## Rashi on Haggai Chapter 1

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

**בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ.** הוּא דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ פָּרַס שֶׁהָיָה אַחַר אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, וּמָצִינוּ בְּמִדְרַשׁ וַיִּקְרָא רַבָּה שֶׁבְּנָהּ שֶׁל אֶסְתֵּר הָיָה. וּבִימֵי כֹּרֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן עָלוּ זְרֻבָּבֶל וִיהוֹשֻׁעַ הַכֹּהֵן מִבָּבֶל לִירוּשָׁלַיִם בִּרִשְׁיוֹן כֹּרֶשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (עזרא א:ג) ״מִי בְכָל עַמּוֹ וְגוֹ׳״. וְעָמְדוּ צָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִין וְשָׁלְחוּ אִגְרוֹתֵיהֶם לְכֹרֶשׁ לְצַוּוֹת לְבַטֵּל מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֶׁהִתְחִילוּ (וְצִוָּה וּבִטְּלוּם). מִיּוֹם הַהוּא בָּטְלוּ, כִּמְפֹרָשׁ (בְּעֶזְרָא ד:כד) ״בֵּאדַיִן בְּטֵלַת עֲבִידַת בֵּית אֱלָהֲנָא וְגוֹ׳״. וּבָטְלָה שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים שֶׁמָּלַךְ כֹּרֶשׁ, וְאַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שֶׁל אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ, וְשָׁנָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁל דָּרְיָוֶשׁ בְּנוֹ. וּבִשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם נֶאֶמְרָה נְבוּאָה זוֹ לְחַגַּי, לְזָרְזָם לַחֲזֹר וְלִבְנוֹת בַּמְּלָאכָה, וְלֹא יִירָאוּ כִּי לֹא יְבַטְּלוּם הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת, שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יַצְלִיחֵם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In the second year of King Darius** This was Darius king of Persia, who succeeded Ahasuerus. We find in *Midrash Leviticus Rabbah* (13:4) that he was Esther’s son. Now, in the days of Cyrus I, Zerubbabel and Joshua the Priest went up from Babylon to Jerusalem with the sanction of Cyrus, as it is said (Ezra 1:3): “Whoever is among you of all His people, etc.” The adversaries of Judah and Benjamin rose up and sent their letters to Cyrus to [have him] ordain that they [Judah and Benjamin] stop the construction of the Temple, which they had commenced; and he gave the order and stopped it. From that day they stopped, as is explained in Ezra (4:24): “Then the work of the house of God was stopped, etc.” It was stopped for the three years that Cyrus reigned, the fourteen years of Ahasuerus, and the first year of Darius his son. In the second year [of Darius] this prophecy was proclaimed to Haggai: to urge them [i.e., Judah and Benjamin] to resume the building, and that they should not fear, for the heathens would not stop them for the Holy One, blessed be He, would grant them success.


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

**הָעָם הַזֶּה אָמְרוּ.** לְפִי שֶׁבִּטְּלוּ אוֹיְבֵיהֶם עַל יְדֵיהֶם בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה, סְבוּרִים הֵם שֶׁלֹּא אֲקַיֵּם אֶת דְּבָרַי שֶׁאָמַרְתִּי ״לְפִי מְלֹאת לְחָרְבוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה״, וְלֹא יָבֹא עוֹד עֵת בֵּיתִי לְהִבָּנוֹת. אֱמֹר לָהֶם שֶׁבָּא עַתָּה הָעֵת, אֲבָל עֵת הָרִאשׁוֹן לֹא הָיָה אֶלָּא לִפְקִידָה, לִמְלֹאת לִתְחִלַּת מַלְכוּת בָּבֶל שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה, וְכֵן הָיְתָה לְסוֹף שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה, נִפְקְדוּ לַעֲלוֹת עַל פִּי כֹּרֶשׁ. אֲבָל בִּנְיַן הַבַּיִת נִתְלָה בְּחֻרְבּוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁבִּימֵי צִדְקִיָּהוּ, שֶׁהָיָה מְאֻחָר שְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה לְמַלְכוּת בָּבֶל, כִּדְאָמַר מַר (מגילה יא:א, ערכין יב:ב) גָּלוּ בִּשְׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה, גָּלוּ בִּתְשַׁע עֶשְׂרֵה. וְעַתָּה מָלְאוּ הַשְּמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**This people has said** Since their enemies stopped them the first time, they think that I will not fulfill My words that I said, (Dan. 9:2) “According to the completion of seventy years from the destruction of Jerusalem”; and that the time for the House to be rebuilt will never come. Say to them that now the time has come, but the first time was only a remembrance at the completion of the seventy years from the inception of the kingdom of Babylon. And so it was that at the end of seventy years they were remembered for going up by the sanction of Cyrus; but the [time for the] building of the House depended upon [counting from] the destruction of Jerusalem, which took place eighteen years later than [the inception of] the kingdom of Babylon, as the master said (*Meg.* 11b): “They were exiled in the eighteenth year; they were exiled in the nineteenth year.” Now, the eighteen years are complete.


###### Rashi on Haggai 1:4:1
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**הַעֵת לָכֶם.** לְשׁוֹן ׳תֵּימָהּ׳, לְכָךְ נָקוּד הַהֵ״א בְּפַתָּח.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is it [an appropriate] time for you?** This is an interrogative expression; therefore the “heh” is vowelized with a “pattah.”


