## Rashi on Zechariah Chapter 11

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

**פְּתַח לְבָנוֹן דְּלָתֶיךָ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״פִּתְחוּ עַמְמַיָּא תַּרְעֵיכוֹן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Open your doors, O Lebanon** Jonathan renders: O peoples, open your gates.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:2:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:2:1)

**הֵילֵל בְּרוֹשׁ כִּי נָפַל אֶרֶז.** שֶׁהוּא גָּדוֹל מִן הַבְּרוֹשׁ. הֵילִילוּ הַשִּׁלְטוֹנִים כִּי נָפְלוּ הַמְּלָכִים מֵעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen** [The cedar,] which is bigger than the cypress, [has fallen]. Howl, O rulers, for the kings of the nations have fallen.


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

**אַלּוֹנֵי בָשָׁן.** קִישְׁנֵ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wail, O oaks of the Bashan** Kesnes or chesnes in Old French, chenes in Modern French.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:2:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:2:3)

**כִּי יָרַד.** כִּי נִשְׁבַּר, וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ ״וּבָרַד בְּרֶדֶת הַיַּעַר״ (ישעיה לב:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for... has gone down** For it has been broken. Similar to [this expression] is (Isa. 32:19), “And He shall hail down the breaking of the forest.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:2:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:2:4)

**יַעַר הַבָּצִיר.** יַעַר הַמִּבְצָר, ״תְּקוֹף כַּרְכַיָּא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the fortified forest** The fortified forest, the strong walled cities.


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

**הָרוֹעִים.** הַמְּלָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the shepherds** The kings.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:3:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:3:2)

**אַדַּרְתָּם.** תִּפְאַרְתָּם׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for their glory** אַדַּרְתָּם


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

**שַׁאֲגַת כְּפִירִים.** יִבְכּוּ הַשָּׂרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the roar of the young lions** The princes shall weep.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:3:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:3:4)

**כִּי שֻׁדַּד גְּאוֹן הַיַּרְדֵּן.** שֶׁהוּא מְקוֹם הַכְּפִירִים וַאֲרָיוֹת. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ פְּתַח לְבָנוֹן דְּלָתֶיךָ (יומא לט:), שֶׁעַל חֻרְבַּן בַּיִת שֵׁנִי נִתְנַבֵּא הַנָּבִיא, וְאַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה קֹדֶם חֻרְבָּן הָיוּ דַּלְתוֹת הַהֵיכָל נִפְתָּחוֹת מֵאֲלֵיהֶן. גָּעַר בָּהֶן רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן זַכַּאי, אָמַר לוֹ: הֵיכָל הֵיכָל, עַד מָתַי אַתָּה מְבַעִית אֶת עַצְמְךָ? יוֹדֵעַ אֲנִי שֶׁסּוֹפְךָ לֵחָרֵב, וּכְבָר נִתְנַבֵּא עָלֶיךָ זְכַרְיָה בֶּן עִדּוֹא פְּתַח לְבָנוֹן דְּלָתֶיךָ וְגוֹ׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for the pride of the Jordan has been spoiled** The pride of the Jordan, which is the place of the young lions and the old lions. Our Sages (Yoma 39b) explained “Open your doors, O Lebanon,” as the prophet prophesying about the destruction of the Second Temple; that forty years prior to the destruction, the doors of the Temple proper would open by themselves. Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai rebuked them. He said, “Temple, how long will you terrify yourself? I know that you will eventually be destroyed. Zechariah the son of Iddo has already prophesied concerning you: ‘Open your doors, O Lebanon, etc.’”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:4:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:4:1)

**רְעֵה אֶת צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה.** הָכֵן לָהֶם רוֹעִים, כְּלוֹמַר: הִנָּבֵא עַל פַּרְנָסֵיהֶם הָעֲתִידִים לִרְעוֹתָם מֵעַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Tend the flock of slaughter** Prepare shepherds for them; i.e., prophesy concerning their leaders who are destined to lead them from now on.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:4:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:4:2)

**צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה.** יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהֲרָגוּם רוֹעֵיהֶם וַאֲכָלוּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the flock of slaughter** Israel, whose shepherds slew them and devoured them.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:5:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:5:1)

