ֣ק:
וַיָּבֵא אֹהֲבָיו וְזֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ, וַיְסַפֵּר לָהֶם כְּבוֹדוֹ וּמֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ, וּגְזֵרָה עוֹמֶדֶת לְעוּמָתוֹ, ה֚וֹי הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔וֹ:
יְעָצוּהוּ עֲשׂוֹת עֵץ גָּבוֹהַּ חֲמִשִּׁים, לִתְלוֹת עָלָיו קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים, וּלְהָכִינוֹ כְּחֶפְצוֹ מִכָּל־חֲרָשִׁים, חָרָ֤שׁ חָכָם֙ יְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֔וֹ:
in alphabetical order
אֱלֹהִים עֵדֶר צֹאנוֹ בִּקֵּר, וַתִּדַּד שְׁנַת הַמֶּלֶךְ עַד יְהִי חוֹקֵר, בְּסֵפֶר הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת וְהָיָה בֹקֶר, וְיֹדַ֨ע יְהֹוָ֧ה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ:
בְּמָצְאוֹ דְּבַר מָרְדְּכַי מְפוֹרָשׁ, מַֽה־נַּעֲשָׂ֞ה יְקָ֧ר וּגְדוּלָּ֛ה דָּרַשׁ, וַיֹּאמְרוּ כִּי לֹא פֹרַשׁ, מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽוֹ:
גִּלָּה אֹזֶן הָמָן בְּדַבְּרוֹ, מַה־לַּעֲשׂ֕וֹת בָּאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֣ץ בִּיקָר֑וֹ, וַיַּעַן וַיִּנָּקֵשׁ בְּמַאֲמָרוֹ, פִּֽי־כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה־ל֑וֹ:
דִּבֶּר לַעֲדוֹתוֹ בַּעֲדָיֵי מְלָכִים, וְלָלֶכֶת לְפָנָיו אֶחָד מֵהַנְסִיכִים, וְלִבּוֹ בְּמַחֲשָׁבָיו הוֹלֵךְ חֲשֵׁכִים, וְאֵ֥ין נֹ֙גַהּ֙ ל֔וֹ:
הֱשִׁיבוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ כֵּן דִּבַּרְתָּ, עֲשֵׂה לְמָרְדְּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי כְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתָּ, כֵּן מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ אַתָּה חָרַצְתָּ, כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט הַזֶּ֖ה יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ:
וַיָּשָׁב מָרְדְּכַי אֶל מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ, וְהָמָן֙ נִדְחַ֣ף אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ, וַיִּוָּעֲדוּ אֹהֲבָיו וְזֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ, לָב֥וֹא לָנֽוּד־ל֖וֹ:
זֶרַע יְשׁוּרוּן זָֽכְרוּ נְבוֹנָיו, אִם יֵשׁ מָרְדְּכַי אֶחָד מִבָּנָיו, אֲשֶׁר֩ הַחִלּ֨וֹתָ לִנְפֹּ֤ל לְפָנָיו֙ לֹא־תוּכַ֣ל ל֔וֹ:
חֲכָמָיו עוֹדָם מְדַבְּרִים עִמּוֹ, וְסָרִיסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ הִבְהִילוּהוּ לַהֲקִימוֹ, וְלֹא רָאָה כִּי־יָבֹא יוֹמוֹ, אֲדֹנָ֥י יִשְׂחַק־ל֑וֹ:
טֶרֶם כְּלוֹת מִשְׁתֶּה הַיַּיִן, אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל יְפַת הָעַיִן, שַׁאֲלִי כִּי הַכָּל לְנֶגְדֶּךְ כְּאַיִן, וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־ל֗וֹ:
יִנָּתֵן לִי נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי, וְעַמִּי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי, כִּי נִמְכַּרְנוּ לְצוֹרֵר וְלֹא מִבְּרִיתִי, תַּאֲוַ֣ת לִ֭בּוֹ נָתַ֣תָּה לּ֑וֹ:
כִּי מַה־חֶפְצִי אַחַר זֶה הַצַּעַר, וּכְלֵי הַקְּרָב שׁוֹת שָׁתוּ הַשַּׁעַר, הֲיִשְׁאַ֤ג אַרְיֵה֙ בַּיַּ֔עַר וְטֶ֖רֶף אֵ֣ין ל֑וֹ:
לָהּ אָמַר מִי הוּא זֶה מִכָּל־אֲנָשַׁי, וְאֵי זֶה הוּא מִכָּל־מִגְרָשַׁי, א֚וֹ מִ֣י מִנּוֹשַׁ֔י אֲשֶׁר־מָכַ֥רְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם ל֑וֹ:
מִהֲרָה לַעֲנוֹתוֹ הָמָן זֶה הָרָע, אֲשֶׁר פְּרָעוֹת בְּגוֹי צַדִּיק פָּרַע, א֖וֹי לְרָשָׁ֣ע רָ֑ע כִּֽי־גְמ֥וּל יָדָ֖יו יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ:
נִמְלָא חֵמָה וְקָם אֶל גַּנוֹ, וּבְשׁוּבוֹ רָאָהוּ נוֹפֵל עַל כַּנּוֹ, יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֺנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽוֹ:
סָרִיס אֶחָד גִּלָּה חַטָּאתוֹ, הֵן עֵץ עָשָׂה לְמָרְדְּכַי בְּבֵיתוֹ, וַיְצַו הַמֶּלֶךְ לִתְלוֹתוֹ, עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֥ין לֽוֹ:
עָֽמְדָה אֶסְתֵּר לְבַקֵּשׁ עַל עַמָּהּ, לְהָשִׁיב סִפְרֵי הָאַף וְהַחֵמָה, כִּי נִחַם יְהֹוָה עַל מַכָּה עֲצוּמָה, וָשָׁ֖ב וְרָ֥פָא לֽוֹ:
פַּתְשֶׁגֶן הַכְּתָב לִהְיוֹת הַיְּהוּדִים, לַהֲרוֹג בְּשׂוֹנְאֵיהֶם עֲתִידִים, כִּי נָפַל פַּחַד מָרְדְּכַי עַל הַמּוֹרְדִים, וְשָׁל֗וֹם הָ֥יָה ל֛וֹ:
צֻוָּה מָרְדְּכַי עַל עַם לֹא אַלְמָן, מוֹשִׁיעַ וְרַב נָגִיד וְנֶאֱמָן, וְהָפְקַד עַל בֵּית הָמָן, וְעַל֙ כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ־ל֔וֹ:
קִדַשְׁתִּי לְצֹרְרַי מִזְבֵּחַ, וְאָכִין לְבָנָיו מַטְבֵּחַ, בַּעֲוֹן אֲבִיהֶם הַמְרַצֵּחַ, וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמ֛וֹת הַיִּלֹּדִ֥ים ל֖וֹ:
רִצַּצְתִּי פַּרְשַׁנְדָּתָא דַלְפוֹן אַסְפָּתָא, פּוֹרָתָא אֲדַלְיָא אֲרִידָתָא פַּרְמַשְׁתָּא, אֲרִיסַי אֲרִידַי וַיְזָתָא, וְגַם־קְבוּרָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֣יְתָה לּ֑וֹ:
שָׁלַלְתִּי שֹׁלְלַי וְאָרִיעַ רֵעַ, כִּי עָלָה מִשְּׁאֹל אֶבְיוֹן גֹּוֵעַ, וַיְמַלֵּט עָנִ֣י מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝יָת֗וֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵ֥ר לֽוֹ:
תִּכָּתֵב זֹאת לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן, וְלִבְנֵי בָנִים תִּהְיֶה לְזִכָּרוֹן, וְכָל־הַמַּזְכִּיר אֹתָהּ יָרֹן, אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם שֶׁכָּ֣כָה לּ֑וֹ:
Signature: Ani Yehuda
אִכְלוּ רֵעִים שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ, וִימֵי הַפּוּרִים בְּשִׂמְחָה שִׁמְרוּ, וְעִם שִׂמְחַתְכֶם הָאֶבְיוֹנִים זִכְרוּ, וְשִׁלְח֤וּ מָנוֹת֙ לְאֵ֣ין נָכ֣וֹן ל֔וֹ:
נִסֵּי אֵל מֵאָז נְשָׂאוּנִי, וּבְנִבְכֵי הַיָּם הֶעֱבִירוּנִי, וְלָכֵן כִּלְיוֹתַי יִסְּרוּנִי, דּ֤וֹם ׀ לַיהֹוָה֮ וְהִתְח֢וֹלֵֽ֫ל ל֥וֹ:
יוֹם צֵאת פַּרְעֹה אַחֲרַי, לִטְרוֹף כְּאַרְיֵה עֲדָרַי, נִצְּבוּ כַּחוֹמָה מֵימֵי מִשְׁבָּרַי, וַ֝יִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁ֗וּ כִּי־חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ:
יָצָא צָר אַחֲרֵי עַם קְדוֹשׁוֹ, וַיִּשְׁלַח צוּר עֲנָנוֹ לְהַפְרִישׁוֹ, לִֽהְי֥וֹת צֵל֙ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ לְהַצִּ֥יל ל֖וֹ:
הֶעֱבִירוֹ בַיַּבָּשָׁה וְצָרָיו הֶחֱרִיד, בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין רוֹדְפָיו הִפְרִיד, וּלְתַחְתִּיּוֹת מְצוּלָה אוֹתָם הוֹרִיד, חֹקְקִ֥י בַסֶּ֖לַע מִשְׁכָּ֥ן לֽוֹ:
וּבְשׁוּב הַיָּם לְאֵיתָנוֹ, נִטְבַּע פַּרְעֹה וְכָל־הֲמוֹנוֹ, כִּי הַיָּם הִכְבִּיד מַרְכְּבוֹת גְּאוֹנוֹ, וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ:
דַּהֲרוֹת אַבִּירִים בְּאַדִּירִים נָֽפְלוּ, וְכַעוֹפֶרֶת בְּמַיִם רַבִּים צָֽלְלוּ, וְדֹרְשֵׁי יְהֹוָה שְׁמוֹ יְהַלְּלוּ, בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר זַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ:
הֶרְאָנוּ יָדוֹ הַנִּפְלָאָה, עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם נוֹרָאָה, אָשִׁ֤ירָה לַֽיהֹוָה֙ כִּֽי־גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה, בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת נָרִ֥יעַֽ לֽוֹ:
דְּגָלִים עָֽבְרוּ בַיַּבָּשָׁה, וְלִפְנֵיהֶם אֵל נַעֲרָץ בִּקְדֹֻשָּׁה, אָז שׁוֹרְרוּ שִׁירָה חֲדָשָׁה, מִֽי־כָמֹ֤כָה בָּֽאֵלִם֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה:
לְשֵׁם יִחוּד קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, בִּדְחִֽילוּ וּרְחִֽימוּ, וּרְחִֽימוּ וּדְחִֽילוּ, לְיַחֲדָא שֵׁם יוֹ"ד קֵ"א בְּוָא"ו קֵ"א בְּיִחוּדָא שְׁלִים, בְּשֵׁם כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל. הִנֵּה אֲנַֽחְנוּ בָּאִים לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה כְּמוֹ שֶׁצִוָּֽנוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ בְּתוֹרָתוֹ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה זָכ֕וֹר אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֲמָלֵ֑ק, וְנֶאֱמַר תִּמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם לֹ֖א תִּשְׁכָּֽח, וְנֶאֱמַר כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּֽרְשֽׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵֽינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה זָכוֹר בַּפֶּה וְלִקְרוֹתָהּ בַּסֵּֽפֶר, לְתַקֵּן שֹֽׁרֶשׁ מִצְוָה זוֹ בְּמָקוֹם עֶלְיוֹן, לַעֲשׂוֹת נַֽחַת רֽוּחַ לְיֽוֹצְרֵֽנוּ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹן בּֽוֹרְאֵֽנוּ. וְהָיָ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִהְיֶ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶחָ֖ד וּשְׁמ֥וֹ אֶחָֽד. וְיַעֲלֶה לְפָנֶֽיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ כְּאִלּוּ כִּוַּֽנְנוּ בְּכָל-הַכַּוָּנוֹת הָרְאוּיוֹת לְכַוֵּן בְּמִצְוָה זוֹ. וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ:
זָכ֕וֹר (Deuteronomy 25:17) אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֲמָלֵ֑ק בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב בְּךָ֙ כׇּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים אַֽחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה עָיֵ֣ף וְיָגֵ֑עַ וְלֹ֥א יָרֵ֖א אֱלֹהִֽים׃ וְהָיָ֡ה בְּהָנִ֣יחַ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ ׀ לְ֠ךָ֠ מִכׇּל־אֹ֨יְבֶ֜יךָ מִסָּבִ֗יב בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְהֹוָה־אֱ֠לֹהֶ֠יךָ נֹתֵ֨ן לְךָ֤ נַחֲלָה֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ תִּמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם לֹ֖א תִּשְׁכָּֽח׃
after the Torah reading it is customary to say this, and some say it before
מִי כָמוֹךָ, וְאֵין כָּמוֹךָ, מִי דֽוֹמֶה־לָּךְ, וְאֵין דּוֹמֶה לָךְ:
in alphabetical order
אָדוֹן חַסְדְּךָ בַּל יֶחְדָּל, אֲמִתְּךָ מִבְצָר עֹז וּמִגְדָּל, כִּי־הָיִ֨יתָ מָע֥וֹז לַדָּ֛ל מָע֥וֹז לָאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּצַּר־ל֑וֹ:
בִּימֵי חָרְפִי מִקַּדְמוֹנָי, בִּי דִבֶּר רוּחַ יְהֹוָה, וְהַיּוֹם אִם גֵּרְשׁוּנִי עֲוֹנָי, דּוֹדִי לִי וַאֲנִי לוֹ:
גְּמָלַנִי מֵאָז טוֹבוֹת, גְּלוּיוֹת יְדוּעוֹת לַלְּבָבוֹת, גַּם אִם יִהְיוּ הַצָּרוֹת קְרוֹבוֹת, אַשְׁרֵ֖י כׇּל־ח֥וֹכֵי לֽוֹ:
דְּמֵי מִתְקוֹמְמַי אַזֶּה, וְדִגְלִי אָרִים כִּדְבַר כָּל־חוֹזֶה, הִנֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ זֶ֛ה קִוִּ֥ינוּ ל֖וֹ:
הַיּוֹם אַבִּיעָה חִידוֹת, הָיוּ מִנִּי קֶדֶם עֲתִידוֹת, נִפְלָא בָּם הַמֵּבִין צְפוּנֵי סוֹדוֹת, יֽוֹצְרִ֤י מִבֶּ֙טֶן֙ לְעֶ֣בֶד ל֔וֹ:
וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, מֶלֶךְ הוּקָם עָל כִּבְרוֹשׁ, נִשָּׂא וָרָם עַל כָּל־קָצִין וָרֹאשׁ, וַיהֹוָ֛ה הֵנִיחַֽ־ל֥וֹ:
זִמֵּן בִּשְׁנַת שָׁלֹשׁ לְמַלְכוּתוֹ, לְהַרְאוֹת לְכָל־עֲבָדָיו תְּכוּנָתוֹ, וְאַבְנֵי־נֵ֔זֶר מִֽתְנוֹסְס֖וֹת עַל־אַדְמָתֽוֹ, וְעַפְרֹ֖ת זָהָ֣ב לֽוֹ:
חֵלֶק לְכָל־בְּנֵי שׁוּשָׁן נָתַן, וְהִקְדִּישׁ קְרוּאָיו כְּחָתָן, בַּחֲצַ֕ר גִּנַּ֥ת בִּיתַ֖ן, אִ֝וָּ֗הּ לְמוֹשָׁ֥ב לֽוֹ:
טָעַם עֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹן כָּל־אִישׁ וְיִצְרוֹ, וְאֵין אוֹנֵס לְאִישׁ יַיִן עֲבָרוֹ, וְלָתֵת לְכָל־שׁוֹאֵל דֵּי מַחְסֹרוֹ, אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֶחְסַ֖ר לֽוֹ:
