## Rashi on Malachi Chapter 1

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

**מַשָּׂא דְבַר ה׳.** פורפור״ט בְּלַעַ״ז, דָּבָר הַנִּמְסָר לְמַלְאָכִי לָשֵׂאת אוֹתוֹ אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The burden of the word of the Lord** Porport in Old French, burden. A word delivered to Malachi to bear to the children of Israel.


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:1:2
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**בְּיַד מַלְאָכִי.** כְּבָר הָיָה מָסוּר בְּיָדוֹ זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים. מִכָּאן דָּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ בִּבְרַיְתָא דִּמְכִילְתָּא, שֶׁכָּל הַנְּבִיאִים עָמְדוּ עַל הַר סִינַי, וְשָׁם נִמְסְרוּ לָהֶם הַנְּבוּאוֹת. וְכֵן (ישעיהו מח:טז) אוֹמֵר: ״מֵעֵת הֱיוֹתָהּ שָׁם אָנִי, וְעַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהִים שְׁלָחַנִי״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the hand of Malachi** It was already delivered into his hand for many days. From here, our Sages expounded in a baraitha of Mechilta that all the prophets stood on Mount Sinai and there the prophecies were delivered to them, and so [Isaiah (48:16)] says: “From the time it was, there was I, and now, the Lord God has sent me, [and His spirit].”


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:2:1
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**וָאֹהַב אֶת יַעֲקֹב.** לָתֵת לוֹ אֶת ״אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה צְבִי צִבְאוֹת גּוֹיִם״ (ירמיהו ג:יט) – אֶרֶץ שֶׁצָּבִין כָּל צִבְאוֹת הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת בָּהּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I loved Jacob** And I gave him (Jer. 3:19) “a desirable land, an inheritance of the desire of hosts of nations”; a land that all the hosts of nations desire.


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:3:1
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**וְאֶת עֵשָׂו שָׂנֵאתִי.** לְדוֹחֲפוֹ אֶל אֶרֶץ שֵׂעִיר מִפְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב אָחִיו. וּמִנְהָג שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ שְׁנֵי בָּנִים, לַבְּכוֹר הוּא בּוֹרֵר לוֹ מָנָה יָפָה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I hated Esau** to push him off to a land because of Jacob, his brother. Now it is customary in the world that, if one has two sons, he selects a beautiful portion for the firstborn.


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

**וָאָשִׂים אֶת הָרָיו שְׁמָמָה.** אֵינָן דּוֹמִין לְהָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I made his mountains desolate** They do not compare to the mountains of Israel.


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

**לְתַנּוֹת מִדְבָּר.** מְעוֹן תַּנִּים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the jackals of the desert** A den of jackals.


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

**כִּי תֹאמַר אֱדוֹם רֻשַּׁשְׁנוּ.** וְאִם יֹאמְרוּ מַחֲרִיבֵי הַמִּקְדָּשׁ: מִתְּחִלָּתֵנוּ רָשִׁים הָיִינוּ, אֲבָל מֵעַתָּה שֶׁהֶעֱשַׁרְנוּ מִבִּזַּת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם **נָשׁוּב וְנִבְנֶה חֳרָבוֹת** שֶׁלָּנוּ – **כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ וְגוֹ׳**.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Should Edom say, “We were poor”** And if Edom says, “At first we were poor, but from now on we will be rich from the spoils of Jerusalem.” **but we will return and build the ruins** Our ruins, so said the Lord, etc.


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:5:1
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**יִגְדַּל ה׳ מֵעַל לִגְבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל.** יַרְאֶה גְּדֻלָּתוֹ מֵעַל לִגְבוּלֵנוּ לְהוֹדִיעַ כִּי אֲנַחְנוּ עַמּוֹ. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״יִסְגֵּא יְקָרָא דַה׳, וְאַפְתֵּי יָת תְּחוּם אַרְעָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“The Lord is great beyond the border of Israel.”** He will show His greatness over our border, to make known that we are His people. And Jonathan rendered: May the glory of the Lord be magnified, and He has widened the border of Israel.


