## Rashi on Malachi Chapter 3

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

**הִנְנִי שֹׁלֵחַ מַלְאָכִי.** לְבָעֵר אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I send My angel** to put the wicked away.


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

**וּמַלְאַךְ הַבְּרִית.** נוֹקֵם נְקַם בְּרִית.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the angel of the covenant** who avenges the revenge of the covenant.


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

**וּפִנָּה דֶרֶךְ.** מִן הָרְשָׁעִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he will clear a way** of the wicked.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:1:4
[Rashi on Malachi 3:1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:1:4)

**הָאָדוֹן אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם מְבַקְשִׁים.** אֱלֹהֵי הַמִּשְׁפָּט.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Lord Whom you seek** The God of justice.


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

**וּמִי מְכַלְכֵּל.** וּמִי יָכִיל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now who can abide** This is synonymous with; וּמִי יָכִיל


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

**וּמִי הָעוֹמֵד.** שֶׁיּוּכַל לַעֲמֹד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and who will stand** Will be able to stand.


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

**וּכְבֹרִית מְכַבְּסִים.** כְּבוֹרִית שֶׁל מְכַבְּסִים, שֶׁמַּעֲבִיר אֶת כָּל הַכֶּתֶם, כֵּן יַעֲבִיר כָּל הָרִשְׁעָה. **בּוֹרִית** – עֵשֶׂב הוּא שֶׁמַּעֲבִיר אֶת הַכֶּתֶם, בְּלַעַ״ז שנייר״א. וּלְשׁוֹן ׳בּוֹרִית׳ – יְדַבֵּר הַמְּצַחְצֵחַ וּמְטַהֵר, כְּמוֹ (תהלים עג:א) ״לְבָרֵי לֵבָב״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and like fullers’ soap** Like soap used by the fullers, which removes the entire stain. So will he remove all the wickedness. **and like soap** It is an herb which removes stains, erbe savonijere in Old French, probably soapwort. The word בֹּרִית signifies a thing that cleans and purifies, as in (Ps. 73:1), “to the pure of heart.”


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

**וְיָשַׁב מְצָרֵף.** יִפְנֶה מִכָּל עֲסָקָיו לִהְיוֹת כְּצוֹרֵף הַמְּצָרֵף וּמְטַהֵר כֶּסֶף.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he shall sit refining** He will free himself from all his affairs to be like a refiner, who refines and purifies silver.


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

**כִּי אֲנִי ה׳ לֹא שָׁנִיתִי.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֲנִי מַאֲרִיךְ אַפִּי, לֹא שִׁנָּה דַּעְתִּי עָלַי מִבָּרִאשׁוֹנָה, לֶאֱהֹב אֶת הָרַע וְלִשְׂנֹא אֶת הַטּוֹב.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For I, the Lord, have not changed** Although I keep back My anger for a long time, My mind has not changed from the way it was originally, to love evil and to hate good.


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

**וְאַתֶּם בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁמֵּתִים אַתֶּם בְּרָעַתְכֶם וְלֹא גָבִיתִי מִן הָרְשָׁעִים בַּחַיִּים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you, the sons of Jacob** Although you die in your evil, and I have not requited the wicked in their lifetime


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

**לֹא כְלִיתֶם.** אֵינְכֶם כָּלִים מִלְּפָנַי, וְהִנַּחְתִּי לִי הַנְּפָשׁוֹת לִגְבּוֹת מֵהֶם דִּינִי בְּגֵיהִנֹּם. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְאַתּוּן דְּבֵית יַעֲקֹב דְּמַאן דְּמִית בְּעָלְמָא הָדֵין דִּינֵיהּ פָּסוֹק״. כְּלוֹמַר, אַתֶּם סְבוּרִים לוֹמַר: דִּינִי בָּטֵל, שֶׁאֵין עוֹד לִפָּרַע מִמֶּנּוּ. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּהוּ: ״לֹא שָׁנִיתִי״ – לֹא הִכֵּיתִי אֶת מִי וְשָׁנִיתִי לוֹ. אֲבָל אֶתְכֶם, הֶעֱמַדְתִּי אַחַר פֻּרְעָנוּת הַרְבֵּה, וְחִצַּי כָּלִים, וְאַתֶּם אֵינְכֶם כָּלִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you have not reached the end** You are not finished from before Me, for I have left over the souls to be requited in Gehinnom. And so did Jonathan render. And you of the House of Jacob, who think that whoever dies in this world, his verdict has already ended, that is to say, you think that My verdict has been nullified, that he will no longer be punished. Our Sages (Sotah 9a), however, explained it: לֹא שָׁנִיתִי - I did not strike a nation and repeat a blow to it; but as for you, I have kept you up after much punishment, and My arrows are ended, but you are not ended.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:8:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:8:1)

