## Rashi on Daniel Chapter 9

###### Rashi on Daniel 9:1:1
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**בִּשְׁנַת אַחַת לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ בֶּן אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ.** לֹא זֶהוּ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ שֶׁבִּימֵי הָמָן (אסתר ג:א), כִּי הוּא מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס הָיָה, וְזֶה דָּרְיָוֶשׁ הַמָּדִי אֲשֶׁר הוּמְלַךְ עַל מַלְכוּת כַּשְׂדִּים כְּשֶׁנֶּהֱרַג בֵּלְשַׁצַּר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב לְמַעְלָה ״וְדָרְיָוֶשׁ מָדָאָה קַבֵּל מַלְכוּתָא״ (דניאל ו:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus** This is not the Ahasuerus of the days of Haman, for he was the king of Persia, whereas this one was Darius the Mede who was crowned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans when Belshazzar was slain, as is written above (6:1): “And Darius the Mede took (sic) the kingdom.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:2:1
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**בִּינוֹתִי בַסְּפָרִים.** נִסְתַּכַּלְתִּי בַחֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Contemplated the calculations** Heb. בִּינֹתִי בַּסְפָרִים.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:2:2
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**מִסְפַּר הַשָּׁנִים וְגוֹ׳.** הָיִיתִי מְחַשֵּׁב חֶשְׁבּוֹן **הַשָּׁנִים** שֶׁהָיִיתִי סָבוּר עַל מַה שֶׁנִּבָּא ״כִּי לְפִי מְלֹאת לְבָבֶל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה אֶפְקֹד אֶתְכֶם״ (ירמיה כט:י), דִּמִּיתִי שֶׁהַפְּקִידָה הַזֹּאת הִיא בִּנְיַן הַבַּיִת, וְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה כָּלִים בִּשְׁנַת אַחַת לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמָּדִי מִשֶּׁפָּשְׁטָה מַלְכוּת בָּבֶל יָד עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁכָּבַשׁ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר יְהוֹיָקִים לִהְיוֹת לוֹ עֶבֶד, וְהִיא הָיְתָה שָׁנָה שְׁנִיָּה לְמַלְכוּת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר; דְּאָמַר מַר: שָׁנָה רִאשׁוֹנָה כָּבַשׁ נִינְוֵה, שָׁנָה שְׁנִיָּה עָלָה וְכָבַשׁ יְהוֹיָקִים. צֵא וַחֲשׁוֹב מֵאוֹתָהּ שָׁנָה וְעַד כָּאן וְתִמְצָאֵם. וְאַף בְּמִשְׁנַת סֵדֶר עוֹלָם נִמְצָא הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן הַזֶּה, וְשָׁנִינוּ שָׁם: בִּשְׁנַת מוֹת בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר הֲרֵי שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה מִיּוֹם שֶׁמָּלַךְ נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר: שִׁבְעִים חָסֵר אַחַת מִיּוֹם שֶׁכָּבַשׁ יְהוֹיָקִים וְעוֹד שָׁנָה אַחַת לְבָבֶל, עָמַד דָּרְיָוֶשׁ וְהִשְׁלִימָהּ. וּבִרְאוֹתִי כִּי עֲדַיִן אֵין הַגְּאֻלָּה מְמַהֶרֶת לָבֹא, הֲבִינוֹתִי וְנָתַתִּי לֵב לִסְפִירַת הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן, וְיָדַעְתִּי שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה לִי לִמְנוֹת לְפִי כִּבּוּשׁ יְהוֹיָקִים, אֶלָּא **לְמַלֹּאות לְחָרְבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם** כְּשֶׁיִּמְלְאוּ **שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה** לְגָלוּת צִדְקִיָּהוּ שֶׁבּוֹ חָרְבָה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; וְעוֹד יֵשׁ שְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה לָבֹא, שֶׁהַגָּלוּת הַזֹּאת הָיְתָה בִּשְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לְכִבּוּשׁ יְהוֹיָקִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם: גָּלוּ בְּשֶׁבַע, גָּלוּ בִּשְׁמֹנֶה, גָּלוּ בִּשְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה גָּלוּ בְּתִשְׁעָה עֶשְׂרֵה; וּפֵרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה בְּמַסֶּכֶת מְגִלָּה (מגילה יא:): גָּלוּ גָּלוּת יְכָנְיָה בְּשֶׁבַע לְכִבּוּשׁ יְהוֹיָקִים, שֶׁהוּא שְׁמֹנֶה לִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר; גָּלוּ בַּשְּׁנִיָּה בִּשְׁמֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה לְכִבּוּשׁ יְהוֹיָקִים, שֶׁהִיא תְּשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה לִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the number of the years, etc.** I contemplated the calculation of the years, for I thought about what Jeremiah (29:10) prophesied: “For at the completion of seventy years of Babylon I will remember you,” and I thought that this remembrance is the building of the Temple, and that the seventy years end in the first year of Darius the Mede, since the kingdom of Babylon stretched forth a hand upon Israel, when Nebuchadnezzar vanquished Jehoiakim to be his slave. Now that was in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, as the master said (Meg. 11b): “In the first year he conquered Nineveh; in the second year he went up and vanquished Jehoiakim.” Figure from that year until now, and you will find them [the 70 years]. This calculation is found also in the Mishnah of Seder Olam (ch. 28), and we learned there that in the year of Belshazzar’s