AI English Translation, Pages 251-275
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On the sixth day of the week, the fifth day of the month of Adar, in the year five thousand six hundred
and eighteen since the creation of the world, according to the reckoning we are accustomed to use here in Baghdad,
the city situated on the river Tigris and well-waters, how Rabbi Isaac, son of Rabbi Solomon,
said to this woman, Mrs. Simcha, daughter of Rabbi Isaac, my wife: "Be my wife according to the law of
Moses and Israel, and I shall work for, honor, provide for and support you in the manner of Jewish men
who work for, honor, provide for and support their wives in truth; and I give you the dowry
of your virginity, two hundred silver zuz which belong to you, and your food, your clothing, your necessities, and to live
with you as is the way of all the earth." And this Mrs. Simcha consented and became his wife; and this
is the dowry that she brought to him from her father's house, whether in silver, gold, or jewelry,
clothing, or bedding; all this Rabbi Isaac, this groom, accepted upon himself
as one hundred and fifty Reals. And Rabbi Isaac, this groom, consented and added for her from his own
on top of the principal of her Ketubah fifty Reals; thus the total of her Ketubah, including principal,
dowry, and addition, is two hundred Reals, besides the two hundred zuz that belong to her from the start.
And thus said Rabbi Isaac, this groom: "The responsibility for this Ketubah, this dowry, and this addition,
I take upon myself and my heirs after me, to be paid from all the best property and possessions
that I have under all the heavens, which I have acquired or which I shall acquire, property that has
security and property that has no security; all of them shall be responsible and serve as a guarantee to pay from them
this Ketubah, this dowry, and this addition, even from the cloak upon my shoulders,
during my life and after my life, from this day and forever." And the responsibility and the weight of this Ketubah deed,
this dowry, and this addition, Rabbi Isaac, this groom, took upon himself like the weight of all
Ketubah deeds customary for the daughters of Israel, made according to the regulation of our Sages of blessed memory, not
as a mere promise and not as a form of documents. And we have performed a symbolic acquisition from Rabbi Isaac, son of Rabbi Solomon,
this groom, for Mrs. Simcha, daughter of this Rabbi Isaac, regarding everything written and specified
above, with an instrument fit to perform an acquisition; and everything is valid, clear, and established.
⟦illegible⟧ Witness
⟦illegible⟧ Witness
And what he will take from with him 500 and from them 500 and their fixed amount which they spent because -
With them for a year and handed over to Rachel in every month 2500 per kur
In Shawwal 2500 per kur and handed over to Daoud Youssef from his account as atonement but
He takes from Warda because their expenses and if there was with him from the kur
All of it with me and likewise dinars with him and if there was with him from the kur
And more for the owner of the need because they have with them likewise 2500 per kur
And its expenditure in the year because but in every month 2500 per kur
So that is also by taking dinars in the year 2500
Upon that dinars he took ⟦illegible⟧ dinars
And that he assists in that regarding 3000 dinars
⟦illegible⟧ 3000 dinars which is due to the wet-nurse
And from those who assist for the sake of the wet-nurse in the year 2500 dinars
To Rachel who is entitled for a year 2500 dinars
And he took in the year in that <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> he takes and so
And from them 500 and from them 500 and their fixed amount which he takes from with him
In the year in that and handed over to Rachel in every month 2500 per kur
And expenditure for a year in a month 2500 per kur because
And its fixed amount for a year for the kur in every month 2500 per kur
And in the year in that and handed over to Rachel in every month 2500 per kur
In a month 2500 per kur and handed over
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Dripped
And likewise he had children from the daughter of the deceased Solomon David
Rahamim Jacob to Menahem from the wives of his uncle David and likewise
To the deceased Aaron son of David Moussa Lulu had two daughters named
Masuda and Farah, and also the brother of the deceased Ezekiel Rahamim David
Had one daughter who married Menashe Elias David ⟦...⟧
// The deceased Solomon son of David Moussa Lulu
⟦blue ink⟧ Double from the inheritance of his father ⟦/blue ink⟧
Obtained by the hand of the deceased Menahem son of his sister from the time until this date
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And that which reached the total thereof as the initial capital in Dirhams
Five hundred and thirty-five and a quarter and a half and a quarter that day at the price
Marlo. And with the ease of that in the half we calculated for him the quarter that arrived
As a second payment. On the capital of this year which is from the beginning of the year 659
And the right of Menahem from the capital of the aforementioned belongs to him from that
