## Rashi on Zechariah Chapter 8

###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:2:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:2:1)

**קִנֵּאתִי לָהּ.** בִּשְׁבִילָהּ, וְלֹא תִזָּקְקוּ לָצוּם וְלִסְפֹּד. וְכֵן סוֹף הָעִנְיָן ״צוֹם הַחֲמִישִׁי וְגוֹמֵר״ (זכריה ח:יט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I am jealous for her** For [not ‘to’] her. And you will not need to fast and to mourn. And so is the end of the chapter: “The fast of the fifth month, etc.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:4:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:4:1)

**מֵרֹב יָמִים.** יִהְיוּ צְרִיכִים לְמִשְׁעֶנֶת בְּיָדָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**because of old age** they will require the staff in their hand.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:6:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:6:1)

**כִּי יִפָּלֵא.** בְּעֵינֵיהֶם הַחֶסֶד הַגָּדוֹל אֲשֶׁר אֶעֱשֶׂה לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**As it will be wonderful** in their eyes, the great loving-kindness that I will do for them.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:6:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:6:2)

**גַּם בְּעֵינַי יִפָּלֵא.** אֵיךְ שַׁבְתִּי מִן הֶחָרוֹן הַגָּדוֹל. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ דְּרָשׁוּהוּ עַל שְׁחִיטַת יֵצֶר הָרָע בְּמַסֶּכֶת סֻכָּה (סוכה נב.): **בְּעֵינַי יִפָּלֵא** אֵיךְ יוּכְלוּ הַצַּדִּיקִים לַעֲמֹד כְּנֶגְדּוֹ בְּחַיֵּיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it will also be wonderful in My eyes** how I returned from the great wrath. And our Sages expounded on [this phrase], concerning the slaughter of the evil inclination, in tractate Sukkah (52a): **it will also be wonderful in My eyes** how the righteous will be able to stand up against [the evil inclination] during their lifetime.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:9:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:9:1)

**תֶּחֱזַקְנָה יְדֵיכֶם.** לִבְנוֹת וּלְהַשְׁלִים, וְאַל תִּירְאוּ מֵעַם הָאָרֶץ הַמְרַפִּים יְדֵיכֶם וּמְבַהִילִים אֶתְכֶם מִלִּבְנוֹת, וּכְמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵפֶר עֶזְרָא (עזרא ד:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Let your hands be strong** to build and to complete [the Temple]; and do not fear the people of the land, who are weakening your hands and frightening you from building it, as is related in the Book of Ezra (4:4).


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:9:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:9:2)

**הַשּׁוֹמְעִים בַּיָּמִים הָאֵלֶּה.** בִּשְׁנַת אַרְבַּע לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you who hear in these days** In the fourth year of Darius


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:9:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:9:3)

**אֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה.** שֶׁל נִחוּמִים מִפִּי הַנְּבִיאִים אֲשֶׁר נִבְּאוּ לָהֶם אָז **בְּיוֹם יֻסַּד בֵּית ה׳** בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ (חגי א:טו) אֶת הַדְּבָרִים לְהַתְחִיל בַּמְּלָאכָה. כִּי נִבְחֲנוּ אוֹתָם הַנְּבִיאִים בְּעֵינֵיהֶם בְּדִבְרֵיהֶם, שֶׁהֵם נְבִיאֵי אֱמֶת, וּלְפִיכָךְ כְּדַאי הֵם לִסְמֹךְ עֲלֵיהֶם אַף בְּדִבְרֵי נִחוּמִים שֶׁל עַכְשָׁיו. וּבַמֶּה נִבְחֲנוּהָ? **כִּי לִפְנֵי הַיָּמִים הָהֵם שְׂכַר הָאָדָם וְגוֹמֵר.** וְהֵם נִבְּאוּ לָכֶם שֶׁמִּשֶּׁתַּתְחִילוּ בַּמְּלָאכָה תָּבֹא בְּרָכָה בְּמַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיכֶם, וְנִתְקַיְּמוּ דִּבְרֵיהֶם, שֶׁהֲרֵי **עַתָּה לֹא כַיָּמִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**these words** of consolations from the mouths of the prophets who prophesied for [the people] - on the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the second year of Darius - to begin the work. Those prophets were proven with their words to be true prophets in your eyes; therefore, it is also worthy to rely on them for the words of consolation concerning the present time. And in what way were they proven? **For before those days, there was no hire for man, etc.** They prophesied for you that when you would begin the work, a blessing would come into the work of your hands; and their words were fulfilled, for now it is not like the early days.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:14:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:14:1)

**וְלֹא נִחָמְתִּי.** עַל אֲשֶׁר זַמֹּתִי לְהָבִיא עֲלֵיכֶם לַחֲזוֹר בִּי, אֶלָּא הֲבִיאוֹתִיהָ. כֵּן לֹא אֶתְנַחֵם עַל הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר זָמַמְתִּי לָכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I did not repent** of what I had planned to bring upon you, [or] retract it; but I brought it. Neither will I repent of the good that I have planned for you.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:16:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:16:1)

**וּמִשְׁפַּט שָׁלוֹם.** הִיא הַפְּשָׁרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and judgment of peace** I.e., compromise.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:17:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:17:1)

**וְאִישׁ אֶת רָעַת רֵעֵהוּ.** הִזְהִירָם עַל שִׂנְאַת חִנָּם, וְהִיא שֶׁהֶחֱרִיבָה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ שֵׁנִי (יומא ט:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And let no one think evil of his neighbors** He warned them concerning hatred without cause, which brought about the destruction of the Second Temple.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:19:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:19:1)

**צוֹם הָרְבִיעִי.** צוֹם שֶׁל תַּמּוּז, שֶׁהוּא רְבִיעִי לֶחֳדָשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the fast of the fourth [month]** The fast of Tammuz, which is the fourth of the months.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:19:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:19:2)

**צוֹם הַחֲמִישִׁי.** שֶׁל אָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the fast of the fifth [month]** of Av.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:19:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:19:3)

**וְצוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי.** שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּתִשְׁרֵי, שֶׁבּוֹ נֶהֱרַג גְּדַלְיָה (מלכים ב כה:כה; ירמיהו מא:א-ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the fast of the seventh [month]** The third of Tishri, when Gedaliah was assassinated.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:19:4
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:19:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:19:4)

**וְצוֹם הָעֲשִׂירִי.** שֶׁל טֵבֵת (ראש השנה יח:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the fast of the tenth [month]** Of Teveth.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 8:23:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 8:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/8:23:1)

**עֲשָׂרָה אֲנָשִׁים.** מִשִּׁבְעִים לָשׁוֹן, הֲרֵי שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת לְכָל כָּנָף וְכָנָף. הֲרֵי לְאַרְבַּע כַּנְפֵי הַטַּלִּית אַלְפַּיִם וּשְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת (שבת לב:):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**ten men** from the seventy nations. This equals seven hundred for each corner. For the four corners of the tallith there will be two thousand and eight hundred.