death were 70 years from the day that Nebuchadnezzar ascended the throne: seventy minus one since the day that he conquered Jehoiakim, and yet one more year for Babylon, which Darius completed. And when I [Daniel] saw that the redemption was not hastening to come, I contemplated and put my heart to the calculation, and I knew that I should not have counted according to the conquest of Jehoiakim but [according] to the destruction of Jerusalem, when 70 years will be complete from the exile of Zedekiah, when Jerusalem was destroyed. And there are yet 18 years to come, for this exile was in the eighteenth year counting from the conquest of Jehoiakim, as we learned in Seder Olam: “They were exiled in the seventh year; they were exiled in the eighth year; they were exiled in the eighteenth year; they were exiled in the nineteenth year.” Our Sages in Tractate Megillah (11b) explained that they were exiled in the exile of Jeconiah in the seventh year, counting from the conquest of Jehoiakim, which is the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign. They were exiled a second time in the eighteenth year, counting from the conquest of Jehoiakim, which is the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:4:1
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**וָאֶתְוַדֶּה.** עַל חַטַּאת עַמִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I confessed** the sins of my people.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:4:2
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**הָאֵל הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא.** וְלֹא אָמַר גִּבּוֹר. אָמַר: עוֹבְדֵי כוֹכָבִים מִשְׁתַּעְבְּדִים בְּבָנָיו וְאַיֵּה גְּבוּרוֹתָיו?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O great and awesome God** but he did not say, “mighty.” He said [to himself], “Heathens are enslaving His children, so where are His mighty deeds?”


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:5:1
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**וְסוּר.** וְהָלַכְנוּ הָלוֹךְ וָסוֹר מִמִּצְוֹתֶיךָ, טִילְנ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**turning away** We were constantly turning away from Your commandments, tolant in Old French, turning away.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:7:1
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**לְךָ אֲדֹנָי הַצְּדָקָה.** כְּלוֹמַר: מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ וּפוּרְעָנוּת שֶׁהֵבֵאתָ עָלֵינוּ, הַדִּין וְהַצֶּדֶק עִמְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To you, O Lord, is the righteousness** i.e., Your judgments and retributions that You have brought upon us—justice and righteousness are with You.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:7:2
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**וְלָנוּ בֹּשֶׁת הַפָּנִים.** כְּדַאי אָנוּ לְהִתְבַּיֵּשׁ עַל הַמְּאוֹרָע לָנוּ, כִּי אֲנַחְנוּ גָּרַמְנוּ לְעַצְמֵנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to us is the shamefacedness** We should be ashamed for what has happened to us, for we caused it for ourselves.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:7:3
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**כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה.** כַּאֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ רוֹאִים הַיּוֹם׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as of this day** as we see today.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:9:1
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**לַאדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ הָרַחֲמִים.** שֶׁלֹּא כָלִינוּ בַּעֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ כִּי מָרַדְנוּ בוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To the Lord our God are the mercies** that we did not perish for our iniquities, for we rebelled against Him.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:11:1
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**וַתִּתַּךְ עָלֵינוּ.** וַתַּגִּיעַ עָלֵינוּ, כְּמוֹ ״לֹא נִתַּךְ אָרְצָה״ (שמות ט:לג). וְתִרְגֵּם אוּנְקְלוֹס: ״לָא מְטָאת לְאַרְעָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have befallen us** Heb. וַתִּתַּךְ, and You caused to reach us, like (Exod. 9:33): לֹא נִתַּךְ אָרְצָה, and Onkelos rendered: did not reach the earth.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:11:2
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**הָאָלָה וְהַשְּׁבוּעָה.** אָלוֹת הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁבַּעְתָּנוּ בְּחוֹרֵב ״וְהָיָה אִם לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ וְגוֹמֵר״ (ויקרא כו:יד), כָּל הַקְּלָלוֹת הַכְּתוּבוֹת שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the curse and the oath** the curses of the Covenant with which You adjured us at Horeb (Lev 26:14): “And if you do not listen etc.”; all the curses written there.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:12:1