Half and it belongs to him from that according to what he has from the profit i.e. half
The mentioned capital and after what goes for the expenses of the generations and the property and other
Than that as it is recorded in our ledgers and the net profit was that which
Was obtained in our hand from the year 659 until the end of the year 661 is the amount of
One hundred and fifty riyals and a half Islamic riyal and a silver quarter and a half of
That goes to the deceased Menahem that goes to him from that
From that goes to the deceased Solomon in his account for the Menahem
In the name of His Honor, Allah, the Most High, the Great, that was on the second day, Diyah
which was the second of KH ⟦L⟧ <del>straight</del> ⟦...⟧ the second
and eighty of a thousand hundred in a thousand hundred ⟦...⟧ hundred ⟦...⟧
from <del>thousand</del> thousand which was on 22 Tammuz
in the time in the Sublime Divan which was the Divan
the victorious kings in the Divan of the kings
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A story of Mr. Joseph al-Andalusi who was a servant to our master
King Almanzor in the West, for he was a righteous man who feared the Lord more than many
in the Torah of the Lord, for he had it and would not leave anything
that he would not fulfill, but he was poor and needy always
and all his days he would sit in fasting and would not eat or drink
And on one of the days the holiday of Shavuot came and he went down from the palace
of the king to go to his house to eat the double bread
And behold, an Ishmaelite man came to him and said to him: Oh my master Joseph, know
that I have a large courtyard and it has a well of living water
and I want to sell it to you for one hundred gold pieces, and he took the money
and gave it to him and he went to his house and ate and drank and was glad
And on the second day he went to inspect the courtyard and found it ruined and there was
nothing in it except for the well alone, and he went to the king's house
to do his work, and it happened on that day that the king's servants came and said
to him: Our master the king wants you, and you shall go with them, and he came
to the king and found him sitting and happy and in good spirits and he said
to him: The king, Oh Joseph, listen to one thing from me and do it
and I will give you whatever you request from me, and Joseph said to him
And blessed is she who lives after
the written from the hand of the good of the banner, the written as it was written and the written
so the written upon it as was written the banner and given from as
and in it and the written from who has not in it here as the written guardian of the banner
the written and the in it the from challenged as the written and in it ⟦illegible⟧
and the written the written the written as the written ⟦illegible⟧ from who has in it
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And your daughter's daughter in the cursed foundation, a priest, his name is a symbol, and I shall see you in it
Do not paint blue for ⟦...⟧ in it, a high priest ate in it, a name to tread
His sheep to the ground and it was like this, and it falls upon this
The green copper table, and whoever sees you, Ina, from his mind wants to finish you
And unless I took you, Ina, and from us ⟦...⟧ he wants it, Ina, it will destroy his hatred for you
Support likewise, likewise from him, likewise Ina Ina Ina Ina come O hatred
Except come Ina from you and from us, from you and from us, come Ina, come O hatred
⟦...⟧ heal them upon your head, upon come hide him, Karnir, a Lord who loves you, Ina
Come come Ina Ina and not Ina take Ina brothers Ina Ina and all Ina Ina
And likewise O Krakhak, he wants it Ina Ina thus Ina
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My master, my uncle, may his light shine, many greetings as is due to your high honor
May you shine, and all the members of your household and all those joined to you, peace, and all that is yours
peace. Your clear letter arrived correctly yesterday, Tuesday, and in it
I read and rejoiced at its arrival, and I saw that his honor, thank God, is in good health
and life for long years. Regarding the matter which you wrote to me about the matter
of Mr. Salem, may his Rock and Redeemer preserve him, I have already written to his honor in my previous letter that
I spoke with the aforementioned and he gave me a clear answer that he has no time
now. And he told me that he would write to your honor himself. And I do not know if
he wrote or not. And in any case I will speak with him again and see
what he will answer. And regarding the business of the wool ⟦...⟧
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currently the prices have dropped a bit and there are no buyers ⟦...⟧
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And it
should not be hidden from her like others who know the way. Rather, she possesses a
high status. Therefore, she must be meticulous in observation
in every movement and stillness, and in every thought that crosses her mind
so that her conduct is correct as befits <her status> her lofty status in which
she walks. So let her not be deceived by herself and say, "I have reached
a level that enables me to act as I please without opposition."
