Tanach
Ezra 2:62-66 עזרא ב׳:ס״ב-ס״ו
Part of: Chapter 2
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אֵלֶּה בִּקְשׁוּ כְתָבָם הַמִּתְיַחְשִׂים וְלֹא נִמְצָאוּ וַֽיְגֹאֲלוּ מִן־הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃
these [priests], who would trace themselves [to the priesthood] sought their [genealogical] records, and they could not be found, and they were rejected from the priesthood.
these [priests], who would trace themselves [to the priesthood] sought their [genealogical] records, and they could not be found, and they were rejected from the priesthood.
Rashi
ויגאלו. שהיו מגואלים ומגועלים שלא יעבודו עוד עם שאר הכהנים בעבור שלא נמצא כתב יחוסן:
and they were disqualified Heb. וַיְגאַלוּ, for they were defiled and purged from the priesthood that they should no longer perform the service with the remaining priests, because their genealogical record was not found.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַתִּרְשָׁתָא לָהֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יֹאכְלוּ מִקֹּדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים עַד עֲמֹד כֹּהֵן לְאוּרִים וּלְתֻמִּֽים׃
And Hatirshatha [(Nechemiah the son of Chachalyah)] told them that they should not [(as other priests)] eat of the holy of holies [(sin-offerings and guilt-offerings)] until a priest should arise for the urim vetumim [(to all intents and purposes, "until the days of the Messiah")].
And Hatirshatha [(Nechemiah the son of Chachalyah)] told them that they should not [(as other priests)] eat of the holy of holies [(sin-offerings and guilt-offerings)] until a priest should arise for the urim vetumim [(to all intents and purposes, "until the days of the Messiah")].
Rashi
התרשתא. הוא נחמיה בן חכליה ואמרו רבותינו שנקרא שמו התרשתא שהתירו לו חכמים לשתות יין נסך של עכו"ם על אשר היה משקה למלך:
Hattirshatha That is Nehemiah, the son of Hachaliah (Neh. 8:9), and our Rabbis said (Yerushalmi Kid. 4:1) that he was named Hattirshatha because the Sages permitted him (הָתֵּר) to drink (שָּׁתָּא) wine of gentiles because he was the king’s butler.
מקדש הקדשים. חטאות ואשמות כשאר כהנים:
of the most holy sacrifices sin-offerings and guilt-offerings, like the other priests.
עד עמד כהן וגו'. כאדם האומר לחבירו עד ימות המשיח לא יעלה דבר זה ואיני יכול לפתור עד עמוד כהן לאורים ותומים בבית שני לפי שמצינו בפ"א של יומא שהיה בית שני חסר מאורי' ותומים:
until a priest arises, etc. like a person who says to his friend, “Until the Messiah comes, this matter will not come about.” I cannot interpret it to mean: until a priest arises for the Urim and Tumim in the Second Temple, because we find in Yoma, chapter 1 (21b) that the Urim and Tumim were missing in the Second Temple.
כׇּל־הַקָּהָל כְּאֶחָד אַרְבַּע רִבּוֹא אַלְפַּיִם שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת שִׁשִּֽׁים׃
All the congregation together [(including the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim and the other tribes, — those counted above being only those of Judah and Benjamin —)] were forty-two thousand and three hundred and sixty.
All the congregation together [(including the priests, the Levites, the Nethinim and the other tribes, — those counted above being only those of Judah and Benjamin —)] were forty-two thousand and three hundred and sixty.
Rashi
כל הקהל כאחד. כשהיו כולם ביחד עם הכהנים והלוים והנתינים היה בהם חשבון זה ובני ישראל המנויים למעלה הם של שבט יהודה ובנימין ואותם אשר נחסרו מחשבון זה שלא תמצאם למעלה הם היו משאר השבטים וכן מפורש בסדר עולם כל הקהל כאחד ארבע רבוא וגו' ובפרטן אינן אלא שלשים אלף י"ג אלף היכן הם אלא שעלו משאר השבטים:
The entire congregation together When they were all together with the priests, the Levites and the Nethinim, they amounted to this number; and the Children of Israel counted above were of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin, and those missing from this number, which you will not find above, were of the other tribes. So it is explained in Seder Olam (ch. 29): “‘The entire congregation together was forty-two thousand etc.’ But if you add them up, they are only thirty thousand. Where are the thirteen thousand? They ascended from the other tribes.”
מִלְּבַד עַבְדֵיהֶם וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם אֵלֶּה שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שְׁלֹשִׁים וְשִׁבְעָה וְלָהֶם מְשֹׁרְרִים וּֽמְשֹׁרְרוֹת מָאתָֽיִם׃
Aside from their men-servants and their maid-servants, who numbered seven thousand and three hundred and thirty-seven. And with them were men-singers and women-singers, two hundred [(to bring them back to Eretz Yisrael with joy)].
Aside from their men-servants and their maid-servants, who numbered seven thousand and three hundred and thirty-seven. And with them were men-singers and women-singers, two hundred [(to bring them back to Eretz Yisrael with joy)].
Rashi
מלבד עבדיהם ואמהותיהם. שלא היו בכלל הקהל:
Besides their slaves and their bondwomen who were not included in the congregation.
ולהם משוררים ומשוררות מאתים. לפי שהיו עולים בשמחה מבבל לא"י היו צריכים למשוררים ומשוררות כדי שיהו מטיילות בהם ברוב שמחתם:
and they had two hundred male and female singers because they were going up joyfully from Babylon to the land of Israel, they required male and female singers in order that they should stroll among them in their great joy.
סוּסֵיהֶם שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת שְׁלֹשִׁים וְשִׁשָּׁה פִּרְדֵיהֶם מָאתַיִם אַרְבָּעִים וַחֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ {ס}
Their horses, seven hundred and thirty-six. Their mules, two hundred and forty-five.
Their horses, seven hundred and thirty-six. Their mules, two hundred and forty-five.
אלה. כהנים הללו המתיחסים שהיה להם להתיחס באותו כתב ולא נמצא כתב יחוסן:
These referring to the priests, who had to trace their lineage with that record, and who could not find the record of their lineage.