Tanach
Malachi 2:10-12 מלאכי ב׳:י׳-י״ב
Part of: Chapter 2
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הֲלוֹא אָב אֶחָד לְכֻלָּנוּ הֲלוֹא אֵל אֶחָד בְּרָאָנוּ מַדּוּעַ נִבְגַּד אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו לְחַלֵּל בְּרִית אֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃
Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, to profane the covenant of our fathers?
Rashi
בָּגְדָה יְהוּדָה וְתוֹעֵבָה נֶעֶשְׂתָה בְיִשְׂרָאֵל וּבִירוּשָׁלָ͏ִם כִּי ׀ חִלֵּל יְהוּדָה קֹדֶשׁ יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר אָהֵב וּבָעַל בַּת־אֵל נֵכָֽר׃
Yehuda has dealt treacherously, and a disgusting thing has been done in Yisra᾽el and in Yerushalayim; for Yehuda has profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.
Yehuda has dealt treacherously, and a disgusting thing has been done in Yisra᾽el and in Yerushalayim; for Yehuda has profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.
Rashi
כִּי חִלֵּל יְהוּדָה. אֶת עַצְמוֹ, שֶׁהָיָה קֹדֶשׁ לַה׳, ״רֵאשִׁית תְּבוּאָתוֹ״ (ירמיהו ב:ג).
for Judah has profaned himself, who was the holy one of the Lord, the first of His grain.
וּבָעַל בַּת אֵל נֵכָר. שֶׁנָּשְׂאוּ נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֹת בְּבָבֶל, וַאֲפִלּוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ בְּסֵפֶר (עזרא ט). וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ: מַלְאָכִי זֶה עֶזְרָא.
and married the daughter of a foreign god that they married gentile women in Babylon, and even the priests, as is delineated in the Book of Ezra (chap. 9 and 10). Our Sages said that Malachi is Ezra.
יַכְרֵת יְהֹוָה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂנָּה עֵר וְעֹנֶה מֵאׇהֳלֵי יַעֲקֹב וּמַגִּישׁ מִנְחָה לַיהֹוָה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ {פ}
The Lord will cut off from the man that does this all living offspring from the tents of Ya῾aqov, or any to present an offering to the Lord of hosts.
The Lord will cut off from the man that does this all living offspring from the tents of Ya῾aqov, or any to present an offering to the Lord of hosts.
Rashi
עֵר וְעֹנֶה. עֵר בַּתַּלְמִידִים, וְעֹנֶה בַּחֲכָמִים. ״עֵר״ – לְשׁוֹן ׳אָדָם חָרִיף׳.
one of acuity or erudition An ingenious one among the students, and one who can answer among the sages. עֵר An expression of an ingenious person.
וּמַגִּישׁ מִנְחָה. וְאִם כֹּהֵן הוּא, לֹא יִהְיֶה לוֹ בֵּן מַגִּישׁ מִנְחָה.
and one who offers up an offering And if he is a priest, he will not have a son who offers up an offering.
לְחַלֵּל בְּרִית אֲבֹתֵינוּ. בְּרִית שֶׁכָּרַת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא עִם אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בְּסִינַי.
to profane the covenant of our forefathers The covenant that the Holy One, blessed be He, formed with our forefathers at Sinai.