## Rashi on Ezra Chapter 6

###### Rashi on Ezra 6:1:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:1:1)

**בְּאֵדַיִן.** אָז כַּאֲשֶׁר הִגִּיעַ הַמִּכְתָּב לְיַד דָּרְיָוֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then** then when the letter reached Darius’s hand.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:1:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:1:2)

**שָׂם טְעֵם.** צִוָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ הַדָּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**gave an order** The king ordered the matter.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:1:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:1:3)

**וּבַקַּרוּ.** וּבָדְקוּ בְּבֵית הַסְּפָרִים שֶׁהָאוֹצָרוֹת מוּנָּחִים שָׁם בְּבָבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they searched** They searched in the library where the archives were stored in Babylon.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:2:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:2:1)

**וְהִשְׁתְּכַח בְּאַחְמְתָא.** וְנִמְצָא מִכְתָּב שֶׁל מְגִלָּה אַחַת שָׁם בְּאַחְמְתָא, כֵּן פָּתְרוּ אַנְשֵׁי הַפִּתְרוֹן שֶׁהוּא כְּלִי הֶעָשׂוּי לְאִגְּרוֹת וּלְגִלְיוֹנִים וְלִסְפָרִים, וְהֶעֱמִידוּהוּ מִגִּזְרַת ״חֵמֶת מַיִם״ (בראשית כא:יד), וְהָאָלֶ״ף אֲשֶׁר בַּתֵּיבָה אֵינָהּ עִקָּר כְּיֶתֶר הַמִּלִּין אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁאָר לְשׁוֹן אֲרָמִית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And there was found in a pouch** And a text of one scroll was found there in an אַחְמְתָא. So did the interpreters interpret, that it is a receptacle made for letters, written sheets and books, and they established it from the root of (Gen. 21:14): “a skin of water (וְחֵמַת מַיִם),” and the “aleph” in the word is not a radical, like the rest of the Aramaic language.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:2:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:2:2)

**בְּבִירְתָא.** בְּאוֹתָהּ בִּירָה אֲשֶׁר בְּמָדַי הַמְּדִינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the citadel** in that citadel that was in the province of Media.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:2:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:2:3)

**וְכֵן כְּתִיב.** וְכֵן הָיָה כָּתוּב בְּתוֹכָהּ זִכָּרוֹן שֶׁלָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and so was written** and so was written therein its memorandum.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:3:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:3:1)

**בֵּית אֱלָהָא בִירוּשְׁלֶם.** בְּבֵית אֱלֹהִים בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם מָה יְהֵא עָלָיו? הַבַּיִת יִבָּנֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the House of God in Jerusalem** regarding the House of God in Jerusalem; what should be with it? “The House should be built.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:3:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:3:2)

**אֲתַר דִּי דָבְחִין.** שֶׁהוּא מָקוֹם שֶׁזּוֹבְחִים שָׁם זֶבַח:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a place where they offer up sacrifices** which is a place where they offer up sacrifices.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:3:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:3:3)

**וְאֻשּׁוֹהִי מְסוֹבְלִין.** וְכוֹתְלָיו יִהְיוּ מְיֻסָּדִין, כְּמוֹ ״וְאֻשַּׁיָּא יַחִיטוּ״ (עזרא ד:יב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its walls should be founded** Aram. וְאֻשּׁוֹהִי. And its walls should be founded, like (4:12): “and its walls (וְאֻשַּׁיָא) they have joined.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:3:4
[Rashi on Ezra 6:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:3:4)

**רוּמֵיהּ אַמִּין שִׁתִּין.** רוּם הַבַּיִת שִׁשִּׁים אַמָּה וְשִׁשִּׁים אַמָּה רָחְבּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its height sixty cubits** the height of the House was sixty cubits, and sixty cubits was its width.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:4:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:4:1)

**נִדְבָּכִין.** לְשׁוֹן כְּתָלִים וְקִירוֹת הַכְּתָלִים הָיוּ שֶׁל אֶבֶן גָּלָל, גָּלָל מרמר״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**rows** Aram. נִדְבָּכִין, an expression for walls. The walls were of marble. **marble** Aram. גְּלָל (marmre in Old French).


