## Rashi on Psalms Chapter 128

###### Rashi on Psalms 128:1:1
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**שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת אַשְׁרֵי כָּל יְרֵא ה׳.** כָּל אֵלּוּ תּוֹכָחוֹת וּמוּסָרִים, לְפִי שֶׁכָּתוּב ״אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ״ (תהלים א:א), ״אַשְׁרֵי אִישׁ״ (תהלים קיב:א), לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר כָּאן **כָּל**, לְרַבּוֹת אִשָּׁה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A song of ascents. Praiseworthy is every man who fears the Lord** All of these are admonitions and disciplines. Because it is written, “Praiseworthy is the man,” “Praiseworthy is a man,” it therefore says here “every,” to include a woman.


###### Rashi on Psalms 128:2:1
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**יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ.** הַנֶּהֱנֶה מִיגִיעַ כַּפּוֹ נוֹחֵל שְׁנֵי עוֹלָמוֹת (ברכות ח.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If...the toil of your hands** He who benefits from the toil of his hands inherits two worlds. In Tractate Berachoth (8a).


###### Rashi on Psalms 128:3:1
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**כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה.** בָּנֶיהָ מְרֻבִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a fruitful vine** Every woman whose blood is abundant will have many children.


###### Rashi on Psalms 128:3:2
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**בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ.** לְפִי שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ תַּשְׁמִישׁ לִהְיוֹת בְּצִנְעָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר **בְּיַרְכְּתֵי.** אִם אִשְׁתְּךָ נִדָּה תְּשִׂימֶנָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ שֶׁלֹּא תִּתְרַגֵּל אֶצְלָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the innermost parts of your house** Because it is customary to have marital relations in secret. Another explanation: **in the innermost parts** If your wife is menstruating, put her into the innermost parts of your house so that you will not become accustomed to being with her.


###### Rashi on Psalms 128:3:3
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**בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִילֵי זֵיתִים.** מַה זֵּיתִים אֵין לָהֶם הַרְכָּבָה, כָּךְ אֵין בְּבָנֶיךָ פְּסוּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your sons will be like olive shoots** Just as olive trees cannot be grafted, so will your sons not have any disqualification.


###### Rashi on Psalms 128:5:1
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**מִצִּיּוֹן.** שֶׁהוּא שַׁעַר הַשָּׁמַיִם (בראשית כח:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from Zion** which is the gate of heaven. Moreover, in the merit of Zion they would be fruitful and multiply, as it is written (I Kings 4:20): “Judah and Israel [were] many.”


###### Rashi on Psalms 128:5:2
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**בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלִָם.** ״וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְכָל הַטּוֹב״ (דברים כו:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the good of Jerusalem** And you shall rejoice with all the good.


###### Rashi on Psalms 128:6:1
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**וּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ.** וְלֹא יָבוֹאוּ לִקְטָטָה עֲבוּר חֲלִיצָה, וְאָז **שָׁלוֹם עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל**. תּוֹסְפוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And may you see children [born] to your children** and they shall not come to quarrel about halitzah, [since that is performed only if there are no children,] and then there will be peace upon Israel (addendum).


###### Rashi on Psalms 128:6:2
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**בָּנִים לְבָנֶיךָ.** יִירְשׁוּ נַחֲלָה, וְאֵין אִשָּׁה זְקוּקָה לְיָבָם, אָז **שָׁלוֹם** בָּעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**children [born] to your children** They will inherit the estate, and no woman will be subject to the levir [in a levirate marriage]. Then there will be peace in the world.