## Rashi on Ezra Chapter 2

###### Rashi on Ezra 2:1:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:1:1)

**וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה.** אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר מִמְּדִינַת אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל הָעוֹלִים עַתָּה מִן הַשְּׁבִי אֲשֶׁר בַּגּוֹלָה לִירוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And these are the people of the province** These are the Children of Israel who are from the province of the land of Israel, who are now coming up to Jerusalem from the captivity that is in the exile.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:1:2
[Rashi on Ezra 2:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:1:2)

**וַיָּשׁוּבוּ.** וְעַתָּה חָזְרוּ לִירוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they returned** And now they returned to Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:1:3
[Rashi on Ezra 2:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:1:3)

**וִיהוּדָה.** וּבְנֵי יְהוּדָה חָזְרוּ כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד לְעִירוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Judea** And the people of Judea returned, each one to his city.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:2:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:2:1)

**אֲשֶׁר בָּאוּ.** בְּנֵי הַמְּדִינָה הַלָּלוּ בַּתְּחִלָּה כַּאֲשֶׁר גָּלוּ מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבָבֶל עִם זְרֻבָּבֶל וְגוֹ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[Those] who came** these people of the province, in the beginning, when they went into exile from Israel to Babylon with Zerubbabel etc.


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

**מִסְפָּר.** הָרִאשׁוֹן פּ״א קְמוּצָה בְּגָדוֹל וְשֵׁם אָדָם הוּא, מִסְפַּר הַשֵּׁנִי פּ״א פְּתוּחָה וְדָבוּק הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Mispar...the number** Heb. מִסְפָּר. [This word appears twice in this verse.] In the first one, the “pay” is vowelized with a “kamatz,” and it is the name of a man; in the second, the “pay” is vowelized with a “pattah”, and it is the construct state, [meaning the number of].


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

**אַנְשֵׁי עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל.** הַלָּלוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם גְּדוֹלִים וַחֲשׁוּבִים הָיוּ, וְהָאֲחֵרִים הָיוּ מְשׁוּכִים אַחֲרֵיהֶם. וְעַל כֵּן מְנָאוּם אַחֲרֵיהֶם לְבַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the important men of the people of Israel** These were the great and important people, and the others followed them. Therefore, they were counted after them separately.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:3:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:3:1)

**בְּנֵי פַרְעוֹשׁ וְגוֹ׳.** יֵשׁ בָּהֶם בַּפָּרָשָׁה שֶׁמַּזְכִּיר שֵׁם אֲבִיהֶם עַל שֵׁם בְּנֵי הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה, וְיֵשׁ מֵהֶם שֶׁמַּזְכִּירָם עַל שֵׁם מְקוֹמָם, לוֹמַר בְּנֵי מָקוֹם פְּלוֹנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The children of Parosh, etc.** There are some in the chapter for whom the father’s name is used for the family name [surname] and there are some who are called by the name of their place, i.e., “the children of such-and-such a place.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:36:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:36:1)

**הַכֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי יְדַעְיָה.** עַד עַתָּה מָנָה בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִין, וּמֵעַכְשָׁיו הוּא מוֹנֶה וְהוֹלֵךְ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְמַעְלָה ״וַיָּקוּמוּ רָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת לִיהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִין וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְגוֹ׳״ (עזרא א:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The priests: the children of Jedaiah** Until here, he counted the children of Judah and Benjamin, and from now on he counts the priests and the Levites, as he says above (1:5): “So the heads of the families of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose....”


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:41:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:41:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:41:1)

**הַמְשׁוֹרְרִים.** הַלְוִיִּם שֶׁהָיוּ מְשׁוֹרְרִים, וְכֵן הַשּׁוֹעֲרִים הֵם הַלְוִיִּם שֶׁהָיוּ שׁוֹעֲרִים מִשַּׁעֲרֵי בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The singers** The Levites who were singers, and likewise, the gatekeepers are Levites who were gatekeepers of the gates of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:43:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:43:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:43:1)

**הַנְּתִינִים.** עַכְשָׁיו הוּא מוֹנֶה אוֹתָם נְתִינִים שֶׁהָיוּ חוֹטְבֵי עֵצִים וְשׁוֹאֲבֵי מַיִם לָעֵדָה (יהושע ט:כז), וּמִשָּׁם הָיְתָה יוֹצֵאת פַּרְנָסָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Nethinim** Now he counts those Nethinim who were woodcutters and water-drawers for the congregation, and from there they derived their livelihood.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:58:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:58:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:58:1)

