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Book of Esther

Megillat Esther

by F. Ephraim LinkerEdited by Rabbi Shmuel Rabin

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Book of Esther

Megillat Esther

Contents PageIntroduction viHelpful Guides viiBlessings recited before reading Megillat Esther xChapter 1 1Chapter 2 6Chapter 3 12Chapter 4 17Chapter 5 21Chapter 6 25Chapter 7 29Chapter 8 32Chapter 9 37Chapter 10 45Blessings recited after reading Megillat Esther 46Notes 47

Introduction

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Introduction

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Helpful Guides

An asterisk is used in the transliterations of this siddur to denote syllables that end in anaudible h sound. Thus, the transliterations for Yah and HahL’looYah appear in text with anasterisk (i.e. Yah* and HahL’looYah*). HPLS’s decision to note the appropriate place for the“breathy” aspirated “h” ending sound represents a long-standing scholarly debate onpronunciation. The HPLS reader is invited to experiment and decide for himself on usage.

Pronunciation Guide 1

Hebrew Vowels

Sound “Long” Version “Short” Version Sh’vah Derivative

Ah KahMahtz PahTahch Chah’tahf PahTahch

Ee CheeReek CheeReek - - - - - -

Eh or Ay or

TsayReh - - - - - - - - - - - -

Eh - - - - - - SehGehl Chah’tahf SehGehl

Oh or ChohLahm KahMahtz KahTahn Chah’tahf KahMahtz

Ooh ShooRook KooBoohtz - - - - - -

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Pronunciation Guide 2Hebrew Letters

Typeset Name of Letter(Phonetically Sounded)

Hand Printed Script Value

Sound Normal Final Normal Final Normal Final

Silent AhLehf 1

Beh Beht 2

Veh Veht 2

Geh GeeMehl 3

Deh DahLeht 4

Heh Hay 5

Veh Vahv 6

Zeh ZahYeen 7

Cheh Cheht 8

Teh Teht 9

Yeh Yood 10

Keh Kahf, Kahf SohFeet 20

Cheh Chahf, Chahf SohFeet 20

Leh LahMehd 30

Meh Mehm, Mehm SohFeet 40

Neh Noon, Noon SohFeet 50

Seh SahMehch 60

Silent AhYeen 70

Peh Pay 80

Feh Fay, Fay SohFeet 80

Tzeh TzahDee, TzahDee SohFeet 90

Keh Koof 100

Reh Raysh 200

Sheh Sheen 300

Seh Seen 300

Teh Tahv 400


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Pronunciation Guide 3

Helpful Tips on How to Use HPLS Transliterations

In most instances the transliterations are strictly literal, and keep the Noun-then-Adjective sequence ofthe Hebrew language. For example, MehLehch Chai is literally translated King Living.

All Hebrew text and associated transliterations are read from right to left.

Sometimes it is necessary to clarify the literal translation, as denoted by added words (in parenthesis).

Idiomatic words are translated literally. An additional clarifying definition may be given just above thetranslation, underlined.

Each syllable of a transliteration starts with a capital letter.

An apostrophe (’) separates the letters of a Hebrew syllable that sound like two separate syllables. Thetwo sections of this syllable should be said distinctly but with just the slightest pause, almost as if itwere one syllable.

Bold face indicates which transliterated syllable is stressed. If no syllable is shown in bold, then thestress is

on the last syllable. In the Hebrew text, the stress is denoted by a small bar symbol under the stressed letter.

The letter combination Ch is always guttural (as in Bach).

The letter h is almost always silent at the end of a syllable.

* The end of some syllables should have an audible h sound. These syllables are noted by theplacement of an asterisk (*) at the end of the syllable. However, for clarification of thetransliteration, the letter h is omitted when following the letters Ee. For example: Yee*Yeh, ispronounced YeehYeh, with the first h audible.

Oht is pronounced Oat; similarly, Noh is like Know.

Aht is pronounced like the ot in Lot. Similarly, Nah is pronounced like Knob without the b.

Ay is pronounced like the letter a.

Eh is used for the Eh sound, thus Neh is like the Ne in Next.

Ayr is pronounced like Air.

Ai is pronounced like the letter i. Also, the letter y is sometimes used for the i sound.

Tz is used for the Tseh sound.

Uh is used for the Uh sound (never the Ooh sound) .

Oo (and sometimes Ooh) is for the Ooh sound.

There is a rule that if, at the beginning of a word, the Hebrew letter:

Beht , Kahf , Or Pay

follows an unsounded:AhLehf , Hay , Vahv , or Yood

then it loses the dot and becomes a:

Veht , Chahf , or Fay .Modern spoken Hebrew treats these letters as if they contain the dot. However, the Hebrew prayersand the transliterations in this siddur, follow the rule of no dot.

The letter tahv , with or without a dot inside, always has the Teh sound, never a Seh sound

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Blessings recited before reading Megillat Esther

The universe King of Our God Hashem Are you Blessed

HahOhLahm, MehLehch Eh’lohHayNoo Ah’dohNai AhTah BahRoochAnd commanded us In His commandments Sanctified us Who

V’tzeeVahNoo B’meetzVohTahv KeeD’shahNoo Ah’sherThe Megillah. Commandment of On

M’geeLah. MeetzVaht Ahl

The universe, King of Our God Hashem Are You Blessed'okIg¨v Qkn Ubh¥vO¡t ²h±h vT©t QUrC

HahOhLahm, MehLehch Eh’lohHayNoo Ah’dohNai AhTah BahRoochThose In the days For our fathers Miracles Who dido¥v¨v oh¦n²HC Ubh¥,Ic£tk oh¦X°b v¨GgJ

HahHehm BahYahMeem LahAh’vohTayNoo NeeSeem ShehAhSahThis. In the time/v®Z©v i©n±ZC

HahZeh. BahZ’mahn

Blessing for Reaching this Season


HahOhLahm, MehLehch Eh’lohHayNoo Ah’dohNai AhTah BahRoochThis. To time And brought us And sustained us, Who has kept us alive

HahZeh. LahZ’mahn V’heeGeeAhNoo V’keeY’mahNoo ShehHehCheh’yahNoo


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Esther - Chapter 1

1:1Who ruled Ahasuerus He is Ahasuerus; In the days of And it wasQk«N©v JIr¯u§J©j£t tUv `JIr¯u§J©j£t h¥nhC h¦v±h³u

HahMohLaych1 Ah’chahshVayRohsh Hoo Ah’chahshVayRohsh; BeeMay VaiHeeProvinces. And hundred And twenty Seven To Koosh, From HohDoo/v²bh¦s§n v¨t¥nU oh¦r§Gg±u gc¤J 'JUF sg±u US«v¥n

M’deeNah. OohMayAh V’ehsReem ShehVah V’ahd-Koosh, MayHohDoo1:2

Throne Upon Ahasuerus King When sat Those, In the dayst¥XF kg JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk¤N©v ,c¤JF ò¥v¨v oh¦n²HC

KeeSay Ahl Ah’chahshVayRohsh HahMehLehch K’shehVeht HahHaym; BahYahMeemThe capital. In Shushan Which (was) His royal,/v¨rhC©v i©JUJC r¤J£t 'I,Ufk©n

HahBeeRah. B’shooShahn Ah’shehr MahlChooToh,1:3

And his servants, For all his officers A feast He made Of his rule, Three In the yearùhscg³u uhr¨G kfk v¤T§J¦n v¨Gg 'Ifk¨nk JIk¨J ,³b§JC

VahAh’vahDahv; L’chohl-SahRahv MeeshTeh AhSah L’mohlChoh, ShahLohsh BeeshNahtBefore him. The provinces And officers of The nobles And Media, Persia The power of

/uh²bpk ',Ibh¦s§N©v h¥r¨G±u oh¦n§T§rP©v 'h©snU x©rP kh¥jL’fahNahv. HahM’deeNoht, V’sahRay HahPahrT’meem OohMahDai, PahRahs Chayl

1:4Splendorous And the honor of His kingdom, Glorious The riches of While he showed,¤r¤tp¦T rë±h ,¤t±u 'I,Ufk©n sIcF r¤J«g ,¤t I,«t§r©vC

TeefEhReht V’eht-Y’kahr MahlChooToh, K’vohd Eht-OhShehr B’hahrOhTohDays. And hundred Eighty Many, Days His grandeur;/oIh ,©t§nU oh°bIn§J 'ohC©r oh¦n²h Ì,KUs±D

Yohm. OomAht Sh’mohNeem RahBeem, YahMeem G’dooLahToh;1:5

For all the people The king Made These, Of the days And upon completionog¨v kfk Qk¤N©v v¨Gg 'vK¥t¨v oh¦n²H©v ,tIk§ncU

L’chohl-HahAhm HahMehLehch AhSah HahAyLeh, HahYahMeem OohVeemLohtA feast Down to small, From great The capital, In Shushan Found'v¤T§J¦n iÿe sg±u kIs²D¦nk v¨rhC©v i©JUJC oh¦tm§n°B©v

MeeshTeh, V’ahd-KahTahn L’meeGahDohl HahBeeRah B’shooShahn HahNeemTz’eemThe king. The palace of The garden of In the courtyard of Days, Seven/Qk¤N©v i©,hC ,³B°D rm£jC òh¦n²h ,gc¦J

HahMehLehch. BeeTahn GeeNaht BahChah’tzahr YahMeem; SheevAht

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1:6And purple, By ropes of fine linen Held And blue wool Green White hangings,'in²D§r©t±u .Uc hkc©jC zUj¨t ,kf§,U xP§rF rUj

V’ahrGahMahn, B’chahvLay-Vootz AhChooz OotChayLeht KahrPahs ChoorOn And silver, Gold Couches of Marble; And pillars Silver On rodskg ';¤xf²u cv²z ,IY¦n `J¥J h¥sUNg±u ;¤xf hkhk±D kgAhl VahChehSehf, ZahHahv MeeToht Shaysh; V’ahMooDay ChehSehf Ahl-G’leeLay

And onyx marble. Yellow, Green, white, A pavement of/,¤r¨j«x±u r©s±u 'J¥J²u y©vC ,pm¦r

V’sohChahReht. V’dahr BahHaht-VahShaysh, ReeTz’faht21:7

From (all other) vessels And vessels Gold, In vessels And (they would) give to drinkohkF¦n ohkf±u 'cv²z hkfC ,Ie§J©v±u

MeeKayLeem V’chayLeem ZahHahv, BeechLay3 V’hahshKohtThe king. By the bounty of Much, Royal And wine Were different;/Qk¤N©v s³hF 'cr ,Ufk©n ihh±u òh°bIJ

HahMehLehch. K’yahd Rahv, MahlChoot V’yayn ShohNeem;1:8

The king Had set For so Compelling; There was none According to law, And the drinkingQk¤N©v s©X°h if hF `x¯b«t ih¥t ',Sf v²H¦,§ ©v±u

HahMehLehch YeeSahd Kee-Chayn OhNays; Ayn ChahDaht, V’hahSh’teeYahEvery person. As the wish of To fulfill His house, Each chief of Upon/Jh¦t²u Jh¦t iIm§rF ,IGgk 'I,hC c©r kF kg

Eesh-VahEesh. KeerTzohn LahAh’soht BayToh, Kohl-Rahv Ahl(Beginning of New Paragraph in Handwritten Scroll)

1:9The royal (in) House Women, A feast for Made The queen Vashti Also',Ufk©N©v ,hC òh¦J²b v¥T§J¦n v¨,§Gg 'vFk©N©v h¦T§J³u o³D

HahMahlChoot, Bayt NahSheem; MeeshTay AhS’tah HahMahlKah, VahshTee GahmAhasuerus. Belonged to King That/JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk¤Nk r¤J£t

Ah’chahshVayRohsh. LahMehLehch Ah’shehr1:10

He said With wine, The king’s heart When was good The seventh, On dayr©n¨t ì°h²HC Qk¤N©v ck cIyF 'hghc§ ©v oIHC

AhMahr BahYahYeen; Layv-HahMehLehch K’tohv HahSh’veeEe, BahYohmAnd Karkas, Zaytar And Avagtah, Bigtah Charvonah, Bizetah, To Mehuman,'xF§rf±u r©,¯z t¨,±dc£t³u t¨,±dC t²bIc§r©j t¨,±ZC i¨nUv§nk

V’chahrKahs, ZayTahr VahAh’vahgTah BeegTah ChahrVohNah BeeZ’tah LeemHooMahn



1:10 - Continued

Ahasuerus. King In front of Who served Chamberlains The seven/JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk¤N©v hbP ,¤t oh¦,§rJ§n©v oh¦xh¦r¨X©v ,gc¦J

Ah’chahshVayRohsh. HahMehLehch Eht-P’nay HahmShahR’teem HahSahReeSeem SheevAht1:11

Royal, With a crown The king Before The queen Vashti To bring`,Ufk©n r¤,fC 'Qk¤N©v hbpk vFk©N©v h¦T§J³u ,¤t thcvk

MahlChoot; B’chehTehr HahMehLehch, LeefNay HahMahlKah Eht-VahshTee L’hahVeeWas she. Appearance For of good Her beauty, And the princes The peoples To show/th¦v v¤t§r©n ,cIy hF 'V²hp²h ,¤t oh¦r¨¬©v±u oh¦Ng¨v ,It§r©vkHee. MahrEh Kee-TohVaht Eht-YohfYah*, V’hahSahReem HahAhMeem L’hahrOht

1:12Through That was The king At the word of To come Vashti Queen And she refused

s³hC r¤J£t 'Qk¤N©v rc§sC tIck h¦T§J³u vFk©N©v i¥t¨n§T³uB’yahd Ah’shehr HahMehLehch, BeedVahr LahVoh VahshTee HahMahlKah VahT’mahAyn

Burned And his wrath Exceedingly, The king And was angry The chamberlains;v¨rgC I,¨n£j³u 's«t§n Qk¤N©v ;«m§e°H³u òh¦xh¦r¨X©v

BahAh’rah VahChah’mahToh M’ohd, HahMehLehch VahYeekTzohf HahSahReeSeem;Within him.

/IcVoh.

(Beginning of New Paragraph in Handwritten Scroll)

1:13For so was The times, Knowing of To the wise men, The king And saidif hF òh¦Tg¨v hg§s«h oh¦nf£jk 'Qk¤N©v r¤nt«H³u

Kee-Chayn HahEeTeem; YohD’ay LahChah’chahMeem HahMehLehch, VahYohMehrAnd judgment. Law All who know Before The king Each matter of

/ih¦s²u ,¨S hg§s«h kF hbpk 'Qk¤N©v rc§SVahDeen. Daht Kohl-YohD’ay LeefNay HahMehLehch, D’vahr

1:14Marsenah, Mehrehs, Tarshish, Admatah, Shaytar, Karshenah, To him, And those closet²b§x§r©n x¤r¤n 'Jh¦J§r©, t¨,¨n§s©t r¨,¥J t²b§J§rF uhk¥t c«rË©v±u

MahrS’nah MehRehs TahrSheesh, AhdMahTah ShayTahr KahrSh’nah AyLahv V’hahKahRohvThe king, The presence of Who see And Media, Persia Princes of The seven Memuchan;'Qk¤N©v hbP h¥t«r h©snU x©rP h¥r¨G ,gc¦J ìfUn§n

HahMehLehch, P’nay RohAy OohMahDai PahRahs SahRay SheevAht M’mooChahn;Of the kingdom. At the head Who reside

/,Ufk©NC v²b«Jt¦r ohc§J«H©vBahMahlChoot. ReeShohNah HahYohSh’veem

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1:15She did not do That For Vashti, With Queen What should one do As the law,v¨,§Gg tO r¤J£t kg `h¦T§J³u vFk©NC ',IGgK v©n ,¨sF

Loh-AhS’tah Ah’shehr Ahl VahshTee; BahMahlKah Mah-LahAh’soht, K’dahtThe chamberlains. Through Ahasuerus King The word of

/oh¦xh¦r¨X©v s³hC 'JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk¤N©v r©n£t©n ,¤tHahSahReeSeem. B’yahd Ah’chahshVayRohsh, HahMehLehch Eht-MahAh’mahr


1:16Upon the king Not And the officers: The king Before Memuchan And saidQk¤N©v kg tO 'oh¦r¨¬©v±u Qk¤N©v hbpk ifUn§n4 r¤nt«H³u

Ahl-HahMehLehch Loh V’hahSahReem, HahMehLehch LeefNay M’mooChahn VahYohMehrUpon all the officers But The queen, Vashti Has wronged Aloneoh¦r¨¬©v kF kg hF `vFk©N©v h¦T§J³u v¨,±ug ISck

Ahl-Kohl-HahSahReem Kee HahMahlKah; VahshTee AhV’tah L’vahDohAhasuerus. King In all the provinces of That are And upon all the peoples/JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk¤N©v ,Ibh¦s§n kfC r¤J£t 'oh¦Ng¨v kF kg±u

Ah’chahshVayRohsh. HahMehLehch B’chohl-M’deeNoht Ah’shehr V’ahl-Kohl-HahAhMeem,1:17

Their husbands To despise On all the women, The word of the queen For it will go outi¤vhkgC ,Izc©vk 'oh¦J²B©v kF kg vFk©N©v rc§s tm¯h hF

