## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 27

###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:1:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:1:1)

**אַל תִּתְהַלֵּל.** אַל תִּתְפָּאֵר עַכְשָׁיו בְּדָבָר שֶׁעָתִיד לִהְיוֹת לְ**יוֹם מָחָר**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not boast** Do not boast now concerning a thing that is destined to be tomorrow.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:1:2
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**כִּי לֹא תֵדַע מַה יֵּלֶד יוֹם.** שֶׁמָּא הַיּוֹם יִוָּלֵד שׁוּם רָעָה, שֶׁיְּבַטֵּל מַחְשְׁבוֹת מָחָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for you do not know what the day will bear** Perhaps the day will bear some evil that will nullify it.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:3:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:3:1)

**וְנֵטֶל.** מַשָּׂא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the burden** Heb. ונטל, a burden.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:3:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:3:2)

**וְכַעַס אֱוִיל.** שֶׁהָאֱוִיל מַכְעִיס לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, גּוֹרֵם לְהָבִיא כַּעַס לָעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the anger of a fool** that a fool angers the Holy One, blessed be He, causes [Him] to bring anger to the world.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:4:1)

**וְשֶׁטֶף אַף, וּמִי יַעֲמֹד.** לִפְנֵי קִנְאָתוֹ שֶׁל קַנָּא וְנַקָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**but who can stand up before jealousy** Who can stand up before the jealousy of He Who is jealous and vengeful?


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:6:1
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**וְנַעְתָּרוֹת.** לְשׁוֹן גֹּדֶל, כְּמוֹ ״הַעְתַּרְתֶּם עָלַי״ (יחזקאל לה:יג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are burdensome** Heb. נעתרות, an expression of largeness, as in (Ezek. 35: 13): “You have multiplied (נעתרות) against Me.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:7:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:7:1)

**תָּבוּס נֹפֶת.** תִּרְמוֹס בְּרֶגֶל, כְּמוֹ ״נָבוּס קָמֵינוּ״ (תהלים מד:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**tramples honeycomb** Heb. תבוס, tramples by foot, as in (Ps. 44:6): “we will trample (נבוס) those who rise up against us.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:7:2
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**כָּל־מַר מָתוֹק.** כָּל דָּבָר מַר, מָתוֹק לָהּ. וְיֵשׁ לְפוֹתְרוֹ בְּתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה: הַמַּרְאֶה אֶת עַצְמוֹ כְּשָׂבֵעַ, שֶׁאֵינוֹ מִתְאַוֶּה לְדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה לְתַאֲוַת נֶפֶשׁ, **תָּבוּס נֹפֶת.** אַף הַטְּעָמִים הַמְיֻשָּׁבִים עַל הַלֵּב אֵינָם חֲשׁוּבִים עָלָיו; וְהַמִּתְאַוֶּה לָהּ, אֲפִלּוּ דְּבָרִים הַבָּאִים לוֹ בִּמְרִירוּת וּבִיגִיעָה הֵם מְתוּקִים לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**all bitter is sweet** Every sweet thing is bitter to it. This can be interpreted in regard to the study of the Torah. If one shows himself to be sated, that he has no desire for words of the Torah as a desire of his soul, he tramples honeycomb. [That is,] even the reasons that are acceptable to the heart are not important to him, but he who yearns for it, even the things that come to him with bitterness and toil are sweet to him.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:8:1
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**נוֹדֶדֶת מִן קִנָּהּ.** שֶׁהוֹלֶכֶת וּמִטַּלְטֶלֶת, כֵּן הָאִישׁ **הַנּוֹדֵד מִמְּקוֹמוֹ.** תַּלְמִיד חָכָם הַנּוֹדֵד מִן הַלִּמּוּד, מִלַּחֲזֹר עַל גִּרְסָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wandering from its nest** that goes and wanders, so is a man who wanders from his place, i.e., a Torah scholar who wanders away from his studies, from reviewing what he learned.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:9:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:9:1)

