## Rashi on Daniel Chapter 8

###### Rashi on Daniel 8:1:1
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**בִּשְׁנַת שָׁלוֹשׁ.** אַחֲרֵי הַמַּרְאֶה הָרִאשׁוֹן, אַחַר שֶׁנִּרְאָה אֵלַי בַּתְּחִלָּה הַחֲלוֹם הָאָמוּר לְמַעְלָה, שֶׁנִּרְאָה לוֹ בִּשְׁנַת אַחַת לְבֵלְשַׁצַּר (לעיל ז:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the third year** after the first vision that appeared to me in the beginning, i.e., the dream stated above (7:1), which appeared to him in the first year of Belshazzar.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:2:1
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**עַל אוּבַל אוּלָי.** עַל הַנָּהָר שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ אוּלָי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**beside the river Ulai** beside the river named Ulai.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:3:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:3:1)

**וְלוֹ קַרְנָיִם.** רֶמֶז לְמַלְכוּת פָּרַס וּמָדַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it had horns** symbolizing the kingdom of Persia and Media.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:3:2
[Rashi on Daniel 8:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:3:2)

**וְהָאַחַת גְּבוֹהָה מִן הַשֵּׁנִית.** רֶמֶז לְמַלְכוּת פָּרַס שֶׁגְּדוֹלָה מִמַּלְכוּת מָדַי, שֶׁמַּלְכוּת מָדַי לֹא הָיְתָה אֶלָּא שָׁנָה אַחַת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (לקמן ט:א) ״בִּשְׁנַת אַחַת לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ בֶּן אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ מִזֶּרַע מָדַי״, וְשָׁנִינוּ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם: לֹא מָצִינוּ שָׁנָה לְמָדַי בַּכְּתוּבִים אֶלָּא זוֹ בִּלְבַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and one was higher than the other** symbolizing the kingdom of Persia, which was greater than the kingdom of Media, for the kingdom of Media existed for only one year, as it says (9:1): “In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus of the seed of Media,” and we learned in Seder Olam (ch. 28): “We do not find any year ascribed to Media in the Holy Writ but this one only.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:3:3
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**וְהַגְּבֹהָה עוֹלָה בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה.** רֶמֶז הוּא שֶׁתַּקְדִּים מַלְכוּת מָדַי לְמַלְכוּת פָּרַס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the higher one sprouted last** This symbolizes that the kingdom of Media will precede the kingdom of Persia.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:5:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:5:1)

**הָיִיתִי מֵבִין.** הָיִיתִי מִסְתַּכֵּל בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I was pondering** I was contemplating it.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:5:2
[Rashi on Daniel 8:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:5:2)

**צְפִיר.** שָׂעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a he goat** Heb. צְפִיר.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:5:3
[Rashi on Daniel 8:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:5:3)

**וְאֵין נוֹגֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ.** דּוֹמֶה הָיָה כִּמְדַלֵּג בָּאֲוִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it did not touch the ground** He resembled one skipping in the air.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:5:4
[Rashi on Daniel 8:5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:5:4)

**קֶרֶן חָזוּת.** קֶרֶן גָּדוֹל לְמַרְאֵה הָעָיִן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a conspicuous horn** Heb. קֶרֶן חָזוּת, a large horn visible to the eye.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:7:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:7:1)

**וַיִּתְמַרְמַר אֵלָיו.** וַיִּלָּחֵם אֵלָיו, הוּא לְשׁוֹן כַּעַס מַר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it fought with it** Heb. וַיִתְמַרְמַר אֵלָיו, and it fought with it. That is an expression of bitter (מַר) anger.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:8:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:8:1)

**חֲזוּת אַרְבַּע.** מַרְאֵה אַרְבַּע קְרָנַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**an appearance of four** an appearance of four horns.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:9:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:9:1)

**וּמִן הָאַחַת מֵהֶם.** וּמֵאַחַת מֵאֵלּוּ הַמַּלְכֻיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And from one of them** and from one of these kingdoms.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:9:2
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**יָצָא קֶרֶן אַחַת.** מַלְכוּת טִיטוּס יוֹצֵאת מִמֶּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**emerged a...horn** The kingdom of Titus emerged from it.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:9:3
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**מִצְּעִירָה.** מַלְכוּת מוּצְעֶרֶת וְנִבְזֵית, כְּמוֹ שֶׁקָּרְאוּ לְמַעְלָה **קֶרֶן אַחַת מִצְּעִירָה.** וְהוּא עַל עִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״בָּזוּי אַתָּה מְאֹד״ (עובדיה א:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**small** A small and despised kingdom, as he calls it above one small horn, and that is in the manner of (Obad. 1:2): “...you are very despised.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:9:4
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**וַתִּגְדַּל יֶתֶר.** וַתִּגְדַּל מְאֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it became very great** Heb. וַתִּגְדַּל מְאֹד.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:9:5
[Rashi on Daniel 8:9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:9:5)