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:4:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:4:2)

**וְנִדְבָּךְ.** וְכוֹתֶל שֶׁל עֵץ חָדָשׁ מִבִּפְנִים כְּעִנְיַן בִּנְיַן הַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר בָּנָה שְׁלֹמֹה (מלכים א ו:טו-יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a row** and a wall of new wood from within, in the manner of the building of the Temple that Solomon built.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:4:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:4:3)

**וְנִפְקְתָא.** וְהוֹצָאָה לְצֹרֶךְ הַבַּיִת וּלְשָׁאָר דְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר לַבַּיִת תִּנָּתֵן לָהֶם מִבֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the expenditures** And the expenditures for the needs of the House and for the other matters pertaining to the House shall be given them from the royal palace.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:5:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:5:1)

**וְאַף מָאנֵי.** וְאַף כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁל בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים שֶׁל זָהָב וְכֶסֶף אֲשֶׁר נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הוֹצִיאָם מִן הֵיכָל שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם וְהוֹלִיכָם לְבָבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And also the vessels of** and also the sacred vessels of the House of God, of gold and silver, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the Temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:5:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:5:2)

**וְהֵיבִל.** אֲשֶׁר הוֹלִיךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**let them be given over** [as translated,] let them be given over.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:5:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:5:3)

**יְהֲתִיבוּן.** יִנָּתְנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and brought** which he brought.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:5:4
[Rashi on Ezra 6:5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:5:4)

**וְיִהַךְ.** יֵלֵךְ כָּל הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הַזֶּה לַהֵיכָל אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם לִמְקוֹמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and brought** Let all this work be brought to the Temple that is in Jerusalem, to its place.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:5:5
[Rashi on Ezra 6:5:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:5:5)

**וְתַחַת.** וַיְהִי מוּנָּח בְּבֵיתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it shall be deposited** And it shall be deposited in the House of the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:6:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:6:1)

**כְּעַן תַּתְּנַי וְגוֹ׳.** זוֹ הִיא תְּשׁוּבָה אֲשֶׁר הֵשִׁיב דָּרְיָוֶשׁ אֶל תַּתְּנַי וּשְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now, Tattenai** This is the reply with which Darius answered Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:6:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:6:2)

**דִּי בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָה.** לְצַד אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהוּא עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר לְאוֹתָן שֶׁבְּבָבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who are on the other side of the river** to the side of the land of Israel, which is the other side of the river to those in Babylon


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:6:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:6:3)

**רְחִיקִין הֲווֹ מִן תַּמָּה.** רְחוֹקִים תִּהְיוּ מִשָּׁם, מִבִּנְיַן בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁלֹּא תַּרְפּוּ יְדֵי עוֹשֵׂי הַמְּלָאכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**distance yourselves from there** Distance yourselves from the building of the Temple, so that you do not disturb the workers.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:7:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:7:1)

**דַּךְ.** זֶה:

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


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:7:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:7:2)

**פַּחַת יְהוּדָיֵא.** שָׁלְטוֹנֵי הַיְּהוּדִים יַעֲשׂוּ דָּבָר זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the governors of the Jews** The rulers of the Jews shall do this thing.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:7:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:7:3)

**וּלְשָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא.** וְלִזְקְנֵי הַיְּהוּדִים אֲנִי מְצַוֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and to the elders of the Jews** And to the elders of the Jews I command.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:7:4
[Rashi on Ezra 6:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:7:4)

**בֵּית אֱלָהָא דֵךְ.** בֵּית אֱלֹהִים זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**this House of God** [as translated,] this House of God.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:8:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:8:1)

**וּמִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם.** וּמִמֶּנִּי יִהְיֶה צִוּוּי זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And from me shall be issued an order** And from me this command will go forth.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:8:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:8:2)

**לְמָא דִי תַעַבְדוּן.** לְאוֹתוֹ בִּנְיַן הַמְּלָאכָה אֲשֶׁר תַּעֲשׂוּן עִם זִקְנֵי הַיְּהוּדִים הָאֵלֶּה לִבְנוֹת בֵּיתוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**regarding what you shall do** regarding that building, the work that you shall do with these elders of the Jews to build the House of the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:8:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:8:3)

**וּמִנִּכְסֵי מַלְכָּא.** מִנִּכְסֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ יִהְיוּ עוֹשִׂים הַבִּנְיָן הַזֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and from the king’s property** And from the king’s property they shall make ths building.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:8:4
[Rashi on Ezra 6:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:8:4)

**דִּי מִדַּת עֲבַר נַהֲרָה.** מִן הַמַּס שֶׁל עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ, מִדַּת מַס כְּמוֹ ״מִנְדָּה בְלוֹ וַהֲלָךְ״ (עזרא ד:יג). **אָסְפַּרְנָא.** מְהֵרָה יִבָּנֶה הַבִּנְיָן. אָסְפַּרְנָה אישפלונטמנ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the taxes of the other side of the river** from the taxes of the other side of the river, which belong to the king. **taxes** Aram. מִדַּת, tax, like (4:13): “the king’s due (מִנְדָּה), the head tax, or the meal tax.” **quickly** Aram. אָסְפַּרְנָא. The building shall quickly be built; esploytosemant in Old French.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:8:5
[Rashi on Ezra 6:8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:8:5)

