## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 37

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:1:1
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**הָיְתָה עָלַי יַד ה׳ וַיּוֹצִיאֵנִי בְרוּחַ ה׳ וגו׳. יַד ה׳** – כָּל יַד ה׳ שֶׁבַּנְּבוּאָה לְשׁוֹן כְּפִיָּה הוּא, שֶׁהָיְתָה הָרוּחַ כּוֹפָה אוֹתוֹ לֵילֵךְ כְּמִשְׁתַּגֵּעַ אֶל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָרוּחַ חָפֵץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The hand of the Lord came upon me and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, etc.** Every “the hand of the Lord” in a prophecy is an expression of compulsion, meaning that the spirit would compel him to go as a madman to a place that the spirit desired.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:1:2
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**וְהִיא מְלֵאָה עֲצָמוֹת.** רַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ שֶׁהָיוּ מִשֵּׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם שֶׁיָּצְאוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם לִפְנֵי הַקֵּץ, וַהֲרָגוּם אַנְשֵׁי גַת הַנּוֹלָדִים בָּאָרֶץ (דברי הימים א ז:כא), כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמוּר בְּדִבְרֵי הַיָּמִים (סנהדרין צב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and that was full of bones** Our Rabbis said (Sanh. 92b) that they were of the tribe of Ephraim, who left Egypt before the end [of the exile], and the people of Gath who were born in the land slew them, as is stated in (I) Chronicles (7: 20ff.)


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:2:1
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**וְהֶעֱבִירַנִי עֲלֵיהֶם סָבִיב.** לַבִּקְעָה; וְלֹא הִכְנִיסוֹ לְתוֹכָהּ, לְפִי שֶׁהָיָה כֹּהֵן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He made me pass by them round about** the valley. But He did not bring him into its midst because he was a priest.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:3:1
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**הֲתִחְיֶינָה.** הֲנִרְאֶה בְּעֵינֶיךָ שֶׁיּוּכְלוּ לִחְיוֹת?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**can...become alive** Do you think that they can come to life?


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:6:1
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**וְנָתַתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם גִּידִים וְגוֹ׳.** וּבְסֵפֶר אִיּוֹב הוּא אוֹמֵר ״עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי״ תְּחִלָּה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ ״וּבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּסוֹכְכֵנִי״ (איוב י:יא)! אֶלָּא לְמָה הָיוּ אֵלּוּ דוֹמִים? לְאָדָם שֶׁפּוֹשֵׁט וְחוֹזֵר וְלוֹבֵשׁ, שֶׁמַּה שֶּׁפָּשַׁט אַחֲרוֹן לוֹבֵשׁ רִאשׁוֹן; אֲבָל בִּתְחִלַּת בְּרִיַּת הַוָּלָד, עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תְּחִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ עֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים (בראשית רבה יד:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will lay sinews upon you, etc.** But in the Book of Job it says (10:11): “You clothe me with skin and flesh” first, and afterwards, “and You cover me with bones and sinews.” But to what were these similar? To a man who undresses and then dresses [himself] again, in which case, what he took off last he puts on first, whereas at the beginning of the creation of the fetus, skin and flesh come first and afterwards bones and sinews.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:6:2
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**וְקָרַמְתִּי.** לְשׁוֹן קְרוּם, אִיקְרוֹטִיי״רְיָיא בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and cover you** [Heb. וְקָרַמְתִי,] from the word for skin (קְרוּם) ecro(s) ter in Old French, and I shall encrust (with skin).


