Tanach
Nechemyah 9:1-3 נחמיה ט׳:א׳-ג׳
Part of: Chapter 9
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וּבְיוֹם עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה נֶאֶסְפוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּצוֹם וּבְשַׂקִּים וַאֲדָמָה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel gathered together in fasting and in sackcloth and (with) earth upon them [i.e., upon their heads].
And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel gathered together in fasting and in sackcloth and (with) earth upon them [i.e., upon their heads].
Rashi
וַיִּבָּֽדְלוּ זֶרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל בְּנֵי נֵכָר וַיַּעַמְדוּ וַיִּתְוַדּוּ עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיהֶם וַעֲוֺנוֹת אֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃
And the seed of Israel were separated from all of the foreigners [i.e., the idolators, and from their foreign wives (viz. Ezra 9 and 10)], and they arose and made confession for their sins and for the transgressions of their fathers.
And the seed of Israel were separated from all of the foreigners [i.e., the idolators, and from their foreign wives (viz. Ezra 9 and 10)], and they arose and made confession for their sins and for the transgressions of their fathers.
Rashi
מכל בני נכר. ומנשיהם של העכו"ם כמו שנאמר למעלה:
from all the foreigners and from their wives of the heathen nations, as is stated above (Ezra 10).
וַיָּקוּמוּ עַל־עׇמְדָם וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרַת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם רְבִעִית הַיּוֹם וּרְבִעִית מִתְוַדִּים וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ {פ}
And they stood in their places and read in the scroll of the Torah of the L-rd their G d a quarter of the day, and (another) quarter, they made confession and prostrated themselves to the L-rd their G d.
And they stood in their places and read in the scroll of the Torah of the L-rd their G d a quarter of the day, and (another) quarter, they made confession and prostrated themselves to the L-rd their G d.
ואדמה עליהם. העלו עפר על ראשם:
and [with] earth upon them They had put earth on their heads.