## Rashi on Ezra Chapter 3

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

**וַיִּגַּע.** כְּמוֹ וְהִגִּיעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**arrived** Heb. וַיִגַע like וְהִגִיעַ, it reached.


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

**הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי.** הוּא חֹדֶשׁ תִּשְׁרֵי וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בֶּעָרִים מַה עָשׂוּ וַיֵּאָסְפוּ כֻלָּם כְּאֶחָד לִירוּשָׁלִָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The seventh month** That is the month of Tishri, and the Children of Israel who were in the cities, what did they do? They all gathered as one to Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:3:1
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**וַיָּכִינוּ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ עַל מְכוֹנוֹתָיו.** כְּדֵי לְהַקְרִיב עָלָיו קָרְבָּנוֹת, שֶׁהֲרֵי הָיוּ יְרֵאִים מֵעַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֹת שֶׁלֹּא יְקַנְתְּרוּם וְשֶׁלֹּא יַלְשִׁינוּם לַמֶּלֶךְ. וּבָנוּ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לַעֲלוֹת עָלָיו עוֹלוֹת לְמַעַן יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיָבִינוּ הָעַמִּים בַּדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂהוּ עַל פִּי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְעַל כֵּן יִמָּנְעוּ מִלְּקַנְתְּרָם לְבִנְיַן הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they set the altar on its bases** in order to offer up sacrifices upon it, because they were afraid of the peoples of the land, lest they taunt them and lest they slander them to the king. And they built the altar to offer up burnt offerings upon it, in order that the peoples hear and understand the matter, that they did it with the sanction of the king and therefore they would hesitate to taunt them about the building of the Temple.


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

**לַבֹּקֶר וְלָעָרֶב.** תָּמִיד שֶׁל שַׁחַר וְתָמִיד שֶׁל בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם (במדבר כח:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the morning and for the evening** the daily sacrifice of the morning and the daily sacrifice of twilight.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:4:1
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**וְעֹלַת יוֹם בְּיוֹם בְּמִסְפָּר.** קָרְבְּנוֹת הֶחָג בְּמִסְפָּרָם כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the burnt offering of each day in its day, in the number** the sacrifices of the Festivals in their number, according to their ordinance.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:5:1
[Rashi on Ezra 3:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:5:1)

**וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן.** וּלְאַחַר הַסֻּכּוֹת הָיוּ מַקְרִיבִים קָרְבָּנוֹת בְּכָל יוֹם לַבֹּקֶר וְלָעֶרֶב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And afterwards** And after Succoth they would offer up sacrifices every day, for the morning and for the evening.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:5:2
[Rashi on Ezra 3:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:5:2)

**וְלֶחֳדָשִׁים.** וּלְרָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים הָיוּ מַקְרִיבִים קָרְבָּנוֹת שֶׁל רָאשֵׁי חֳדָשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for the New Moon** lit. and for the months. And at the beginning of the months they would offer up the sacrifices of the New Moon.


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

**וּלְכָל מוֹעֲדֵי ה׳.** וְלִשְׁאָר מוֹעֲדוֹת קָרְבְּנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for all the appointed seasons of the Lord** and for the rest of the appointed seasons of their sacrifices.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:5:4
[Rashi on Ezra 3:5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:5:4)

**וּלְכָל מִתְנַדֵּב**. וּלְכָל אוֹתָם הַמִּתְנַדְּבִים נִדְבוֹתֵיהֶם הָיוּ מְקַבְּלִים הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹתָם לְהַקְרִיבָם, וּמִיּוֹם אֶחָד בְּתִשְׁרֵי הִתְחִילוּ לְהַקְרִיב קָרְבָּנוֹת וַעֲדַיִן לֹא נִבְנָה יְסוֹד הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for everyone who willingly offered** And for all those who willingly offered their free-will offerings, the priests would accept them to sacrifice them, and from the first day of Tishri they commenced to offer up sacrifices, but the foundation of the Temple was not yet built.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:7:1
[Rashi on Ezra 3:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:7:1)

