## Rashi on Zechariah Chapter 3

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

**לְשִׂטְנוֹ.** לְהַשְׂטִינוֹ, עַל שֶׁהָיוּ בָּנָיו נְשׂוּאִים נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בְּסֵפֶר עֶזְרָא: ״וַיִּמָּצֵא מִבְּנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹשִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת מִבְּנֵי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן יְהוֹצָדָק״ (עזרא י:יח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to accuse him** To accuse him because his sons were married to gentile women, as it is written in the Book of Ezra (10:18): “And it was found of the sons of the priests who had taken foreign wives, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, etc.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:2:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:2:1)

**יִגְעַר ה׳ בְּךָ הַשָּׂטָן.** יִגְעַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּךָ אַתָּה הַשָּׂטָן, וְחוֹזֵר וְאוֹמֵר **וְיִגְעַר ה׳ בְּךָ** הוּא **הַבֹּחֵר בִּירוּשָׁלִָם**, שֶׁלֹּא תִּכָּנֵס לְפָנָיו לְקַטְרֵג עַל הַצַּדִּיק הַזֶּה. הֲלֹא רָאוּי הוּא וְזָכָה לְכָךְ שֶׁהֻצַּל **מֵאֵשׁ** הַשְּׂרֵפָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord shall rebuke you, O Satan** The Holy One, blessed be He, shall rebuke you, O you Satan (and then he repeated and said: The Lord shall rebuke you, He who chose Jerusalem *Moharaz Margolioth*); and He Who rebukes you is the One Who chose Jerusalem, that you shall not enter before Him to accuse this righteous man. Is he not fit, and has he not merited this? For he was saved from the consuming fire.


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

**הֲלֹא זֶה אוּד מֻצָּל מֵאֵשׁ.** מְפֹרָשׁ בְּאַגָּדַת חֵלֶק (סנהדרין צג.) שֶׁהֻשְׁלַךְ עִם אַחְאָב בֶּן קוֹלָיָה וַחֲבֵרוֹ לָאוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is this one not a brand plucked from fire?** It is related in the Aggadah of [chapter] *Helek* Helek (*Sanh.* 93a) that he [Joshua] was cast into the fire with Ahab son of Kolaiah and his colleague.


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

**לָבוּשׁ בְּגָדִים צוֹאִים.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״הֲווֹ לֵיהּ בְּנִין דְּנָסְבִין לְהוֹן נְשִׁין דְּלָא כַשְׁרִין לִכְהוּנְתָא״, וְהָיָה נֶעֱנָשׁ הוּא עַל שֶׁלֹּא מִיחָה בְּיָדָם (סנהדרין צג.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was wearing filthy garments** This is to be explained according to the Targum: He had sons who had married women who were unfit [to marry into] the priesthood, and he was punished because he did not interfere with the [sons’ marriages].


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:4:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:4:1)

**הָסִירוּ הַבְּגָדִים הַצּוֹאִים מֵעָלָיו.** יַבְדִּילוּ בָּנָיו אֶת נְשׁוֹתֵיהֶם, וְיִמְחוֹל לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Take the filthy garments off him.”** Let his sons separate from their wives, and he will be forgiven.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:4:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:4:2)

**מַחֲלָצוֹת.** חֲלִיפוֹת בְּגָדִים נָאִים, כְּלוֹמַר: זְכֻיּוֹת. אֲבָל לְפִי שֶׁדִּמָּה הֶעָוֹן **לִבְגָדִים צוֹאִים**, דִּמָּה הַזְּכֻיּוֹת **לְמַחֲלָצוֹת** בְּגָדִים נָאִים וּלְבָנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**clean garments** A change of beautiful garments; i.e., merits. Since he compared the iniquity to filthy garments, he compares the merit to clean garments; beautiful, white garments.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:5:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:5:1)

**וָאֹמַר.** אֲנִי זְכַרְיָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I said** I, Zechariah.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:5:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:5:2)

**יָשִׂימוּ צָנִיף טָהוֹר וְגוֹ׳.** בִּקַּשְׁתִּי רַחֲמִים עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Let them put a pure miter, etc.”** I begged mercy for him.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:6:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:6:1)

**וַיָּעַד.** לְשׁוֹן הַתְרָאָה, כְּמוֹ **וְאָעִידָה בָם אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְגוֹ׳** (דברים לא:כח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**warned** an expression of warning, as in (Deut. 31:28): “And I will warn them before the heaven and the earth.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:7:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:7:1)

**אִם בִּדְרָכַי תֵּלֵךְ.** וְגַם אֲנִי זֹאת אֶעֱשֶׂה לְךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If you walk in My ways, etc.** Then I, too, will do this for you.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:7:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:7:2)

**אַתָּה תָדִין אֶת בֵּיתִי.** תִּשְׁפּוֹט וְתִהְיֶה פָּקִיד עַל בֵּית מִקְדָּשִׁי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you, too, shall judge My house** You shall judge and be the officer over My Temple.


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

**וְנָתַתִּי לְךָ מַהְלְכִים.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״וּבַאֲחָיוּת מֵיתַיָּא אֲחַיֵּינָךְ וְאֶתֵּן לָךְ רַגְלִין דִּמְהַלְּכִין בֵּין שְׂרָפַיָּא הָאִלֵּין״. וּלְפִי פְשׁוּטוֹ: מְבַשְּׂרוֹ עַל בָּנָיו שֶׁיִּזְכּוּ לֶעָתִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will give you free access** According to the Targum: and when the dead will be resurrected, I will resurrect you; and I will give you walkers who walk among these seraphim. According to its simple meaning, he brings him tidings that his sons will be meritorious in the future.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:7:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:7:4)

**הָעוֹמְדִים.** שְׂרָפִים וּמַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם יְשִׁיבָה (שמות רבה כה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who stand by** Seraphim and ministering angels, who never sit.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:8:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:8:1)

**אַתָּה וְרֵעֶיךָ.** חֲנַנְיָה מִישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה הָיוּ (סנהדרין צג.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you and your companions** They were Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:8:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:8:2)

**אַנְשֵׁי מוֹפֵת.** ״גֻּבְרִין כָּשְׁרִין לְמֵיעֲבַד לְהוֹן נִיסִּין״, שֶׁאַף לָהֶם נַעֲשָׂה נֵס (סנהדרין צג.)׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for they are men worthy of a miracle** [*Jonathan* renders:] Men worthy to have miracles performed for them, for a miracle was performed for them, too.


