Haftorah for the first Shabbat of Chanukah
Zechariah
Chapter 2
14. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for,
behold! I will come and dwell in your midst, says the Lord. 15. And many
nations shall join the Lord on that day, and they shall be My people; and I will
dwell in your midst and you shall know that the Lord of Hosts sent me to you.
16. And the Lord shall inherit Judah as His share on the Holy Land, and He
shall again choose Jerusalem. 17. Silence all flesh from before the Lord,
for He is aroused out of His holy habitation.
Chapter 3
1. And He showed me Joshua, the High Priest,
standing before the angel of the Lord. And Satan was standing on his right, to
accuse him. 2. And the Lord said to Satan: The Lord shall rebuke you, O
Satan; and the Lord shall rebuke you, He who chose Jerusalem. Is this one not a
brand plucked from fire? 3. Now Joshua was wearing filthy garments and
standing before the angel. 4. And he [the angel] raised his voice and
said to those standing before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off him."
And he said to him, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I have clad
you with clean garments." 5. And I said, "Let them put a pure miter on
his head," and they put the pure miter on his head. And they had clothed him
with garments while the angel of the Lord was standing. 6. And the angel
of the Lord warned Joshua, saying, 7. So said the Lord of Hosts: If you
walk in My ways, and if you keep My charge, you, too, shall judge My house, and
you, too, shall guard My courtyards, and I will give you free access among these
who stand by. 8. Hearken, now, O Joshua the High Priest-you and your
companions who sit before you, for they are men worthy of a miracle-for, behold!
I bring My servant, the Shoot. 9. For, behold the stone that I have
placed before Joshua. Seven eyes are directed to one stone. Behold! I untie its
knots, says the Lord of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in
one day. 10. On that day, says the Lord of Hosts, you shall call-each man
to his neighbor-to come under his vine and under his fig tree.
Chapter 4
1. And the angel who spoke with me returned, and he
awakened me as a man who wakes up from his sleep. 2. And he said to me,
"What do you see?" And I said, "I saw, and behold [there was] a candelabrum all
of gold, with its oil-bowl on top of it, and its seven lamps thereon; seven
tubes each to the lamps that were on top of it. 3. And [there were] two
olive trees near it; one on the right of the bowl, and one on its left. 4.
So I answered and spoke to the angel who talked with me, saying, "What are
these, my lord?" 5. And the angel who spoke with me answered, and he said
to me, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord." 6.
And he answered and spoke to me, saying, "This is the word of the Lord to
Zerubbabel, saying: 'Not by military force and not by physical strength, but by
My spirit,' says the Lord of Hosts. 7. Who are you, O great mountain?
Before Zerubbabel you sink to a plain! He will bring out the stone of the main
architect, with shouts of grace, grace to it."
Though we will not be reading it this year, the following is the standard Haftorah for this week's Torah reading.
Amos
Chapter 2
| 6. So said the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel, yea for four, I will not return them; For selling an innocent man for money, and a poor man in order to lock [the fields]. |
| 7. Who aspire on the dust of the earth concerning the head of the poor, and they pervert the way of the humble, and a man and his father go to the maid, in order to profane My Holy Name. |
| 8. And they recline on pledged garments beside every altar, and the wine of the fined ones they drink in the house of their gods. |
| 9. And I destroyed the Amorites from before them, whose height is as the height of the cedar trees, and they are as strong as oaks, and I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from below. |
| 10. And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the desert for forty years, to inherit the land of the Amorites. |
| 11. And I raised up some of your sons as prophets and some of your young men as Nazirites; is this not so, O children of Israel? says the Lord. |
| 12. And you gave the Nazirites to drink wine, and you commanded the prophets saying, "Do not prophesy." |
| 13. Behold, I will oppress your dwelling place, as a wagon full of sheaves is oppressed. |
| 14. And escape shall be lost to the swift, and the strong shall not gain strength, nor shall the mighty man deliver himself. |
| 15. And he who holds the bow shall not stand, and the fleetfooted shall not deliver, and the rider of the horse shall not deliver himself. |
| 16. And the stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee naked on that day, says the Lord. |
Chapter 3
| 1. Hearken to this word which the Lord spoke about you, O children of Israel, about the entire family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: |
| 2. Only you did I love above all the families of the earth; therefore, I will visit upon you all your iniquities. |
| 3. Will two walk together unless they agreed? |
| 4. Will a lion roar in the forest if he has no prey? Will a young lion let out a cry from his den unless he has taken something? |
| 5. Will a bird fall on a net upon the ground unless it has a snare? Will a net ascend from the ground and have taken nothing? |
| 6. Will a shophar be sounded in the city and the people not quake? Will there be evil in the city if the Lord has not done it? |
| 7. For the Lord God does nothing unless He has revealed His secret to His servants, the prophets. |
| 8. A lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy? |
Please note: These Haftorah texts follow Chabad custom. Other communities could possibly read more, less, or a different section of the Prophets altogether. Please consult with your rabbi.
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