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:7:1
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**וַיְהִי קוֹל. וְהִנֵּה רַעַשׁ** הָעֲצָמוֹת, שֶׁהָיוּ טוֹפְחִין זֶה לָזֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there arose a noise** and behold the commotion of the bones, which were knocking one against the other.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:7:2
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**עֶצֶם אֶל עַצְמוֹ.** עַצְמוֹת כָּל אֶחָד; כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנִּתְפַּזְּרוּ, הָיוּ קוֹפְצִין וּמִתְקָרְבִין כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד אֵצֶל מְקוֹם חִבּוּרוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bone to its bone** The bones of each one, wherever they were scattered, were jumping and coming together, each one beside the place of its connection.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:9:1
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**מֵאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת.** כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁהָלְכוּ נִשְׁמוֹתֵיהֶן לָשׁוּט, לְאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הָעוֹלָם, מִשָּׁם יִתְקַבְּצוּ וְיָבֹאוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from four sides** Wherever their souls went to roam, to the four sides of the world, from there they will gather and come.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:9:2
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**וּפְחִי.** כְּמוֹ ״נוֹפֵחַ בָּאֵשׁ פֶּחָם״ (ישעיהו נד:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and breathe** [Heb. וּפְחִי,] like (Isa. 54:16): “who blows (נֹפֵחַ) on a charcoal fire.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:11:1
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**הָעֲצָמוֹת הָאֵלֶּה כָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה.** רֶמֶז וְדֻגְמָא לְכָל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּצָרוֹתָם הֵמָּה, שֶׁהֲרֵי הֵם אוֹמְרִים: **יָבְשׁוּ עַצְמוֹתֵינוּ** בְּצָרוֹת, **אָבְדָה תִקְוָתֵנוּ**, וּמַה נּוֹחִיל לִתְשׁוּעָה עוֹד? דָּבָר אַחֵר (פרקי דרבי אליעזר לג): כֻּלָּם אֵלּוּ מִשֶּׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיוּ, וּמִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֶחֱיִיתָם עַכְשָׁיו, הֵם אוֹמְרִים: **אָבְדָה תִקְוָתֵנוּ**, וְלֹא נִחְיֶה עוֹד שֵׁנִית כְּשֶׁיִּחְיוּ הַמֵּתִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**these bones are all the house of Israel** They are an intimation and an example of the entire house of Israel in their exile, for they say, “Our bones have become dried up from the troubles; our hope is lost, and what further hope can we have for salvation? Another explanation: All of these were of Israel, and because you revived them now, they say, “Our hope is lost, and we shall not come to life once again when the dead are resurrected.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:12:1
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**לָכֵן הִנָּבֵא.** שֶׁעָתִיד אֲנִי לְהַחֲיוֹתָם שֵׁנִית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore, prophesy** that I am destined to resurrect you a second time.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:16:1
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**וְאַתָּה בֶן אָדָם קַח לְךָ עֵץ אֶחָד וגו׳. וּכְתוֹב עָלָיו לִיהוּדָה וְלִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל חֲבֵרָיו.** אַרְבַּע תֵּיבוֹת הַלָּלוּ כְּתוֹב עָלָיו, לֵאמֹר: עֵץ זֶה לִיהוּדָה וְלִשֵׁבֶט בִּנְיָמִין שֶׁנִּלְוָה עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write upon it, ‘For Judah and for the children of Israel his companions’** These four words write upon it, to say that this stick is Judah’s and the tribe of Benjamin’s, who joined him.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:16:2
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**וְלָקַח עֵץ אֶחָד וּכְתֹב עָלָיו.** זֶה **לְיוֹסֵף עֵץ אֶפְרַיִם** וּשְׁאָר תִּשְׁעָה שְׁבָטִים שֶׁהָיוּ אַחֲרֵי יָרָבְעָם, שֶׁהָיָה מִשֵּׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם (מלכים א יא:כו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and take one stick and write upon it** This is for Joseph: the stick of Ephraim and the remaining nine tribes, which followed Jeroboam, who was of the tribe of Ephraim.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:17:1
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**וְהָיוּ לַאֲחָדִים.** אֲנִי אֲחַבְּרֵם, לִשְׁנֵי הָעֵצִים, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ **עֵץ אֶחָד בְּיָדֶךָ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall be one** I shall join the two sticks, so that they will be one stick in your hand.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:19:1
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**הִנֵּה אֲנִי לוֹקֵחַ אֶת עֵץ וְגוֹ׳.** שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ עוֹד לִשְׁתֵּי מַמְלָכוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I will take the stick, etc.** that they shall no longer be two kingdoms.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 37:25:1
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**לְעַבְדִּי לְיַעֲקֹב.** כְּעֵין שֶׁנְּתַתִּיהָ לְיַעֲקֹב, בְּלִי מְצָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to My servant, to Jacob** As I gave it to Jacob, without boundaries.