**אֶל הַנֶּגֶב.** הוּא מִצְרַיִם שֶׁהִיא בִּדְרוֹמָהּ שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the south** That is Egypt, which is to the south of the land of Israel.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:9:6
[Rashi on Daniel 8:9:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:9:6)

**וְאֶל הַצְּבִי.** אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנִּקְרֵאת אֶרֶץ צְבִי, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״נַחֲלַת צְבִי צִבְאוֹת גּוֹיִם״ (ירמיהו ג:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to the coveted land** Heb. הַצְבִי The land of Israel, called אֶרֶץ הַצְבִי, the coveted land [or the land of beauty] after the manner of (Jer. 3:19): “an inheritance of the beauty of hosts of nations.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:10:1
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**עַד צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם.** הֵם יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁנִּמְשְׁלוּ לַכּוֹכָבִים (בראשית כב:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until the host of heaven** They are Israel, who were compared to the stars.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:11:1
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**וְעַד שַׂר הַצָּבָא.** הוּא בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁהוּא בֵּיתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא. **שַׂר הַצָּבָא** כְּלַפֵּי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא חֵרֵף.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And until the Prince of the host** That is the Temple, which is the House of the Holy One, blessed be He, the Prince of the host. He blasphemed the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:11:2
[Rashi on Daniel 8:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:11:2)

**וּמִמֶּנּוּ הוּרַם הַתָּמִיד.** וְעַל יְדֵי גְדוּדָיו וְחֵילוֹתָיו שֶׁשָּׁלַח לִירוּשָׁלַיִם בָּטֵל הַתָּמִיד שֶׁשָּׁלַח שָׁם נִירוֹן קֵיסָר שַׂר צְבָאוֹ; כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה בְּמַסֶּכֶת גִּטִּין וּבְגוֹרְיוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and through him the daily sacrifice was removed** And through his troops and his armies, which he sent to Jerusalem, the daily sacrifice was abolished, for he sent there Nero Caesar, his general, as our Rabbis relate in Gittin (56a) and in Gorion.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:12:1
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**וְצָבָא תִּנָּתֵן עַל הַתָּמִיד בְּפָשַׁע.** וּזְמַן מוֹעֵד נִתַּן לִהְיוֹת הַתָּמִיד מְסֻלָּק בִּשְׁבִיל פֶּשַׁע שׁוֹמֵם הִיא עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה. כְּלוֹמַר שֶׁתְּהֵא עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה נִתֶּנֶת בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם תְּמוּרַת הַתָּמִיד. וְכֵן הִיא קְרוּיָה בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה בְּכַמָּה מְקוֹמוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״עַד מָתַי הֶחָזוֹן הַתָּמִיד וְהַפֶּשַׁע שֹׁמֵם״ (דניאל ח:יג), וְאוֹמֵר ״מֵעֵת הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד וְלָתֵת שִׁקּוּץ שֹׁמֵם״ (דניאל יב:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And a time will be given for the daily sacrifice** A set time will be given for the daily sacrifice to be discontinued because of transgression.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:12:2
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**וְצָבָא.** זְמַן, כְּמוֹ ״הֲלֹא צָבָא לֶאֱנוֹשׁ עֲלֵי אָרֶץ״ (אִיּוֹב ז:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And a time** Heb. וְצָבָא, time, like (Job 7:1): “Is not man on earth for a limited time (צָבָא)”?


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:12:3
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**וְתַשְׁלֵךְ אֱמֶת אַרְצָה.** תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת הִשְׁפִּילָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it will cast truth to the earth** It humbled the Torah of truth.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:13:1
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**אֶחָד קָדוֹשׁ.** אֶחָד מִן הַמַּלְאָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one holy one** one of the angels.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:13:2
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**וַיֹּאמֶר.** אוֹתוֹ הַמַּלְאָךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and...said** that angel.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:13:3
[Rashi on Daniel 8:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:13:3)