יַחַד אֻסְּפוּ כָּל־הַנִּדְרָשִׁים, גַּ֚ם וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה עָשְׂתָ֖ה מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה נָשִׁ֑ים, וּמִשְׁתֵּה הַנָּשִׁים כַּאֲנָשִׁים, שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים יִסְפְּרוּ־לֽוֹ:
כְּט֥וֹב לֵב־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בַּיָּ֑יִן, אָמַר לְהָבִיא לְפָנָיו אֶת יְפַת הָעָיִן, וַתְּמָאֵן בִּדְבָרוֹ לֵאמֹר אָיִן, הֵעֵ֥זָה פָ֝נֶ֗יהָ וַתֹּ֣אמַר לֽוֹ:
לַקְּרוֹבִים אֵלָיו הַיּוֹשְׁבִים עֲלֵי כָן, שָׁאַל וַיְּעָצֵהוּ מְמוּכָן, הוּא הָמָן לַפֻּרְעָנוּת מוּכָן, לִבּ֗וֹ יִקְבׇּץ־אָ֥וֶן ל֑וֹ:
מוֹעֲצוֹתָיו כַּדָּת נְתוּנוֹת, הָיוּ לְעַמִּי רְפוּאוֹת צְפוּנוֹת, כִּי לוּלֵי אִגָּרוֹת רִאשׁוֹנוֹת, גַם־פְּלֵיטָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֥יְתָה לּֽוֹ:
נוֹעָץ לִקְרֹא לְכָל־הֲמוֹנָיו, לְהָבִיא כָל־יְפַת תֹּאַר לְפָנָיו, וְהַנַּעֲרָה אֲשֶׁר תִּיטַב בְּעֵינָיו, מָהֹ֛ר יִמְהָרֶ֥נָּה לּ֖וֹ:
סִנְסָן לְיָאִיר הֵאִיר וְזָרַח, יָשִׂ֥ישׂ כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר לָר֥וּץ אֹֽרַח, טֶרֶם מַכָּה צִיץ רְפוּאָה פָרַח, כִּֽי־הִפְלָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה חָסִ֣יד ל֑וֹ:
עִמּוֹ נֶאֶמְנָה הֲדַסָּה תַמָּה, הִ֤יא אֶסְתֵּר֙ בַּת־דֹּד֔וֹ בָּרָה כַּחַמָּה, וּבְמ֤וֹת אָבִ֙יהָ֙ וְאִמָּ֔הּ לְקָחָ֧הּ מׇרְדֳּכַ֛י ל֖וֹ:
פָּֽגְעָה חֵן וַתֵּלֶךְ וַהֲלוֹם, וַתִּלָּקַ֤ח אֶסְתֵּר֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ גִּזְרַת יָהֲלוֹם, וּמָרְדְּכַי צִוָּה לָהּ לְכִי לְשָׁלוֹם, כִּי־ה֥וּא אֲ֝דֹנַ֗יִךְ וְהִשְׁתַּֽחֲוִי־לֽוֹ:
צֶדֶק לָֽבְשָׁה בְּמַמְלַכְתָּהּ, לֹא הִגִּידָה אֶסְתֵּר עַמָּהּ וּמוֹלַדְתָּהּ, וְהַמֶּלֶךְ אֲהֵבָהּ וַיֶּרֶב תִּפְאַרְתָּהּ, כִּי מֵיְהֹוָה הָֽיְתָה לּוֹ:
קֶשֶׁב רַב קָשַׁב צְרוֹר הַמּוֹר, מִסָּרִיסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ הַקְּבוּעִים לִשְׁמוֹר, וְהִנָּם חוֹשְׁבִים עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאֹמֹר, הָ֥בָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖ה ל֑וֹ:
רָחֲשָׁה אֶסְתֵּר לַמֶּלֶךְ בְּאִמְרֵי שֶׁפֶר, בְּשֵׁם מָרְדְּכַי וְנִכְתַּב בַּסֵּפֶר, בֻּקַּשׁ וְנִמְצָא לִפְנֵי צְבִי עוֹפֶר, כִּי־ב֭וּל הָרִ֣ים יִשְׂאוּ־ל֑וֹ:
שְׁנֵיהֶם נִתְלוּ עַל הָעֵץ, כִּי שָׁמַע מָרְדְּכַי לְשׁוֹנָם בְּהִוָּעֵץ, נַשְׁקֶה לַמֶּלֶךְ סַם הַמָּוֶת רוֹעֵץ, אוּלַ֤י יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְנ֣וּכְלָה ל֔וֹ:
תְּשׁוּעָה זֹאת צְפוּנָה לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן, נִכְתְּבָה עַל סֵפֶר הַזִּכָּרוֹן, לִהְיוֹת לוֹ מִן הַמֶּלֶךְ תַּגְמוּל וְיִתְרוֹן, כִּ֤י פֹ֣עַל אָ֭דָם יְשַׁלֶּם־ל֑וֹ:
Signature: Ani Yehuda HaLevi HaKatan ben Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi
אַחַר כָּל־אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים, אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ אֶת־הָמָן הֵרִים, וַיְנַשְּׂאֵהוּ מֵעַ֕ל כׇּל־הַשָּׂרִ֖ים, וְתוֹעֲפֹ֖ת הָרִ֣ים לֽוֹ:
נִמְנַע מָרְדְּכַי מִסְּגוֹד לָרָשָׁע, נִין עֲמָלֵק אֲשֶׁר מִבֶּטֶן פָּשַׁע, וְזֶה הוֹסִיף עַל חַטָּאתוֹ פֶּשַׁע, לֹא־יֹאבֶ֣ה יְהֹוָה֮ סְלֹ֣חַֽ לוֹ֒:
יוֹם כָּֽרְעוּ לוֹ כָּל־עַבְדֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ, וּמָרְדְּכַי בְּתֻמּוֹ הוֹלֵךְ, בִּקֵּשׁ לְחַרְחֵר רִיב עַל עַם דָּל וָהֵלֶךְ, עֹבֵ֥ר מִ֝תְעַבֵּ֗ר עַל־רִ֥יב לֹּא־לֽוֹ:
יָעַץ תַּחְבּוּלוֹת כְּשִׂכִּים בְּצִדּוֹ, וַיִּבֶז בְּעֵינָיו בִּגְאוֹן חֶמְדּוֹ, לִשְׁלוֹחַ יָד בְּמָרְדְּכַי לְבַדּוֹ, בָּ֣ז לְ֭דָבָר יֵחָ֣בֶל ל֑וֹ:
הִרְבָּה כֶסֶף וְזָהָב לִבְלִי חוֹק, וַיֹּאמֶר בְּלִבּוֹ זֶה עֵת לִשְׂחוֹק, וַיָּבֵא עֵצוֹת מֵרָחוֹק, לָרֶ֖שֶׁת מִשְׁכָּנ֥וֹת לֹּא־לֽוֹ:
וַיַּפֵּל פּוּר וְיָדוֹ בַגּוֹרָל הָדָה, וַיַּרְא כִּי בַאֲדָר מֵת אָבִי הַתְּעוּדָה, וְלֹא זָכַר כִּי הִיא עֵת הַלֵּידָה, חֶבְלֵ֥י יוֹלֵדָ֖ה יָבֹ֣אוּ ל֑וֹ:
דּוֹב אוֹרֵב יְעָצוּהוּ רַעְיוֹנָיו, וַיִּשְׁאַל שְׁאֵלָה מֵאֲדוֹנָיו, וְגַם הוּא שִׁנֵּי אֲרָיוֹת שִׁנָּיו, וּֽמְתַלְּע֥וֹת לָבִ֖יא לֽוֹ:
הֵן עַם אָחוֹר נָזוֹרוּ, וְדָתֵיהֶם שׁוֹנוֹת וְדָֽתְךָ בַּל יִנְצוֹרוּ, ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ קָמָ֣ה אֵֽין־ל֗וֹ:
הֲכִינוֹתִי כֶסֶף לִגְנָזֶיךָ יַעַל, לְאַבֵּד זֶה הַגּוֹי הַנִּגְעַל, כׇּל־הַבִּרְכַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־כָֽרְעוּ֙ לַבַּ֔עַל וְכׇ֨ל־הַפֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־נָשַׁ֖ק לֽוֹ:
לְהָבִ֖יא אֶל־גִּנְזֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ אֹסֵף, עֲשֶׂרֶת אֲלָפִים כִּכְּרֵי כֶסֶף, וְנֶפֶשׁ אַכֶּה לְכָל־בֵּית־יוֹסֵף, פַּעַם אַחַת וְלֹא אֶשְׁנֶה לוֹ:
וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהִי לְךָ קִנְיָנֶיךָ, וְזֹאת טַבַּעְתִּי עַל יַד יְמִינֶךָ, וְהָעָ֕ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בּ֖וֹ כַּטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ, וּבָא֙ עַד־קִצּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥ין עוֹזֵ֖ר לֽוֹ:
יָצָא וְסוֹפְרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ נִקְרָאוּ, וַיִּכְתְּבוּ כְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר הוֹרָהוּ, וּבְכָל־עַם וָעָם רָצִים יָצָאוּ, שָׂרֵ֨י הָרֶ֤כֶב אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ֙:
הָיָה דבָרוֹ נָחוּץ לֵאמֹר, כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לִזְמוֹר, בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר בַּאֲדָר הָחֵל וְגָמוֹר, לֹא־אוֹסִ֥יף ע֖וֹד עֲב֥וֹר לֽוֹ:
קָרַע מָרְדְּכַי בְּגָדָיו לִפְנֵי אֵל, וַיִּצְעַק מַר עַל גּוֹלַת אֲרִיאֵל, הֲבָנִ֥ים אֵין֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־יוֹרֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין ל֑וֹ:
טָרֹף טֹרַף שְׁאָר הֲמוֹנַי, מִֽי־נָתַ֨ן לִמְשִׁסָּ֧ה יַעֲקֹ֛ב לְמוֹנַי, וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל לְבֹזְזִ֖ים הֲל֣וֹא יְהֹוָ֑ה ז֚וּ חָטָ֣אנוּ ל֔וֹ:
נַעֲרוֹת אֶסְתֵּר הִגִּידוּהָ דָבָר, שָׁמַעְנוּ צְעָקָה כַּיְּעֵנִים בַּמִּדְבָּר, וּמָרְדְּכַי בִּלְבוּשׁ שַׂק עָבַר, לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְנוּ מֶה־הָ֥יָה לֽוֹ:
בְּגָדִים שָֽׁלְחָה לְהַלְבִּישׁוֹ, וְלֹא קִבֵּל מִמְּרִירוּת נַפְשׁוֹ, וַתִּשְׁלַח לַהֲתָךְ לְחָקְרוֹ וּלְדָרְשׁוֹ, לְדֵעָ֕ה מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽוֹ:
רוּחוֹ הוֹצִיא לַהֲתָךְ וְחִוָּה, וּפָרָשַׁת הַכֶּסֶף לְפָנָיו שִׁוָּה, וְהַפַּתְשֶׁגֶן שָׁלַח וְעַל אֶסְתֵּר צִוָּה, לָב֨וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן־ל֛וֹ:
בִּתְשׁוּבָתָהּ אָֽמְרָה לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ, דַּע כִּי בֶן־מָוֶת אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִקָּרֵא וְיָבֹא, לְבַד מֵאֲשֶׁר יוֹשִׁיט לוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־שַׁרְבִיט זְהָבוֹ, בִּקְרׇב־אִ֔ישׁ לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת ל֑וֹ:
יַקִּיר כְּשָׁמְעוֹ דִּבְרֵי הֲדַסָּה, זָעַק אֲהָהּ כִּי אֵין מְנוּסָה, זַ֤עַף יְהֹוָה֙ אֶשָּׂ֔א כִּ֥י חָטָ֖אתִי ל֑וֹ:
שָׁלַח לָהּ לֵאמֹר אַל תְּדַמִּי, לְהִמָּלֵט בֵּית־הַמֶּלֶךְ מִכָּל־לְאוּמִי, כִּי אַתְּ תֹּאבְדִי וְאוּלָם עַמִּי, אַחֲרֵ֣י נִמְכַּ֔ר גְּאֻלָּ֖ה תִּהְיֶה־לּ֑וֹ:
מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר יִשְׁלַח שְׁלוֹמָיו, עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו, כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו, עַל־כֵּ֖ן אוֹחִ֥יל לֽוֹ:
וַתַּעֲנֵהוּ לֵךְ כְּנוֹס כָּל־חוֹכֵי פִדְיוֹם, וְצ֣וּמוּ עָ֠לַ֠י שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ לַ֣יְלָה וָי֔וֹם, וְרַחֲמִים בַּקְּשׁוּ מֵאֵל נוֹרָא וְאָיוֹם, וְאַֽל־תִּתְּנ֥וּ דֳמִ֖י ל֑וֹ:
אֵל נִדְרָשׁ בְּכָל־לֵב יִדְרְשֶׁנּוּ, כִּי נִכְמְרוּ רַחֲמָיו לְעַם יִקְרָאֶנּוּ, וַיֹּאמֶר עוֹד זָכֹר אֶזְכְּרֶנּוּ, עַל־כֵּ֗ן הָמ֤וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ:
לָֽבְשָׁה חֵן בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וַתֵּלֶךְ, וַתִּיקַר עַד מאֹד בְּעֵינֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ, וַיִּבֶז בְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר הוּא מוֹלֵךְ, וְעַל֙ כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ־ל֔וֹ:
הַיָּפָה בַנָּשִׁים נֶטַע נַעֲמָן, מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵךְ כִּי הַכֹּל מְזוּמָן, וַתֹּ֣אמֶר יָב֨וֹא הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וְהָמָן֙, אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתִי לֽוֹ:
לְמָחָר קְרָאתָם לְסוֹד נִכְמָס, וַיֵּצֵא הָמָן בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא שָׂמֵחַ וְנֶעְלָס, וְהוּא֙ בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְרֹזְנִ֖ים מִשְׂחָ֣ק:
וַיָּבֵא אֹהֲבָיו וְזֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ, וַיְסַפֵּר לָהֶם כְּבוֹדוֹ וּמֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ, וּגְזֵרָה עוֹמֶדֶת לְעוּמָתוֹ, ה֚וֹי הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔וֹ:
יְעָצוּהוּ עֲשׂוֹת עֵץ גָּבוֹהַּ חֲמִשִּׁים, לִתְלוֹת עָלָיו קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים, וּלְהָכִינוֹ כְּחֶפְצוֹ מִכָּל־חֲרָשִׁים, חָרָ֤שׁ חָכָם֙ יְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֔וֹ:
in alphabetical order
אֱלֹהִים עֵדֶר צֹאנוֹ בִּקֵּר, וַתִּדַּד שְׁנַת הַמֶּלֶךְ עַד יְהִי חוֹקֵר, בְּסֵפֶר הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת וְהָיָה בֹקֶר, וְיֹדַ֨ע יְהֹוָ֧ה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ:
בְּמָצְאוֹ דְּבַר מָרְדְּכַי מְפוֹרָשׁ, מַֽה־נַּעֲשָׂ֞ה יְקָ֧ר וּגְדוּלָּ֛ה דָּרַשׁ, וַיֹּאמְרוּ כִּי לֹא פֹרַשׁ, מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽוֹ:
גִּלָּה אֹזֶן הָמָן בְּדַבְּרוֹ, מַה־לַּעֲשׂ֕וֹת בָּאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֣ץ בִּיקָר֑וֹ, וַיַּעַן וַיִּנָּקֵשׁ בְּמַאֲמָרוֹ, פִּֽי־כְ֭סִיל מְחִתָּה־ל֑וֹ:
דִּבֶּר לַעֲדוֹתוֹ בַּעֲדָיֵי מְלָכִים, וְלָלֶכֶת לְפָנָיו אֶחָד מֵהַנְסִיכִים, וְלִבּוֹ בְּמַחֲשָׁבָיו הוֹלֵךְ חֲשֵׁכִים, וְאֵ֥ין נֹ֙גַהּ֙ ל֔וֹ:
הֱשִׁיבוֹ הַמֶּלֶךְ כֵּן דִּבַּרְתָּ, עֲשֵׂה לְמָרְדְּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי כְּכָל־אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתָּ, כֵּן מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ אַתָּה חָרַצְתָּ, כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט הַזֶּ֖ה יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ:
וַיָּשָׁב מָרְדְּכַי אֶל מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ, וְהָמָן֙ נִדְחַ֣ף אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ, וַיִּוָּעֲדוּ אֹהֲבָיו וְזֶרֶשׁ אִשְׁתּוֹ, לָב֥וֹא לָנֽוּד־ל֖וֹ:
זֶרַע יְשׁוּרוּן זָֽכְרוּ נְבוֹנָיו, אִם יֵשׁ מָרְדְּכַי אֶחָד מִבָּנָיו, אֲשֶׁר֩ הַחִלּ֨וֹתָ לִנְפֹּ֤ל לְפָנָיו֙ לֹא־תוּכַ֣ל ל֔וֹ:
חֲכָמָיו עוֹדָם מְדַבְּרִים עִמּוֹ, וְסָרִיסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ הִבְהִילוּהוּ לַהֲקִימוֹ, וְלֹא רָאָה כִּי־יָבֹא יוֹמוֹ, אֲדֹנָ֥י יִשְׂחַק־ל֑וֹ:
טֶרֶם כְּלוֹת מִשְׁתֶּה הַיַּיִן, אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל יְפַת הָעַיִן, שַׁאֲלִי כִּי הַכָּל לְנֶגְדֶּךְ כְּאַיִן, וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־ל֗וֹ:
יִנָּתֵן לִי נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי, וְעַמִּי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי, כִּי נִמְכַּרְנוּ לְצוֹרֵר וְלֹא מִבְּרִיתִי, תַּאֲוַ֣ת לִ֭בּוֹ נָתַ֣תָּה לּ֑וֹ:
כִּי מַה־חֶפְצִי אַחַר זֶה הַצַּעַר, וּכְלֵי הַקְּרָב שׁוֹת שָׁתוּ הַשַּׁעַר, הֲיִשְׁאַ֤ג אַרְיֵה֙ בַּיַּ֔עַר וְטֶ֖רֶף אֵ֣ין ל֑וֹ:
לָהּ אָמַר מִי הוּא זֶה מִכָּל־אֲנָשַׁי, וְאֵי זֶה הוּא מִכָּל־מִגְרָשַׁי, א֚וֹ מִ֣י מִנּוֹשַׁ֔י אֲשֶׁר־מָכַ֥רְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם ל֑וֹ:
מִהֲרָה לַעֲנוֹתוֹ הָמָן זֶה הָרָע, אֲשֶׁר פְּרָעוֹת בְּגוֹי צַדִּיק פָּרַע, א֖וֹי לְרָשָׁ֣ע רָ֑ע כִּֽי־גְמ֥וּל יָדָ֖יו יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לּֽוֹ:
נִמְלָא חֵמָה וְקָם אֶל גַּנוֹ, וּבְשׁוּבוֹ רָאָהוּ נוֹפֵל עַל כַּנּוֹ, יְגַלּ֣וּ שָׁמַ֣יִם עֲוֺנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֶ֗רֶץ מִתְקוֹמָ֘מָ֥ה לֽוֹ:
סָרִיס אֶחָד גִּלָּה חַטָּאתוֹ, הֵן עֵץ עָשָׂה לְמָרְדְּכַי בְּבֵיתוֹ, וַיְצַו הַמֶּלֶךְ לִתְלוֹתוֹ, עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֥ין לֽוֹ:
עָֽמְדָה אֶסְתֵּר לְבַקֵּשׁ עַל עַמָּהּ, לְהָשִׁיב סִפְרֵי הָאַף וְהַחֵמָה, כִּי נִחַם יְהֹוָה עַל מַכָּה עֲצוּמָה, וָשָׁ֖ב וְרָ֥פָא לֽוֹ:
פַּתְשֶׁגֶן הַכְּתָב לִהְיוֹת הַיְּהוּדִים, לַהֲרוֹג בְּשׂוֹנְאֵיהֶם עֲתִידִים, כִּי נָפַל פַּחַד מָרְדְּכַי עַל הַמּוֹרְדִים, וְשָׁל֗וֹם הָ֥יָה ל֛וֹ:
צֻוָּה מָרְדְּכַי עַל עַם לֹא אַלְמָן, מוֹשִׁיעַ וְרַב נָגִיד וְנֶאֱמָן, וְהָפְקַד עַל בֵּית הָמָן, וְעַל֙ כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ־ל֔וֹ:
קִדַשְׁתִּי לְצֹרְרַי מִזְבֵּחַ, וְאָכִין לְבָנָיו מַטְבֵּחַ, בַּעֲוֹן אֲבִיהֶם הַמְרַצֵּחַ, וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמ֛וֹת הַיִּלֹּדִ֥ים ל֖וֹ:
רִצַּצְתִּי פַּרְשַׁנְדָּתָא דַלְפוֹן אַסְפָּתָא, פּוֹרָתָא אֲדַלְיָא אֲרִידָתָא פַּרְמַשְׁתָּא, אֲרִיסַי אֲרִידַי וַיְזָתָא, וְגַם־קְבוּרָ֖ה לֹא־הָ֣יְתָה לּ֑וֹ:
שָׁלַלְתִּי שֹׁלְלַי וְאָרִיעַ רֵעַ, כִּי עָלָה מִשְּׁאֹל אֶבְיוֹן גֹּוֵעַ, וַיְמַלֵּט עָנִ֣י מְשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וְ֝יָת֗וֹם וְֽלֹא־עֹזֵ֥ר לֽוֹ:
תִּכָּתֵב זֹאת לְדוֹר אַחֲרוֹן, וְלִבְנֵי בָנִים תִּהְיֶה לְזִכָּרוֹן, וְכָל־הַמַּזְכִּיר אֹתָהּ יָרֹן, אַשְׁרֵ֣י הָ֭עָם שֶׁכָּ֣כָה לּ֑וֹ:
Signature: Ani Yehuda
אִכְלוּ רֵעִים שְׁתוּ וְשִׁכְרוּ, וִימֵי הַפּוּרִים בְּשִׂמְחָה שִׁמְרוּ, וְעִם שִׂמְחַתְכֶם הָאֶבְיוֹנִים זִכְרוּ, וְשִׁלְח֤וּ מָנוֹת֙ לְאֵ֣ין נָכ֣וֹן ל֔וֹ:
נִסֵּי אֵל מֵאָז נְשָׂאוּנִי, וּבְנִבְכֵי הַיָּם הֶעֱבִירוּנִי, וְלָכֵן כִּלְיוֹתַי יִסְּרוּנִי, דּ֤וֹם ׀ לַיהֹוָה֮ וְהִתְח֢וֹלֵֽ֫ל ל֥וֹ:
יוֹם צֵאת פַּרְעֹה אַחֲרַי, לִטְרוֹף כְּאַרְיֵה עֲדָרַי, נִצְּבוּ כַּחוֹמָה מֵימֵי מִשְׁבָּרַי, וַ֝יִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁ֗וּ כִּי־חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ:
יָצָא צָר אַחֲרֵי עַם קְדוֹשׁוֹ, וַיִּשְׁלַח צוּר עֲנָנוֹ לְהַפְרִישׁוֹ, לִֽהְי֥וֹת צֵל֙ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ לְהַצִּ֥יל ל֖וֹ:
הֶעֱבִירוֹ בַיַּבָּשָׁה וְצָרָיו הֶחֱרִיד, בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין רוֹדְפָיו הִפְרִיד, וּלְתַחְתִּיּוֹת מְצוּלָה אוֹתָם הוֹרִיד, חֹקְקִ֥י בַסֶּ֖לַע מִשְׁכָּ֥ן לֽוֹ:
וּבְשׁוּב הַיָּם לְאֵיתָנוֹ, נִטְבַּע פַּרְעֹה וְכָל־הֲמוֹנוֹ, כִּי הַיָּם הִכְבִּיד מַרְכְּבוֹת גְּאוֹנוֹ, וַיַּ֗רְא כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָכֹל֙ ל֔וֹ:
דַּהֲרוֹת אַבִּירִים בְּאַדִּירִים נָֽפְלוּ, וְכַעוֹפֶרֶת בְּמַיִם רַבִּים צָֽלְלוּ, וְדֹרְשֵׁי יְהֹוָה שְׁמוֹ יְהַלְּלוּ, בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר זַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ:
הֶרְאָנוּ יָדוֹ הַנִּפְלָאָה, עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם נוֹרָאָה, אָשִׁ֤ירָה לַֽיהֹוָה֙ כִּֽי־גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה, בִּ֝זְמִר֗וֹת נָרִ֥יעַֽ לֽוֹ:
דְּגָלִים עָֽבְרוּ בַיַּבָּשָׁה, וְלִפְנֵיהֶם אֵל נַעֲרָץ בִּקְדֹֻשָּׁה, אָז שׁוֹרְרוּ שִׁירָה חֲדָשָׁה, מִֽי־כָמֹ֤כָה בָּֽאֵלִם֙ יְהֹוָ֔ה:
Shabbat zachor
lesheim yichud kudesha berich hu ushechinetteih, bidchilu urechimu, urechimu udechilu, leyachada sheim yo"ד kei"א beva"ו kei"א beyichuda shelim, besheim kol-yisrael. hinneih anachnu baim lekayyeim mitzvat aseih kemo shetzivvanu Adonai Eloheinu betorato hakkdoshah zachor eit asher-asah lecha amaleik, veneemar timcheh et-zeicher amaleik mittachat hashshamayim lo tishkach, veneemar ketov zo't zikkaron basseifer, kemo sheppeirshu rabboteinu zichronam livrachah zachor bappeh velikrotah basseifer, letakkein shoresh mitzvah zo bemakom elyon, laasot nachat ruach leyotzereinu velaasot retzon boreeinu. vehayah Adonai lemelech al-kol-haaretz bayyom hahu yihyeh Adonai echad ushemo echad. veyaaleh lefaneicha Adonai Eloheinu keillu kivvannu bechal-hakkavvanot har'uyot lechavvein bemitzvah zo. vihi ׀ noam Adonai Eloheinu aleinu umaaseih yadeinu konenah aleinu umaaseih yadeinu koneneihu:
zachor (Deuteronomy 25:17) eit asher-asah lecha amaleik badderech betzei'tchem mimmitzrayim asher karcha badderech vayzanneiv becha kol-hannecheshalim achareicha veatah ayeif veyageia velo yarei elohim vehayah behaniach Adonai eloheicha ׀ lecha mikkol-oyeveicha missaviv baaretz asher Adonai-eloheicha notein lecha nachalah lerishtah timcheh et-zeicher amaleik mittachat hashshamayim lo tishkach
after the Torah reading it is customary to say this, and some say it before
mi chamocha, veein kamocha, mi domeh-lach, veein domeh lach:
in alphabetical order
adon chasdcha bal yechdal, amittcha mivtzar oz umigdal, ki-hayita ma'oz laddal ma'oz laevyon batztzar-lo:
biymei charfi mikkadmonai, bi dibber ruach Adonai, vehayyom im geirshuni aonai, dodi li vaani lo:
gemalani meiaz tovot, geluyot yedu'ot lallvavot, gam im yihyu hatztzarot kerovot, ashrei kol-chochei lo:
demei mitkomemai azzeh, vedigli arim kidvar kol-chozeh, hinneih Eloheinu zeh kivvinu lo:
hayom abbiah chidot, haiu minni kedem atidot, nifla bam hammeivin tzefunei sodot, yotzeri mibbeten leeved lo:
vayehi bimei achashveirosh, melech hukam al kivrosh, nissa varam al kol-katzin varo'sh, vaihovah heiniach-lo:
zimein bishnat shalosh lemalchuto, lehar'ot lechal-avadaiv techunato, veavnei-neizer mitnosesot al-admato, veafrot zahav lo:
cheilek lechal-benei shushan natan, vehikdish keruaiv kechatan, bachatzar ginnat bitan, ivvah lemoshav lo:
taam asot retzon kol-ish veyitzro, veein oneis leish yayin avaro, velateit lechal-shoeil dei machsoro, asher yechsar lo:
yachad ussefu kol-hannidrashim, gam vashti hammalkah astah mishteih nashim, umishteih hannashim kaanashim, shivat yamim yispru-lo:
ketov leiv-hammelech bayyayin, amar lehavi lefanaiv et yefat haayin, vattmaein bidvaro lei'mor ayin, heieizah faneiha vatto'mar lo:
lakerovim eilaiv hayyoshevim alei chan, shaal vayyatzeihu memuchan, hu haman lappureanut muchan, libbo yikbotz-aven lo:
מoatzotaiv kaddat netunot, haiu leammi refu'ot tzefunot, ki lulei iggarot ri'shonot, gam-peleitah lo-haytah lo:
נoatz likro lechal-hamonaiv, lehavi kol-yefat toar lefanaiv, vehannaarah asher titav beeinaiv, mahor yimharennah lo:
sinesan leyair heiir vezarach, yasis kegibbor larutz orach, terem makkah tzitz refuah farach, ki-hiflah Adonai chasid lo:
imo neemnah hadassah tammah, hi esteir bat-dodo barah kachammah, uvemot aviha veimmah lekachah mordchai lo:
pageah chein vatteilech vahalom, vattillakach esteir El-beit hammelech gizrat yahalom, umardchai tzivvah lah lechi leshalom, ki-hu adonayich vehishtachavi-lo:
tzedek lavshah bemamlachtah, lo higgidah esteir ammah umoladtah, vehammelech aheivah vayyerev tifartah, ki meiyhovah haytah lo:
keshev rav kashav tzeror hammor, missarisei hammelech hakkvuim lishmor, vehinnam choshevim al hammelech leiomor, havah nitchakkmah lo:
rachashah esteir lammelech beimrei shefer, besheim mardchai venichtav basseifer, bukkash venimtza lifnei tzevi ofer, ki-vul harim yis'u-lo:
sheneihem nitlu al haeitz, ki shama mardchai leshonam behivvaeitz, nashkeh lammelech sam hammavet roeitz, ulai yefutteh venuchelah lo:
teshuah zo't tzefunah ledor acharon, nichtvah al seifer hazzikkaron, lihyot lo min hammelech tagmul veyitron, ki foal adam yeshallem-lo:
Signature: Ani Yehuda HaLevi HaKatan ben Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi
achar kol-eilleh haddvarim, achashveirosh et-haman heirim, vaynasseihu meial kol-hassarim, vetoafot harim lo:
nimena mardchai missgod larasha, nin amaleik asher mibbeten pasha, vezeh hosif al chatta'to pesha, lo-yo'veh Adonai seloach lo:
yom kar'u lo kol-avdei hammelech, umardchai betummo holeich, bikkeish lecharcheir riv al am dal vaheilech, oveir mitabbeir al-riv lo-lo:
yaatz tachbulot kesikkim betziddo, vayyivez beeinaiv big'on chemdo, lishloach yad bemardchai levaddo, baz ledavar yeichavel lo:
hirebbah chesef vezahav livli chok, vayyo'mer belibbo zeh eit lischok, vayyavei eitzot meirachok, lareshet mishkanot lo-lo:
vayappeil pur veyado vaggoral hadah, vayyar ki vaadar meit avi hatt'udah, velo zachar ki hi eit halleidah, chevlei yoleidah yavo'u lo:
dov oreiv yeatzuhu rayonaiv, vayyishal sheeilah meiadonaiv, vegam hu shinnei araiot shinnaiv, umetall'ot lavi lo:
heiן am achor nazoru, vedateihem shonot vedatcha bal yintzoru, ruach yizra'u vesufatah yiktzoru kamah ein-lo:
hachinoti chesef lignazeicha yaal, leabbeid zeh haggoi hannigal, kol-habbirkayim asher lo-char'u labbaal vechol-happeh asher lo-nashak lo:
lehavi El-ginzei hammelech oseif, aseret alafim kikkrei chesef, venefesh akkeh lechal-beit-yoseif, paam achat velo eshneh lo:
vayo'mer lo hammelech yehi lecha kinyaneicha, vezo't tabbati al yad yeminecha, vehaam laasot bo kattov beeineicha, uva ad-kitztzo veein ozeir lo:
yatza vesoferei hammelech nikra'u, vayyichtvu kechal-asher horahu, uvechal-am vaam ratzim yatza'u, sarei harechev asher-lo:
hayah dvaro nachutz lei'mor, kerem chemer beyom echad lizmor, bishloshah asar baadar hacheil vegamor, lo-osif od avor lo:
kara mardchai begadaiv lifnei El, vayyitzak mar al golat arieil, havanim ein leyisraeil im-yoreish ein lo:
tarof toraf shear hamonai, mi-natan limshissah yaakov lemonai, veyisraeil levozezim halo Adonai zu chata'nu lo:
naarot esteir higgiduha davar, shamanu tzeakah kayyeinim bammidbar, umardchai bilvush sak avar, lo yadanu meh-hayah lo:
begadim shalchah lehalbisho, velo kibbeil mimmrirut nafsho, vattishlach lahatach lechakro uledarsho, ledeiah mah-yeiaseh lo:
רucho hotzi lahatach vechivvah, ufarashat hakkesef lefanaiv shivvah, vehappatshegen shalach veal esteir tzivvah, lavo El-hammelech lehitchannen-lo:
biteshuvatah amrah lahashivo, da ki ven-mavet asher lo yikkarei veyavo, levad meiasher yoshit lo hammelech et-sharvit zehavo, bikrov-ish lehishtachaot lo:
yakir kesham'o divrei hadassah, zaak ahah ki ein menusah, zaaf Adonai essa ki chata'ti lo:
shalach lah lei'mor El tedammi, lehimmaleit beit-hammelech mikkal-le'umi, ki att to'vdi ve'ulam ammi, acharei nimkar geullah tihyeh-lo:
mimakom acheir yishlach shelomaiv, oseh shalom bimromaiv, ki lo-chalu rachamaiv, al-kein ochil lo:
vataaneihu leich kenos kol-chochei fidyom, vetzumu alai sheloshet yamim laylah vaiom, verachamim bakkshu meieil nora veaiom, veal-tittnu dmi lo:
eiל nidrash bechal-leiv yidrshennu, ki nichmru rachamaiv leam yikraennu, vayyo'mer od zachor ezkrennu, al-kein hamu meiai lo:
laveshah chein bayyom hashshlishi vatteilech, vattikar ad mod beeinei hammelech, vayyivez bechal-asher hu moleich, veal kol-asher yesh-lo:
hayafah vannashim neta naaman, mah-sheeilateich ki hakkol mezuman, vatto'mer yavo hammelech vehaman, El-hammishteh asher-asiti lo:
lemachar kera'tam lesod nichmas, vayyeitzei haman bayyom hahu sameiach venelas, vehu bammlachim yitkallas verozenim mischak:
vayavei ohavaiv vezeresh ishto, vaysappeir lahem kevodo umemshalto, ugezeirah omedet le'umato, hoi hammarbeh lo-lo:
yeatzuhu asot eitz gavoah chamishshim, litlot alaiv kodesh kadashim, ulehachino kecheftzo mikkal-charashim, charash chacham yevakkesh-lo:
in alphabetical order
elohim eider tzo'no bikkeir, vattiddad shenat hammelech ad yehi chokeir, beseifer hazzichronot vehayah voker, veyoda Adonai et-asher-lo:
bematz'o devar mardchai meforash, mah-naasah yekar ugedullah darash, vayyo'mru ki lo forash, mah-yeiaseh lo:
gilah ozen haman bedabbro, mah-laasot baish asher hammelech chafeitz bikaro, vayyaan vayyinnakeish bemaamaro, pi-chesil mechittah-lo:
diber laadoto baadayei melachim, velalechet lefanaiv echad meihansichim, velibbo bemachashavaiv holeich chasheichim, veein nogah lo:
heshivo hammelech kein dibbarta, aseih lemardchai hayyhudi kechal-asher amarta, kein mishpateicha atah charatzta, kammishpat hazzeh yeiaseh lo:
vayashav mardchai El mishmarto, vehaman nidchaf El-beito, vayyivvaadu ohavaiv vezeresh ishto, lavo lanud-lo:
zera yeshurun zachru nevonaiv, im yeish mardchai echad mibbanaiv, asher hachillota linpol lefanaiv lo-tuchal lo:
chachamaiv odam medabbrim immo, vesarisei hammelech hivhiluhu lahakimo, velo raah ki-yavo yomo, Adonai yischak-lo:
terem kelot mishteh hayyayin, amar hammelech El yefat haayin, shaali ki hakkal lenegdech keayin, vatteivk vattitchannen-lo:
yinatein li nafshi bisheilati, veammi Adonai hammelech bevakkashati, ki nimkarnu letzoreir velo mibbriti, taavat libbo natattah lo:
kiי mah-cheftzi achar zeh hatztzaar, uchelei hakkrav shot shatu hashshaar, hayishag aryeih bayyaar veteref ein lo:
lah amar mi hu zeh mikkal-anashai, veei zeh hu mikkal-migrashai, o mi minnoshai asher-macharti etchem lo:
miharah laanoto haman zeh hara, asher pera'ot begoi tzaddik para, oi lerasha ra ki-gemul yadaiv yeiaseh lo:
nimela cheimah vekam El gano, uveshuvo raahu nofeil al kanno, yegallu shamayim aono veeretz mitkomamah lo:
saris echad gillah chatta'to, hein eitz asah lemardchai beveito, vaytzav hammelech litloto, al-haeitz asher-heichin lo:
amedah esteir levakkeish al ammah, lehashiv sifrei haaf vehacheimah, ki nicham Adonai al makkah atzumah, vashav verafa lo:
pateshegen hakktav lihyot hayyhudim, laharog besoneeihem atidim, ki nafal pachad mardchai al hammoredim, veshalom hayah lo:
tzuvah mardchai al am lo alman, moshia verav nagid veneeman, vehafkad al beit haman, veal kol-asher yesh-lo:
kidashti letzorerai mizbeiach, veachin levanaiv matbeiach, baaon avihem hamratztzeiach, veeilleh shemot hayyillodim lo:
ritzatzti parshandata dalfon aspata, porata adalya aridata parmashta, arisai aridai vayzata, vegam-kevurah lo-haytah lo:
shalalti sholelai vearia reia, ki alah mishshol evyon goveia, vaymalleit ani meshavveia veyatom velo-ozeir lo:
tikateiv zo't ledor acharon, velivnei vanim tihyeh lezikkaron, vechal-hammazkir atah yaron, ashrei haam shekkachah lo:
Signature: Ani Yehuda
ichelu reiim shetu veshichru, vimei happurim besimchah shimru, veim simchatchem haevyonim zichru, veshilchu manot leein nachon lo:
nisei El meiaz nesa'uni, uvenivchei hayyam heeviruni, velachein kilyotai yissruni, dom ׀ laihovah vehitcholeil lo:
yom tzei't paroh acharai, litrof kearyeih adarai, nitztzvu kachomah meimei mishbarai, vayyitgaashu ki-charah lo:
yatza tzar acharei am kedosho, vayyishlach tzur anano lehafrisho, lihyot tzeil al-ro'sho lehatztzil lo:
heeviro vayyabbashah vetzaraiv hecherid, beino uvein rodefaiv hifrid, uletachtiyyot metzulah otam horid, chokeki vassela mishkan lo:
uveshuv hayyam leeitano, nitba paroh vechal-hamono, ki hayyam hichbid markvot ge'ono, vayyar ki lo yachol lo:
daharot abbirim beaddirim naflu, vecha'oferet bemayim rabbim tzallu, vedoreshei Adonai shemo yehalllu, beneivel asor zammru-lo:
hereanu yado hanniflaah, al sefat hayyam noraah, ashirah laihovah ki-gaoh gaah, bizmirot naria lo:
degalim avru vayyabbashah, velifneihem El naaratz bikdushshah, az shoreru shirah chadashah, mi-chamochah baeilim Adonai:
lesheim yichud kudesha berich hu ushechinetteih, bidchilu urechimu, urechimu udechilu, leyachada sheim yo"ד kei"א beva"ו kei"א beyichuda shelim, besheim kol-yisrael. hinneih anachnu baim lekayyeim mitzvat aseih kemo shetzivvanu Adonai Eloheinu betorato hakkdoshah zachor eit asher-asah lecha amaleik, veneemar timcheh et-zeicher amaleik mittachat hashshamayim lo tishkach, veneemar ketov zo't zikkaron basseifer, kemo sheppeirshu rabboteinu zichronam livrachah zachor bappeh velikrotah basseifer, letakkein shoresh mitzvah zo bemakom elyon, laasot nachat ruach leyotzereinu velaasot retzon boreeinu. vehayah Adonai lemelech al-kol-haaretz bayyom hahu yihyeh Adonai echad ushemo echad. veyaaleh lefaneicha Adonai Eloheinu keillu kivvannu bechal-hakkavvanot har'uyot lechavvein bemitzvah zo. vihi ׀ noam Adonai Eloheinu aleinu umaaseih yadeinu konenah aleinu umaaseih yadeinu koneneihu:
zachor (Deuteronomy 25:17) eit asher-asah lecha amaleik badderech betzei'tchem mimmitzrayim asher karcha badderech vayzanneiv becha kol-hannecheshalim achareicha veatah ayeif veyageia velo yarei elohim vehayah behaniach Adonai eloheicha ׀ lecha mikkol-oyeveicha missaviv baaretz asher Adonai-eloheicha notein lecha nachalah lerishtah timcheh et-zeicher amaleik mittachat hashshamayim lo tishkach
after the Torah reading it is customary to say this, and some say it before
mi chamocha, veein kamocha, mi domeh-lach, veein domeh lach:
in alphabetical order
adon chasdcha bal yechdal, amittcha mivtzar oz umigdal, ki-hayita ma'oz laddal ma'oz laevyon batztzar-lo:
biymei charfi mikkadmonai, bi dibber ruach Adonai, vehayyom im geirshuni aonai, dodi li vaani lo:
gemalani meiaz tovot, geluyot yedu'ot lallvavot, gam im yihyu hatztzarot kerovot, ashrei kol-chochei lo:
demei mitkomemai azzeh, vedigli arim kidvar kol-chozeh, hinneih Eloheinu zeh kivvinu lo:
hayom abbiah chidot, haiu minni kedem atidot, nifla bam hammeivin tzefunei sodot, yotzeri mibbeten leeved lo:
vayehi bimei achashveirosh, melech hukam al kivrosh, nissa varam al kol-katzin varo'sh, vaihovah heiniach-lo:
zimein bishnat shalosh lemalchuto, lehar'ot lechal-avadaiv techunato, veavnei-neizer mitnosesot al-admato, veafrot zahav lo:
cheilek lechal-benei shushan natan, vehikdish keruaiv kechatan, bachatzar ginnat bitan, ivvah lemoshav lo:
taam asot retzon kol-ish veyitzro, veein oneis leish yayin avaro, velateit lechal-shoeil dei machsoro, asher yechsar lo:
yachad ussefu kol-hannidrashim, gam vashti hammalkah astah mishteih nashim, umishteih hannashim kaanashim, shivat yamim yispru-lo:
ketov leiv-hammelech bayyayin, amar lehavi lefanaiv et yefat haayin, vattmaein bidvaro lei'mor ayin, heieizah faneiha vatto'mar lo:
lakerovim eilaiv hayyoshevim alei chan, shaal vayyatzeihu memuchan, hu haman lappureanut muchan, libbo yikbotz-aven lo:
מoatzotaiv kaddat netunot, haiu leammi refu'ot tzefunot, ki lulei iggarot ri'shonot, gam-peleitah lo-haytah lo:
נoatz likro lechal-hamonaiv, lehavi kol-yefat toar lefanaiv, vehannaarah asher titav beeinaiv, mahor yimharennah lo:
sinesan leyair heiir vezarach, yasis kegibbor larutz orach, terem makkah tzitz refuah farach, ki-hiflah Adonai chasid lo:
imo neemnah hadassah tammah, hi esteir bat-dodo barah kachammah, uvemot aviha veimmah lekachah mordchai lo:
pageah chein vatteilech vahalom, vattillakach esteir El-beit hammelech gizrat yahalom, umardchai tzivvah lah lechi leshalom, ki-hu adonayich vehishtachavi-lo:
tzedek lavshah bemamlachtah, lo higgidah esteir ammah umoladtah, vehammelech aheivah vayyerev tifartah, ki meiyhovah haytah lo:
keshev rav kashav tzeror hammor, missarisei hammelech hakkvuim lishmor, vehinnam choshevim al hammelech leiomor, havah nitchakkmah lo:
rachashah esteir lammelech beimrei shefer, besheim mardchai venichtav basseifer, bukkash venimtza lifnei tzevi ofer, ki-vul harim yis'u-lo:
sheneihem nitlu al haeitz, ki shama mardchai leshonam behivvaeitz, nashkeh lammelech sam hammavet roeitz, ulai yefutteh venuchelah lo:
teshuah zo't tzefunah ledor acharon, nichtvah al seifer hazzikkaron, lihyot lo min hammelech tagmul veyitron, ki foal adam yeshallem-lo:
Signature: Ani Yehuda HaLevi HaKatan ben Rabbi Shmuel HaLevi
achar kol-eilleh haddvarim, achashveirosh et-haman heirim, vaynasseihu meial kol-hassarim, vetoafot harim lo:
nimena mardchai missgod larasha, nin amaleik asher mibbeten pasha, vezeh hosif al chatta'to pesha, lo-yo'veh Adonai seloach lo:
yom kar'u lo kol-avdei hammelech, umardchai betummo holeich, bikkeish lecharcheir riv al am dal vaheilech, oveir mitabbeir al-riv lo-lo:
yaatz tachbulot kesikkim betziddo, vayyivez beeinaiv big'on chemdo, lishloach yad bemardchai levaddo, baz ledavar yeichavel lo:
hirebbah chesef vezahav livli chok, vayyo'mer belibbo zeh eit lischok, vayyavei eitzot meirachok, lareshet mishkanot lo-lo:
vayappeil pur veyado vaggoral hadah, vayyar ki vaadar meit avi hatt'udah, velo zachar ki hi eit halleidah, chevlei yoleidah yavo'u lo:
dov oreiv yeatzuhu rayonaiv, vayyishal sheeilah meiadonaiv, vegam hu shinnei araiot shinnaiv, umetall'ot lavi lo:
heiן am achor nazoru, vedateihem shonot vedatcha bal yintzoru, ruach yizra'u vesufatah yiktzoru kamah ein-lo:
hachinoti chesef lignazeicha yaal, leabbeid zeh haggoi hannigal, kol-habbirkayim asher lo-char'u labbaal vechol-happeh asher lo-nashak lo:
lehavi El-ginzei hammelech oseif, aseret alafim kikkrei chesef, venefesh akkeh lechal-beit-yoseif, paam achat velo eshneh lo:
vayo'mer lo hammelech yehi lecha kinyaneicha, vezo't tabbati al yad yeminecha, vehaam laasot bo kattov beeineicha, uva ad-kitztzo veein ozeir lo:
yatza vesoferei hammelech nikra'u, vayyichtvu kechal-asher horahu, uvechal-am vaam ratzim yatza'u, sarei harechev asher-lo:
hayah dvaro nachutz lei'mor, kerem chemer beyom echad lizmor, bishloshah asar baadar hacheil vegamor, lo-osif od avor lo:
kara mardchai begadaiv lifnei El, vayyitzak mar al golat arieil, havanim ein leyisraeil im-yoreish ein lo:
tarof toraf shear hamonai, mi-natan limshissah yaakov lemonai, veyisraeil levozezim halo Adonai zu chata'nu lo:
naarot esteir higgiduha davar, shamanu tzeakah kayyeinim bammidbar, umardchai bilvush sak avar, lo yadanu meh-hayah lo:
begadim shalchah lehalbisho, velo kibbeil mimmrirut nafsho, vattishlach lahatach lechakro uledarsho, ledeiah mah-yeiaseh lo:
רucho hotzi lahatach vechivvah, ufarashat hakkesef lefanaiv shivvah, vehappatshegen shalach veal esteir tzivvah, lavo El-hammelech lehitchannen-lo:
biteshuvatah amrah lahashivo, da ki ven-mavet asher lo yikkarei veyavo, levad meiasher yoshit lo hammelech et-sharvit zehavo, bikrov-ish lehishtachaot lo:
yakir kesham'o divrei hadassah, zaak ahah ki ein menusah, zaaf Adonai essa ki chata'ti lo:
shalach lah lei'mor El tedammi, lehimmaleit beit-hammelech mikkal-le'umi, ki att to'vdi ve'ulam ammi, acharei nimkar geullah tihyeh-lo:
mimakom acheir yishlach shelomaiv, oseh shalom bimromaiv, ki lo-chalu rachamaiv, al-kein ochil lo:
vataaneihu leich kenos kol-chochei fidyom, vetzumu alai sheloshet yamim laylah vaiom, verachamim bakkshu meieil nora veaiom, veal-tittnu dmi lo:
eiל nidrash bechal-leiv yidrshennu, ki nichmru rachamaiv leam yikraennu, vayyo'mer od zachor ezkrennu, al-kein hamu meiai lo:
laveshah chein bayyom hashshlishi vatteilech, vattikar ad mod beeinei hammelech, vayyivez bechal-asher hu moleich, veal kol-asher yesh-lo:
hayafah vannashim neta naaman, mah-sheeilateich ki hakkol mezuman, vatto'mer yavo hammelech vehaman, El-hammishteh asher-asiti lo:
lemachar kera'tam lesod nichmas, vayyeitzei haman bayyom hahu sameiach venelas, vehu bammlachim yitkallas verozenim mischak:
vayavei ohavaiv vezeresh ishto, vaysappeir lahem kevodo umemshalto, ugezeirah omedet le'umato, hoi hammarbeh lo-lo:
yeatzuhu asot eitz gavoah chamishshim, litlot alaiv kodesh kadashim, ulehachino kecheftzo mikkal-charashim, charash chacham yevakkesh-lo:
in alphabetical order
elohim eider tzo'no bikkeir, vattiddad shenat hammelech ad yehi chokeir, beseifer hazzichronot vehayah voker, veyoda Adonai et-asher-lo:
bematz'o devar mardchai meforash, mah-naasah yekar ugedullah darash, vayyo'mru ki lo forash, mah-yeiaseh lo:
gilah ozen haman bedabbro, mah-laasot baish asher hammelech chafeitz bikaro, vayyaan vayyinnakeish bemaamaro, pi-chesil mechittah-lo:
diber laadoto baadayei melachim, velalechet lefanaiv echad meihansichim, velibbo bemachashavaiv holeich chasheichim, veein nogah lo:
heshivo hammelech kein dibbarta, aseih lemardchai hayyhudi kechal-asher amarta, kein mishpateicha atah charatzta, kammishpat hazzeh yeiaseh lo:
vayashav mardchai El mishmarto, vehaman nidchaf El-beito, vayyivvaadu ohavaiv vezeresh ishto, lavo lanud-lo:
zera yeshurun zachru nevonaiv, im yeish mardchai echad mibbanaiv, asher hachillota linpol lefanaiv lo-tuchal lo:
chachamaiv odam medabbrim immo, vesarisei hammelech hivhiluhu lahakimo, velo raah ki-yavo yomo, Adonai yischak-lo:
terem kelot mishteh hayyayin, amar hammelech El yefat haayin, shaali ki hakkal lenegdech keayin, vatteivk vattitchannen-lo:
yinatein li nafshi bisheilati, veammi Adonai hammelech bevakkashati, ki nimkarnu letzoreir velo mibbriti, taavat libbo natattah lo:
kiי mah-cheftzi achar zeh hatztzaar, uchelei hakkrav shot shatu hashshaar, hayishag aryeih bayyaar veteref ein lo:
lah amar mi hu zeh mikkal-anashai, veei zeh hu mikkal-migrashai, o mi minnoshai asher-macharti etchem lo:
miharah laanoto haman zeh hara, asher pera'ot begoi tzaddik para, oi lerasha ra ki-gemul yadaiv yeiaseh lo:
nimela cheimah vekam El gano, uveshuvo raahu nofeil al kanno, yegallu shamayim aono veeretz mitkomamah lo:
saris echad gillah chatta'to, hein eitz asah lemardchai beveito, vaytzav hammelech litloto, al-haeitz asher-heichin lo:
amedah esteir levakkeish al ammah, lehashiv sifrei haaf vehacheimah, ki nicham Adonai al makkah atzumah, vashav verafa lo:
pateshegen hakktav lihyot hayyhudim, laharog besoneeihem atidim, ki nafal pachad mardchai al hammoredim, veshalom hayah lo:
tzuvah mardchai al am lo alman, moshia verav nagid veneeman, vehafkad al beit haman, veal kol-asher yesh-lo:
kidashti letzorerai mizbeiach, veachin levanaiv matbeiach, baaon avihem hamratztzeiach, veeilleh shemot hayyillodim lo:
ritzatzti parshandata dalfon aspata, porata adalya aridata parmashta, arisai aridai vayzata, vegam-kevurah lo-haytah lo:
shalalti sholelai vearia reia, ki alah mishshol evyon goveia, vaymalleit ani meshavveia veyatom velo-ozeir lo:
tikateiv zo't ledor acharon, velivnei vanim tihyeh lezikkaron, vechal-hammazkir atah yaron, ashrei haam shekkachah lo:
Signature: Ani Yehuda
ichelu reiim shetu veshichru, vimei happurim besimchah shimru, veim simchatchem haevyonim zichru, veshilchu manot leein nachon lo:
nisei El meiaz nesa'uni, uvenivchei hayyam heeviruni, velachein kilyotai yissruni, dom ׀ laihovah vehitcholeil lo:
yom tzei't paroh acharai, litrof kearyeih adarai, nitztzvu kachomah meimei mishbarai, vayyitgaashu ki-charah lo:
yatza tzar acharei am kedosho, vayyishlach tzur anano lehafrisho, lihyot tzeil al-ro'sho lehatztzil lo:
heeviro vayyabbashah vetzaraiv hecherid, beino uvein rodefaiv hifrid, uletachtiyyot metzulah otam horid, chokeki vassela mishkan lo:
uveshuv hayyam leeitano, nitba paroh vechal-hamono, ki hayyam hichbid markvot ge'ono, vayyar ki lo yachol lo:
daharot abbirim beaddirim naflu, vecha'oferet bemayim rabbim tzallu, vedoreshei Adonai shemo yehalllu, beneivel asor zammru-lo:
hereanu yado hanniflaah, al sefat hayyam noraah, ashirah laihovah ki-gaoh gaah, bizmirot naria lo:
degalim avru vayyabbashah, velifneihem El naaratz bikdushshah, az shoreru shirah chadashah, mi-chamochah baeilim Adonai:
Chabbat Zakhor
For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Presence, in fear and love, love and fear, to unify the Name Yo"d Ke"h with Va"v Ke"h in a perfect union, in the name of all Israel. Behold, we come to fulfill the positive commandment as Hashem our God commanded us in His holy Torah: Remember what Amalek did to you, and it is said: you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven, you shall not forget, and it is said: write this as a remembrance in a book - as our sages of blessed memory explained: to remember it by mouth and to read it in the book - in order to repair the root of this commandment in a supernal place, to bring satisfaction to our Maker and to do the will of our Creator. And Hashem shall be King over all the earth; on that day Hashem shall be One and His Name One. And may it rise before You, Hashem our God, as though we had all the proper intentions for this commandment. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, Hashem, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Remember (Deuteronomy 25:17) what Amalek did to you on the way, when you went out of Egypt, how he met you on the way and cut down all the stragglers behind you, when you were faint and weary, and he did not fear God. And when Hashem your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land which Hashem your God gives you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; do not forget.
After the reading of the Torah, it is customary to say this, and some say it before:
Who is like You, and none is like You; who resembles You, and none resembles You.
(par ordre alphabétique)
Master, Your kindness shall never cease; Your truth is a fortress of strength and a tower; for You have been a refuge for the weak, a refuge for the poor in his distress.
In the days of my reproach from of old, the spirit of Hashem spoke within me; and today, though my sins have driven me away, my beloved is mine and I am his.
He has bestowed favors upon me from of old, manifest and known to the hearts; even if troubles draw near, happy are all who hope in Him.
I shall avenge the blood of my adversaries, and raise my banner as every seer has spoken; behold our God, in Him have we hoped.
Today I shall utter riddles, which from of old were future things; wondrous are they to Him who understands hidden secrets, my Maker who formed me from the womb to be His servant.
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus - a king was raised up like a cypress, lifted and exalted above every prince and chief - and Hashem gave him rest.
He appointed a day, in the third year of his reign, to show all his servants his magnificence; jeweled stones glittered on his ground, and he possessed dust of gold.
A portion was given to all the people of Shushan, and he honored his guests as a bridegroom, in the court of the garden of his palace, which he had desired as a dwelling.