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר נֶעֶשְׂתָה בִּירוּשָׁלִָם.** חֶרֶב, הֶרֶג, וּשְׂרֵפַת הָעִיר, וְנָשִׁים עֻנּוּ, וְשָׁבוּ בְּקוֹלָרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as was done in Jerusalem** the sword, slaying, the burning of the city; and they humbled women and put captives into neck irons.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:13:1
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**כַּאֲשֶׁר כָּתוּב בְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה.** רֶמֶז שֶׁהֵעִיד בָּנוּ שֶׁאִם נַעֲבֹר עַל הַשְּׁבוּעָה תָּבֹא עָלֵינוּ **כָּל הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As is written in the Law of Moses** a hint that He warned us that if we transgress the oath, all this evil will befall us.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:14:1
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**וַיִּשְׁקֹד.** וַיְמַהֵר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**hastened** Heb. וַיִשְׁקֹד, and hastened.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:14:2
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**כִּי צַדִּיק.** כִּי הַדִּין עִמּוֹ. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ: צַדִּיק הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וּצְדָקָה הִיא עָלֵינוּ, שֶׁמִּהֵר וְהִקְדִּים שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים לְמִנְיַן ״וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּם״ (דברים ד:כה), כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא תִתְקַיֵּם בָּנוּ ״כִּי אָבֹד תֹּאבֵדוּן״ (דברים ד:כו). ״וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּם״ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא: שְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם, וְהֵם גָּלוּ לְסוֹף שְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשִּׁים לְבִיאָתָם לָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for...is righteous** for justice is with Him. Our Rabbis, however, explained that the Holy One, blessed be He, is charitable, and it is charity for us that He hastened and brought [the evil] two years before the numerical value of וַנוֹשַּׁנְתֶּם (Deut. 4:25): “and you will have grown old,” in order that [the curse of] “that you shall perish” should not be fulfilled with you. The numerical value of וַנוֹשַּׁנְתֶּם is 852, but they were exiled at the end of 850 [years] after their entry into the land.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:15:1
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**וְעַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ.** מִתְוַדִּים אֲנַחְנוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ וְרָשַׁעְנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, O Lord, our God** We confess that we have sinned and have dealt wickedly.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:16:1
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**לְחֶרְפָּה.** לְגִדּוּף:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a mockery** [as translated,] a mockery.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:16:2
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**לְכָל סְבִיבוֹתֵינוּ.** לְכָל שְׁכֵנֵינוּ, כֻּלָּם מְחָרְפִים אוֹתָנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to all those surrounding us** to all our neighbors; they all mock us.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:17:1
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**לְמַעַן ה׳.** לְמַעַן שֵׁם הַקָּדוֹשׁ הַנִּקְרָא עַל בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״מִקְדָּשׁ ה׳ כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ״ (שמות טו:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the sake of the Lord** For the sake of the holy Name that is called upon the Temple, as it says (Exod. 15:17): “the Sanctuary, O Lord, (אֲדֹנָי) which Your hands have established.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:18:1
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**וּרְאֵה שֹׁמְמוֹתֵינוּ.** וְשִׁמְמוֹת הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלֶיהָ, כִּי לֹא עַל מִשְׁעֶנֶת צִדְקוֹתֵינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ מַפִּילִים תַּחֲנוּנֵינוּ לְהֵיטִיב לָנוּ, כִּי עַל רַחֲמֶיךָ בָּאנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and see our desolations** and the desolations of the city upon which Your name is called, because not upon the support of our righteousness do we cast our supplications to benefit us, but we have come upon Your mercies.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:19:1
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**אֲדֹנָי שְׁמָעָה.** אֶל תַּחֲנוּנֵינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord, hear** our supplications.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:19:2