**וְלֹא יֶאְשָׁמוּ.** הַבַּבְלִיִּים שֶׁאַגְלֵם לְתוֹכָם, זֶה מוֹכְרָם וְהַקּוֹנֶה הָרוּג, וְאֵין נוֹתֵן לְלִבּוֹ שֶׁיְּהֵא לוֹ אַשְׁמָה בַּדָּבָר. וּמוֹכְרָם מִתְהַלֵּל: **בָּרוּךְ ה׳** שֶׁמְּסָרָם בְּיָדִי, וַהֲרֵינִי עָשִׁיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and not be guilty** The kings of the nations among whom I will exile them; this one sells them, and the buyer slays them, without feeling (lit., “and he does not put to his heart”) that there should be guilt in the matter. The seller boasts: **Blessed be the Lord** Who delivered them into my hand, and behold! I am wealthy.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:5:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:5:2)

**וָאֶעְשִׁיר.** וַהֲרֵי אֲנִי עָשִׁיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for I have become wealthy** And behold! I am wealthy.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:7:1)

**וָאֶרְעֶה אֶת צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה.** כָּל אֵלֶּה דִּבְרֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לַנָּבִיא, וַאֲנִי רָעִיתִי אוֹתָם בַּיָּמִים הַקַּדְמוֹנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I tended the flock of slaughter** All these are the words of the Holy One, blessed be He, to the prophet: And I tended them in the early days.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:7:2)

**לָכֵן עֲנִיֵּי הַצֹּאן.** אֱמֶת עֲנִיֵּי הַצֹּאן הָיוּ כְּשֶׁהִתְחַלְתִּי לִרְעוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**indeed, the poor of the flock** Indeed, they were the poor of the flock when I began to tend them.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:7:3)

**וָאֶקַּח לִי שְׁנֵי מַקְלוֹת.** לְסוֹף יָמִים חִלַּקְתִּים לִשְׁתֵּי מַמְלָכוֹת בַּעֲוֹנָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I took for Myself two staffs** At the end of a period of time, I divided them into two kingdoms because of their iniquity.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:7:4)

**לְאַחַד קָרָאתִי נֹעַם.** יָרָבְעָם אָמַר לְנַהֲלָם לְאַט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one I called Pleasantness** Jeroboam promised to lead them gently.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:5
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:7:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:7:5)

**וּלְאַחַד קָרָאתִי חוֹבְלִים.** רְחַבְעָם אָמַר לָהֶם לְיַסְּרָם בְּעַקְרַבִּים (מלכים א יב:יד). וּלְפִי שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ צֹאן לְנַהֲלָן בְּמַקְלוֹת, קָרָא לְמוֹשְׁלֵיהֶם מַקְלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and one I called Destoyers** Rehoboam told [his kingdom] that he would flog them with scorpions (I Kings 12:11). [Zechariah] calls their rulers staffs because it is customary to lead flocks with staffs.


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

**וָאַכְחִיד אֶת שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָרוֹעִים בְּיֶרַח אֶחָד.** וְהֵם הִשְׁחִיתוּ דַרְכֵיהֶם עַד שֶׁמְאַסְתִּים וַהֲרַגְתִּים בְּחֹדֶשׁ אֶחָד. כָּל **שְׁלֹשֶׁת הָרוֹעִים** שֶׁהָרַג וְהוּא אֶת כָּל בֵּית אַחְאָב וְאֶת בֵּית אֲחַזְיָה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה וְאֶת אֶחָיו וְאֶת כָּל זֶרַע מַלְכוּת דָּוִד, וַעֲתַלְיָה אִבְּדָה אֶת הַשְּׁאָר, זוּלָתִי יוֹאָשׁ שֶׁנִּטְמַן (מלכים ב יא:א-ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I cut off the three shepherds in one month** They corrupted their ways until I rejected them, and I slew all three shepherds in one month. Jehu slew the entire house of Ahab, and the house of Ahaziah the king of Judah, and his brothers, and all the seed of the kingdom of David; and Athaliah slew the rest, save Joash, who hid (II Kings 10, 11).