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

**בֵּן.** יֵשׁ עָלָיו לְכַבֵּד אָב, וְכֵן עֶבֶד אֲדוֹנָיו. וְאַתֶּם קְרוּיִין בָּנִים וַעֲבָדִים, וְעַתָּה אִם אָב אֲנִי לָכֶם אַיֵּה כְבוֹדִי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A son** is required to honor his father, and so a slave his master and you are called sons and slaves. Now, if I am your father, where is My honor?


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:6:2
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**אָמַר ה׳ צְבָאוֹת לָכֶם.** אַתֶּם הַכֹּהֲנִים הַבּוֹזִים אֶת שְׁמִי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**says the Lord of Hosts to you** You, the priests who despise My Name.


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

**וַאֲמַרְתֶּם בַּמֶּה בָזִינוּ.** כְּלוֹמַר יָדַעְתִּי שֶׁתֹּאמְרוּ לִי: ״בַּמֶּה בָזִינוּ״? הֲרֵי הַבִּזָּיוֹן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But you said, “How have we despised”** I knew that you would say, “How have we despised?” This is the contempt [as follows:]


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:7:1
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**מַגִּישִׁים עַל מִזְבְּחִי וְגוֹ׳: וַאֲמַרְתֶּם.** כְּלוֹמַר, וְאִם תֹּאמְרוּן: ״בַּמֶּה גֵאַלְנוּךָ״? – גָּאַלְנוּ לְךָ אֶת לֶחֶם מִזְבְּחֶךָ. אֲנִי מֵשִׁיב לָכֶם, כִּי בְּזֹאת גֵּאַלְתֶּם אוֹתִי בְּאָמְרְכֶם: ״שֻׁלְחַן ה׳ נִבְזֶה הוּא״. בּוֹזִים הָיוּ לַחֲלֹק אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו בַּמְּנָחוֹת וּבַקֳּדָשִׁים, וְאוֹמֵר: מֵאַחַר שֶׁהוּא אָסוּר לָנוּ לַחֲלֹק מִנְחָה כְּנֶגֶד מִנְחָה וְזֶבַח כְּנֶגֶד זֶבַח, וְטֹרַח וְעָמָל הוּא לַחֲלֹק כָּל מִנְחָה וּמִנְחָה בִּשְׁבִיל כַּזַּיִת אוֹ כַּפּוֹל הַמַּגִּיעַ לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You offer on My altar, etc., yet you say** And if you say. **“How have we defiled You?”** How have we defiled for You the bread of Your altar? I reply to you that, in this manner you have defiled Me. **By your saying, “God’s table is contemptible.”** They would look with contempt on sharing equally the meal offerings and the hallowed foods, and they would say, “Since we may not share a meal offering for a meal offering, or a sacrifice for a sacrifice, it is too much bother and toil to divide each meal offering for the olive-sized piece or the bean-sized piece that is apportioned to each one.”


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:8:1
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**אֵין רָע.** וְכִי אֵין דָּבָר זֶה רָע?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is there nothing wrong?** Is this thing not bad?


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

**וְעַתָּה חַלּוּ נָא פְנֵי.** וְעַתָּה אַתֶּם הַכֹּהֲנִים הָעוֹשִׂים הָרַע הַזֹּאת, אֵיךְ יַעֲלֶה בִּלְבַבְכֶם לִהְיוֹת שְׁלוּחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבַקֵּשׁ עֲלֵיהֶם רַחֲמִים? הֲרֵי מִיֶּדְכֶם הָיְתָה זֹאת הָרָעָה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now, will you pray before the Lord?** And now, you priests, who commit this evil, how does it enter your mind that you can be the messengers of Israel, to supplicate God to have compassion on them? Lo, this evil has come from your hand.


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

**הֲיִשָּׂא.** אֶת פְּנֵיכֶם לִשְׁמֹעַ תְּפִלָּה מִפִּיכֶם, וְלָחֹן אֶת שׁוֹלְחֵיכֶם?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will He favor any of you** to hearken to a prayer from your mouth, and to favor those who sent you?


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

**מִי גַם בָּכֶם וְיִסְגֹּר דְּלָתַיִם.** הַלְוַאי וְיָקוּם אִישׁ טוֹב בָּכֶם שֶׁיִּסְגֹּר דַּלְתֵי מִקְדָּשִׁי לְבִלְתִּי הָבִיא שָׁם קָרְבָּן מְתֹעֵבָה הַזֹּאת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O that there were even one among you that would close the doors** If only a good man would arise among you who would close the doors of My sanctuary so as not to allow this abominable sacrifice there.