He saw fit to do the will of every man according to his desire, and none compelled anyone to drink wine, and to give every petitioner according to his need, whatever he lacked.
Together were gathered all who were summoned; Queen Vashti too made a feast for the women - and the women's feast, like the men's, lasted seven days.
When the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded that the fair-eyed one be brought before him; but she refused his word, saying no - she was bold enough to answer him.
He asked counsel of those close to him who sat with him, and Memuchan advised him - it was Haman, ready for calamity, whose heart gathers evil for itself.
His counsels were given according to the law; they were hidden remedies for my people, for had it not been for the first letters, there would have been no survivor.
It was resolved to summon all his subjects, to bring before him every maiden of fair appearance, and whoever pleased his eyes would be hastened to him.
A shoot destined for Yair shone and rose, he shall exult like a hero eager to run his course; even before the blow, the remedy had already blossomed, for Hashem had singled out His faithful one.
With him was faithful Hadassah, perfect, Esther daughter of his uncle, pure as the sun; and when her father and mother died, Mordechai had taken her as his own.
She found favor and was led here and there, and Esther was taken to the king's house, a decree sealed like a diamond; and Mordechai commanded her: go in peace, for he is your master, and bow to him.
She clothed herself in righteousness in her kingdom; Esther did not reveal her people or her birth, and the king loved her and increased her glory, for it was from Hashem that she had it.
He gave attentive ear, keeper of the spices, one of the king's eunuchs appointed to guard; and behold they plotted against the king, saying, come, let us scheme against him.
Esther told the king in pleasant words, in Mordechai's name, and it was recorded in the book; it was sought and found, before the graceful stag, for the mountains shall bear it for him.
Both were hanged on the gallows, for Mordechai had heard their words as they conspired: let us give the king a deadly poison to drink - perhaps he may be deceived and we may overcome him.
This salvation was reserved for a future generation, it was written in the book of remembrance, that he might have reward and advantage from the king, for He repays each man according to his deed.
After all these events, Ahasuerus elevated Haman, he exalted him above all the princes, and granted him heights of greatness.
Mordechai refused to bow before the wicked one, offshoot of Amalek whose rebellion goes back to his birth - and this added sin upon sin, Hashem would not forgive him.
Every day all the king's servants bowed before him, and Mordechai in his integrity walked on; he sought a quarrel against a weak and wandering people - he grew angry over a quarrel not his own.
He devised schemes like thorns at his side, and despised him with the pride of his desire, to lay hand on Mordechai alone - he who despises the matter shall be bound by it.
He multiplied silver and gold beyond measure, and said in his heart, now is the time to rejoice; he brought counsel from afar, to inherit dwellings not his own.
He cast the lot, and his hand trembled at the drawing, and saw that in Adar had died the father of the testimony; he did not remember that it was the time of birth - labor pains shall come upon him.
A lurking bear, his thoughts advised him, and he asked a question of his masters; he also sharpened his lion's teeth, teeth of a lioness for him.
Behold a people scattered and set apart, whose laws differ, and who do not keep yours; they sow the wind and shall reap the whirlwind, he shall have no harvest.
I have prepared silver for your treasuries, O king, to destroy this loathsome people, all whose knees did not bow to Baal, and every mouth that did not kiss him.
To bring to the king's treasury a collection of ten thousand talents of silver, and I will strike down every soul of the house of Joseph, once, and I will not do it again.
The king said to him: keep your wealth for yourself, and here is my ring upon your right hand; do to this people as seems good in your eyes - and he comes to his end, with none to help him.
He went out, and the king's scribes were summoned; they wrote all that he commanded them, and couriers went out to every people, the captains of the cavalry that were his.
His word was urgent, saying: a vineyard of wine must be harvested in a single day; from the thirteenth of Adar, begin and finish, I will not pass by it again.
Mordechai tore his garments before God, and cried bitterly over the exile of Ariel: has Israel no more sons, has he then no more heir?
The remnant of my people has been torn apart; who has given Jacob over to plunder? Is it not Hashem, against whom we have sinned?
Esther's maidens told her the matter; we heard a cry like that of ostriches in the wilderness, and Mordechai walked about clothed in sackcloth - we did not know what had happened to him.
She sent him garments to wear, but he did not accept them, in the bitterness of his soul; she sent Hathach to inquire and find out, to know what was happening.
He revealed to him the whole matter, and set before him the detail of the money promised; he sent a copy of the decree and commanded that Esther go and plead before the king.
In her reply she said: know that whoever enters the king's presence unsummoned is liable to death, unless the king extends to him his golden scepter, to bow before him.
This precious Mordechai, hearing the words of Hadassah, cried out: alas, there is no escape! I shall bear the wrath of Hashem, for I have sinned against Him.
He sent back to her: do not imagine that you shall escape, in the king's house, from the fate of all my people; for if you perish, my people, though sold, shall yet have deliverance.
From another place He will send His salvation, He who makes peace in His heights, for His mercies are not exhausted, therefore I hope in Him.
She answered him: go, gather all who await deliverance, and fast for me three days, night and day, and seek mercy from the awesome and terrible God, and give yourselves no rest.
God lets Himself be found by all who seek Him with their whole heart, for His mercies were stirred for the people called His own, and He said again: I will surely remember - therefore my innermost being yearns for him.
She found favor on the third day and went, and became very precious in the king's eyes; he despised all over which he ruled, and all that he possessed, in comparison with her.
The fairest of women, tender plant: what is your request, for everything is at your disposal? She said: let the king and Haman come to the feast that I have prepared for him.
The next day she invited them to a hidden secret; and Haman went out that day joyful and glad, boasting among kings and mocking nobles.
He brought his friends and Zeresh his wife, and told them of his glory and dominion; but a decree already stood against him - woe to him who amasses what is not his.
They advised him to build a gallows fifty cubits high, to hang upon it the holy of holies; and to have it prepared to his desire by the finest craftsmen, let him seek a skilled carpenter for it.
(par ordre alphabétique)
God visited His flock, and the king's sleep fled, until he ordered an inquiry in the book of chronicles, and it was morning; and Hashem knows what is His.
Finding the matter of Mordechai plainly recorded, he asked: what honor, what greatness was given him? They answered that nothing had been done for him.
He revealed the matter to Haman, asking him: what shall be done for the man whom the king desires to honor? He answered and was caught in his own trap, for the mouth of a fool is his own ruin.
He proposed clothing him in royal garments, and that one of the princes walk before him - but his heart walked in the darkness of his own thoughts, with no light to guide him.
The king answered him: so have you said, do to Mordechai the Jew all that you have said; you yourself have pronounced your own judgment, let it be done to you according to that judgment.
Mordechai returned to his post, and Haman rushed home, distraught; his friends and Zeresh his wife gathered to come and console him.
The offspring of Jeshurun, cried his wise men, if Mordechai is of his seed, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him.
His wise men were still speaking with him when the king's eunuchs came in haste to hurry him along, and he did not see that his hour had come; the Lord shall laugh at him.
Even before the wine feast had ended, the king said to the fair-eyed one: ask, for all before you is as nothing; she wept and pleaded with him.
Let my life be granted at my request, and my people at my petition, O king my lord; for we have been sold, I and my people, to an enemy - You have granted his heart's desire to him.
For what would I want after such sorrow, when the weapons of war are already set at the gate? Would a lion roar in the forest if it had no prey?
He asked her: who is this, among all my men, among all my domains, or among all my creditors, to whom I would have sold you?
She hastened to answer: it is Haman, this wicked one, who has unleashed persecution against a righteous people; woe to the evil one, for his own deeds shall be done to him.
Filled with rage he rose and went to his garden, and on his return he saw him fallen upon the couch where she lay; let the heavens reveal his iniquity, and let the earth rise up against him.
One eunuch revealed his crime: behold, he has prepared a gallows for Mordechai in his own house; and the king commanded that he be hanged on it, on the gallows he had prepared for him.
Esther arose to plead for her people, to have the letters of wrath and fury revoked, for Hashem relented of the great calamity, and He turned back and healed.
A copy of the decree was sent, authorizing the Jews to avenge themselves upon their enemies destined to kill them; for the fear of Mordechai fell upon the rebels, and peace came to him.
