Haftorah for Parashat Acharey Mot

Torah: Leviticus 16:1-18:30 , Haftorah: Ezekiel 22:1-19 (Sephardic Ezekiel 22:1-16)

Haftorah for Parashat Acharey Mot

Ashkenazi: Ezekial 22:1-19

> 22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 22:2 'Now, thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations. 22:3 And thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: O city that sheddest blood in the midst of thee, that thy time may come, and that makest idols unto thyself to defile thee; 22:4 thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years; therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking to all the countries! 22:5 Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou defiled of name and full of tumult.

> 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his might, have been in thee to shed blood. 22:7 In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow. 22:8 Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My sabbaths. 22:9 In thee have been talebearers to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness. 22:10 In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity. 22:11 And each hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and each hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and each in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten Me, saith the Lord GOD.

> 22:13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten My hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 22:14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. 22:15 And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee. 22:16 And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the nations; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.'

> 22:17 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 22:18 'Son of man, the house of Israel is become dross unto Me; all of them are brass and tin and iron and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver. 22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Because ye are all become dross, therefore, behold, I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

Sephardic: Ezekiel 22:1-16

> 22:1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying: 22:2 'Now, thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations. 22:3 And thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: O city that sheddest blood in the midst of thee, that thy time may come, and that makest idols unto thyself to defile thee; 22:4 thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed, and art defiled in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years; therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the nations, and a mocking to all the countries! 22:5 Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou defiled of name and full of tumult.

> 22:6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his might, have been in thee to shed blood. 22:7 In thee have they made light of father and mother; in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger; in thee have they wronged the fatherless and the widow. 22:8 Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My sabbaths. 22:9 In thee have been talebearers to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness. 22:10 In thee have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in thee have they humbled her that was unclean in her impurity. 22:11 And each hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and each hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and each in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten Me, saith the Lord GOD.

> 22:13 Behold, therefore, I have smitten My hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 22:14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. 22:15 And I will scatter thee among the nations, and disperse thee through the countries; and I will consume thy filthiness out of thee. 22:16 And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the nations; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.'