BahLayHehn L’hahvZoht Ahl-Kohl-HahNahSheem, D’vahr-HahMahlKah Kee-YayTzayTo bring Said Ahasuerus King When they say: In their eyes,thcvk r©n¨t JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk¤N©v 'o¨r§n¨tC `i¤vhbhgC

L’hahVee AhMahr Ah’chahshVayRohsh HahMehLehch B’ohmRahm, B’ayNayHehn;And she did not come. Before him, The queen Vashti

/v¨tc tO±u 'uh²bpk vFk©N©v h¦T§J³u ,¤tV’loh-VahAh. 5 L’fahNahv, HahMahlKah Eht-VahshTee

1:18Heard Who Persia and Media, The noblewomen of Shall say it This And the dayUg§n¨J r¤J£t h©snU x©rP ,Ir¨G v²b§r©nt«T v®Z©v oIH©v±u

ShahM’oo Ah’shehr PahRahs-OohMahDai SahRoht TohMahrNah HahZeh V’hahYohmAnd (there will be) much The king; The officers of To all The queen, The word of

h©sfU `Qk¤N©v h¥r¨G k«fk 'vFk©N©v rc§S ,¤tOochDai HahMehLehch; SahRay L’chohl HahMahlKah, Eht-D’vahr

And anger. Contempt/;m¨e²u iIh²ZC

VahKahTzehf. BeeZahYohn



1:19From before him, A royal decree Let there issue It pleases, If to the king

'uh²bpK¦n ,Ufk©n rc§s tm¯h cIy Qk¤N©v kg o¦tMeeL’fahNahv, D’vahr-MahlChoot YayTzay Tohv Eem-Ahl-HahMehLehch

That It shall pass away, And not Persia and Media, In the laws of And let it be writtenr¤J£t `rIcg³h tO±u h©snU x©rp h¥,¨sC c¥,F°h±u

Ah’shehr YahAh’vohr; V’loh FahRahs-OohMahDai B’dahTay V’yeeKahTayvAnd her royalty King Ahasuerus, Before Vashti Shall not come

V¨,Ufk©nU Qk¤N©v 'JIr¯u§J©j£t hbpk h¦T§J³u tIc, tOOohMahlChooTah* HahMehLehch Ah’chahshVayRohsh, LeefNay VahshTee Loh-TahVoh

Than she. That is better To her colleague (another) The king Will give/v²B¤N¦n vcIY©v V¨,Ug§rk Qk¤N©v i¥T°h

MeeMehNah. HahTohVah LeerOohTah* HahMehLehch YeeTayn1:20

In all his kingdom, That he shall make, The king The ruling of And shall be heard'I,Ufk©n kfC v¤Gg³h r¤J£t Qk¤N©v o²d§,P g©n§J°b±u

B’chohl-MahlChooToh, Ah’shehr-YahAh’seh HahMehLehch PeetGahm V’neeshMahTo their husbands, Honor Will give And all the women It is, Great For

'i¤vhkgck rë±h Ub§T°h oh¦J²B©v kf±u `th¦v vC©r hFL’vahLayHehn, Y’kahr YeeT’noo6 V’chohl-HahNahSheem Hee; RahBah Kee

Down to small. From great/iÿe sg±u kIs²D¦nk

V’ahd-KahTahn. L’meeGahDohl1:21

And did And the officers, The king In the eyes of The matter And was pleasingGg³H³u òh¦r¬©v±u Qk¤N©v hbhgC 'rcS©v c©yh°H³u

VahYahAhs V’hahSahReem; HahMehLehch B’ayNay HahDahVahr, VahYeeTahvMemuchan. As the word of The king/ifUn§n rc§sF Qk¤N©v

M’mooChahn. KeedVahr HahMehLehch1:22

To each province The king, To all provinces of Documents And he sentv²bh¦s§n k¤t 'Qk¤N©v ,Ibh¦s§n kF k¤t oh¦rp§x jk§J°H³u

Ehl-M’deeNah HahMehLehch, Ehl-Kohl-M’deeNoht S’fahReem VahYeeshLahchTo be In its language, And nation And to each nation In its writing And province,Ih§vk ÌbIJkF og²u og k¤t±u Vc,fF v²bh¦s§nU

Lee*Yoht KeelShohNoh; VahAhm V’ehl-Ahm KeechTahVah*, OomDeeNahHis own people. In the language of And speaking In his own house Ruling Each man

/INg iIJkF rC©s§nU 'I,hcC r¥r«G Jh¦t kFAhMoh. KeelShohn OomDahBayr B’vayToh, SohRayr7 Kohl-Eesh

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2:1King The wrath of When calmed down These, The things After

Qk®N©v ,©n£j Q«JF 'vK¥t¨v oh¦rc§S©v r©j©tHahMehLehch Chah’maht K’shohch HahAyLeh, HahD’vahReem AhChahr

And What she had done, And Vashti He remembered Ahasuerus,,¥t±u 'v¨,Gg rJ£t ,¥t±u h¦T§J³u ,t rf²z `JIr¯u§J©j£t

V’ayt Ah’shehr-AhSahTah, V’ayt Eht-VahshTee ZahChahr Ah’chahshVayRohsh;Upon her. What was decreed/¨vhkg r³z±d°b rJ£t

AhLehHah. Ah’shehr-NeegZahr2:2

For the king “Let them seek out Who served him, The king’s youths And they saidQk®N©k UJ§ec±h `uh,§rJ§n Qk®N©v h¥rg³b Ur§nt«H³u

LahMehLehch Y’vahkShoo M’shahR’tahv; NahAh’ray-HahMehLehch VahYohM’rooAppearance. Of good Virgins Maidens

/vt§r©n ,IcIy ,IkU,C ,Irg±bMahrEh. TohVoht B’tooLoht N’ahRoht

2:3And let them gather His kingdom, In all the provinces of Officials The king And let appoint

UmC§e°h±u 'I,Ufk©n ,Ibh¦s§n kfC oh¦sh¦eP Qk®N©v s¥ep³h±uV’yeekB’tzoo MahlChooToh, B’chohl-M’deeNoht P’keeDeem HahMehLehch V’yahfKayd

To the house of The capital, To Shushan Appearance Of good Each young virgin,hC kt v¨rhC©v i©JUJ kt vt§r©n ,cIy vkU,c v¨rg³b kF ,tEhl-Bayt HahBeeRah Ehl-ShooShahn MahrEh TohVaht Eht-Kohl-NahAh’rah-V’tooLah

The women, Keeper of The king, Chamberlain of Haygeh To the care of Women,`oh¦J²B©v r¥n«J Qk®N©v xh¦r§x t®d¥v s³h kt 'oh¦J²B©v

HahNahSheem; ShohMayr HahMehLehch S’rees HayGeh Ehl-Yahd HahNahSheem,Their cosmetics. And give

/ivh¥er§n©T iI,²b±uTahmRooKayHehn. V’nahTohn

2:4In place of Shall rule The king In the eyes of Will be pleasing That And the maiden

,©j©T QO§n¦T 'Qk¤N©v hbhgC c©yh¦T rJ£t v¨rg³B©v±uTahChaht TeemLohch HahMehLehch, B’ayNay TeeTahv Ah’shehr V’hahNahAh’rah

So. And he did The king, In the eyes of The matter And was pleasing Vashti.”/iF Gg³H³u 'Qk®N©v hbhgC rcS©v c©yh°H³u `h¦T§J³u

Kayn. VahYahAhs HahMehLehch, B’ayNay HahDahVahr VahYeeTahv VahshTee;



(Beginning of New Paragraph in Handwritten Scroll)At this point the reader pauses, the congregation recites the next verse, and then the reader repeats it.

2:5Son of Mordechai, And his name (was) The capital, In Shushan There was A Jew A maniC 'hf§S§r¨n In§JU `v¨rhC©v i©JUJC v²hv h¦sUv±h Jh¦t

Behn MohrD’chai, OoshMoh HahBeeRah; B’shooShahn HahYah Y’hooDee EeshBenjaminite. A man Son of Keesh, Son of Sheem-ee, Yaheer,

/h°bh¦n±h Jh¦t 'Jh¦e iC hg§n¦J iC rh¦t²hY’meeNee. Eesh Behn-Keesh, Behn-SheemEe YahEer

2:6Had been exiled That With the exile From Jerusalem, Had been exiled Who

v¨,k±dv rJ£t vk«D©v og 'o°hk¨JUrh¦n vk±dv rJ£tHohgL’tah Ah’shehr Eem-HahGohLah MeeRooShahLahYeem, HohgLah Ah’shehr

Nebuchadnezzar Had exiled That King of Judah, Yechonyah WithrM®b§sfUc±b vk±dv rJ£t `v¨sUv±h Qkn v²h±bf±h og

N’vooChahdNehTzahr HehgLah Ah’shehr MehLehch-Y’hooDah; Y’chohnYah EemBabylonia. King of

/kcC QknBahVehl. MehLehch

2:7To her There was no For His cousin, Esther, She is Hadassah, Bringing up And he wasVk ih¥t hF 'Is«S ,C r¥T§xt th¦v v¨X©s£v ,t i¥n«t h¦v±h³u

Lah* Ayn Kee Baht-DohDoh, EhsTayr Hee Eht-Hah’dahSah OhMayn VaiHeeAppearance, And of good Of beautiful form And the maiden (was) And mother, Father

'vt§r©n ,cIy±u r©t«T ,p±h v¨rg³B©v±u `o¥t²u ctMahrEh, V’tohVaht Y’faht-TohAhr V’hahNahAh’rah VahAym; Ahv

As a daughter. To himself Mordechai Took her And her mother Her father And upon the death of/,ck Ik hf§S§r¨n V¨j¨ek V¨N¦t±u vhct ,IncU

L’vaht. Loh MohrD’chai L’kahChah* V’eeMah* AhVeeHah OovMoht2:8

Maidens And when were gathered And his law, The king’s decree When was heard And it was,Irg±b .cE¦vcU 'I,¨s±u QkN©v rc§S g©n¨ ¦vC h¦v±h³u

N’ahRoht OohV’heeKahVaytz V’dahToh, D’vahr-HahMehLehch B’heeShahMah VaiHeeEsther Then was taken Haygai, To the care of The capital To Shushan Manyr¥T§xt j©eK¦T³u `h²d¥v s³h kt v¨rhC©v i©JUJ kt ,IC©r

EhsTayr VahTeeLahKahch HayGai; Ehl-Yahd HahBeeRah Ehl-ShooShahn RahBohtThe women. Keeper of Haygai, To the care of The king, To the house of/oh¦J²B©v r¥n«J h³d¥v s³h kt 'Qk®N©v ,hC kt

HahNahSheem. ShohMayr HayGai Ehl-Yahd HahMehLehch, Ehl-Bayt

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2:9Before him, Kindness And she attained In his eyes, The maiden And was pleasing

'uh²bpk sxj t¨¬¦T³u uh²bhgc v¨rg³B©v c©yh¦T³uL’fahNahv, ChehSehd VahTeeSah V’ayNahv HahNahAh’rah VahTeeTahvSeven And To her, To give And her portions Her cosmetics And he hurriedgcJ ,¥t±u 'Vk ,,k ¨v,Ib¨n ,t±u ¨vheUr§n©T ,t k¥vc±h³u

ShehVah V’ayt Lah*, LahTeht V’eht-MahNohTehHah Eht-TahmRooKehHah VaiVahHaylAnd he changed her The king; From the house of To give to her Who were proper The maidens

¨v®B©J±h³u `Qk¤N©v ,hC¦n Vk ,,k ,Iht§r¨v ,Irg±B©vVaiShahNehHah HahMehLehch; MeeBayt LahTeht-Lah* HahR’ooYoht HahN’ahRoht

Women. (in the) House of For good And her maidens/oh¦J²B©v ,hC cIyk ¨vh,Irg³b ,t±u

HahNahSheem. Bayt L’tohv V’eht-NahAh’rohTehHah2:10

Had commanded Mordechai For And her kin; Her nation Esther Did not tellv²Um hf§S§r¨n hF `V¨T§skIn ,¤t±u V¨Ng ,¤t 'r¥T§xt v¨sh°D¦v tO

TzeeVah MohrD’chai Kee V’eht-MohLahdTah*;1 Eht-AhMah* EhsTayr, Loh-HeeGeeDahShe should not tell. That Upon her

/sh°D©, tO rJ£t ¨vhkgLoh-TahGeed. Ah’shehr AhLehHah

2:11The courtyard of Before Was walking around Mordechai And each day

rm£j hbpk QK©v§,¦n hf§S§r¨n 'oIh²u oIh kfcUChah’tzahr LeefNay MeetHahLaych MohrD’chai VahYohm, OovChohl-Yohm

With her. And what was done Esther, The welfare of To know The house of women,/VC v¤Gg¯H v©nU 'r¥T§xt oIk§J ,¤t ,g©sk `oh¦J²B©v ,hC

Bah*. OohMah-YayAhSeh EhsTayr, Eht-Sh’lohm LahDahAht Bayt-HahNahSheem;2:12

To King To come Each maiden The time of And when reachedQk®N©v k¤t tIck v¨rg³b±u v¨rg³b r«T gh°D©vcU

Ehl-HahMehLehch LahVoh V’nahAh’rah NahAh’rah Tohr OovHahGeeAhThe women, As the law of To her Being At the end of Ahasuerus,

oh¦J²B©v ,¨sF Vk ,Ih¡v .¥E¦n JIr¯u§J©j£tHahNahSheem K’daht Lah* Heh’yoht MeeKaytz Ah’chahshVayRohsh

Their purifications; The days of Would be completed Thus For Months – Twelve`i¤vh¥eUr§n h¥n±h Utk§n°h iF hF 'J¤s«j r¨Gg ohb§J

M’rooKayHehn; Y’may YeemL’oo Kayn Kee ChohDehsh, AhSahr Sh’naym



2:12 - Continued

Months And six Myrrh, With oil of Months Sixoh¦Js¢j v¨ ¦J±u 'r«N©v i¤n¤JC oh¦Js¢j v¨ ¦J

Choh’dahSheem1 V’sheeShah HahMohr, B’shehMehn Choh’dahSheem2 SheeShahWomen. And with cosmetics of With spices/oh¦J²B©v h¥eUr§n©,cU oh¦n¨GCC

HahNahSheem. OovTahmRooKay BahB’sahMeem2:13

She said Whatever --- To the king. Would come The maiden And with this,r©nt«T rJ£t kF ,¥t `Qk®N©v k¤t v¨tC v¨rg³B©v 'v®zcU

TohMahr Kohl-Ah’shehr Ayt Ehl-HahMehLehch; BahAh3 HahNahAh’rah OohVahZeh,To the house of Women From the house of With her, To come To her Would be given

,hC sg oh¦J²B©v ,hC¦n 'V¨Ng tIck Vk i¥,²B°hAhd-Bayt HahNahSheem MeeBayt EeMah*, LahVoh Lah* YeeNahTayn

The king./Qk®N©v

HahMehLehch.2:14

Women To the house of Would return She And in the morning Would come, She At eveningoh¦J²B©v ,hC kt vcJ th¦v r¤e«CcU v¨tc th¦v c¤rgC

HahNahSheem Ehl-Bayt ShahVah3 Hee OohVahBohKehr VahAh3 Hee BahEhRehvKeeper of The king, Chamberlain of Shaashgaz, To the care of The second,r¥n«J Qk®N©v xh¦r§x z³d§Jg©J s³h kt 'h°b¥J

ShohMayr HahMehLehch S’rees ShahAhshGahz Ehl-Yahd ShayNee,Her Except if wished To the king Again She would not come The concubines;VC .pj o¦t hF 'Qk®N©v k¤t sIg tIc, tO `oh¦J±dkhP©v

Bah* Eem-ChahFaytz Kee Ehl-HahMehLehch, Ohd Loh-TahVoh HahPeeLahgSheem;By name. And she would be called The king,/o¥Jc v¨t§r§e°b±u Qk®N©v

V’shaym. V’neekR’ah4 HahMehLehch2:15

That Mordechai, Uncle of Daughter of Avichahyil The time of Esther, And when reachedr¤J£t hf§S§r¨n s«S k°h©jhc£t ,C r¥T§x¤t r«T gh°D©vcU

Ah’shehr MohrD’chai Dohd Baht-Ah’veeChahYeel Tohr-EhsTayr OovHahGeeAhAnything, She did request Not To the king, To come As a daughter, He had taken to himself

'rcS v¨J§ec tO Qk®N©v k¤t tIck ,ck Ik j©ekDahVahr, VeekShah Loh Ehl-HahMehLehch LahVoh L’vaht LahKahch-Loh

The women. Keeper of Chamberlain of the king, Haygai Said What Except`oh¦J²B©v r¥n«J Qk®N©v xh¦r§x h³d¥v r©nt«h r¤J£t ,¤t o¦t hF

HahNahSheem; ShohMayr S’rees-HahMehLehch HayGai YohMahr Eht-Ah’shehr Eem Kee

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2:15 - Continued

All who saw her. In the eyes of Favor Attaining Esther And was/¨vh¤t«r kF hbhgC 'i¥j ,t¥G«b r¥T§xt h¦v§T³u

Kohl-RohEhHah. B’ayNay Chayn, NohSayt EhsTayr VahT’hee2:16

His royal, To the house Ahasuerus, To King Esther And was taken'I,Ufk©n ,hC kt JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk®N©v k¤t r¥T§xt j©eK¦T³u

MahlChooToh, Ehl-Bayt Ah’chahshVayRohsh Ehl-HahMehLehch EhsTayr VahTeeLahKahchIn the year seven Tevet, That is the month of The tenth, In the monthgc®J ,³b§JC `,c¥y J®s«j tUv h¦rh¦Gg¨v J®s«jC

BeeshNaht-ShehVah TayVayt; Hoo-ChohDehsh HahAh’seeRee BahChohDehshOf his kingship.

