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And God saw that it was good. There was evening; then there was morning: a third day." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי מְאֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הַיּוֹם וּבֵין הַלָּיְלָה\nוְהָיוּ לְאֹתֹת וּלְמוֹעֲדִים וּלְיָמִים וְשָׁנִים׃ וְהָיוּ לִמְאוֹרֹת בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהָאִיר\nעַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיְהִי־כֵן׃ וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת־הַמָּאוֹר\nהַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם וְאֶת־הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִים׃\nוַיִּתֵּן אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמַיִם לְהָאִיר עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ וּלְמֹשֹׁל בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה\nוּלְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי־טוֹב׃ וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר\nיוֹם רְבִיעִי׃", "transliteration": { "israeli": "va|YO|mer e|lo|HIM ye|HI me-o|ROT bir|KIA ha|sha|MA|yim le|hav|DIL bein ha|YOM u|VEIN ha|lay|LAH\nve|ha|YU le-o|TOT u|le|mo-a|DIM u|le|ya|MIM ve|sha|NIM. ve|ha|YU lim|o|ROT bir|KIA ha|sha|MA|yim le|ha-IR\nal-ha-a|RETZ va|ye|hi-chen. va|ya-AS e|lo|HIM et-sh'NEI ha|me-o|ROT hag|do|LIM et-ha|ma-OR\nha|ga|DOL le|mem|she|LET ha|YOM ve-et-ha|ma-OR ha|ka|TON le|mem|she|LET ha|lay|LAH ve-ET ha|ko|cha|VIM.\nva|yi|TEN o|TAM e|lo|HIM bir|KIA ha|sha|MA|yim le|ha-IR al-ha-a|RETZ. u|le|mo|SHOL ba|YOM u|va|lay|LAH\nu|le|hav|DIL bein ha-OR u|VEIN ha|CHO|shech va|YAR e|lo|HIM ki-tov. va|ye|hi-E|rev va|ye|hi-VO|ker\nyom re|vi-I.", "orthographic": "vay|YOʾ|mer ʾe|lo|HIM ye|HI me|ʾo|ROTH bir|QIAʿ has|sha|MA|yim le|hav|DIL ben hay|YOM u|VEN hal|la|ye|LAH\nve|ha|YU le|ʾo|THOTH u|le|mo|ʿa|DHIM u|le|ya|MIM ve|sha|NIM. ve|ha|YU lim|ʾo|ROTH bir|QIAʿ has|sha|MA|yim le|ha|ʾIR\nʿal-ha|ʾa|RETZ va|ye|hi-khen. vay|ya|ʿAś ʾe|lo|HIM ʾeth-she|NE ham|me|ʾo|ROTH hag|ge|dho|LIM ʾeth-ham|ma|ʾOR\nhag|ga|DHOL le|mem|she|LETH hay|YOM ve|ʾeth-ham|ma|ʾOR haq|qa|ṭON le|mem|she|LETH hal|lay|LAH ve|ʾETH hak|ko|kha|VIM.\nvay|yit|TEN ʾo|THAM ʾe|lo|HIM bir|QIAʿ has|sha|MA|yim le|ha|ʾIR ʿal-ha|ʾa|RETZ. u|le|mo|SHOL bay|YOM u|val|lay|LAH\nu|le|hav|DIL ben ha|ʾOR u|VEN ha|ḥO|shekh vay|YARʾ ʾe|lo|HIM ki-ṭov. va|ye|hi-ʿE|rev va|ye|hi-VO|qer\nyom re|vi|ʿI.", "sephardic": "vay|YO|mer e|lo|HIM ye|HI me|o|ROT bir|QIAʿ has|sha|MA|yim le|hav|DIL ben hay|YOM u|VEN hal|la|ye|LAH\nve|ha|YU le|o|TOT u|le|mo|ʿa|DIM u|le|ya|MIM ve|sha|NIM. ve|ha|YU lim|o|ROT bir|QIAʿ has|sha|MA|yim le|ha|IR\nʿal-ha|a|RETZ va|ye|hi-khen. vay|ya|ʿAS e|lo|HIM et-she|NE ham|me|o|ROT hag|ge|do|LIM et-ham|ma|OR\nhag|ga|DOL le|mem|she|LET hay|YOM ve|et-ham|ma|OR haq|qa|TON le|mem|she|LET hal|lay|LAH ve|ET hak|ko|kha|VIM.\nvay|yit|TEN o|TAM e|lo|HIM bir|QIAʿ has|sha|MA|yim le|ha|IR ʿal-ha|a|RETZ. u|le|mo|SHOL bay|YOM u|val|lay|LAH\nu|le|hav|DIL ben ha|OR u|VEN ha|ḥO|shekh vay|YAR e|lo|HIM ki-tov. va|ye|hi-ʿE|rev va|ye|hi-VO|qer\nyom re|vi|ʿI.", "chabad": "va|YOY|mer e|loy|HIM y'HI m'oy|ROYS bir|KIA ha|sho|MA|yim l'hav|DIL bein ha|YOYM u|VEIN ha|loy'|LOH\nv'ho|YU l'oy|SOYS ul'|moy-a|DIM ul'|yo|MIM v'sho|NIM. v'ho|YU lim|oy|ROYS bir|KIA ha|sho|MA|yim l'ho-IR\nal-ho-o|RETZ vay'|hi-chein. va|ya-AS e|loy|HIM es-sh'NEI ham'-oy|ROYS hag'|doy|LIM es-ha|mo-OYR\nha|go|DOYL l'mem|she|LES ha|YOYM v'es-ha|mo-OYR ha|ko|TOYN l'mem|she|LES ha|lay|LOH v'EIS ha|koy|cho|VIM.