For vanity thwarts a person and casts them to the lowest depths,
and likewise conceit. Whoever sees themselves with an eye of satisfaction has destroyed themselves,
and whoever sees people as beneath them is the one despised by God and by people.
And as it was said: whoever humbles themselves for God, He raises them, and whoever is arrogant toward Him, He humbles them.
A grievous matter and a great loss. So beware, O my sister, of these
vices that cause harm and regret when there is no time for regret.
And if the soul that commands evil entices you, do not listen to it,
but rather repel its cunning and remind it of the transience of the world and the speed of the passing
of its highness and elevation if it is not founded upon
the fear of God and His obedience.
And always read the biographies of the righteous and the lives of the prophets and messengers
who served God with a sound heart and pure intention, seeking
no reward or thanks for their service except for the sake of God Almighty and seeking
His pleasure. For those are the ones who won eternal happiness
and the permanent good that does not fade or perish. However, do not
belittle yourself and say, "Who am I compared to them? Those are prophets
and saints, and I am one of the common people," for God loves the righteous.
Rather, look at the poor man toiling for his livelihood while you are at ease in your mind.
O heedless one, know your truth; this word <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> will be your final outcome.
Just as happened to this heedless one, whose mind was not occupied
with any matter of his world, and he went under and most people followed his desire ⟦line⟧
He used to come out of the bath, go to the market to look at the people,
and return to the house to eat, drink, and be merry, and the world passed him by. ⟦line⟧
And he was wandering one of those days,
and it happened to him that he went to see the gardens outside.
He went there and sat down to look at the creatures and the people coming and going.
Then he saw a man of handsome appearance and prestige riding a horse,
and he spurred the horse toward him. When he reached him,
he dismounted from the horse, greeted him, and said to him, 'O my master, I am a stranger;
will you accept me to be your servant, to serve you in everything you command me?'
He said to him, 'Yes, my son, welcome.'
And listen, take my brotherly advice, your father's counsel in a thousand parables; if you would listen,
you would know and understand the matter of the Truth, and gain your world and your hereafter.
And to you, O heedless one, occupy your mind with obedience to God, may He be exalted, and with obedience to parents; take
advice from me, for this heedless one whom we mentioned to you, his news
and his story with the youth who served him, if you would hear and accept.
That servant took from him and said to him, 'O my master, I desire from your grace
that you make me a place where I may sit alone and no one may enter upon me.'
So he brought him a room from among the rooms that he had.
David
<del>Part One</del>
Said David son of Joseph son of Job, known as Daud Cogah son of Joseph son of Job
of blessed memory, author of the book Lashon Limmudim and the book Kisse David and the book
Michtam Le-David and the book Yad David and the book Kelal David and the book Zechut David
and the book Shir David and the book Tehillah Le-David and the book Pi Kerem David
⟦...⟧ <del>⟦...⟧</del> this is the book Vayashev David, dealing with the matters of this
world, as the ancient proverb: 'he shot and sat down' [proverb and allegory], and for all the strong hand
which is in the hand of every man, for God already made man upright
but they have sought out many schemes, and there is no advantage to the master of the tongue, and also
because Kohelet sought to find words of delight, and written uprightly are words of truth
for the superiority of man over beast is nothing, for all is vanity, and what is crooked
cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be numbered, and there is a thing of which it is said: see
this is new, it has already been in the ages which were before us, and there is no remembrance
for the former things, and also for the latter ones that will be, there will be no remembrance for them among those who will be
at the last, since he is also flesh, and his days shall be one hundred and twenty years
and it is toil and anger and vexation of spirit; also every man who eats and drinks and sees
good in all his toil, it is the gift of God. And I saw that there is an advantage to wisdom
over folly as the advantage of light over darkness. The wise man's eyes are in his head
but the fool walks in darkness, and one fate happens to them all, and there is no
advantage to the wise man more than the fool <del>⟦...⟧</del> what more has the wise man
than the poor man who knows how to walk before the living? A good name is better than good oil, and the day
of death than the day of birth. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house
of feasting, for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.