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**אֲדֹנָי סְלָחָה.** לַחֲטָאתֵינוּ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord, forgive** our sins.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:19:3
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**אֲדֹנָי הַקְשִׁיבָה.** אָזְנְךָ לְצַעֲקָתֵינוּ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord, hearken** Your ear to our cry.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:19:4
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**וַעֲשֵׂה.** אֶת בַּקָּשָׁתֵינוּ וְ**אַל תְּאַחַר**׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and do** our request and do not delay.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:20:1
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**עַל הַר קֹדֶשׁ אֱלֹהַי.** בְּעַד הַר בֵּית אֱלֹהִים שֶׁיִּבָּנֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**about the mount of the Sanctuary of my God** for the mount of the House of God, that it be built.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:21:1
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**בַּתְּחִלָּה.** בִּימֵי בֵּלְשַׁצַּר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב לְמַעְלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at first** in the days of Belshazzar, as is written above (8:15 26).


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:21:2
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**מוּעָף בִּיעָף.** הָיָה מוּעָף אֵלַי בִּפְרִיחָה וּבְטִיסָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in swift flight** [He was] caused to fly to me with flying and with gliding.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:22:1
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**וַיָּבֶן.** וַיְבִינֵנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he enabled me to understand** Heb. וַיָבֶן.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:23:1
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**בִּתְחִלַּת תַּחֲנוּנֶיךָ יָצָא דָבָר.** אֱמֶת מֵאֵת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֵלַי לְהַגִּיד לְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the beginning of your supplications, a word came forth** a true [word came] from the Holy One, blessed be He, to me to tell you.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:23:2
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**כִּי חֲמוּדוֹת אָתָּה.** דִּבְרֵי חֶמֶד יֵשׁ לְךָ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for you have desirable qualities** You have qualities that are desirable to the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:23:3
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**וּבִין בַּדָּבָר.** וְתֵן לֵב לְהָבִין בַּדָּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**now contemplate the word** Put your heart to understand the word.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:24:1
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**שָׁבֻעִים שִׁבְעִים נֶחְתַּךְ.** עַל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם מִיּוֹם חֻרְבַּן רִאשׁוֹן בִּימֵי צִדְקִיָּהוּ עַד שֶׁיִּהְיֶה בַּשְּׁנִיָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Seventy weeks [of years] have been decreed** on Jerusalem from the day of the first destruction in the days of Zedekiah until it will be [destroyed] the second time.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:24:2
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**לְכַלֵּא הַפֶּשַׁע וּלְהָתֵם חַטָּאת.** שֶׁיְּקַבְּלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת גְּמַר פּוּרְעָנוּתָם בְּגָלוּת טִיטוּס וְשִׁעְבּוּד, וּכְדֵי שֶׁיִּכְלוּ פִּשְׁעֵיהֶם וְיִתַּמּוּ חַטָּאתָם וְיִתְכַּפֵּר עֲוֹנוֹתָם, כְּדֵי **לְהָבִיא** עֲלֵיהֶם צֶדֶק עוֹלָמִים וְלִמְשׁוֹחַ (עֲלֵיהֶם) **קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים.** הָאָרוֹן וְהַמִּזְבְּחוֹת וּכְלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ לָהֶם עַל יְדֵי מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ. וּמִנְיַן שָׁבוּעִים אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים שָׁנָה, גָּלוּת בָּבֶל שִׁבְעִים, וּבַיִת שֵׁנִי אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת וְעֶשְׂרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to terminate the transgression and to end sin** so that Israel should receive their complete retribution in the exile of Titus and his subjugation, in order that their transgressions should terminate, their sins should end, and their iniquities should be expiated, in order to bring upon them eternal righteousness and to anoint upon them (sic) the Holy of Holies: the Ark, the altars, and the holy vessels, which they will bring to them through the king Messiah. The number of seven weeks is four hundred and ninety years. The Babylonian exile was seventy [years] and the Second Temple stood four hundred and twenty [years].