**שֶׁמֶן וּקְטֹרֶת.** רֵיחַ שֶׁמֶן אֲפַרְסְמוֹן וְרֵיחַ קְטֹרֶת מְשַׂמְּחִין לֵב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Oil and incense** The scent of balsamum oil and the scent of incense cause the heart to rejoice.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:9:2
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**וּמֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ מֵעֲצַת נָפֶשׁ.** מִי שֶׁחֲבֵרוֹ מְקָרְבוֹ וּמְמַתֵּק לוֹ בִּדְבָרָיו, הוּא טוֹב מִמַּה שֶׁנַּפְשׁוֹ יוֹעַצְתּוֹ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: **וּמֶתֶק רֵעֵהוּ** הַמַּכְשִׁיר מַעֲשָׂיו, שֶׁהֵן מְתוּקִין לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, טוֹב לוֹ מִמַּה שֶׁהוּא מְמַלֵּא תַּאֲוַת לִבּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sweet words of his friend more than one’s own counsel** He whose friend draws him near with words is better than what his [own] soul advises him. Another explanation: **and the sweetness of his friend** who improves his deeds, that they should be sweet to the Holy One, blessed be He, is better for him than gratifying the desires of his heart.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:10:1
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**רֵעֲךָ.** וְרֵעַ אָבִיךָ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁנִּקְרָא רֵעַ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, וְרֵעַ אָבִיךָ שֶׁחִיבֵּב אֶת אֲבוֹתֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your friend and your father’s friend** The Holy One, blessed be He, Who is called a friend to Israel, and your father’s friend, for He endeared your forefathers.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:10:2
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**אַל תַּעֲזֹב.** אִם עָזַבְתָּ, יָבֹא עָלֶיךָ פֻּרְעָנוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Do not forsake** And, if you do forsake Him, retribution will befall you.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:10:3
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**וּבֵית אָחִיךָ.** אַל תִּבְטַח בִּבְנֵי עֵשָׂו וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל שֶׁיְּקָרְבוּךָ. מָצִינוּ (תנחומא, יתרו ה): כְּשֶׁגָּלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבָבֶל הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים לְמוֹלִיכֵיהֶם בְּקוֹלָר: בְּבַקָּשָׁה מִכֶּם, הוֹלִיכוּנוּ בְּדֶרֶךְ אַחֵינוּ בְּנֵי עֵשָׂו וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל, וְהָיוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל יוֹצְאִים לִקְרָאתָם וּמְקַדְּמִין אוֹתָם בְּמִינֵי מְלוּחִים וְנוֹדוֹת נְפוּחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and...your brother’s house** Do not rely on the children of Esau and Ishmael that they should befriend you. We find that when Israel was exiled to Babylon, they would say to those who led them in neck irons, “We beg of you, lead us on the way of our brethren, the sons of Esau and Ishmael,” and the sons of Esau went out toward them and welcomed them with various kinds of salty foods and blown up flasks.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:10:4
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**מֵאָח רָחוֹק.** טוֹב שֶׁיִּשְׁכּוֹן בֵּינֵיכֶם הַקָּרוֹב לְקוֹרְאָיו (תהלים קמה:יח), מִשֶּׁתָּבוֹאוּ אֵצֶל אָח שֶׁנִּתְרַחֵק, לֵאמֹר ״יִקְרְבוּ יְמֵי אֵבֶל אָבִי וְגוֹ׳״ (בראשית כז:מא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**than a distant brother** It is better that the One Who is near to those who call Him dwell among you than that you should come to your brother who distanced himself by saying (Gen. 27:41): “When the days of mourning for my father are at hand, etc.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:11:1)