\nva|yi|TEIN oy|SOM e|loy|HIM bir|KIA ha|sho|MA|yim l'ho-IR al-ho-o|RETZ. ul'|moy|SHOYL ba|YOYM u|va|lay|LOH\nul'|hav|DIL bein ho-OYR u|VEIN ha|CHOY|shech va|YAR e|loy|HIM ki-toyv. vay'|hi-E|rev vay'|hi-VOY|ker\nyoym r'vi-I." }, "english": "God said, \"Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to divide day from night; let them mark out signs and seasons, days and years; and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to light up the land.\" Thus it came to be. God made the two great lights - the greater light to rule over the day, and the smaller light to rule over the night, and the stars. And He hung them in the dome of the sky, to light up the earth; to rule by day and by night, and to divide light from darkness; and God saw that it was good. There was evening; then there was morning: a fourth day." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יִשְׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם שֶׁרֶץ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה וְעוֹף יְעוֹפֵף עַל־הָאָרֶץ עַל־פְּנֵי\nרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ וַיִּבְרָא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־הַתַּנִּינִם הַגְּדֹלִים וְאֵת כָּל־נֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּה ׀\nהָרֹמֶשֶׂת אֲשֶׁר שָׁרְצוּ הַמַּיִם לְמִינֵהֶם וְאֵת כָּל־עוֹף כָּנָף לְמִינֵהוּ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים\nכִּי־טוֹב׃ וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים לֵאמֹר פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת־הַמַּיִם בַּיַּמִּים וְהָעוֹף\nיִרֶב בָּאָרֶץ׃ וַיְהִי־עֶרֶב וַיְהִי־בֹקֶר יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי׃", "transliteration": { "israeli": "va|YO|mer e|lo|HIM yish|re|TZU ha|ma|YIM SHE|retz NE|fesh cha|YAH ve-OF ye-o|FEF al-ha-a|RETZ al-p'NEI\nre|KIA ha|sha|MA|yim. va|yiv|RA e|lo|HIM et-ha|ta|ni|NIM hag|do|LIM ve-ET kol-NE|fesh ha|cha|YAH \nha|ro|me|SET a|SHER sha|re|TZU ha|ma|YIM le|mi|ne|HEM ve-ET kol-of ka|NAF le|mi|ne|HU va|YAR e|lo|HIM\nki-tov. vay|va|RECH o|TAM e|lo|HIM lei|MOR p'RU u|re|VU u|mil|U et-ha|ma|YIM ba|ya|MIM ve|ha-OF\nYI|rev ba-a|RETZ. va|ye|hi-E|rev va|ye|hi-VO|ker yom cha|mi|SHI.", "orthographic": "vay|YOʾ|mer ʾe|lo|HIM yish|re|TZU ham|ma|YIM SHE|retz NE|fesh ḥay|YAH ve|ʿOF ye|ʿo|FEF ʿal-ha|ʾa|RETZ ʿal-pe|NE\nre|QIAʿ has|sha|MA|yim. vay|yiv|RAʾ ʾe|lo|HIM ʾeth-hat|tan|ni|NIM hag|ge|dho|LIM ve|ʾETH kol-NE|fesh ha|ḥay|YAH \nha|ro|me|śETH ʾa|SHER sha|re|TZU ham|ma|YIM le|mi|ne|HEM ve|ʾETH kol-ʿof ka|NAF le|mi|ne|HU vay|YARʾ ʾe|lo|HIM\nki-ṭov. va|ye|va|REKH ʾo|THAM ʾe|lo|HIM leʾ|MOR pe|RU u|re|VU u|mil|ʾU ʾeth-ham|ma|YIM bay|yam|MIM ve|ha|ʿOF\nYI|rev ba|ʾa|RETZ. va|ye|hi-ʿE|rev va|ye|hi-VO|qer yom ḥa|mi|SHI.", "sephardic": "vay|YO|mer e|lo|HIM yish|re|TZU ham|ma|YIM SHE|retz NE|fesh ḥay|YAH ve|ʿOF ye|ʿo|FEF ʿal-ha|a|RETZ ʿal-pe|NE\nre|QIAʿ has|sha|MA|yim. vay|yiv|RA e|lo|HIM et-hat|tan|ni|NIM hag|ge|do|LIM ve|ET kol-NE|fesh ha|ḥay|YAH \nha|ro|me|SET a|SHER sha|re|TZU ham|ma|YIM le|mi|ne|HEM ve|ET kol-ʿof ka|NAF le|mi|ne|HU vay|YAR e|lo|HIM\nki-tov. va|ye|va|REKH o|TAM e|lo|HIM le|MOR pe|RU u|re|VU u|mil|U et-ham|ma|YIM bay|yam|MIM ve|ha|ʿOF\nYI|rev ba|a|RETZ. va|ye|hi-ʿE|rev va|ye|hi-VO|qer yom ḥa|mi|SHI.", "chabad": "va|YOY|mer e|loy|HIM yish|r'TZU ha|ma|YIM SHE|retz NE|fesh cha|YOH v'OYF y'oy|FEIF al-ho-o|RETZ al-p'NEI\nr'KIA ha|sho|MO|yim. va|yiv|RO e|loy|HIM es-ha|ta|ni|NIM hag'|doy|LIM v'EIS kol-NE|fesh ha|cha|YOH \nho|roy|me|SES a|SHER shor'|TZU ha|ma|YIM l'mi|nei|HEM v'EIS kol-oyf ko|NOF l'mi|nei|HU va|YAR e|loy|HIM\nki-toyv. vay'|vo|RECH oy|SOM e|loy|HIM lei|MOYR p'RU ur'|VU u|mil|U es-ha|ma|YIM ba|ya|MIM v'ho-OYF\nYI|rev bo-o|RETZ. vay'|hi-E|rev vay'|hi-VOY|ker yoym cha|mi|SHI." }, "english": "God said, \"Let the water swarm with schools of living things; and let flying creatures fly across the land, against the dome of the sky. And God created the great sea beasts, and living things of all kinds that crawl and that swarm within the waters, and winged, flying creatures of all kinds; and He saw that it was good. God blessed them: \"Be fruitful, grow numerous, fill the waters of the seas; and let the creatures that fly grow many on the land.