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Rashi on Psalms Chapter 128

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שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת אַשְׁרֵי כָּל יְרֵא ה׳. כָּל אֵלּוּ תּוֹכָחוֹת וּמוּסָרִים, לְפִי שֶׁכָּתוּב ״אַשְׁרֵי הָאִישׁ״ (תהלים א:א), ״אַשְׁרֵי אִישׁ״ (תהלים קיב:א), לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר כָּאן כָּל, לְרַבּוֹת אִשָּׁה:

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A song of ascents. Praiseworthy is every man who fears the Lord All of these are admonitions and disciplines. Because it is written, “Praiseworthy is the man,” “Praiseworthy is a man,” it therefore says here “every,” to include a woman.

יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ. הַנֶּהֱנֶה מִיגִיעַ כַּפּוֹ נוֹחֵל שְׁנֵי עוֹלָמוֹת (ברכות ח.):

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If...the toil of your hands He who benefits from the toil of his hands inherits two worlds. In Tractate Berachoth (8a).

כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה. בָּנֶיהָ מְרֻבִּין:

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as a fruitful vine Every woman whose blood is abundant will have many children.

בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ. לְפִי שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ תַּשְׁמִישׁ לִהְיוֹת בְּצִנְעָה. דָּבָר אַחֵר בְּיַרְכְּתֵי. אִם אִשְׁתְּךָ נִדָּה תְּשִׂימֶנָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ שֶׁלֹּא תִּתְרַגֵּל אֶצְלָהּ:

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in the innermost parts of your house Because it is customary to have marital relations in secret. Another explanation: in the innermost parts If your wife is menstruating, put her into the innermost parts of your house so that you will not become accustomed to being with her.

בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִילֵי זֵיתִים. מַה זֵּיתִים אֵין לָהֶם הַרְכָּבָה, כָּךְ אֵין בְּבָנֶיךָ פְּסוּל:

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your sons will be like olive shoots Just as olive trees cannot be grafted, so will your sons not have any disqualification.

מִצִּיּוֹן. שֶׁהוּא שַׁעַר הַשָּׁמַיִם (בראשית כח:יז):

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from Zion which is the gate of heaven. Moreover, in the merit of Zion they would be fruitful and multiply, as it is written (I Kings 4:20): “Judah and Israel [were] many.”

בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלִָם. ״וְשָׂמַחְתָּ בְכָל הַטּוֹב״ (דברים כו:יא):

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the good of Jerusalem And you shall rejoice with all the good.

וּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ. וְלֹא יָבוֹאוּ לִקְטָטָה עֲבוּר חֲלִיצָה, וְאָז שָׁלוֹם עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל. תּוֹסְפוֹת:

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And may you see children [born] to your children and they shall not come to quarrel about halitzah, [since that is performed only if there are no children,] and then there will be peace upon Israel (addendum).

בָּנִים לְבָנֶיךָ. יִירְשׁוּ נַחֲלָה, וְאֵין אִשָּׁה זְקוּקָה לְיָבָם, אָז שָׁלוֹם בָּעוֹלָם:

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children [born] to your children They will inherit the estate, and no woman will be subject to the levir [in a levirate marriage]. Then there will be peace in the world.

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