Tanach
Melachim I 8:54-9:1 מלכים א ח׳:נ״ד-ט׳:א׳
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וַיְהִי ׀ כְּכַלּוֹת שְׁלֹמֹה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל אֶל־יְהֹוָה אֵת כׇּל־הַתְּפִלָּה וְהַתְּחִנָּה הַזֹּאת קָם מִלִּפְנֵי מִזְבַּח יְהֹוָה מִכְּרֹעַ עַל־בִּרְכָּיו וְכַפָּיו פְּרֻשׂוֹת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
And when Shlomo finished praying to Adonoy, this entire prayer and plea, he got up from before the Altar of Adonoy, from kneeling on his knees, and his hands spread heavenward.
And when Shlomo finished praying to Adonoy, this entire prayer and plea, he got up from before the Altar of Adonoy, from kneeling on his knees, and his hands spread heavenward.
וַיַּעֲמֹד וַיְבָרֶךְ אֵת כׇּל־קְהַל יִשְׂרָאֵל קוֹל גָּדוֹל לֵאמֹֽר׃
And he stood and blessed the entire congregation of Yisroel in a loud voice, saying.
And he stood and blessed the entire congregation of Yisroel in a loud voice, saying.
בָּרוּךְ יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַן מְנוּחָה לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר לֹֽא־נָפַל דָּבָר אֶחָד מִכֹּל דְּבָרוֹ הַטּוֹב אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד מֹשֶׁה עַבְדּֽוֹ׃
“Blessed is Adonoy who has given respite to His people, Yisroel, like all that He had said; not one thing was lacking [in fulfillment] from all His good words that He spoke through the hand of Moshe, His servant.
“Blessed is Adonoy who has given respite to His people, Yisroel, like all that He had said; not one thing was lacking [in fulfillment] from all His good words that He spoke through the hand of Moshe, His servant.
Rashi
יְהִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ עִמָּנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־אֲבֹתֵינוּ אַל־יַעַזְבֵנוּ וְאַֽל־יִטְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃
May Adonoy, our God be with us as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us and not reject us.
May Adonoy, our God be with us as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us and not reject us.
לְהַטּוֹת לְבָבֵנוּ אֵלָיו לָלֶכֶת בְּכׇל־דְּרָכָיו וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו וְחֻקָּיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה אֶת־אֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃
May he turn our hearts to Him; to walk in all His ways, to preserve His Mitzvos, His statutes and His judgements that He commanded our fathers.
May he turn our hearts to Him; to walk in all His ways, to preserve His Mitzvos, His statutes and His judgements that He commanded our fathers.
וְיִֽהְיוּ דְבָרַי אֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר הִתְחַנַּנְתִּי לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה קְרֹבִים אֶל־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה לַעֲשׂוֹת ׀ מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדּוֹ וּמִשְׁפַּט עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃
And may these words of mine that I have pleaded before Adonoy, be near to Adonoy, our God day and night, to do justice to His servant, and the justice of His people, Yisroel, fulfilling the need of each day, on that day.
And may these words of mine that I have pleaded before Adonoy, be near to Adonoy, our God day and night, to do justice to His servant, and the justice of His people, Yisroel, fulfilling the need of each day, on that day.
Rashi
לעשות משפט עבדו ומשפט עמו. לתבוע עלבונם מיד האויב:
To do justice to His servant and the justice of His people. To avenge their humiliation from their enemy.33Alternatively, משפט means “needs,” and the translation of the verse is, “to provide the needs of His servant and the needs of His people.”—Metzudas Tzion
לְמַעַן דַּעַת כׇּל־עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ כִּי יְהֹוָה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים אֵין עֽוֹד׃
So that all the peoples of the earth will know that Adonoy is God, there is nothing else.
So that all the peoples of the earth will know that Adonoy is God, there is nothing else.
וְהָיָה לְבַבְכֶם שָׁלֵם עִם יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לָלֶכֶת בְּחֻקָּיו וְלִשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
And may your hearts be completely whole with Adonoy, our God, to follow His statutes and to preserve His mitzvos, as they are this day.”
And may your hearts be completely whole with Adonoy, our God, to follow His statutes and to preserve His mitzvos, as they are this day.”
וְֽהַמֶּלֶךְ וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ זֹבְחִים זֶבַח לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָֽה׃
And the king and all of Yisroel with him sacrificed sacrifices to Adonoy.
