## Rashi on Zechariah Chapter 5

###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:1:1
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**מְגִלָּה עָפָה.** רַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ כְּפוּלָה וְאָמְרוּ שֶׁהַתּוֹרָה כְּתוּבָה בָּהּ וְלָמְדוּ מִכָּאן שֶׁהָעוֹלָם אֶחָד מִשְּׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים וּמָאתַיִם בַּתּוֹרָה כִּדְאִיתָא בְּעֵירוּבִין (עירובין כא.) וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם ״מְגִלְּתָא פָּרְחָא פּוֹרַחַת בָּאֲוִיר״, וּלְפִי פְשׁוּטוֹ שֶׁל פָּרָשָׁה מְגִלַּת פֻּרְעָנוּת הָיְתָה וְהוּא שֶׁרָאָה (יחזקאל ב:י) ״וְכָתוּב אֵלֶיהָ קִינִים וָהֶגֶה וָהִי״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a flying scroll** Our Sages explained [it] as “double,” and they said that the Torah was written on it. They deduced from here that the world is 1/3,200 of the Torah, as stated in Eruvin (21a). And Jonathan rendered: a flying scroll; i.e., flying in the air. According to the simple meaning of the chapter, it was a scroll of retribution; that was what Ezekiel (2:10) envisioned: “And in it was written lamentations and mourning and woe.”


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

**זֹאת הָאָלָה.** זֹאת שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּהּ פֻּרְעָנוּת נִקְמַת שְׁבוּעוֹת שֶׁקֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**This is the curse** This is [the scroll] in which is written the retribution, the revenge for a false oath.


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

**הַיּוֹצֵאת.** עַתָּה מִבֵּית קָדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים מִלִּפְנֵי הַשְּׁכִינָה לְהִתְהַלֵּךְ **עַל פְּנֵי כָל הָאָרֶץ** וְזֶהוּ אָרְכָּהּ עֶשְׂרִים וְרָחְבָּהּ עֶשֶׂר (זכריה ה:ב) כְּמִדַּת פֶּתַח הָעֲזָרָה וְהַהֵיכָל (מלכים א ו:ג) אֲשֶׁר יָצְאָת דֶּרֶךְ שָׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
[The scroll] **is now coming forth** from the Holy of Holies, from before the Shechinah, to walk to and fro upon the face of the entire land; this is the meaning of “its length is twenty, and its width is ten” - as the measure of the entrance to the Temple court and the Temple, through which it shall emerge.


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

**כִּי כָל הַגַּנָּב.** עַד עַכְשָׁיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for whoever stole** until now.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:3:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:3:4)

**מִזֶּה כָּמוֹהָ נִקָּה.** מִזֶּה הַפֻּרְעָנוּת כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא מְפֹרָשׁ בָּהּ **נִקָּה** וְלֹא נִשְׁתַּלֵּם פֻּרְעָנוּת יְחִידִים הָעוֹבְרִים עַל הַתּוֹרָה, אֶלָּא הִמְתִּין עַד שֶׁנִּתְמַלֵּאת סְאַת כֻּלָּם, וְלָקוּ כֻּלָּם כְּאֶחָד בַּחֻרְבָּן וּבַגּוֹלָה. וְכֵן **כָּל הַנִּשְׁבָּע** לַשֶּׁקֶר עַד הֵנָּה **מִזֶּה** הַפֻּרְעָנוּת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהַמְּגִלָּה הַזֹּאת מַגֶּדֶת: **נִקָּה** וְלֹא נִשְׁתַּלֵּם. אֲבָל מִכָּאן וָאֵילָךְ **הוֹצֵאתִיהָ** לָשׁוּט בָּאָרֶץ וְלִנְקֹם מִן הַגַּנָּבִים וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִים לַשֶּׁקֶר מֵעַכְשָׁיו, **וּבָא אֶל בֵּית הַגַּנָּב וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was cleared from such as this** He was cleared from this retribution, as it delineated on it [i.e., the scroll]. The retribution of individuals who transgressed the Torah was not meted out, but He waited until the measure of all of them was filled, and they all suffered at once with the destruction and the exile. Similarly, everyone who heretofore swore falsely, was cleared of the retribution as delineated in this scroll and was not requited, but from now on... **I have brought it forth** to walk to and fro in the land and to wreak vengeance upon the thieves and the swearers of falsehoods from now on; and it shall come into the house of the thief, etc.