Anger is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house
of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise
than for a man to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so
is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity. For oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys
the heart of a gift. Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is the patient in spirit
than the proud in spirit. Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Say not: 'How was it that the former days were better
than these?' For it is not out of wisdom that you ask concerning this. Wisdom is good with an inheritance
The governor of Denia went and returned and this is his word to him and peace and they asked about him all of them
and peace <del>upon him and to the governor the governor</del> Muhammad bin <del>Abdullah al-Husayni</del> in Denia and peace upon him
and peace upon him and returned <del>Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Husayni</del>
The governor in Maskuba and returned to him the governor and returned for them Sukuba and returned
the governor and returned and other than Denia for him in peace upon him for him in peace upon him
in returned for him and peace <del>upon him</del> and peace upon him returned for him in Denia peace
the governor and returned for him in returned for him and peace returned for him in Denia peace
and all peace returned in Denia and peace returned in Denia in Denia
because all <del>peace</del> returned for him in peace and returned for him in peace and returned for him in peace
<del>and peace upon him and peace</del> and peace upon him for him in peace for him and peace upon him and all of that
and peace for him <del>and peace upon him</del> for him in peace for him in peace for him in peace
the governor and returned much for him and peace upon him returned for him and peace upon him in
and peace for him in returned and peace returned for him in returned and peace returned
the governor and returned much and peace for him and peace for him in peace upon him and peace returned
in Denia returned for him in peace and returned for him in peace and returned for him in peace
and in returned much and peace for him and peace returned for him and peace returned for him and peace returned
and peace much and peace for him and in much and peace returned for him in for him
for him returned and peace returned <del>for him</del> and peace returned for him in for him and peace
and peace for him in returned and peace for him in returned and peace returned for him in returned
returned much and peace and peace returned and peace because returned for him in for him
Dallah
To my lord, my teacher and my rabbi, the Sage
Great peace, very much, from the Name, blessed be He, Amen, and so may it be His will
After inquiring of the peace of the splendor of the honor of your excellence, as they are
Returning ⟦...⟧ my beloved to you, and may your God find you ⟦...⟧
And to me, my teacher and my rabbi, that you should know that our God sent peace in our house, blessed be He
And blessed be His name, blessed be He forever and ever, blessed be He and blessed be His name
As it is written in the portion of Vayechi, for there is peace in your house and peace upon you
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He and blessed be His name, blessed be He
Even though I had nothing in my hand but a little peace, and we, blessed be the Name
A thousand times, great in kindness is the God, our God, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He and blessed be His name, blessed be He
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He and blessed be His name, blessed be He
From all evil and bad occurrence, Amen, and so may it be His will, Amen, and so may it be His will
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From all evil and bad occurrence, Amen, and so may it be His will, Amen, and so may it be His will
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He and blessed be His name, blessed be He
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name
Blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name
Our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name, blessed be He
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name
And blessed be the Name our God, blessed be He, blessed be He and blessed be His name
They said in the generation of so-and-so and behind what was mentioned regarding one of them in Yatar
There was a gold game ⟦...⟧ God will choose
How Murad and he will return the ⟦...⟧
Abu ⟦...⟧ came with him
I was descending like fire ⟦...⟧
And he rode upon ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ command like wine and he returned generously ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ how they extended and he went out to the sea ⟦...⟧
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They extended and I returned to the pit in ⟦...⟧
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And I also write ⟦...⟧
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And a doctor returned, his memory entered ⟦...⟧
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And memorialize the soul of Mr. Y. heir of Mr. Sivan ⟦...⟧ and Mansour Cohen and Gorgi and Rahamim
and Rivka and Rachel and Khatoon and Farha and Rachel and like Murad and Masuda