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

**וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשִׁי בָּהֶם.** מְאַסְתִּים. וְכָל לְשׁוֹן קֹצֶר נֶפֶשׁ הוּא דְּבַר צָרָה אוֹ דְּבַר מֵאוּס שֶׁאֵין הַדַּעַת סוֹבַלְתּוֹ, וְקָצַר הַלֵּב וְהַמֵּעַיִם מִלְּהָכִיל; כְּמוֹ שֶׁאֱלִיהוּ אָמַר: ״הֱצִיקַתְנִי רוּחַ בִּטְנִי״ (אִיּוֹב לב:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I could not tolerate them** “My soul was short with them” I rejected them. And every expression of shortness of soul denotes a distressful or disgusting matter, that a person’s thoughts cannot tolerate. His heart and his reigns are too short to contain it, as Elihu said (Job 32:18), “The spirit of my innards constrains me.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:8:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:8:3)

**גַּם נַפְשָׁם בָּחֲלָה בִי.** זִכְרוֹנָם הָיָה רַב בְּמֵעַי וּמְמַלֵּא אֶת רוּחִי וּמֵצִיק אֶת בִּטְנִי. וּבָחֲלָה פֵּרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ לְשׁוֹן גֹּדֶל בְּמַסֶּכֶת נִדָּה (נדה מז.): מָשָׁל מָשְׁלוּ חֲכָמִים בָּאִשָּׁה פַּגָּה בֹּחַל וְצֶמֶל, פַּגָּה עוֹדָהּ תִּינוֹקֶת, בֹּחַל אֵלּוּ יְמֵי הַנְּעוּרִים שֶׁכְּבָר הִיא גְּדוֹלָה. וְהֵבִיאוּ מִקְרָא זֶה רְאָיָה לְדִבְרֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**moreover, they were too much for Me** Their memory was too big for My innards, and it filled My spirit and constrained My reins. The word בָּחֲלָה was explained by our Sages in tractate Niddah (47a) as an expression of largeness. The Sages depicted the development of a woman with a metaphor: פַּגָּה, unripe figs; בֹּחַל, larger figs, and צֶמֶל, completely ripe figs. She is compared to unripe figs when she is still a child; she is compared to larger figs in the days of her youth, when she is already bigger. They brought this verse as proof of their words.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:9:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:9:1)

**וָאֹמַר לֹא אֶרְעֶה אֶתְכֶם.** אָמַרְתִּי בְּאוֹתָן הַיָּמִים אַשְׁלִיכֵם מֵעַל פָּנַי וְיִהְיוּ הֶפְקֵר וּלְבַז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I said, “I will not tend you...”** I said in those days, “I will cast them from before Me,” and they shall be free and subject to spoil.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:10:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:10:1)

**וָאֶקַּח אֶת מַקְלִי אֶת נֹעַם.** שָׁבַרְתִּי אֶת כֹּחַ מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּימֵי יְהוֹאָחָז בֶּן יֵהוּא, עַד כִּי אִבְּדָם מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם וַיְשִׂימֵם כֶּעָפָר לָדוּשׁ (מלכים ב יג:ז). וּבִימֵי הוֹשֵׁעַ בֶּן אֵלָה, שֶׁמְּסַרְתִּים בְּיַד סַנְחֵרִיב וְהִגְלָהוּ (שם יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I took My [first] staff, [called] Pleasantness** I broke the power of the kings of Israel in the days of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu - to the extent that the king of Aram destroyed them and made them like dust to trample (II Kings 13:7) - and in the days of Hoshea the son of Elah, when I delivered them into the hands of Sennacherib and he exiled them (ibid. 17:6).


