לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ בִּ֭נְגִינוֹת עַֽל־הַשְּׁמִינִ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד

-For the leader; with instrumental music on the sheminith. A psalm of David.

יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וְֽאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי

O LORD, do not punish me in anger, do not chastise me in fury.

חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י אֻמְלַ֫ל אָ֥נִי רְפָאֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֖י נִבְהֲל֣וּ עֲצָמָֽי

Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I languish; heal me, O LORD, for my bones shake with terror.

וְ֭נַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד ואת [וְאַתָּ֥ה] יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַד־מָתָֽי

My whole being is stricken with terror, while You, LORD—O, how long!

שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י ה֝וֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ

O LORD, turn! Rescue me! Deliver me as befits Your faithfulness.

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין בַּמָּ֣וֶת זִכְרֶ֑ךָ בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹל מִ֣י יֽוֹדֶה־לָּֽךְ

For there is no praise of You among the dead; in Sheol, who can acclaim You?

יָגַ֤עְתִּי ׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִ֗י אַשְׂחֶ֣ה בְכָל־לַ֭יְלָה מִטָּתִ֑י בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י עַרְשִׂ֥י אַמְסֶֽה

I am weary with groaning; every night I drench my bed, I melt my couch in tears.

עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִכַּ֣עַס עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי

My eyes are wasted by vexation, worn out because of all my foes.

ס֣וּרוּ מִ֭מֶּנִּי כָּל־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֥ע יְ֝הוָ֗ה ק֣וֹל בִּכְיִֽי

Away from me, all you evildoers, for the LORD heeds the sound of my weeping.

שָׁמַ֣ע יְ֭הוָה תְּחִנָּתִ֑י יְ֝הוָ֗ה תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י יִקָּֽח

The LORD heeds my plea, the LORD accepts my prayer.

יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ ׀ וְיִבָּהֲל֣וּ מְ֭אֹד כָּל־אֹיְבָ֑י יָ֝שֻׁ֗בוּ יֵבֹ֥שׁוּ רָֽגַע

All my enemies will be frustrated and stricken with terror; they will turn back in an instant, frustrated. 

 

Psalm 6

Torre de Babel

 

 

 "The Tower of Babel", Hendrick van Cleve III (ca. 1525–1589)
 

Michael Fishbane

 

Mona and Michael Fishbane Interview
 

Nínive

 

"The Fall of Nineveh", John Martin (1829)
 

Moshe Halbertal

 

 

"Two Giants of Sepharad: Rambam & Ramban"  

 

Abraão

 

 "Abraham and Sarah in Pharaoh’s Palace", Giovanni Muzzioli (1875)  

 

Vida

 

 
 A bee sucks nectar from a night-blooming jasmine in San Salvador, El Salvador   

 

Sarah Hurwitz

 

Friedrich Kellner

 

 

(1934)

David Wolpe

 

"Jewish Wisdom"
 

 

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ אֶֽל־הַנְּחִיל֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד

For the leader; on neḥiloth. A psalm of David.

אֲמָרַ֖י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה ׀ יְהוָ֗ה בִּ֣ינָה הֲגִֽיגִי

Give ear to my speech, O LORD; consider my utterance.

הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ לְק֬וֹל שַׁוְעִ֗י מַלְכִּ֥י וֵאלֹהָ֑י כִּֽי־אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ אֶתְפַּלָּֽל

Heed the sound of my cry, my king and God, for I pray to You.

יְֽהוָ֗ה בֹּ֭קֶר תִּשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלִ֑י בֹּ֥קֶר אֶֽעֱרָךְ־לְ֝ךָ֗ וַאֲצַפֶּֽה

Hear my voice, O LORD, at daybreak; at daybreak I plead before You, and wait.

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹ֤א אֵֽל־חָפֵ֘ץ רֶ֥שַׁע ׀ אָ֑תָּה לֹ֖א יְגֻרְךָ֣ רָֽע

For You are not a God who desires wickedness; evil cannot abide with You;

לֹֽא־יִתְיַצְּב֣וּ הֽ֭וֹלְלִים לְנֶ֣גֶד עֵינֶ֑יךָ שָׂ֝נֵ֗אתָ כָּל־פֹּ֥עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן

wanton men cannot endure in Your sight. You detest all evildoers;

תְּאַבֵּד֮ דֹּבְרֵ֪י כָ֫זָ֥ב אִישׁ־דָּמִ֥ים וּמִרְמָ֗ה יְתָ֘עֵ֥ב ׀ יְהוָֽה

You doom those who speak lies; murderous, deceitful men the LORD abhors.

