Rashi, on Neh 9:1

“And in the four and twentieth day of the month the children of Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them.”

“and [with] earth upon them They had put earth on their heads.”

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.