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

**כִּי הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת עַבְדִּי צֶמַח.** כִּי עַתָּה זְרֻבָּבֶל פַּחַת יְהוּדָה קָטָן בַּחֲצַר הַמֶּלֶךְ, אֲנִי מַצְמִיחַ לוֹ גְּדֻלָּה וְשֵׁם. נְתַתִּיו לְחֵן בְּעֵינֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ לְמַלֹּאות שְׁאֵלָתוֹ בְּבִנְיַן הַבַּיִת וְהָעִיר, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּעֶזְרָא דִּבְרֵי נְחֶמְיָה בֶּן חֲכַלְיָה, וְהוּא זְרֻבָּבֶל, כְּדַאֲמְרִינָן בְּסַנְהֶדְרִין (סנהדרין לח.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for, behold! I bring My servant, the Shoot** For now Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, is insignificant in the king’s court, but I will make his greatness burgeon. I will also give him favor in the eyes of the king, so that he will grant [Zerubbabel’s] request for the building of the Temple and the city, as explained in Nehemiah (1:1): “The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hachaliah.” Nehemiah was identical with Zerubbabel, as we say in *Sanhedrin* (38a).


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:9:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:9:1)

**כִּי הִנֵּה הָאֶבֶן.** יְסוֹד הַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר יְסַדְתֶּם בִּימֵי כּוֹרֶשׁ וּבָטְלוּ עַל יְדֵיכֶם, וְאוֹתוֹ הַיְּסוֹד וְעֹבִי הַחוֹמָה הָיָה מְעַט בְּעֵינֵיכֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְפֹרָשׁ בְּעֶזְרָא (עזרא ג:יב) וּבִנְבוּאַת חַגַּי (חגי ב:ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For, behold the stone** The foundation of the house that you laid in the days of Cyrus - they stopped you, and that foundation and the thickness of the wall appeared little in your sight, as explained in Ezra (3:12f.) and in the prophecy of Haggai (2:2f.).


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:9:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:9:2)

**עַל אֶבֶן אַחַת שִׁבְעָה עֵינָיִם.** סוֹפוֹ לְהַרְחִיב עַל אֶחָד **שִׁבְעָה**, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״עַל אַבְנָא חֲדָא שִׁבְעָה עֵינִין חַזְיָן לָהּ״, וּלְשׁוֹן **עֵינַיִם** לְשׁוֹן מַרְאוֹת. וְלִי נִרְאֶה: **שִׁבְעָה עֵינַיִם** עַל שֵׁם עֵינֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁבְּעֵינָיו וּבְלִבּוֹ לְהוֹסִיף עָלָיו **עַל** אֶחָד **שִׁבְעָה**, לְפִי שֶׁדֻּגְמָתוֹ בִּנְבוּאָה זוֹ ״וְרָאוּ אֶת הָאֶבֶן הַבְּדִיל בְּיַד זְרֻבָּבֶל שִׁבְעָה אֵלֶּה עֵינֵי ה׳ הֵמָּה מְשׁוֹטְטִים וְגוֹ׳״ (זכריה ד:י). אֶלָּא לִמֵּד, שֶׁנָּתַן עֵינָיו לְהַרְבּוֹת כְּבוֹד הַבַּיִת בְּבִנְיָנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Seven eyes are directed to one stone** It will eventually be widened seven times as much. And so did *Jonathan* render: On one stone, seven eyes see it. The expression of עֵינַיִם is an expression of appearances. It appears to me that the seven eyes are because of the eyes of the Holy One, blessed be He in Whose eyes and heart it is [planned] to add seven times as much because of the prophecy similar to this one (4:10): “And they shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel these seven times; the eyes of the Lord they are roving to and fro throughout the land.” This is but to say that He directed His eyes to increase the glory of the Temple in its building.


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

**הִנְנִי מְפַתֵּחַ פְּתוּחָה.** מַתִּיר קִשּׁוּרֶיהָ, מֵפִיר עֲצַת הָאוֹיְבִים אֲשֶׁר כָּתְבוּ שִׂטְנָה לְבַטֵּל הַמְּלָאכָה (עזרא ד:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold! I untie its knots** I untie its knots I thwart the plot of the enemies who wrote an accusation to stop the work.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:9:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:9:4)

**וּמַשְׁתִּי.** וַהֲסִירוֹתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will remove** Heb. ומשתי.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 3:9:5
[Rashi on Zechariah 3:9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/3:9:5)

**בְּיוֹם אֶחָד.** לֹא יָדַעְתִּי אֵיזֶה יוֹם. [תוספת: בְּיוֹם אֲשֶׁר הִתְחִילוּ לְהוֹסִיף עַל הַבִּנְיָן יָמִישׁ **עֲוֺן הָאָרֶץ** וְתִהְיֶה בְּרָכָה בְּפֵירוֹתָיו, כִּי עַכְשָׁיו מְאֵירָה כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בִּנְבוּאַת חַגַּי (חגי ב:טז)]:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in one day** I do not know what day.