Rosh Hashana 2:3 — Lighting the Beacon Fires

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Lighting the Beacon Fires

כֵּיצַד מַשִּׂיאִין מַשּׂוּאוֹת
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Mishnah ראש השנה ב׳:ג׳ · Rosh Hashana 2:3
כֵּיצַד הָיוּ מַשִּׂיאִין מַשּׂוּאוֹת,
מְבִיאִין כְּלֻנְסָאוֹת שֶׁל אֶרֶז אֲרֻכִּין וְקָנִים וַעֲצֵי שֶׁמֶן וּנְעֹרֶת שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן
וְכוֹרֵךְ בִּמְשִׁיחָה,
וְעוֹלֶה לְרֹאשׁ הָהָר
וּמַצִּית בָּהֶן אֶת הָאוּר,
וּמוֹלִיךְ וּמֵבִיא וּמַעֲלֶה וּמוֹרִיד,
עַד שֶׁהוּא רוֹאֶה אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ
שֶׁהוּא עוֹשֶׂה כֵן בְּרֹאשׁ הָהָר הַשֵּׁנִי,
וְכֵן בְּרֹאשׁ הָהָר הַשְּׁלִישִׁי:
How would they light the beacon-fires?
They would bring long poles of cedar, and reeds, and oily wood, and tow of flax,
and bind them with twine,
and he would go up to the top of the mountain
and kindle the fire in them,
and wave it back and forth and up and down,
until he could see his fellow
doing the same on the top of the second mountain,
and so too on the top of the third mountain.

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