## Rashi on Shabbat Daf 21b

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

אין זקוק לה - הלכך בחול שרי:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**One is not bound to it:** Hence it is permissible during the week.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:1:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:1:2)

ואסור להשתמש לאורה - שיהא ניכר שהוא נר מצוה וליכא למיחש להטייה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**And it is for forbidden to use its light:**: Such that it be recognizable that it is the light of a commandment, and there is no concern about tilting.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:2:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:2:1)

ולא קבלה - שלא חשבו לסמוך על דבריו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**And he did not accept it:** Since they were not considered [reliable enough] to rely upon their words.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:2:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:2:2)

אי זכאי - אילו הייתי זוכה ללומדה הייתי גורסה כששמעתיה ראשון:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Had I merited:** If I had merited to learn it, I would have have taught it when I heard it at first.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:2:3
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:2:3)

גירסא דינקותא - מתקיים יותר משל זקנה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**The teaching of one's youth** is preserved better than that of old age.


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

לשיעורה - שיהא בה שמן כשיעור הזה ומיהו אם כבתה אין זקוק לה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**For its measure:** That there should be this measure of oil in it. However if it was extinguished, he is not bound to it.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:4:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:4:1)

רגלא דתרמודאי - שם אומה מלקטי עצים דקים ומתעכבין בשוק עד שהולכים בני השוק לבתיהם משחשכה ומבעירים בבתיהם אור וכשצריכין לעצים יוצאים וקונין מהן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**The traffic of the *tarmoda’ei*:** It is the name of a nation of wood collectors. And they stay in the marketplace after the people of the marketplace go to their homes after dark and light the fire in their homes. And when [the latter] need [more] wood, they go out and buy [it] from them.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:5:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:5:1)

נר איש וביתו - נר אחד בכל לילה ואיש וכל בני ביתו סגי להו בנר אחד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**A light for a person and his household:** One light on each night. And it is sufficient for a man and all the members of his household with one light.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:5:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:5:2)

והמהדרין - אחר המצות עושין נר אחד בכל לילה לכל אחד ואחד מבני הבית:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**And the *mehadrin* (those who seek to beautify)** the commandments do one light for every night for each of the members of the household.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:6:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:6:1)

כנגד ימים הנכנסים - העתידים לבא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Corresponds to the incoming days:** Those that are to come in the future.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:6:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:6:2)

ימים היוצאין - שיצאו כבר וזה שהוא עומד בו נמנה עם היוצאין:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**The outgoing days:** That have already left; and the one in which he is situated is counted with the outgoing ones.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:6:3
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:6:3)

פרי החג - מתמעטים והולכים בקרבנות דפרשת פנחס:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**The bulls of the festival:** They continue to decrease in the sacrifices of Parashat Pinchas.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:6:4
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:6:4)

מעלין בקדש ואין מורידין - מקרא ילפינן לה במנחות בפרק שתי הלחם (מנחות דף צט.):

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**We elevate in sanctity and we do not downgrade:** We learn this from a verse - in Menachot (99a) in the chapter [entitled] Shtei HaLechem.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:8:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:8:1)

מבחוץ - משום פרסומי ניסא ולא ברה"ר אלא בחצרו שבתיהן היו פתוחין לחצר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**On the outside:** [This is] in order to publicize the miracle. And it was not in the public domain, but rather in the courtyard; as their houses were open to a courtyard.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:8:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:8:2)

ואם היה דר בעלייה - שאין לו מקום בחצרו להניחה שם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**And if he lived upstairs:** Such that he does not have a place in his courtyard, to place it there...


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:8:3
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:8:3)

מניחה - מבפנים כנגד חלון הסמוך לרה"ר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**He places it** inside, in front of the window to the public domain.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:8:4
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:8:4)

הסכנה - שהיה להם לפרסיים חוק ביום אידם שלא יבעירו נר אלא בבית ע"ז שלהם כדאמרינן בגיטין (פ"ב דף יז:):

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Of danger:** Since the Persians had a law on their holiday, that they should only burn a lamp in their house of idolatry, as we say in Gittin (Chapter 2 - Gittin 17b).


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:9:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:9:1)

נר אחרת - לעשות היכר לדבר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**Another light:** To make the thing noticeable.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:9:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:9:2)

ואי איכא מדורה - אש לא צריך נר אחרת לפי שמשתמש לאור המדורה ויש היכרא שהנר של מצוה היא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**But if there is a bonfire:** A fire. [Then] there is no need for another light, since one will use the light of the bonfire, so it will be noticeable that the [Channukah} light is for the commandment.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:9:3
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:9:3)

ואי אדם חשוב הוא - שאינו רגיל להשתמש לאור המדורה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**But if he is an important person** who is not accustomed to using the light of a bonfire...


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:9:4
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:9:4)

צריך נר אחרת - דאי לא לא הוי היכר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**He must have another light:** For if not, it would not be noticeable.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:10:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:10:1)

מאי חנוכה - על איזה נס קבעוה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**What is Hanukkah:** For which miracle did they establish it?


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:10:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:10:2)

בחותמו - בהצנע וחתום בטבעתו והכיר שלא נגעו בו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**With his seal:** Hidden and sealed with his imprint, so he recognized that they had not touched [the oil].


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:10:3
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:10:3)

ה"ג ועשאום ימים טובים בהלל והודאה - לא שאסורין במלאכה שלא נקבעו אלא לקרות הלל ולומר על הנסים בהודאה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**This is [the version] we should teach, "And made them holidays with Hallel and thanksgiving":** It is not that work is forbidden on them, as they were only fixed with regard to reciting Hallel and saying, *Al HaNissim*, in [the blessing of] thanksgiving (in the daily prayers).


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:11:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:11:1)

גץ - ניצוץ אישטינציל"ש:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
***Gatz*:** A spark, *etincelle*.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:11:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:11:2)

פטיש - קורנס גדול של נפחים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
***Patish*:** A large blacksmith's hammer.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:11:3
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:11:3)

בעל גמל חייב - שלא היה לו להגדיל בחבילתו שתכנס לחנות:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**The camel owner is liable:** As he should not have made such a large load that it would enter into the store.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:12:1
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:12:1)

בנר חנוכה פטור - חנוני שברשות פירסום מצוה הניחה שם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**By the Channukah light, he is exempt:** [Meaning the] storekeeper. As he was allowed to place it there to publicize the miracle.


###### Rashi on Shabbat 21b:12:2
[Rashi on Shabbat 21b:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Shabbat/r/21b:12:2)

זאת אומרת - הא דקתני בנר חנוכה פטור:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
**That is to say:** That which was taught, "By the Channukah light, he is exempt."