**חֲכַם בְּנִי.** הִתְחַכֵּם בְּנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Be wise, my son** Heb. חכם, become wise, my son.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:11:2
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**וְשַׂמַּח לִבִּי.** וּתְהֵא לִבִּי שָׂמֵחַ בְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and cause my heart to rejoice** and let my heart be happy with you.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:12:1
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**עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה.** רוֹאֶה פֻּרְעָנוּת הַבָּאָה עַל הָאָרֶץ וְנִסְתָּר הֵימֶנָּה, שֶׁמָּשַׁךְ יָדוֹ מִן הָעֲבֵירָה. וּפְתָאיִם לֹא נִסְתְּרוּ אֶלָּא **עָבְרוּ** בְּדֶרֶךְ רָעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A cunning man saw harm** He sees the retribution coming upon the earth and hides from it by withdrawing from sin, but the fools did not hide and passed on the way of harm.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:12:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:12:2)

**וְנֶעֱנָשׁוּ.** וְנִפְסְדוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and were punished** They suffered loss.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:13:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:13:1)

**כִּי עָרַב זָר.** אָדָם שֶׁנַּעֲשָׂה עָרֵב, גּוֹרֵם שֶׁאָמַר הַדַּיָּן לַמַּלְוֶה: **קַח בִּגְדוֹ**! (בבא מציעא קטו.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because he stood surety for a stranger** A man who stood surety brings about that the judge should say to the creditor, “Take his garment.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:14:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:14:1)

**מְבָרֵךְ רֵעֵהוּ.** יֵשׁ מְשַׁבֵּחַ אֶת חֲבֵירוֹ יוֹם יוֹם, וְהַבְּרָכָה נֶהֱפֶכֶת לִקְלָלָה, שֶׁאוֹמְרִים עָלָיו שֶׁהוּא וַתְרָן בְּמָמוֹנוֹ וְעָשִׁיר, וְהַכֹּל בָּאִין וְשׁוֹאֲלִין מִמֶּנּוּ, וְהַמַּלְכוּת מִתְגָּרֶת בּוֹ לִגְבּוֹת מָמוֹן. כָּךְ נִדְרַשׁ בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֲרָכִין (ערכין טז.). וְעוֹד יֵשׁ בְּמִדְרַשׁ רַבִּי תַּנְחוּמָא (תנחומא, בלק כד): כְּנֶגֶד בִּלְעָם שֶׁהָיָה מְבָרֵךְ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּקוֹל רָם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלוֹ וְגוֹ׳״ (במדבר כג:ז), לְשׁוֹן נְשִׂיאוּת קוֹל, וְסוֹפוֹ יָעַץ לְהַחֲטִיאָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who blesses his friend** Someone blesses his friend daily, and the blessing is converted into a curse, for people say about him that he is generous with his money and wealthy, and everyone comes and borrows from him, and the government provokes him to collect his money. In this manner, it is interpreted in tractate Arachin (16a). Besides this, it appears in the midrash of Rabbi Tanhuma (Balak 15) as regards Balaam, who blessed Israel with a loud voice, as it is stated (Num. 23:7): “And he took up his discourse, etc.,” an expression of raising the voice, and he later counseled to cause them to sin.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:15:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:15:1)

**דֶּלֶף טוֹרֵד.** גֶּשֶׁם הַנּוֹטֵף מִן הַגַּג לְתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת וְטוֹרֵד אֶת בְּנֵי הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A constant dripping** Rain that drips from the roof into the house and drives out the inhabitants of the house.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:15:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:15:2)

**בְּיוֹם סַגְרִיר.** יוֹם הַגֶּשֶׁם, שֶׁהַכֹּל נִסְגָּרִים בְּבָתֵּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on a rainstormy day** Heb. סגריר, a rainy day, when all are shut in their houses.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:15:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:15:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:15:3)

**וְאֵשֶׁת** מְדִינִים נִשְׁתָּוָה. שְׁנֵיהֶם שָׁוִין (יבמות סג:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a quarrelsome woman, are alike** They are both the same...