And the king and all of Yisroel with him sacrificed sacrifices to Adonoy.
וַיִּזְבַּח שְׁלֹמֹה אֵת זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים אֲשֶׁר זָבַח לַיהֹוָה בָּקָר עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁנַיִם אֶלֶף וְצֹאן מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אָלֶף וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ אֶת־בֵּית יְהֹוָה הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכׇל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And Shlomo sacrificed peace-offerings that he sacrificed to Adonoy [consisting of] twenty two thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep, and [with this] the House of Adonoy was dedicated by the king and all of Bnei Yisroel.
And Shlomo sacrificed peace-offerings that he sacrificed to Adonoy [consisting of] twenty two thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep, and [with this] the House of Adonoy was dedicated by the king and all of Bnei Yisroel.
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא קִדַּשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־תּוֹךְ הֶחָצֵר אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי בֵית־יְהֹוָה כִּי־עָשָׂה שָׁם אֶת־הָֽעֹלָה וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה וְאֵת חֶלְבֵי הַשְּׁלָמִים כִּֽי־מִזְבַּח הַנְּחֹשֶׁת אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה קָטֹן מֵֽהָכִיל אֶת־הָעֹלָה וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָה וְאֵת חֶלְבֵי הַשְּׁלָמִֽים׃
On that day the king sanctified the inside of the Courtyard that was in front of the House of Adonoy, for there he offered burnt-offerings, and meal-offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, for the Copper Altar that was before Adonoy was too small to contain the burnt-offerings and the meal-offerings and the fat of the peace offerings.
On that day the king sanctified the inside of the Courtyard that was in front of the House of Adonoy, for there he offered burnt-offerings, and meal-offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, for the Copper Altar that was before Adonoy was too small to contain the burnt-offerings and the meal-offerings and the fat of the peace offerings.
Rashi
את תוך החצר. דברים ככתבן, דברי רבי יהודה קדש את רצפת העזרה בקדושת מזבח, להקטיר על הרצפה (זבחים נט א):
The inside of the Courtyard. These words are to be taken literally, according to Rabbi Yehudah; [i.e.,] he hallowed the floor of the court with the [same] sanctity of the Altar, [enabling one] to offer sacrifices on the floor.34Maseches Zevochim 59a.
כי מזבח הנחשת. מזבח האבנים שעשה תחת מזבח הנחושת:
For the copper altar. The stone altar that he [Shlomo] constructed in lieu of the copper altar.35According to Ralbag, the copper was primarily made of stone but was plated with copper.
קטן מהכיל את העולה ואת המנחה. שהרבו להביא אמר לו רבי יוסי: והלא כבר נאמר (לעיל ג ד): אלף עולות יעלה שלמה על המזבח, שעשה משה, וכשאתה מגיע לחשבון אמות ולמנין עולות, זה של אבנים גדול משל משה, שמזבח משה מקום מערכתו אמה על אמה, וזהו היה מקום מערכתו עשרים וארבע על עשרים וארבע, הרי של שלמה חמש מאות שבעים ושש כשל משה (זבחים נט ב). אם כן מהו קידש המלך את תוך החצר, שקבע בו מזבח של אבנים מחובר ברצפה (שם סא):
Too small to contain the burnt-offerings and the meal offerings. For they brought many. Rabbi Yose said to him [Rabbi Yehudah], “Is it not already written, ‘Shlomo offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon that altar,’36I Melochim 3:4. which Moshe had made,” and when you compute the number of amohs and the number of burnt offerings, this one of stones was larger than Moshe’s, for on Moshe’s altar the place used for the sacrifice, was one amoh by one amoh, but this one’s place used for the sacrifice was twenty-four [amohs] by twenty-four [amohs]. Therefore Shlomo’s [altar] was 576 times as large as Moshe’s.37See Maseches Zevochim 59b. If so, what is the meaning of, “the king sanctified the middle of the Courtyard?” [It means] that he set the stone altar into it, firmly connected to the floor.38Ibid.
קטן מהכיל. בשל משה הוא אומר, כאדם שאומר לחבירו: ננס פלוני ופסול לעבודה (שם נט ב):
Was too small to contain. He is referring to Moshe’s [altar], like a person says to his friend, “So and so is a dwarf,” [i.e.,] he is disqualified to perform the service.39See Bamidbar 34:5, 8. There, Targum Yonoson Ben Uziel identifies the “Brook of Egypt” [מצרים נחלה] as the Nile River.
וַיַּעַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹה בָעֵת־הַהִיא ׀ אֶת־הֶחָג וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמּוֹ קָהָל גָּדוֹל מִלְּבוֹא חֲמָת ׀ עַד־נַחַל מִצְרַיִם לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ שִׁבְעַת יָמִים וְשִׁבְעַת יָמִים אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יֽוֹם׃
And Shlomo celebrated the chag at that time, and all of Yisroel were with him, a huge congregation, [stretching] from the entrance of Chamos to the Brook of Egypt, in the presence of Adonoy, our God, [lasting] seven days and seven [more] days, a total of fourteen days.
And Shlomo celebrated the chag at that time, and all of Yisroel were with him, a huge congregation, [stretching] from the entrance of Chamos to the Brook of Egypt, in the presence of Adonoy, our God, [lasting] seven days and seven [more] days, a total of fourteen days.
Rashi
מלבוא חמת. שהיא בצפונה של ארץ ישראל:
[Stretching] from the entrance of Chamos. Located in the north of Eretz Yisroel.
עד נחל מצרים. שהיא כנגדו בדרומה, באלה מסעי (במדבר לד פסוקים ה ח):
To the Brook of Egypt. Which is opposite it, in the south, [as is delineated] in [the section entitled], “These are the travels.”40The Rabbis in Maseches Mo’ed Katan 9a, deduce from the redundancy of this phrase [“seven days and seven more days”], that one is not permitted to combine one שמחה with another, e.g., one is not allowed to celebrate a wedding on Chol Hamoed.
שבעת ימים. של חינוך:
Seven days. Of inauguration.
ושבעת ימים. חג הסוכות, נמצא שאכלו ושתו ביום הכיפורים (מועד קטן ט א):
And seven [more] days. Of Succos.41See Maseches Mo’ed Katan 9a and Rashi there. It is found that they ate and drank on Yom Kippur.42They began to celebrate on the eighth of Tishrei and continued for the next fourteen days. Thus, the third day of the dedication was Yom Kippur, the tenth of Tishrei.
בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי שִׁלַּח אֶת־הָעָם וַֽיְבָרְכוּ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֵּלְכוּ לְאׇהֳלֵיהֶם שְׂמֵחִים וְטוֹבֵי לֵב עַל כׇּל־הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה לְדָוִד עַבְדּוֹ וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמּֽוֹ׃
On the eighth day, he sent the people off and they blessed the king, and they returned to their homes happy and with good hearts [spirits], for all the goodness that Adonoy had done for Dovid, His servant and for Yisroel, His people.
On the eighth day, he sent the people off and they blessed the king, and they returned to their homes happy and with good hearts [spirits], for all the goodness that Adonoy had done for Dovid, His servant and for Yisroel, His people.
Rashi
לדוד עבדו. להודיע שמחל לו עונותיו, כדאיתא במועד קטן (שם): בשעה שבקש שלמה להכניס הארון לבית קדשי הקדשים, דבקו שערים זה בזה:
For Dovid His servant. To make known that He forgave them their sins, as we find in [Maseches] Mo’ed Katan.43 9a. When Shlomo wished to bring the Ark into the Holy of Holies, the gates clung to one another.
ולישראל עמו. שמחל להם על עון יום הכפורים, ויצתה בת קול ואמרה: כולכם מזומנים לחיי העולם הבא (שם):
And for Yisroel His people. That He forgave them the sin of Yom Kippur,44I.e., for having eaten on Yom Kippur. and a Bas Kol emanated and declared, “All of you are prepared for the life of the World to Come.”45Maseches Mo’ed Katan 9a.
וַֽיְהִי כְּכַלּוֹת שְׁלֹמֹה לִבְנוֹת אֶת־בֵּית־יְהֹוָה וְאֶת־בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֵת כׇּל־חֵשֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹה אֲשֶׁר חָפֵץ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ {פ}
And it was when Shlomo completed building the Beis Hamikdosh of Adonoy and the house of the king, and all the desires of Shlomo that he wished to do.
And it was when Shlomo completed building the Beis Hamikdosh of Adonoy and the house of the king, and all the desires of Shlomo that he wished to do.
ככל אשר דבר. והיכן דבר, והניח לכם מכל אויביכם (דברים יב י):
Like all that He had said. And where did He speak? “And He will grant you rest from all your enemies.”32Devarim 12:10.