**וּבְנֵי עַבְדֵי שְׁלֹמֹה.** עֲבָדִים הָיוּ לִשְׁלֹמֹה הַמֶּלֶךְ, וְהַלָּלוּ בָּנִים הָיוּ מִבְּנֵי בְנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the children of Solomon’s slaves** King Solomon had slaves, and these children were of their descendants.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:59:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:59:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:59:1)

**וְאֵלֶּה הָעוֹלִים מִתֵּל מֶלַח וְגוֹ׳.** וְאֵי זֶה מַעֲשֶׂה הִגִּיעַ לָהֶם **וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהַגִּיד וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And these were the ones who ascended from Tel-Mela, etc.** And what incident happened to them? They could not tell....


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:59:2
[Rashi on Ezra 2:59:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:59:2)

**וְזַרְעָם.** שֶׁל אֲבוֹתָם לְפִי שֶׁאָבְדוּ יִחוּס שֶׁלָּהֶם וְלֹא יָדְעוּ **אִם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל הֵם**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their children** [i.e., the children] of their fathers, because they lost their genealogical records and did not know if they were Israelites.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:60:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:60:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:60:1)

**בְּנֵי דְלָיָה וְגוֹ׳.** גַּם הֵם בִּכְלַל אֵלֶּה הָעוֹלִים מִתֵּל מֶלַח (עזרא ב:נט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The children of Delaiah** They too are included in “these were the ones who ascended from Tel- Melah.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:61:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:61:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:61:1)

**אֲשֶׁר לָקַח.** כָּל אֶחָד מִבְּנֵי בַרְזִלַּי הַגִּלְעָדִי לָקַח אִשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who took** Each one of the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite took a wife.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:61:2
[Rashi on Ezra 2:61:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:61:2)

**וַיִּקָּרֵא עַל שְׁמָם.** וְהָיָה נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ שֶׁל בַּרְזִלַּי עַל שְׁמָם, לְפִי שֶׁהֵם לָקְחוּ מִבְּנוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and was called by their name** And the name of Barzillai was called on their name because they took of his daughters.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:62:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:62:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:62:1)

**אֵלֶּה.** כֹּהֲנִים הַלָּלוּ הַמִּתְיַחֲסִים שֶׁהָיָה לָהֶם לְהִתְיַחֵס בְּאוֹתוֹ כְּתָב וְלֹא נִמְצָא כְּתַב יִחוּסָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These** referring to the priests, who had to trace their lineage with that record, and who could not find the record of their lineage.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:62:2
[Rashi on Ezra 2:62:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:62:2)

**וַיְגֹאֲלוּ.** שֶׁהָיוּ מְגֹאָלִים וּמְגֹעָלִים שֶׁלֹּא יַעַבְדוּ עוֹד עִם שְׁאָר הַכֹּהֲנִים בַּעֲבוּר שֶׁלֹּא נִמְצָא כְתַב יִחוּסָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they were disqualified** Heb. וַיְגאַלוּ, for they were defiled and purged from the priesthood that they should no longer perform the service with the remaining priests, because their genealogical record was not found.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:63:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:63:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:63:1)

**הַתִּרְשָׁתָא.** הוּא נְחֶמְיָה בֶּן חֲכַלְיָה (נחמיה ח:ט), וְאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁנִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ **הַתִּרְשָׁתָא** שֶׁהִתִּירוּ לוֹ חֲכָמִים לִשְׁתּוֹת יֵין נֶסֶךְ שֶׁל עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת עַל אֲשֶׁר הָיָה מַשְׁקֶה לַמֶּלֶךְ (ירושלמי קידושין ד,א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hattirshatha** That is Nehemiah, the son of Hachaliah (Neh. 8:9), and our Rabbis said (Yerushalmi Kid. 4:1) that he was named Hattirshatha because the Sages permitted him (הָתֵּר) to drink (שָּׁתָּא) wine of gentiles because he was the king’s butler.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:63:2
[Rashi on Ezra 2:63:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:63:2)

**מִקֹּדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים.** חַטָּאוֹת וַאֲשָׁמוֹת כִּשְׁאָר כֹּהֲנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of the most holy sacrifices** sin-offerings and guilt-offerings, like the other priests.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:63:3
[Rashi on Ezra 2:63:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:63:3)

