Ecclesiastes5chapter 5

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 5:1

To utter a word before God. To speak critically toward [God] above.

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Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes 5:1

Do not hurry on thy language so as to make a mistake in the words of thy mouth, and let not thy heart make a vow, resolving to do something at the time when thou prayest before the Lord, for the Lord rules over all the world, and sits upon the throne of glory in the high heavens, and thou sittest on earth, therefore let the words of thy mouth be few.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Coheleth, trans. by C.D.Ginsburg, London 1861

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 5:10

As goods increase. When the [Bnei] Yisroel improve their deeds.

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Aramaic Targum to Ecclesiastes 5:10

When good is multiplied in the world, the children of men who eat it are also multiplied; and what advantage is there to the owner who gathers it unless he does good with it, that he may see in the world to come the reward given with his eyes.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Coheleth, trans. by C.D.Ginsburg, London 1861

Rashi on Ecclesiastes 5:11

Sweet is the sleep of the laborer. One who tills the soil sleeps, and he enjoys his sleep, whether he eats little or a lot, for he is already used to it.

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Rashi on Ecclesiastes 5:12

Wealth preserved by its owner to his own detriment. Like the wealth of Korach, because of which he became haughty and descended into the grave. 20 Alternatively, a person’s wealth jeopardizes his personal safety by exposing him to robbery, kidnap, or even death. (Sforno).

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Rashi on Ecclesiastes 5:13

He will have nothing in his hand. Not even the merit of his ancestors.

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Rashi on Ecclesiastes 5:14

He will take nothing for his labor. When he dies, he will not take with him any merit of charity that he did with his money during his lifetime.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001