L’Ecclésiaste 9:2 Commentaire : Rashi

הַכֹּ֞ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר לַכֹּ֗ל מִקְרֶ֨ה אֶחָ֜ד לַצַּדִּ֤יק וְלָרָשָׁע֙ לַטּוֹב֙ וְלַטָּה֣וֹר וְלַטָּמֵ֔א וְלַזֹּבֵ֔חַ וְלַאֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵינֶ֣נּוּ זֹבֵ֑חַ כַּטּוֹב֙ כַּֽחֹטֶ֔א הַנִּשְׁבָּ֕ע כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר שְׁבוּעָ֥ה יָרֵֽא׃

Tous sont soumis à des accidents pareils; un même sort attend le juste et le méchant, l’homme bon et pur et l’impur, celui qui sacrifie et celui qui ne sacrifie point; l’homme de bien est comme le pécheur, celui qui prête des serments comme celui qui craint de jurer.

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All things come alike to all. All perceive when the occurrence happens to all mankind, and they know that ultimately each person is recompensed according to his ways.

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The same fate [awaits]. And [they] know that ultimately everyone, whether righteous or wicked, will die, and they all have one fate in this world. All this they know, but nevertheless, they choose for themselves the proper path, because they know that there is a distinction between them in the World to Come.

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The righteous. Such as No’ach.

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And the wicked. [Such as] Pharaoh Necho. This one became crippled, and that one [No’ach] became lame.

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The good. This is Moshe.3Those who do good with others. (Metsudas Dovid)

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And the pure. This is Aharon.4Those who have pure thoughts. (Metsudas Dovid)

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And the impure. These are the spies;5Those who focus on impure thoughts and levity. (Metsudas Dovid) these spoke well in praise of the land of Yisroel, but those spoke derogatorily about it. Neither these entered the land, nor those entered the land, hence, they have the same fate.

Rashi

To him who brings offerings. This is Yoshiyahu, as it is stated, “And Yoshiyahu offered a sacrifice.”6II Divrei Hayomim 35:7. The reading of the text is, “And Yoshiyahu separated” [וירם יאשיהו] instead of “ויזבח יאשיהו.” Rashi apparently did not have our version of the text.

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And to him who does not bring offerings. This is Achav, who abolished [Bnei] Yisroel’s festival pilgrimages [to the Beis Hamikdosh]. and that one [Yoshiyahu] was killed by arrows.8See I Melochim 22:34-35.

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As is with the good man. This is Dovid.