and Abu Talib and Salman and Mansour and Khatoon and Salima and Naima and Daha and Menashe and R. David and Khosrow
and Saleh and Salman and Meir and Moshe and Naim and Simha and Rachel and all who follow them and Menachem and Sarah
and Mansour and Eliyahu and Yosef and those who follow them and Ghazala and Naim and R. Yehezkel and R. Yaakov and Salah
and Korgi and Shoshana and Meir and Menachem Yair and Sivan and Eliyahu and Menashe and like Ezra and Farha
and Shaul and R. Faraj and Gorgi and Rahamim and Menashe and Naim and Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. Yosef
and like Khalifa and R. Eliyahu and R. Yehezkel and Sultana and Sarah and Rachel and like Naima and Rivka
and like Yosef and Naim and R. Rahamim and R. Yaakov and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Meir
and Eliyahu and Salim and Naim and R. Avraham and R. David and Menashe and Sarah
or Yosef and Farha and Salah and Yosef and R. Aaron and R. Shalom and R. Moshe and R. Yosef and R. Yitzhak and R. Avraham
and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and Yosef and R. Yitzhak and R. Aaron and R. Shimon and R. David and R. Shaul and R. Yitzhak and R. David and R. Aaron
and the rest is good for everyone and especially Mr. Nazal like Menashe and Salim and Naim
and Esther and Salima and Menashe and Khatoon and all who follow them, May it be the will, Blessed be He and Exalted
In Your mercy Yehezkel and Shimon and Rahamim and Esther and all their family and like Yosef and Moshe
and Yehezkel and Khatoon and Said and Farha and Yosef and R. Menashe and R. Yosef and R. Levi and R. David
and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Menashe and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R.
David and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Menashe
and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Menashe
and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Menashe
and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Menashe
and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Menashe
and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Menashe
and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Menashe
and R. Yosef and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Yehezkel and R. David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu and R. David and R. Menashe
Said and Naim and Yosef
and Salah and Farha and Rachel
and Khatoon and all who follow them
and like Yosef and Naim and R.
Yehezkel and R. Yaakov and R.
David and R. Yosef and R. Eliyahu
and R. David and R. Meir and Eliyahu
and Salim and Naim and R. Avraham
and R. David and Menashe and Sarah
And one should not forgive even a single prutah of consecrated property, and all the more so the Torah and the Rabbis,
for it is forbidden to despise any Torah scholar, and so too between one who blesses and one who does not bless ⟦...⟧
And even regarding a change in the custom of the prayer leader <del>etc.</del> such as in the building Etz Chaim peace be upon him
where they were not accustomed to bless after Sim Shalom, and our master the Ben Ish Chai of blessed memory instructed there in his place
to bless according to the law of "Returning His Presence to Zion," and even though they were not accustomed in the Great Synagogue
there in Jerusalem may it be rebuilt and established speedily in our days, they do not bless, but this one instructed to bless there
and they accepted his instruction; and so too several thousand differences that are not like the building of Etz
Chaim peace be upon him, and all this depends on the heart toward Heaven, provided that he directs his heart to Heaven.
And even so, let him not change in a way that causes public dispute so as not to come to a quarrel, God forbid, all
the days of his life he shall pursue peace, for peace is great, as it is written: "seek peace and pursue it."
And even if it is not for its own sake, he will come to do it for its own sake, and from [doing it] not for its own sake he will come to [doing it] for its own sake,
and from [doing it] not for its own sake, Torah and fear of Heaven and acts of kindness will come to this, as it is said:
On three things the world stands: on the Torah, on the service, and on acts of kindness,
and perforce the Torah is the main thing, and the study of Torah is equivalent to them all.
And even if he is pursued by an evil person, he should flee from him and not quarrel with him,
and even in his home he should be careful to be humble before every person, and especially before his wife
and his children, also from his father-in-law and mother-in-law and brothers-in-law, and all the more so his father and mother, whose honor he must be very careful of
in their old age when they do not have the strength to suffer anything, even one harsh word,
and all the more so during the time of their illness, God forbid, he should be very careful not to distress them, God forbid, even with a hint.
And even if they say an improper thing to him, he should be silent and say to them: You have spoken well and beautifully,
and he should say to them: Life and kindness, do not forsake me and do not abandon me until very old age and hoary head,
O God, do not forsake me, etc. Amen, so may it be the will of our Father in Heaven.