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

**וְלֹא תָאִירוּ מִזְבְּחִי חִנָּם.** בָּאִישִׁים שֶׁאֵינִי מִתְרַצֶּה בָּהֶם, שֶׁהֲרֵי אֵין לִי חֵפֶץ בָּכֶם. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָּרְשׁוּ בְּתוֹרַת כֹּהֲנִים: אָדָם אוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵרוֹ: ״הָגֵף לִי אֶת הַדֶּלֶת הַזּוֹ״ – אֵין תוֹבֵעַ עָלֶיהָ שָׂכָר; ״הַדְלֵק לִי אֶת הַנֵּר הַזֶּה״ – אֵין שׁוֹאֵל עָלֶיהָ שָׂכָר. וְאַתֶּם – מִי בָּכֶם שֶׁסָּגַר דְּלָתַי חִנָּם? וְלֹא הֵאַרְתֶּם מִזְבְּחִי חִנָּם. קַל וָחֹמֶר שֶׁלֹּא עֲשִׂיתֶם חִנָּם דְּבָרִים שֶׁדַּרְכָּן לַעֲשׂוֹתָן בְּשָׂכָר. לְפִיכָךְ אֵין לִי חֵפֶץ בָּכֶם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain** with fire offerings with which I am not placated, for I have no desire in you. And our Sages expounded in Torath Kohanim (7: 154): If a person says to his friend, “Close this door for me,” he does not demand compensation for it; [or if he says,] “Light this candle for me,” he does not request compensation for it. But you - who is there among you who closed My doors, gratis? Neither did you kindle fire on My altar gratis. Surely, things that are customarily done for compensation you did not do gratis. Therefore, I have no desire in you.


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:11:1
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**גָּדוֹל שְׁמִי בַּגּוֹיִם.** אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ: דְּקָרוּ לֵיהּ אֱלָהָא דֶּאֱלָהַיָּא. אֲפִלּוּ מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה יוֹדֵעַ (שֶׁיֵּשׁ אֱלוֹהַּ) שֶׁהוּא עַל כֻּלָּם. וּבְכָל מָקוֹם מִתְנַדְּבִים לִשְׁמִי, אַף הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ: אֵלּוּ תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים הָעוֹסְקִים בְּהִלְכוֹת עֲבוֹדָה בְּכָל מָקוֹם. וְכֵן כָּל תְּפִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁמִּתְפַּלְּלִין בְּכָל מָקוֹם, הֲרֵי הֵן לִי כְּמִנְחָה טְהוֹרָה. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְכָל עִדָּן דְּאַתּוּן עָבְדִין רְעוּתִי, אֲנִי מְקַבֵּל צְלוֹתְכוֹן, וּשְׁמִי רַבָּא מִתְקַדַּשׁ עַל יְדֵיכוֹן, וּצְלוֹתְכוֹן כְּקָרְבַּן דָּכֵי קֳדָמַי״. וְכֵן פֵּרַשׁ הַמִּקְרָא: וְלָמָּה אַתֶּם מְחַלְּלִין שְׁמִי? וַהֲלֹא גָּדוֹל הוּא בַּגּוֹיִם. וַאֲנִי אַהֲבָתִי וְחִבַּתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם, שֶׁבְּכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁאַתֶּם מִתְפַּלְּלִין לְפָנַי, וְאַף בַּגּוֹלָה, מֻקְטָר וּמֻגָּשׁ הוּא לִשְׁמִי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My Name is great among the nations** Our Sages stated (Men. 110a): For they call Him the God of the gods. Even one who has an idol knows that He is the God Who is over all of them - and everywhere they donate in My Name. Our Sages, however, explained: These are the Torah scholars who are engaged in the laws of the Temple service everywhere, and likewise, every prayer of Israel that they pray anywhere is to Me as a pure oblation. And so did Jonathan paraphrase: And every time that you do My will, I accept your prayer, and My great Name is sanctified through you, and your prayer is like a pure offering before Me. This is the explanation of the verse: Now why do you profane My Name? Is it not great among the nations? As for Me, My love and My affection are upon you wherever you pray before Me, and even in exile, [offerings are] burnt and offered up to My Name.