Mordechai was set over a people not widowed, savior, great faithful leader, and was placed over the house of Haman and all that was his.
I have consecrated an altar for my foes, and prepared a place of slaughter for his sons, for the crime of their murderous father; and these are the names of his sons.
I crushed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha - and no burial was even granted him.
I plundered my plunderers and raised a shout of joy, for from the depths of the pit a dying pauper has come up; He rescues the poor who cry out, and the orphan who has none to help him.
Let this be written for a later generation, and let it remain a remembrance for children's children; let all who recall it rejoice, happy is the people to whom this belongs.
Eat, friends, drink and be merry, and joyfully observe the days of Purim; and amid your joy, remember the poor, and send portions to him who has none prepared.
God's wonders from of old have carried me, and through the depths of the sea He brought me across; therefore my innermost being disciplines me: be silent before Hashem, and wait for Him.
The day Pharaoh went out after me, to devour my flocks like a lion, the waters of my waves stood up like a wall, and they raged, for his anger had blazed.
The oppressor went out against the holy people, and the Rock sent His cloud to separate him, to be a shadow over his head and to deliver him.
He led him through on dry land and struck terror into his foes, separating between him and his pursuers, and brought them down into the depths of the abyss - I have carved his dwelling in the rock.
And when the sea returned to its strength, Pharaoh and all his multitude were drowned, for the sea weighed down the chariots of his pride, and he saw that he could not prevail against it.
The gallop of the mighty fell among the valiant, and like lead they sank in the mighty waters; and those who seek Hashem shall praise His Name, sing to Him with the ten-stringed harp.
He showed us His wondrous hand, upon the awesome seashore; I will sing to Hashem for He is highly exalted, with songs we will acclaim Him.
The banners passed through on dry land, and before them the God revered in holiness; then they sang a new song: Who is like You among the mighty, O Hashem?
For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Presence, in fear and love, love and fear, to unify the Name Yo"d Ke"h with Va"v Ke"h in a perfect union, in the name of all Israel. Behold, we come to fulfill the positive commandment as Hashem our God commanded us in His holy Torah: Remember what Amalek did to you, and it is said: you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven, you shall not forget, and it is said: write this as a remembrance in a book - as our sages of blessed memory explained: to remember it by mouth and to read it in the book - in order to repair the root of this commandment in a supernal place, to bring satisfaction to our Maker and to do the will of our Creator. And Hashem shall be King over all the earth; on that day Hashem shall be One and His Name One. And may it rise before You, Hashem our God, as though we had all the proper intentions for this commandment. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, Hashem, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Remember (Deuteronomy 25:17) what Amalek did to you on the way, when you went out of Egypt, how he met you on the way and cut down all the stragglers behind you, when you were faint and weary, and he did not fear God. And when Hashem your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land which Hashem your God gives you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; do not forget.
After the reading of the Torah, it is customary to say this, and some say it before:
Who is like You, and none is like You; who resembles You, and none resembles You.
(par ordre alphabétique)
Master, Your kindness shall never cease; Your truth is a fortress of strength and a tower; for You have been a refuge for the weak, a refuge for the poor in his distress.
In the days of my reproach from of old, the spirit of Hashem spoke within me; and today, though my sins have driven me away, my beloved is mine and I am his.
He has bestowed favors upon me from of old, manifest and known to the hearts; even if troubles draw near, happy are all who hope in Him.
I shall avenge the blood of my adversaries, and raise my banner as every seer has spoken; behold our God, in Him have we hoped.
Today I shall utter riddles, which from of old were future things; wondrous are they to Him who understands hidden secrets, my Maker who formed me from the womb to be His servant.
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus - a king was raised up like a cypress, lifted and exalted above every prince and chief - and Hashem gave him rest.
He appointed a day, in the third year of his reign, to show all his servants his magnificence; jeweled stones glittered on his ground, and he possessed dust of gold.
A portion was given to all the people of Shushan, and he honored his guests as a bridegroom, in the court of the garden of his palace, which he had desired as a dwelling.
He saw fit to do the will of every man according to his desire, and none compelled anyone to drink wine, and to give every petitioner according to his need, whatever he lacked.
Together were gathered all who were summoned; Queen Vashti too made a feast for the women - and the women's feast, like the men's, lasted seven days.
When the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded that the fair-eyed one be brought before him; but she refused his word, saying no - she was bold enough to answer him.
He asked counsel of those close to him who sat with him, and Memuchan advised him - it was Haman, ready for calamity, whose heart gathers evil for itself.
His counsels were given according to the law; they were hidden remedies for my people, for had it not been for the first letters, there would have been no survivor.
It was resolved to summon all his subjects, to bring before him every maiden of fair appearance, and whoever pleased his eyes would be hastened to him.
A shoot destined for Yair shone and rose, he shall exult like a hero eager to run his course; even before the blow, the remedy had already blossomed, for Hashem had singled out His faithful one.
With him was faithful Hadassah, perfect, Esther daughter of his uncle, pure as the sun; and when her father and mother died, Mordechai had taken her as his own.
She found favor and was led here and there, and Esther was taken to the king's house, a decree sealed like a diamond; and Mordechai commanded her: go in peace, for he is your master, and bow to him.
She clothed herself in righteousness in her kingdom; Esther did not reveal her people or her birth, and the king loved her and increased her glory, for it was from Hashem that she had it.
He gave attentive ear, keeper of the spices, one of the king's eunuchs appointed to guard; and behold they plotted against the king, saying, come, let us scheme against him.
Esther told the king in pleasant words, in Mordechai's name, and it was recorded in the book; it was sought and found, before the graceful stag, for the mountains shall bear it for him.
Both were hanged on the gallows, for Mordechai had heard their words as they conspired: let us give the king a deadly poison to drink - perhaps he may be deceived and we may overcome him.
This salvation was reserved for a future generation, it was written in the book of remembrance, that he might have reward and advantage from the king, for He repays each man according to his deed.
After all these events, Ahasuerus elevated Haman, he exalted him above all the princes, and granted him heights of greatness.
Mordechai refused to bow before the wicked one, offshoot of Amalek whose rebellion goes back to his birth - and this added sin upon sin, Hashem would not forgive him.
Every day all the king's servants bowed before him, and Mordechai in his integrity walked on; he sought a quarrel against a weak and wandering people - he grew angry over a quarrel not his own.
He devised schemes like thorns at his side, and despised him with the pride of his desire, to lay hand on Mordechai alone - he who despises the matter shall be bound by it.
He multiplied silver and gold beyond measure, and said in his heart, now is the time to rejoice; he brought counsel from afar, to inherit dwellings not his own.
He cast the lot, and his hand trembled at the drawing, and saw that in Adar had died the father of the testimony; he did not remember that it was the time of birth - labor pains shall come upon him.
A lurking bear, his thoughts advised him, and he asked a question of his masters; he also sharpened his lion's teeth, teeth of a lioness for him.
Behold a people scattered and set apart, whose laws differ, and who do not keep yours; they sow the wind and shall reap the whirlwind, he shall have no harvest.
I have prepared silver for your treasuries, O king, to destroy this loathsome people, all whose knees did not bow to Baal, and every mouth that did not kiss him.
To bring to the king's treasury a collection of ten thousand talents of silver, and I will strike down every soul of the house of Joseph, once, and I will not do it again.
The king said to him: keep your wealth for yourself, and here is my ring upon your right hand; do to this people as seems good in your eyes - and he comes to his end, with none to help him.
He went out, and the king's scribes were summoned; they wrote all that he commanded them, and couriers went out to every people, the captains of the cavalry that were his.
His word was urgent, saying: a vineyard of wine must be harvested in a single day; from the thirteenth of Adar, begin and finish, I will not pass by it again.
Mordechai tore his garments before God, and cried bitterly over the exile of Ariel: has Israel no more sons, has he then no more heir?
The remnant of my people has been torn apart; who has given Jacob over to plunder? Is it not Hashem, against whom we have sinned?
Esther's maidens told her the matter; we heard a cry like that of ostriches in the wilderness, and Mordechai walked about clothed in sackcloth - we did not know what had happened to him.
She sent him garments to wear, but he did not accept them, in the bitterness of his soul; she sent Hathach to inquire and find out, to know what was happening.
He revealed to him the whole matter, and set before him the detail of the money promised; he sent a copy of the decree and commanded that Esther go and plead before the king.
In her reply she said: know that whoever enters the king's presence unsummoned is liable to death, unless the king extends to him his golden scepter, to bow before him.
This precious Mordechai, hearing the words of Hadassah, cried out: alas, there is no escape! I shall bear the wrath of Hashem, for I have sinned against Him.
He sent back to her: do not imagine that you shall escape, in the king's house, from the fate of all my people; for if you perish, my people, though sold, shall yet have deliverance.
From another place He will send His salvation, He who makes peace in His heights, for His mercies are not exhausted, therefore I hope in Him.
She answered him: go, gather all who await deliverance, and fast for me three days, night and day, and seek mercy from the awesome and terrible God, and give yourselves no rest.
God lets Himself be found by all who seek Him with their whole heart, for His mercies were stirred for the people called His own, and He said again: I will surely remember - therefore my innermost being yearns for him.
She found favor on the third day and went, and became very precious in the king's eyes; he despised all over which he ruled, and all that he possessed, in comparison with her.
The fairest of women, tender plant: what is your request, for everything is at your disposal? She said: let the king and Haman come to the feast that I have prepared for him.
The next day she invited them to a hidden secret; and Haman went out that day joyful and glad, boasting among kings and mocking nobles.
He brought his friends and Zeresh his wife, and told them of his glory and dominion; but a decree already stood against him - woe to him who amasses what is not his.
They advised him to build a gallows fifty cubits high, to hang upon it the holy of holies; and to have it prepared to his desire by the finest craftsmen, let him seek a skilled carpenter for it.
(par ordre alphabétique)
God visited His flock, and the king's sleep fled, until he ordered an inquiry in the book of chronicles, and it was morning; and Hashem knows what is His.
Finding the matter of Mordechai plainly recorded, he asked: what honor, what greatness was given him? They answered that nothing had been done for him.
He revealed the matter to Haman, asking him: what shall be done for the man whom the king desires to honor? He answered and was caught in his own trap, for the mouth of a fool is his own ruin.
He proposed clothing him in royal garments, and that one of the princes walk before him - but his heart walked in the darkness of his own thoughts, with no light to guide him.
The king answered him: so have you said, do to Mordechai the Jew all that you have said; you yourself have pronounced your own judgment, let it be done to you according to that judgment.
Mordechai returned to his post, and Haman rushed home, distraught; his friends and Zeresh his wife gathered to come and console him.
The offspring of Jeshurun, cried his wise men, if Mordechai is of his seed, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him.
His wise men were still speaking with him when the king's eunuchs came in haste to hurry him along, and he did not see that his hour had come; the Lord shall laugh at him.
Even before the wine feast had ended, the king said to the fair-eyed one: ask, for all before you is as nothing; she wept and pleaded with him.
Let my life be granted at my request, and my people at my petition, O king my lord; for we have been sold, I and my people, to an enemy - You have granted his heart's desire to him.
For what would I want after such sorrow, when the weapons of war are already set at the gate? Would a lion roar in the forest if it had no prey?
He asked her: who is this, among all my men, among all my domains, or among all my creditors, to whom I would have sold you?
She hastened to answer: it is Haman, this wicked one, who has unleashed persecution against a righteous people; woe to the evil one, for his own deeds shall be done to him.
Filled with rage he rose and went to his garden, and on his return he saw him fallen upon the couch where she lay; let the heavens reveal his iniquity, and let the earth rise up against him.
One eunuch revealed his crime: behold, he has prepared a gallows for Mordechai in his own house; and the king commanded that he be hanged on it, on the gallows he had prepared for him.
Esther arose to plead for her people, to have the letters of wrath and fury revoked, for Hashem relented of the great calamity, and He turned back and healed.
A copy of the decree was sent, authorizing the Jews to avenge themselves upon their enemies destined to kill them; for the fear of Mordechai fell upon the rebels, and peace came to him.
Mordechai was set over a people not widowed, savior, great faithful leader, and was placed over the house of Haman and all that was his.
I have consecrated an altar for my foes, and prepared a place of slaughter for his sons, for the crime of their murderous father; and these are the names of his sons.
I crushed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha - and no burial was even granted him.
I plundered my plunderers and raised a shout of joy, for from the depths of the pit a dying pauper has come up; He rescues the poor who cry out, and the orphan who has none to help him.
Let this be written for a later generation, and let it remain a remembrance for children's children; let all who recall it rejoice, happy is the people to whom this belongs.
Eat, friends, drink and be merry, and joyfully observe the days of Purim; and amid your joy, remember the poor, and send portions to him who has none prepared.
God's wonders from of old have carried me, and through the depths of the sea He brought me across; therefore my innermost being disciplines me: be silent before Hashem, and wait for Him.
The day Pharaoh went out after me, to devour my flocks like a lion, the waters of my waves stood up like a wall, and they raged, for his anger had blazed.
The oppressor went out against the holy people, and the Rock sent His cloud to separate him, to be a shadow over his head and to deliver him.
He led him through on dry land and struck terror into his foes, separating between him and his pursuers, and brought them down into the depths of the abyss - I have carved his dwelling in the rock.
And when the sea returned to its strength, Pharaoh and all his multitude were drowned, for the sea weighed down the chariots of his pride, and he saw that he could not prevail against it.
The gallop of the mighty fell among the valiant, and like lead they sank in the mighty waters; and those who seek Hashem shall praise His Name, sing to Him with the ten-stringed harp.
