## Rashi on Gittin Daf 56a

###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:1:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:1:1)

א"ל לא - שביקנא לך:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**He said to him, "No":** [I will not] leave you alone.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:1:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:1:2)

א"ל - איהו יהיבנא לך דמי פלגא סעודתך:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**He said to him:** He (Bar Kamtza) [said], "I will give you money for half of your feast."


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:2:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:2:1)

איכול קורצא - מלשינות:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
***Eikhul kurtza*:** Talebearing.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:2:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:2:2)

קורבנא - קרבן להקריב על גבי המזבח דקיימא לן איש איש לרבות את עובדי כוכבים שנודרים נדרים ונדבות כישראל (חולין דף יג:):

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**An offering:** A sacrifice to offer on top of the altar. Since we establish, "Any man (*ish ish*)" (Leviticus 22:18), to include the idolaters who may vow to bring vow offerings and gift offerings like a Jew (Chullin 13b).


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:3:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:3:1)

בניב שפתים - שפה העליונה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**On the overhanging lip:** The upper lip.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:3:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:3:2)

לדידהו לא הוי מומא - להקריב לגבוה בבמה דידהו אלא מחוסר אבר דוקין טיל"ה כמו הנוטה כדוק (ישעיהו מ):

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**For them, it is only a blemish** to sacrifice to the Higher realm on their altar, one missing a limb. *Dokin* is *teile* (in Old French); as in, "spread out like a *dok*" (Isaiah 40:22).


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:4:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:4:1)

יאמרו המטיל מום בקדשים יהרג - שיהו סבורין שבשביל שהטיל מום בקדשים ועבר על מום לא יהיה בו (ויקרא כ״ב:כ״א) נהרג:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**They will say, "One who makes a blemish on sacrificial animals is to be killed":** Such that they will reason that he was killed because he placed a blemish in [a sacrifice] and transgressed on account of, "no blemish shall be in it" (Leviticus 22:21).


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:5:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:5:1)

ענותנותו - סבלנותו שסבל את זה ולא הרגו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**His humility:** His tolerance, since he tolerated this one and did not kill him.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:6:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:6:1)

שדא גירא למזרח - לקסום קסם כשהיה סמוך לירושלים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**He shot an arrow to the east:** To engage in divination, when he was close to Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:7:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:7:1)

ההוא ינוקא - הוה מגמגם בלישניה לא גרסינן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**That child:** We do not follow the version: He stuttered in his speech.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:7:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:7:2)

ביד עמי ישראל - על ידי עמי ישראל:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**By the hand of My people Israel:** Through My people Israel.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:7:3
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:7:3)

ולכפורי ידיה - לקנח ידיו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**And to clean His hands:** To wipe his hands.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:8:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:8:1)

נקדה - נקבה לשון מקדרין בהרים (עירובין דף נח.) נקדה לו חמה זרחה בשבילו במסכת תענית (דף כ.):

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
***Nakdah*:** Pierced, [like] the usage, "we pierce the mountains" (Eruvin 58a). He had the sun pierce for him - it shone for his sake, in Tractate Taanit (20a).


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:8:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:8:2)

ציצתו - ציצית של טליתו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**His fringes (*tzizit*):** The fringes of his *talit*.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:8:3
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:8:3)

נגררת על גבי כרים וכסתות - שלא היה מהלך אלא על גבי מילת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Dragged along on blankets and seats:** As he would only walk on fine wool.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:8:4
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:8:4)

ואיכא דאמרי - בן ציצית שמו ולמה נקרא שמו הכסת שהיתה כסתו כסא שלו מוטלת בין גדולי רומי כשהי' הולך ברומי להקביל פני קיסר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**There are those who say:** His name was Ben Tzizit. So why was he called HaKesat? Because *kissato*, his chair, was found among the nobles of Rome when he went to Rome to greet Caesar.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:9:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:9:1)

הוו להו - להנך תלתא עתירי חיטי ושערי וחמרא וציבי למיזן כל בני העיר עשרים וחד שתא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**They had:** These three rich men [had] wheat, barley, wine and wood to sustain all the people of the city for twenty-one years.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:10:1)

בריוני - אנשים ריקים ופוחזים למלחמה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Zealots (or Ruffians):** Empty people eager for war.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:10:2)

אמרו להו רבנן - להנך בריוני:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**The Sages said to them:** To these zealots.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:3
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:10:3)

לא מסתייעא מילתא - לנצח:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**You will not be successful:** To win.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:4
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:10:4)

קמו - בריוני:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**They arose:** The zealots.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:5
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:10:5)

קלינהו להנך אמברי - לאוצרות התבואה ועצים כדי שילחמו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**They burned down these *ambarei*:** These storehouses of produce and wood [were burned] so that they would fight.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:11:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:11:1)

סמידא - סלת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
***Semida*:** Fine flour.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:11:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:11:2)

חיוורתא - פת נקייה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**White:** Refined bread.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:11:3
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:11:3)

גושקרא - פת קיבר שאונדיי"ר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
***Gushkera:*:** Coarse bread, *seondier* (in Old French).