My God, create the thoughts of my heart for good and for His service.
Mercy
so that the matter is fine and clear, and he shall say to the Jews in their anger:
Do not fear and do not be dismayed, for I am with you to save you
from the hand of the king, for his power is great and we are few and soft
on a pure day the faces of the wicked, and save us from the hand of the adversary and every weapon
in our city is peace, and we trusted in God who saved us from all evil
And now hear me, my masters, and I will tell you a thing that is good and right in the eyes of
the king, for he loved his people, and would that it were in your heart like the priest of my people and not
be hatred between you and the king and his second, and he shall do
the king according to all that he spoke, and he shall do good to you and to all who join you
and you, you and all that is yours, and peace shall be to you always and all
life of flesh and spirit
And the people answered and said: For this thing we are ready to do
and all that you command us we will do, and all that you say we will hear
with a whole heart we are your people together, and whoever does not listen to your word
shall surely die, only be very strong and courageous, and do not be dismayed and do not fear
for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go
And Mordecai heard these words and rejoiced with great joy
and he fell on his face to the ground and prostrated himself to the Lord and blessed the people and said
Blessed be the Lord who did not cease to provide a redeemer for Israel, and now
arise and let us go up to the house of the Lord and prostrate ourselves to Him and give thanks to His name for He is good
for His mercy endures forever
Head after the thought that does not turn as in the ⟦...⟧ that does not turn
Become that which as the intellect is used, likewise that which uses the intellect which
Likewise that which has no evidence just as he has evidence that which has
That which he becomes that which is in the intellect, likewise that which he is that which is in the intellect
That which he is
That which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
That which is in that which has no evidence, likewise that which has no evidence in that which
That which has no evidence
That which is in that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
In that which has no evidence in that which <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> that which is in that which
In that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
In that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
<del>In that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which</del>
<del>In that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which</del>
That which is in that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
In that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
In that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
In that which has no evidence in that which
That which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
In that which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
That which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
That which has no evidence in that which has no evidence in that which
Merciful
When David came on the morning of Yom Kippur to the synagogue and read the Torah scroll,
for Musaf he went up to the Hekhal to read the Haftarah and the Musaf. They opened
the Book of Jonah for him, and he stood and read before the eyes of the people, and he read it all
very well with melody and cantillation marks, such that in all of that
synagogue they were weeping from the words of God Almighty out of fear, except for David –
And after the Musaf prayer was completed, and from David's standing on that day,
all the people remained ⟦...⟧ looking at him and kissing his hands. And he did not eat
nor drink from the night of Kippur until the night of Sukkot while he was fasting,
and he stood on the day of Sukkot and prayed the holiday prayer and went up for Musaf –
and he read "Yosef bi-yos Yosef" oil, and the people kissed his hand and went
to their homes rejoicing.
And from a long time ago, what belonged to David son of Jesse the Kohen at that
time, he stood with great honor. Another went through every
synagogue with him as an additional Kohen and was imprisoned except for paying ...
⟦...⟧ from the Sabbath day, and on the Sabbath day he went up
to the Torah scroll and read the weekly portion as required,
and he had a beautiful voice and a good reading. And at the conclusion of the Sabbath,
that is after Havdalah, a group of Jews came to hear
from David stories of the time of the Prophet David, peace be upon him, what happened to him from
that time until the time of his death. And David stood and told them
words of truth and correctness, and that was on Sunday night, the 26th of Elul, and the truth.