/I,Ufk©nkL’mahlChooToh.

2:17And she attained favor Above all the women, Esther The king And loved

i¥j t¨¬¦T³u 'oh¦J²B©v kF¦n r¥T§xt ,¤t Qk®N©v c©v¡t®H³uVahTeeSah-Chayn MeeKohl-HahNahSheem, Eht-EhsTayr HahMehLehch VahYehEh’hahv

The royal crown And he placed Above all the virgins, Before him And kindness,Ufk©n r®,F o®G²H³u `,IkU,C©v kF¦n uh²bpk s®x®j²u

KehTehr-MahlChoot VahYahSehm MeeKohl-HahB’tooLoht; L’fahNahv VahChehSehdVashti. In place of And he made her queen On her head,/h¦T§J³u ,©j©T vfhk§n³H³u 'V¨Jt«rC

VahshTee. TahChaht VahYahmLeeChehHah B’rohShah*,2:18

And his servants, For all his officers Big A feast The king And made'uhscg³u uhr¨G kfk kIs²d v®T§J¦n Qk®N©v Gg³H³u

VahAh’vahDahv, L’chohl-SahRahv GahDohl MeeshTeh HahMehLehch VahYahAhsAnd he gave He made, For the provinces And a tax release Esther; The feast of ---

i¥T°h³u 'v¨Gg ,Ibh¦s§Nk v¨j²b£v³u `r¥T§xt v¥T§J¦n ,¥tVahYeeTayn AhSah, LahM’deeNoht VahHah’nahChah EhsTayr; MeeshTay Ayt

The king. By the bounty of Gifts/Qk®N©v s³hF ,¥t§G©n

HahMehLehch. K’yahd MahsAyt2:19

Would sit Then Mordechai A second time, Virgins And when were gatheredc¥J«h hf§S§r¨nU `,h°b¥J ,IkU,C .cE¦vcU

YohShayv OohMohrD’chai ShayNeet; B’tooLoht OovHeeKahVaytzAt the king’s gate./Qk®N©v rg©JC

B’shahAhr-HahMehLehch.



2:20Had commanded Just as And her nation, Her kin Was telling Esther Not

v²Um r®J£tF 'V¨Ng ,®t±u V¨T§skIn ,®s®D©n r¥T§xt ih¥tTzeeVah KahAh’shehr V’eht-AhMah*, MohLahdTah* MahGehDeht EhsTayr Ayn

Just as when Would do, Esther Mordechai And the word of Mordechai; Upon herr®J£tF 'v¨G«g r¥T§xt hf§S§r¨n r©n£t©n ,®t±u `hf§S§rn vhkg

KahAh’shehr OhSah, EhsTayr MohrD’chai V’eht-MahAh’mahr MohrD’chai; AhLehHahWith him. Being brought up She had been

/IT¦t v²b§n¨tc v¨,±hvEeToh. V’ohmNah HahY’tah

(Beginning of New Paragraph in Handwritten Scroll)2:21

Were angry At the king’s gate, Was sitting And Mordechai Those, In the days;m¨e `Qk®N©v rg©JC c¥J«h hf§S§r¨nU 'o¥v¨v oh¦n²HC

KahTzahf B’shahAhr-HahMehLehch; YohShayv OohMohrD’chai HahHaym, BahYahMeemThe door, Among those guarding The king Two chamberlains of And Tehrehsh, Beegtahn';©X©v h¥r§n« ¦n Qk®N©v h¥xh¦r¨x hb§J Jr,²u i¨,±dC

HahSahf, MeeShohM’ray HahMehLehch Sh’nay-SahReeSay VahTehRehsh BeegTahnAhasuerus. On King A hand To lay And they sought/J«r¯u§J©j£t Qk®N©C s²h ©jO§Jk UJ§ec±h³u

Ah’chahshVayRohsh. BahMehLehch Yahd LeeshLohAhch VaiVahkShoo2:22

The queen, (to) Esther And he informed To Mordechai, The matter And became known`vFk©N©v r¥T§xtk sD³H³u 'hf§S§r¨nk rcS©v g©s²U°H³u

HahMahlKah; L’ehsTayr VahYahGayd L’mohrD’chai, HahDahVahr VahYeeVahDahThe matter And was examined Mordechai. In the name of To the king Esther And toldrcS©v J©Ec±h³u /hf§S§rn o¥JC QkNk r¥T§xt rnt«T³u

HahDahVahr VaiVooKahsh MohrD’chai. B’shaym LahMehLehch EhsTayr VahTohMehr2:23

In the book of And it was written On a tree; The two of them And were hanged And was found out,rp¥xC c¥,F°H³u `.g kg ovhb§J Uk¨T°H³u 'tmN°H³u

B’sayFehr VahYeeKahTayv Ahl-Aytz; Sh’nayHehm VahYeeTahLoo VahYeeMahTzay,The king. Before Chronicles/Qk®N©v hbpk oh¦n²H©v h¥rc¦S

HahMehLehch. LeefNay HahYahMeem DeevRay

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3:1Ahasuerus King Made great These, The things AfterJIr¯u§J©j£t Qk®N©v k©S°D 'vK¥t¨v oh¦rc§S©v r©j©t

Ah’chahshVayRohsh HahMehLehch GeeDahl HahAyLeh, HahD’vahReem AhChahrAnd he set And exalted him; The Aggagite, Son of Hammedathah, Haman,

oG²H³u `Uv¥t§¬³b±h³u 'h°d²d£t¨v t¨,¨s§N©v iC i¨n¨v ,t VahYahSehm VaiNahS’ayHoo; HahAh’gahGee, Behn-HahM’dahTah Eht-HahMahn

With him. That (were) All the princes Above His seat/IT¦t rJ£t oh¦r¨¬©v kF kg¥n 'It§xF ,t

EeToh. Ah’shehr Kohl-HahSahReem MayAhl Eht-KeesOh,3:2

Were bowing The king At the gate of The king And all servants ofohg§r«F Qk®N©v rg©JC rJ£t Qk®N©v h¥scg kf±u

KohR’eem HahMehLehch Ah’shehr-B’shahAhr HahMehLehch V’chohl-AhvDayThe king; Commanded for him For so To Haman, And prostrating themselves`Qk®N©v Ik v²Um if hF 'in¨vk oh°u£j©T§J¦nU

HahMehLehch; TzeeVah-Loh Kee-Chayn L’hahMahn, OohMeeshTahChah’veemWould he prostrate himself. Nor Would bow, Not But Mordechai

/v®u£j©T§J°h tO±u g©rf°h tO hf§S§r¨nUYeeshTahChah’veh. V’loh YeechRah Loh OohMohrD’chai

3:3The king At the gate of The king The servants of And they saidQk®N©v rg©JC rJ£t Qk®N©v h¥scg Ur§nt«H³u

HahMehLehch Ah’shehr-B’shahAhr HahMehLehch AhvDay VahYohM’rooThe commandment of --- Transgressing Are you Why To Mordechai:

,³um¦n ,¥t rcIg v¨T©t gUS©n `hf§S§rnkMeetzVaht Ayt OhVayr AhTah MahDooAh L’mohrD’chai;

The king?/Qk®N©v

HahMehLehch.3:4

Did he listen And not Each day, To him As they said And it wasg©n¨J tO±u 'oIh²u oIh uhk¥t or§n¨tF h¦v±h³u

ShahMah V’loh VahYohm, Yohm AyLahv K’ohmRahm1 VaiHeeThe words of If would stand To see To Haman, And they told it To them;

h¥rc¦S Us§ng³h£v ,It§rk i¨n¨vk Ush°D³H³u `ovhk£tDeevRay Hah’yahAhmDoo LeerOht L’hahMahn VahYahGeeDoo Ah’layHehm;



3:4 - Continued

A Jew. That he (is) Them For he had told Mordechai,/h¦sUv±h tUv rJ£t ovk sh°D¦v hF 'hf§S§r¨n

Y’hooDee. Ah’shehr-Hoo LahHehm Kee-HeeGeed MohrD’chai,3:5

And prostrating himself Bowing Mordechai That he is not Haman And sawv®u£j©T§J¦nU g¥r«F hf§S§r¨n ih¥t hF 'in¨v t§r³H³u

OohMeeshTahChah’veh KohRayAh MohrD’chai Kee-Ayn HahMahn, VahYahrWith wrath. Haman And was filled To him,

/v¨n¥j i¨n¨v tk¨N°H³u `IkChayMah. HahMahn VahYeeMahLay Loh;

3:6Alone, Upon Mordechai A hand To lay In his eyes And it was lowly'ISck hf§S§r¨nC s²h ©jO§Jk uh²bhgC zc°H³u

L’vahDoh, B’mohrD’chai Yahd LeeshLohAhch B’ayNahv VahYeeVehzHaman And sought Mordechai; The nation of Him For they had toldi¨n¨v J¥Ec±h³u `hf§S§rn og ,t Ik Ush°D¦v hF

HahMahn VaiVahKaysh MohrD’chai; Eht-Ahm Loh Kee-HeeGeeDooIn all the kingdom of That are All the Jews To destroy

,Ufk©n kfC rJ£t oh¦sUv±H©v kF ,t sh¦n§J©vkB’chohl-MahlChoot Ah’shehr Eht-Kohl-HahY’hooDeem L’hahshMeed

Mordechai. The nation of Ahasuerus,/hf§S§rn og 'JIr¯u§J©j£t

MohrD’chai. Ahm Ah’chahshVayRohsh,3:7

In the year Nisan, That is the month of The first, In the month,³b§JC 'ixh°b Js«j tUv iIJt¦r¨v Js«jC

BeeshNaht NeeSahn, Hoo-ChohDehsh HahReeShohn BahChohDehshThat is, A ‘Poor,’ He cast Ahasuerus, Of King TwelvetUv rUP khP¦v `JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk®N©k v¥r§Gg oh¥T§JHoo Poor HeePeel Ah’chahshVayRohsh; LahMehLehch EhsRay Sh’taym

And from month To day, From day Haman, Before The lot,Js«j¥nU oIhk oIH¦n 'in¨v hbpk k¨rID©v

OohMayChohDehsh L’yohm MeeYohm HahMahn, LeefNay HahGohRahlAdar. That is the month of Twelve, To month/r¨s£t Js«j tUv 'r¨Gg ohb§J Js«jk

Ah’dahr. Hoo-ChohDehsh Sh’naym-AhSahr, L’chohDehsh

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3:8One nation There is Ahasuerus: To King Haman And saidsjt og Ib§J®h 'JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk®N©k i¨n¨v rnt«H³u

Ahm-EhChahd YehshNoh Ah’chahshVayRohsh, LahMehLehch HahMahn VahYohMehrYour kingdom, Provinces of In all The nations Among And separated Scattered

`W,Ufk©n ,Ibh¦s§n k«fC oh¦Ng¨v ihC sr«p§nU r²Zp§nMahlChooTehChah; M’deeNoht B’chohl HahAhMeem Bayn OomFohRahd M’fooZahrThey do not The king And the laws of From all nations, Are different And their laws

o²bh¥t Qk®N©v h¥,¨S ,t±u og kF¦n ,Ib«J ovh¥,¨s±uAyNahm HahMehLehch V’eht-DahTay MeeKohl-Ahm ShohNoht V’dahTayHehm

To leave them. There is no gain And for the king Keep,/o¨jh°B©vk v®u«J ih¥t QkNk±u 'oh¦G«g

L’hahNeeChahm. Ayn-ShohVeh V’lahMehLehch OhSeem,3:9

And ten To annihilate them, Let it be written It pleases, If to the king,rGg³u `osC©tk c¥,F°h 'cIy Qk¤N©v kg o¦t

VahAh’sehReht L’ahB’dahm; YeeKahTayv Tohv, Eem-Ahl-HahMehLehchThose managing On the hands of I will weigh out Silver talents Thousands

h¥G«g h¥s±h kg kIe§Jt ;xF rFF ohpk£tOhSay Ahl-Y’day EhshKohl KeeKahr-KehSehf Ah’lahFeem

The king. To treasuries of To bring The (king’s) work,/Qk®N©v hz±b°D kt thcvk 'vftk§N©v

HahMehLehch. Ehl-GeenZay L’hahVee HahM’lahChah,3:10

And he gave it His hand, From on His ring The king And removedV²b§T°H³u `Is²h kg¥n ITgC©y ,t Qk®N©v r©x²H³u

VahYeeT’nah* YahDoh; MayAhl Eht-TahBahToh HahMehLehch VahYahSahrThe Jews. Hater of The Aggagite, Son of Hammedathah, To Haman,/oh¦sUv±H©v r¥r«m 'h°d²d£t¨v t¨,¨s§N©v iC i¨n¨vk

HahY’hooDeem. TzohRayr HahAh’gahGee, Behn-HahM’dahTah L’hahMahn3:11

To you, Is given The silver To Haman, The king And said`Qk iU,²b ;xF©v 'in¨vk Qk®N©v rnt«H³u

Lahch; NahToon HahKehSehf L’hahMahn, HahMehLehch VahYohMehrIn your eyes. As is pleasing With it To do And the nation/Wh®bhgC cIYF IC ,IGgk 'og¨v±u

B’ayNehChah. KahTohv Boh LahAh’soht V’hahAhm,



3:12The first, In the month The king The scribes of And they were callediIJt¦r¨v Js«jC Qk®N©v h¥rp«x Ut§rE°H³u

HahReeShohn BahChohDehsh HahMehLehch SohF’ray VahYeeKahR’oo2

As all that commanded And it was written Thereof, Day In the thirteenthv²Um rJ£t kfF c¥,F°H³u 'IC oIh r¨Gg v¨JIk§JC

K’chohl-Ah’shehr-TzeeVah VahYeeKahTayv Boh, Yohm AhSahr BeeshLohShahThat And to the governors The king’s satraps, To HamanrJ£t ,IjP©v kt±u Qk®N©v hbP§r©S§J©j£t kt i¨n¨v

Ah’shehr V’ehl-HahPahChoht Ah’chahshDarP’nay-HahMehLehch Ehl HahMahnEach province Each nation, And to the princes of (are) Over each province,

v²bh¦s§n 'og²u og h¥r¨G kt±u v²bh¦s§nU v²bh¦s§n kgM’deeNah VahAhm, Ahm V’ehl-SahRay OomDeeNah Ahl-M’deeNah

In the name of In its language; And nation And each nation In its writing And provinceo¥JC `IbIJkF og²u og±u Vc,fF v²bh¦s§nU

B’shaym KeelShohNoh; VahAhm V’ahm KeechTahVah* OomDeeNahWith ring of And sealed Written, Ahasuerus King,gC©yC oT§j®b±u 'cTf°b J«ru§J©j£t Qk®N©v

B’tahBahAht V’nehchTahm NeechTahv, Ah’chahshVayRohsh HahMehLehchThe king./Qk®N©v

HahMehLehch.

