Commentary for Haggai 2:3
מִ֤י בָכֶם֙ הַנִּשְׁאָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאָה֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה בִּכְבוֹד֖וֹ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וּמָ֨ה אַתֶּ֜ם רֹאִ֤ים אֹתוֹ֙ עַ֔תָּה הֲל֥וֹא כָמֹ֛הוּ כְּאַ֖יִן בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃
Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is not such a one as nothing in your eyes?
Rashi on Haggai
Who among you is left who was of the exiles and is still alive?
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Rashi on Haggai
who saw, etc. Who saw the first one this [one] is of no esteem in his eyes.
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is it not as nothing I know that to one who saw the first one, this one is but nothing in his eyes.
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is it... as nothing It and nothing are equal, as in (Hos. 4:9) “And it shall be like people like priest” Here, too, כָמֹהוּ כְּאַיִן ; it [the Second Temple] and nothing are equal.
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