וַאֲנִ֗י בְּרֹ֣ב חַ֭סְדְּךָ אָב֣וֹא בֵיתֶ֑ךָ אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֥ה אֶל־הֵֽיכַל־קָ֝דְשְׁךָ֗ בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ

But I, through Your abundant love, enter Your house; I bow down in awe at Your holy temple.

יְהוָ֤ה ׀ נְחֵ֬נִי בְצִדְקָתֶ֗ךָ לְמַ֥עַן שׁוֹרְרָ֑י הושר [הַיְשַׁ֖ר] לְפָנַ֣י דַּרְכֶּֽךָ

O LORD, lead me along Your righteous [path] because of my watchful foes; make Your way straight before me.

כִּ֤י אֵ֪ין בְּפִ֡יהוּ נְכוֹנָה֮ קִרְבָּ֪ם הַ֫וּ֥וֹת קֶֽבֶר־פָּת֥וּחַ גְּרוֹנָ֑ם לְ֝שׁוֹנָ֗ם יַחֲלִֽיקוּן

For there is no sincerity on their lips; their heart is [filled with] malice; their throat is an open grave; their tongue slippery.

הַֽאֲשִׁימֵ֨ם ׀ אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים יִפְּלוּ֮ מִֽמֹּעֲצ֪וֹתֵ֫יהֶ֥ם בְּרֹ֣ב פִּ֭שְׁעֵיהֶם הַדִּיחֵ֑מוֹ כִּי־מָ֥רוּ בָֽךְ

Condemn them, O God; let them fall by their own devices; cast them out for their many crimes, for they defy You.

וְיִשְׂמְח֨וּ כָל־ח֪וֹסֵי בָ֡ךְ לְעוֹלָ֣ם יְ֭רַנֵּנוּ וְתָסֵ֣ךְ עָלֵ֑ימוֹ וְֽיַעְלְצ֥וּ בְ֝ךָ֗ אֹהֲבֵ֥י שְׁמֶֽךָ

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice, ever jubilant as You shelter them; and let those who love Your name exult in You.

כִּֽי־אַתָּה֮ תְּבָרֵ֪ךְ צַ֫דִּ֥יק יְהוָ֑ה כַּ֝צִּנָּ֗ה רָצ֥וֹן תַּעְטְרֶֽנּוּ

For You surely bless the righteous man, O LORD, encompassing him with favor like a shield.

Psalm 5

Bíblia

 

Ethiopian Bible manuscript (circa 15th century)
 

Noé

 

"Shem and Japhet cover Noah", Marius  Bauer
 

Vida

 

 

There are only about 100 Amur Leopards remaining in the wild

Jonas

 

"Jonah: A Fantasy of Flight", Avivah Zornberg
 

Dave Rich

 "What Role Does Antisemitism Play in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party?" (March 2019)

 

Bari Weiss

 

Bari Weiss on Life, Judaism, and Fighting Antisemitism

 

Dilúvio

 

"The Deluge", Ivan Aivazovsky (1864)

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

 

"Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on Morality", with Amy Chua

 

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד

For the leader; with instrumental music. A psalm of David.

בְּקָרְאִ֡י עֲנֵ֤נִי ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צִדְקִ֗י בַּ֭צָּר הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ לִּ֑י חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי וּשְׁמַ֥ע תְּפִלָּתִֽי

Answer me when I call, O God, my vindicator! You freed me from distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

בְּנֵ֥י אִ֡ישׁ עַד־מֶ֬ה כְבוֹדִ֣י לִ֭כְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב סֶֽלָה

You men, how long will my glory be mocked, will you love illusions, have recourse to frauds? Selah.

וּדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־הִפְלָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חָסִ֣יד ל֑וֹ יְהוָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע בְּקָרְאִ֥י אֵלָֽיו

Know that the LORD singles out the faithful for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

רִגְז֗וּ וְֽאַל־תֶּ֫חֱטָ֥אוּ אִמְר֣וּ בִ֭לְבַבְכֶם עַֽל־מִשְׁכַּבְכֶ֗ם וְדֹ֣מּוּ סֶֽלָה

So tremble, and sin no more; ponder it on your bed, and sigh.

זִבְח֥וּ זִבְחֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וּ֝בִטְח֗וּ אֶל־יְהוָֽה

Offer sacrifices in righteousness and trust in the LORD.

