| 1A song of ascents. Praiseworthy is every man who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. |
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אשִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּֽ֫עֲל֥וֹת אַ֖שְׁרֵי כָּל־יְרֵ֣א יְהֹוָ֑ה הַֽ֜הֹלֵ֗ךְ בִּדְרָכָֽיו: |
| A song of ascents. Praiseworthy is every man who fears the Lord: All of these are admonitions and disciplines. Because it is written, “Praiseworthy is the man”, “Praiseworthy is a man,” it therefore says here “every,” to include a woman. |
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שיר המעלות אשרי כל ירא ה':
כל אלו תוכחות ומוסרים לפי שכתוב אשרי האיש אשרי איש, לכך נאמר כאן כל לרבות אשה:
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| 2If you eat the toil of your hands, you are praiseworthy, and it is good for you. |
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ביְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֖פֶּיךָ כִּ֥י תֹאכֵ֑ל אַ֜שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְט֣וֹב לָֽךְ: |
| If… the toil of your hands: He who benefits from the toil of his hands inherits two worlds. In Tractate Berachoth (8a). |
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יגיע כפיך:
הנהנה מיגיע כפו נוחל שני עולמות (במס' ברכות):
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| 3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. |
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גאֶשְׁתְּךָ֚ | כְּגֶ֥פֶן פֹּֽרִיָּה֘ בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ בָּ֖נֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י זֵיתִ֑ים סָ֜בִ֗יב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ: |
| as a fruitful vine: Every woman whose blood is abundant will have many children. |
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כגפן פוריה:
בניה מרובין:
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| in the innermost parts of your house: Because it is customary to have marital relations in secret. Another explanation: |
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בירכתי ביתך:
לפי שדרך תשמיש להיות בצנעה. דבר אחר:
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| in the innermost parts: If your wife is menstruating, put her into the innermost parts of your house so that you will not become accustomed to being with her. |
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בירכתי:
אם אשתך נידה תשימנה בירכתי ביתך שלא תתרגל אצלה:
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| your sons will be like olive shoots: Just as olive trees cannot be grafted, so will your sons not have any disqualification. |
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בניך כשתילי זיתים:
מה זיתים אין להם הרכבה כך אין בבניך פסול:
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| 4Behold that so will a man who fears the Lord be blessed. |
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דהִנֵּ֣ה כִי־כֵ֖ן יְבֹ֥רַךְ גָּ֜֗בֶר יְרֵ֣א יְהֹוָֽה: |
| 5May the Lord bless you from Zion, and see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. |
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היְבָֽרֶכְךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֗ה מִצִּ֫יּ֥וֹן וּ֖רְאֵה בְּט֣וּב יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כֹּ֜֗ל יְמֵ֣י חַיֶּֽיךָ: |
| from Zion: which is the gate of heaven. Moreover, in the merit of Zion they would be fruitful and multiply, as it is written (I Kings 4: 20): “Judah and Israel [were] many.” |
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מציון:
שהוא שער השמים:
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| the good of Jerusalem: And you shall rejoice with all the good. |
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בטוב ירושלים:
ושמחת בכל הטוב:
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| 6And may you see children [born] to your children, [and see] peace upon Israel. |
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ווּרְאֵֽה־בָנִ֥ים לְבָנֶ֑יךָ שָׁ֜ל֗וֹם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| And may you see children [born] to your children: and they shall not come to quarrel about halitzah, [since that is performed only if there are no children,] and then there will be peace upon Israel (addendum). |
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וראה בנים לבניך:
ולא יבואו לקטטה עבור חליצה ואז שלום על ישראל תוספות:
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| children [born] to your children: They will inherit the estate, and no woman will be subject to the levir [in a levirate marriage]. Then there will be peace in the world. |
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בנים לבניך:
ירשו נחלה ואין אשה זקוקה ליבם אז שלום בעולם:
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