Reasons for the Haftorah by Rabbi Oizer Alperovitch

00:06 Speaker 1 Pashta, pashta, pashta, munach zakef, munach legarmei, munach zakef, munach legarmei, munach zakef, munach legarmei. Munach, munach revii, munach, munach revii, munach, munach revii. Mahpach pashta, zakef katan? Mahpach pashta, zakef katan? Mahpach pashta, zakef katan? Pashta, zakef katan, pashta, zakef katan, pashta, zakef katan, zakef katan, zakef katan, zakef katan. Pashta, katan, pashta, katan, pashta katan, pashta zakef katan, pashta katan, pashta zakef katan, pashta katan, zakef gadol, zakef gadol, zakef gadol. Mercha tipcha munach esnachta, mercha tipcha munach esnachta, mercha tipcha munach esnachta. Ozer. Ozer. Ozer. A shark and its belly. A shark and in its belly. A shark and its belly. A shark and in its belly. Kadma ve’azla, kadma ve’azla, kadma ve’azla. Azla geresh, azla geresh, azla geresh. Gershayim, gershayim, gershayim. Darga tevir, darga tevir. Darga tevir. Yesiv, yesiv, yesiv. Mercha tipcha sof pasuk. Mercha tipcha, mercha sof pasuk. Tipcha mercha sof pasuk. Mercha tipcha munach esnachta. Tipcha munach esnachta. Tipcha esnachta. Darga tevir mercha tevir. Haftarah, Parshas Va’eschanan. The seven haftaros of consolation.

06:21 Speaker 2 Verse 1.

06:23 Speaker 1 Mercha tipcha esnachta, tipcha sof pasuk.

06:31 Speaker 2 Verse 2.

06:33 Speaker 1 Gershayim. Mahpach pashta zakef katan. Mahpach pashta katan. Mercha tipcha esnachta. Mahpach pashta zakef katan. Tipcha sof pasuk.

06:59 Speaker 2 Verse 3.

07:02 Speaker 1 Zakef katan, zakef gadol. Tipcha munach esnachta. Pashta katan, tipcha sof pasuk.

07:20 Speaker 2 Verse 4.

07:22 Speaker 1 Pashta katan, mercha tipcha esnachta. Mahpach pashta katan. Tipcha sof pasuk.

07:37 Speaker 2 Verse 5.

07:39 Speaker 1 Tipcha munach esnachta. Mahpach pashta zakef katan, tevir. Mercha tipcha sof pasuk.

07:54 Speaker 2 Verse 6.

07:56 Speaker 1 Yesiv zakef katan. Tipcha munach esnachta, zakef katan. Tipcha mercha sof pasuk.

08:13 Speaker 2 Verse 7.

08:15 Speaker 1 Pashta zakef katan, tevir, mercha tipcha munach esnachta, tipcha mercha sof pasuk.

08:33 Speaker 2 Verse 8.

08:34 Speaker 1 Mercha tipcha munach esnachta, mercha tipcha mercha sof pasuk.

08:44 Speaker 2 Verse 9.

08:45 Speaker 1 Munach mahpach pashta zakef katan? Mahpach pashta katan, tipcha esnachta, pashta katan, pashta zakef katan, tipcha sof pasuk.

09:12 Speaker 2 Verse 10.

09:13 Speaker 1 Pashta mahpach pashta zakef katan, tipcha munach esnachta, mahpach pashta katan, tipcha sof pasuk.

09:32 Speaker 2 Verse 11.

09:34 Speaker 1 Pashta zakef katan, pashta zakef katan, tipcha esnachta, tipcha sof pasuk.

09:51 Speaker 2 Verse 12.

09:53 Speaker 1 Kadma ve’azla, darga tevir, pashta zakef katan, mercha tipcha munach esnachta, mahpach pashta katan, tipcha sof pasuk.

10:20 Speaker 2 Verse 13.

10:21 Speaker 1 Mercha tipcha esnachta, mercha tipcha sof pasuk.

10:30 Speaker 2 Verse 14.

