## Rashi on Daniel Chapter 12

###### Rashi on Daniel 12:1:1
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**וּבָעֵת הַהִיא יַעֲמֹד מִיכָאֵל.** יִשְׁתַּתֵּק כְּאִלֵּם, שֶׁיִּרְאֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא דָּן בְּעַצְמוֹ וְאוֹמֵר: הֵיאַךְ אֲאַבֵּד אֻמָּה גְּדוֹלָה כָּזוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now at that time, Michael...will be silent** He will be silent like a mute person, for he will see the Holy One, blessed be He, judging by Himself and saying, “How will I destroy a great nation like this for the sake of Israel?”


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:1:2
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**וְהָיְתָה עֵת צָרָה.** בְּפַמַלְיָא שֶׁל מַעְלָה, וְקָטֵיגוֹרְיָא בְּתַלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים: בָּזוּזֵי וּבָזוּזֵי דְּבָזוּזֵי, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בַּהַגָּדָה בְּפֶרֶק אַחֲרוֹן שֶׁל כְּתֻבּוֹת (כתובות קיב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it will be a time of distress** in heaven there will be accusations against Torah scholars, [and there will be] plunderers and plunderers of plunderers, as our Rabbis said in the Aggadah in the last chapter of Kethuboth (112b).


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:1:3
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**יִמָּלֵט עַמְּךָ.** תֹּאבַד מַלְכוּת אֲרָם, וְיִמָּלְטוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your people will escape** The kingdom of Gog will be destroyed and Israel will escape.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:1:4
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**כָּל הַנִּמְצָא כָתוּב בַּסֵּפֶר.** הֲרֵי זֶה מִקְרָא קָצָר: כָּל הַנִּמְצָא כָתוּב בַּסֵּפֶר זֶה, עַל יְדֵי הַחֲלוֹמוֹת הַכְּתוּבִים בּוֹ, ״עַד דִּקְטִילַת חֵיוְתָא וִיקַבְּלוּן מַלְכוּתָא קַדִּישֵׁי עֶלְיוֹנִין״ (דניאל ז:יא,יח), הַכֹּל יִתְקַיֵּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**everyone who is found inscribed in the book** This is a short verse, [meaning] whoever is found inscribed in this Book, through the dreams inscribed in it (7: 11): “until the beast is slain”; (verse 18): “and the high holy ones will receive the kingdom.” All will be fulfilled.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:2:1
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**וְרַבִּים מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַת עָפָר יָקִיצוּ.** יִחְיוּ הַמֵּתִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awaken** The dead will come to life.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:3:1
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**וְהַמַּשְׂכִּילִים.** שֶׁעָסְקוּ בַּתּוֹרָה וּבַמִּצְווֹת **יַזְהִירוּ כְּזֹהַר הָרָקִיעַ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the wise** who engaged in the Torah and in the commandments, will shine like the brightness of the sky.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:7:1
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**וּכְכַלּוֹת נַפֵּץ יַד עַם קֹדֶשׁ.** כְּשֶׁתִּכְלֶה כֹּחַ יִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּי ״אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזוּב״ (דברים לב:לו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and when they have ended shattering the strength of the holy people** Heb. נַפֵּץ יַד, lit. shattering the hand. When Israel’s strength terminates, [similar to] (Deut. 32:36): “that power has vanished (אָזְלַת יַד) and nothing left to keep or abandon.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:8:1
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**וְלֹא אָבִין.** לֹא יָדַעְתִּי מַהוּ **מוֹעֵד מוֹעֲדִים וָחֵצִי**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but I did not understand** I did not know what “the time of two times and a half” means.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:8:2
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**מָה אַחֲרִית אֵלֶּה.** סוֹף הַחֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**what is the end of these** the end of these calculations.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:9:1
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**עַד עֵת קֵץ.** עַד אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרַב הַגְּאֻלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until the time of the end** until our redemption draws near.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:10:1
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**יִתְבָּרֲרוּ וְיִתְלַבְּנוּ.** הַחֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת הָאֵלֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They will be clarified and whitened** [i.e.,] these calculations.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:10:2
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**וְיִצָּרְפוּ.** בָּהֶם רַבִּים לַהֲבִינָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and...will be purified** [i.e.,] many [will be purified] by them to understand them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:10:3
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**וְהִרְשִׁיעוּ רְשָׁעִים.** אֶת הַחֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת, לְחַשְּׁבָם שֶׁלֹּא כַּמִּשְׁפָּט, וּכְשֶׁיִּכְלוּ יֹאמְרוּ: אֵין עוֹד גְּאֻלָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the wicked will pervert** the calculations by computing them incorrectly, and when they terminate, they will say that there is no more redemption.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:10:4
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**וְלֹא יָבִינוּ.** אוֹתָם כָּל רְשָׁעִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will not understand** All the wicked [will not understand] them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:10:5
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**וְהַמַּשְׂכִּילִים יָבִינוּ.** אוֹתָהּ בְּ**בֹא עֵת קֵץ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but the wise will understand** them when the time of the end arrives.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:11:1
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**וּמֵעֵת הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד.** כְּדֵי לָתֵת שִׁקּוּץ מְשׁוֹמֵם תַּחְתָּיו. יָמִים אֶלֶף וּמָאתַיִם וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה הֵן מִיּוֹם הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד עַד שֶׁיָּשׁוּב בִּימֵי מְשִׁיחֵנוּ. וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן זֶה מְכֻוָּן עִם חֶשְׁבּוֹן ״עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת״ (דניאל ח:יד) מִיּוֹם גָּלוּתָם לְמִצְרַיִם עַד גְּאֻלָּה אַחֲרוֹנָה: גָּלוּת מִצְרַיִם מָאתַיִם וְעֶשֶׂר, מִיּוֹם צֵאתָם עַד בִּנְיַן בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וּשְׁמוֹנִים, יְמֵי הַבִּנְיָן אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְעֶשֶׂר, גָּלוּת בָּבֶל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה, יְמֵי בַיִת שֵׁנִי אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְעֶשְׂרִים, הֲרֵי אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים, וְהַתָּמִיד הוּסַר לִפְנֵי הַחֻרְבָּן שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים הֲרֵי מִיּוֹם גָּלוּתָם לְמִצְרַיִם עַד הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וּשְׁמוֹנִים וְאַרְבַּע, הוֹסִיף עֲלֵיהֶם אֶלֶף מָאתַיִם וְתִשְׁעִים הֲרֵי אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת וְשִׁבְעִים וְאַרְבַּע כְּמִנְיַן עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא, אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And from the time the daily sacrifice was removed** in order to place a silent abomination in its stead, are days of one thousand two hundred and ninety years since the daily sacrifice was removed until it will be restored in the days of our King Messiah, and this calculation coincides with the calculation of (8:14): “evening and morning, two thousand and three hundred” from the day of their exile to Egypt until the final redemption: Egyptian exile 210; From their Exodus until the First Temple 480; First Temple 410; Babylonian exile 70; Second Temple 420; Totalling 1590. The daily sacrifice was removed six years before the destruction, which equals 1584. Add 1290, and the total sum is 2874; like the numerical value of בֹּקֶר עֶרֶב [574] plus 2300 [2874].


