A citation from the library
Rashi, on Neh 8:9
Rashi · 1040–1105
Neh 8:9 · Douay-Rheims
“And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.”
On this verse:
“The day is holy because it is the day of Rosh Hashanah. for all the people were weeping because they did not uphold the Torah appropriately.”
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.