A Guide to Reading Nevi'im and Ketuvim
מדריך לקריאת נביאים וכתובים
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A Guide to Reading Nevi'im and Ketuvim is designed to ease and facilitate the direct reading and review of Tanakh in its entirety. It suggests a flexible schedule for daily reading (careful, precise reading out loud with the cantillation melody is highly recommended) based upon careful outlines each book's contents.

The Guide also provides a useful alternative to the chapter divisions for the books of Tanakh. [אתר בעברית]

מדריך לקריאת נביאים וכתובים

Word Doc | PDF (Hebrew) [אתר בעברית]

A Guide to Reading Nevi'im and Ketuvim

Word Doc | PDF (Explanatory Material in English)

Contents of the Guide:

I. Explanatory Material (Hebrew & English)

Midrash | Introduction | How to Use the Guide Sheets | Sources and Notes

II. Books of Nevi'im & Ketuvim (Hebrew)

The Guide-Sheet for each book provides a reading schedule based on a detailed outline of the book's contents.

III. Special Pages (Hebrew)

Tehillim (six-month cycle) | Tehillim (leap year) | Five Megillot for Festivals

Special Material

Tehillim: Word Doc | PDF

Read and review Sefer Tehillim, one mizmor per day in a six-month cycle, a rate that encourages kavvanat ha-lev (meaning and understanding).

Five Megillot: Word Doc | PDF

In many communities, the reading of the megillot (besides Esther) is divided amongst several readers, usually using the chapter divisions. Even where the megillah is read by a single person, a widespread custom is to emphasize the end of each chapter. The Five Megillot page offers an alternative to the chapter divisions for these purposes, as well as for private reading and study.

Torah

Pages presenting the structure of the five books of the Torah are being prepared. They will not include a cycle for reading and study, because Parashat ha-Shavua is itself the ultimate study-cycle.

Audio

A good place for audio recordings of Nevi'im and Ketuvim (read with the te'amim) is the Vayavinu Bamikra project at Hebrew Wikisource. So far, I have donated a recording of Shir ha-Shirim (divided according to the Guide).

Feedback

Feel free to contact me about A Guide to Reading Nevi’im and Ketuvim, especially to offer suggestions on how the titles, the division of the text, or the format of the pages can be improved. Even very technical suggestions are welcome. I would love to know if you make modifications, so that I can learn from what you’ve done. Remember that as they now stand, the Guide Sheets are imperfect drafts, with many rough spots that need to be smoothed out.

Contact me about the Guide at skadish1@gmail.com.

Previous Versions

Previous online versions of A Guide to Reading Nevi'im and Ketuvim:

I am very grateful to those who graciously hosted the material as it developed.

The version hosted at this website is current and should remain so (since it is at my own webpage, which allows me to upload updated versions whenever needed).

Copyright

CC BY-SA 2.5 | GFDL

A Guide to Reading Nevi’im and Ketuvim is copyright © 5767 (2007) by Seth (Avi) Kadish. Its contents (but not its titles) may be copied and modified freely according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license, or the GFDL license (you may use the license of your choice or both).

However, the Hebrew and English titles of the project may be used only with versions that I have produced (unless permission is granted). These titles include:

מדריך לקריאת נביאים וכתובים
דפי הדרכה לקריאת נביאים וכתובים
A Guide to Reading Nevi’im and Ketuvim
Guide Sheets for Reading Nevi'im and Ketuvim: A System for Study and Review

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