רַבִּ֥ים אֹמְרִים֮ מִֽי־יַרְאֵ֪נ֫וּ ט֥וֹב נְֽסָה־עָ֭לֵינוּ א֨וֹר פָּנֶ֬יךָ יְהוָֽה

Many say, “O for good days!” Bestow Your favor on us, O LORD.

נָתַ֣תָּה שִׂמְחָ֣ה בְלִבִּ֑י מֵעֵ֬ת דְּגָנָ֖ם וְתִֽירוֹשָׁ֣ם רָֽבּוּ

You put joy into my heart when their grain and wine show increase.

בְּשָׁל֣וֹם יַחְדָּו֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה וְאִ֫ישָׁ֥ן כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה לְבָדָ֑ד לָ֝בֶ֗טַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵֽנִי

Safe and sound, I lie down and sleep, for You alone, O LORD, keep me secure. 

 

Psalm 4

Vida

 

A turtle in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
 

Borat

 

Borat Gives Jimmy Kimmel a Coronavirus Inspection
 

Crise

 

 

"Spiritual Sustenance in a Time of Crisis", Melila Hellner-Eshed
 

Babyn Yar

Babyn Yar Models
 

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

 

 

América

 

"The Seismic Shift in American Jewish Life – Where Are We Headed?", Daniel Gordis 

 

Mónaco

 

 

Synagogue Edmond Safra, Monaco

 

Vida

 

Bison

 

Antissemitismo

 

Antisemitic bookshop, Paris (1901)
 

Bari Weiss

 

"We Need to Talk"
 

Raul Hilberg

 

with Claude Lanzmann for "Shoah" (1985)
 

 

מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִ֑ד בְּ֝בָרְח֗וֹ מִפְּנֵ֤י ׀ אַבְשָׁל֬וֹם בְּנֽוֹ

A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.

יְ֭הוָה מָֽה־רַבּ֣וּ צָרָ֑י רַ֝בִּ֗ים קָמִ֥ים עָלָֽי

O LORD, my foes are so many! Many are those who attack me;

רַבִּים֮ אֹמְרִ֪ים לְנַ֫פְשִׁ֥י אֵ֤ין יְֽשׁוּעָ֓תָה לּ֬וֹ בֵֽאלֹהִ֬ים סֶֽלָה

many say of me, “There is no deliverance for him through God.” Selah.

וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הוָה מָגֵ֣ן בַּעֲדִ֑י כְּ֝בוֹדִ֗י וּמֵרִ֥ים רֹאשִֽׁי

But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, He who holds my head high.

ק֭וֹלִי אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֨נִי מֵהַ֖ר קָדְשׁ֣וֹ סֶֽלָה

I cry aloud to the LORD, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah.

אֲנִ֥י שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וָֽאִ֫ישָׁ֥נָה הֱקִיצ֑וֹתִי כִּ֖י יְהוָ֣ה יִסְמְכֵֽנִי

I lie down and sleep and wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

לֹֽא־אִ֭ירָא מֵרִבְב֥וֹת עָ֑ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר סָ֝בִ֗יב שָׁ֣תוּ עָלָֽי

I have no fear of the myriad forces arrayed against me on every side.

ק֘וּמָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ הוֹשִׁ֘יעֵ֤נִי אֱלֹהַ֗י כִּֽי־הִכִּ֣יתָ אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבַ֣י לֶ֑חִי שִׁנֵּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֣ים שִׁבַּֽרְתָּ

Rise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! For You slap all my enemies in the face; You break the teeth of the wicked.

לַיהוָ֥ה הַיְשׁוּעָ֑ה עַֽל־עַמְּךָ֖ בִרְכָתֶ֣ךָ סֶּֽלָה

Deliverance is the LORD’s; Your blessing be upon Your people! Selah.

 

Psalm 3 

Sinagoga

 

"Unsere Synagoge" (Braunschweig), Lette Valeska (1940)
 

Babyn Yar

 

Raisa Dashekevich
 

Vida

Siberian tigress in a forest in Russia's far east

 

Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky

 

Ayn Rand

The Mike Wallace Interview (1959)
 

Gotemburgo

 

Gothenburg Synagogue (1859)
 

Babyn Yar

 

 

Following the September 1941 massacre of 33,771 Jews at Babyn Yar, the victims’ belongings were pillaged
 

Chuva

 

 

"Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah", Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

Moshe Halbertal

"Justice and Leadership in Crisis", with Michael Sandel
 

Vida

 

 

A marsh frog sits in water at Patara Ancient City in the Kas district of Antalya, Turkey

 

לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק

Why do nations assemble, and peoples plot vain things;

יִ֥תְיַצְּב֨וּ ׀ מַלְכֵי־אֶ֗רֶץ וְרוֹזְנִ֥ים נֽוֹסְדוּ־יָ֑חַד עַל־יְ֝הוָה וְעַל־מְשִׁיחֽוֹ

kings of the earth take their stand, and regents intrigue together against the LORD and against His anointed?