**נִפְקְתָא תְּהֵא מִתְיַהֲבָא.** הוֹצָאָה תִּהְיֶה נִתֶּנֶת לָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִתְבַּטְּלוּ מִמְּלַאכְתָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The expenses shall be given** The expenses shall be given to these men so that they should not idle from their work.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:9:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:9:1)

**וּמָה חַשְׁחָן.** וּמָה שֶׁיִּהְיוּ חוֹשְׁשִׁין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And what they require** and what they are concerned about.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:9:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:9:2)

**וּבְנֵי תוֹרִין.** בְּנֵי בָקָר וְאֵילִים וּכְבָשִׂים לְעוֹלוֹת לֵאלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and young bulls** young bulls, rams and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:9:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:9:3)

**וְחִנְטִין.** לְסֹלָתוֹת וּמֶלַח לְקָרְבָּנוֹת. **וְיַיִן** לִנְסָכִים. **וְשֶׁמֶן** לִמְנָחוֹת, כַּאֲשֶׁר יֹאמְרוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם יְהִי נָתוּן לָהֶם דְּבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wheat** for fine flour. **salt** for sacrifices. **wine** for libations. **and oil** for the meal-offerings. When the priests who are in Jerusalem will say [what they need], that shall be given to them the requirements of each day on its day.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:9:4
[Rashi on Ezra 6:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:9:4)

**דִּי לָא שָׁלוּ.** בְּלֹא דִּיחוּי, שנ״ץ דישטורבי״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**without delay** Aram. דִּי לָא שָּׁלוּ (son destorber in Old French).


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:10:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:10:1)

**דִּי לֶהֱוֹן.** לְמַעַן אֲשֶׁר יִהְיוּ מַקְרִיבִים נִיחוֹחִים לֵאלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וְיִהְיוּ מִתְפַּלְּלִים עַל חַיֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ וּבָנָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**That they should** in order that they should offer up pleasing sacrificing to the God of the heavens, and that they should pray for the life of the king and his children.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:11:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:11:1)

**וּמִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם.** וּמִמֶּנִּי שִׂים צִוּוּי וְשִׂימַת דָּבָר אֲשֶׁר כָּל אָדָם אֲשֶׁר יְשַׁנֶּה דָּבָר זֶה

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And an order is issued by me** And a command is issued by me, along with the issue of a word regarding any person who disobeys this word.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:11:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:11:2)

**יִתְנְסַח.** יֵחָרֵב עֵצָיו מִבֵּיתוֹ שֶׁיֵּחָרֵב בֵּיתוֹ, יִתְנְסַח כְּמוֹ ״וְנִסַּחְתֶּם מֵעַל הָאֲדָמָה״ (דברים כח:סג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall be torn** Aram. יִתְנְסַח. The beams of his house shall be destroyed. יִתְנְסַח is like (Deut. 28:63): “and you shall be uprooted (וְנִסַחְתֶּם) from the land.”


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:11:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:11:3)

**וּזְקִיף יִתְמְחֵא עֲלוֹהִי.** וְעֵץ לִתְלוֹתוֹ יְהֵא גָבוֹהַּ עָלָיו שֶׁיִּתָּלֶה עַל הָעֵץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a gallows upon which to place him** And a gallows upon which to hang him shall be [raised up] high, so that he be hanged upon the gallows.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:11:4
[Rashi on Ezra 6:11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:11:4)

**וּבַיְתֵהּ נְוָלוּ יִתְעֲבֵד.** וּבֵיתוֹ יֵעָשֶׂה אַשְׁפָּה עַל כָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his house shall be made a dungheap** and his house shall be made a dungheap because of this.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:11:5
[Rashi on Ezra 6:11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:11:5)

**נְוָלוּ.** עִנְיַן טִנּוּף וּמַחֲרָאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
נְוָלוּ connotes filth and excrement.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:12:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:12:1)

**וֵאלָהָא דִּי שַׁכִּן שְׁמֵיהּ.** וְהָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר שִׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And God, Who caused His name to rest there** [as translated,] and God, Who caused His name to rest there.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:12:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:12:2)

**יְמַגַּר.** יְמַגֵּר וִיפַגֵּר כָּל אוֹתוֹ מֶלֶךְ וְכָל אוֹתוֹ עַם אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁלַח יָדוֹ לְהַחֲרִיב וּלְהַשְׁחִית בֵּיתוֹ זֶה שֶׁל ה׳ אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלָיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will cast down** will cast down and destroy any such king and any such people that will stretch forth a hand to lay waste and destroy His house that is in Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:12:3
[Rashi on Ezra 6:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:12:3)

**שַׂמְתּ טְעֵם.** שַׂמְתִּי צִוּוּי דָּבָר זֶה אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה הַבִּנְיָן מְהֵרָה. עַד כָּאן תְּשׁוּבָתוֹ שֶׁל דָּרְיָוֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have issued an edict** I have issued a command concerning this matter, that the building be constructed swiftly. Until here is Darius’s reply.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:13:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:13:1)

