Tanach
Nechemyah 7:72-8:4 נחמיה ז׳:ע״ב-ח׳:ד׳
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וַיֵּשְׁבוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִים וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִים וּמִן־הָעָם וְהַנְּתִינִים וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעָרֵיהֶם {ס} וַיִּגַּע הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעָרֵיהֶֽם׃
And the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the singers and some of the people [(those of Judah and Benjamin)] and the Nethinim and all of Israel [(those of the other tribes)] dwelt in their cities [(i.e., what had been the cities of their inheritance before they were exiled)]. And the seventh month arrived and the children of Israel were in their cities.
And the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers and the singers and some of the people [(those of Judah and Benjamin)] and the Nethinim and all of Israel [(those of the other tribes)] dwelt in their cities [(i.e., what had been the cities of their inheritance before they were exiled)]. And the seventh month arrived and the children of Israel were in their cities.
וַיֵּאָסְפוּ כׇל־הָעָם כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד אֶל־הָרְחוֹב אֲשֶׁר לִפְנֵי שַֽׁעַר־הַמָּיִם וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ לְעֶזְרָא הַסֹּפֵר לְהָבִיא אֶת־סֵפֶר תּוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And all the people gathered as one man to the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the scroll of the Torah of Moses which the L-rd had commanded to Israel.
And all the people gathered as one man to the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the scroll of the Torah of Moses which the L-rd had commanded to Israel.
וַיָּבִיא עֶזְרָא הַכֹּהֵן אֶֽת־הַתּוֹרָה לִפְנֵי הַקָּהָל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁה וְכֹל מֵבִין לִשְׁמֹעַ בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִֽי׃
And Ezra the priest brought the Torah before the congregation, from man to woman and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month [i.e., Rosh Hashanah].
And Ezra the priest brought the Torah before the congregation, from man to woman and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month [i.e., Rosh Hashanah].
Rashi
וַיִּקְרָא־בוֹ לִפְנֵי הָרְחוֹב אֲשֶׁר ׀ לִפְנֵי שַֽׁעַר־הַמַּיִם מִן־הָאוֹר עַד־מַחֲצִית הַיּוֹם נֶגֶד הָאֲנָשִׁים וְהַנָּשִׁים וְהַמְּבִינִים וְאׇזְנֵי כׇל־הָעָם אֶל־סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָֽה׃
And he read in it before the square in front of the Water Gate from daylight until midday before the men, the women, and (the others) who understood. And the ears of all the people were to the Torah scroll.
And he read in it before the square in front of the Water Gate from daylight until midday before the men, the women, and (the others) who understood. And the ears of all the people were to the Torah scroll.
Rashi
מן האור. של תחלת היום:
from the light of the beginning of the day.
אל ספר התורה. היו כל העם מטים אזניהם:
to the Scroll of the Law All the people inclined their ears.
וַֽיַּעֲמֹד עֶזְרָא הַסֹּפֵר עַֽל־מִגְדַּל־עֵץ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לַדָּבָר וַיַּֽעֲמֹד אֶצְלוֹ מַתִּתְיָה וְשֶׁמַע וַעֲנָיָה וְאוּרִיָּה וְחִלְקִיָּה וּמַעֲשֵׂיָה עַל־יְמִינוֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלוֹ פְּדָיָה וּמִֽישָׁאֵל וּמַלְכִּיָּה וְחָשֻׁם וְחַשְׁבַּדָּנָה זְכַרְיָה מְשֻׁלָּֽם׃ {פ}
And Ezra stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the thing [(the reading of the Torah scroll)]. And there stood next to him: Matithyah, Shema, Anayah, Uriah, Chilkiyah, and Ma'aseyah, on his right; and, on his left, Pedayah, Mishael, Malkiyah, Chusham, Chashbadnah, Zecharyah, and Meshulam.
And Ezra stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the thing [(the reading of the Torah scroll)]. And there stood next to him: Matithyah, Shema, Anayah, Uriah, Chilkiyah, and Ma'aseyah, on his right; and, on his left, Pedayah, Mishael, Malkiyah, Chusham, Chashbadnah, Zecharyah, and Meshulam.
Rashi
אשר עשו לדבר. אותו מגדל עץ עשו לשם כך לקרות שם עליו ספר התורה:
on a wooden tower That wooden tower was made for the purpose of reading the Scroll of the Law upon it.
ביום אחד לחדש השביעי. הוא יום של ראש השנה:
on the first day of the seventh month That is the day of Rosh Hashanah.