⟦illegible⟧
Seeking good for his people and speaking peace to all his seed, so says the mouth of Phinehas
And I am ignorant and do not know, and I am a poor woman and bitter and wretched and lonely
And a widow, and a joyful mother of children, and if she vowed, and if she vowed or bound
An obligation upon her soul in her father's house in her youth, and her father heard her vow
And her obligation which she bound upon her soul, and her father remained silent to her, then shall stand
All her vows, and every obligation which she bound upon her soul shall stand. But if he hindered
Her father, her on the day he heard, all her vows and her obligations which she bound upon
Her soul shall not stand, and the Lord will forgive her because her father hindered her. And if
She should happen to be for a man and her vows be upon her or the utterance of her lips which
She bound upon her soul
And her husband heard on the day he heard and remained silent to her, then her vows and her obligations which
She bound upon her soul shall stand. But if on the day her husband hears he hinders her
And breaks her vow which is upon her and the utterance of her lips which she bound
Upon her soul, then the Lord will forgive her. And the vow of a widow and a divorced woman, all that
<del>she bound</del> <del>upon her soul</del> <del>shall stand upon her</del>. And if in her husband's house she vowed or bound
An obligation upon her soul by an oath, and her husband heard and remained silent to her, did not hinder
Her, then all her vows and every obligation which she bound upon her soul shall stand
But if her husband surely breaks them on the day he hears, everything that came out of
Her lips regarding her vows and regarding the obligation of her soul shall not stand; her husband broke them and the Lord
Will forgive her. Every vow and every binding oath
To afflict the soul, her husband may establish it and her husband may break it. But if her husband remains silent
To her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows or
All her obligations which are upon her; he established them because he remained silent to her on the day
He heard. But if he shall surely break them after he heard, then he shall bear her iniquity.
In the name of
Good remembrance and blessing and life and peace from heaven for all Israel Amen and Amen
Selah Amen so may it be the will and so may it be the will from heaven so may it be the will
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Amen and Amen Selah and blessing and life and peace and all good
Amen in the name of El Shaddai I am that I am and blessing and life and all good
And life and peace and blessing and life and all good and life and peace and all good and life
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and life and peace and all good from heaven for all Israel Amen and Amen
And blessing and all good and life and peace and all good from heaven for all Israel Amen
Amen Selah Amen so may it be the will from heaven for all Israel Amen and Amen Selah
Selah Amen and Amen Selah and blessing and life and peace and all good from heaven
And blessing and all good and life and peace and all good from heaven for all Israel
And blessing and all good and life and peace and all good from heaven for all Israel Amen
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and blessing and all good and life and peace and all good from heaven
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
In the name of the Merciful One remember
God of Abraham God of Isaac and God of Jacob from heaven for all Israel
Amen and Amen Selah and blessing and life and peace and all good from heaven
For all Israel Amen and Amen Selah and blessing and life and peace and all good from
heaven for all Israel Amen and Amen Selah and blessing and life and peace and all
good from heaven for all Israel Amen and Amen Selah and blessing and life and peace
And all good from heaven for all Israel Amen and Amen Selah and blessing and life
And peace and all good from heaven for all Israel Amen and Amen Selah and blessing
And life and peace and all good from heaven for all Israel Amen and Amen Selah
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and blessing and life and peace and all good from heaven for all Israel
Amen and Amen Selah and blessing and life and peace and all good from heaven for all Israel
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Four cases were brought, but whoever denies these three departed from them once after another.
If he says his bad speech appears before them, and whoever makes his good speech appear
to the people, and his speech is walking only on a support, only he sees and exceeds the power
with knowledge and with a tongue that returns the word of God the Exalted, knowing the permitted and the forbidden.
He shall be ⟦...⟧ all the people love you, because he who is well-mannered is beloved,
and he who is coarse of nature is loathed by the people. And he should not have
filth on his clothes, and his garment should be clean always and at all times, because
cleanliness is from faith, and the ⟦...⟧ people flee from him and do not accept
his word. And he should not be like the outcast who is loathed by every
one. And he should be truthful in all his sayings, not a liar with a fair mouth
and a bitter heart; he should be truthful of tongue and heart with people. And God
the Exalted loves the truthful in his speech and has mercy on him. And he who is
a liar, God the Exalted hates him and the people hate him, and he shall not have
great joy or expansion. And he should not be angry, getting upset over everything,
but should be broad-hearted, bearing everything. And he should not be spiteful, carrying
anger in his heart against anyone, because God the Exalted says: You shall not take vengeance
nor bear a grudge against the children of your people. And this one who carries spite in his heart
is like the madman who kills himself with his own hand, and he shall have no
rest in this world or the hereafter, because the spiteful person dies of grief and oppression.
And let the fear of God the Exalted be set before his eyes always, and let him not wrong
anyone, and let him not eat the wealth of the people through forbidden means, and let him be faithful
with people. And he who is faithful, God the Exalted will bless him in his wealth.