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:10:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:10:2)

**לְהָפֵר אֶת בְּרִיתִי אֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי אֶת כָּל הָעַמִּים.** לְהַרְאוֹתָם, שֶׁבִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁבָּגְדוּ בִּי הֵפַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי **אֲשֶׁר כָּרַתִּי** עִם **כָּל הָעַמִּים** עֲלֵיהֶם שֶׁלֹּא יַזִּיקוּם. שֶׁעַל מְנָת כֵּן נָתַתִּי לָהֶם אֶת הַתּוֹרָה, שֶׁאִם יִשְׁמְרוּהָ, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ חֵרוּת מִן הַמַּלְכֻיּוֹת; שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא אֻמָּה וְלָשׁוֹן שׁוֹלֶטֶת בָּהֶם (ערובין נד.). וְאַל תִּתְמַהּ אִם דִּבֵּר הַמִּקְרָא תְּשׁוּעָתָם מִיַּד שׂוֹנֵא בִּלְשׁוֹן כְּרִיתַת בְּרִית אֶת הַשּׂוֹנֵא, שֶׁהֲרֵי מָצִינוּ מִקְרָא דֻּגְמָתוֹ: ״וְכָרַתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא עִם חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וְגוֹמֵר״ (הושע ב:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to nullify My covenant that I [had] formed with all the peoples** To show them that because they betrayed Me, I nullified My covenant that I formed with all the peoples concerning them, that the [peoples] not harm them. For, on that condition I gave them the Torah, that if they keep it, they will be free from the kingdoms; that no nation or tongue shall rule over them. And do not be surprised if Scripture speaks of their salvation from the hands of the enemy as forming a covenant with the enemy, for we find a similar verse (Hosea 2:20): “And I will make a covenant for them on that day with the beasts of the field, etc.”


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

**וַיֵּדְעוּ.** כֵּן הֵבִינוּ הַצַּדִּיקִים שֶׁבָּהֶם הַשּׁוֹמְרִים אֶת חוּקִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**knew this** The righteous among them who kept My statute understood.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:11:2
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**כִּי דְבַר ה׳ הוּא.** גְּזֵרָה זוֹ כְּבָר דִּבֵּר לָנוּ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עַל יְדֵי מֹשֶׁה: ״יוֹלִיךְ ה׳ אֹתְךָ וְאֶת מַלְכְּךָ״ (דברים כח:לו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that it was the word of the Lord** This decree the Holy One, blessed be He, already spoke to us through Moses (Deut. 28: 36): “The Lord shall drive you and your king.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:12:1
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**וָאֹמַר.** אֶל מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה הַנּוֹתָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I said** to the remaining kings of Judah.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:12:2
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**אִם טוֹב בְּעֵינֵיכֶם הָבוּ שְׂכָרִי.** קַיְּמוּ מִצְוֹתַי, וְהוּא יִהְיֶה **שְׂכָרִי** עַל כָּל הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָכֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנּוֹתְנִין שָׂכָר לְרוֹעֵה צֹאן, וְאָשׁוּב וְאֶרְעֶה אֶתְכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“If it pleases you, give [Me] My hire...”** Fulfill My commandments, and that will be My payment for all the good that I have given you; as they give hire to a shepherd, I will return and tend you.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:12:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:12:3)

**וְאִם לֹא חֲדָלוּ.** וְגַם אֲנִי לֹא אֵיטִיב לָכֶם. וְכֵן מָצִינוּ שֶׁאָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לִיחֶזְקֵאל: ״הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ יִשְׁמַע וְהֶחָדֵל יֶחְדָּל״ (יחזקאל ג:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and if not, forbear** And I, too, will not do good for you. We find that the Holy One, blessed be He, said similarly to Ezekiel (3:27): “He that hears, let him hear, and he that forbears, let him forbear.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:12:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:12:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:12:4)

