
Even More(!!) Information
about the Chanukah Torah Readings...
in (certainly not gruesome) but elaborate detail:
The readings for the Eight Days of Chanukah in year 5760
are as follows:
First Day of Chanukah: Shabbat Parshat "Vayeshev;" 25
Kislev, 5760; Night of December 3 - Day of December 4, 1999:
- First Sefer: 7 "Aliyot:" Parshat Vayeshev (Bereshit 37:1 - 40:23)
- Second Sefer: "Maftir:"
Chanukah Reading from Parshat "Naso" (Bamidbar 7:1 - 7:17) Covering the
introduction to the Offerings of the Princes of the Tribes of Israel at the time of the
Inauguration of the Mishkan, beginning
with the Offering of the Prince of the Tribe of Yehudah, Nachshon ben Aminadav.
Second Day of Chanukah: 26 Kislev, 5760; Night of
December 4 - Day of December 5, 1999: 3 "Aliyot:" Bamidbar 7:18 - 7:29
"Kohen" and
"Levi" - Offering
of the Prince of the Tribe of Yissachar, Netanel ben Tzuar
"Yisrael" -
Offering of the Prince of the Tribe of Zevulun, Eliav ben Cholon
Third Day of Chanukah: 27 Kislev, 5760; Night of
December 5 - Day of December 6, 1999: 3 "Aliyot:" Bamidbar 7:24 - 7:35
"Kohen" and "Levi" - Offering of the
Prince of the Tribe of Zevulun, Eliav ben Cholon
"Yisrael" - Offering of the Prince of the Tribe of Reuven,
Elitzur ben Shedeiur
Fourth Day of Chanukah: 28 Kislev, 5760; Night of
December 6 - Day of December 7, 1999: 3 "Aliyot:" Bamidbar 7:30 - 7:41
"Kohen" and "Levi" - Offering of the
Prince of the Tribe of Reuven, Elitzur ben Shedieur
"Yisrael" - Offering of the Prince of the Tribe of Shimon,
Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddoy
Fifth Day of Chanukah: 29 Kislev, 5760; Night of
December 7 - Day of December 8, 1999: 3 "Aliyot:" Bamidbar 7:36 - 7:47
"Kohen" and "Levi" - Offering of the
Prince of the Tribe of Shimon, Shelumiel ben Tzurishaddoy
"Yisrael" - Offering of the Prince of the Tribe of Gad, Elyasaf
ben Deuel
Sixth Day of Chanukah: First Day of Rosh Chodesh Tevet, 30
Kislev, 5760; Night of December 8 - Day of December 9, 1999: 3 "Aliyot:" Regular Rosh Chodesh Torah Reading (Bamidbar 28:1
- 28:15)
1 "Aliyah:" Reading for Sixth Day of Inauguration of the
Mishkan; Offering of the Prince of the Tribe of Gad, Elyasaf ben Deuel (Bamidbar 7:42 -
7:47)
Seventh Day of Chanukah: Second Day of Rosh Chodesh Tevet,
1 Tevet, 5760; Night of December 9 - Day of December 10, 1999: 3 "Aliyot:" Regular Rosh Chodesh Torah Reading (Bamidbar 28:1
- 28:15)
1 "Aliyah:" Reading for Seventh Day of Inauguration of the
Mishkan; Offering of the Prince of the Tribe of Ephrayim, Elishama ben Amihud (Bamidbar
7:48 - 7:53)
Eighth Day of Chanukah: Shabbat Parshat Miketz; 2 Tevet,
5760; Night of December 10 - Day of December 11, 1999: 7 "Aliyot:" Parshat Miketz (Bereshit 41:1 - 44:17)
- Second Sefer:
"Maftir:" Concluding Chanukah Reading from Parshat Naso
(Bamidbar 7:54 - 8:4); Covering offerings of eighth through twelfth days of Inauguration
of the Mishkan, including offerings of the following Princes and Tribes:
Gamliel ben Pedahtzur - Tribe of Menasheh
Avidan ben Gidoni - Tribe of Binyamin
Achiezer ben Amishaddai - Tribe of Dan
Pagiel ben Achran - Tribe of Asher
Achira ben Ainon - Tribe of Naftali.
Reading concludes with Summary of Offerings and Command to Aharon to kindle the Menorah
in the Mishkan, and the similar command to his descendants for all time.
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