**לַפַּלְמוֹנִי.** הֲרֵי תֵּיבָה זוֹ כִּשְׁתַּיִם: לִפְלוֹנִי אַלְמוֹנִי. וְתִרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן בֶּן עֻזִּיאֵל בְּסֵפֶר שְׁמוּאֵל (שמואל א כא:ג): ״כְּסִי וְטָמִיר״, כְּמוֹ ״כִּי יִפָּלֵא מִמְּךָ דָבָר״ (דברים יז:ח). אַלְמוֹנִי, אַלְמוֹן מִבְּלִי שֵׁם, שֶׁלֹּא פֵּירַשׁ לוֹ מַהוּ וּמַה שְּׁמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the anonymous** Heb. לַפַּלְמוֹנִי. This word is like two: פְּלוֹנִי אַלְמוֹנִי, and Jonathan ben Uziel translated it in the Book of Samuel (I 21: 3): “covered and hidden,” like (Deut. 17:8): “If a matter be hidden (יִפָּלֵא) from you.” אַלְמוֹנִי means a widower (אַלְמָן) without a name, [i.e., bereft of a name] for he [the angel] did not explain to him what he was and what his name was.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:13:4
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**לַפַּלְמוֹנִי הַמְדַבֵּר.** לַמַּלְאָךְ שֶׁהָיָה מְדַבֵּר וְגוֹזֵר גְּזֵרוֹת, **וְצָבָא** הַמּוֹעֵד **תִּנָּתֵן עַל הַתָּמִיד בְּפֶשַׁע**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the anonymous one who was speaking** to the angel who was speaking and issuing decrees, viz. “And a set time will be given for the daily sacrifice because of transgression.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:13:5
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**עַד מָתַי הֶחָזוֹן.** הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר עַל **הַתָּמִיד** לִהְיוֹת מְסֻלָּק **וְהַפֶּשַׁע שֹׁמֵם** יִהְיֶה נָתוּן תַּחְתָּיו. פֶּשַׁע שֹׁמֵם עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה מֵעוֹבְדֵי כוֹכָבִים שֶׁהִיא כְּאֶבֶן דּוֹמֵם, וְכֵן הִיא קְרוּיָה בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה בְּכַמָּה מְקוֹמוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר **עַד מָתַי הֶחָזוֹן הַתָּמִיד וְהַפֶּשַׁע שֹׁמֵם**, וְאוֹמֵר (דניאל יב:יא) ״מֵעֵת הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד וְלָתֵת שִׁקּוּץ שֹׁמֵם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**How long will be the vision** this [vision] which concerns the daily sacrifice, that it should be discontinued, and the silent abomination will be placed in its stead. The silent abomination is an idol worshipped by the pagans, which was like a mute stone, and so it is called in this Book in many places, as it says (12:11): “And from the time the daily sacrifice was removed and the silent abomination placed.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:13:6
[Rashi on Daniel 8:13:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:13:6)

**שׁוֹמֵם.** לְשׁוֹן אִלֵּם וּמְשֻׁתָּק, כְּמוֹ ״אֶשְׁתּוֹמַם כְּשָׁעָה חֲדָא״ (דניאל ד:טז), ״וָאֵשֵׁב שָׁם שִׁבְעַת יָמִים מַשְׁמִים בְּתוֹכָם״ (יחזקאל ג:טו) כְּמוֹ אִלֵּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**mute** Heb. שֹּׁמֵם, an expression of being mute and silenced, like (4:16): “was bewildered (אֶשְּׁתּוֹמַם) for awhile;” (Ezek. 3:15): “and I sat there seven days bewildered (מַשְּׁמִים) among them,” like one who is dumb.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:13:7
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**תֵּת וְקֹדֶשׁ וְצָבָא מִרְמָס.** לָתֵת אֶת מְכוֹן הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְאֶת צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר הִפִּיל לָאָרֶץ מִרְמָס לְרַגְלָיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב לְמַעְלָה ״וַתַּפֵּל אַרְצָה מִן הַצָּבָא וּמִן הַכּוֹכָבִים״ (דניאל ח:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**permitting the Sanctuary and the host to be trampled** to make the base of the Sanctuary and the host of heaven, which he cast down to the earth, to be a trampling for his feet, as is stated above (verse 10): “and it cast down to the ground some of the host and some of the stars.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:13:8
[Rashi on Daniel 8:13:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:13:8)

