## Rashi on Zechariah Chapter 13

###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:1:1
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**לְחַטָּאת וּלְנִדָּה.** לְאַדְיוּתָא, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אֶשְׁבּוֹק לְחוֹבֵיהוֹן כְּמָא דְמִדְכָּן בְּמֵי אַדְיוּתָא וּבְקִטְם תּוֹרְתָא דְחַטָּאתָא״ – בְּאֵפֶר חַטָּאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for purification and for sprinkling** and for sprinkling. So did Jonathan paraphrase: I will forgive their sins as they become purified with sprinkling water and with the ashes of the cow of purification; i.e., with the ashes of purification.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:2:1
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**וְגַם אֶת הַנְּבִיאִים.** ״נְבִיאֵי שִׁקְרָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And also the prophets** The false prophets.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:2:2
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**רוּחַ הַטֻּמְאָה.** יֵצֶר הָרָע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the spirit of contamination** The evil inclination.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:4:1
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**אַדֶּרֶת שֵׂעָר.** כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ מְסִיתִים וּמַדִּיחִים, מִתְעַטְּפִים בְּטַלִּיתָם כְּאִלּוּ הֵם אֲנָשִׁים צַדִּיקִים, לְמַעַן יְקֻבְּלוּ כַּחֲשֵׁיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a hairy mantle** So is the custom of those who entice or draw away [the people], to enwrap themselves with mantles as though they are righteous men in order that their lies be accepted.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:5:1
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**כִּי אָדָם הִקְנַנִי.** פָּתַר בּוֹ מְנַחֵם לְשׁוֹן מִקְנֵה צֹאן וּבָקָר (בראשית כו:יד), כִּי אֲנִי כִּשְׁאָר כָּל אָדָם שֶׁאֵינוֹ עָסוּק בִּנְבוּאוֹת, הִפְקִידַנִי מִנְּעוּרַי לִשְׁמֹר אֶת מִקְנֵהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for a man entrusted me with his cattle** Menahem (Machbereth p. 156, second definition.) interpreted as an expression of “livestock of flocks and livestock of cattle” (Gen. 26:14). He entrusted me from my youth to watch his livestock.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:6:1
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**בֵּין יָדֶיךָ.** בֵּין כְּתֵפֶיךָ, שָׁם מַלְקִין עוֹבְרֵי עֲבֵירָה (מכות כב.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And one will say to him, “What are these wounds between your hands?”** Between your shoulders. There they flog the sinners.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:6:2
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**בֵּית מְאַהֲבָי.** אֲשֶׁר אֲהָָבוּנִי וְהוֹכִיחוּנִי לַדֶּרֶךְ הַיְשָׁרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the house of my friends** who loved me and reproved me to the straight path.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:7:1
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**חֶרֶב עוּרִי עַל רֹעִי.** עַל אוֹתוֹ שֶׁהִפְקַדְתִּיו עַל צֹאן גָּלוּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O sword, awaken against My shepherd** Against the one whom I appointed over the flock of My exile.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:7:2
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**וְעַל גֶּבֶר עֲמִיתִי.** שֶׁחִבַּרְתִּיו אֵלַי לִשְׁמֹר צֹאנִי כָּמוֹנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and against the man who is associated with Me** whom I associated with Me to watch My flocks as I do.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:7:3
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**הַךְ אֶת הָרוֹעֶה.** אֶת מֶלֶךְ רוֹמִי הָרְשָׁעָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Smite the shepherd** The king of the border of wickedness.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:7:4