**וַיִּשְׁקְלוּ אֶת שְׂכָרִי שְׁלֹשִׁים כָּסֶף.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וַעֲבַדוּ יָת רְעוּתִי גֻּבְרִין מִקְצָת״ – אֲנָשִׁים טוֹבִים מְעַט הָיוּ בָּהֶם שֶׁעָשׂוּ רְצוֹנִי, כְּגוֹן ״הֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמַּסְגֵּר״ (מלכים ב כד:טז), דָּנִיֵּאל חֲנַנְיָה מִישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה, יְחֶזְקֵאל. וּלְשׁוֹן **שְׁלֹשִׁים כָּסֶף** – לֹא יָדַעְתִּי לְכַוֵּן כָּאן אֶלָּא **כֶּסֶף** – לְשׁוֹן חֶמְדָּה. וְאַף רַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּהוּ כֵּן בִּחֻלִּין (חולין צב.), וְהֵבִיאוּ רְאָיָה: ״צְרוֹר הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ״ (משלי ז:כ). וְאֶת **הַשְּׁלֹשִׁים** פֵּרְשׁוּ, שֶׁאַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה צַדִּיקִים יֵשׁ בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר; וְהֵבִיאוּ רְאָיָה: ״וְחֹמֶר שְׂעֹרִים וְלֶתֶךְ שְׂעֹרִים״ (הושע ג:ב) – חֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בְּבָבֶל; וּשְׁלֹשִׁים בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וָאֶקְחָה אֶת שְׁלֹשִׁים הַכֶּסֶף בֵּית ה׳״ – בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל. וּמִנְיַן **הַשְּׁלֹשִׁים** – מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה הוּא (תנחומא מקץ ו), שֶׁהֻבְטַח אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ בְּכָךְ שֶׁלֹּא יְהֵא דּוֹר פָּחוֹת מִשְּׁלֹשִׁים צַדִּיקִים. מִנְיָן? ״כֹּה יִהְיֶה זַרְעֶךָ״ (בראשית טו:ה) – ״יִהְיֶה״ בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא שְׁלֹשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they weighed out My hire, thirty pieces of silver** Jonathan paraphrases: And they performed My will with a few men. There were a few good men among them, such as the craftsmen and the sentries, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah, and Ezekiel. But I do not know how to explain the expression here of thirty pieces of silver exactly, except that כֶּסֶף is an expression of desire. Our Sages, too, explained it this way in Chullin (92a). They brought proof from (Prov. 7:20), “The bundle of the desirable ones He took in His hand.” The thirty they explained in the following manner: There are forty-five righteous men in every generation. They brought proof from (Hosea 3:2), “a חֹמֶר of barley and a לֶתֶךְ of barley” - fifteen righteous in Babylon and thirty in Eretz Israel. It is said: “And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and I cast them into the house of the Lord in Eretz Israel.” The number thirty is explained by the Midrash Aggadah (Cf. Gen. Rabbah 49:3, Pesikta d’Rav Kahana 88a), that our father Abraham was promised that no generation would have fewer than thirty righteous in men, the number of (Gen. 15:8): “So shall your seed be.” The word יִהְיֶה has the numerical value of thirty.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:13:1
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**וַיֹּאמֶר ה׳ אֵלַי הַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ אֶל הַיּוֹצֵר.** כְּמוֹ אֶל הָאוֹצָר, שׁוֹמֵר הָאוֹצָר. אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לַנָּבִיא: כְּתֹב וְהַנַּח אֶת אֵלּוּ, הֵם וְצִדְקָתָם, לִהְיוֹת שָׁמוּר לְסוֹף שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה שֶׁל גָּלוּת בָּבֶל, וְיִבָּנֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ עַל יְדֵיהֶם. וּמַהוּ הָאוֹצָר? **אֲדַר הַיְקָר** בֵּית מִקְדָּשִׁי, אֲדַר תִּפְאַרְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the Lord said to me: Cast it to the keeper of the treasury** like הָאוֹצֵר, the keeper of the treasury. Said the Holy One, blessed be He, to the prophet: Write, and leave over these and their righteousness to be preserved for the end of the seventy years of the Babylonian exile. The Temple shall be built by them. Now what is the treasury? [Cf. below] **the stronghold of glory** My Temple, the stronghold of My glory.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:13:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:13:2)

