| 54And it was, as Solomon finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread out toward heaven. |
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נדוַיְהִ֣י | כְּכַלּ֣וֹת שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־הַתְּפִלָּ֥ה וְהַתְּחִנָּ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את קָ֞ם מִלִּפְנֵ֨י מִזְבַּ֚ח יְהֹוָה֙ מִכְּרֹ֣עַ עַל־בִּרְכָּ֔יו וְכַפָּ֖יו פְּרֻשֹ֥וֹת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם: |
| 55And he stood, and blessed the entire congregation of Israel (with) a loud voice, saying, |
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נהוַֽיַּעֲמֹ֕ד וַיְבָ֕רֶךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ק֥וֹל גָּד֖וֹל לֵאמֹֽר: |
| 56"Blessed (be) the Lord, Who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He spoke; there has not failed one word of all his good word, that He spoke through Moses His servant. |
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נובָּר֣וּךְ יְהֹוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֚ן מְנוּחָה֙ לְעַמּ֣וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֵּ֑ר לֹֽא־נָפַ֞ל דָּבָ֣ר אֶחָ֗ד מִכֹּל֙ דְּבָר֣וֹ הַטּ֔וֹב אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד משֶׁ֥ה עַבְדּֽוֹ: |
| According to all that he spoke. And where did he speak this? [As it is written], “And He shall give you rest from all your enemies [round about]” (Deuteronomy 12:10). |
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כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר.
וְהֵיכָן דִּבֵּר: וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכָּל אוֹיְבֵיכֶם.
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| 57May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our forefathers; let Him not leave us, nor forsake us. |
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נזיְהִ֨י יְהֹוָ֚ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ עִמָּ֔נוּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה עִם־אֲבֹתֵ֑ינוּ אַל־יַעַזְבֵ֖נוּ וְאַֽל־יִטְּשֵֽׁנוּ: |
| 58That He may incline our hearts to Him, to go in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our forefathers. |
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נחלְהַטּ֥וֹת לְבָבֵ֖נוּ אֵלָ֑יו לָלֶ֣כֶת בְּכָל־דְּרָכָ֗יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר מִצְוֹתָ֚יו וְחֻקָּיו֙ וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖ה אֶת־אֲבֹתֵֽינוּ: |
| 59And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the Lord, be close to the Lord our God, day and night, that He sustain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, each day's need granted on its day. |
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נטוְיִֽהְי֨וּ דְבָרַ֜י אֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֚ר הִתְחַנַּ֙נְתִּי֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה קְרֹבִ֛ים אֶל־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה לַעֲשֹ֣וֹת | מִשְׁפַּ֣ט עַבְדּ֗וֹ וּמִשְׁפַּ֛ט עַמּ֥וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ: |
| that He sustain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel. to avenge their humiliation from their adversaries. |
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לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפַּט עַבְדּוֹ וּמִשְׁפַּט עַמּוֹ.
לִתְבֹּעַ עֶלְבּוֹנָם מִיַּד הָאוֹיֵב.
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| 60So that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God: there is none else. |
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סלְמַ֗עַן דַּעַת כָּל־עַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֖ין עֽוֹד: |
| 61Let your heart, [therefore], be whole with the Lord our God, to follow His statutes and to keep His precepts as of this day. |
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סאוְהָיָ֚ה לְבַבְכֶם֙ שָׁלֵ֔ם עִ֖ם יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לָלֶ֧כֶת בְּחֻקָּ֛יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֹתָ֖יו כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה: |
| 62And the King and all Israel with him slaughtered sacrifices before the Lord. |
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סבוְֽהַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עִמּ֑וֹ זֹבְחִ֥ים זֶ֖בַח לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה: |
| 63And Solomon slaughtered the peace- offerings that he slaughtered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. [With this] the King and all the children of Israel inaugurated the Temple of the Lord. |
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סגוַיִּזְבַּ֣ח שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אֵ֣ת זֶ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֘ אֲשֶׁ֣ר זָבַ֣ח לַיהֹוָה֒ בָּקָ֗ר עֶשְׂרִ֚ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ אֶ֔לֶף וְצֹ֕אן מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים אָֽלֶף וַֽיַּחְנְכוּ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יְהֹוָ֔ה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְכָל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל: |
| 64On that day the King consecrated the middle of the court that was before the Temple of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt-offerings (and) the meal-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings, for the copper altar that was before the Lord was too small to contain the burnt-offerings (and) the meal-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings. |
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סדבַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא קִדַּ֨שׁ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־תּ֣וֹךְ הֶחָצֵ֗ר אֲשֶׁר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י בֵית־יְהֹוָ֔ה כִּי־עָ֣שָׂה שָׁ֗ם אֶת־הָֽעֹלָה֙ וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה וְאֵ֖ת חֶלְבֵ֣י הַשְּׁלָמִ֑ים כִּֽי־מִזְבַּ֚ח הַנְּח֙שֶׁת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה קָטֹ֗ן מֵֽהָכִיל֙ אֶת־הָעֹלָ֣ה וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה וְאֵ֖ת חֶלְבֵ֥י הַשְּׁלָמִֽים: |
| The same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard. These words are to be taken literally. This is Rabbi Yehudah’s view. [Solomon] hallowed the pavement of the court with the sanctity of the altar, in order to offer sacrifices on the pavement. |
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אֶת תּוֹךְ הֶחָצֵר.
דְּבָרִים כִּכְתָבָן, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. קִדֵּשׁ אֶת רִצְפַּת הָעֲזָרָה בִּקְדֻשַּׁת מִזְבֵּחַ, לְהַקְטִיר עַל הָרִצְפָּה.
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| For the copper altar. [i.e., the stone altar] that Solomon constructed in lieu of the copper altar [of Moses]. |
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כִּי מִזְבַּח הַנְּחשֶׁת.