**וְקֹדֶשׁ וְצָבָא**. וָ״ו יְתֵרָה, וְהַרְבֵּה כָּאֵלֶּה בַּמִּקְרָא: ״נִרְדָּם וְרֶכֶב וָסוּס״ (תהילים עו:ז), וְאַף בִּלְשׁוֹן בְּנֵי אָדָם יֵשׁ מְדַבְּרִים כֵּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Sanctuary and the host** Heb. וְקֹדֶשּׁ וְצָבָא. The “vav” [of וְקֹדֶשּׁ] is superfluous, and there are many such instances in Scripture, e.g. (Ps. 76:7): “chariot (וָרֶכֶב) and horse were stunned,” and also, in the language of people, some speak that way.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:14:1
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**עַד עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת.** רָאִיתִי פָּתַר בְּשֵׁם רַבֵּינוּ סְעַדְיָה לְדָבָר, וּכְבָר עָבַר וּפָתַר עוֹד: **עַד עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר** עַד שֶׁיָּבוֹא אוֹתוֹ **הָעֶרֶב** שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ ״וְהָיָה לְעֵת עֶרֶב יִהְיֶה אוֹר״ (זכריה יד:ז); וּבְטוּחִים אָנוּ כִּי ״דְּבַר אֱלֹהֵינוּ יָקוּם לְעוֹלָם״ (ישעיהו מ:ח), לֹא יוּפַר. וַאֲנִי אוֹמֵר, כִּי **הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר** הָאָמוּר כָּאן גִּימַטְרִיָּא הוּא, וְיֵשׁ סֶמֶךְ לַדָּבָר מִשְּׁנֵי טְעָמִים: הָאֶחָד, שֶׁיְּהֵא חֶשְׁבּוֹן זֶה מְכֻוָּן עִם חֶשְׁבּוֹן אַחֵר שֶׁבְּסוֹף הַסֵּפֶר; וְהַשֵּׁנִי, שֶׁאָמַר גַּבְרִיאֵל לְדָנִיֵּאל לְמַטָּה בָּעִנְיָן: ״וּמַרְאֵה הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר אֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמַר אֱמֶת הוּא״ (דניאל ח:כו), וְאִם לֹא רֶמֶז הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן הוּא תָּלוּי, לָמָּה חָזַר וְכָפַל אוֹתוֹ לוֹמַר ״אֱמֶת הוּא״. וְהַחוֹזֶה נִצְטַוָּה לִסְתֹּם וְלַחְתֹּם הַדָּבָר (דניאל ט:כד; יב:ד), וְאַף הוּא לֹא נִגְלָה בְּלָשׁוֹן סָתוּם וְחָתוּם. וְאָנוּ נוֹחִיל לְהַבְטָחַת מַלְכֵּנוּ קֵץ אַחַר קֵץ; וּבַעֲבוּר קֵץ הַדּוֹרֵשׁ, נוֹדַע כִּי טָעָה בְּמִדְרָשָׁיו, וְהַבָּא אַחֲרָיו יָתוּר וְיִדְרֹשׁ דֶּרֶךְ אַחֶרֶת. יֵשׁ לִפְתֹּר **עֶרֶב וָבֹקֶר** בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא: חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת וְשִׁבְעִים וְאַרְבַּע, וְעוֹד **אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת** הֲרֵי אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת וְשִׁבְעִים וְאַרְבַּע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Until evening and morning, one thousand and three hundred** I saw an interpretation in the name of Rav Saadia Gaon for this matter, but it has already passed, and he interpreted further “until evening and morning,” that evening about which it says (Zech. 14:7): “and it shall come to pass that at eventide it shall be light,” and we are confident that our God’s word will stand forever; it will not be nullified. I say, however, that the עֶרֶב and בֹּקֶר stated here are a gematria, and there is support for this matter from two reasons: 1) that this computation should coincide with the other computation at the end of the Book, and 2) that Gabriel said to Daniel later on in this chapter (verse 26): “And the vision of the evening and the morning is true.” Now, if he had not hinted that the computation was doubtful, why did he repeat it to say that it was true? And the seer was commanded to close up and to seal the matter, and to him, too, the matter was revealed in a closed and sealed expression, but we will hope for the promise of our king for end after end, and when the end passes, it will be known that the expounder has erred in his interpretation, and the one who comes after him will search and expound in another manner. This can be interpreted [as follows]: namely, that עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר has the numerical value of 574, ע = 70; ר = 200; ב = 2; ב = 2; ק = 100; ר = 200. Added together, this equals 574; plus 2,300, we have 2,874.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:14:2
[Rashi on Daniel 8:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:14:2)

