Kommentar zu Esra 2:63
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַתִּרְשָׁ֙תָא֙ לָהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יֹאכְל֖וּ מִקֹּ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים עַ֛ד עֲמֹ֥ד כֹּהֵ֖ן לְאוּרִ֥ים וּלְתֻמִּֽים׃
Der Tirsata [der königliche Landpfleger, damals Serubabel] ordnete an, dass sie nicht essen durften von dem Hochheiligen, bis vorstehen wird ein Priester den Urim und Tummim, [um ihre priesterliche Abstammung zu bezeugen].
Rashi on Ezra
Hattirshatha That is Nehemiah, the son of Hachaliah (Neh. 8:9), and our Rabbis said (Yerushalmi Kid. 4:1) that he was named Hattirshatha because the Sages permitted him (הָתֵּר) to drink (שָּׁתָּא) wine of gentiles because he was the king’s butler.
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Rashi on Ezra
of the most holy sacrifices sin-offerings and guilt-offerings, like the other priests.
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until a priest arises, etc. like a person who says to his friend, “Until the Messiah comes, this matter will not come about.” I cannot interpret it to mean: until a priest arises for the Urim and Tumim in the Second Temple, because we find in Yoma, chapter 1 (21b) that the Urim and Tumim were missing in the Second Temple.
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