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:11:2
[Rashi on Malachi 1:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/1:11:2)

**וּמִנְחָה טְהוֹרָה.** הוּא לִי, כִּי עַל יֶדְכֶם שְׁמִי נוֹרָא בַּגּוֹיִם, וְאַתֶּם מְחַלְּלִין אוֹתִי וְאֶת שְׁמִי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yea, a pure oblation** it is to Me, for through you My Name is feared among the nations. Yet you profane Me and My Name.


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

**וְנִיבוֹ נִבְזֶה אָכְלוֹ.** נִיבוֹ שֶׁל מִזְבֵּחַ הַשָּׁגוּר בְּשִׂפְתוֹתֵיכֶם, זֶהוּ: ״תָּמִיד נִבְזֶה אָכְלוֹ״ – אַתֶּם אוֹמְרִים עָלָיו. כְּלוֹמַר, כְּבָר הוֹצֵאתֶם עָלָיו דִּבָּה זוֹ, וְנִיב זֶה הֶחֱזַקְתֶּם לְמִזְבְּחִי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its expression is “Its food is contemptible.”** The expression of the altar that is fluent on your lips is always, “Its food is contemptible”; that [is all] you say about it. You have already spread this slander, and you have strongly attached this expression to My altar.


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:12:2
[Rashi on Malachi 1:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/1:12:2)

**אָכְלוֹ.** מַאֲכָלוֹ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its food** its food.


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

**וַאֲמַרְתֶּם הִנֵּה מַתְּלָאָה.** בְּהֵמָה כְּחוּשָׁה, וְאָנוּ עֲנִיִּים וְאֵין יְכֹלֶת לְהַשִּׂיג לְמִבְחַר נְדָרִים. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״הָא דְאַיְתִינָא מְלִיאוּתָנָא״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you say, “Here is a weary one”** An emaciated animal, and we are poor and cannot afford the choicest for [our] vows. So did Jonathan render: This is what we have brought from our toil.


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:13:2
[Rashi on Malachi 1:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/1:13:2)

**וְהִפַּחְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ.** זוֹ אַחַת מִשְּׁמוֹנֶה עֶשְׂרֵה תֵּבוֹת שֶׁל תִּקּוּן סוֹפְרִים. ״הִפַּחְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ״ – ״אוֹתִי״ נִכְתַּב, אֶלָּא שֶׁכִּנָּה הַכָּתוּב וּכְתָבוֹ ״אוֹתוֹ״. ״וְהִפַּחְתֶּם״ וְהִדְאַבְתֶּם – לְשׁוֹן ״מַפַּח נָפֶשׁ״ (איוב יא:כ).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you cause it pain** This is one of the eighteen words [in all of Scripture known as] the emendations of the scribes. וְהִפַּחְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ should have been written: אוֹתִי, and you cause Me pain. Scripture, however, euphemized, writing אוֹתוֹ it. **and you cause pain** and you cause pain, an expression of despair (Job 11: 20).


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

**אוֹתִי.** וְאֶת שֻׁלְחָנִי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it** My table.


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

**נוֹכֵל.** מִתְנַכֵּל בְּמִרְמָה, בְּדִבְרֵי שֶׁקֶר לְפָנַי, לֵאמֹר: ״אֵין לִי טוֹבָה מִזּוֹ״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he who deals craftily** Plots deceitfully, with guile, before Me, saying, “I have none better than this.”


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:14:2
[Rashi on Malachi 1:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/1:14:2)

**וְיֵשׁ בְּעֶדְרוֹ זָכָר.** אַיִל הֶהָגוּן לְעוֹלָה, וְהוּא נוֹדֵר זֶבַח.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a ram** a ram fit for a burnt offering;


###### Rashi on Malachi 1:14:3
[Rashi on Malachi 1:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/1:14:3)

**מָשְׁחָת.** בַּעַל מוּם, כְּמוֹ (ויקרא כב:כה) ״מָשְׁחָתָם בָּהֶם״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he vows and sacrifices a blemished one** as in (Lev. 22:25), “their corruption is in them; a blemish is in them.”