**וְנִצְדַּק קֹדֶשׁ.** יְכֻפַּר עֲוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל, לְבַטֵּל גְּזֵרוֹת מִדְרְסָן וּמְרַפְּסָן מֵאָז גָּלוּ גָּלוּת רִאשׁוֹנָה לְמִצְרַיִם עַד יִגָּאֲלוּ וְיִוָּשְׁעוּ תְּשׁוּעַת עוֹלָמִים בְּמֶלֶךְ מְשִׁיחֵנוּ. וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן זֶה כָּלֶה לְסוֹף אֶלֶף וּמָאתַיִם וְתִשְׁעִים מִיּוֹם הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד, וְהוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּסוֹף הַסֵּפֶר ״וּמֵעֵת הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד לָתֵת שִׁקּוּץ שֹׁמֵם יָמִים אֶלֶף מָאתַיִם וְתִשְׁעִים״ (דניאל יב:יא) יִהְיֶה וְלֹא יוֹתֵר, שֶׁיָּבֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ מְשִׁיחֵנוּ וְיָסִיר שִׁקּוּץ הַשּׁוֹמֵם. וְהַתָּמִיד הוּסַר שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים לִפְנֵי הַחֻרְבָּן בַּיִת שֵׁנִי וְהֶעֱמִיד צֶלֶם בַּהֵיכָל, וְיוֹם שִׁבְעָה עָשָׂר בְּתַמּוּז הָיָה שֶׁשָּׂרַף אַפּוֹסְטְמוֹס אֶת הַתּוֹרָה וּבִטֵּל אֶת הַתָּמִיד וְהֶעֱמִיד צֶלֶם בַּהֵיכָל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת תַּעֲנִית (תענית כו:). וְשֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים שֶׁכָּתַבְתִּי אֵין בְּיָדִי רְאָיָה מְפֹרֶשֶׁת, אַךְ יֵשׁ רְאָיָה שֶׁשָּׁבוּעַ שָׁלֵם לֹא בָּטַל הַתָּמִיד לִפְנֵי הַחֻרְבָּן, שֶׁכֵּן נִבָּא דָּנִיֵּאל עַל טִיטוּס ״וַחֲצִי הַשָּׁבוּעַ יַשְׁבִּית זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה״ (דניאל ט:כז), כְּלוֹמַר: מִקְצָת הַשָּׁבוּעַ שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַחֻרְבָּן יְבַטְּלוּ הַקָּרְבָּנוֹת; כָּךְ מְפֹרָשׁ לְמַטָּה בָּעִנְיָן (שם). נַחֲזֹר עַל הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת, כֵּיצַד מְכֻוָּן חֶשְׁבּוֹן **עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת** מִיּוֹם רֶדֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִצְרַיִם לִהְיוֹת כָּלֶה לְסוֹף אֶלֶף וּמָאתַיִם וַחֲמִשִּׁים לְיוֹם שֶׁהוּסַר הַתָּמִיד: מָאתַיִם וְעֶשֶׂר הָיוּ בְמִצְרַיִם, אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וּשְׁמוֹנִים מִיּוֹם צֵאתָם עַד ״וַיִּבֶן הַבַּיִת״ (מלכים א ו:א); אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְעֶשֶׂר הָיָה הַבַּיִת, וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה גָּלוּת בָּבֶל, וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְעֶשְׂרִים בַּיִת שֵׁנִי, תֵּן עֲלֵיהֶם אֶלֶף וּמָאתַיִם וְתִשְׁעִים שֶׁל קֵץ הַיָּמִים, הֲרֵי אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת. צֵא מֵהֶן שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים שֶׁהוּסַר הַתָּמִיד לִפְנֵי הַחֻרְבָּן, שֶׁלֹּא מָנָה הַכָּתוּב אֶלֶף וּמָאתַיִם וְתִשְׁעִים אֶלָּא לְמֵעֵת הוּסַר הַתָּמִיד, הֲרֵי לְךָ חֶשְׁבּוֹן עֶרֶב וָבֹקֶר וְאַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת. עוֹד נוֹסָף בַּחֶשְׁבּוֹן ״אַשְׁרֵי הַמְחַכֶּה וְיַגִּיעַ לְיָמִים״ (דניאל יב:יב) אַרְבָּעִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנָה יְתֵרִים עַל אֶלֶף וּמָאתַיִם וְתִשְׁעִים יֵשׁ לוֹמַר עַל חֶשְׁבּוֹן הָרִאשׁוֹן, יֵצֵא הַמֶּלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ וְיַחֲזֹר וְיִתְכַּסֶּה מֵהֶם אוֹתָם אַרְבָּעִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים. וְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר הַקַּלִּיר יִסֵּד בִּיסוֹד שִׁירוֹ (בְּסִלּוּק יוֹצֵר שֶׁל פָּרָשַׁת הַחֹדֶשׁ): שְׁבוּעִים שִׁשָּׁה הֲרֵי אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁתַּיִם; וְיֵשׁ לוֹמַר: הַשָּׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים שֶׁלֹּא בָּאוּ לְחֶשְׁבּוֹן שָׁבוּעַ לֹא מָנָה. וַאֲנִי מָצָאתִי כָּךְ בְּמִדְרַשׁ רוּת, שֶׁעָתִיד מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ לְהִתְכַּסּוֹת אַרְבָּעִים וְחָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים לְאַחַר שֶׁיִּגָּלֶה, וּמֵבִיא רְאָיָה מִן הַמִּקְרָאוֹת הַלָּלוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the holy ones shall be exonerated** The iniquity of Israel shall be expiated to bring an end to the decrees of their being trodden upon and crumbled since they were exiled in their first exile to Egypt, until they will be redeemed and saved with a perpetual salvation by our king Messiah, and this computation terminates at the end of 1,290 years from the day the daily sacrifice was removed, and that is what is stated at the end of the Book (12:11): “And from the time the daily sacrifice is removed, and the silent abomination placed, will be 1,290 years,” and no more, for our king Messiah will come and remove the silent abomination. The daily sacrifice was removed six years before the destruction of the Second Temple, and an image was set up in the Heichal. Now that was the seventeenth day of Tammuz, when Apostomos burned the Torah, put an end to the daily sacrifice, and set up an image in the Heichal, as we learned in Tractate Ta’anith (26b), but for the six years that I mentioned, I have no explicit proof, but there is proof that the daily sacrifice was abolished less than a complete shemittah cycle before the destruction, for so did Daniel prophesy about Titus (9:27): “...and half the week of years [shemittah cycle] he will curtail sacrifice and meal-offering,” meaning that a part of the week of years before the destruction, sacrifices will be abolished. So it is explained below in this section. Let us return to the earlier matters, how the computation of “evening and morning, two thousand and three hundred,” fits exactly with the time commencing from the descent to Egypt to terminate at the end of 1,290 years until the day that the daily sacrifice was abolished: 210 years they were in Egypt. 480 years transpired from the Exodus until the building of the Temple. 410 years the Temple existed. 70 years was the Babylonian exile. 420 years the Second Temple stood. 1,290 should be added until the end of days, totaling: 2,880. Subtract six years that the daily sacrifice was removed before the destruction, for Scripture counted 1,290 years only from the time that the daily sacrifice was removed. Here you have the computation of “evening and morning, and 2,300” added to the computation. Fortunate is he who waits and reaches the end of days 45 years over 1,290 [years]. We may say that the king Messiah will come according to the first computation, and he will subsequently be concealed from them for forty-five years. Rabbi Elazar HaKalir established (in the concluding poem of the portion dealing with the month of Nissan): in the foundation of his song: six weeks of years, totaling 42. We may say that the three years that did not total a week of years he did not count. And I found it so in Midrash Ruth that the king Messiah is destined to be concealed for forty-five years after he reveals himself, and proof is brought from these verses.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:15:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:15:1)

