## Rashi on Nehemiah Chapter 8

###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:2:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:2:1)

**בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי.** הוּא יוֹם שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (ראש השנה א,א):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the first day of the seventh month** That is the day of Rosh Hashanah.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:3:1
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**מִן הָאוֹר.** שֶׁל תְּחִלַּת הַיּוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the light** of the beginning of the day.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:3:2
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**אֶל סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה.** הָיוּ כָל הָעָם מַטִּים אָזְנֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the Scroll of the Law** All the people inclined their ears.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:4:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:4:1)

**אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לַדָּבָר.** אוֹתוֹ מִגְדַּל עֵץ עָשׂוּ לְשֵׁם כָּךְ, לִקְרוֹת שָׁם עָלָיו סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on a wooden tower** That wooden tower was made for the purpose of reading the Scroll of the Law upon it.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:5:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:5:1)

**כִּי מֵעַל כָּל הָעָם הָיָה.** וְעַל כֵּן רָאוּהוּ כֻּלָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for he was above all the people** Therefore, they all saw him.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:5:2
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**וּכְפִתְחוֹ עָמְדוּ כָל הָעָם.** וְכַאֲשֶׁר פְּתָחוֹ לִקְרוֹת שָׁתְקוּ כָּל הָעָם׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and when he opened it, all the people stood** And when he opened it to read, all the people stood silent.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:5:3
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:5:3)

**עָמְדוּ.** לְשׁוֹן שְׁתִיקָה (שָׁתְקוּ), כְּמוֹ ״עָמְדוּ וְלֹא עָנוּ עוֹד״ (אִיּוֹב לב:טז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**stood** Heb. עָמְדוּ, an expression of silence (they stood silent), like (Job 32:16): “...for they remained silent (עָמְדוּ) ; they no longer answered.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:6:1
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**בְּמֹעַל יְדֵיהֶם.** בִּנְשִׂיאוּת יְדֵיהֶם, שֶׁנָּשְׂאוּ כַפֵּיהֶם לְמַעְלָה לְהוֹדוֹת לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיִּפְרֹשׂ כַּפָּיו הַשָּׁמָיִם״ (מְלָכִים א ח:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the uplifting of their hands** with the raising of their hands, meaning that they lifted their hands on high to thank the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is stated: (I Kings 8:22): “...and spread forth his hands towards heaven.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:7:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:7:1)

**מְבִינִים אֶת הָעָם.** שֶׁהָיוּ מְתַרְגְּמִין לָעָם דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**explained...to the people** meaning that they would translate the words of the Torah to the people.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:7:2
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**עַל עָמְדָם.** שֶׁהָיוּ עוֹמְדִים עַל רַגְלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in their place** meaning that they were standing on their feet.


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

**וְשׂוּם שֵׂכֶל.** וְשִׂימַת חָכְמָה, וְשׂוּם לְשׁוֹן פָּעוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and gave sense** Heb. וְשּׂם שֶׂכֶל, and giving wisdom; וְשּׂם is an expression of doing.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:9:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:9:1)

**הַיּוֹם קָדוֹשׁ.** כִּי יוֹם רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The day is holy** because it is the day of Rosh Hashanah.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:9:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:9:2)

**כִּי בוֹכִים כָּל הָעָם.** מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא קִיְּמוּ הַתּוֹרָה כָּרָאוּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for all the people were weeping** because they did not uphold the Torah appropriately.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:10:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:10:1)

**לְאֵין נָכוֹן לוֹ.** לֶעָנִי שֶׁאֵין מְזֻמָּן לוֹ מַאֲכָלוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to whoever has nothing prepared** to a poor man who has no food prepared for himself.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:11:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:11:1)

**מְחַשִּׁים.** הָיוּ מַזְהִירִין לְכָל הָעָם לַחֲשׁוֹת, שֶׁלֹּא יִבְכּוּ עוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**quieted** They admonished all the people to be quiet, that they should weep no longer.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:11:2
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:11:2)

**הַסּוּ.** לְשׁוֹן שְׁתִיקָה, כְּמוֹ ״וַיַּהַס כָּלֵב״ (במדבר יג:ל):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Hush** Heb. הַסוּ, an expression of silence, like (Num. 13:30): “And Caleb hushed (וַיַהַס).”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:13:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:13:1)

**וּבַיּוֹם הַשֵּׁנִי.** שֶׁל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And on the second day** of Rosh Hashanah.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:15:1
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:15:1)

**וַאֲשֶׁר יַשְׁמִיעוּ.** וְצִוּוּ **אֲשֶׁר יַשְׁמִיעוּ קוֹל** לָחוֹג אֶת חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת, וְכֵן נוֹהֵג הַמִּקְרָא לְדַבֵּר כָּעִנְיָן הַזֶּה, כְּמוֹ ״אֱמֹר לַנַּעַר וְיַעֲבֹר לְפָנֵינוּ״ (שמואל א ט:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And that they should announce** And they commanded that they announce that they celebrate the Festival of Sukkoth, and so it is customary for Scripture to speak in this manner, like (I Sam. 9: 27): “Tell the servant and he will go ahead of us.”


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:15:2
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**וַעֲלֵי הֲדַס.** מְפֹרָשׁ בְּמַסֶּכֶת סֻכָּה (סוכה יב,א): זֶה הֲדַס שׁוֹטֶה, שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָאוּי לְלוּלָב כִּי אִם לַעֲשׂוֹת סֻכָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**myrtle leaves** It is explained in Tractate Succah (12a) that this is a wild myrtle which is unfit for the lulav and only fit to make a sukkah.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:15:3
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**וַעֲלֵי תְמָרִים.** לְלוּלָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**date palm leaves** for a lulav.


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:15:4
[Rashi on Nehemiah 8:15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nehemiah/r/8:15:4)

**וַעֲלֵי עֵץ עָבֹת.** זֶה הֲדַס הָרָאוּי לְלוּלָב, כַּמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּמַסֶּכֶת סֻכָּה (סוכה לב,ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and leaves of plaited trees** This is the myrtle that is fit for the lulav as is explained in Tractate Succah (ad loc.).


###### Rashi on Nehemiah 8:18:1
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**יוֹם בְּיוֹם.** בְּכָל יוֹם וָיוֹם:

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