3:13To all provinces of The couriers Through Documents And that be sent,Ibh¦s§n kF kt ohmr¨v s³hC oh¦rp§x ©jIk§J°b±u

Ehl-Kol-M’deeNoht HahRahTzeem B’yahd S’fahReem V’neeshLohAhchAll the Jews, And to annihilate To kill To destroy, The king,

oh¦sUv±H©v kF ,t sC©tkU d«r£vk sh¦n§J©vk 'Qk®N©vEht-Kohl-HahY’hooDeem OolAhBayd LahHah’rohg L’hahshMeed HahMehLehch,

One, In a day And women, Infants And up to old, From young'sjt oIhC oh¦J²b±u ;©y i¥e²z sg±u rg³B¦n

EhChahd, B’yohm V’nahSheem Tahf V’ahd-ZahKayn MeeNahAhrThat is the month of Twelve, To month In the thirteenth day

Js«j tUv r¨Gg ohb§J Js«jk r¨Gg v¨JIk§JCHoo-ChohDehsh Sh’naym-AhSahr L’chohDehsh AhSahr BeeshLohShah

To loot. And their possessions Adar,/zIck okk§JU `r¨s£t

LahVohz. OoshLahLahm Ah’dahr;

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3:14And province, In each province As a law Was to be given The writing The copy of

'v²bh¦s§nU v²bh¦s§n kfC ,¨S i¥,²B¦vk c,F©v i®dJ§,POomDeeNah, B’chohl-M’deeNah Daht L’heeNahTayn HahK’tahv PahtShehGehn

This. For the day Prepared To be For all nations, Open/v®Z©v oIHk oh¦s¦,g ,Ih§vk `oh¦Ng¨v kfk hUk²D

HahZeh. LahYohm Ah’teeDeem Lee*Yoht L’chohl-HahAhMeem; GahLooih3

3:15And the law The king, By order of Being hurried Went out The couriers

,¨S©v±u 'Qk®N©v rc§sC ohpUj§s Utm²h ohmr¨vV’hahDaht HahMehLehch, BeedVahr D’chooFeem YahTz’oo HahRahTzeem

Sat down And Haman And the king The capital, In Shushan Was givenUc§J²h i¨n¨v±u QkN©v±u `v¨rhC©v i©JUJC v²b§T°b

YahSh’voo V’hahMahn V’hahMehLehch HahBeeRah; B’shooShahn NeeT’nahWas confused. Shushan But the city To drink,

/vfIc²b i¨JUJ rhg¨v±u ',IT§JkNahVohChah.4 ShooShahn V’hahEer LeeshToht,




4:1Mordechai And tore Was done, All that Knew And Mordechaihf§S§r¨n g©r§e°H³u 'v¨Gg³b rJ£t kF ,t g©s²h hf§S§r¨nU

MohrD’chai VahYeekRah NahAh’sah,1 Eht-Kohl-Ah’shehr YahDah OohMohrD’chaiIn midst of And he went out And ashes, Sackcloth And wore His garments,

QI,C tm¯H³u `rp¥t²u e©G JCk°H³u uhs²dC ,tB’tohch VahYayTzay VahAyFehr; Sahk VahYeelBahsh Eht-B’gahDahv,

And bitter. Great A cry And he cried out The city,/v¨r¨nU vkIs±d v¨eg±z eg±z°H³u 'rhg¨v

OohMahRah. G’dohLah Z’ahKah VahYeezAhk HahEer,4:2

Come One could not Because The king’s gate, In front of Until And he cametIck ih¥t hF `QkN©v rg©J hbpk sg tIc²H³u

LahVoh Ayn Kee ShahAhr-HahMehLehch; LeefNay Ahd VahYahVohSackcloth. In garment of The king Through the gate of

/e¨G JUckC QkN©v rg©J ktSahk. BeelVoosh HahMehLehch Ehl-ShahAhr

4:3The king’s order That The place And province, And in each provinceQkN©v rc§S rJ£t oIe§n v²bh¦s§nU v²bh¦s§n kfcU

D’vahr-HahMehLehch Ah’shehr M’kohm OomDeeDah OovChohl-M’deeNahAnd crying And fasting For the Jews, Great Mourning Reached, And his law

hfcU oIm±u oh¦sUv±Hk kIs²D kc¥t 'gh°D©n I,¨s±uOovChee V’tzohm LahY’hooDeem GahDohl AyVehl MahGeeAh, V’dahToh

For many. Were laid out And ashes Sackcloth And lamentation:/ohC©rk gM´h rp¥t²u e©G `sP§x¦nU

LahRahBeem. YooTzah VahAyFehr Sahk OohMeesPayd;4:4

To her, And they told And her chamberlains Esther The maidens of And they came'Vk Ush°D³H³u vhxh¦r¨x±u r¥T§xt ,Irg³b v²bt«cT³u

Lah*, VahYahGeeDoo V’sahReeSehHah EhsTayr NahAh’roht VahTahVohNah2

To dress Garments And she sent Greatly; The queen And was disturbedJhCk©vk oh¦s²dC jk§J¦T³u `s«t§n vFk©N©v k©jk©j§,¦T³u

L’hahlBeesh B’gahDeem VahTeeshLahch M’ohd; HahMahlKah VahTeetChahlChahlDid he accept. But not From on him, His sackcloth And to remove Mordechai

/kC¦e tO±u 'uhkg¥n IE©G rh¦x¨vkU 'hf§S§r¨n ,tKeeBayl. V’loh MayAhLahv, SahKoh OolHahSeer Eht-MohrD’chai,

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4:5That The king From the chamberlains of To Hatach, Esther And calledrJ£t QkN©v h¥xh¦r¨X¦n Q¨,£vk r¥T§xt t¨r§e¦T³u

Ah’shehr HahMehLehch MeeSahReeSay LahHah’tahch EhsTayr VahTeekRahTo know Regarding Mordechai, And she commanded him Before her, He had appointed,g©sk `hf§S§rn kg Uv¯Um§T³u '¨vh®bpk sh¦ngv

LahDahAht Ahl-MohrD’chai; VahT’tzahVayHoo L’fahNehHah, HehEh’meedAnd about what this is. What this is,

/v®Z v©n kg±u 'v®Z v©nV’ahl-Mah-Zeh. Mah-Zeh,

4:6That is The city, To the main street of To Mordechai, Hatach And went outrJ£t 'rhg¨v cIj§r k®t `hf§S§rn k®t Q¨,£v tm¯H³u

Ah’shehr HahEer, Ehl-R’chohv Ehl-MohrD’chai; Hah’tahch VahYayTzayThe king’s gate. In front of/QkN©v rg©J hbpk

ShahAhr-HahMehLehch. LeefNay4:7

And Befell him, All that --- Mordechai And told him,¥t±u `Uv¨r¨e rJ£t kF ,¥t 'hf§S§r¨n Ik s®D³H³u

V’ayt KahRahHoo; Kohl-Ah’shehr Ayt MohrD’chai, VahYahGehd-LohTo weigh out Haman Had said That The silver, The account of

kIe§Jk i¨n¨v r©n¨t rJ£t ';xF©v ,©JrPLeeshKohl HahMahn AhMahr Ah’shehr HahKehSehf, PahRahShaht

To annihilate them. Regarding the Jews, The king For the treasuries of/o¨sC©tk 'oh¦sUv±HC QkN©v hz±b°D kg

L’ahB’dahm. BahY’hooDeem,3 HahMehLehch Ahl-GeenZay4:8

In Shushan Which had been given The written law And the copy ofi¨JUJC i©T°b rJ£t ,¨S©v c,F i®dJ§,P ,t±u

B’shooShahn Ah’shehr-NeeTahn4 K’tahv-HahDaht V’eht-PahtShehGehnAnd to tell Esther To show To him, He gave To destroy themsh°D©vkU r¥T§xt ,t ,It§r©vk 'Ik i©,²b o¨sh¦n§J©vk

OolHahGeed Eht-EhsTayr L’hahrOht Loh, NahTahn L’hahshMeeDahmTo plead before him, To the king, To come Upon her And to command To her,

Ik i®B©j§,¦vk Qk®N©v kt tIck '¨vhkg ,IUmkU `VkL’heetChahNehn-Loh Ehl-HahMehLehch LahVoh AhLehHah, OolTzahVoht Lah*;

For her nation. From him And to request/V¨Ng kg 'uh²bpK¦n J¥EckU

Ahl-AhMah*. MeeL’fahNahv, OolVahKaysh



4:9Mordechai. The words of --- Esther And told Hatach, And came/hf§S§rn h¥rc¦S ,¥t r¥T§xtk sD³H³u `Q¨,£v tIc²H³u

MohrD’chai. DeevRay Ayt L’ehsTayr VahYahGayd Hah’tahch; VahYahVoh4:10

To Mordechai. And she commanded him To Hatach, Esther And said/hf§S§rn k®t Uv¯Um§T³u 'Q¨,£vk r¥T§xt rnt«T³u

Ehl-MohrD’chai. VahT’tzahVayHoo LahHah’tahch, EhsTayr VahTohMehr4:11

Know The king The provinces of And people of The king All servants ofohg§s«h QkN©v ,Ibh¦s§n og±u QkN©v h¥scg kF

YohD’eem HahMehLehch M’deeNoht V’ahm HahMehLehch Kohl-AhvDayTo the king Who will come And woman Any man ThatQkN©v kt tIc²h rJ£t v¨ ¦t±u Jh¦t kF rJ£t

Ehl-HahMehLehch Ah’shehr-YahVoh V’eeShah Kohl-Eesh Ah’shehrOne Is not called, Who The inner To the courtyard,©j©t t¥r¨E°h tO rJ£t ,h¦nh°bP©v rm¨jv kt

AhChaht Loh-YeeKahRay Ah’shehr HahP’neePeet Ehl-HehChahTzayrThe king Will extend to him From the one that Except To put him to death, Is his lawQkN©v Ik yh¦JIh rJ£t¥n sck ',h¦n¨vk I,¨S

HahMehLehch YohSheet-Loh MayAh’shehr L’vahd L’hahMeet, DahTohHave I been called Not Whereas I Then may he live; Golden, The scepter

h¦,t¥r§e°b tO h°b£t³u `v²hj±u cv²Z©v yhc§r©J ,tNeekRayTee Loh VahAh’nee V’chahYah; HahZahHahv Eht-ShahrVeet

Days. Thirty Now To the king To come/oIh oh¦JIk§J v®z 'QkN©v kt tIck

Yohm. Sh’lohSheem Zeh Ehl-HahMehLehch, LahVoh4:12

Esther. The words of --- To Mordechai And they told/r¥T§xt h¥rc¦S ,¥t 'hf§S§r¨nk Ush°D³H³u

EhsTayr. DeevRay Ayt L’mohrD’chai, VahYahGeeDoo4:13

To yourself Don’t suppose To Esther: To reply Mordechai And said'Q¥Jp³bc h¦N©s§T k©t `r¥T§xt kt ch¦Jvk hf§S§r¨n rnt«H³u

V’nahfShaych, Ahl-T’dahMee Ehl-EhsTayr; L’hahSheev MohrD’chai VahYohMehrFrom among all the Jews. In the king’s house To be escaped

/oh¦sUv±H©v kF¦n QkN©v ,hC yk¨N¦vkMeeKohl-HahY’hooDeem. Bayt-HahMehLehch L’heeMahLayt

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4:14Relief This, At the time You will keep silent If keep silent Becausej³ur ',t«Z©v ,gC h¦Jh¦r£j©T J¥r£j©v o¦t hF

RehVahch HahZoht, BahAyt TahChah’reeShee5 Eem-HahChah’raysh KeeBut you Another, From place For the Jews Will arise And salvation§T©t±u 'r¥j©t oIe¨N¦n oh¦sUv±Hk sIng³h vkM©v±u

V’aht AhChayr, MeeMahKohm LahY’hooDeem YahAh’mohd V’hahTzahLahLike this Whether for the time Knows, And who Will perish; And your father’s house,t«zF ,gk o¦t 'g¥sIh h¦nU `Usct«T Qhct ,hcU

KahZoht Eem-L’ayt YohDayAh, OohMee TohVayDoo; OohVayt-AhVeechTo royalty? You have reached/,Ufk©Nk §Tg³D¦v

LahMahlChoot. HeeGahAht64:15

To Mordechai: To reply Esther And said/hf§S§rn k®t ch¦Jvk 'r¥T§x¤t rnt«T³u

Ehl-MohrD’chai. L’hahSheev EhsTayr, VahTohMehr4:16

And fast In Shushan, Found All the Jews Gather GoUnUm±u i¨JUJC oh¦tm§n°B©v oh¦sUv±H©v kF ,t xIbF Qk

V’tzooMoo B’shooShahn HahNeemTz’eem Eht-Kohl-HahY’hooDeem K’nohs LaychAnd day, Night Days Three And do not drink And do not eat For me,'oIh²u vk±hk oh¦n²h ,JO§J UT§J¦T k©t±u Ukft«T k©t±u hkg

VahYohm, LaiLah YahMeem Sh’lohSheht V’ahl-TeeshToo V’ahl-TohCh’loo AhLaiI will come And so Likewise, Will fast And my maidens Also I

tIct ifcU `iF oUm¨t h©,«rg³b±u h°b£t o³DAhVoh OovChayn Kayn; AhTzoom V’nahAh’rohTai Gahm-Ah’nee

I have perished, And as Not according to the law, Which is To the kingh¦T§sct rJ£tf±u ',Sf tO rJ£t QkN©v kt

AhVahdTee V’chahAh’shehr Loh-ChahDaht, Ah’shehr Ehl-HahMehLehchI perish./h¦T§sct

AhVahdTee.4:17

Esther. Upon him That had commanded As all And he did Mordechai, And passed/r¥T§xt uhkg v¨,±Um rJ£t k«fF Gg³H³u `hf§S§rn r«cg³H³u

EhsTayr. AhLahv Ah’shehr-TzeeV’tah K’chohl VahYahAhs MohrD’chai; VahYahAh’vohr



Esther - Chapter 5 5:1

And she stood Royal (garb), Esther And donned The third, On day And it wass«ng©T³u ',Ufk©n r¥T§xt JCk¦T³u h¦Jhk§ ©v oIHC h¦v±h³u

VahTahAh’mohd MahlChoot, EhsTayr VahTeelBahsh HahSh’leeShee BahYohm VaiHeeThe king; The house of Opposite The inner one, The king’s house, In courtyard of`QkN©v ,hC jf«b ,h¦nh°bP©v QkN©v ,hC rm£jC

HahMehLehch; Bayt NohChahch HahP’neeMeet Bayt-HahMehLehch BahChah’tzahrRoyal, In the house His royal On throne Was sitting And the king

',Ufk©N©v ,hcC I,Ufk©n t¥XF kg c¥JIh QkN©v±uHahMahlChoot, B’vayt MahlChooToh Ahl-KeeSay YohShayv V’hahMehLehch

The house. Entrance of Opposite/,°hC©v j©,P jf«b

HahBahYeet. PehTahch NohChahch5:2

Standing The queen Esther The king When saw And it was,sn«g vFk©N©v r¥T§xt ,t QkN©v ,It§rf h¦v±h³u

OhMehDeht HahMahlKah Eht-EhsTayr HahMehLehch CheerOht VaiHeeTo Esther The king And extended In his eyes; Favor She attained In the courtyard,r¥T§xtk QkN©v yJIH³u `uh²bhgC i¥j v¨t§G²b 'rmjC

L’ehsTayr HahMehLehch VahYohSheht B’ayNahv; Chayn NahS’ah BehChahTzayr,And she touched Esther And drew close In his hand, That was Golden The scepter

g³D¦T³u r¥T§xt c©r§e¦T³u 'Is²hC rJ£t cv²Z©v yhc§r©J ,tVahTeeGah EhsTayr VahTeekRahv B’yahDoh, Ah’shehr HahZahHahv Eht-ShahrVeet

The scepter. The tip of/yhc§r© ©v Jt«rC

HahShahrVeet. B’rohsh5:3

The queen, Esther What ails you, The king: To her And said`vFk©N©v r¥T§xt QK v©n 'QkN©v Vk rnt«H³u

HahMahlKah; EhsTayr Mah-Lahch HahMehLehch, Lah* VahYohMehrTo you. And it shall be given The kingdom, Up to half And what is your request,/Qk i¥,²B°h±u ',Ufk©N©v hm£j sg Q¥,¨JEC v©nU

Lahch. V’yeeNahTayn HahMahlChoot, Ahd-Chah’tzee OohMah-BahKahShahTaych5:4

The king Let come It pleases, If to the king Esther: And saidQkN©v tIc²h `cIy Qk¤N©v kg o¦t 'r¥T§xt rnt«T³u

HahMehLehch YahVoh Tohv; Eem-Ahl-HahMehLehch EhsTayr, VahTohMehrFor him. That I have made To the feast Today And Haman

/Ik h¦,h¦Gg rJ£t vT§J¦N©v kt 'oIH©v i¨n¨v±uLoh. Ah’shehr-AhSeeTee Ehl-HahMeeshTeh HahYohm, V’hahMahn

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5:5Esther. The word of To do Haman Hurry The king: And said`r¥T§xt rc§S ,t ,IGgk i¨n¨v ,t Ur£v©n 'QkN©v rnt«H³u

EhsTayr; Eht-D’vahr LahAh’soht Eht-HahMahn MahHah’roo HahMehLehch, VahYohMehrEsther. That had made To the feast And Haman The king And came/r¥T§xt v¨,§Gg rJ£t vT§J¦N©v kt 'in¨v±u QkN©v t«c²H³u

EhsTayr. Ah’shehr-AhS’tah Ehl-HahMeeshTeh V’hahMahn, HahMehLehch VahYahVoh5:6

What is your plea Wine: At the feast of To Esther The king And saidQ¥,k¥t§ v©n 'i°h³H©v v¥T§J¦nC r¥T§xtk QkN©v rnt«H³u

Mah-Sh’ayLahTaych HahYahYeen, B’meeshTay L’ehsTayr HahMehLehch VahYohMehrThe kingdom, Up to half And what is your request, To you, And it shall be given',Ufk©N©v hm£j sg Q¥,¨JEC v©nU `Qk i¥,²B°h±u

HahMahlChoot, Ahd-Chah’tzee OohMah-BahKahShahTaych Lahch; V’yeeNahTaynAnd it shall be done.

/Gg¥,±uV’tayAhs.