**וָאֲבַקְשָׁה בִינָה.** הָיִיתִי מִתְאַוֶּה שֶׁיָּבִינוּ לִי מִן הַשָּׁמָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that I sought understanding** I was longing that they should enable me to understand [the vision] from heaven.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:16:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:16:1)

**בֵּין אוּלָי.** בְּתוֹךְ הַנָּהָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the midst of the Ulai** in the midst of the river.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:16:2
[Rashi on Daniel 8:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:16:2)

**וַיִּקְרָא.** הָאָדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he called** i.e., the man.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:16:3
[Rashi on Daniel 8:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:16:3)

**וַיֹּאמֶר.** לַמַּלְאָךְ אַתָּה גַבְרִיאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and said** to the angel, “You, Gabriel.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:16:4
[Rashi on Daniel 8:16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:16:4)

**הָבֵן לְהַלָּז אֶת הַמַּרְאֶה.** פָּרֵשׁ לָזֶה אֶת הֶחָזוֹן׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**enable this one to understand the vision** explain the vision to this one.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:16:5
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**לְהַלָּז.** לְשׁוֹן חֲשִׁיבוּת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁקְּרָאוֹ חֲמוּדוֹת (דניאל ט:כג). כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ׳הַלָּז׳ בַּעַל צוּרָה הוּא, וּמִכָּאן לָמְדוּ בָּאַגָּדָה: יִצְחָק נִדְמָה לְאָבִיו בְּצֶלֶם וּבִדְמוּת, שֶׁנִּקְרָא ״הָאִישׁ הַלָּז״ בְּפָרָשַׁת ׳וַיְהִי כִּי זָקֵן יִצְחָק׳ (בראשית כז:א). ״וַיְהִי יוֹסֵף יְפֵה תֹאַר״ (בראשית לט:ו) זֶהוּ הַנּוֹי, הַמָּנוּי בַּחֲמִשָּׁה דְבָרִים שֶׁהָאָב זוֹכֶה לִבְנוֹ (עדויות ב:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**this one** Heb. לְהַלָּז, an expression of esteem, as he called him חֲמוּדוֹת, one of desirable qualities. Wherever it says הַלָז it refers to a person of form, and from here they learned in the Aggadah: Isaac resembled his father in form and in likeness, for he is called הָאִישּׁ הַלָז in the section commencing, “Now it came to pass when Isaac was old.” (Gen. 39:6): “...and Joseph was fair in form and fair in appearance.” This is the beauty enumerated among the five things that a father merits for his son.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:17:1
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**לְעֵת קֵץ.** לְיָמִים רַבִּים יִהְיֶה הַחָזוֹן הַזֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the time of the end.** For many days this vision will come about.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:18:1
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**נִרְדַּמְתִּי.** לְשׁוֹן תְּנוּמָה וְשִׁמָּמוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I fell into a sound sleep** An expression of slumber and bewilderment.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:18:2
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**עַל עָמְדִי.** עַל מַעֲמַד רַגְלִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and stood me up where I had been standing** Where my feet were standing.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:19:1
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**כִּי לְמוֹעֵד קֵץ.** כִּי הוּא לִזְמַן קֵץ יָמִים רַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for it is the end of the time** for it is at the time of the end of many days.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:20:1
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**מַלְכֵי מָדַי וּפָרָס.** שְׁתֵּי קְרָנַיִם שְׁתֵּי אֻמּוֹת מוֹלְכוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי לְמַעְלָה (דניאל ח:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The kings of Media and Persia** The two horns represent two ruling nations, as I explained above.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:21:1
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**הַמֶּלֶךְ הָרִאשׁוֹן.** הוּא אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרוֹס מוּקְדוֹן שֶׁהָרַג אֶת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ בֶּן אֶסְתֵּר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמָּצִינוּ בְּסֵפֶר יוֹסִיפוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the first king** He is Alexander of Macedon who slew Darius, the son of Esther, as we find in the book of Josiphon (ch. 9).


