Tanach
Ezra 6:19-22 עזרא ו׳:י״ט-כ״ב
Part of: Chapter 6
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וַיַּעֲשׂוּ בְנֵי־הַגּוֹלָה אֶת־הַפָּסַח בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃
And the sons of the exile made the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the first month [(Nissan [after the Adar by which the work of the Temple had been completed])].
And the sons of the exile made the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the first month [(Nissan [after the Adar by which the work of the Temple had been completed])].
Rashi
כִּי הִֽטַּהֲרוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם כְּאֶחָד כֻּלָּם טְהוֹרִים וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ הַפֶּסַח לְכׇל־בְּנֵי הַגּוֹלָה וְלַאֲחֵיהֶם הַכֹּהֲנִים וְלָהֶֽם׃
For the priests and the Levites had cleansed themselves [of their impurity] as one — they were all cleansed. And they slaughtered the Pesach for all the children of the exile, and for their brother priests and for themselves.
For the priests and the Levites had cleansed themselves [of their impurity] as one — they were all cleansed. And they slaughtered the Pesach for all the children of the exile, and for their brother priests and for themselves.
Rashi
ולהם. ולעצמם:
and for themselves Heb. וְלָהֶם, lit. and for them, and for themselves.
וַיֹּאכְלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל הַשָּׁבִים מֵֽהַגּוֹלָה וְכֹל הַנִּבְדָּל מִטֻּמְאַת גּוֹיֵֽ־הָאָרֶץ אֲלֵהֶם לִדְרֹשׁ לַֽיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And the children of Israel who returned from the exile, and all [(the proselytes)], who had separated themselves from the uncleanliness of the nations of the land [to join] them [(Israel)], to worship the L-rd, the G-d of Israel, ate [the Pesach].
And the children of Israel who returned from the exile, and all [(the proselytes)], who had separated themselves from the uncleanliness of the nations of the land [to join] them [(Israel)], to worship the L-rd, the G-d of Israel, ate [the Pesach].
Rashi
וכל הנבדל. הם הגרים שנבדלו מטומאת העבוד' כוכבים לידבק בישראל:
and whoever separated They are the proselytes, who were separated from the defilement of the nations to cleave to Israel.
וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ חַג־מַצּוֹת שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בְּשִׂמְחָה כִּי ׀ שִׂמְּחָם יְהֹוָה וְֽהֵסֵב לֵב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר עֲלֵיהֶם לְחַזֵּק יְדֵיהֶם בִּמְלֶאכֶת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {פ}
And they celebrated the festival of matzoth with joy for seven days, for the L-rd caused them to rejoice. And He turned the heart of the king of Ashur to them [(the Jews living in his kingdom in the land of Ashur)] to strengthen their hand in [assisting in] the work of the house of G-d, the G-d of Israel.
And they celebrated the festival of matzoth with joy for seven days, for the L-rd caused them to rejoice. And He turned the heart of the king of Ashur to them [(the Jews living in his kingdom in the land of Ashur)] to strengthen their hand in [assisting in] the work of the house of G-d, the G-d of Israel.
Rashi
והסב לב מלך אשור עליהם. והקב"ה הסב לב מלך אשור על ישראל היושבים בממשלתו בארץ אשור להחזיקם ולסייע במלאכת הבנין:
and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them And the Holy One, blessed be He, turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward the Israelites who were dwelling under his dominion in the land of Assyria, to strengthen them and to assist in the work of the building.
את הפסח. עכשיו עשו ישראל את הפסח בי"ד בניסן זה הבא אחר אדר זה שהושלם הבנין בו:
the Passover [offering] Now Israel made the Passover offering on this fourteenth of Nissan, which followed this Adar, when the building was completed.