5:7And my request – My plea And said: Esther And responded

/h¦,¨J¨EcU h¦,k¥t§J `r©nt«T³u r¥T§xt ig©T³uOohVahKahShahTee. Sh’ayLahTee VahTohMahr; EhsTayr VahTahAhn

5:8And if to the king The king In the eyes of Favor If I have foundQkN©v kg o¦t±u QkN©v hbhgC i¥j h¦,tm¨n o¦t

V’eem-Ahl-HahMehLehch HahMehLehch B’ayNay Chayn Eem-MahTzahTee

Let come My request, And to do My plea To grant It pleasestIc²h `h¦,¨J¨EC ,t ,IGgk±u h¦,k¥t§J ,t ,¥,k 'cIy

YahVoh Eht-BahKahShahTee; V’lahAh’soht Eht-Sh’ayLahTee LahTayt Tohv,For them, I will make That To the feast And Haman The king'ovk vGgt rJ£t vT§J¦N©v kt i¨n¨v±u QkN©v

LahHehm, EhEh’seh Ah’shehr Ehl-HahMeeshTeh V’hahMahn HahMehLehchThe king. As the matter of I will do And tomorrow/QkN©v rc§sF vGgt r¨j¨nU

HahMehLehch. KeedVahr EhEh’seh OohMahChahr5:9

Heart, And of good Glad That On the day Haman And went out`ck cIy±u ©j¥n¨G 'tUv©v oIHC i¨n¨v tm¯H³u

Layv; V’tohv SahMayAhch HahHoo, BahYohm HahMahn VahYayTzay



5:9 - Continued

And he did not rise The king At the gate of Mordechai Haman And when sawoe tO±u QkN©v rg©JC hf§S§r¨n ,t i¨n¨v ,It§rf±u

V’loh-Kahm HahMehLehch B’shahAhr Eht-MohrD’chai HahMahn V’cheerOhtWrath. Upon Mordechai Haman And was filled Because of him, And did not move/v¨n¥j hf§S§r¨n kg i¨n¨v tk¨N°H³u 'UBN¦n g²z tO±u

ChayMah. Ahl-MohrD’chai HahMahn VahYeeMahLay MeeMehNoo, V’loh-Zah5:10

And brought And he sent To his house, And he came Haman, And restrained himselftc²H³u jk§J°H³u Ì,hC kt tIc²H³u 'in¨v eP©t§,°H³u

VahYahVay VahYeeshLahch Ehl-BayToh; VahYahVoh HahMahn, VahYeetAhPahkHis wife. And Zehrehsh His allies/IT§J¦t Jr®z ,t±u 'uhc£v«t ,t

EeshToh. V’eht-ZehRehsh Eht-OhHah’vahv,5:11

And of His children, And of many His wealth Of glorious Haman To them And related,¥t±u ùh²bC c«r±u 'Ir§Jg sIcF ,t i¨n¨v ovk rP©x±h³u

V’ayt BahNahv; V’rohv OhshRoh,1 Eht-K’vohd HahMahn LahHehm VaiSahPayrHe had exalted him That And The king Had made him great All that

'It§¬°b rJ£t ,¥t±u QkN©v Ik§S°D rJ£t kFNeeS’oh, Ah’shehr V’ayt HahMehLehch GeeD’loh Kohl-Ah’shehr

The king. And servants of Over the princes/QkN©v h¥scg±u oh¦r¨¬©v kg

HahMehLehch. V’ahvDay Ahl-HahSahReem5:12

With the king The queen Esther She did not bring Even Haman: And saidQkN©v og vFk©N©v r¥T§xt v¨thc¥v tO ;©t 'in¨v rnt«H³u

Eem-HahMehLehch HahMahlKah EhsTayr Loh-HayVeeAh Ahf HahMahn, VahYohMehrI And also tomorrow Except for me; That she made, To the feast

h°b£t r¨j¨nk o³d±u `h¦,It o¦t hF 'v¨,Gg rJ£t vT§J¦N©v ktAh’nee V’gahm-l’mahChahr Eem-OhTee; Kee Ah’shehr-AhSahTah, Ehl-HahMeeshTeh

With the king. Am called to her/QkN©v og Vk tUrë

Eem-HahMehLehch. KahRoo2-Lah*5:13

See I That At whatever time To me, Worthwhile Is not And all thisvt«r h°b£t rJ£t ,g kfC `hk v®u«J UB®bh¥t v®z kf±u

RohEh Ah’nee Ah’shehr B’chohl-Ayt Lee; ShohVeh AyNehNoo V’chohl-ZehThe king. At the gate of Sitting The Jew Mordechai/QkN©v rg©JC c¥JIh 'h¦sUv±H©v hf§S§r¨n ,t

HahMehLehch. B’shahAhr YohShayv HahY’hooDee, Eht-MohrD’chai

Chapter 5


5:14Let them make a gallows And all his allies: His wife Zehrehsh To him And said

.g UGg³h 'uhc£v«t kf±u IT§J¦t Jr®z Ik rnt«T³uYahAh’soo-Aytz V’chohl-OhHah’vahv, EeshToh ZehRehsh Loh VahTohMehr

To the king Say And in the morning Cubits, Fifty HighQkN©k r«n¡t re«CcU 'v¨N©t oh¦ ¦n£j ©V«c²D

LahMehLehch Eh’mohr OohVahBohKehr AhMah, Chah’meeSheem GahVohAh*With the king And come On it, Mordechai So that they should hangQkN©v og t«cU 'uhkg hf§S§r¨n ,t Uk§,°h±u

Eem-HahMehLehch OohVoh AhLahv, Eht-MohrD’chai V’yeetLooHaman, Before The matter And was pleasing Cheerfully. To the feast'in¨v hbpk rcS©v c©yh°H³u `©j¥n¨G vT§J¦N©v kt

HahMahn, LeefNay HahDahVahr VahYeeTahv SahMayAhch; Ehl-HahMeeshTehThe gallows. And he made

/.g¨v Gg³H³uHahAytz. VahYahAhs




The reader raises his voice here, as this begins the main account of the miracle of Purim.6:1

To bring And he said The king; Sleep of Was disturbed That, On the nightthcvk rnt«H³u `QkN©v ,³b§J v¨s§s²b 'tUv©v vk±hKC

L’hahVee VahYohMehr HahMehLehch; Sh’naht NahD’dah HahHoo, BahLaiLahRead And they were The chronicles, Remembrances, The book of

oh¦t¨r§e°b Uh§v°H³u 'oh¦n²H©v h¥rc¦S ,Ib«rf°Z©v rp¥x ,tNeekRahEem VahYee*Yoo HahYahMeem, DeevRay HahZeechRohNoht Eht-SayFehr

The king. Before/QkN©v hbpk

HahMehLehch. LeefNay6:2

Regarding Beegtahn Mordechai Had told That Written And it was foundt²b¨,±dC kg hf§S§r¨n sh°D¦v rJ£t cU,f tm¨N°H³u

Ahl-BeegTahNah MohrD’chai HeeGeed Ah’shehr ChahToov VahYeeMahTzayThe door, Among those guarding The king, Chamberlains of The two And Tehrehsh,`;©X©v h¥r§n« ¦n 'QkN©v h¥xh¦r¨x hb§J Jr,²u

HahSahf; MeeShohM’ray HahMehLehch, SahReeSay Sh’nay VahTehRehshAhasuerus. On King A hand To lay Had sought Who/JIr¯u§J©j£t Qk®N©C 's²h ©jO§Jk UJ§eC rJ£t

Ah’chahshVayRohsh. BahMehLehch Yahd, LeeshLohAhch BeekShoo Ah’shehr6:3

To Mordechai And greatness Honor What was done The king: And saidhf§S§r¨nk vKUs±dU r¨e±h v¨Gg³B v©n 'QkN©v rnt«H³u

L’mohrD’chai OogDooLah Y’kahr Mah-NahAh’sah HahMehLehch, VahYohMehrThere was not done Who served him: The king The youths of And they said For this?

v¨Gg³b tO 'uh¨,§r¨J§n QkN©v h¥rg³b Ur§nt«H³u `v®z kgLoh-NahAh’sah M’shahR’tahv, HahMehLehch NahAh’ray VahYohM’roo Ahl-Zeh;

Anything. With him/rcS INg

DahVahr. EeMoh6:4

Had come And Haman Is in the courtyard? Who The king: And saidtC i¨n¨v±u `rmjc h¦n 'QkN©v rnt«H³uBah V’hahMahn VehChahTzayr; Mee HahMehLehch, VahYohMehr

To the king, To speak The outer one, The king’s house, To the courtyard ofQkN©k r«ntk 'v²bImh¦j©v QkN©v ,hC rm£jk

LahMehLehch LayMohr HahCheeTzohNah, Bayt-HahMehLehch LahChah’tzahr

Chapter 6


6:4 - Continued

For him. That he had prepared On the gallows Mordechai To hang/Ik ihf¥v rJ£t .g¨v kg hf§S§r¨n ,t ,Ik§,k

Loh. Ah’shehr-HayCheen Ahl-HahAytz Eht-MohrD’chai LeetLoht6:5

Is standing Haman Behold To him: The king The youths of And saids¥n«g i¨n¨v v¯B¦v 'uhk¥t QkN©v h¥rg³b Ur§nt«H³u

OhMayd HahMahn HeeNay AyLahv, HahMehLehch NahAh’ray VahYohM’rooLet him enter. The king: And said In the courtyard.

/tIc²h 'QkN©v rnt«H³u `rmjCYahVoh. HahMehLehch, VahYohMehr BehChahTzayr;

6:6What should one do The king: To him And said Haman, And entered

,IGgk v©n 'QkN©v Ik rnt«H³u 'in¨v tIc²H³uMah-LahAh’soht HahMehLehch, Loh VahYohMehr HahMahn, VahYahVohHaman And said His honor? Desires The king Whom With the mani¨n¨v rnt«H³u ÌrëhC .pj QkN©v rJ£t Jh¦tC

HahMahn VahYohMehr BeeKahRoh; ChahFaytz HahMehLehch Ah’shehr BahEeshThan myself? More Honor To do The king Would desire To whom In his heart:

/h°BN¦n r¥,Ih rë±h ,IGgk QkN©v .«P§j³h h¦nk 'ICkCMeeMehNee. YohTayr Y’kahr LahAh’soht HahMehLehch YahchPohtz L’mee B’leeBoh,

6:7Desires The king Whom A man To the king: Haman And said.pj QkN©v rJ£t Jh¦t `QkN©v kt i¨n¨v rnt«H³u

ChahFaytz HahMehLehch Ah’shehr Eesh Ehl-HahMehLehch; HahMahn VahYohMehrHis honor –/IrëhC

BeeKahRoh.6:8

And a horse The king, Wears it That Royal Garment Let them bringxUx±u `QkN©v IC Jck rJ£t ',Ufk©n JUck Uthc²h

V’soos HahMehLehch; LahVahsh-Boh Ah’shehr MahlChoot, L’voosh YahVeeOohCrown Is placed And that The king, Upon it Rides Thatr,F i©T°b rJ£t³u 'QkN©v uhkg cf¨r rJ£t

KehTehr NeeTahn VahAh’shehr HahMehLehch, AhLahv RahChahv Ah’shehrOn his head. Royal/IJt«rC ,Ufk©n

B’rohShoh. MahlChoot



6:9The king Of the officers of In charge of one And the horse The garment And to placeQkN©v h¥r¨¬¦n Jh¦t s³h kg xUX©v±u JUcK©v iI,²b±u

HahMehLehch MeeSahRay Ahl-Yahd-Eesh V’hahSoos HahL’voosh V’nahTohnDesires The king Whom The man And they shall dress The nobles,.pj QkN©v rJ£t Jh¦t¨v ,t UJCk¦v±u 'oh¦n§T§rP©v

ChahFaytz HahMehLehch Ah’shehr Eht-HahEesh V’heelBeeShoo HahPahrT’meem,The city, In the street of On the horse And they shall let him ride His honor,'rhg¨v cIj§rC xUX©v kg UvchF§r¦v±u ÌrëhC

HahEer, BeerChohv Ahl-HahSoos V’heerKeeVooHoo1 BeeKahRoh;Whom For the man Should be done “Thus Before him: And let them call outrJ£t Jh¦tk vGg¯h vfF 'uh²bpk Ut§re±u

Ah’shehr LahEesh YayAhSeh KahChah L’fahNahv, V’kahR’ooHis honor!” Desires The king/IrëhC .pj QkN©v

BeeKahRoh. ChahFaytz HahMehLehch6:10

And the horse The garment Take Quickly, To Haman: The king And saidxUX©v ,t±u JUcK©v ,t j©e r¥v©n 'in¨v±k QkN©v rnt«H³u

V’eht-HahSoos Eht-HahL’voosh Kahch MahHayr L’hahMahn, HahMehLehch VahYohMehrWho sits The Jew To Mordechai And do thus You have spoken, Asc¥JIH©v h¦sUv±H©v hf§S§r¨nk if v¥Gg³u '¨T§rC¦S rJ£tF

HahYohShayv HahY’hooDee L’mohrD’chai VahAh’say-Chayn DeeBahrTah, KahAh’shehrYou have spoken! That Of all Anything Do not let fail The king; At the gate of

/¨T§rC¦S rJ£t k«F¦n 'rcS kP©T k©t `QkN©v rg©JCDeeBahrTah. Ah’shehr MeeKohl DahVahr, Ahl-TahPayl HahMehLehch; B’shahAhr

6:11Mordechai, And he dressed And the horse, The garment Haman And took

`hf§S§rn ,t JCk³H³u 'xUX©v ,t±u JUcK©v ,t i¨n¨v j©E°H³uEht-MohrD’chai; VahYahlBaysh V’eht-HahSoos, Eht-HahL’voosh HahMahn VahYeeKahch

“Thus Before him: And he called out The city, In the street of And he let him ridevfF 'uh²bpk t¨r§e°H³u 'rhg¨v cIj§rC UvchF§r³H³u

KahChah L’fahNahv, VahYeekRah HahEer, BeerChohv VahYahrKeeVayHooHis honor!” Desires The king Whom For the man Should be done/IrëhC .pj QkN©v rJ£t Jh¦tk vGg¯h

BeeKahRoh. ChahFaytz HahMehLehch Ah’shehr LahEesh YayAhSeh6:12

Was pushed While Haman The king, To the gate of Mordechai And returned;©j§s°b i¨n¨v±u `QkN©v rg©J kt hf§S§r¨n cJ²H³u

NeedChahf V’hahMahn HahMehLehch; Ehl-ShahAhr MohrD’chai VahYahShohv

Chapter 6


6:12 - Continued

Head. And with covered Mourning To his house,/Jt«r hUp£j³u kct 'I,hC kt

Rohsh. VahChah’fooih2 AhVayl Ehl-BayToh,6:13

All that --- And to all his allies His wife To Zehrehsh Haman And relatedrJ£t kF ,¥t 'uhc£v«t kfkU IT§J¦t Jr®zk i¨n¨v rP©x±h³u

Kohl-Ah’shehr Ayt OolChohl-OhHah’vahv, EeshToh L’zehRehsh HahMahn VaiSahPayrIf His wife: And Zehrehsh His wise men To him And said Had befallen him;

o¦t 'IT§J¦t Jr®zu uhnf£j Ik Ur§nt«H³u Ùv¨rëEem EeshToh, V’zehRehsh Chah’chahMahv Loh VahYohM’roo KahRahHoo;

To fall You have begun Whom Is Mordechai The Jews Of the seed ofk«P±bk ¨,IK¦j©v rJ£t hf§S§r¨n oh¦sUv±H©v g©r®Z¦n

LeenPohl HahCheeLohTah Ah’shehr MohrD’chai HahY’hooDeem MeeZehRahBefore him. You shall fall For fall Over him, You will not prevail Before him,

/uh²bpk kIP¦T kIp²b hF 'Ik kfU, tO uh²bpkL’fahNahv. TeePohl Kee-NahFohl Loh, Loh-TooChahl L’fahNahv

6:14Arrived The king While the chamberlains of With him, Speaking They still wereÙgh°D¦v QkN©v h¥xh¦r¨x±u 'INg oh¦rC©s§n osIg

HeeGeeOoh; HahMehLehch V’sahReeSay EeMoh, M’dahB’reem OhDahmEsther. That had made To the feast Haman To bring And they hurried/r¥T§xt v¨,§Gg rJ£t vT§J¦N©v kt 'in¨v ,t thcvk Uk¦vc³H³u

EhsTayr. Ah’shehr-AhS’tah Ehl-HahMeeshTeh Eht-HahMahn, L’hahVee VahYahvHeeLoo



Esther - Chapter 7

7:1The queen. With Esther To drink And Haman The king And came/vFk©N©v r¥T§xt og ,IT§Jk 'in¨v±u QkN©v t«c²H³u

HahMahlKah. Eem-EhsTayr LeeshToht V’hahMahn, HahMehLehch VahYahVoh7:2

At the feast of The second On day Also To Esther The king And saidv¥T§J¦nC h°b¥ ©v oIHC o³D r¥T§xtk QkN©v rnt«H³u

B’meeshTay HahShayNee BahYohm Gahm L’ehsTayr HahMehLehch VahYohMehrTo you, And it shall be given The queen, Esther What is your plea, Wine:`Qk i¥,²B°,±u vFk©N©v r¥T§xt Q¥,k¥t§ v©n 'i°h³H©v

Lahch; V’teeNahTayn HahMahlKah L’ehsTayr Mah-Sh’ayLahTaych HahYahYeen,And it shall be done. The kingdom, Up to half And what is your request,

/Gg¥,±u ',Ufk©N©v hm£j sg Q¥,¨JEC v©nUV’tayAhs. HahMahlChoot, Ahd-Chah’tzee OohMah-BahKahShahTaych