**אֲשֶׁר יָקַרְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶם.** אֲשֶׁר הִפְשַׁטְתִּי מֵעֲלֵיהֶם מִהְיוֹת לָהֶם לִיקָר. וּלְשׁוֹן **יָקַרְתִּי** הוּא הֲסָרַת כָּבוֹד, וְהַמֵּ״ם שֶׁל **מֵעֲלֵיהֶם** יוֹכִיחַ. וְהוּא כְּמוֹ ״וְשֵׁרֶשְׁךָ מֵאֶרֶץ חַיִּים״ (תהלים נב:ז), כְּמוֹ ״מְסָעֵף פֹּארָה״ (ישעיהו י:לג). וְדֻגְמַת הַפֵּרוּשׁ שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי, מֵעֵין תַּרְגּוּם שֶׁל יוֹנָתָן הוּא. וְרָאִיתִי לְשׁוֹנוֹת הַרְבֵּה לְפֵרוּשׁ נְבוּאָה זוֹ, וְאֵינִי יָכוֹל לְכַוְּנָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of which I stripped them** of which I stripped them so that they should no longer have glory. The expression יָקַרְתִּי means the removal of glory; the “mem” in מֵעֲלֵיהֶם proves it. It is like (Ps. 52:7), “and He shall uproot you from the land of the living”; and like (Isa. 10:33), “lops off the branches.” My explanation is similar to Jonathan’s translation. I have seen many variant versions of the explanation of this prophecy, but I cannot reconcile those with the text.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:14:1
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**וָאֶגְדַּע אֶת מַקְלִי הַשֵּׁנִי.** הִגְלֵיתִי אֶת צִדְקִיָּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I cut off My second staff** I exiled Zedekiah.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:14:2
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**אֶת הַחוֹבְלִים.** אֶת רִשְׁעֵי דּוֹרוֹ, כִּי הוּא צַדִּיק וְדוֹרוֹ רְשָׁעִים (סנהדרין קג.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the destroyers** The wicked of his generation, for he was righteous, but his generation was wicked.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:14:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:14:3)

**לְהָפֵר אֶת הָאַחֲוָה.** שֶׁנִּתְאַחֲווּ בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה וּבִנְיָמִן וְנִדְבְּקוּ בְּתוֹעֲבוֹת מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to nullify the brotherhood** that the Judahites and the Benjamites were joined in brorherhood, and that they adhered to the abominations of the kings of Israel.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:15:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:15:1)

**עוֹד קַח לְךָ וְגוֹ׳.** וְזֶהוּ שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ לְמַעְלָה **רְעֵה צֹאן הַהֲרֵגָה**, סִימָן הוּא שֶׁאֲנִי עָתִיד לִמְסֹר דּוֹר חֻרְבַּן בַּיִת שֵׁנִי זֶה בְּיַד טִיטוּס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Take for yourself, etc.** This is what He said to him above: Tend the flock of slaughter (verse 4). This is a sign that I am destined to deliver the generation of the destruction of this Second Temple into the hands of Esau.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:16:1)

**הַנִּכְחָדוֹת.** הָאוֹבְדוֹת לֹא יִפְקֹד הָרוֹעֶה לְבַקְּשָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Those that are cut off** The shepherd will not remember to seek the lost ones.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:16:2)

**הַנַּעַר לֹא יְבַקֵּשׁ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״דְּאִטַּלְטְלוּ לָא יִתְבַּע״. הַנַּעַר – הַשּׁוֹטוֹת שֶׁאֵינָן יוֹדְעוֹת לָבוֹא אֶל הַדִּיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the foolish ones he shall not seek** Jonathan renders: Those that wandered off he shall not seek. The word הַנַּעַר means the foolish ones that do not know to enter the fold.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:16:3)

**הַנִּצָּבָה.** שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָהּ כֹּחַ קְצָת לַעֲמֹד עַל רַגְלֶיהָ, וּצְרִיכָה סִיּוּעַ לְנַהֲלָהּ לְאַט. וּמְנַחֵם פֵּרֵשׁ וְנִצָּבָה לְשׁוֹן ״לַצְבּוֹת בֶּטֶן״ (במדבר ה:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the one that can stand** The one that has a little strength to stand on its feet and requires help, [the one that needs] to be led slowly. Menahem (Machbereth p. 148) explained: and the swollen one, as in (Num. 5:22), “to cause the belly to swell.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:16:4)

**לֹא יְכַלְכֵּל.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״לָא יְסוֹבַר״, וְדֶרֶךְ הָרוֹעֶה בְּחֵיקוֹ יִשָּׂא (יְשַׁעְיָהוּ מ:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he shall not bear** Jonathan renders. he shall not bear. It is the custom of the shepherd to carry the lambs in his bosom.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:5
[Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/11:16:5)

