Rashi, on Eccl 3:22

“And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?”

“And I saw in all of these. that there is nothing better for man. than that man rejoice in his deeds in the toil of his hands he should rejoice and eat, but not to widen his desire like the grave, to covet riches, to accumulate that which is not his. for that is his portion The toil of his hands—that is his portion given him from Heaven, and with it he will rejoice. for who will bring him to see after he dies, what his sons will have; if they too will prosper with the riches that he gathered and left over for them or whether they will not prosper.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.