## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 36

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:2:1
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**הֶאָח.** שִׂמְחָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Aha!”** [An expression of] joy.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:2:2
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**וּבָמוֹת עוֹלָם.** אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהוּא גָּבְהוֹ וְנוֹיוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם (שיר השירים רבה ד:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and “the high places of the world”** the land of Israel, which is the height and the beauty of the world.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:3:1
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**שַׁמּוֹת וְשָׁאֹף אֶתְכֶם מִסָּבִיב.** שְׁכֵינֵיכֶם הָיוּ מִשְׁתּוֹמְמִים וְתוֹמְהִין לִשְׁתּוֹק וְלִרְאוֹת בְּסוֹף חֻרְבַּנְכֶם, וְשׁוֹאֲפִים וְתָאֵבִים וּמְצַפִּים **לִהְיוֹתְכֶם מוֹרָשָׁה לִשְׁאֵרִית הַגּוֹיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**those around you were appalled and longed** [Your neighbors] were appalled and astounded [at the opportunity] to laugh and see the end of your destruction, and were longing, pining, and looking forward to your becoming an inheritance for the remnant of the nations.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:3:2
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**וַתֵּעֲלוּ עַל שְׂפַת לָשׁוֹן.** וְעַכְשָׁיו בְּחוּרְבַּנְכֶם הַכֹּל מְדַבְּרִים וּמְדוּבְּבִים בָּכֶם, לֵאמֹר: **הֶאָח**, הֲרֵי שָׁמֵמוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you were brought up on the lips of every language** And now in your destruction, all talk and gossip (other editions: and hawk) about you, saying, “Aha! they have become desolate.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:3:3
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**וְדִבַּת עָם.** פַּארְלְמַנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the gossip of every people** [Heb. וְדִבַּת,] parlemant in Old French, gossip, slander.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:5:1
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**לְמַעַן מִגְרָשָׁהּ לָבַז.** לְפִי שֶׁרָאוּ גֵּרוּשָׁהּ לָבַז, שֶׁהוּטְלָה לְבִזָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because her expulsion was for plunder** Because they saw her expulsion [as one] for plunder; that she was subjected to plunder.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:12:1
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**לְשַׁכְּלָם.** לְגָרֵשׁ יוֹשְׁבַיִךְ מִקִּרְבֵּךְ, הוּא קָרוּי שִׁכּוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to be bereaved of them** to drive your inhabitants from your midst. This is called שִּׁיכּוּל, bereavement.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:13:1
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**אוֹכֶלֶת אָדָם אָתְּ.** לְמוּדָה הִיא הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לְהַשְׁחִית אֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ: הָאֱמוֹרִיִּים כָּלוּ בָהּ וְהַיְּהוּדִים כָּלוּ בָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You are a devourer of men** This land is accustomed to destroying its inhabitants. The Amorites perished therein, and the Jews perished therein.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:17:1
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**בֶּן אָדָם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יֹשְׁבִים עַל אַדְמָתָם וְגוֹ׳ כְּטֻמְאַת הַנִּדָּה.** הִמְשִׁילָהּ הַכָּתוּב לְנִדָּה, שֶׁבַּעְלָהּ מְצַפֶּה מָתַי תִּטְהַר וְתָאֵב לָשׁוּב אֵלֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Son of man! The house of Israel, as long as they lived, etc., like the uncleanness of a woman in the period of her separation** Scripture likened them to a woman in the period of her separation, whose husband looks forward to when she will become clean, and longs to return to her.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:20:1
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**וַיָּבוֹא.** לְפִי שֶׁאָמַר ״בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל״ בְּרֹאשׁ הַפָּרָשָׁה (פס׳ יז), קָרָא כָּל הַפָּרָשָׁה בִּלְשׁוֹן יָחִיד. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בָּא עִמָּהֶם בַּגּוֹלָה, וְהִטָּה אֹזֶן מָה הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים הַשַּׁבָּאִין: הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ **עַם ה׳** וְלֹא הָיָה לוֹ יְכֹלֶת לְהַצִּילָן בְּמִדְרַשׁ אֵיכָה רַבָּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they entered** [Heb. וַיָבוֹא, lit. and he entered.] Since he says, “the house of Israel” at the beginning of the segment, He refers to them in the singular throughout the segment. According to Midrash Aggadah: the Holy One, blessed be He, came with them in exile and bent His ear [to hear] what the captors were saying. “Behold these are God’s people, and He had no power to save them.” In Midrash Lamentations Rabbah (Proem 15).