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:22:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:22:1)

**וְהַנִּשְׁבֶּרֶת.** שֶׁרָאִיתָ שֶׁנִּשְׁבְּרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the broken one** that you saw being broken.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:22:2
[Rashi on Daniel 8:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:22:2)

**וַתַּעֲמֹדְנָה אַרְבַּע תַּחְתֶּיהָ.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בְּסִפּוּר הַחֲלוֹם לְמַעְלָה: אַרְבַּע מַלְכֻיּוֹת, אֲשֶׁר יַעֲמֹדְנָה מֵאוֹתוֹ גּוֹי שֶׁחָלַק אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרוֹס מוּקְדָּן מַלְכוּתוֹ בְּמוֹתוֹ לְאַרְבַּע יְלָדִים. וְיוֹסֵף קְרָאָם בְּסִפְרוֹ אַרְבַּע רָאשֵׁי נָמֵר, וְלֹא בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ הָיוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in whose stead stood four** as is written in the narration of the dream above (verse 8), [there] are four kingdoms which will arise from that nation, for Alexander of Macedon divided his kingdom upon his death [into parts for] four youths, and Joseph called them four heads of a leopard in his book, and they were not the sons of the king.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:22:3
[Rashi on Daniel 8:22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:22:3)

**וְלֹא בְכֹחוֹ.** וְלֹא יִהְיוּ הָאַחֲרוֹנִים כְּכֹחַ הַמֶּלֶךְ הָרִאשׁוֹן, כִּי חֲלָשִׁים מִמֶּנּוּ יִהְיוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but not with its strength** The last ones will not be as strong as the first king, but they will be weaker than him.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:23:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:23:1)

**וּבְאַחֲרִית מַלְכוּתָם כְּהָתֵם הַפּוֹשְׁעִים.** כְּשֶׁיַּגִּיעַ זְמַן שֶׁיִּתַּמּוּ רִשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁבְּבַיִת שֵׁנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And at the end of their kingdom, when the transgressors have been destroyed** When the end arrives, and the wicked of Israel in the Second Temple will be finished.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:23:2
[Rashi on Daniel 8:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:23:2)

**יַעֲמֹד מֶלֶךְ עַז פָּנִים.** הוּא טִיטוּס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a brazen-faced person will rise** he is Titus.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:24:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:24:1)

**וְעָצַם כֹּחוֹ.** וְלֹא בִּגְבוּרָה כִּי אִם בַּחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסוֹף הַסֵּפֶר (דניאל יא:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And his power will become strong** and not with might but with smooth talk, as is explained at the end of the Book (11:21).


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:24:2
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**וְנִפְלָאוֹת יַשְׁחִית.** וּבְהַפְלֵא וָפֶלֶא **יַשְׁחִית** עוֹבְדֵי כוֹכָבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he will destroy wondrously** and with wonder upon wonder, he will destroy.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:24:3
[Rashi on Daniel 8:24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:24:3)

**וְהִצְלִיחַ וְעָשָׂה.** חֶפְצוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he will prosper and accomplish** his desire.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:24:4
[Rashi on Daniel 8:24:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:24:4)

**וְהִשְׁחִית עֲצוּמִים.** הִשְׁחִית אֻמּוֹת רַבּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he will destroy the mighty** many nations.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:24:5
[Rashi on Daniel 8:24:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:24:5)