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:25:1
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**וְתֵדַע וְתַשְׂכֵּל מִן מוֹצָא דָבָר.** מִתּוֹךְ מוֹצָא דָבָר זֶה שֶׁיָּצָא בִּתְחִלַּת תַּחֲנוּנֶיךָ לְהַגִּיד לְךָ תֵּדַע לְהַשְׂכִּיל לְהָשִׁיב וְלִבְנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you shall know and understand from the emergence of the word** From the emergence of this word, which emerged at the beginning of your supplications to tell you, you shall know to understand [how] to restore and build Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:25:2
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**עַד מָשִׁיחַ נָגִיד.** זְמַן תִּנָּתֵן מִיּוֹם הַחֻרְבָּן עַד בֹּא כֹּרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס, שֶׁאָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עָלָיו שֶׁהוּא יָשׁוּב וְיִבְנֶה עִירוֹ, וּקְרָאוֹ מְשִׁיחוֹ וּנְגִידוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ לִמְשִׁיחוֹ לְכוֹרֶשׁ וְגוֹ׳ הוּא יִבְנֶה עִירִי וְגָלוּתִי יְשַׁלֵּחַ וְגוֹ׳״ (ישעיה מה:א,יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until the anointed king** Time will be given from the day of the destruction until the coming of Cyrus, king of Persia, about whom the Holy One, blessed be He, said that he would return and build His city, and He called him His anointed and His king, as it says (Isa. 45:1): “So said the Lord to His anointed one, to Cyrus etc.” (verse 13): “He shall build My city and free My exiles, etc.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:25:3
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**שָׁבֻעִים שִׁבְעָה.** שֶׁבַע שְׁמִטּוֹת שְׁלֵמוֹת יִהְיוּ בַגּוֹלָה קֹדֶם שֶׁיָּבֹא כּוֹרֶשׁ, וְעוֹד הָיוּ יוֹתֵר שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים, אֶלָּא מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁלֹּא שָׁלְמָה הַשָּׁבוּעַ לֹא נִמְנָה. בִּשְׁנַת אַחַת לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמָּדִי שֶׁהָיָה דָנִיֵּאל עוֹמֵד בָּהּ כְּשֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לוֹ הֶחָזוֹן הַזֶּה, כָּלוּ שִׁבְעִים לִכְבּוֹשׁ יְהוֹיָקִים. צֵא מֵהֶן שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה שֶׁקָּדְמָה כְבוּשׁ יְהוֹיָקִים לְחֻרְבַּן יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, נִשְׁאֲרוּ חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה. הִיא שֶׁשָּׁנוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ: חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה לֹא עָבַר אִישׁ בִּיהוּדָה (יומא נד.), הֵם חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה אֲשֶׁר מִיּוֹם הַחֻרְבָּן עַד שֶׁחָזְרוּ בִּימֵי כּוֹרֶשׁ. הֲרֵי שֶׁבַע שְׁמִטּוֹת וְשָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**seven weeks** Seven complete shemittah cycles they will be in exile before Cyrus comes, and there were yet three more years, but since they did not constitute a complete shemittah cycle, they were not counted. In the one year of Darius, in which Daniel was standing when this vision was said to him, seventy years from the conquest of Jehoiakim terminated. Deduct eighteen years from them, in which the conquest of Jehoiakim preceded the destruction of Jerusalem, leaving fifty-two years. This is what our Rabbis learned (Yoma 54a): “For fifty-two years no one passed through Judea.” They are the fifty-two years from the day of the destruction until they returned in the days of Cyrus. Hence, we have seven shemittah cycles and three years.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:25:4
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**וְשָׁבֻעִים שִׁשִּׁים וּשְׁנַיִם תָּשׁוּב וְנִבְנְתָה.** הָעִיר בִּרְחוֹבוֹתֶיהָ וּבַחֲרִיצוֹתֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and in sixty-two weeks it will return and be built** i.e., the city with its streets.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:25:5
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**וְחָרוּץ**. הֵם חֲרִיצִים שֶׁעוֹשִׂין סְבִיב הַחוֹמָה לְחִזּוּק הָעִיר, שֶׁקּוֹרִין קאבה בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and moat** Heb. וְחָרוּץ. They are the moats that they make around the wall to strengthen the city, which are called fosse in French, ditch or moat.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:25:6