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:16:1
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**צוֹפְנֶיהָ צָפַן רוּחַ.** מִי שֶׁסָּבוּר לְשָׁמְרָהּ מִתְּזְנוּתֶיהָ, צְפוּנַת רוּחַ הוּא; כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לִצְפֹּן הָרוּחַ, כֵּן הִיא, לֹא תִצָּפֵנֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He who guards her guards the wind** He who thinks to watch her from her lewdness guards the wind; just as it is impossible to guard the wind, so will she not be guarded.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:16:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:16:2)

**וְשֶׁמֶן יְמִינוֹ יִקְרָא.** קוֹרֵא הוּא הַצָּרַעַת לָבוֹא עָלָיו עַד שֶׁיְּגָרְשֶׁנָּה, כַּמְּצֹרָע הַמִּטַּהֵר בְּשֶׁמֶן בְּבֹהֶן יָדוֹ הַיְמָנִית (ויקרא יד:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he calls “the oil of his right hand”** He calls “tzaraath” to come upon him until he drives her out like a “metzora,” who is purified with oil on the thumb of his right hand [as in Lev. 14:17].


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:17:1)

**יַחַד פְּנֵי רֵעֵהוּ.** יַחַד תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים מְחַדְּדִין זֶה לָזֶה בַּהֲלָכָה (תענית ז.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sharpens the countenance of his friend** Heb. יחד, sharpens. Torah scholars sharpen each other in halachah.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:18:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:18:1)

**יֹאכַל פִּרְיָהּ.** וְכֵן שׁוֹמֵר אֲדוֹנָיו יְכֻבָּד, וְיֹאכַל פְּרִי מַעֲלָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall eat its fruit** and so will one who guards his master be honored and eat the fruit of his deeds.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:19:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:19:1)

**כַּמַּיִם.** הַלָּלוּ **הַפָּנִים** שֶׁאַתָּה מַרְאֶה לְתוֹכָן, הֵן מַרְאוֹת לְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As in water** the face that you show it, it shows you.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:19:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:19:2)

**כֵּן לֵב הָאָדָם לָאָדָם.** חֲבֵרוֹ, לְפִי מַה שֶּׁאָדָם יוֹדֵעַ שֶׁחֲבֵרוֹ אוֹהֲבוֹ, כֵּן הוּא מַרְאֶה לוֹ פָּנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is the heart of a man to a man** his friend. According to how much a man knows that his friend loves him, so he will show him his face.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:20:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:20:1)

**שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדָּה.** לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה מִלְּקַבֵּל אֶת הָרְשָׁעִים לְתוֹכָם, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁעֵינֵי הָאָדָם רָשָׁע לֹא תִשְׂבַּעְנָה מִלָּשׁוּט אַחַר יֵצֶר הָרָע, מִלְּמַלְּאוֹת תַּאֲוָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The grave and Gehinnom will not be sated** from receiving the wicked therein, just as the eyes of a wicked man will not be sated from wandering after temptation and gratifying his lust.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:21:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:21:1)

**מַצְרֵף.** כְּלִי עָשׂוּי לְצָרֵף כֶּסֶף וְהַכּוּר עָשׂוּי לִבְחוֹן זָהָב, וְאִישׁ נִצְרָף וּמִתְחַשֵּׁב **לְפִי מַהֲלָלוֹ.** עַל יְדֵי שֶׁהַבְּרִיּוֹת מְהַלְּלוֹת אוֹתוֹ בְּמַעֲשָׂיו הַטּוֹבִים, נִבְחָן לָרַבִּים, אִם טוֹב אִם רַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The refining pot** A vessel made to refine silver. The furnace is made to refine gold. A man is refined and considered according to his praise; according to how people praise him for his good deeds, he is tested by the public, whether good or bad.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:22:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:22:1)

**הָרִיפוֹת.** חִטִּים הַנִּדּוֹכִים בַּמַּכְתֵּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**grain** Heb. הריפות, wheat crushed in a mortar.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:22:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:22:2)

**מַכְתֵּשׁ.** אֲסִיתָא (חולין נב.), מוֹרְטִיוֹ״ר בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in a mortar** Heb. במכתש, a mortar, in French mortier; Morser in German.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:22:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:22:3)