7:3Favor If I have found And said: The queen Esther And respondedi¥j h¦,tm¨n o¦t 'r©nt«T³u vFk©N©v r¥T§xt ig©T³u

Chayn Eem-MahTzahTee VahTohMahr, Mah-NahAh’sah EhsTayr VahTahAhnLet be granted me It pleases, And if to the king O king, In your eyes,

hk i,²B¦T `cIy QkN©v kg o¦t±u QkN©v Wh®bhgCTeeNahTehn-Lee Tohv; V’eem-Ahl-HahMehLehch HahMehLehch B’ayNehChah

As my request. And my nation As my plea My own soul/h¦,¨J¨EcC h¦Ng±u 'h¦,k¥t§JC h¦Jp³b

B’vahKahShahTee. V’ahMee BeeshAyLahTee, NahfShee7:4

And annihilated; Killed To be destroyed, And my nation, I We are handed over, For`sC©tkU dIr£vk sh¦n§J©vk 'h¦Ng±u h°b£t Ub§rF§n°b hF

OolAhBayd; LahHah’rog L’hahshMeed V’ahMee, Ah’nee NeemKahrNoo KeeFor I would keep silent, We were to be sold, And as maidservants As slaves And ifhF 'h¦T§J©r¡jv Ub§rF§n°b ,Ijp§Jk±u oh¦scgk UK¦t±u

Kee HehCheh’rahshTee, LahMehLehch V’leeshFahChoht LahAh’vahDeem V’eeLooThe king. With the loss to Concerned The foe Is not/QkN©v e®zbC v®u«J rM©v ih¥t

HahMehLehch. B’nayZehk ShohVeh HahTzahr, Ayn

Chapter 7



The queen: To Esther And said Ahasuerus, The king And said`vFk©N©v r¥T§xtk rnt«H³u 'JIr¯u§J©j£t QkN©v rnt«H³u

HahMahlKah; L’ehsTayr VahYohMehr Ah’chahshVayRohsh, HahMehLehch VahYohMehrThus? To do His heart That inspired him Is he, And where This, Is Who/iF ,IGgk ICk Itk§n rJ£t 'tUv v®z h¥t±u v®z tUv h¦n

Kayn. LahAh’soht LeeBoh Ah’shehr-M’lahOh Hoo, V’ay-Zeh Zeh Hoo Mee7:6

And Haman This! The evil Haman And an enemy, A foe A man Esther: And saidi¨n¨v±u `v®Z©v g¨r¨v i¨n¨v 'chIt±u rm Jh¦t r¥T§xt rnt«T³u

V’hahMahn HahZeh; HahRah HahMahn V’ohYayv, Tzahr Eesh EhsTayr VahTohMehrAnd the queen. The king From before Was frightened

/vFk©N©v±u QkN©v hbpK¦n ',gc°bV’hahMahlKah. HahMehLehch MeeLeefNay NeevAht,

7:7To the garden of Wine From the feast of In his wrath Arose And the king

,³B°D kt 'i°h³H©v v¥T§J¦N¦n I,¨n£jC oe QkN©v±uEhl-GeeNaht HahYahYeen, MeeMeeshTay BahChah’MahToh Kahm V’hahMehLehch

The queen, From Esther For his life To plead Stood And Haman The palace,'vFk©N©v r¥T§xt¥n IJp³b kg J¥Eck s©ng i¨n¨v±u `i¨,hC©v

HahMahlKah, MayEhsTayr Ahl-NahfShoh L’vahKaysh AhMahd V’hahMahn HahBeeTahn;The king. From The evil Against him That it was determined He saw For/QkN©v ,¥t¥n vg¨r¨v uhk¥t v¨,kf hF v¨t¨r hF

HahMehLehch. MayAyt HahRahAh AyLahv Kee-ChahL’tah RahAh Kee7:8

The feast of To the house of The palace From the garden of Returned And the kingv¥T§J¦n ,hC kt i¨,hC©v ,³B°D¦n cJ QkN©v±u

MeeshTay Ehl-Bayt HahBeeTahn MeeGeeNaht Shahv V’hahMehLehchWas thereon, Esther That Over the couch Was falling While Haman Wine,

'¨vhkg r¥T§xt rJ£t v¨Y¦N©v kg kp«b i¨n¨v±u i°h³H©vAhLehHah, EhsTayr Ah’shehr Ahl-HahMeeTah NohFayl V’hahMahn HahYahYeen

The queen (plotting) To subdue Are (you) also The king: And saidvFk©N©v ,t JICfk o³d£v 'QkN©v rnt«H³u

Eht-HahMahlKah LeechBohsh Hah’gahm HahMehLehch, VahYohMehrThe king, From the mouth of Went out The word In the house? Here with me'QkN©v hP¦n tm²h rcS©v `,°hCC h¦Ng

HahMehLehch, MeePee YahTzah HahDahVahr BahBahYeet; EeMeeThey covered. Haman And the face of

/Upj i¨n¨v hbpUChahFoo. HahMahn OofNay



7:9The king: Before The chamberlains, One of Charvonah, And said'QkN©v hbpk oh¦xh¦r¨X©v i¦n sjt v²bIc§r©j rnt«H³u

HahMehLehch, LeefNay Meen-HahSahReeSeem EhChahd ChahrVohNah VahYohMehrSpoke well Who For Mordechai Haman That made Here is the gallows AlsocIy rC¦S rJ£t hf§S§r¨nk i¨n¨v v¨Gg rJ£t .g¨v v¯B¦v o³D

DeeBehr-Tohv Ah’shehr L’mohrD’chai HahMahn Ah’shehr-AhSah HeeNay-HahAytz GahmFifty High Haman, In the house of Standing For the king

oh¦ ¦n£j ©V«c²D 'in¨v ,hcC s¥n«g QkN©v kgChah’meeSheem GahVohAh* HahMahn, B’vayt OhMayd Ahl-HahMehLehch

Upon it! Hang him The king: And said Cubits,/uhkg Uvk§T 'QkN©v rnt«H³u `v¨N©t

AhLahv. T’looHoo HahMehLehch, VahYohMehr AhMah;7:10

For Mordechai, That he had prepared On the gallows Haman And they hanged`hf§S§rnk ihf¥v rJ£t .g¨v kg 'in¨v ,t Uk§,°H³u

L’mohrD’chai; Ah’shehr-HayCheen Ahl-HahAytz Eht-HahMahn, VahYeetLooWas calmed. The king And the wrath of

/vff¨J QkN©v ,©n£j³uShahChahChah. HahMehLehch VahChah’maht

Chapter 8



8:1The queen To Esther Ahasuerus King Gave That, On day'vFk©N©v r¥T§xtk JIr¯u§J©j£t QkN©v i©,²b tUv©v oIHC

HahMahlKah, L’ehsTayr Ah’chahshVayRohsh HahMehLehch NahTahn HahHoo BahYohmBefore Came And Mordechai The Jews; Hater of Haman, The house ofhbpk tC hf§S§r¨nU 'oh¦sUv±Hv r¥r«m i¨n¨v ,hC ,t

LeefNay Bah OohMohrD’chai HahY’hooDeem,1 TzohRayr HahMahn Eht-BaytHe was to her. What Esther For had told The king,/Vk tUv v¨n r¥T§xt v¨sh°D¦v hF 'QkN©v

Hoo-Lah*. Mah EhsTayr Kee-HeeGeeDah HahMehLehch,8:2

From Haman, He had taken away Which His ring, The king And removed'in¨v¥n rhcgv rJ£t ITgC©y ,t QkN©v r©x²H³u

MayHahMahn, HehEh’veer Ah’shehr Eht-TahBahToh HahMehLehch VahYahSahrOver the house of Mordechai Esther And set To Mordechai; And he gave it

,hC kg hf§S§r¨n ,t r¥T§xt oG¨T³u `hf§S§rnk V²b§T°H³uAhl-Bayt Eht-MohrD’chai EhsTayr VahTahSehm L’mohrD’chai; VahYeeT’nah*

Haman./i¨n¨v

HahMahn.(Beginning of New Paragraph in Handwritten Scroll)

8:3Before And fell The king, Before And spoke Esther And continuedhbpk k«P¦T³u 'QkN©v hbpk rC©s§T³u r¥T§xt ;xIT³u

LeefNay VahTeePohl HahMehLehch, LeefNay VahT’dahBayr EhsTayr VahTohSehfHaman The evil of To remove And pleaded before him, And she wept His feet,i¨n¨v ,g¨r ,t rhcg©vk Ik i®B©j§,¦T³u ±Lc¥T³u `uhk±d©r

HahMahn Eht-RahAht L’hahAh’veer VahTeetChahNehn-Loh VahTayvk2 RahgLahv;About the Jews. He had planned That His plan And The Aggagite/oh¦sUv±H©v kg c©J¨j rJ£t ITc©J£j©n ,¥t±u 'h°d²d£t¨v

Ahl-HahY’hooDeem. ChahShahv Ah’shehr MahChah’shahvToh V’ayt HahAh’gahGee,8:4

And arose Golden, The scepter --- To Esther The king And extendedoe¨T³u `cv²Z©v yc§r©J ,¥t 'r¥T§xtk QkN©v yJIH³u

VahTahKohm HahZahHahv; ShahrVeet Ayt L’ehsTayr, HahMehLehch VahYohShehtThe king. Before And stood Esther/QkN©v hbpk s«ng©T³u 'r¥T§xt

HahMehLehch. LeefNay VahTahAh’mohd EhsTayr,



8:5Before him, Favor And if I have found It pleases If to the king And she said:

uh²bpk i¥j h¦,tm¨n o¦t±u cIy QkN©v kg o¦t 'rnt«T³uL’fahNahv Chayn V’eem-MahTzahTee Tohv Eem-Ahl-HahMehLehch VahTohMehr,

In his eyes, I am And good The king, In front of The matter And is correct`uh²bhgC h°b£t vcIy±u 'QkN©v hbpk rcS©v r¥Jf±u

B’ayNahv; Ah’nee V’tohVah HahMehLehch, LeefNay HahDahVahr V’chahShayrHaman, The plan of The documents, To bring back Let it be writteni¨n¨v ,cJ£j©n oh¦rp§X©v ,t ch¦Jvk c¥,F°h

HahMahn MahChah’shehVeht Eht-HahS’fahReem L’hahSheev YeeKahTayvTo annihilate He planned Which The Aggagite, Son of Hammedathah,

sC©tk c©J¨j rJ£t 'h°d²d£t¨v t¨,¨s§N©v iCL’ahBayd ChahShahv Ah’shehr HahAh’gahGee, Behn-HahM’dahTah

The king. In all provinces of That are The Jews/QkN©v ,Ibh¦s§n kfC rJ£t oh¦sUv±H©v ,t

HahMehLehch. B’chohl-M’deeNoht Ah’shehr Eht-HahY’hooDeem8:6

My nation, Which will encounter The evil See Can I How For`h¦Ng ,t tm§n°h rJ£t vg¨rC 'h¦,h¦t¨r±u kfUt vffh¥t hF

Eht-AhMee; Ah’shehr-YeemTzah BahRahAh3 V’rahEeTee, OohChahl AyChahChah KeeMy kin? The annihilation of See Can I And how/h¦T§skIn i©sctC 'h¦,h¦t¨r±u kfUt vffh¥t±u

MohLahdTee. B’ohvDahn V’rahEeTee, OohChahl V’ayChahChah(Beginning of New Paragraph in Handwritten Scroll)

8:7The queen To Esther Ahasuerus King And said'vFk©N©v r¥T§xtk J«ru§J©j£t QkN©v rnt«H³u

HahMahlKah, L’ehsTayr Ah’chahshVayRohsh HahMehLehch VahYohMehrTo Esther, I have given The house of Haman Behold, The Jew: And to Mordechair¥T§xtk h¦T©,²b i¨n¨v ,hc v¯B¦v `h¦sUv±H©v hf§S§r¨nkU

L’ehsTayr NahTahTee Vayt-HahMahn HeeNay HahY’hooDee; OolMohrD’chaiHis hand That he sent Because of On the tree, They hanged And him

Is²h jk¨J rJ£t kg '.g¨v kg Uk¨T I,«t±uYahDoh Ah’shehr-ShahLahch Ahl Ahl-HahAytz, TahLoo V’ohToh

Against the Jews./oh¦sUv±HC

BahY’hooDeem.4

Chapter 8


8:8In the name of In your eyes As is good Regarding the Jews Write And you,

o¥JC ofhbhgC cIYF oh¦sUv±H©v kg Uc§,F oT©t±uB’shaym B’ayNayChehm KahTohv Ahl-HahY’hooDeem KeetVoo V’ahTehm

For a document The king, With the ring of And seal The king,c,f hF `QkN©v ,gC©yC Un§,¦j±u 'QkN©v

Kee-Ch’tahv HahMehLehch; B’tahBahAht V’cheetMoo HahMehLehch,With the ring of And sealed In the king’s name That is written

,gC©yC oIT§j³b±u 'QkN©v o¥JC cTf°b rJ£tB’tahBahAht V’nahchTohm B’shaym-HahMehLehch, Ah’shehr-NeechTahv

Withdraw. One may not The king/ch¦Jvk ih¥t 'QkN©v

L’hahSheev. Ayn HahMehLehch,8:9

The third, In the month At that time, The king’s scribes And they were calledh¦Jhk§ ©v Js«jC th¦v©v ,gC QkN©v h¥rp«x Ut§rE°H³u

HahSh’leeShee BahChohDehsh BahAyt-HahHee SohF’ray-HahMehLehch VahYeeKahR’oo5

And it was written Thereof, In the twenty-third day Sivan, That is the month ofc¥,F°H³u 'IC oh¦r§Gg±u v¨JIk§JC i²uh¦x Js«j tUv

VahYeeKahTayv Boh, V’ehsReem BeeshLohShah SeeVahn Hoo-ChohDehshAnd to To the Jews, Mordechai As all that commandedkt±u oh¦sUv±H©v kt hf§S§r¨n v²Um rJ£t kfF

V’ehl Ehl-HahY’hooDeem MohrD’chai K’chohl-Ah’shehr-TzeeVahWhich are The provinces And the princes of And the governors The satraps

rJ£t ,Ibh¦s§N©v h¥r¨G±u ,IjP©v±u oh°bP§r©S§J©j£t¨vAh’shehr HahM’deeNoht V’sahRay V’hahPahChoht HahAh’chahshDahrP’neemEach province Provinces, And hundred And twenty Seven To Koosh, From HohDoo

v²bh¦s§n 'v²bh¦s§n v¨t¥nU oh¦r§Gg±u gc¤J JUF sg±u US«v¥nM’deeNah M’deeNah, OoMayAh V’ehsReem ShehVah V’ahd-Koosh MayHohDoo

In its language; And nation And each nation In its writing And province`Ib«JkF og²u og±u Vc,fF v²bh¦s§nU

KeelShohNoh; VahAhm V’ahm KeechTahVah* OomDeeNahAnd in their language. In their writing And to the Jews

/o²bIJkf±u oc,fF 'oh¦sUv±H©v kt±uV’cheelShohNahm. KeechTahVahm V’ehl-HahY’hooDeem,

8:10And he sealed Ahasuerus, King In the name of And he wrote

o«T§j³H³u 'J«r¯u§J©j£t QkN©v o¥JC c«Tf°H³uVahYahchTohm Ah’chahshVayRohsh, HahMehLehch B’shaym VahYeechTohv



8:10 - Continued

The couriers Through Documents And he sent The king, With the ring ofohmr¨v s³hC oh¦rp§x jk§J°H³u `QkN©v ,gC©yC

HahRahTzeem B’yahd S’fahReem VahYeeshLahch HahMehLehch; B’tahBahAhtBorn of The mules Steeds, The riders of On horses,hbC 'oh°b¨r§T§J©j£t¨v Jfr¨v hcf«r oh¦xUXC

B’nay HahAh’chahshT’rahNeem, HahRehChehsh RohCh’vay BahSooSeemMares –

/ohf¨N©r¨vHahRahMahCheem.