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:12:1
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**אַשְׁרֵי הַמְחַכֶּה וְגוֹ׳.** אַרְבָּעִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים נוֹסָפִים עַל חֶשְׁבּוֹן הָעֶלְיוֹן, שֶׁעָתִיד מְשִׁיחֵנוּ לְהִתְכַּסּוֹת אַחַר שֶׁנִּגְלָה, וְיָשׁוּב וְיִתְגַּלֶּה. וְכֵן מָצִינוּ בְּמִדְרַשׁ רוּת, וְכֵן יִסַּד רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר הַקַּלִּיר (בְּסִלּוּק יוֹצֵר פָּרָשַׁת הַחֹדֶשׁ): וְיִתְכַּסֶּה מֵהֶם שְׁבוּעִים שִׁשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Fortunate is he who waits etc.** Forty five years are added to the above number, for our King Messiah is destined to be hidden after he is revealed and to be revealed again. So we find in Midrash Ruth, and so did Rabbi Eleazar HaKalir establish (in the concluding poem of the morning service of the portion dealing with the month of Nissan): “and he will be concealed from them six weeks of years.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:13:1
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**לֵךְ לַקֵּץ.** תִּפָּטֵר לְבֵית עוֹלָמְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**go to the end** You will depart to your everlasting home.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:13:2
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**לְגוֹרָלְךָ.** לְקַבֵּל חֶלְקְךָ עִם הַצַּדִּיקִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to your lot** to receive your portion with the righteous.


###### Rashi on Daniel 12:13:3
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**לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין.** כְּמוֹ בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים. וְאֵין לְפָרֵשׁ הַיָּמִין לְשׁוֹן יָד הַיְמָנִית, שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא מָנוּי בַּמָּסֹרֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה בְּשִׁיטַת תֵּיבוֹת הַמְיֻחָדִין בְּנוּ״ן זְקוּפָה בְּסוֹף תֵּיבָה הַמְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת בִּמְקוֹם מֵ״ם וְלֵית דְּכָוָתֵיהוֹן, כְּגוֹן ״וְעָלֶיהָ יִכְרְעוּן אָחֳרִין״ (איוב לא:י), ״יָקוּם וְלֹא יַאֲמִין בְּחַיִּין״ (איוב כד:כב), ״קַח לְךָ חִטִּין״ (יחזקאל ד:ט), ״יֶחֱרָדוּן אִיִּין״ (יחזקאל כו:יח), ״לִמְחוֹת מְלָכִין״ (משלי לא:ג), **לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין** (כאן), (וְעַיֵּן רש״י פְּסָחִים נו. דִּבּוּר הַמַּתְחִיל לְקֵץ הַיָּמִין וְעַיֵּן רש״י סַנְהֶדְרִין צב. דִּבּוּר הַמַּתְחִיל לֵךְ לְקֵץ וְכוּ׳ וּקְצָת צָרִיךְ עִיּוּן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the end of the days** Heb. לְקֵץ הַיָמִין, like בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָמִים. We cannot interpret הַיָמִין as an expression of the right hand, because it is mentioned in the Large Masorah among the six words that are unusual because they have a final “nun” at the end of the word, which serves instead of a “mem,” and there is none like them, e.g. (Job 31:10): “and may others (אֲחֵרִין) kneel upon her;” (ibid. 24:22): “and he is not sure of life (בַּחַיִין)” (Ezek. 4:9): “take yourself wheat (חִטִין)”; (ibid. 26: 18): “Now the isles (הָאִיִן) will tremble;” (Prov. 31:3): “to the pleasures of kings;” (here): “to the end of the days (הַיָמִין).”