**עַד עֲמֹד כֹּהֵן וְגוֹ׳.** כְּאָדָם הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ עַד יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ לֹא יַעֲלֶה דָּבָר זֶה, וְאֵינִי יָכוֹל לִפְתּוֹר **עַד עֲמֹד כֹּהֵן לְאוּרִים וְתוּמִּים** בְּבַיִת שֵׁנִי, לְפִי שֶׁמָּצִינוּ בְּפֶרֶק רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל יוֹמָא (יומא כא:) שֶׁהָיָה בַּיִת שֵׁנִי חָסֵר מֵאוּרִים וְתוּמִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until a priest arises, etc.** like a person who says to his friend, “Until the Messiah comes, this matter will not come about.” I cannot interpret it to mean: until a priest arises for the Urim and Tumim in the Second Temple, because we find in Yoma, chapter 1 (21b) that the Urim and Tumim were missing in the Second Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:64:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:64:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:64:1)

**כָּל הַקָּהָל כְּאֶחָד.** כְּשֶׁהָיוּ כֻלָּם בְּיַחַד עִם הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְהַנְּתִינִים הָיָה בָּהֶם חֶשְׁבּוֹן זֶה, וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַמְּנוּיִים לְמַעְלָה הֵם שֶׁל שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִין, וְאוֹתָם אֲשֶׁר נֶחְסְרוּ מֵחֶשְׁבּוֹן זֶה שֶׁלֹּא תִמְצָאֵם לְמַעְלָה הֵם הָיוּ מִשְּׁאָר הַשְּׁבָטִים. וְכֵן מְפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵדֶר עוֹלָם (פרק כט): כָּל הַקָּהָל כְּאֶחָד אַרְבַּע רִבּוֹא וְגוֹ׳, וּבִפְרָטָן אֵינָן אֶלָּא שְׁלֹשִׁים אֶלֶף; שְׁלֹשָׁה עָשָׂר אֶלֶף הֵיכָן הֵם? אֶלָּא שֶׁעָלוּ מִשְּׁאָר הַשְּׁבָטִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The entire congregation together** When they were all together with the priests, the Levites and the Nethinim, they amounted to this number; and the Children of Israel counted above were of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin, and those missing from this number, which you will not find above, were of the other tribes. So it is explained in Seder Olam (ch. 29): “‘The entire congregation together was forty-two thousand etc.’ But if you add them up, they are only thirty thousand. Where are the thirteen thousand? They ascended from the other tribes.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:65:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:65:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:65:1)

**מִלְּבַד עַבְדֵיהֶם וְאַמְהֹתֵיהֶם**. שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ בִּכְלַל הַקָּהָל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Besides their slaves and their bondwomen** who were not included in the congregation.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:65:2
[Rashi on Ezra 2:65:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:65:2)

**וְלָהֶם מְשׁוֹרְרִים וּמְשׁוֹרְרוֹת מָאתָיִם.** לְפִי שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹלִים בְּשִׂמְחָה מִבָּבֶל לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, הָיוּ צְרִיכִים לִמְשׁוֹרְרִים וּמְשׁוֹרְרוֹת כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהוּ מְטַיְּלוֹת בָּהֶם בְּרֹב שִׂמְחָתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they had two hundred male and female singers** because they were going up joyfully from Babylon to the land of Israel, they required male and female singers in order that they should stroll among them in their great joy.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:68:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:68:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:68:1)

**הִתְנַדְּבוּ.** הָיוּ מִתְנַדְּבִין לְבִנְיַן הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**donated** They were donating toward the building of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:69:1
[Rashi on Ezra 2:69:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:69:1)

**כְּכֹחָם.** כְּפִי כֹּחָם וּמָמוֹנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**According to their ability** according to their ability and their money.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:69:2
[Rashi on Ezra 2:69:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:69:2)

**דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים.** שֵׁם מַטְבֵּעַ שֶׁל זָהָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**drachmas** Heb. דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים, the name of a golden coin.


###### Rashi on Ezra 2:69:3
[Rashi on Ezra 2:69:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/2:69:3)

**וְכָתְנוֹת כֹּהֲנִים.** לְשָׁרֵת בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and priests’ tunics** in which to serve.