8:11In each city That are To the Jews The king Has allowed That

rhg²u rhg kfC rJ£t oh¦sUv±Hk QkN©v i©,²b rJ£tB’chohl-Eer-VahEer Ah’shehr LahY’hooDeem HahMehLehch NahTahn Ah’shehr

To kill To destroy, For their life, And to stand up To rallyd«r£vk±u sh¦n§J©vk 'o¨Jp³b kg s«ngk±u k¥vË¦vk

V’lahHah’rohg6 L’hahshMeed Ahl-NahfShahm, V’lahAh’mohd L’heeKahHaylInfants Them, That would oppress Or a province A nation Any power of And to annihilate;©y 'o¨,«t oh¦rM©v v²bh¦s§nU og kh¥j kF ,t sC©tkU

Tahf OhTahm, HahTzahReem OomDeeNah Ahm Eht-Kohl-Chayl OolAhBaydTo loot. And their possessions And women,/zIck okk§JU òh¦J²b±u

LahVohz. OoshLahLahm V’nahSheem;8:12

Ahasuerus; King In all provinces of One, In a day`JIr¯u§J©j£t QkN©v ,Ibh¦s§n kfC 'sjt oIhC

Ah’chahshVayRohsh; HahMehLehch B’chohl-M’deeNoht EhChahd, B’yohmAdar. That is the month of Twelve, To month In the thirteenth day/r¨s£t Js«j tUv 'r¨Gg ohb§J Js«jk r¨Gg v¨JIk§JC

Ah’dahr. Hoo-ChohDehsh Sh’naym-AhSahr, L’chohDehsh AhSahr BeeshLohShah8:13

And province, In each province As a law Was to be given The writing The copy of'v²bh¦s§nU v²bh¦s§n kfC ,¨S i¥,²B¦vk c,F©v i®dJ§,P

OomDeeNah, B’chohl-M’deeNah Daht L’heeNahTayn HahK’tahv PahtShehGehnFor the day Prepared The Jews And that be For all nations, Open

oIHk oh¦sh¦,g oh¦sUv±Hv ,Ih§vk±u òh¦Ng¨v kfk hUk²DLahYohm Ah’teeDeem8 HahY’hooDeem7 V’lee*Yoht L’chohl-HahAhMeem; GahLooih

Against their enemies. To retaliate This,/ovhc±h«t¥n o¥e²B¦vk 'v®Z©v

MayOhY’vayHehm. L’heeNahKaym HahZeh,

Chapter 8


8:14Went out The mules, Steeds, The riders of The couriers,Utm²h 'oh°b¨r§T§J©j£t¨v Jfr¨v hcf«r ohmr¨v

YahTz’oo HahAh’chahshT’rahNeem, HahRehChehsh RohCh’vay HahRahTzeemWas given And the law The king, By order of And hurried Frenziedv²b§T°b ,¨S©v±u `Qk®N©v rc§sC ohpUj§sU ohk¨v«c§n

NeeT’nah V’hahDaht HahMehLehch; BeedVahr OodChooFeem M’vohHahLeemThe capital. In Shushan/v¨rhC©v i©JUJC

HahBeeRah. B’shooShahn(Beginning of New Paragraph in Handwritten Scroll)

At this point the reader pauses, the congregation recites the next verse, and then the reader repeats it.8:15

Royal With a garment The king From before Went out And Mordechai,Ufk©n JUckC QkN©v hbpK¦n tm²h hf§S§r¨nU

MahlChoot BeelVoosh HahMehLehch MeeLeefNay YahTzah OohMohrD’chaiFine linen And a wrap of Great, Gold And a crown And white, Blue

.UC Qh¦rf©,±u vkIs±D cv²z ,ryg³u 'rUj²u ,kf§TBootz V’tahchReech G’dohLah ZahHahv VahAh’tehReht VahChoor, T’chayLeht

And was joyful. Was glad Shushan And the city And purple,/v¨j¥n¨G±u vk£vm 'iJUJ rhg¨v±u `i¨n²D§r©t±u

V’sahMayChah.10 TzahHah’lah9 ShooShahn, V’hahEer V’ahrGahMahn;At this point the reader pauses, the congregation recites the next verse, and then the reader repeats it.

8:16And honor. And gladness And joy, Light There was For the Jews

/r¨eh°u i«GG±u 'v¨j§n¦G±u v¨rIt v¨,±hv oh¦sUv±HkVeeKahr. V’sahSohn V’seemChah, OhRah HahY’tah LahY’hooDeem

8:17That The place And city, And in each city And province, And in each provincerJ£t oIe§n rhg²u rhg kfcU v²bh¦s§nU v²bh¦s§n kfcU

Ah’shehr M’kohm VahEer OovChohl-Eer OomDeeDah OovChohl-M’deeNahFor the Jews, And gladness Joy Reached, And his law The king’s orderoh¦sUv±Hk iIG¨G±u v¨j§n¦G 'gh°D©n I,¨s±u QkN©v rc§S

LahY’hooDeem V’sahSohn SeemChah MahGeeAh, V’dahToh D’vahr-HahMehLehchBecame Jewish, The land Of the people of And many And a holiday; Feasting

'oh¦s£v³h§,¦n .r¨t¨v h¥Ng¥n ohC©r±u `cIy oIh±u vT§J¦nMeetYahHah’deem, HahAhRehtz MayAhMay V’rahBeem Tohv; V’yohm MeeshTeh

Upon them. The fear of the Jews For had fallen/ovhkg oh¦sUv±H©v s©jP kp²b hF

Ah’layHehm. PahChahd-HahY’hooDeem Kee-NahFahl



Esther - Chapter 99:1

In the thirteenth Adar, That is the month of Month, And in the twelfthr¨Gg v¨JIk§JC r¨s£t Js«j tUv Js«j r¨Gg ohb§JcU

AhSahr BeeshLohShah Ah’dahr Hoo-ChohDehsh ChohDehsh AhSahr OohVeeshNaymTo be done, And his law The king’s order Had reached That Thereof, Day`,IGg¥vk I,¨s±u QkN©v rc§S gh°D¦v rJ£t 'IC oIh

L’hayAhSoht; V’dahToh D’vahr-HahMehLehch HeeGeeAh Ah’shehr Boh, YohmOver them, To rule The Jews The enemies of Had hoped That On the day

'ovC yIk§Jk oh¦sUv±H©v hc±h«t UrC¦G rJ£t oIHCBahHehm, LeeshLoht HahY’hooDeem OhY’vay SeeB’roo2 Ah’shehr BahYohm1

Over their enemies: They The Jews, They could rule That It was, And reversed/ovh¥t±b«GC v¨N¥v oh¦sUv±H©v Uyk§J°h rJ£t tUv QIp£v³b±u

B’sohN’ayHehm. HayMah HahY’hooDeem YeeshL’too Ah’shehr Hoo V’nahHah’fohch9:2

King In all provinces of In their cities The Jews They ralliedQkN©v ,Ibh¦s§n kfC ovh¥rgC oh¦sUv±H©v Uk£v§e°b

HahMehLehch B’chohl-M’deeNoht B’ahRayHehm HahY’hooDeem NeekHah’looEvil upon them; Against those seeking (their) Hand To send out Ahasuerus

`o,g¨r h¥J§ec§nC s²h ©jO§Jk 'JIr¯u§J©j£tRahAhTahm; BeemVahkShay Yahd LeeshLohAhch Ah’chahshVayRohsh,Fear of them For had fallen Before them, Could stand up And (not one) man

oS§jP kp²b hF 'ovhbpk s©ng tO Jh¦t±uPahchDahm Kee-NahFahl LeefNayHehm,3 Loh-AhMahd V’eesh

Upon all the nations./oh¦Ng¨v kF kg

Ahl-Kohl-HahAhMeem.9:3

And the governors And the satraps The provinces And all princes of,IjP©v±u oh°bP§r©S§J©j£t¨v±u ,Ibh¦s§N©v h¥r¨G kf±u

V’hahPahChoht V’hahAh’chahshDahrP’neem HahM’deeNoht V’chohl-SahRayWere elevating Was the king’s, That The work And those managing

oh¦t§¬³b§n 'QkN©k rJ£t vftk§N©v h¥G«g±uM’nahS’eem LahMehLehch, Ah’shehr HahM’lahChah V’ohSay

Upon them. The fear of Mordechai For had fallen The Jews,/ovhkg hf§S§r¨n s©jP kp²b hF `oh¦sUv±H©v ,t

Ah’layHehm. PahChahd-MohrD’chai Kee-NahFahl Eht-HahY’hooDeem;

Chapter 9


9:4Went And his reputation The king, In the house of Mordechai For great wasQkIv Ig§n¨J±u 'QkN©v ,hcC hf§S§r¨n kIs²d hF

HohLaych V’shohmOh HahMehLehch, B’vayt MohrD’chai Kee-GahDohlWas becoming greater. Continuously Mordechai For the man About all the provinces;

/kIs²d±u QkIv hf§S§r¨n Jh¦t¨v hF `,Ibh¦s§N©v kfCV’gahDohl HohLaych MohrD’chai Kee-HahEesh B’chohl-HahM’deeNoht;

9:5And killing A blow of the sword Against all their enemies, The Jews And they smote

drv±u crj ,F©n 'ovhc±h«t kfC oh¦sUv±H©v UF³H³uV’hehRehg MahKaht-ChehRehv B’chohl-Oh’Y’vayHehm, HahY’hooDeem VahYahKoo

As their wish. With their enemies And they did And annihilation,/o²bIm§rF ovh¥t±b«Gc UGg³H³u `i¨sc©t±u

KeerTzohNahm. V’sohN’ayHehm VahYahAh’soo V’ahvDahn;Before saying the word “Chah’maysh” (sixth word in this verse) the reader pauses, the congregation recites from there up to and

including the first word in verse 9:10 in one breath, and then the reader repeats the above in the same way.9:6

Five And annihilated The Jews They killed The capital, And in ShushanJ¥n£j 'sC©t±u oh¦sUv±H©v Ud§r¨v v¨rhC©v i©JUJcU

Chah’maysh V’ahBayd, HahY’hooDeem HahR’goo HahBeeRah OovShooShahnPeople, Hundred/Jh¦t ,It¥nEesh. MayOht

9:7Ahspahtah, And Dahlfohn, And Pahrshahndahtah, And/t¨,P§x©t ,¥t±u iIpk©S ,¥t±u t¨,¨S±b©J§rP ,¥t±u

AhsPahTah. V’ayt DahlFohn V’ayt PahrShahnDahTah V’ayt9:8

Ahreedahtah, And Ahdahlyah, And Pohrahtah, And/t¨,¨sh¦r£t ,¥t±u t²hk©s£t ,¥t±u t¨,¨rIP ,¥t±u

Ah’reeDahTah. V’ayt Ah’dahlYah V’ayt PohRahTah V’ayt9:9

Vaizahtah – And Ahreedai, And Ahreesai, And Pahrmahshtah, And/t¨,²z±h³u ,¥t±u h©sh¦r£t ,¥t±u h©xh¦r£t ,¥t±u t¨T§J©n§rP ,¥t±u

VaiZahTah. V’ayt Ah’reeDai V’ayt Ah’reeSai V’ayt PahrMahshTah V’ayt9:10

They killed; The Jews Hater of Son of Hammedathah, Haman, Sons of The ten`Ud¨rv 'oh¦sUv±H©v r¥r«m t¨,¨s§N©v iC i¨n¨v hbC ,rGg

HahRahGoo; B’tahBahAht TzohRayr Behn-HahM’dahTah HahMahn B’nay Ah’sehRehtTheir hand. They laid Not And on the spoil/o¨s²h ,t UjkJ tO v²ZCcU

Eht-YahDahm. ShahL’choo Loh OohVahBeeZah



9:11The capital In Shushan Those killed The amount of Came That, On the day'v¨rhC©v i©JUJC oh°dUr£v©v rP§x¦n tC 'tUv©v oIHC

HahBeeRah B’shooShahn HahHah’rooGeem MeesPahr Bah HahHoo, BahYohmThe king. Before/QkN©v hbpk

HahMehLehch. LeefNay9:12

The capital In Shushan The queen: To Esther The king And saidv¨rhC©v i©JUJC 'vFk©N©v r¥T§xtk QkN©v rnt«H³u

HahBeeRah B’shooShahn HahMahlKah, L’ehsTayr HahMehLehch VahYohMehrThe ten And People Hundred Five And annihilated The Jews Killed,rGg ,¥t±u Jh¦t ,It¥n J¥n£j sC©t±u oh¦sUv±H©v Ud§r¨v

Ah’sehReht V’ayt Eesh MayOht Chah’maysh V’ahBayd HahY’hooDeem HahR’gooHave they done! What The king Provinces of In the remaining Sons of Haman,

ÙGg vn QkN©v ,Ibh¦s§n r¨t§JC 'in¨v hbCAhSoo; Meh HahMehLehch M’deeNoht BeeshAhr B’nay-HahMahn,

Further, And what is your request To you, And it shall be given Yet what is your pleasIg Q¥,¨JEC v©nU 'Qk i¥,²B°h±u Q¥,k¥t§ v©nUOhd OohMah-BahKahShahTaych Lahch, V’yeeNahTayn OohMah-Sh’ayLahTaych

And it shall be done./Gg¥,±u

V’tayAhs.9:13

Let be given It pleases, If to the king Esther: And saidi¥,²B°h 'cIy QkN©v kg o¦t r¥T§xt rnt«T³u

YeeNahTayn Tohv, Eem-Ahl-HahMehLehch EhsTayr VahTohMehrAs the law of To do Are in Shushan That To the Jews Also tomorrow

,¨sF ,IGgk i¨JUJC rJ£t oh¦sUv±Hk r¨j¨n o³DK’daht LahAh’soht B’shooShahn Ah’shehr LahY’hooDeem Gahm-MahChahr

On the gallows. Let them hang Sons of Haman The ten And Today,/.g¨v kg Uk§,°h i¨n¨v hbC ,rGg ,¥t±u òIH©v

Ahl-HahAytz. YeetLoo B’nay-HahMahn Ah’sehReht V’ayt HahYohm;9:14

The law And was given So, That should be done The king And said,¨S i¥,²B¦T³u 'iF ,IGg¥vk QkN©v rnt«H³u

Daht VahTeeNahTayn Kayn, L’hayAhSoht HahMehLehch VahYohMehrThey hanged. Sons of Haman The ten And In Shushan;

/Uk¨T i¨n¨v hbC ,rGg ,¥t±u ì¨JUJCTahLoo. B’nay-HahMahn Ah’sehReht V’ayt B’shooShahn;

Chapter 9


9:15On day Also That were in Shushan The Jews And they ralliedoIhC o³D i¨JUJC rJ£t oh¦sUv±H©v Uk£v¨E°H³u

B’yohm Gahm Ah’shehr-B’shooShahn HahY’hooDeem4 VahYeeKahHah’looThree In Shushan And they killed Adar, To month of The fourteenthJO§J i¨JUJc Ud§r©v³H³u 'r¨s£t Js«jk r¨Gg vgC§r©t

Sh’lohsh V’shooShahn VahYahHahrGoo Ah’dahr, L’chohDehsh AhSahr AhrBahAhTheir hand. They laid Not And on the spoil People, Hundred/o¨s²h ,t UjkJ tO v²ZCcU `Jh¦t ,It¥n

Eht-YahDahm. ShahL’choo Loh OohVahBeeZah Eesh; MayOht9:16

The king Were in the provinces of That The Jews And the rest ofQkN©v ,Ibh¦s§nC rJ£t oh¦sUv±H©v r¨t§JU

HahMehLehch BeemDeeNoht Ah’shehr HahY’hooDeem OoshAhrFrom their enemies, And attaining rest For their life And were standing up Rallied

'ovhc±h«t¥n ©jIb±u oJp³b kg s«ng±u Uk£v§e°bMayOhY’vayHehm, V’nohAhch Ahl-NahfShahm V’ahMohd NeekHah’loo

And on the spoil Thousand; And seventy Five Of their foes And killedv²ZCcU `;k¨t ohgc¦J±u v¨ ¦n£j ovh¥t±b«GC dIr¨v±u

OohVahBeeZah AhLehf; V’sheevEem Chah’meeShah B’sohN’ayHehm V’hahRohgTheir hand. They laid Not/o¨s²h ,t UjkJ tO

Eht-YahDahm. ShahL’choo Loh9:17

On the fourteenth And rested Adar, To month of On the thirteenth dayr¨Gg vgC§r©tC ©jIb±u `r¨s£t Js«jk r¨Gg v¨JIk§J oIhC

AhSahr B’ahrBahAh V’nohAhch Ah’dahr; L’chohDehsh AhSahr B’yohm-sh’lohShahAnd joy. Feasting A day of It And made Thereon,/v¨j§n¦G±u vT§J¦n oIh I,«t v«Gg±u 'IC

V’seemChah. MeeshTeh Yohm OhToh V’ahSoh5 Boh,9:18

Thereon On the thirteenth Rallied That were in Shushan And the Jews'IC r¨Gg v¨JIk§JC Uk£v§e°b i¨JUJC rJ£t oh¦sUv±H©v±u

Boh, AhSahr BeeshLohShah NeekHah’loo Ah’shehr-B’shooShahn V’hahY’hooDeem6

Thereon On the fifteenth And rested Thereon, And on the fourteenth'IC r¨Gg v¨ ¦n£jC ©jIb±u `IC r¨Gg vgC§r©tcU

Boh, AhSahr BahChah’meeShah V’nohAhch Boh; AhSahr OovAhrBahAhAnd joy. Feasting A day of It And made/v¨j§n¦G±u vT§J¦n oIh I,«t v«Gg±u

V’seemChah. MeeshTeh Yohm OhToh V’ahSoh



9:19Open, In cities That dwell Town inhabitants The Jews Therefore

',Iz¨rP©v h¥rgC ohc§J«H©v oh°zrP©v oh¦sUv±H©v iF kgHahP’rahZoht, B’ahRay HahYohSh’veem HahP’rahZeem7 HahY’hooDeem Ahl-Kayn

Joy Adar To month of Fourteenth The day --- Makev¨j§n¦G 'r¨s£t Js«jk r¨Gg vgC§r©t oIh ,¥t oh¦G«g

SeemChah. Ah’dahr, L’chohDehsh AhSahr AhrBahAh Yohm ayt OhSeemTo his fellow. Each man Food portions And sending And a holiday, And feasting

