## Rashi on Judges Chapter 2 ###### Rashi on Judges 2:1:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:1:1) **וַיַּעַל מַלְאַךְ ה׳.** שָׁנִינוּ בְּ׳סֵדֶר עוֹלָם׳ (פרק יט): זֶה הָיָה פִּנְחָס: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Adonoy's emissary went up.** We learn in Seder Olam that this was Pinchos.¹² footnotes: ¹ Son of Elazar, grandson of Aharon Hakohen. (Bemidbar, 25:11.) ² Why is Pinchas entitled מַלְאַךְ ה׳, lit. “an angel of Adonoy”? Because, when visited by the sacred spirit, he was enflamed with radiance. (Vayikra Rabah, A. See Rashi to Yehoshua, 2:4). ###### Rashi on Judges 2:1:2 [Rashi on Judges 2:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:1:2) **אֶל הַבֹּכִים.** שֵׁם הַמָּקוֹם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **To Bochim.** The name of a place.³ footnotes: ³ Not literally “weeping”. See vs.4,5. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:1:3 [Rashi on Judges 2:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:1:3) **אַעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶם.** כָּךְ הָיָה דַעְתִּי מִתְּחִלָּה לְהַעֲלוֹתְכֶם מִמִּצְרַיִם, וְכֵן עָשִׂיתִי עַל מְנָת לְהוֹרִישׁ אֶת אוֹיְבַי: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **I took you up.** This was My original intent,⁴ to take you up from Mitzrayim—and I did so—with the stipulation that My enemies be ousted.⁵ footnotes: ⁴ The future tense, אַעֲלֶה, literally “I shall take”, indicates the intent which preceded the actual taking. See Rashi to Shemos, 15:1. ⁵ As indicated by the warning against covenants [v.2]. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:3:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:3:1) **וְגַם אָמַרְתִּי.** עַתָּה אָמַרְתִּי בְּאַפִּי: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Now I have also declared.** At present I have declared, in My fury.⁶ footnotes: ⁶ This is not part of the original intent stated in vs.1,2, but is a new declaration, made now because they sinned. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:3:2 [Rashi on Judges 2:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:3:2) **לְצִדִּים.** לִמְצַדְּדִים בְּצִדְּכֶם בִּגְדוּדִים וְגַיָּסוֹת לִשְׁלֹל וְלָבוֹז: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **At your flanks.** They will harass your flanks with bandits and troops, pillaging and plundering. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:6:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:6:1) **וַיְשַׁלַּח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְגוֹ׳.** זֶה הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הָיָה מֻקְדָּם, אֶלָּא לְפִי שֶׁבָּא לוֹמַר (פסוק יא): וַיַּעֲשׂוּ הָרַע, הִתְחִיל לוֹמַר כֵּן: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כְּשֶׁמֵּת, וְקִבְּלוּ לְפָנָיו לַעֲבֹד ה׳, שְׁלָחָם אִישׁ לְנַחֲלָתוֹ, וְהֵם עָבְדוּ אֶת ה׳ כָּל יָמָיו וְכָל יְמֵי הַזְּקֵנִים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ: וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרַע: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Yehoshua dismissed, etc.** This incident had taken place previously, but, as Scripture intends to relate that they acted wickedly [v.11], it begins with the following statement: at Yehoshua's death, when they resolved, in his presence, to serve Adonoy, he dismissed them, each man to his ancestral property. They served Adonoy throughout his days and the days of the elders. Afterward, "The Bnei Yisroel acted wickedly." ###### Rashi on Judges 2:7:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:7:1) **אֲשֶׁר הֶאֱרִיכוּ יָמִים וְגוֹ׳.** יָמִים הֶאֱרִיכוּ, שָׁנִים לֹא הֶאֱרִיכוּ, לְפִי שֶׁנִּתְעַצְּלוּ בְּהֶסְפֵּדוֹ, הוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (פסוק ט): הַר גָּעַשׁ, שֶׁרָעַשׁ עֲלֵיהֶם הָהָר לְהָרְגָן: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Whose days extended.** Their 'days' extended⁷ but not their 'years', as they neglected to eulogize him.⁸ Thus it is said, "…of Mount Ga'ash"—⁹ the mountain stormed at them¹⁰ to slaughter them. footnotes: ⁷ In contentment. However, their lives were short. (Shabbos, 105:b.