**בַּעֱלִי.** הוּא בּוּכְנָא, פּוֹלִי״ן מוֹרְטְר״וֹ בְּלַעַ״ז. עַל שֵׁם שֶׁמַּעֲלִין אוֹתוֹ וּמַכִּין בּוֹ תָּמִיד נִקְרָא עֱלִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with a pestle** Heb. בעלי, a pestle, pilon in French, Stossel in German. Since they lift it up (מעלין) and beat with it, it is called עלי.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:23:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:23:1)

**פְּנֵי צֹאנֶךָ.** אַל יֵקַלּוּ בְּעֵינֶיךָ לְהִתְבּוֹנֵן בָּם תָּמִיד מַה הֵם צְרִיכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the condition of your flocks** lit. the face of your flocks. Do not think lightly of always paying attention to them to determine what they require.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:24:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:24:1)

**כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן.** שֶׁאִם אַתָּה עָשִׁיר בְּכֶסֶף וּבְזָהָב, שֶׁמָּא לֹא יִתְקַיֵּם לְעוֹלָם. לְכָךְ אַל תְּבַזֶּה דְּבָרִים קְטַנִּים שֶׁלְּךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For riches are not forever** For, if you are rich with silver and gold, perhaps it will not last forever. Therefore, do not despise your small things.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:25:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:25:1)

**גָּלָה חָצִיר.** כְּשֶׁגָּלָה הֶחָצִיר בִּימֵי נִיסָן וְיִרְאָה הַדֶּשֶׁא וְנֶאֶסְפוּ עֲשָׂבִים לִצְמֹחַ, אָז יֵיטִיב לְךָ, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ גִּזּוֹתֵיהֶם שֶׁל כְּבָשִׂים לִלְבוּשֶׁךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When the hay is carried away** When the hay is carried away in the days of Nissan, the grass becomes visible, and the grasses are gathered to grow (?), then it will be beneficial to you, for you will have the fleece of the lambs for your clothing.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:26:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:26:1)

**וּמְחִיר שָׂדֶה.** יִשְׁווּ לְךָ הָעַתּוּדִים, כִּי תֹּאכַל הַבָּשָׂר וְתִמְכֹּר הָעוֹרוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and... the worth of the field** The he-goats will be worth as much as a field because you will eat the flesh and sell the hides.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:27:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:27:1)

**וְדֵי.** פַּרְנָסָתְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and enough** for your sustenance.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:27:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:27:2)

**לְלַחְמְךָ וּלְלֶחֶם בֵּיתֶךָ.** תִּסְתַּפֵּק בַּחֲלֵב הָעִזִּים. הֲרֵי מְלִיצָתוֹ. וְהַמָּשָׁל כֵּן הוּא: פְּנֵי צֹאנְךָ – הָרַב הַמִּתְמַנֶּה עַל הַצִּבּוּר, יִשָּׂאֵם בְּחֵיקוֹ וִינַהֲלֵם לְאַט (ישעיהו מ:יא), כִּי לֹא לְעוֹלָם חֹסֶן, וּבָזֹאת יֹאכַל פֵּרוֹת, וְהַקֶּרֶן קַיֶּמֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For your food and the food of your household;** you will have sufficient goat milk. This is the figure. The allegory is: **the condition of your flocks** The teacher who is appointed over the congregation is required to carry them in his bosom and to lead them slowly. **For riches are not forever** and thereby, he eats the fruit, and the principal remains.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 27:27:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 27:27:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/27:27:3)

**גָּלָה חָצִיר.** כְּשֶׁיִּתְפַּשְּׁטוּ שְׁמוּעוֹתָיו וְתִגְדַּל הַתּוֹרָה עַל יָדוֹ, אָז יִהְיוּ הַכְּבָשִׂים הָאֵלֶּה לְבוּשׁוֹ, יִהְיוּ הַתַּלְמִידִים לוֹ לְשֵׁם וּלְבוּשׁ הוֹד וְהָדָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**When the hay is carried away** When his laws are disseminated and the Torah is magnified through him, then these lambs will be his clothing, and the disciples shall be to him for a name and for raiment of glory and beauty.