10:31 Speaker 1 Mahpach pashta katan, tipcha munach esnachta, zakef katan, mercha tipcha sof pasuk.

10:46 Speaker 2 Verse 15.

10:48 Speaker 1 Mahpach pashta zakef katan, mercha tipcha esnachta, mercha tipcha mercha sof pasuk.

11:02 Speaker 2 Verse 16.

11:04 Speaker 1 Zakef gadol. Mercha tipcha esnachta. Pashta katan, mercha tipcha sof pasuk.

11:20 Speaker 2 Verse 17.

11:23 Speaker 1 Tipcha munach esnachta, mercha tipcha sof pasuk.

11:30 Speaker 2 Verse 18.

11:32 Speaker 1 Tipcha munach esnachta, tipcha sof pasuk.

11:39 Speaker 2 Verse 19.

11:40 Speaker 1 Pashta zakef katan, tipcha munach esnachta, mercha tipcha sof pasuk.

11:52 Speaker 2 Verse 20.

11:54 Speaker 1 Zakef katan, mercha tipcha esnachta, mahpach pashta katan, mercha tipcha munach sof pasuk.

12:09 Speaker 2 Verse 21.

12:11 Speaker 1 Mahpach pashta zakef katan, tevir. Mercha tipcha, esnachta, pashta zakef katan. Tipcha sof pasuk.

12:31 Speaker 2 Verse 22.

12:33 Speaker 1 Pashta zakef katan. Tipcha esnachta, mahpach pashta katan. Mercha tipcha sof pasuk.

12:48 Speaker 2 Verse 23.

12:50 Speaker 1 Mercha tipcha esnachta, mercha tipcha munach sof pasuk.

12:57 Speaker 2 Verse 24.

13:00 Speaker 1 Munach. Revii, zakef katan, tevir. Mercha tipcha esnachta, pashta mahpach pashta katan, tipcha mercha sof pasuk.

13:23 Speaker 2 Verse 25.

13:24 Speaker 1 Mercha tipcha esnachta, tipcha sof pasuk.

13:30 Speaker 2 Verse 26.

13:32 Speaker 1 Pashta mahpach pashta zakef katan. Mercha tipcha esnachta, pashta zakef katan. Mahpach pashta zakef katan, tipcha mercha sof pasuk. Esnachta, pashta, then Chanun comes back after it.

14:11 Speaker 2 Verse 27.

14:13 Speaker 1 Mercha tipcha esnachta, “Comfort, comfort My people.” Tipcha sof pasuk, “says your G-d.”

14:34 Speaker 2 Verse 2.

14:35 Speaker 1 Gershayim, “Speak,” mahpach pashta zakef katan, “to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her.” Mahpach pashta katan, “that her term of service is complete.” Munach tipcha esnachta, “that her iniquity has been pardoned.” Mahpach pashta zakef katan, “that she has received from the hand of Hashem,” tipcha sof pasuk, “double for all her sins.”

15:40 Speaker 2 Verse 3.

15:41 Speaker 1 Zakef katan, “A voice calls,” zakef gadol, “in the wilderness.” Tipcha munach esnachta, “Clear the way of Hashem,” pashta katan, “make straight in the desert,” tipcha sof pasuk, “a highway for our G-d.”

16:16 Speaker 2 Verse 4.

16:18 Speaker 1 Pashta katan, “Every valley shall be raised,” mercha tipcha esnachta, “and every mountain and hill shall be lowered,” mahpach pashta katan, “and the crooked shall become straight,” tipcha sof pasuk.

16:48 Speaker 2 Okay.

16:49 Speaker 1 “And the rugged places a plain.”

16:55 Speaker 2 Okay.