**הֲיִקְבַּע אָדָם.** רַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָּרְשׁוּ לְשׁוֹן ׳גְּזֵלָה׳, וּלְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי הוּא.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Will a man rob** Our Sages explained this as an expression of robbery, and it is an Aramaism.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:8:2
[Rashi on Malachi 3:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:8:2)

**הַמַּעֲשֵׂר וְהַתְּרוּמָה.** שֶׁאַתֶּם גּוֹזְלִים מִן הַכֹּהֲנִים וּמִן הַלְוִיִּם, הִיא גְּזֵלָתִי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**With tithes and with the terumah levy** The tithes and the terumah - levy that you steal from the priests and the Levites is tantamount to robbing Me.


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

**בַּמְּאֵרָה אַתֶּם נֵאָרִים.** עַל עָוֹן זֶה, שֶׁאֲנִי שׁוֹלֵחַ קְלָלָה בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיכֶם, וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן אוֹתִי אַתֶּם קוֹבְעִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You are cursed with a curse** because of this iniquity, for which I send a curse into the work of your hands; but nevertheless, you rob Me.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:10:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:10:1)

**וִיהִי טֶרֶף.** יְהִי מָזוֹן מָצוּי לְשַׁמָּשַׁי.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**so that there may be nourishment in My House** There shall be food accessible for My servants.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:11:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:11:1)

**וְגָעַרְתִּי לָכֶם בָּאֹכֵל.** בֶּחָסִיל וְגָזָם, הָאוֹכֵל לָכֶם אֶת תְּבוּאַת הַשָּׂדֶה וְהַגֶּפֶן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will rebuke the devourer for your sake** The finishing locusts and the shearing locusts, which devour the grain of your field and your vines.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:12:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:12:1)

**אֶרֶץ חֵפֶץ.** אֶרֶץ שֶׁחֶפְצִי בָּהּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a desirable land** A land that I desire.


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

**שָׁוְא עֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים.** עַל חִנָּם נַעַבְדֶנּוּ, כִּי לֹא נְקַבֵּל שָׂכָר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“It is futile to serve God”** We worship Him for nothing, for we will receive no reward.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:14:2
[Rashi on Malachi 3:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:14:2)

**קְדֹרַנִּית.** בִּשְׁפַל רוּחַ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in anxious worry** with low spirits.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:15:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:15:1)

**וְעַתָּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַשְּׁרִים וְגוֹ׳.** אֲנַחְנוּ עֲבַדְנוּהוּ וְשָׁמַרְנוּ מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ, וְעַתָּה רוֹאִים אֵלּוּ הָרְשָׁעִים מַצְלִיחִים, עַד כִּי מְאַשְּׁרִים אָנוּ אוֹתָם עַל מַעֲשֵׂה רִשְׁעָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And now we praise the bold transgressors, etc.** We worshipped Him and kept His charge, but now we see that the wicked are prospering - to the extent that we praise them for the wicked deeds.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:15:2
[Rashi on Malachi 3:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:15:2)

**גַּם בָּחֲנוּ אֱלֹהִים.** לוֹמַר: ״נִרְאֶה מַה יּוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת לָנוּ״. **וַיִּמָּלֵטוּ** מִן הָרָעָה, וְלֹא נִכְשְׁלוּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Yea, they tempt God,** saying, “Let us see what He will be able to do to us.” **and they have, nevertheless, escaped** harm, and they have not stumbled.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:16:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:16:1)

**אָז נִדְבְּרוּ וְגוֹ׳.** אֲנִי מֵשִׁיב עַל דִּבְרֵיכֶם: אָז, בַּעֲשׂוֹת הָרְשָׁעִים רִשְׁעָם, וְהַטּוֹבִים הָלְכוּ קְדוֹרַנִּית מִפָּנַי, שֶׁנִּדְבְּרוּ יִרְאֵי ה׳ שֶׁלֹּא לִדָּבֵק בְּמַעֲשֵׂיהֶם הָרָעִים. וַאֲנִי - לֹא נִשְׁכְּחוּ דִבְרֵיכֶם מִלְּפָנַי, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינִי מְמַהֵר לְהָשִׁיב גְּמוּל, כִּי הִקְשַׁבְתִּי וְשָׁמַעְתִּי, וְצִוִּיתִי לִכְתֹּב לָהֶם סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, וְהָיוּ לִי דִבְרֵיהֶם מְקֻיָּמִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then the God-fearing men spoke, etc.** I retort upon your words then, when the wicked commit evil and the good go about in anxious worry because of Me. The God-fearing men spoke to one another not to adopt their evil deeds; and, as for Me, their words are not forgotten to Me. And although I do not hasten to visit retribution, I have hearkened and heard, and I have commanded that a book of remembrance be written for them. Their words shall be preserved for Me.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:17:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:17:1)