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

**שָׂא נָא עֵינֶיךָ וּרְאֵה.** עוֹד יוֹצֵאת אַחֶרֶת שֶׁתֵּצֵא מִבֵּית קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now lift up your eyes and see** Yet another is coming forth, that will come out from the Holy of Holies.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:6:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:6:1)

**וָאֹמַר מַה הִיא.** הַיּוֹצֵאת שֶׁתֹּאמַר אֵלַי לִרְאוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I said, “What is it?”** that is coming forth, that you tell me to see?


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:6:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:6:2)

**וַיֹּאמֶר זֹאת הָאֵיפָה.** שֶׁתֵּרָאֶה יוֹצֵאת כְּמִין אֵיפָה שֶׁמּוֹדְדִין בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he said, “This is the ephah”** For you will see a sort of ephah with which they measure coming forth.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:6:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:6:3)

**וַיֹּאמֶר זֹאת עֵינָם בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ.** וּלְאַחַר שֶׁרְאִיתִיהָ אָמַר: זֹאת הִיא מִדָּה שֶׁלָּקוּ בָּהּ אוֹתָם שֶׁעֵינֵיהֶם בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ לִגְזֹל וְלַעֲשֹׁק, ״לְהַקְטִין אֵיפָה וּלְהַגְדִּיל שֶׁקֶל״ (עמוס ח:ה), וְנִמְדַּד לָהֶם סְאָה בִּסְאָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he said, “This is [the punishment of those] whose eye [gazes] over the entire land”** And, after I saw it, he said, “This is the measure by which punishment was meted out to those whose eyes were over the entire land, to rob and to oppress, to make the ephah smaller and to make the shekel larger; and punishment was meted out to them, a measure for a measure.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:7:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:7:1)

**וְהִנֵּה כִּכַּר עוֹפֶרֶת נִשֵּׂאת.** רָאִיתִי שֶׁנִּשֵּׂאת מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ לָאֲוִיר מִשְׁקַל כִּכַּר עוֹפֶרֶ,ת וְרָאִיתִי עוֹד **זֹאת אִשָּׁה אַחַת יוֹשֶׁבֶת בְּתוֹךְ הָאֵיפָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And behold! A talent of lead was being lifted** I saw that a weight [made] of a talent of lead was being lifted off the earth into the air, and I saw further that this one woman was sitting in the midst of the ephah.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:8:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:8:1)

**וַיֹּאמֶר זֹאת הָרִשְׁעָה.** הָאִשָּׁה זֹאת שֶׁאַתָּה רוֹאֶה בְּתוֹךְ הָאֵיפָ,ה הִיא מִדַּת דֶּרֶךְ הָרִשְׁעָה אֲשֶׁר יִנְהֲגוּ בָּהּ הָרְשָׁעִים, וְהִנֵּה עַתָּה נְתוּנִים בְּתוֹכָהּ לִלְקוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַסְּאָה עַצְמָהּ שֶׁמָּדְדוּ בָּהּ, מִדָּה בְּמִדָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he said, “This is Wickedness.”** This woman that you see in the midst of the ephah is the character of the way of wickedness, [the way] in which the wicked deport themselves. And behold, now they are placed in its midst to be punished in the midst of that very measure that they meted out, a measure for a measure.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:8:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:8:2)

**וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֹתָהּ.** עַד עַתָּה הָיְתָה יוֹשֶׁבֶת, וְהוּא הִשְׁלִיכָהּ וְחָבְטָהּ לְתוֹכָהּ, רֶמֶז לְיִסּוּרִים וְלָעֳנָשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he cast her** Heretofore she had been sitting, but he cast her and knocked her into its midst, symbolizing torments and punishments.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:8:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:8:3)

**וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ אֶת אֶבֶן הָעוֹפֶרֶת אֶל פִּיהָ.** לְשַׁקְּעָהּ, לְמַעַן לֹא יִגְדְּלוּ עוֹד, וְלֹא יִשָּׁמַע קוֹלָן לְשַׁדֵּד עֲנִיִּים וְאֶבְיוֹנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he cast the lead weight into her mouth** to weigh her down so that they achieve no more greatness and their voice is no longer heard robbing the poor and needy.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:9:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:9:1)

**שְׁתַּיִם נָשִׁים יוֹצְאוֹת.** מִן הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**two women were coming forth** from the house.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:9:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:9:2)

**הַחֲסִידָה.** דַּיָּה לְבָנָה וולטויא״ר בְּלַעַ״ז (חולין סג.)׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the stork** the white dayyah (Hullin 63a), voltur in Old French.