/Uvg¥rk Jh¦t ,Ib¨n ©jIk§J¦nU `cIy oIh±u vT§J¦nUL’rayAyHoo. Eesh MahNoht OohMeeshLohAhch Tohv; V’yohm OohMeeshTeh

9:20And he sent These, The words Mordechai And wrote

jk§J°H³u `vK¥t¨v oh¦rc§S©v ,t hf§S§r¨n c«Tf°H³uVahYeeshLahch HahAyLeh; Eht-HahD’vahReem MohrD’chai VahYeechTohv

King In all provinces of That To all the Jews DocumentsQkN©v ,Ibh¦s§n kfC rJ£t oh¦sUv±H©v kF kt oh¦rp§x

HahMehLehch B’chohl-M’deeNoht Ah’shehr Ehl-Kohl-HahY’hooDeem S’fahReemAnd those far, Those near Ahasuerus./oh¦eIj§r¨v±u ohcIr§E©v 'JIr¯u§J©j£t

V’hahR’chohKeem. HahK’rohVeem Ah’chahshVayRohsh,9:21

Fourteenth The day --- Observing To be Upon themselves, To confirmr¨Gg vgC§r©t oIh ,¥t oh¦G«g ,Ih§vk 'ovhkg oH©ek

AhSahr AhrBahAh Yohm Ayt OhSeem Lee*Yoht Ah’layHehm, L’kahYaymThereon, The fifteenth day And Adar, To month of

`IC r¨Gg v¨ ¦n£j oIh ,¥t±u 'r¨s£t Js«jkBoh; AhSahr Yohm-Chah’meeShah V’ayt Ah’dahr, L’chohDehsh

In every single year;/v²b¨J±u v²b¨J kfC

V’shahNah. B’chohl-ShahNah9:22

From their enemies, The Jews Thereon That they rested As the days'ovhc±h«t¥n oh¦sUv±H©v ovc Uj²b rJ£t oh¦n²HF

MayOhY’vayHehm, HahY’hooDeem VahHehm Ah’shehr-NahChoo8 KahYahMeemTo joy From sadness For them Was overturned That And the month

v¨j§n¦Gk iId²H¦n ovk QP§v®b rJ£t Js«j©v±uL’seemChah MeeYahGohn LahHehm Neh*Pahch Ah’shehr V’hahChohDehsh

And joy, Feasting Days of Them To make To a festival, And from mourning'v¨j§n¦G±u vT§J¦n h¥n±h o,It ,IGgk `cIy oIhk kc¥t¥nU

V’seemChah, MeeshTeh Y’may OhTahm LahAh’soht Tohv; L’yohm OohMayAyVehl

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9:22 - Continued

To the poor. And gifts To his fellow, Each man Food portions And sending of/oh°b«hctk ,Ib¨T©nU Uvg¥rk Jh¦t ,Ib¨n ©jO§J¦nU

LahEhvYohNeem. OohMahTahNoht L’rayAyHoo Eesh MahNoht OohMeeshLohAhch9:23

And To do, What they had begun --- The Jews And accepted,¥t±u `,IGgk UK¥j¥v rJ£t ,¥t 'oh¦sUv±H©v kC¦e±u

V’ayt LahAh’soht; Ah’shehr-HayChayLoo Ayt HahY’hooDeem, V’keeBaylTo them. Mordechai That what had written/ovhk£t hf§S§r¨n c©,F rJ£t

Ah’layHehm. MohrD’chai Ah’shehr-KahTahv9:24

All the Jews, Hater of The Aggagite, Son of Hammedathah, Haman, For'oh¦sUv±H©v kF r¥r«m h°d²d£t¨v t¨,¨s§N©v iC i¨n¨v hF

Kohl-HahY’hooDeem, TzohRayr HahAh’gahGee Behn-HahM’dahTah HahMahn KeeThe lot, That is Poor, And cast To annihilate them, About the Jews Planned'krID©v tUv rUP kP¦v±u `osC©tk oh¦sUv±H©v kg c©J¨j

HahGohRahl, Hoo Poor V’heePeel L’ahB’dahm; Ahl-HahY’hooDeem ChaShahvAnd to destroy them; To confound them

/o¨sC©tkU oNvkOolAhB’dahm. L’hooMahm

9:25“Let return Through letters He said The king, Before But when she came

cUJ²h 'rp¥X©v og r©n¨t 'QkN©v hbpk V¨t«ccUYahShoov Eem-HahSayFehr, AhMahr HahMehLehch, LeefNay OohV’vohAh*

Against the Jews That he planned The evil His planoh¦sUv±H©v kg c©J¨j rJ£t vg¨r¨v ITc©J£j©n

Ahl-HahY’hooDeem Ah’shehr-ChahShahv HahRahAh MahChah’shahvTohOn the tree. And his sons Him And they hanged On his own head”;/.g¨v kg uh²bC ,t±u I,«t Uk¨,±u `IJt«r kg

Ahl-HahAytz. V’eht-BahNahv OhToh V’tahLoo Ahl-RohShoh;9:26

“Poor”, After the name of Purim, These To the days They called Therefore'rUP©v o¥J kg oh¦rUp vK¥t¨v oh¦n²Hk Ut§re iF kg

HahPoor, Ah’shehr FooReem HahAyLeh LahYahMeem KahR’oo Ahl-KaynAnd what they had seen This, The epistle Because of all the words of Therefore,

Ut¨r vnU `,t«Z©v ,r®D¦t¨v h¥rc¦S kF kg iF kgOohMah-RahOoh Hahzoht; HahEeGehReht Ahl-Kohl-DeevRay Ahl-Kayn

Them. Had encountered And what Regarding this,/ovhk£t gh°D¦v v¨nU 'vfF kg

Ah’layHehm. HeeGeeAh OohMah Ahl-KahChah,



9:27And upon their children, Upon themselves The Jews And accepted They confirmed

og§r³z kg±u ovhkg oh¦sUv±H©v UkC¦e±u Un±H¦eV’ahl-ZahrAhm Ah’layHehm HahY’hooDeem V’keeB’loo9a KeeY’moo9

To be It shall pass away, And not Unto them, All who join And upon,Ih§vk 'rIcg³h tO±u ovhkg oh°uk°B©v kF kg±u

Lee*Yoht YahAh’vohr, V’loh Ah’layHehm Kohl-HahNeelVeem V’ahlAnd in their proper time, As prescribed for them These Days The two Observing

`o²B©n±zf±u oc,fF vK¥t¨v oh¦n²H©v hb§J ,t oh¦G«gV’cheezMahNahm; KeechTahVahm HahAyLeh HahYahMeem Eht-Sh’nay OhSeem

In every single year./v²b¨J±u v²b¨J kfC

V’shahNah. B’chohl-ShahNah9:28

In every generation, And observed Are remembered These And the daysrIs²u rIS kfC oh¦Gg³b±u oh¦rF±z°b vK¥t¨v oh¦n²H©v±u

VahDohr B’chohl-Dohr V’nahAh’seem NeezKahReem HahAyLeh V’hahYahMeemAnd every city; Every province, Every family,`rhg²u rhg±u v²bh¦s§nU v²bh¦s§n 'v¨jP§J¦nU v¨jP§J¦n

VahEer; V’eer OomDeeNah M’deeNah OohMeeshPahChah, MeeshPahChahThe Jews, From amidst Will pass away Not These Purim And the days of'oh¦sUv±H©v QIT¦n Urcg³h tO vK¥t¨v oh¦rUP©v h¥nh°u

HahY’hooDeem, MeeTohch YahAhvRoo Loh HahAyLeh HahPooReem VeeMayFrom their descendants. Will not cease And their remebrance

/og§r³Z¦n ;Ux²h tO orf°z±uMeeZahrAhm. Loh-YahSoof V’zeechRahm


And Mordechai Daughter of Avichahyil, The queen Esther And wrotehf§S§r¨nU k°h©jhc£t ,c vFk©N©v r¥T§xt c«Tf¦T³u

OohMohrD’chai Vaht-Ah’veeChahYeel HahMahlKah EhsTayr VahYeechTohvThis Of Purim The epistle --- To confirm All the strength, The Jew,

,t«Z©v oh¦rP©v ,r®D¦t ,¥t oH©ek `;e«T kF ,t 'h¦sUv±H©vHahZoht HahPooReem EeGehReht Ayt L’kahYaym Eht-Kohl-TohKehf; HahY’hooDee,

The second./,h°b¥ ©v

HahShayNeet.

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9:30And twenty To seven To all the Jews, Documents And he sentoh¦r§Gg±u gcJ kt oh¦sUv±H©v kF kt oh¦rp§x jk§J°H³u

V’ehsReem Ehl-ShehVah Ehl-Kohl-HahY’hooDeem S’fahReem VahYeeshLahchPeace Words of Ahasuerus, The kingdom of Provinces, And hundredoIk¨J h¥rc¦S `JIr¯u§J©j£t ,Ufk©n 'v²bh¦s§n v¨t¥nU

ShahLohm DeevRay Ah’chahshVayRohsh; MahlChoot M’deeNah, OohMayAhAnd truth./,n¡t®u

VehEh’meht.9:31

Just as In their proper time, These Purim The days of To fulfillrJ£tF ovhB©n±zC vK¥t¨v oh¦rP©v h¥n±h ,t ohH©ek

KahAh’shehr BeezMahNayHehm HahAyLeh HahPooReem Eht-Y’may L’kahYaymThe queen, And Esther The Jew Mordechai Upon themselves Had confirmed'vFk©N©v r¥T§xt±u h¦sUv±H©v hf§S§r¨n ovhkg o³H¦e

HahMahlKah, V’ehsTayr HahY’hooDee MohrD’chai Ah’layHehm KeeYahmThe matters of And upon their children, Upon themselves They had confirmed And just as

h¥rc¦S `og§r³z kg±u oJp³b kg Un±H¦e rJ£tf±uDeevRay V’ahl-ZahrAhm; Ahl-NahfShahm KeeY’moo V’chahAh’shehr

And their cry. The fasts/o¨,¨eg³z±u ,InIM©v

V’zahAh’kahTahm. HahTzohMoht9:32

These, Purim The matters of Established Esther And the word of`vK¥t¨v oh¦rP©v h¥rc¦S o³H¦e 'r¥T§xt r©n£t©nU

HahAyLeh; HahPooReem DeevRay KeeYahm EhsTayr, OohMahAh’mahrIn the book. And it was inscribed

/rp¥XC cTf°b±uBahSayFehr. V’neechTahv




10:1On the land A tax Ahasuerus King And placed'.®r¨t¨v kg x©n JIr¯u§J©j£t QkN©v o®G²H³u

Ahl-HahAhRehtz, Mahs Ah’chahshVayRohsh10 HahMehLehch VahYahSehmThe sea. And the islands of/o²H©v hH¦t±u

HahYahm. V’eeYay10:2

The greatness of And the account of And mighty, His powerful And all acts,Ks±D ,©JrpU 'I,¨rUc±dU IP§e¨, v¥Gg©n kf±u

G’dooLaht OohFahRahShaht OogVooRahToh, TohkPoh11 V’chohl-MahAh’sayWritten Behold they are The king, Made him great That MordechaiohcU,F o¥v tIk£v `QkN©v Ik§S°D rJ£t hf§S§r¨n

K’tooVeem Hah’loh-Haym HahMehLehch; GeeD’loh Ah’shehr MohrD’chaiAnd Persia. Media Of the kings of Chronicles In the book of

/x¨rpU h©sn hfk©nk 'oh¦n²H©v h¥rc¦S rp¥x kgOohFahRahs. MahDai L’mahlChay HahYahMeem, DeevRay Ahl-SayFehr

At this point the reader pauses, the congregation recites the next final verse, and then the reader repeats it.10:3

Ahasuerus, To King Was second The Jew Mordechai For'JIr¯u§J©j£t QkN©k v®b§J¦n h¦sUv±H©v hf§S§r¨n hF

Ah’chahshVayRohsh, LahMehLehch MeeshNeh HahY’hooDee MohrD’chai KeeGood Seeking His brethren; To many of And pleasing Among the Jews, And greatcIy J¥r«S `uhj®t c«rk hUm¨r±u oh¦sUv±Hk kIs²d±u

Tohv DohRaysh EhChahv; L’rohv V’rahTzooih12 LahY’hooDeem V’gahDohlFor all his seed. Peace And speaking For his nation,/Ig§r³z kfk oIk¨J rc«s±u 'INgk

L’chohl-ZahrOh. ShahLohm V’dohVayr L’ahMoh,


Blessings recited after reading Megillat Esther


HahOhLahm, MehLehch Eh’lohHayNoo Ah’dohNai AhTah BahRoochOur judgment, --- And who judged Our fight, --- Who fought

'Ub¯bh¦S ,t i¨S©v±u 'Ubch¦r ,t cr¨vDeeNayNoo, Eht V’hahDahn ReeVayNoo, Eht HahRahv

Retaliation And who pays Our retaliation, --- And who retaliatedkUn±D oK©J§n©v±u 'Ub¥,¨n§e°b ,t o¥eIB©v±u

G’mool V’hahM’shahLaym NeekMahTayNoo, Eht V’hahNohKehmFor us And who avenges Our soul, Enemies of To allUbk g¨rp°B©v±u 'Ub¥Jp³b hc±h«t kfk

LahNoo V’hahNeefRah NahfShayNoo, OhY’vay L’chohlWho avenges Hashem Are You Blessed From our oppressors.

g¨rp°B©v ²h±h vT©t QUrC /Ubh¥rM¦nHahNeefRah Ah’dohNai AhTah BahRooch MeeTzahRayNoo.

Who saves. The God Their oppressors, From all Israel For His nation/gh¦JIN©v k¥t¨v 'ovh¥rm kF¦n k¥t¨r§G°h INgk

HahMohSheeAh. HahEhl TzahRayHehm, MeeKohl YeesRahAyl L’ahMoh



NotesChapter 11. Not to be confused with HahMohLehch, which is the name of a foreign idol2. Not to be confused with ReetzPaht, which means “a coal of”3. Care should be taken not to read “BeechLee”, which is in the singular “in a vessel4. In a handwritten scroll this word is spelled ifnun.5. Care should be taken not pronounce this “VahAh” (with stress on last syllable), as then the word would become present tense(“and she is not coming”).6. Care should be taken to pronounce the shvah inside the Tahv of this word (i.e. not to read “YeetNoo”), to ensure the word has themeaning of “giving” and not of “making a condition” or similar.7. Not to be confused with ShohRayr which means “singing”. However, some have the custom to read “ShohRayr” also, with theconnotation of “overseer”.

Chapter 21.According to the rules of Hebrew grammar, there is no sound between the letters DahLeht and Tahv in this word. However, if it isdifficult to properly pronounce these two letters consecutively, without swallowing one of them and also without making a pausebetween them so much that the word sounds as if it were two words, then one may make a slight sound between them, i.e."MohLahD'tah*"2 Care should be taken not to read “Chah’dahSheem,” meaning “new ones.”3 Care should be taken to pronounce these words with the stress on their last syllables as they are in present continuous tense,while reading them with the stress on the penultimate syllables makes them into past tense (see also above, 1:17.)4 The word in Hebrew is in the past tense. One should be careful not to read “V’neekRahAh” as that would make it present tense

Chapter 31. In a handwritten scroll this word is spelled orntc, i.e. “B’ohmRahm.”2. Not to be confused with “VahYeekR’oo” which means “And they called”, or “VahYeeKahRoo” which means “And they happened.”3. Care should be taken not to read “GahLoo,” which means “they revealed” or “they were exiled.4. With stress on the penultimate syllable, to indicate past tense.

Chapter 41. Not “NahAh’seh," which means “is done” in present tense, or “we will do.”2. In a handwritten scroll, this word is spelled vbhtuc,u.3. In a handwritten scroll, this word is spelled ohhsuvhc.4. Not “NahTahn,” which means “he gave” as later in the verse, or “NeeTayn,” which means “we will give.5. Not “TahChah’reeShee” with the stress on the last syllable, as that may be interpreted ”my ploughing.6. Not “HeeGahTah,” as that is the masculine form.

Chapter 51. Not “AhSh’roh,” as that would be a causative verb “his enriching” or “enriching him.”2. Not “KahR’oo” – “they called.”

Chapter 61. Not “V’heerKeeVayHoo,” as that is in the singular “and he shall let him ride.”2. Not “VahChah’foo,” as that is the imperative “and cover.

Chapter 81. In a handwritten scroll, this word is spelled ohhsuvhv.2. Care should be taken to accurately pronounce this word, and not say “VahTayvch” or “vahTayfk.”3. Not “B’rahAh,” as the KahMahtz under the Beht implies the definite article.4. In a handwritten scroll, this word is spelled ohhsuvhc.5. For the next few verses, see and compare above, 3:12-14.6. Due to different versions in the text, some have the custom to repeat either this word, this phrase or the entire verse, one timesaying “LahHah’rohg” and the other saying “V’lahHah’rohg.’7. In a handwritten scroll, this word is spelled ohhsuvhv.8. In a handwritten scroll, this word is spelled ohsu,g.9. Not “TzahHoh’lah,” as that means “gladness,” a noun, while the meaning here is a verb.10. With the stress on the penultimate syllable, as having it on the last syllable would make it in the present tense.


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