-See Rashi there). ⁸ Scripture omits any mention of a mourning period for Yehoshua, as with Aharon (Bemidbar 20:29) and Moshe (Devarim 34:8). This indicates that they were remiss in eulogizing him and mourning for him. (Tosafos to Shabbos, 105:b). ⁹ “They buried him (Yehoshua)…at Mount Ephraim, north of Ga’ash.” [v.9] Mount Ephraim was better known than G’ash. Why, then, does Scripture identify the famous Mountain by its proximity to the obscure Ga’ash? Evidently, “Ga’ash” is not an identifying landmark, but is intended as a homiletical allusion to “ra’ash”, “storm”, teaching that the mountain stormed against them. (Maharsha to Shabbos, ibid.). ¹⁰ Shabbos, ibid. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:9:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:9:1) **בְּתִמְנַת חֶרֶס.** עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהֶעֱמִידוּ תְּמוּנַת חֶרֶס עַל קִבְרוֹ, כְּלוֹמַר חֲבָל עַל אָדָם שֶׁהֶעֱמִיד הַחַמָּה וּמוּטָל בְּקֶבֶר: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **At Timnas Cheres.** So entitled because a likeness of the sun¹¹ was placed over his grave, as if to say, "Alas, that a man who halted the sun¹² lies in the grave." footnotes: ¹¹ ‘Timnas Serach’ is literally translated as ‘The likeness of the sun’. ¹² Yehoshua ordered the sun to stand still, and the sun obeyed. (Yehoshua, 10:12,13.) ###### Rashi on Judges 2:15:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:15:1) **בְּכָל אֲשֶׁר יָצְאוּ יַד ה׳ הָיְתָה בָּם לְרָעָה.** עַל אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּמַחְלוֹן וְכִלְיוֹן נֶאֱמַר בְּ׳סֵדֶר עוֹלָם׳ (פרק יב): **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Wherever they went, the hand of Adonoy was destructive to them.** This refers to Elimelech, Machlon, and Chilyon—¹³ Seder Olam. footnotes: ¹³ Naomi’s husband and two sons, mentioned in the opening passages of the Book of Rus. They were punished with poverty and then death. See Rashi to Megilas Rus, ch.1. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:16:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:16:1) **וַיָּקֶם ה׳ שֹׁפְטִים.** תָּמִיד מִדּוֹר אֶל דּוֹר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא מוֹנֶה וְהוֹלֵךְ בַּסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה, שׁוֹפֵט אַחַר שׁוֹפֵט: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Adonoy established judges.** Continuously, in successive generations, as enumerated in this book, judge succeeding judge. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:18:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:18:1) **וְכִי הֵקִים.** לְשׁוֹן הֹוֶה, וְכַאֲשֶׁר הָיָה מֵקִים לָהֶם שׁוֹפְטִים, וְהָיָה ה׳ עִם הַשּׁוֹפֵט וְגוֹ׳: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **When He would establish**—This describes an ongoing process—'When He would establish judges for them, and Adonoy would visit with the judge, etc.' ###### Rashi on Judges 2:18:2 [Rashi on Judges 2:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:18:2) **כִּי יִנָּחֵם.** שֶׁהָיָה מִתְנַחֵם לָהֶם עַל הָרָעָה, כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **For He would recant.** He would recant, concerning them, from the destruction.¹⁴ This is Yonasan's rendition. footnotes: ¹⁴ Which He had intended to rain upon them. Accordingly, יְנַחֵם is not understood as ‘would find comfort,’ but as ‘would recant.’ See Rashi to Bereishis, 6:6, second interpretation. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:18:3 [Rashi on Judges 2:18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:18:3) **מִנַּאֲקָתָם.** מִפְּנֵי נַאֲקָתָם, הָעוֹלָה לְפָנָיו מִפְּנֵי אוֹיְבֵיהֶם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **From the outcry**—As a result of their cry that went up to Him because of their tormentors ###### Rashi on Judges 2:19:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:19:1) **לֹא הִפִּילוּ.** לֹא הִנִּיחוּ דָבָר לִהְיוֹת נוֹכָחִים עַל כָּל הַבָּא עֲלֵיהֶם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **They fell nothing short.** They omitted nothing deserving of the reproach inherent in everything that befell them. ###### Rashi on Judges 2:22:1 [Rashi on Judges 2:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/2:22:1) **הֲשֹׁמְרִים הֵם.** ה״א חֲטַף פַּתַּח הוּא נָקוּד, לְפִי שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן שְׁאֵלָה וְנִסָּיוֹן: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Whether they observe.** The letter ה is vocalized with the abridged *pasach*,¹⁵ as it expresses the inquiry involved in testing. footnotes: ¹⁵ This vocalization is used to express inquiry.