**לַיוֹם אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה סְגֻלָּה.** אֲשֶׁר אָצַרְתִּי וְהִנַּחְתִּי לְשַׁלֵּם בּוֹ גְּמוּלִי, שָׁם אַרְאֶה אֶתְכֶם מַה בֵּין צַדִּיק לְרָשָׁע.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for that day when I make a treasure** that I have stored and put away, with which to pay My reward. There I will show you what the difference is between a righteous man and a wicked man.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:17:2
[Rashi on Malachi 3:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:17:2)

**סְגֻלָּה.** אוֹצָר, איישטו״י בְּלַעַ״ז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a treasure** a treasure; estouj, estui in Old French.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:19:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:19:1)

**כִּי הִנֵּה הַיּוֹם בָּא.** יוֹם זֶה לְשׁוֹן שֶׁמֶשׁ הוּא, שֶׁכָּךְ אָמְרוּ חֲכָמִים: אֵין גֵּיהִנֹּם לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא, אֶלָּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מוֹצִיא חַמָּה מִנַּרְתִּיקָהּ, וּרְשָׁעִים נִדּוֹנִים בָּהּ, וְצַדִּיקִים מִתְרַפְּאִין בָּהּ. וְזֶהוּ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְזָרְחָה לָכֶם יִרְאֵי וְגוֹ׳״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For lo, the sun comes** This instance of יוֹם is an expression of sun, for so did the Sages state that there will be no Gehinnom in the future, but the Holy One, blessed be He, will take the sun out of its case; the wicked will be punished thereby and the righteous will be healed thereby. That is the meaning of what is stated (verse 20): “And the sun of mercy shall rise for you who fear My Name, etc.”


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:19:2
[Rashi on Malachi 3:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:19:2)

**שֹׁרֶשׁ וְעָנָף.** ״בְּרָא וּבַר בְּרָא״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**neither root nor branch** Neither son nor grandson


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

**וּפִשְׁתֶּם.** לְשׁוֹן ׳שֹׁמֶן׳, כְּמוֹ (ירמיהו נ:יא) ״כִּי תָפוּשׁוּ כְּעֶגְלָה דָשָׁה״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and be fat** an expression of fat, as in (Jer. 50: 11), “as you become fat, like a threshing heifer.”


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

**מַרְבֵּק.** הַנִּכְנֶסֶת לָרִבְקָה לְפַטֵּם, קופי״לא בְּלַעַ״ז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as fatted calves** [the calves] that enter the team to be fattened; kopla, cople in Old French: animals tied together.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:21:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:21:1)

**וְעַסּוֹתֶם.** וּכְבַשְׁתֶּם. לְשׁוֹן מִעוּךְ, וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ: ״וְשָׁם עָשׂוּ דַּדֵּי בְּתוּלֵיהֶן״ (יחזקאל כג:ג).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you shall crush** and you shall press. This is an expression of pressing, similar to (Ezek. 23: 8) “they pressed their virgin breasts.”


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:24:1
[Rashi on Malachi 3:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:24:1)

**וְהֵשִׁיב לֵב אָבוֹת.** לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that he may turn the heart of the fathers back** to the Holy One, blessed be He.


###### Rashi on Malachi 3:24:2
[Rashi on Malachi 3:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Malachi/r/3:24:2)

**עַל בָּנִים.** עַל יְדֵי בָּנִים. יֹאמַר לַבָּנִים דֶּרֶךְ אַהֲבָה וְרָצוֹן: ״לְכוּ וְדַבְּרוּ אֶל אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם לֶאֱחֹז בְּדַרְכֵי הַמָּקוֹם״. וְכֵן ״וְלֵב בָּנִים עַל אֲבוֹתָם״. כָּךְ שָׁמַעְתִּי מִשְּׁמוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי מְנַחֵם. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דָּרְשׁוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֵדֻיּוֹת: לָשׂוּם שָׁלוֹם בָּעוֹלָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**through the children** lit., on. He will say to the children affectionately and appeasingly, “Go and speak to your fathers to adopt the ways of the Omnipresent.” So we explain, “and the heart of the children through their fathers.” This I heard in the name of Rabbi Menahem, but our Sages expounded upon it in tractate Eduyoth (8:7), that he will come to make peace in the world.