**לַצִּידוֹנִים וְלַצּוֹרִים.** בְּנֵי צוֹר וְצִידוֹן שֶׁהָיוּ אוּמָּנִים לִבְנוֹת הַבַּיִת (מלכים א ה:טו-לב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians** the people of Tyre and Zidon, who were the artisans who built the Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:7:2
[Rashi on Ezra 3:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:7:2)

**אֶל יָם יָפוֹא.** דֶּרֶךְ הַיָּם הָיוּ מְבִיאִים אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the sea of Jaffa** By way of the sea they would bring them.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:7:3
[Rashi on Ezra 3:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:7:3)

**כְּרִשְׁיוֹן.** כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה רְשׁוּת הַמֶּלֶךְ עֲלֵיהֶם לִבְנוֹת הַבַּיִת, כְּרִשְׁיוֹן לְשׁוֹן רְשׁוּת מִגִּזְרַת רָשָׁה שֶׁהֲרֵי מִן אָבָה יֹאמַר אֶבְיוֹן (דברים טו:ד) וּמִן צָבָה יֹאמַר צִבְיוֹן וּמִן חָזָה חִזָּיוֹן (ישעיהו כב:א) וּמִן רָעָה רַעְיוֹן (קהלת א:יז) מִן חָבָה חֶבְיוֹן (חבקוק ג:ד) וּמִן רָשָׁה יֹאמַר רְשׁוּת כְּמוֹ מִן עָנָה עֱנוּת (תהלים כב:כה) וּמִן שָׁבָה שְׁבוּת (יחזקאל כט:יד) וּמִן רָאָה רְאוּת (קהלת ה:י) וּמִן זָנָה זְנוּת (הושע ד:יא) נִמְצְאוּ רְשׁוּת וְרִשְׁיוֹן בָּאִין וְיוֹצְאִין מִגִּזְרָה אַחַת לְפִי שַׁעַר הַדִּקְדּוּק וְלָשׁוֹן אֶחָד הֵם, וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ לְשׁוֹן אֲרֶשֶׁת שְׂפָתֵינוּ (תהלים כא:ג) וְלֹא דִקְדֵּק בְּגִזְרָתוֹ וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן שְׁנֵי פָנִים הַלָּלוּ קְרוֹבִים זֶה לָזֶה בְּמַשְׁמָעוּתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**according to the sanction of** Heb. כְּרִשְׁיוֹן as the sanction of the king was upon them to build the Temple. כְּרִשְׁיוֹן is an expression of permission (רְשּׁוּת) derived from רשּׁה ; since from אבה to want, he says [i.e., derives] אֶבְיוֹן, a needy person; and from צבה, to desire, צִבְיוֹן, desire; and from חזה to see, חִזָיוֹן, a vision; and from רעה, רַעְיוֹן, thought; from חבה, חֶבְיוֹן, hiding; and from רשּׁה, he says רְשּׁוּת, permission; like from, ענה, עֱנוּת, affliction; and from שּׁבה, שְּׁבוּת,captivity; and from ראה, רְאוּת, a sight; and from זנה, זְנוּת, harlotry. The result is that רְשּׁוּת and רִשְׁיוֹן are derived from the same root according to the gauge of grammar, and they are the same expression. Menahem, (p. 34) however, associated it with (Ps. 21:3): “and the speech of his lips (וַַַַַאֲרֶשֶּׁת),” but he was not exact with its root. Nevertheless, these two manners [of defining words] are close to each other in their meanings.


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

**בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי.** הוּא חֹדֶשׁ אִיָּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the second month** That is the month of Iyar.


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

**מֵהַשְּׁבִי.** כָּל אוֹתָן שֶׁבָּאוּ מֵהַשִּׁבְיָה לִירוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the captivity** all those who came from the captivity to Jerusalem.


