Tanach
Nechemyah 8:9-12 נחמיה ח׳:ט׳-י״ב
Part of: Chapter 8
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וַיֹּאמֶר נְחֶמְיָה הוּא הַתִּרְשָׁתָא וְעֶזְרָא הַכֹּהֵן ׀ הַסֹּפֵר וְהַלְוִיִּם הַמְּבִינִים אֶת־הָעָם לְכׇל־הָעָם הַיּוֹם קָדֹֽשׁ־הוּא לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם אַל־תִּֽתְאַבְּלוּ וְאַל־תִּבְכּוּ כִּי בוֹכִים כׇּל־הָעָם כְּשׇׁמְעָם אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַתּוֹרָֽה׃
And Nechemiah (Tirshatha) and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites, the edifiers of the people, said to all the people: This day is holy to the L-rd your G d; do not mourn and do not weep. For all the people wept [(for their remissness in fulfilling the Torah)] when they heard the words of the Torah.
And Nechemiah (Tirshatha) and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites, the edifiers of the people, said to all the people: This day is holy to the L-rd your G d; do not mourn and do not weep. For all the people wept [(for their remissness in fulfilling the Torah)] when they heard the words of the Torah.
Rashi
כי בוכים כל העם. מפני שלא קיימו התורה כראוי:
for all the people were weeping because they did not uphold the Torah appropriately.
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם לְכוּ אִכְלוּ מַשְׁמַנִּים וּשְׁתוּ מַֽמְתַקִּים וְשִׁלְחוּ מָנוֹת לְאֵין נָכוֹן לוֹ כִּֽי־קָדוֹשׁ הַיּוֹם לַאֲדֹנֵינוּ וְאַל־תֵּעָצֵבוּ כִּֽי־חֶדְוַת יְהֹוָה הִיא מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃
And he said to them: Go, eat fat things and drink sweet things and send portions to him [i.e., to the poor one] who has no [food] readied. For this day is holy to our L-rd. And do not be sad, for the L-rd's joy is your stronghold.
And he said to them: Go, eat fat things and drink sweet things and send portions to him [i.e., to the poor one] who has no [food] readied. For this day is holy to our L-rd. And do not be sad, for the L-rd's joy is your stronghold.
Rashi
לאין נכון לו. לעני שאין מזומן לו מאכלו:
to whoever has nothing prepared to a poor man who has no food prepared for himself.
וְהַלְוִיִּם מַחְשִׁים לְכׇל־הָעָם לֵאמֹר הַסּוּ כִּי הַיּוֹם קָדֹשׁ וְאַל־תֵּעָצֵֽבוּ׃
And the Levites hushed all the people, saying: Be still, for this is a holy day; do not be sad.
And the Levites hushed all the people, saying: Be still, for this is a holy day; do not be sad.
Rashi
מחשים. היו מזהירין לכל העם לחשות שלא יבכו עוד:
quieted They admonished all the people to be quiet, that they should weep no longer.
הסו. ל' שתיקה כמו ויהס כלב (מדבר י"ג):
Hush Heb. הַסוּ, an expression of silence, like (Num. 13:30): “And Caleb hushed (וַיַהַס).”
וַיֵּלְכוּ כׇל־הָעָם לֶאֱכֹל וְלִשְׁתּוֹת וּלְשַׁלַּח מָנוֹת וְלַעֲשׂוֹת שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָה כִּי הֵבִינוּ בַּדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹדִיעוּ לָהֶֽם׃ {פ}
And all the people went to eat and to drink and to send portions and to make great festivity, for they understood the things whereof they apprised them.
And all the people went to eat and to drink and to send portions and to make great festivity, for they understood the things whereof they apprised them.
היום קדוש. כי יום ר"ה הוא:
The day is holy because it is the day of Rosh Hashanah.