נְֽ֭נַתְּקָה אֶת־מֽוֹסְרוֹתֵ֑ימוֹ וְנַשְׁלִ֖יכָה מִמֶּ֣נּוּ עֲבֹתֵֽימוֹ

“Let us break the cords of their yoke, shake off their ropes from us!”

יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם יִשְׂחָ֑ק אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י יִלְעַג־לָֽמ

He who is enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord mocks at them.

אָ֤ז יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֵ֣ימוֹ בְאַפּ֑וֹ וּֽבַחֲרוֹנ֥וֹ יְבַהֲלֵֽמוֹ

Then He speaks to them in anger, terrifying them in His rage,

וַ֭אֲנִי נָסַ֣כְתִּי מַלְכִּ֑י עַל־צִ֝יּ֗וֹן הַר־קָדְשִֽׁי

“But I have installed My king on Zion, My holy mountain!”

אֲסַפְּרָ֗ה אֶֽ֫ל חֹ֥ק יְֽהוָ֗ה אָמַ֘ר אֵלַ֥י בְּנִ֥י אַ֑תָּה אֲ֝נִ֗י הַיּ֥וֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ

Let me tell of the decree: the LORD said to me, “You are My son, I have fathered you this day.

שְׁאַ֤ל מִמֶּ֗נִּי וְאֶתְּנָ֣ה ג֭וֹיִם נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ וַ֝אֲחֻזָּתְךָ֗ אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ

Ask it of Me, and I will make the nations your domain; your estate, the limits of the earth.

תְּ֭רֹעֵם בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט בַּרְזֶ֑ל כִּכְלִ֖י יוֹצֵ֣ר תְּנַפְּצֵֽם

You can smash them with an iron mace, shatter them like potter’s ware.”

וְ֭עַתָּה מְלָכִ֣ים הַשְׂכִּ֑ילוּ הִ֝וָּסְר֗וּ שֹׁ֣פְטֵי אָֽרֶץ

So now, O kings, be prudent; accept discipline, you rulers of the earth!

עִבְד֣וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה בְּיִרְאָ֑ה וְ֝גִ֗ילוּ בִּרְעָדָֽה

Serve the LORD in awe; tremble with fright,

נַשְּׁקוּ־בַ֡ר פֶּן־יֶאֱנַ֤ף ׀ וְתֹ֬אבְדוּ דֶ֗רֶךְ כִּֽי־יִבְעַ֣ר כִּמְעַ֣ט אַפּ֑וֹ אַ֝שְׁרֵ֗י כָּל־ח֥וֹסֵי בֽוֹ

pay homage in good faith, lest He be angered, and your way be doomed in the mere flash of His anger. Happy are all who take refuge in Him. 

 

Psalm 2

Roger Penrose

   "Why Did Our Universe Begin?"

Masada

 

"Jews, The Case for God: Masada", Rabbi Meir Soloveichik 

 

Sukkah

 

Sukkah Building with Rabbi Aviva Richman

 

Holanda

 

Synagogue of Enschede, Netherland

 

Gad

 

 

Depiction of the tribe of Gad at the Synagogue of Enschede, Netherland
 

Vida

 

 

A young female koala named Ash sits on a Eucalyptus branch at the Australian Reptile Park in Sydney
 

Moshe Halbertal

 

 

"The Challenges of Cooperation and Adaptability in Times of Pandemic"
 

Saint-Martin-Vésubie

 

Etrog

 

 

Etrog case, India

 

Sucot

 

"The Succah", Bevis Marks Synagogue
 

Roger Penrose

 

 

 Joe Rogan Experience #1216 

 

Borat

 

"Borat Subsequent Moviefilm": Trailer 

Vida

 

A New Zealand Pigeon or Kereru
 

Roma

"Jews, the Case for God: Rome", Rabbi Meir Soloveichik 

 

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

 "Historical Approach to Talmud Study", Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1964)

 

Hamburgo

 

Old Hamburg Synagogue
 

Museu Judaico de Berlim

Jewish Museum Berlin - Daniel Libeskind 

 

Sucot

   "The Feast of the Tabernacles", Marc Chagall (1916)