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

**וְהוּכַן וְהֻנִּיחָה שָׁם.** וְהוּכַן הַבַּיִת וְהֻנְּחָה הָאֵיפָה עִם הָרְשָׁעִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it will be prepared, and they shall place it there** And the house shall be prepared, and the ephah shall be placed there with the wicked that are within it.


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

**שָׁם.** בְּאוֹתוֹ הַבַּיִת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**there** In that house.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 5:11:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 5:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/5:11:3)

**עַל מְכוּנָתָהּ.** עַל קְבִיעוּתָהּ וְעַל בְּסִיסָהּ. כָּאן רָמַז לוֹ, שֶׁבַּעֲוֹנָם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁמָּדְדוּ בִּסְאַת עֲבֵרוֹת וָרֶשַׁע, לָקוּ בְּאוֹתָהּ מִדָּה. וּבָאוּ שְׁתֵּי אֻמּוֹת שֶׁמָּלְכוּ כְּאַחַת, הֵם בָּבֶל וְכַשְׂדִים, חֵיל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר, וְהִגְלוּם לְבָבֶל; וְשָׁם עָמְדוּ קְבוּעִים עַל מְכוֹן בָּסִיס הַהֻקְבַּע לָהֶם, וְהוּא לְפִי מְלֹאות שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה עַד עַתָּה (ירמיה כט:י), שֶׁחָזְרוּ. וְנוֹטֶה פֵּרוּשׁ זֶה אַחַר יוֹנָתָן בְּמִקְצָת. וְכַמָּה דְּרָכִים פּוֹתְרִים בָּהּ, וְלֹא נִתְיַשְּׁבוּ לִי. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ וְלָמְדוּ מִכָּאן, שֶׁנִּמְסַר לָהֶם יֵצֶר הָרַע לְאַנְשֵׁי כְּנֶסֶת הַגְּדוֹלָה, וְשַׁדְיוּהּ לְדוּדָא דְּאַבְרָא וְחַפְיוּהוּ בְּאַבְרָא מִשּׁוּם דְּשָׁאִיב קָלֵיהּ, כִּדְאִיתָא בְּסַנְהֶדְרִין (סנהדרין סד.) וּבְמַסֶּכֶת יוֹמָא (יומא סט:). וְשֶׁפָּתַרְתִּי מַלְכוּת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר בְּכֶפֶל שְׁתֵּי אֻמּוֹת – רָאִיתִי בְּמִדְרַשׁ תִּילִּים, שֶׁאַרְבַּע מַלְכֻיּוֹת הַלָּלוּ שֶׁשִּׁעְבְּדוּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, כְּפוּלוֹת הָיוּ: בָּבֶל וְכַשְׂדִים, מָדַי וּפָרַס, אַנְטִיוֹכוּס וּמוֹקְדוֹן, אֱדוֹם וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל. וְעַל כָּכָה יִסֵּד הַקָּלִירִי: רְבִיעִית הִיא שְׁמִינִית, עַל אֱדוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on its base** On its permanence and on its base. Here He hinted [to Zechariah] that, because of the iniquity of Israel, who measured out [so to speak] with the measure of sins and wickedness, they were punished with the same measure. And there came two nations that ruled together; they were Babylon and the Chaldeans - the army of Nebuchadnezzar - and exiled [Israel] to Babylon where [Israel] stayed fixed on a base, a base that was established for them. That is according to the completion of the seventy years until now, when they returned. This interpretation leans partially toward that of Jonathan. This [phrase] is interpreted in many [other] ways, but they are not satisfactory to me. Our Sages, however, explained and learned from here that the evil inclination was given into the hands of the men of the Great Assembly, and they cast it into a leaden cauldron and covered it with lead, because lead absorbs the sound, as is stated in tractate Sanhedrin (24a) and in tractate Yoma (69b). My interpretation of the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar as doubled - composed of two nations - I saw in Midrash Psalms (6:2, 18: 10), that the following four kingdoms that subjugated Israel were double: Babylon and the Chaldeans, Media and Persia, Greece and Macedon, Edom and Ishmael, and for this reason the Kalir composed (in Piyutim for Shemini Azereth), “It is the fourth; it is the eighth,” concerning Edom.