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:20:2
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**וַיְחַלְּלוּ אֶת שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי.** הִשְׁפִּילוּ אֶת כְּבוֹדִי. וּמַהוּ הַחִלּוּל? בֶּאֱמֹר אוֹיְבֵיהֶם עֲלֵיהֶם: **עַם ה׳ אֵלֶּה וּמֵאַרְצוֹ יָצָאוּ**, וְלֹא הָיָה יְכֹלֶת בְּיָדוֹ לְהַצִּיל אֶת עַמּוֹ וְאֶת אַרְצוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they profaned My Holy Name** They lowered My honor. And what is the profanation? In that their enemies said of them, “These are the people of the Lord, and they have come out of His land, and He had no power to save His people and His land.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:22:1
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**לֹא לְמַעַנְכֶם אֲנִי עוֹשֶׂה.** הַתְּשׁוּעָה שֶׁאוֹשִׁיעֲכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Not for your sake, etc.** is the salvation that I shall save you [by].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:23:1
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**וְקִדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת שְׁמִי.** וּמַה הוּא הַקִּדּוּשׁ? **וְלָקַחְתִּי אֶתְכֶם מִן הַגּוֹיִם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will sanctify My...Name** Now what is the sanctification? “I will take you from among the nations.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:25:1
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**מַיִם טְהוֹרִים.** אֲכַפֵּר עֲלֵיכֶם, וְאַעֲבִיר טֻמְאוֹתֵיכֶם בְּהַזָּיַת מֵי חַטָּאת, הַמַּעֲבִירִין טֻמְאַת הַמֵּת (במדבר ח:ז; יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**clean water** I will grant you atonement and remove your uncleanliness by sprinkling purification water, which removes [even the highest degree of defilement,] the defilement caused by a corpse.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:26:1
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**לֵב חָדָשׁ.** יֵצֶר שֶׁנִּתְחַדֵּשׁ לְטוֹבָה (אבות דרבי נתן ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a new heart** An inclination that has been renewed for the better.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:31:1
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**וּנְקֹטוֹתֶם בִּפְנֵיכֶם.** דְּמוֹנִי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז; תִּמַּקּוּ בְּעַצְמִיכֶם, בְּבָשְׁתְּכֶם עַל הַגְּמוּל הָרָע אֲשֶׁר גְּמַלְתֶּם לְפָנַי, וַאֲנִי גּוֹמֵל לָכֶם טוֹבָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you will loathe yourselves in your own eyes** [Heb. וּנְקטֹתֶם,] demonir in Old French, to melt. You will melt in yourselves, from your shame over the evil recompense that you repaid Me whereas I recompense you with good.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:34:1
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**וְהָאָרֶץ הַנְּשַׁמָּה תֵּעָבֵד.** הָאָרֶץ **אֲשֶׁר הָיְתָה שְׁמָמָה** עַד הֵנָּה, תִּהְיֶה נֶעֱבֶדֶת וְנִזְרַעַת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the desolate land** The land that was desolate until now will be tilled and sown.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:35:1
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**הָיְתָה כְּגַן עֵדֶן.** עַכְשָׁיו נֶהֶפְכָה לִהְיוֹת כְּגַן עֵדֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has become like the Garden of Eden** [Heb. הָיְתָה,] has now been transformed into being like the Garden of Eden.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:35:2
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**וְהֶעָרִים הַחֲרֵבוֹת.** זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים, עַכְשָׁיו **בְּצוּרוֹת יָשָׁבוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the cities that were destroyed** these many days, have now become settled as fortified cities.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:37:1
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**אִדָּרֵשׁ לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל.** אֶתְפַּתֶּה לָהֶם בִּתְפִלָּתָם, בְּדָרְשָׁם אוֹתִי עַל **זֹאת**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will...be inquired of by the house of Israel** I will be persuaded by them with their prayer when they entreat Me concerning this.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:37:2
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**אַרְבֶּה אוֹתָם. אָדָם, כַּצֹּאן** לָרֹב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will multiply them** the men like sheep, they will be so many.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 36:38:1
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**כְּצֹאן קָדָשִׁים.** שֶׁהִיא בָּאָה לִירוּשָׁלַיִם בְּמוֹעֲדֵי פְּסָחִים. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר, כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״אַסְגִּינוּן בְּאִינָשָׁא וְאַצְלְחִינוּן בִּבְעִירָא״; כְּלוֹמַר: שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ עֲוֹנוֹתֵיהֶם נִזְכָּרִים עֲלֵיהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Like the flocks appointed for the holy offerings** which come to Jerusalem at the times of the Passover sacrifices. Another explanation follows the Targum: I will multiply you with men, and I will cause them to prosper with cattle; i.e., their iniquities will not be remembered against them.