16:57 Speaker 1 Tipcha munach esnachta, “And the glory of Hashem shall be revealed,” mahpach pashta katan, “and all flesh shall see it together,” tevir, “for,” mercha tipcha sof pasuk, “the mouth of Hashem has spoken.” Yesiv zakef katan, “A voice says, ‘Call out,’” tipcha munach esnachta, “and I said, ‘What shall I call out?’” Zakef katan, “All flesh is grass,” tipcha mercha sof pasuk, “and all its kindness is like the flower of the field.” Mahpach pashta zakef katan, “Grass withers, the flower fades,” tevir, “for,” mercha tipcha munach esnachta, “the breath of Hashem has blown upon it,” tipcha mercha sof pasuk, “surely the people are grass.” Mercha tipcha munach esnachta, “Grass withers, the flower fades.” Mercha tipcha mercha sof pasuk, “But the word of our G-d shall stand forever.” Munach mahpach pashta zakef katan, “Go up onto a high mountain, you who bring good news to Tziyon.” Mahpach pashta katan, “Raise your voice with strength,” mercha tipcha esnachta, “you who bring good news to Jerusalem.” Pashta katan, “Raise it; do not fear.” Pashta zakef katan, “Say to the cities of Yehudah,” tipcha sof pasuk, “Behold your G-d.” Pashta mahpach pashta zakef katan, “Behold, Hashem G-d will come with strength.” Tipcha munach esnachta, “And His arm will rule for Him.” Mahpach pashta katan, “Behold, His reward is with Him.” Tipcha sof pasuk, “And His recompense is before Him.” Pashta zakef katan, “Like a shepherd He will tend His flock,” pashta zakef katan, “with His arm He will gather the lambs.” Tipcha esnachta, “And carry them in His bosom.” Tipcha sof pasuk, “He will gently lead those that nurse.” Kadma ve’azla, “Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,” pashta zakef katan, “and marked off the heavens with a span?” Mercha tipcha munach esnachta, “And measured the dust of the earth in a measure?” Pashta katan, “And weighed mountains on a scale,” tipcha sof pasuk, “and hills in a balance?” Mercha tipcha esnachta, “Who has directed—who has directed the spirit of Hashem?” Mercha tipcha sof pasuk, “And who, as His counselor, has instructed Him?” Mahpach pashta katan, “With whom did He consult?” “And who gave Him understanding?” Tipcha munach esnachta, “And taught Him,” “the path of justice,” zakef katan.

22:27 Speaker 1 “And islands He takes up like fine dust.” Mercha tipcha sof pasuk. “And made known to Him the way of understanding.” Mahpach pashta zakef katan. “Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket.” Mercha tipcha esnachta. “They are reckoned.” Mercha tipcha. And sof pasuk. “Behold, islands He takes up like fine dust.” Zakef katan. “And Lebanon.” Mercha tipcha. Esnachta, “is not enough.” Pashta katan. “And its beasts.” Mercha tipcha sof pasuk. “Are not enough for a burnt offering.” Tipcha munach esnachta. “All the nations.” “Are as nothing before Him.” Mercha tipcha sof pasuk. “Less than nothing and emptiness.” “They are reckoned by Him.” Tipcha munach esnachta. “To whom, then, will you liken G-d?” Tipcha sof pasuk. “And what likeness will you compare to Him?” Pashta zakef katan, “The idol a craftsman has cast.” Tipcha munach esnachta, “And a goldsmith overlays it with gold.” Mercha tipcha sof pasuk, “And a silversmith fashions silver chains.” Zakef katan, “One who is too poor for an offering.” Mercha tipcha esnachta. “Chooses wood that will not rot,” pashta katan. “He seeks out a skilled craftsman.” Mercha tipcha, “To make an idol that will not topple.” Mahpach pashta zakef katan, “Do you not know? Have you not heard?” Mercha tipcha esnachta, “Has it not been told to you from the beginning?” Pashta zakef katan, “Have you not understood the foundations of the earth?” Tipcha sof pasuk. “He sits above the circle of the earth.” Pashta zakef katan, “And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers.” Tipcha esnachta, “He stretches out the heavens like a curtain.” Mahpach pashta katan, “And spreads them like a tent to dwell in.” Mercha tipcha esnachta. “He reduces princes to nothing.” Mercha tipcha sof pasuk. “He makes the judges of the earth like emptiness.” Mercha tipcha sof pasuk. “They have scarcely been planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth.” Pashta zakef katan, “Then He blows upon them.” “And they wither,” tipcha sof pasuk. “And a storm carries them off like stubble.” Mercha tipcha esnachta. “To whom, then, will you liken Me, that I should be equal?” Tipcha sof pasuk. “Says the Holy One.” Pashta zakef katan. “Lift your eyes on high and see who created these.” Mercha tipcha esnachta. “He brings out their host by number.” Pashta zakef katan, “He calls each one by name.” Mercha tipcha esnachta. “Because of His great might and mighty strength,” tipcha sof pasuk. “Not one is missing.”