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

**וַיַּעֲמִידוּ.** הֶעֱמִידוּ הַלְוִיִּם הַמְשׁוֹרְרִים לְנַצֵּחַ וְלוֹמַר שִׁירָה לִפְנֵי הַבּוֹנִים בִּשְׁעַת בִּנְיַן יְסוֹד הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they stationed** They stationed the Levite singers to harmonize and to recite a song before the builders at the time of the building of the foundation of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:8:4
[Rashi on Ezra 3:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:8:4)

**לְנַצֵּחַ.** שְׁנֵי נִצּוּחוֹת הַלָּלוּ הֵם נִצּוּחֵי שִׁירָה, כְּמוֹ ״לַמְנַצֵּחַ (בִּנְגִינוֹת) מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד״ (תהילים ד:א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to conduct** Heb. לְנַצֵחַ. These two expressions of נִצוּחַ are harmonies of song, like (Ps. 4:1): “To the conductor (לַּמְנַצֵחַ), a song of David.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:9:1
[Rashi on Ezra 3:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:9:1)

**וַיַּעֲמֹד יֵשׁוּעַ.** עָמְדוּ וְאָמְרוּ שִׁירָה בְּיַחַד סָבִיב עוֹשֵׂי מְלָאכַת יְסוֹד הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Jeshua...stood** They stood and recited the song together around the ones who did the work of the foundation of the Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:10:1
[Rashi on Ezra 3:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:10:1)

**וְיִסְּדוּ.** מִשְׁקָל חָזָק מִן יְסוֹד כְּמוֹ ״וְיִשְּׁבוּ טִירוֹתֵיהֶם״ (יחזקאל כה:ד), כֵּן וְיִשְּׁבוּ מִן יָשַׁב, **וְיִסְּדוּ** מִן יָסַד, וּמַשְׁמָעוּתָן **וְיִסְּדוּ** וַיִּשְׁבוּ, בְּמִשְׁקָל חָזָק בִּשְׁתֵּי יוֹדִי״ן אַחַת פְּעֻלָּה וְאַחַת שֶׁל יְסוֹד וּפִתְרוֹנָן הָיוּ מְיַסְּדִים מְיַשְּׁבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And...laid the foundation** וְיִסְדוּ This is the strong conjugation of יְסוֹד, like (Ezek. 25:4): “and they will settle (וְיִשְּׁבוּ) their palaces.” Just as וְיִשְּׁבוּ is derived from ישּׁב so is וְיִסְדוּ derived from יסד, and their meaning is, וְיִסְדוּ וְיִשְּׁבוּ in the intensive conjugation with two “yud”s, one for the [continuous] action and one for the radical, and their meaning is that they were laying the foundation, they were settling.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:10:2
[Rashi on Ezra 3:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:10:2)

**וְיִסְּדוּ הַבּוֹנִים.** וְהַבּוֹנִים מְיַסְּדִים אֶת יְסוֹד הֵיכַל ה׳, בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהָיוּ מְנַצְּחִים בְּשִׁירָתָם וְהֶעֱמִידוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים מְלֻבָּשִׁים בִּגְדֵי כָבוֹד וַחֲצוֹצְרוֹת בִּידֵיהֶם לִתְקֹעַ בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the builders laid the foundation** And the builders were laying the foundation [see above] of the Temple of the Lord at the time [that] they were harmonizing in their song, and they stationed the priests attired with elegant garments with trumpets in their hands to sound them.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:10:3
[Rashi on Ezra 3:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:10:3)

**וְהַלְוִיִּם בְּנֵי אָסָף.** הָיוּ מְשׁוֹרְרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the Levites the sons of Asaph** were the singers.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:10:4
[Rashi on Ezra 3:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:10:4)

**בַּמְצִלְתַּיִם.** כְּמוֹ (תהלים קנ:ה) ״צִלְצְלֵי שָׁמַע״. כְּלֵי שִׁיר הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with cymbals** Heb. בַּמְצִלְתַּיִם, like (Ps. 150:9): “with loud sounding cymbals (בְּצִלְצְלֵי שָּׁמַע).” They are musical instruments.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:10:5
[Rashi on Ezra 3:10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:10:5)

**עַל יְדֵי דָוִד.** שֶׁהָיוּ מְנַצְּחִים וּמְשׁוֹרְרִים שִׁירוֹת וְהוֹדָיוֹת שֶׁל דָּוִד מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**through David** for they were harmonizing and singing songs of David, the king of Israel.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:11:1
[Rashi on Ezra 3:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:11:1)