**וּבְשַׂר הַבְּרִיאָה יֹאכַל.** אֶת הָעֲשִׁירִים יִגְמֹר מָמוֹנָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the flesh of the fat one he shall eat** He will finish the money of the wealthy.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:16:6
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**וּפַרְסֵיהֶן יְפָרֵק.** עַד כָּלָה. וְדֻגְמַת זוֹ אָמַר דָּנִיֵּאל (דניאל ז:ז): ״אָכְלָה וּמַדֱּקָה וּשְׁאָרָא בְּרַגְלַהּ רָפְסָה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their hoofs he shall break** until they are finished. Daniel (7:7) stated a figure similar to this: “It devoured and broke in pieces, and the residue it trampled with its foot.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:17:1
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**הוֹי.** יֵשׁ לִצְעוֹק עַל זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ho** There is reason to cry out concerning this.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:17:2
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**רוֹעֵי הָאֱלִיל.** רוֹעֵי שֶׁל אַיִן, אֱלִיל לְשׁוֹן אַל, אֵינוֹ רוֹעֶה. וְכֵן רֹפְאֵי אֱלִיל (איוב יג:ד). **רוֹעֵי הָאֱלִיל** יוֹ״ד יְתֵרָה בִּמְקוֹם הֵ״א, כְּמוֹ **וְעֹזְבֵי הַצֹּאן** (כאן), ״שֹׁכְנִי סְנֶה״ (דְּבָרִים לג:טז), ״שֹׁכְנִי לְבָדָד״ (מִיכָה ז:יד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**worthless shepherd** a shepherd of nought. אֶלִיל, is an expression of אַל, naught; he is not a shepherd. [There is also] (in Job 13:4) “worthless physicians.” רֹעִי The “yud” is superfluous; it is instead of a “he,” as “who abandons the flock”; (Deut. 33:16) who dwells (שׁכְנִי) in the bramble”; and (Micha 7:14) “who dwells alone.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:17:3
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**עוֹזְבִי הַצֹּאן.** נוֹתְנָן הֶפְקֵר לְיַד כָּל הַבָּא לְהַכּוֹת וְלַהֲרֹג וְלָבֹז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who abandons the flock** Who leaves them free for anyone who comes to beat, to slay, and to spoil.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:17:4
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**חֶרֶב עַל זְרוֹעוֹ וְעַל עֵין יְמִינוֹ.** וְהוּא הָרוֹעֶה סַכִּין שֶׁל שְׁחִיטָה נוֹשֵׂא בְּיָדוֹ לִשְׁחוֹט אֶת הַשְּׁמֵנָה וְאֶת הַבְּרִיאָה, שֶׁנָּתַן **עֵין יְמִינוֹ** בָּהֶם לָדַעַת מִי הָעֲשִׁירִים לָבֹז וְלִגְמוֹר נִכְסֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**A sword is on his arm and his right eye** And that shepherd carries a slaughtering knife in his hand to slaughter the fat and the healthy, upon which he cast his right eye to know who are the wealthy, to spoil and finish their property.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 11:17:5
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**זְרוֹעוֹ יָבוֹשׁ תִּיבָשׁ.** לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא: ״וְנָתַתִּי נִקְמָתִי וְגוֹמֵר״ (יחזקאל כח:יד). וְהַפּוֹתְרִים פּוֹתְרִים אוֹתוֹ בְּצִדְקִיָּהוּ, עַל שֵׁם ״וְאֶת עֵינֵי צִדְקִיָּהוּ עִוֵּר״ (ירמיה כב:יא). וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְכַוֵּן ״הִנְנִי מֵקִים רָעָה בָּאָרֶץ״ בְּצִדְקִיָּהוּ, שֶׁכְּבָר עָבַר לוֹ שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**his arm shall wither** In the future (as in Ezek. 25:14), “I will wreak My vengeance, etc.” The commentators, however, interpreted this as a reference to Zedekiah, an allusion to (II Kings 25:7), “and they blinded Zedekiah’s eyes.” But it is impossible to reconcile “Behold! I am setting up a shepherd in the land” as referring to Zedekiah, for seventy years had already passed after him.