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**וַתְּפוּצֶינָה הַצֹּאן.** שֶׁכְּבוּשָׁה תַּחַת יָדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the flock shall scatter** The flock subjected to his rule; lit. pressed down under his hand.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:7:5
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**וַהֲשִׁיבוֹתִי יָדִי.** וְאֶשְׁנֶה מַכּוֹתַי שֵׁנִית:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will return My hand** And I will repeat My blows a second time.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:7:6
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**עַל הַצּוֹעֲרִים.** עַל הַשִּׁלְטוֹנִים הַצְּעִירִים מִן הַמְּלָכִים. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם וַתְּפוּצֶינָה הַצֹּאן ״וְיִתְבַּדְּרוּן שִׁלְטוֹנַיָּא״, וְתִרְגֵּם עַל הַצּוֹעֲרִים מְמֻנִּים שֶׁלָּהֶם הַשְּׁנִיִּים לָהֶם, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן הַמִּקְרָא הַזֶּה בָּאֻמּוֹת ״חַרְבָּא אִתְגְּלִי עַל מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל וְעַל שִׁלְטוֹנַיָּא חַבְרֵיהּ דִּכְוָתֵיהּ דְּדָמֵי לֵיהּ אֲמַר ה׳ צְבָאוֹת קְטוֹל יַת מַלְכָּא דְבָבֶל וְיִתְבַּדְּרוּן שִׁלְטוֹנַיָּא״. וְאֵין לְשׁוֹן הַתַּרְגּוּם הַזֶּה נוֹפֵל עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁלֹּא מָצִינוּ בְּתַרְגּוּם וּבְמִקְרָא שִׁלְטוֹנִין בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אֶלָּא מֶלֶךְ וְשָׂרִים וְתַרְגּוּם שֶׁלָּהֶן ״רַבְרְבִין״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**upon the little ones** Upon the rulers who are smaller than the kings. And Jonathan renders: **and the flock shall scatter** And the rulers shall scatter, and he renders: **upon the little ones** Their officers, who are second to them. And so did Jonathan render this verse as referring to the nations: O sword, reveal yourself against the king and against the ruler, his colleague who is like him, who resembles him, said the Lord of Hosts. Slay the king, and the rulers shall scatter. This wording of the Targum does not apply to Israel, for we do not find in the Targum or in the Scriptures [any words] but “a king and princes” [when referring to Israel], and the Aramaic translation thereof is רַבְרְבִין, great ones.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:8:1
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**וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁית יִוָּתֶר בָּהּ.** יִתְגַּיְּרוּ וְיִחְיוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the third shall remain therein** They shall proselytize and live.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:9:1
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**וְהֵבֵאתִי אֶת הַשְּׁלִישִׁית בָּאֵשׁ.** ״וְאָעֵיל יָת תְּלִיתָא בְּעָקָא בְּכוּר דְּאֶשָּׁא״, שֶׁיִּסְבְּלוּ וְיִשְׂאוּ מִקְצָת הַגֵּרִים מֵהָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת בְּצָרוֹת חֶבְלוֹ שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ וּבְמִלְחֲמוֹת גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּמִשָּׁם יִבָּחֲנוּ כִּי גֵרֵי אֱמֶת הֵם. כִּי הַרְבֵּה מִן הַמִּתְיַהֲדִים תְּחִלָּה יָשׁוּבוּ לְסוּרָם וְיִתְחַבְּרוּ עִם גּוֹג, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ בָּאַגָּדָה (עבודה זרה ג:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will bring the third in fire** And I will bring the third in straits in the smelting-pot of fire (Jonathan), so that some of the proselytes should bear the birth pang of the Messiah and the war of Gog and Magog with Israel. From there they shall be tested [as to] whether [or not] they are true proselytes. Then, many of those who previously converted to Judaism shall return to their pre- conversion customs and join Gog. We find [this idea] in the Aggadah (Avodah Zarah 3b; Midrash Psalms 2:5, footnote 29).


###### Rashi on Zechariah 13:9:2
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**וְהוּא יֹאמַר ה׳.** כְּשֶׁיִּתְפַּלֵּל, יִתְפַּלֵּל לַה׳, וְלֹא לֵאלֹהָיו הָרִאשׁוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall say, “The Lord...”** When he prays, he will pray to the Lord and not to his previous deity.