RM
He said to her, the wicked are dust and you shall return to dust, as it is written, And the
dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God, etc. -
and it is written, you shall surely die, and this is your death, you are dust, the hands of the wicked are dust
but ash is the burning of fire, as it is said, and he took the ash and scattered it, etc.
and so is the explanation, strong <del>and</del> nullified, you are made of dust -
and it is written, and he is bound and placed in prison, as it is said, For man also knoweth
not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, etc.
it is written as a net
And already Joseph was a master to an angel and there is no dividing screen between you like a
firmament of heaven over your earthly dust and a fence, for after he returned to you
and not this, but your inclination that was in him, and this name that they called bound <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
is not, for Joseph the Righteous did not do, for I am the Lord your God, nullified dust
and it is written, and all the faces of the staff are his, but it is a decree of heaven, the king atoned
for it, for a king of flesh and blood is a king
And the Karaites and our Sages of blessed memory have already explained that this name of the staff has a second reason, for so
is the verse, My name is within him, which is a parable, to what is the matter comparable? To a king of flesh and blood
to one of his beloved whom he sent to a province and he did not behave properly in the province, and the king commanded
that they should imprison him in the prison house, and they rebelled against the king and said, we will not imprison him, and the king sent
a minister and a high official and said to them, imprison him, and to him also they did not listen
and the king sent his only son and said to them, he is my son
listen to him, immediately they were afraid of the king and of the son, and they arose
and wanted to appease him, for they regretted what they had done
For wisdom has an advantage over folly as light has an advantage over darkness.
The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and I also knew
that one fate happens to them all. And I said in my heart, as the fate of
the fool, so it will happen to me too; and why then was I more wise? And I spoke in my heart
that this too is vanity. For there is no remembrance of the wise man along with the fool forever,
inasmuch as in the coming days all is forgotten. And how does the wise man die along with the fool?
And I hated life, for the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me; for
all is vanity and a pursuit of wind. And I hated all my labor in which I labor
under the sun, that I should leave it to the man who will be after me.
And thus the double expression will be understood: "For wisdom has an advantage over folly as light has an advantage over darkness,"
as will be explained with the help of God, may His name be blessed forever, Amen, Eternity, Selah.
Know that wisdom is the light of the intellect, and folly is the absence of light, which is darkness.
And this is because the intellect is a spiritual substance emanating from God, may He be blessed, and it is separate from
matter, and it is not a body nor a power within the body, and it is eternal, existing forever and ever, and is not
dependent on time; and it is the true form of man that sustains him, and it is the image
of God, for He made man in His image, in the image of God He created him.
And behold, while this soul is in the body of man, it is imprisoned in the bonds of the body,
the murky and the dark, and is sunken within the thick and coarse matter, and it cannot
shine with its bright and pure light except for a very little, according to the refinement of the matter
in which it dwells, and according to the removal of the screens that separate it
and the light of the intellect.
With the help of God
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Section on the praise of the Priest
And the Priest shall stand before the Ark and open the Torah scroll and say:
"You are a priest forever etc." and you respond "Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness"
And the Priest says "Let him not be ashamed before all etc." and you respond "For the lips of
the priest shall keep knowledge etc." Then he says "The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain
my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage.
I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set
the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;
my flesh also shall rest in hope. For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow
Your Holy One to see corruption. You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at
Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." :: Then he says "To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord
is God; there is none other besides Him." :: "To Him who alone does great wonders,
for His mercy endures forever." :: "There is none like You among the gods, O Lord; nor are there any works like Yours."
"The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; let Him not leave us, nor
forsake us." :: "Save Your people, and bless Your inheritance; shepherd them also, and bear them up
forever." :: "For Your servant David's sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed." :: "But as for me,
in the abundance of Your mercy I will come into Your house; in Your fear I will worship toward Your holy temple."
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." :: "Exalt the Lord our God, and worship
at His footstool; for He is holy." :: "Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy
hill; for the Lord our God is holy." :: "Please, O God, bring near the salvation of those who hope for You;
remove their fear, bring them out from the house of bondage." :: "The Lord shall reign forever—your God,
O Zion, to all generations. Hallelujah!" ::