26:35 Speaker 1 Mercha, tipcha, esnachta. Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Who chose good prophets and was pleased with their words, spoken in truth. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who chooses the Torah, Moshe His servant, Yisroel His people, and the prophets of truth and righteousness. “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your G-d. “Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call out to her that her term of service is complete, that her sin has been pardoned, for she has received from Hashem’s hand double for all her sins.” A voice calls: “In the wilderness, clear the way for Hashem; make a straight highway in the desert for our G-d. Every valley shall be raised, and every mountain and hill shall be lowered; the crooked ground shall become level, and the rugged places a plain. The glory of Hashem shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of Hashem has spoken.” A voice says, “Call out!” And I said, “What shall I call out?” All flesh is grass, and all its kindness is like a flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, for the breath of Hashem blows upon it. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our G-d shall stand forever. Go up onto a high mountain, bearer of good news to Tziyon. Raise your voice with strength, bearer of good news to Jerusalem. Raise it; do not fear. Say to the cities of Yehudah, “Behold your G-d!” Behold, Hashem G-d comes with strength, and His arm rules for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. Like a shepherd, He will tend His flock; with His arm He will gather the lambs and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those with young. Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand and gauged the heavens with a span, and measured with a measure

33:17 Speaker 1 the dust of the earth, and weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills in a balance? Who has directed the spirit of Hashem, or, as His adviser, made anything known to Him? Whom did He consult to give Him understanding and teach Him the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge and made known to Him the way of understanding? Behold, nations are like a drop from a bucket and are counted as dust on the scales; behold, He lifts up islands like fine dust. Lebanon is not enough for fuel, nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering. All the nations are as nothing before Him; He counts them as less than nothing, as emptiness. To whom, then, will you liken G-d, and what image will you compare to Him? A craftsman casts an idol, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains. One who is too poor for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple. Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? He sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a thin curtain and spreads them like a tent to dwell in. He brings princes to nothing; He makes the judges of the earth like emptiness. Hardly are they planted, hardly are they sown, hardly has their stem taken root in the earth, when He blows on them and they wither, and a storm carries them away like straw. “To whom, then, will you liken Me, that I should be equal?” says the Holy One. Lift your eyes on high and see Who created these: He brings out their host by number and calls each one by name. Because of His great might and immense strength, not one is missing. Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Rock of all worlds, righteous in every generation, the faithful G-d Who says and does, Who speaks and fulfills, Whose every word is truth and righteousness. You are faithful, Hashem our G-d, and Your words are faithful. Not one of Your words will return unfulfilled, for You are a faithful and merciful G-d and King. Blessed are You, Hashem, the G-d Who is faithful in all His words. Have mercy on Tziyon, for it is the home of our life, and save the one whose soul is afflicted, speedily in our days. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who gladdens Tziyon with her children. Gladden us, Hashem our G-d, with Eliyahu the prophet, Your servant, and with the kingship of the house of David, Your Moshiach. May he come speedily and make our hearts rejoice. No stranger shall sit on his throne, nor shall others inherit his glory,

39:02 Speaker 1 for You swore to him by Your holy Name that his lamp would never be extinguished. Blessed are You, Hashem, Shield of David. For the Torah, for the service, for the prophets, and for this Shabbos day that You, Hashem our G-d, have given us for holiness and rest, for honor and glory. For all this, Hashem our G-d, we thank You and bless You. May Your Name be blessed by every living mouth, always and forever. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who sanctifies Shabbos.