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Commentary for Daniel 6:6

אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ אָֽמְרִ֔ין דִּ֣י לָ֧א נְהַשְׁכַּ֛ח לְדָנִיֵּ֥אל דְּנָ֖ה כָּל־עִלָּ֑א לָהֵ֕ן הַשְׁכַּ֥חְנָֽה עֲל֖וֹהִי בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃ (ס)

Then said these men: ‘We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him in the matter of the law of his God.’

Rashi on Daniel

No pretext can be found They said among themselves, “No pretext can be found about this Daniel.”
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Rashi on Daniel

but we shall find [a pretext] against him but we shall find a pretext against him through the law of his God if we ask the king to issue some decree to cause him to transgress His law, and he will not fulfill the king’s command; and this is the pretext.
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