Comentario sobre Eclesiastés 11:8
כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁנִ֥ים הַרְבֵּ֛ה יִחְיֶ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם בְּכֻלָּ֣ם יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְיִזְכֹּר֙ אֶת־יְמֵ֣י הַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ כִּֽי־הַרְבֵּ֥ה יִהְי֖וּ כָּל־שֶׁבָּ֥א הָֽבֶל׃
Mas si el hombre viviere muchos años, y en todos ellos hubiere gozado alegría; si después trajere á la memoria los días de las tinieblas, que serán muchos, todo lo que le habrá pasado, dirá haber sido vanidad.
Rashi on Ecclesiastes
Let him rejoice in all of them. Let him be happy with his lot, provided that he remembers the days of darkness and improve his deeds so that he be saved from them; and these are the days of eternal death, they are the days of the wicked.
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Kohelet Rabbah
“For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in all of them, and remember the days of darkness, as they will be many. Everything that is coming is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 11:8).
“For if [a man lives] many years,” “let him rejoice” in the joy of the Torah; “and remember the days of darkness” – these are the bad days, “as they will be many.” The Torah that a person studies in this world is vanity relative to the Torah of the Messiah.
“For if [a man lives] many years,” “let him rejoice” in the joy of the Torah; “and remember the days of darkness” – these are the bad days, “as they will be many.” The Torah that a person studies in this world is vanity relative to the Torah of the Messiah.
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Rashi on Ecclesiastes
For they will be many. In those days, more than the days of life.23I.e., the days of darkness, when he will be in his grave, will be many more than the days of his life. (Metsudas Dovid)
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Rashi on Ecclesiastes
All that comes. Upon him will be punishment and darkness. “הֶבֶל” sometimes is an expression of punishment and troubles, as in, “for he [the stillborn child] comes with troubles הֶבֶל and departs in darkness.”24Above 6:4.
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