**כְּנֵמָא.** כַּאֲשֶׁר נֶאֱמַר:

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


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:13:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:13:2)

**אָסְפַּרְנָא עֲבַדוּ.** מְהֵרָה עֲשׂוּ׃

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


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:14:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:14:1)

**וְשָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא.** וְזִקְנֵי הַיְּהוּדִים הָיוּ בּוֹנִין וּמַצְלִיחִין בִּמְלַאכְתָּן כִּנְבוּאַת חַגַּי וּזְכַרְיָה, וּבָנוּ וְיִסְּדוּ אֶת הַבִּנְיָן מִן צִוּוּי שֶׁל אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמֵרְשׁוּת כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס הָרִאשׁוֹן אֲשֶׁר הוּחַל יְסוֹד הַבִּנְיָן בְּיָמָיו, וּמֵרְשׁוּת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ זֶה מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the elders of the Jews** And the elders of the Jews were building and succeeding in their work, according to the prophecy of Haggai and Zechariah, and they built and founded the building by the command of the God of Israel and by the authorization of Cyrus, the first king of Persia, in whose days the laying of the foundation was commenced, and by the authorization of this Darius, the king of Persia.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:14:2
[Rashi on Ezra 6:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:14:2)

**וְאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא.** הוּא דָּרְיָוֶשׁ וְנִקְרָא אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא עַל שֵׁם הַמְּדִינָה וְהַמַּלְכוּת, כִּי כָל מַלְכֵי פָרַס הָיוּ נִקְרָאִים כָּךְ, כַּאֲשֶׁר כָּל מַלְכֵי מִצְרַיִם נִקְרָאִים פַּרְעֹה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Artaxerxes** He is Darius, but he was called Artaxerxes because of the province and the kingdom, for all kings of Persia were thus named just as all the kings of Egypt were called Pharaoh.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:15:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:15:1)

**וְשֵׁיצִיאָ בַּיְתָה דְנָה.** וְסוֹף תַּשְׁלוּם בַּיִת זֶה הָיָה עַד יוֹם שְׁלִישִׁי לְחֹדֶשׁ **אֲדָר** שֶׁהִיא שְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ, וְנִמְצָא בִּנְיַן הַבַּיִת הָיָה אַרְבַּע שָׁנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the completion of this House** And the end of the completion of this House was until the third day of the month of Adar, which is the sixth year of King Darius; hence the building of the House took four years.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:17:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:17:1)

**וְהִקְרִיבוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת.** הִקְרִיבוּ לַחֲנֻכַּת בַּיִת זֶה קָרְבָּנוֹת הַלָּלוּ, וְהוֹרָאַת שָׁעָה הָיְתָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they offered up for the dedication** They offered up for the dedication of this House these sacrifices, and it was a temporary ruling.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:18:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:18:1)

**וַהֲקִימוּ כָהֲנַיָּא בִּפְלֻגָּתְהוֹן.** שֶׁהָיוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים חֲלוּקִים בַּעֲבוֹדָתָם וְלֵוִיִּם בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now they set up the priests in their divisions** for the priests were divided in their service and the Levites in their watches.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:19:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:19:1)

**אֶת הַפֶּסַח.** עַכְשָׁיו עָשׂוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַפֶּסַח בְּאַרְבַּעָה עָשָׂר בְּנִיסָן זֶה הַבָּא אַחַר אֲדָר זֶה שֶׁהֻשְׁלַם הַבִּנְיָן בּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Passover [offering]** Now Israel made the Passover offering on this fourteenth of Nissan, which followed this Adar, when the building was completed.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:20:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:20:1)

**וְלָהֶם.** וּלְעַצְמָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and for themselves** Heb. וְלָהֶם, lit. and for them, and for themselves.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:21:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:21:1)

**וְכֹל הַנִּבְדָּל.** הֵם הַגֵּרִים שֶׁנִּבְדְּלוּ מִטֻּמְאַת הָעֲבוֹדָה כּוֹכָבִים לִידָּבֵק בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and whoever separated** They are the proselytes, who were separated from the defilement of the nations to cleave to Israel.


###### Rashi on Ezra 6:22:1
[Rashi on Ezra 6:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezra/r/6:22:1)

**וְהֵסֵב לֵב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עֲלֵיהֶם.** וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא הֵסֵב לֵב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיּוֹשְׁבִים בְּמֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ בְּאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר לְהַחֲזִיקָם וּלְסַיֵּעַ בִּמְלֶאכֶת הַבִּנְיָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them** And the Holy One, blessed be He, turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward the Israelites who were dwelling under his dominion in the land of Assyria, to strengthen them and to assist in the work of the building.