###### Rashi on Haggai 1:4:2
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**סְפוּנִים.** מְכֻסִּים בְּנִסְרֵי אֲרָזִים, כְּמוֹ (מלכים א ו:ט) ״וַיִּסְפֹּן אֶת הַבַּיִת״, ״וְסָפֻן אֶת הַבַּיִת בָּאָרֶז״. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״הַכְדִין כָּשֵׁר לְכוֹן דְּאַתּוּן יָתְבִין בְּבָתַּיָּא דִּי מְטַלְּלִין בְּנִסְרֵי דְאַרְזַיָּא, וּבֵית מַקְדְּשָׁא הָדֵין חָרוּב״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**ceiled** covered with boards of cedar, as in (I Kings 6:9): “And he covered the house” and (ibid. 7:3) “And it was covered with cedar.” And so did *Jonathan* render: “Is such a way proper for you, that you sit in the houses that are covered with boards of cedar, and this Temple is destroyed?”


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

**עַל דַּרְכֵיכֶם.** עַל עִסְקֵיכֶם, שֶׁאַתֶּם רוֹאִין שֶׁאֵין בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיכֶם בְּרָכָה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר: ״זְרַעְתֶּם הַרְבֵּה וְהָבֵא מְעָט״. כָּל זֶה בִּשְׁבִיל חֻרְבַּן בֵּיתִי הוּא.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your ways** Your affairs, for you see that there is no blessing in the work of your hands, as he [Haggai] states: You have sown much and you bring in little. All this is because of the desolation of My house.


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

**וְהָבֵא מְעָט.** בַּעֲוֹן בִּכּוּרִים שֶׁבָּטְלוּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you bring in little** because of the iniquity of the cessation of [the offerings of] the first fruits.


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

**אָכוֹל וְאֵין לְשָׂבְעָה.** בַּעֲוֹן בִּטּוּל מְנָחוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You eat without being satiated** because of the iniquity of the cessation of the meal-offerings.


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

**שָׁתוֹ וְאֵין לְשָׁכְרָה.** שֶׁנִּטַּל טַעַם הַיַּיִן לְפִי שֶׁבָּטְלוּ הַנְּסָכִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You drink without getting your fill** for the taste of wine was taken away because the libations ceased.


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

**לָבוֹשׁ וְאֵין לְחֹם לוֹ.** בַּעֲוֹן בִּגְדֵי כְּהוּנָה שֶׁבָּטְלוּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You dress, and it has no warmth** because of the iniquity of the cessation of wearing the priestly garments.


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

**וְהַמִּשְׂתַּכֵּר מִשְׂתַּכֵּר אֶל צְרוֹר נָקוּב.** כָּל רֶוַח שֶׁאַתֶּם עוֹשִׂים הוֹלֵךְ וְכָלֶה, כְּנוֹתֵן מְעוֹתָיו בְּקֶשֶׁר בֶּגֶד נָקוּב.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he who profits, profits into a bundle with holes** Any profit that you make becomes less and less, like one who puts his money into a cloth bundle with holes.


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

**וְאֶכָּבְדָה.** חָסֵר הֵ״א, כְּנֶגֶד חֲמִשָּׁה דְּבָרִים שֶׁהָיוּ בְּמִקְדָּשׁ רִאשׁוֹן וְלֹא הָיוּ בְּמִקְדָּשׁ שֵׁנִי: אָרוֹן, אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים, וְאֵשׁ, וּשְׁכִינָה, וְרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ, כִּדְאִיתָא בְּמַסֶּכֶת יוֹמָא.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will be honored** The “heh” [whose numerical value is five] missing from the Masoretic text corresponds to the five items in the First Temple that were not in the Second Temple: 1) the Holy Ark, 2) the Urim and Tummim, 3) the fire that descended from heaven, 4) the Shechinah, and 5) the Holy Spirit, as is stated in Tractate *Yoma* (21b).


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

**פָּנֹה אֶל הַרְבֵּה.** עַד הֵנָּה הֱיִיתֶם סְבוּרִים לְהָבִיא מִן הַשָּׂדֶה הַרְבֵּה, וַהֲבֵאתֶם מְעָט.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You looked for much** Until now, you expected to bring much from the field, but you brought little.


###### Rashi on Haggai 1:9:2
[Rashi on Haggai 1:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Haggai/r/1:9:2)

**וְנָפַחְתִּי בוֹ.** אָבִיא עָלָיו מַכַּת רִקָּבוֹן וְתוֹלַעַת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will blow into it** I will bring upon it a plague of decay and worms.


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

**וְנָפַחְתִּי.** לְשׁוֹן ״נֹפֵחַ בָּאֵשׁ פֶּחָם״ (ישעיהו נד:טז).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will blow** an expression like (Isa. 54:16) “Who blows on a charcoal fire.”


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

**עֲלֵיכֶם כָּלְאוּ שָׁמַיִם.** ״עַל חוֹבֵיכוֹן״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of you the heavens have kept back** Because of your sins.


###### Rashi on Haggai 1:10:2
[Rashi on Haggai 1:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Haggai/r/1:10:2)

**כָּלְאוּ.** מָנְעוּ.


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

**בְּמַלְאֲכוּת ה׳.** בִּשְׁלִיחוּת הַמָּקוֹם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in [fulfilling] the Lord’s mission** In the messengership of the Omnipresent.


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

**וַיָּבֹאוּ וַיַּעֲשׂוּ מְלָאכָה.** הִתְחִילוּ מְסַתְּתִין בָּאֲבָנִים וּמְנַסְּרִין עֵצִים, בַּשִּׁשִּׁי בְּעֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ, וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי בְּעֶשְׂרִים וְאֶחָד הָיָה דְבַר ה׳ אֶל חַגַּי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they came and performed labor** They commenced cutting stones and sawing trees in the sixth month, on the twenty fourth of the month; and in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day, the word of the Lord came to Haggai.