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**וּבְצוֹק הָעִתִּים.** וְאוֹתָן **הָעִתִּים** יִהְיוּ **בְצוֹק** וּבְצָרָה, כִּי בְּשִׁעְבּוּד מַלְכֵי פָרַס וְעוֹבְדֵי כוֹכָבִים יִהְיוּ מַטְרִיחִים עֲלֵיהֶם בְּשִׁעְבּוּד קָשֶׁה, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵם שִׁשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁבֻעִים וְעוֹד אַרְבַּע שָׁנִים שֶׁנּוֹתְרוּ מִן הַשָּׁבוּעַ הַשְּׁמִינִי, שֶׁהָיְתָה תְּחִלָּתוֹ נִבְלַעַת שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים בְּתוֹךְ חֲמִשִּׁים וּשְׁתַּיִם שֶׁל הֶמְשֵׁךְ הַגּוֹלָה, לֹא נִמְנוּ כָאן אוֹתָן אַרְבַּע שָׁנִים, לְפִי שֶׁלֹּא מָנָה כָאן אֶלָּא שָׁבֻעִים. וַהֲרֵי אַתָּה מוֹצֵא שֶׁמִּתְּחִלָּה הִתְחִיל לִמְנוֹת שָׁבֻעִים שִׁבְעִים, וּבַסּוֹף כְּשֶׁפֵּרַשׁ עִתֵּיהֶם וּמִשְׁפָּטֵיהֶם, לֹא מָנָה אֶלָּא שִׁשִּׁים וָתֵשַׁע, אֶלָּא שָׁבוּעַ אֶחָד נֶחְלַק מִקְצָתוֹ לְכָאן וּמִקְצָתוֹ לְכָאן, וְהוּא לֹא הִזְכִּיר אֶלָּא הַשָּׁבוּעִים הַשְּׁלֵמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but in troubled times** But in those times they will be troubled and distressed, for in the subjugation of the kings of Persia and the heathens, they will burden them with harsh bondage. Now although there are sixty-two weeks and four years more that remain from the eighth week, whose beginning, viz. the three years, was included in the fifty-two years of the duration of the exile, those four years were not counted here because here he counted only weeks, and you find that from the beginning he started to count seventy weeks, and at the end, when he delineated their times and their judgments, he counted only sixty-nine, proving that one week was divided, part of it here and part of it there; and he mentioned only whole weeks.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:25:7
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**וּבְצוֹק הָעִתִּים.** בְּצוּקָה יִהְיוּ אוֹתָן הָעִתִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but in troubled times** They will be troubled in those times.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:1
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**וְאַחֲרֵי.** אוֹתָן **שָׁבוּעִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And after** those weeks.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:2
[Rashi on Daniel 9:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/9:26:2)

**יִכָּרֵת מָשִׁיחַ.** יֵהָרֵג אַגְרִיפַּס מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה שֶׁהָיָה מוֹשֵׁל בִּימֵי הַחֻרְבָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the anointed one will be cut off** Agrippa, the king of Judea, who was ruling at the time of the destruction, will be slain.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:3
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**וְאֵין לוֹ.** כְּמוֹ וְאֵינֶנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he will be no more** Heb. וְאֵין לוֹ, and he will not have. The meaning is that he will not be.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:4
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**מָשִׁיחַ.** אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן שַׂר וְגָדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the anointed one** Heb. מָשִׁיחַ. This is purely an expression of a prince and a dignitary.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:5
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**וְהָעִיר וְהַקֹּדֶשׁ.** וְהָעִיר וְהַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the city and the Sanctuary** lit. and the city and the Holy.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:6
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**יַשְׁחִית עַם נָגִיד הַבָּא.** עֲלֵיהֶם הוּא טִיטוּס וְאוּכְלוּסָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the people of the coming monarch will destroy** [The monarch who will come] upon them. That is Titus and his armies.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:7
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**וְקִצּוֹ בַשֶּׁטֶף.** וְסוֹפוֹ לִקְלָלָה וַאֲבַדּוֹן שֶׁיִּשְׁטֹף כֹּחַ מַלְכוּתוֹ עַל יְדֵי מָשִׁיחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his end will come about by inundation** And his end will be damnation and destruction, for He will inundate the power of his kingdom through the Messiah.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:8
[Rashi on Daniel 9:26:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/9:26:8)

**וְעַד קֵץ מִלְחָמָה.** גּוֹג תְּהֵא הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and until the end of the wars** of Gog the city will exist.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:26:9
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**נֶחֱרֶצֶת שֹׁמֵמוֹת.** חָרַץ שֶׁל שׁוֹמֵמוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**cut off into desolation** a destruction of desolation.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:27:1
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**וְהִגְבִּיר בְּרִית לָרַבִּים שָׁבוּעַ אֶחָד.** לָרַבִּים לַשָּׂרִים, כְּמוֹ ״וְכָל רַבֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ״ בְּסֵפֶר יִרְמְיָה (ירמיהו לט:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he will strengthen a covenant for the princes for one week** לָרַבִּים, for the princes, like “and all the officers of (רַבֵּי) the king,” in the Book of Jeremiah (39:13).