**וְעִם קְדוֹשִׁים.** יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמַּאֲמִינִים בַּתּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the people of the holy ones** Israel, who believe in the Torah.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:25:1
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**וְעַל שִׂכְלוֹ וְהִצְלִיחַ מִרְמָה בְּיָדוֹ.** וְעַל יְדֵי שֶׁהוּא מַשְׂכִּיל בְּכָל אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה וְיַצְלִיחַ, יַחֲזִיק בַּמִּרְמָה שֶׁבְּיָדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And through his intellect, he will cause the deceit in his hand to prosper** And because he is clever wherever he turns and [because] he will prosper, he will hold onto deceit with his hand.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:25:2
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**וּבִלְבָבוֹ יַגְדִּיל.** יִתְגָּאֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in his heart he will become proud** Heb. יַגְדִּיל, lit, he will grow larger.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:25:3
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**וּבְשַׁלְוָה יַשְׁחִית רַבִּים.** בְּמִרְמָה וּבַחֲלַקְלַקּוֹת יַשְׁחִית רַבִּים הַיּוֹשְׁבִים אִתּוֹ בִּבְרִית וְשָׁלוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in tranquility he will destroy many** With guile and with smooth talk he will destroy many who dwell with him with a covenant and in peace.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:25:4
[Rashi on Daniel 8:25:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:25:4)

**וְעַל שַׂר שָׂרִים יַעֲמֹד.** כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה יַטִּיחַ דְּבָרִים. זֶהוּ פֵּרוּשׁ הַחֲלוֹם הַכָּתוּב לְמַעְלָה (״וְעַד שַׂר הַצָּבָא הִגְדִּיל״):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and over the Prince of princes he will stand** He will speak blasphemously about Heaven. This is the meaning of the dream written above (verse 11): [“And until the Prince of the host it grew.”]


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:25:5
[Rashi on Daniel 8:25:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:25:5)

**וּבְאֶפֶס יָד יִשָּׁבֵר.** וּבְאֵין כֹּחַ יִשָּׁבֵר עַל יְדֵי יַתּוּשׁ חַלָּשׁ שֶׁבַּבְּרִיּוֹת שֶׁנִּכְנַס בְּחוֹטְמוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת גִּטִּין (גיטין נו:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and without strength he will be broken** And without strength he will be broken, through a mosquito, the weakest of creatures, which entered his nose, as we learned in Tractate Gittin (56b).


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:26:1
[Rashi on Daniel 8:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:26:1)

**וּמַרְאֵה הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר.** אֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמַר לְךָ בַּחֲלוֹם הָעֶלְיוֹן אֱמֶת הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the vision of the evening and the morning** which was said to you in the preceding dream, is true.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:26:2
[Rashi on Daniel 8:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:26:2)

**וְאַתָּה סְתֹם הֶחָזוֹן.** אַל תְּפָרְשֵׁהוּ וְסָתְמֵהוּ בְּלִבְּךָ, כִּי לְיָמִים רַבִּים יָבֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you close up the vision** Do not explain it, but close it up in your heart, for it will come about in many days.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:27:1
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**נִהְיֵיתִי.** לְשׁוֹן הֹוֶה וְשֶׁבֶר, כְּלוֹמַר: נִצְטַעַרְתִּי עַל הַפּוּרְעָנוּת הַזֶּה וְנִדְכֵּיתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**became broken** Heb. נִהְיֵיתִי, an expression of calamity (הוָה) and breach; i.e., I was pained because of this trouble and I was depressed.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:27:2
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**אֶת מְלֶאכֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ.** שֶׁהָיִיתִי מְמֻנֶּה עַל פְּקֻדַּת עֲבוֹדַת מֶמְשֶׁלֶת מַלְכוּת בֵּלְשַׁצַּר, שֶׁמִּנָּהוּ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר אָבִיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בִּתְחִלַּת הַסֵּפֶר ״וְהַשְׁלְטֵיהּ עַל כָּל מְדִינַת בָּבֶל״ (דניאל ב:מח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the king’s work** for I was appointed over the assignment of the work of the government of Belshazzar’s kingdom, for Nebuchadnezzar his father had appointed him, as is written in the beginning of the Book (2:48): “...and gave him dominion over all the capital cities of Babylon.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:27:3
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**וָאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵם עַל הַמַּרְאֶה.** וָאֶתְבַּהֵל עַל הֶחָזוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I was terrified about the vision** Heb. וָאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵם עַל הַמַרְאֶה.


###### Rashi on Daniel 8:27:4
[Rashi on Daniel 8:27:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/8:27:4)

**וְאֵין מֵבִין.** שֶׁאֲנִי מִשְׁתּוֹמֵם, כִּי הָיִיתִי לִפְנֵי הַשָּׂרִים מִתְחַזֵּק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but no one realized** that I was terrified because I restrained myself before the princes.