\" There was evening; then there was morning: a fifth day." } ], "footer": [ { "type": "Commentary", "text": "here that the universe has a precisely calibrated mathematical structure at every level, from the microscopic to the cosmological." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "The text is also designed to show that creation has an underlying order. For the first three days, God establishes a series of distinct domains from the undifferentiated void: On the first day, He separates light from darkness and day from night, on the second, the upper and lower waters, on the third, sea from dry land. For the next three days God furnishes each of the domains with the appropriate objects and life-forms: On the fourth day, the sun, moon and stars, on the fifth, birds and fish, on the sixth, animals and humankind." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "The key verb, appearing five times, is ב-ד-ל, meaning \"to distinguish, demarcate, separate.\" This will eventually become a key word relating to the priests: they will be charged with distinguishing between pure and impure, holy and mundane. There is a sacred ontology, a God-given structure to the universe whose integrity we are commanded to respect and preserve." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "how God created the world, but that God created the world. It did not merely happen. Behind the emergent order of the universe is a God who loves creativity and order." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "The creation narrative is not a substitute for science, but rather the articulation of fundamental moral principles that govern our understanding of the universe and our place within it. The first is that the world is good - the word chimes like a motif, no less than seven times. This in itself is a radical rejection of the view, widespread in the ancient world, and to some extent throughout history, that the physical world is bad, the arena of pain, suffering and injustice, from which we are liberated only by death and life-after-death." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "Then there is the deep structure of the text itself. As modern commentators have noted, the pattern of seven - a universe created in seven days - lies not only on the surface, but is also replicated in less obvious ways throughout. So, for example, there are seven words in the first verse, fourteen in the second, thirty-five in the closing three verses describing the seventh day. The word Elokim, \"God,\" appears thirty-five times, eretz, \"earth,\" twenty-one times, and the passage as a whole contains 469 (7x67) words. There is an intimation" } ] } }, "links": [ { "rel": "parent", "title": "Koren Shalem Siddur", "href": "/siddur/koren-shalem.json" }, { "rel": "prev", "title": "Reading For The Hatan Bereshit", "href": "/siddur/koren-shalem/1386-1387-1218-1219-simhat-torah-reading-for-the-hatan-bereshit.json" }, { "rel": "next", "title": "Reading For The Hatan Bereshit", "href": "/siddur/koren-shalem/1390-1391-1218b-1219b-simhat-torah-reading-for-the-hatan-bereshit.json" } ] }