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:27:2
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**וְהִגְבִּיר.** טִיטוּס בְּרִית לְשָׂרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will strengthen** Titus [will strengthen] a covenant with the princes of Israel.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:27:3
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**שָׁבוּעַ אֶחָד.** יַבְטִיחֵם בְּהַגְבָּרַת בְּרִית וְשַׁלְוָה עַד שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים, וּבְתוֹךְ הַשָּׁבוּעַ יָפֵר אֶת בְּרִיתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for one week** He will promise them the strengthening of a covenant and peace for seven years, but within the seven years, he will abrogate his covenant.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:27:4
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**יַשְׁבִּית זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה.** וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר בַּחֲזָיוֹן הָרִאשׁוֹן ״וּבְשַׁלְוָה יַשְׁחִית רַבִּים״ (דניאל ח:כה), מִתּוֹךְ בְּרִית שַׁלְוָה יַשְׁחִיתֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he will abolish sacrifice and meal-offering** This is what he says in the first vision (8: 26): “and in tranquility he will destroy many.” Through a covenant of tranquility, he will destroy them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:27:5
[Rashi on Daniel 9:27:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/9:27:5)

**וְעַל כְּנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשֹׁמֵם.** כִּנּוּי שֶׁל גְּנַאי עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת הוּא, כְּלוֹמַר: **וְעַל** מוֹשַׁב גֹּבַהּ בֵּין **שִׁקּוּצִים** וְתִעוּב יַנִּיחַ אֶת **הַשּׁוֹמֵם**, אֶת הָעֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, שֶׁהִיא נֶאֱלֶמֶת כְּאֶבֶן דּוֹמֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and on high, among abominations will be the dumb one** This is a pejorative for pagan deities. i.e., on a high place, among abominations and disgusting things, he will place the dumb one, the pagan deity, which is dumb like a silent stone.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:27:6
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**כָּנָף.** לְשׁוֹן גּוֹבַהּ, כִּכְנַף עוֹף הַפּוֹרֵחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**high** Heb. כְּנַף, lit. wing, an expression of height, like the wing of a flying bird.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:27:7
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**וְעַד כָּלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה תִּתַּךְ עַל שׁוֹמֵם.** וְתִתְקַיֵּם מֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַשִּׁקּוּץ **עַד** יוֹם אֲשֶׁר **תִּתַּךְ** עָלֶיהָ **כָּלָה וְנֶחֱרָצָה** הַנִּגְזוֹר עָלֶיהָ בִּימֵי מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and until destruction and extermination befall the dumb one** and the ruling of the abomination will endure until the day that the destruction and extermination decreed upon it [will] befall it, in the days of the king Messiah.


###### Rashi on Daniel 9:27:8
[Rashi on Daniel 9:27:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/9:27:8)

**תִּתַּךְ עַל שׁוֹמֵם.** תָּגִיחַ וְתֵרֵד כִּלָּיוֹן חָרוּץ (ישעיה י:כב) עַל הָעֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת וְעַל עוֹבְדֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**befall the dumb one** Heb. תִּתַּךְ, reach; and total destruction will descend upon the image of the pagan deity and upon its worshippers.