**וַיַּעֲנוּ.** לְשׁוֹן עֲנִיַּת זֶמֶר, כְּמוֹ ״וַתַּעַן לָהֶם מִרְיָם״ (שמות טו:כא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they sang aloud** Heb. וַיַעֲנוּ, an expression of raising the voice in song, like (Exod. 15: 21): “And Miriam raised her voice in song to them.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:11:2
[Rashi on Ezra 3:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:11:2)

**וּבְהוֹדוֹת.** וּבְהוֹדָיוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with thanks** and with thanksgivings.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:11:3
[Rashi on Ezra 3:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:11:3)

**כִּי טוֹב.** לְהוֹדוֹת לַה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for it is good** to give thanks to the Lord.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:11:4
[Rashi on Ezra 3:11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:11:4)

**וְכָל הָעָם.** שְׁאָר עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the entire people** the rest of the people of Israel.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:11:5
[Rashi on Ezra 3:11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:11:5)

**עַל הוּסַד.** כָּל הַשְּׂמָחוֹת הַלָּלוּ הָיוּ עוֹשִׂים עַל בִּנְיַן הַיְּסוֹד אֲשֶׁר הוּסַד בְּבֵית ה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because...was laid** They acted with all these rejoicings because of the building of the foundation, which was laid in the House of the Lord.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:12:1
[Rashi on Ezra 3:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:12:1)

**בְּיָסְדוֹ.** בִּיסוֹד שֶׁלּוֹ מִן שֵׁם דָּבָר שֶׁל יוֹסַד, וּמִן יָסַד יֹאמַר **בְּיָסְדוֹ**, כְּמוֹ מִן חֹדֶשׁ ״בְּחָדְשׁוֹ״, מִן קֹדֶשׁ ״בְּקָדְשׁוֹ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when its foundation was laid** Heb. בְּיָסְדוֹ, with its foundation. With the noun of יוֹסֶד and from יסד, he says בְּיָסְדוֹ, like from חדֶשּׁ, בְּחָדְשּׁוֹ, and from קדֶשּׁ, בְּקָדְשּׁוֹ.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:12:2
[Rashi on Ezra 3:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:12:2)

**זֶה הַבַּיִת.** כְּשֶׁהָיוּ רוֹאִין בִּנְיַן בַּיִת זֶה הָיוּ בוֹכִין, מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁהָיוּ זוֹכְרִים אוֹתוֹ בִּנְיָן גָּדוֹל שֶׁל **בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**this Temple** When they would see the building of this Temple, they would weep because they remembered the large building of the First Temple.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:12:3
[Rashi on Ezra 3:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:12:3)

**וְרַבִּים.** אֲשֶׁר לֹא רָאוּ בִּנְיַן בַּיִת רִאשׁוֹן הָיוּ שְׂמֵחִין וּמְרִיעִין בְּשִׂמְחָה בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל מֵרֹב שִׂמְחָתָן שֶׁיָּצְאוּ מִגָּלוּתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and many** who had not seen the building of the First Temple, were rejoicing and shouting for joy with a loud voice, out of their great joy that they had emerged from their exile.


###### Rashi on Ezra 3:13:1
[Rashi on Ezra 3:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/3:13:1)

**וְאֵין הָעָם מַכִּירִים.** אוֹתָן הַשּׁוֹמְעִים לֹא הָיוּ מַכִּירִים קוֹל תְּרוּעָה שֶׁל שִׂמְחָה מִפְּנֵי קוֹל בְּכִי הָעָם, שֶׁהֲרֵי הָעָם הַשְּׂמֵחִים הָיוּ מְרִיעִים תְּרוּעָה גְדוֹלָה, וְקוֹל הַבְּכִי נִשְׁמַע יוֹתֵר וְיוֹתֵר עַד לְמֵרָחוֹק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the people did not recognize** Those listeners did not recognize the voice of the shout of joy, because of the voice of the people’s weeping, for the rejoicing people were shouting with a great shout, and the voice of weeping was heard farther and farther away.