He showed us His wondrous hand, upon the awesome seashore; I will sing to Hashem for He is highly exalted, with songs we will acclaim Him.
The banners passed through on dry land, and before them the God revered in holiness; then they sang a new song: Who is like You among the mighty, O Hashem?
Megillah Reading קריאת המגילה
לְשֵׁם יִחוּד קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, בִּדְחִֽילוּ וּרְחִֽימוּ, וּרְחִֽימוּ וּדְחִֽילוּ, לְיַחֲדָא שֵׁם יוֹ"ד קֵ"א בְּוָא"ו קֵ"א בְּיִחוּדָא שְׁלִים, בְּשֵׁם כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל, הִנֵּה אֲנַֽחְנוּ בָּאִים לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת מִקְרָא מְגִלָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁתִּקְּנוּ לָנוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, עִם כָּל הַמִּצְוֹת הַכְּלוּלוֹת בָּהּ, לְתַקֵּן אֶת שָׁרְשָׁהּ בְּמָקוֹם עֶלְיוֹן, לַעֲשׂוֹת נַֽחַת רֽוּחַ לְיֽוֹצְרֵֽנוּ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹן בּֽוֹרְאֵֽנוּ. וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ:
Lesheim yichud kudesha berich hu ushechinetteih, bidchilu urechimu, urechimu udechilu, leyachada sheim yo"ד kei"א beva"ו kei"א beyichuda shelim, besheim kol-yisrael, hinneih anachnu baim lekayyeim mitzvat mikra megillah, kemo shettikknu lanu rabboteinu zichronam livrachah, im kol hammitzot hakklulot bah, letakkein et sharshah bemakom elyon, laasot nachat ruach leyotzereinu velaasot retzon boreeinu. vihi ׀ noam Adonai Eloheinu aleinu umaaseih yadeinu konenah aleinu umaaseih yadeinu koneneihu:
For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Presence, in fear and love, love and fear, to unify the Name
before reading the Megillah, the chazan blesses standing, and the congregation also stands during the blessing:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּֽנוּ עַל מִקְרָא מְגִלָּה:
baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher kiddshanu bemitzotaiv, vetzivvanu al mikra megillah:
Blessed are You, Hashem, our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the reading of the Megillah.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁעָשָׂה נִסִּים לַאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה:
baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, sheasah nissim laavoteinu bayyamim haheim bazzman hazzeh:
Blessed are You, Hashem, our God, King of the universe, who performed miracles for our fathers in those days, at this time.
on Purim night, when saying the blessing "Shehecheyanu", one should intend that it also covers the Purim meal and Mishloach Manot
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָֽנוּ וְקִיְּמָֽנוּ וְהִגִּיעָֽנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה:
baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, shehecheyanu vekiyymanu vehiggianu lazzman hazzeh:
Blessed are You, Hashem, our God, King of the universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.
the Megillah is read
after reading the Megillah, he rolls it and then blesses:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה , אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, הַאֵל הָרָב אֶת־רִיבֵֽנוּ, וְהַדָּן אֶת־דִּינֵֽנוּ, וְהַנּוֹקֵם אֶת־נִקְמָתֵֽנוּ, וְהַנִּפְרָע לָנוּ מִצָּרֵֽינוּ, וְהַמְשַׁלֵּם גְּמּוּל לְכָל־אֽוֹיְבֵֽי נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, הַנִּפְרָע לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכָּל־צָרֵיהֶם הָאֵל הַמּוֹשִׁיעַ:
baruch atah Adonai , Eloheinu melech ha'olam, haeil harav et-riveinu, vehaddan et-dineinu, vehannokeim et-nikmateinu, vehannifra lanu mitztzareinu, vehamshalleim gemmul lechal-oyevei nafsheinu. baruch atah Adonai, hannifra leammo yisrael mikkal-tzareihem haeil hammoshia:
Blessed are You, Hashem, our God, King of the universe, the God who champions our cause, judges our claim, avenges our wrong, and
afterwards they say:
אָרוּר הָמָן, בָּרוּךְ מָרְדְּכַי.
arur haman, baruch mardchai.
Cursed be Haman, blessed be Mordecai.
אֲרוּרָה זֶרֶשׁ, בְּרוּכָה אֶסְתֵּר.
arurah zeresh, beruchah esteir.
Cursed be Zeresh, blessed be Esther.
אֲרוּרִים כָּל־הָרְשָׁעִים, בְּרוּכִים כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְגַם חַרְבוֹנָה זָכוּר לטוֹב: three times
arurim kol-harshaim, beruchim kol-yisrael. vegam charvonah zachur ltov: three times
Cursed be all the wicked, blessed be all Israel. And let Harbonah also be remembered for good. three times
and they say VeAtah Kadosh, and the chazan says Kaddish Titkabel, Shir HaMaalot LeDavid, Lulei Hashem Shehaya Lanu, and then Shir LaMaalot, Esa Einai, and they say Kaddish Yehei Shlama, Barchu, and Aleinu LeShabeach
Purim Day סדר יום פורים
one prays as on an ordinary weekday and says Al Hanissim in Hodaa, and after the Amida, Yehi Shem and Chatzi Kaddish, then the Torah scroll is taken out and three people are called up, and it is customary to repeat the last verse once more to complete ten verses:
וַיָּבֹ֖א (Exodus 17:8) עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בִּרְפִידִֽם׃ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ בְּחַר־לָ֣נוּ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וְצֵ֖א הִלָּחֵ֣ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק מָחָ֗ר אָנֹכִ֤י נִצָּב֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַגִּבְעָ֔ה וּמַטֵּ֥ה הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדִֽי׃ וַיַּ֣עַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר אָֽמַר־לוֹ֙ מֹשֶׁ֔ה לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם בַּעֲמָלֵ֑ק וּמֹשֶׁה֙ אַהֲרֹ֣ן וְח֔וּר עָל֖וּ רֹ֥אשׁ הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ Levi וְהָיָ֗ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֥ים מֹשֶׁ֛ה יָד֖וֹ וְגָבַ֣ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָנִ֛יחַ יָד֖וֹ וְגָבַ֥ר עֲמָלֵֽק׃ וִידֵ֤י מֹשֶׁה֙ כְּבֵדִ֔ים וַיִּקְחוּ־אֶ֛בֶן וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ תַחְתָּ֖יו וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב עָלֶ֑יהָ וְאַהֲרֹ֨ן וְח֜וּר תָּֽמְכ֣וּ בְיָדָ֗יו מִזֶּ֤ה אֶחָד֙ וּמִזֶּ֣ה אֶחָ֔ד וַיְהִ֥י יָדָ֛יו אֱמוּנָ֖ה עַד־בֹּ֥א הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ וַיַּחֲלֹ֧שׁ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֥ק וְאֶת־עַמּ֖וֹ לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃ Israel וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה כְּתֹ֨ב זֹ֤את זִכָּרוֹן֙ בַּסֵּ֔פֶר וְשִׂ֖ים בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ כִּֽי־מָחֹ֤ה אֶמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ וַיִּ֥בֶן מֹשֶׁ֖ה מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ יְהֹוָ֥ה ׀ נִסִּֽי׃ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־יָד֙ עַל־כֵּ֣ס יָ֔הּ מִלְחָמָ֥ה לַיהֹוָ֖ה בַּֽעֲמָלֵ֑ק מִדֹּ֖ר דֹּֽר׃
vayyavo (Exodus 17:8) amaleik vayyillachem im-yisrael birfidim vayyo'mer mosheh El-yehoshua bechar-lanu anashim vetzei hillacheim baamaleik machar anochi nitztzav al-ro'sh haggivah umatteih haelohim beyadi vayyaas yehoshua kaasher amar-lo mosheh lehillacheim baamaleik umosheh aharon vechur alu ro'sh haggivah Levi vehayah kaasher yarim mosheh yado vegavar yisrael vechaasher yaniach yado vegavar amaleik videi mosheh keveidim vayyikchu-even vayyasimu tachtaiv vayyeishev aleiha veaharon vechur tamchu veyadaiv mizzeh echad umizzeh echad vayhi yadaiv emunah ad-bo hashshamesh vayyachalosh yehoshua et-amaleik veet-ammo lefi-charev Israel vayyo'mer Adonai El-mosheh ketov zo't zikkaron basseifer vesim beoznei yehoshua ki-machoh emcheh et-zeicher amaleik mittachat hashshamayim vayyiven mosheh mizbeiach vayyikra shemo Adonai ׀ nissi vayyo'mer ki-yad al-keis yah milchamah laihovah baamaleik middor dor
And (Exodus 17:8) Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua: Choose men for us, and go out and fight against Amalek; tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand. Levi And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy... Israel Hashem said to Moses: Write this as a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek...
and the chazan says Chatzi Kaddish, Ashrei, then Uva LeTzion until Me'atah Ve'ad Olam, and the Megillah is read with its blessings before and after. After the Megillah, VeAtah Kadosh is said, Kaddish Titkabel, Yehalelu, and the Torah scroll is returned to its place; Beit Yaakov, the psalm of the day, Hoshi'enu, Lamnatzeach Al Ayelet HaShachar, and Kaddish Yehei Shlama are said, concluding with Kavei as on other days:
before giving Matanot LaEvyonim, one says
לְשֵׁם יִחוּד קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, בִּדְחִֽילוּ וּרְחִֽימוּ, וּרְחִֽימוּ וּדְחִֽילוּ, לְיַחֲדָא שֵׁם יוֹ"ד קֵ"א בְּוָא"ו קֵ"א בְּיִחוּדָא שְׁלִים, בְּשֵׁם כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל, הֲרֵֽינִי בָּא לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת מַתָּנ֖וֹת לָֽאֶבְיֹנִֽים שֶׁתִּקְּנוּ מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר לִיתֵן בְּיוֹם זֶה שְׁתֵּי מַתָּנוֹת לִשְׁנֵי עַנִיִים. לְתַקֵּן שֽׁוֹרֶשׁ מִצְוָה זוֹ בְּמָקוֹם עֶלְיוֹ. וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ:
lesheim yichud kudesha berich hu ushechinetteih, bidchilu urechimu, urechimu udechilu, leyachada sheim yo"ד kei"א beva"ו kei"א beyichuda shelim, besheim kol-yisrael, hareini ba lekayyeim mitzvat mattanot laevyonim shettikknu mardchai veesteir litein beyom zeh shettei mattanot lishnei aniyim. letakkein shoresh mitzvah zo bemakom elyo. vihi ׀ noam Adonai Eloheinu aleinu umaaseih yadeinu konenah aleinu umaaseih yadeinu koneneihu:
For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Presence, in fear and love, love and fear, to unify the Name
before sending Mishloach Manot, one says
לְשֵׁם יִחוּד קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, בִּדְחִֽילוּ וּרְחִֽימוּ, וּרְחִֽימוּ וּדְחִֽילוּ, לְיַחֲדָא שֵׁם יוֹ"ד קֵ"א בְּוָא"ו קֵ"א בְּיִחוּדָא שְׁלִים, בְּשֵׁם כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל, הֲרֵֽינִי בָּא לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת מִשְׁלֹ֤חַ מָנוֹת֙ אִ֣ישׁ לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ שֶׁתִּקְּנוּ מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר לִשְׁלוֹח בְּיוֹם זֶה מָנוֹת לְאִישׁ אֶחָד. לְתַקֵּן שֽׁוֹרֶשׁ מִצְוָה זוֹ בְּמָקוֹם עֶלְיוֹן. וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ:
lesheim yichud kudesha berich hu ushechinetteih, bidchilu urechimu, urechimu udechilu, leyachada sheim yo"ד kei"א beva"ו kei"א beyichuda shelim, besheim kol-yisrael, hareini ba lekayyeim mitzvat mishloach manot ish lereieihu shettikknu mardchai veesteir lishloch beyom zeh manot leish echad. letakkein shoresh mitzvah zo bemakom elyon. vihi ׀ noam Adonai Eloheinu aleinu umaaseih yadeinu konenah aleinu umaaseih yadeinu koneneihu:
For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Presence, in fear and love, love and fear, to unify the Name
before the meal, one says
לְשֵׁם יִחוּד קֻדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, בִּדְחִֽילוּ וּרְחִֽימוּ, וּרְחִֽימוּ וּדְחִֽילוּ, לְיַחֲדָא שֵׁם יוֹ"ד קֵ"א בְּוָא"ו קֵ"א בְּיִחוּדָא שְׁלִים, בְּשֵׁם כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל, הֲרֵֽינִי בָּא לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת סְעוּדַת פּוּרִים בְּמַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה כְּמוֹ שֶׁתִּקְּנוּ מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּיוֹם זֶה כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת אוֹתָ֗ם יְמֵי֙ מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה וְשִׂמְחָ֔ה לְתַקֵּן שֽׁוֹרֶשׁ מִצְוָה זוֹ בְּמָקוֹם עֶלְיוֹן. וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ:
lesheim yichud kudesha berich hu ushechinetteih, bidchilu urechimu, urechimu udechilu, leyachada sheim yo"ד kei"א beva"ו kei"א beyichuda shelim, besheim kol-yisrael, hareini ba lekayyeim mitzvat se'udat purim bemaachal umishteh kemo shettikknu mardchai veesteir laasot beyom zeh kemo shekkatuv laasot otam yemei mishteh vesimchah letakkein shoresh mitzvah zo bemakom elyon. vihi ׀ noam Adonai Eloheinu aleinu umaaseih yadeinu konenah aleinu umaaseih yadeinu koneneihu:
For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and His Presence, in fear and love, love and fear, to unify the Name