Parshas V'Zos HaBracha - Rishon
Chapter 33
(א) וְזֹ֣את הַבְּרָכָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בֵּרַ֥ךְ מֹשֶׁ֛ה אִ֥ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לִפְנֵ֖י מוֹתֽוֹ׃ (ב) וַיֹּאמַ֗ר יְהֹוָ֞ה מִסִּינַ֥י בָּא֙ וְזָרַ֤ח מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ לָ֔מוֹ הוֹפִ֙יעַ֙ מֵהַ֣ר פָּארָ֔ן וְאָתָ֖ה מֵרִבְבֹ֣ת קֹ֑דֶשׁ מִימִינ֕וֹ אשדת [אֵ֥שׁ דָּ֖ת] לָֽמוֹ׃ (ג) אַ֚ף חֹבֵ֣ב עַמִּ֔ים כׇּל־קְדֹשָׁ֖יו בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְהֵם֙ תֻּכּ֣וּ לְרַגְלֶ֔ךָ יִשָּׂ֖א מִדַּבְּרֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (ד) תּוֹרָ֥ה צִוָּה־לָ֖נוּ מֹשֶׁ֑ה מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה קְהִלַּ֥ת יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ה) וַיְהִ֥י בִישֻׁר֖וּן מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּהִתְאַסֵּף֙ רָ֣אשֵׁי עָ֔ם יַ֖חַד שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (ו) יְחִ֥י רְאוּבֵ֖ן וְאַל־יָמֹ֑ת וִיהִ֥י מְתָ֖יו מִסְפָּֽר׃ {ס}
(א) וְדָא בִרְכְּתָא דִּי בָרִיךְ משֶׁה נְבִיָּא דַיְיָ יָת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל קֳדָם מוֹתֵיהּ: (ב) וַאֲמַר יְיָ מִסִּינַי אִתְגְּלִי וְזֵהוֹר יְקָרֵיהּ מִשֵּׂעִיר אִתְחֲזִי לָנָא אִתְגְּלִי בִגְבֻרְתֵּיהּ מִטּוּרָא דְפָארָן וְעִמֵּיהּ רִבְבַת קַדִּישִׁין כְּתַב יַמִּינֵיהּ מִגּוֹ אֶשָּׁתָא אוֹרַיְתָא יְהַב לָנָא: (ג) אַף חַבִּיבִנּוּן לְשִׁבְטַיָּא כָּל קַדִּישׁוֹהִי בֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּגְבוּרָא אַפֵּקִנּוּן מִמִּצְרָיִם וְאִנּוּן מִדַּבְּרִין תְּחוֹת עֲנָנָךְ נָטְלִין עַל מֵימְרָךְ: (ד) אוֹרַיְתָא יְהַב לָנָא משֶׁה מְסָרַהּ יְרֻתָּא לְכִנְשַׁת יַעֲקֹב: (ה) וַהֲוָה בְיִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְכָּא בְּאִתְכַּנָּשׁוּת רֵישֵׁי עַמָּא כַּחֲדָא שִׁבְטַיָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל: (ו) יְחִי רְאוּבֵן לְחַיֵּי עָלְמָא וּמוֹתָא תִנְיָנָא לָא יְמוּת וִיקַבְּלוּן בְּנוֹהִי אַחֲסַנְתְּהוֹן בְּמִנְיָנְהוֹן:
1. And this is the blessing that Moshe, the prophet of Hashem,[1] blessed the children of Israel before his death. 2. He said, “Hashem was revealed from Sinai and the brilliance of His glory appeared to us[2] from Seir. He was revealed in His might from Mount Paran and with Him, holy hosts. The writing of His right (hand) from the midst of the fire, He gave us the Torah. 3. Also, He loved the tribes; all his holy ones – the house of Israel – He took them from Egypt in His might. They are led under Your cloud;[3] they travel at Your word. 4. Moshe gave[4] us the Torah – he transmitted the heritage to the community of Jacob. 5. He became King in Israel,[5] in the gathering of the heads of the people, the tribes of Israel together. 6. May Reuven live for eternal life and not die a second death,[6] and may his sons receive their inheritance in their number.
(ז) וְזֹ֣את לִיהוּדָה֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ שְׁמַ֤ע יְהֹוָה֙ ק֣וֹל יְהוּדָ֔ה וְאֶל־עַמּ֖וֹ תְּבִיאֶ֑נּוּ יָדָיו֙ רָ֣ב ל֔וֹ וְעֵ֥זֶר מִצָּרָ֖יו תִּהְיֶֽה׃ {פ}
(ז) וְדָא לִיהוּדָה וַאֲמַר קַבֵּל יְיָ צְלוֹתֵיהּ דִּיהוּדָה בְּמִפְּקֵיהּ לְאַגָּחָא קְרָבָא וּלְעַמֵּיהּ תָּתֵיבִנֵּיהּ לִשְׁלָם יְדוֹהִי יַעְבְּדָן לֵיהּ פֻּרְעֲנוּתָא מִסָּנְאוֹהִי וְסָעִיד מִבַּעֲלֵי דְבָבוֹהִי הֲוֵי לֵיהּ:
7. And this of[7] Yehuda: he said, “Accept, Hashem, the prayer of Yehuda in his departure to battle and return him to his people in peace. May his hands enact punishment for him against his haters, and be a help to him against his adversaries.”
[1] Rather than “the man of God.”
[2] Rather than “to them.”
[3] As opposed to “they are centered at Your feet.”
[4] Rather than “commanded.”
[5] Chumash: “Yeshurun,” a poetic name for Israel.
[6] i.e., in the Next World.
[7] Literally, “to” (and so throughout the blessings).
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