Rashi, on Neh 12:31

“And I made the princes of Juda go up upon the wall, and I appointed two great choirs to give praise. And they went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dunghill gate.”

“upon the wall meaning that he sanctified the city, the princes, the tribunal, and the Levites with two thanksgiving offerings around the city, as is delineated in Tractate Shebuoth (14a, 15a, b), in order to sanctify the city. two...thanksgiving offerings two breads of the thanksgiving offerings, each bread being called a thanksgiving offering. with processions to the right And when they went out of the city in order to encompass it, they went to the right side.”

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.