Rashi, on Neh 6:11

“And I said: Should such a man as I Bee? and who is there that being as I am, would go into the temple, to save his life? I will not go in.”

“Will a man like me flee This is a question: Will a man like me flee to enter the Temple? I will not enter I will not enter there because of fear of death, and I will not transgress the commandments of the Holy One, blessed be He, that a stranger (a non-Kohen) may not enter His Temple.”

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.