מִזְבַּח הָאֲבָנִים שֶׁעָשָׂה תַּחַת מִזְבַּח הַנְּחשֶׁת.
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| was too small to contain the burnt offerings and the meal offerings. for they brought very many. Rabbi Jose said to him, Is it not already written (Kings 1:3), “One thousand burnt offerings Solomon offered on that altar which Moses had made,” and when one computes the number of cubits and the number of burnt offerings, [he will find that] this one of stones was larger than Moses’, for on Moses’ altar the place of the ‘maarachah,’ the place usually used for the sacrifice, was but one cubit by one cubit, whereas on this one the place of its ‘maarachah’ was twenty-four cubits by twenty-four cubits. Hence Solomon’s was 576 times as large as that of Moses. If so, what is the meaning of “the king consecrated the middle of the court?” It means that he set the stone altar into it, fastened to the floor. |
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קָטֹן מֵהָכִיל אֶת הָעוֹלָה וְאֶת הַמִּנְחָה.
שֶׁהִרְבּוּ לְהָבִיא. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יוֹסִי: וַהֲלֹא כְּבָר נֶאֱמַר: אֶלֶף עוֹלוֹת יַעֲלֶה שְׁלֹמֹה עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שֶׁעָשָׂה משֶׁה, וּכְשֶׁאַתָּה מַגִּיעַ לְחֶשְׁבּוֹן אַמּוֹת וּלְמִנְיַן עוֹלוֹת, זֶה שֶׁל אֲבָנִים גָּדוֹל מִשֶּׁל משֶׁה, שֶׁמִּזְבַּח משֶׁה מְקוֹם מַעֲרַכְתּוֹ אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה, וְזֶהוּ הָיָה מְקוֹם מַעֲרַכְתּוֹ עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע עַל עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבַּע, הֲרֵי שֶׁל שְׁלֹמֹה חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שִׁבְעִים וְשֵׁשׁ כְּשֶׁל משֶׁה, אִם כֵּן מַהוּ: קִדַּשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת תּוֹךְ הֶחָצֵר, שֶׁקָּבַע בּוֹ מִזְבֵּחַ שֶׁל אֲבָנִים מְחֻבָּר בָּרִצְפָּה.
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| was too small to contain. [According to Rabbi Jose] he is referring to that of Moses, like one who says to his friend, ‘So-and-so is a dwarf,’ meaning that he is disqualified to perform the sacrificial service. |
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קָטֹן מֵהָכִיל.
בְּשֶׁל משֶׁה הוּא אוֹמֵר, כְּאָדָם שֶׁאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵרוֹ: נַנָּס פְּלוֹנִי וּפָסוּל לַעֲבוֹדָה.
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| 65Now Solomon observed the Feast at that time and all Israel with him, a great assemblage from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, [totalling] fourteen days. |
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סהוַיַּ֣עַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בָֽעֵת־הַהִ֣יא | אֶת־הֶחָ֡ג וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עִמּוֹ֩ קָהָ֨ל גָּד֜וֹל מִלְּב֥וֹא חֲמָ֣ת | עַד־נַ֣חַל מִצְרַ֗יִם לִפְנֵי֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים וְשִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָֹ֖ר יֽוֹם: |
| from the entrance to Hamath. which is in the north of Eretz Israel. |
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מִלְּבוֹא חֲמָת.
שֶׁהִיא בִּצְפוֹנָהּ שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל.
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| to the Brook of Egypt. which is opposite it in the south, as is delineated in the section entitled אֵלֶה מַסְעֵי (Num. 34:5-8). |
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עַד נַחַל מִצְרַיִם.
שֶׁהִיא כְּנֶגְדּוֹ בִּדְרוֹמָהּ, בְּאֵלֶּה מַסְעֵי.
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| seven days. of the inauguration |
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שִׁבְעַת יָמִים.
שֶׁל חִנּוּךְ.
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| and seven days. of Succoth. It is found that they ate and drank on Yom Kippur. |
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וְשִׁבְעַת יָמִים.
חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת, נִמְצָא שֶׁאָכְלוּ וְשָׁתוּ בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים.
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| 66On the eighth day he dismissed the people, and they blessed the King and went to their homes, rejoicing and delighted of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had wrought for David His servant and for Israel His people. |
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סובַּיּ֚וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִי֙ שִׁלַּ֣ח אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וַֽיְבָרֲכ֖וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֵּלְכ֣וּ לְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם שְׂמֵחִים֙ וְט֣וֹבֵי לֵ֔ב עַ֣ל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָֹ֚ה יְהֹוָה֙ לְדָוִ֣ד עַבְדּ֔וֹ וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַמּֽוֹ: |
| for David His servant. to make known that He had forgiven him his sins, as we find in Moed Katan (9a): When Solomon wished [to bring] the Ark into the Holy of Holies, the gates clung to one another. |
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לְדָוִד עַבְדּוֹ.
לְהוֹדִיעַ שֶׁמָּחַל לוֹ עֲוֹנוֹתָיו, כִּדְאִיתָא בְּמוֹעֵד קָטָן: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁבִּקֵּשׁ שְׁלֹמֹה לְהַכְנִיס הָאָרוֹן לְבֵית קָדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים, דָּבְקוּ שְׁעָרִים זֶה בָּזֶה.
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| and for Israel His people. that He forgave them the sin of Yom Kippur, and a Bath-Kol [heavenly voice] emanated and declared: All of you are prepared for the life of the World to Come. |
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וּלְיִשְׂרָאֵל עַמּוֹ.
שֶׁמָּחַל לָהֶם עַל עֲוֹן יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים, וְיָצְתָה בַּת קוֹל וְאָמְרָה: כֻלְּכֶם מְזֻמָּנִים לְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.
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