Rashi on TanakhPsalms 132
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Read Psalms 132 in the BiblePsalms 132:5
Until I find a place Until it will be known where the place of His sanctuary will be. (I found this.)
Psalms 132:6
we heard it The tidings.
in Ephrath In the most esteemed and superior place, like (I Sam. 1:1): “the son of Toku, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite,” an important person, a palace dweller. Another explanation: We heard it in Ephrath In the Book of Joshua (ch. 15), who came from Ephraim. In all the boundaries he says, “And the border went up...and the border circled,” but here he says, “And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnon... Jerusalem.” Jerusalem is [therefore] found to be higher than all the lands, and it is fit for the Temple, as it is said (Deut. 17:8): “and you shall arise and ascend to the place, etc.” This teaches [us] that the Temple is higher than the whole land of Israel. So it is expounded upon in tractate Zevahim (54b).
we found it in the fields of the forest In the boundary of Benjamin, who was likened to a beast of the forest, as it is said (Gen. 49:27): “Benjamin is a devouring wolf.”
Psalms 132:7
Let us come there to His Tabernacles.
Psalms 132:10
turn not away the face of Your anointed Solomon, when he comes to place the Ark therein.
Psalms 132:12
and this, My testimony, which I shall teach them This which I shall teach them.
Psalms 132:15
its provision its food.
Psalms 132:18
will shine Heb. יציץ, which shine, like (Ezek. 1:7): “and they sparkled (ונצצים) like the color of burnished copper.”
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