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:12:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:12:1)

פרתא - פרש של גללי בהמה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
***Parta*:** The remnants of animal dung.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:12:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:12:2)

ומתה - מחמת איסטניסותה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**And she died:** Due to her delicateness.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:13:1)

גרוגרות - מאותם שנשארו לרבי צדוק שמצץ את מימיה ומצאתה היא ואכלת' לרעבונה ומריח החולי של רבי צדוק שנכנס בגרוגרת טעמה ומתה באסטניסו':

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Figs:** From those that Rabbi Tzakok left over [after] he sucked its liquid. And she found it and ate it out of her hunger. But she tasted of the smell of Rabbi Tzadok's sickness that had entered the fig and died from her delicateness.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:13:2)

הוה מתחזי - בגרונו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**It was visible:** In his throat.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:3
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:13:3)

מאבראי - מחמת שהיה כחוש:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**From the outside:** Because he was skinny.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:4
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:13:4)

כי הוה בריא - כשגמר תעניותיו ורצה להברות עצמו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**When he would eat:** When he finished his fasts and wanted to feed himself.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:5
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:13:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:13:5)

הוו מייתי ליה גרוגרות - תאנים יבשין מפני שלא היה יכול לבלוע דבר עבה והיה מוצץ את מימיהן ומשליך הגרוגרות:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**They would bring him figs:** Dried figs. Since he was not able to swallow something thick, he would suck its liquid and throw out the figs.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:15:1)

אבא סיקרא - כך שמו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Abba Sikkara** That was his name.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:15:2)

שלח ליה - רבן יוחנן בן זכאי תא לגבאי בצנעא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**He sent to him:** Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai [sent the message], "Come to me in secret."


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:3
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:15:3)

אמר ליה - רבן יוחנן בן זכאי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**He said to him:** Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai [spoke].


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:4
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:15:4)

עד אימתי עבדיתו הכי - דלא שבקיתון לאשלומי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Until when will you do this:** As you have not allowed us to make peace.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:5
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:15:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:15:5)

חזי לי תקנתא לדידי - שיניחוני לצאת מן העיר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Show me a method for me:** That they will let me leave the city.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:16:1)

נקוט נפשך בקצירי - החזק עצמך כחולה הוציא קול שאתה חולה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Pretend to be sick:** Act as if you are sick; put out a rumor that you are sick.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:16:2)

לישיילו בך - כמו שאתה גוסס:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**To ask about you:** As if you were dying.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:3
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:16:3)

ואייתי מידי סריא - דבר מסריח כגון נבילה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Bring something putrid:** Something that smells, such as an animal corpse.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:4
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:16:4)

ואגני גבך - והשכב במטתך עמך שיאמרו מת הוא ומסריח כבר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**And place it near you:** And lay it in your bed with you, so that they will say, "He is dead and already smells."


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:5
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:16:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:16:5)

וליעיילו בך תלמידך - יכנסו תחת רגלי מטתך לשאת ולא יניחו אחרים לשאת דאינון ידעין דחייא קליל ממיתה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**And have your students enter:** They should go under the legs of your bier to carry [it]; and they should not allow others to carry [it]. As they know that a living person is lighter than a dead person.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:17:1)

בעו - הנך בריוני:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**They wanted:** Those zealots.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:2
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:17:2)

למדקריה - ברמחים שמא מערים הוא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**To pierce him** with spears, lest he was tricking [them].


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:3
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:17:3)

אמר להו - אבא סקרא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**He said to them:** Abba Sikkara [spoke].


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:4
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:17:4)

יאמרו - הרומיים עליכם שאפילו רבן דקרו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**They will say:** The Romans [will say] about you, that they even stab their teachers.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:5
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:17:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:17:5)

למידחפיה - אולי יצעק:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**To push him:** Maybe he would yell.


###### Rashi on Gittin 56a:18:1
[Rashi on Gittin 56a:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Gittin/r/56a:18:1)

דלאו מלכא אנא - והתעללת בי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Because I am not a king:** And you mocked me.