{"ref": "Rashi on Ecclesiastes 3:11", "heRef": "רש\"י על קהלת ג׳:י״א", "isComplex": false, "text": ["<b>Beautiful in its time.</b> In its proper time, it is beautiful that reward be given for good deeds, but at the time of evil, it is appropriate for meting out punishment for evil deeds.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">29</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Alternatively, “beautiful in its time,” refers to God’s provision of sustenance to all in a timely fashion (Sforno). Or, everything He made is “beautiful when used in its designated time.” (Metsudas Dovid) </i> ", "Even [a sense of] the external world <b>He has set in their heart, etc.</b> Also the wisdom of the world that He instilled into the hearts of mankind, He did not instill it all into each one’s heart, rather a little to this one and a little to that one, in order that man should not fully grasp the workings of the Holy One, Blessed Is He, to know it; [and thereby] he will not know the day of his visitation [death] and on what he will stumble, in order that he put his heart to repent, so that he will be concerned and say [to himself], “Today or tomorrow I will die.” Therefore, ‘הָעֹלָם’ is written here defectively [i.e., without a ‘<i>vav</i>’], an expression of “hidden,” for if man knew that the day of his death was near, he would neither build a house nor plant a vineyard.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">30</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Alternatively, “העלם” means eternity and the verse is translated as “even a sense of eternity [העלם] He has set in their heart, etc.” and therefore they act as if they will live forever. (Ibn Ezra) </i> Therefore, he says that, “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” The fact that there is a time for death is a beautiful thing, for a person optimistically says [to himself], “Perhaps my death is far off,” and he builds a house and plants a vineyard; and it is beautiful that it is concealed from people.<sup class=\"footnote-marker\">31</sup><i class=\"footnote\">Alternatively, העלם is referring to forgetfulness. </i> "], "he": ["<b>יָפֶה בְעִתּוֹ.</b> בְּעֵת הַטּוֹבָה, יָפֶה הוּא לָבֹא תַשְׁלוּם שְׂכַר מַעֲשֵׂה הַטּוֹב, וּבְעֵת הָרָעָה, רְאוּיָה הִיא לְתַשְׁלוּם מַעֲשֵׂה הָרָע: ", "גַּם אֶת־הָעֹלָם <b>נָתַן בְּלִבָּם וְגוֹ'.</b> גַּם אֶת־חָכְמַת הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַן בְּלֵב הַבְּרִיּוֹת, לֹא נָתַן הַכֹּל בְּלֵב כָּל־אֶחָד וְאֶחָד, אֶלָּא זֶה קְצַת וְזֶה קְצַת, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יִמְצָא הָאָדָם אֶת־כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לָדַעַת אוֹתוֹ, וְלֹא יֵדַע אֶת־עֵת פְּקֻדָּתוֹ, וּבַמֶּה יִכָּשֵׁל, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּתֵּן לֵב לָשׁוּב, שֶׁיִּדְאַג וְיֹאמַר: \"הַיּוֹם אוֹ מָחָר אָמוּת\". וּלְכַךְ, כָּתוּב כַּאן \"הָעֹלָם\" חָסֵר, לְשׁוֹן הָעֲלָמָה, שֶׁאִם יֵדַע הָאָדָם יוֹם מִיתָתוֹ קְרוֹבָה, לֹא יִבְנֶה בַיִת וְלֹא יִטַּע כֶּרֶם. לְכַךְ הוּא אוֹמֵר שֶׁהַכֹּל עָשָׂה יָפֶה בְעִתּוֹ; זֶה שֶׁיֵּשׁ עֵת לְמִיתָה, דָּבָר יָפֶה הוּא, שֶׁסּוֹמֵךְ הָאָדָם לוֹמַר: \"שֶׁמָּא עֲדַיִן עֵת מִיתָתִי רָחוֹק\", וּבוֹנֶה בַיִת וְנוֹטֵעַ כֶּרֶם, וְזוּ יָפָה, שֶׁנֶּעְלַם מִן הַבְּרִיּוֹת: "], "versions": [{"status": "locked", "priority": 2.0, "license": "CC-BY", "versionNotes": "", "formatAsPoetry": "", "digitizedBySefaria": "", "method": "", "heversionSource": "", "versionUrl": "", "versionTitleInHebrew": "", "versionNotesInHebrew": "", "shortVersionTitle": "", "shortVersionTitleInHebrew": "", "extendedNotes": "", "extendedNotesHebrew": "", "purchaseInformationImage": "https://storage.googleapis.com/sefaria-physical-editions/ba0b4357b240eff4b28b7fcfc4669d56.png", "purchaseInformationURL": "https://www.israelbookshoppublications.com/store/pc/Metsudah-Five-Megilloth-w-Rashi-26p309.htm", "hasManuallyWrappedRefs": "", "language": "he", "title": "Rashi on Ecclesiastes", "versionSource": "https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH002162036", "versionTitle": "The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001", "actualLanguage": "he", "languageFamilyName": "hebrew", "isSource": true, "isPrimary": true, "direction": "rtl"}, {"status": "locked", "priority": 2.0, "license": "CC-BY", "versionNotes": "", "formatAsPoetry": "", "digitizedBySefaria": "", "method": "", "heversionSource": "", "versionUrl": "", "versionTitleInHebrew": "", "versionNotesInHebrew": "", "shortVersionTitle": "", "shortVersionTitleInHebrew": "", "extendedNotes": "", "extendedNotesHebrew": "", "purchaseInformationImage": "https://storage.googleapis.com/sefaria-physical-editions/00c61bd3103f9398bf080832c4a0221f.png", "purchaseInformationURL": "https://www.israelbookshoppublications.com/store/pc/Metsudah-Five-Megilloth-w-Rashi-26p309.htm", "hasManuallyWrappedRefs": "", "language": "en", "title": "Rashi on Ecclesiastes", "versionSource": "https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH002162036", "versionTitle": "The Metsudah Five Megillot, Lakewood, N.J., 2001", "actualLanguage": "en", "languageFamilyName": "english", "isSource": false, "isPrimary": false, "direction": "ltr"}, {"status": "locked", "priority": 1.0, "license": "Public Domain", "versionNotes": "", "formatAsPoetry": "", "digitizedBySefaria": "", "method": "", "heversionSource": "", "versionUrl": "", "versionTitleInHebrew": "ובלכתך בדרך", "versionNotesInHebrew": "", "shortVersionTitle": "", "shortVersionTitleInHebrew": "", "extendedNotes": "", "extendedNotesHebrew": "", "purchaseInformationImage": "", "purchaseInformationURL": "", "hasManuallyWrappedRefs": "", "language": "he", "title": "Rashi on Ecclesiastes", "versionSource": "http://mobile.tora.ws/", "versionTitle": "On Your Way", "actualLanguage": "he", "languageFamilyName": "hebrew", "isSource": true, "isPrimary": true, "direction": "rtl"}, {"status": "locked", "priority": "", "license": "CC-BY", "versionNotes": "", "formatAsPoetry": "", "digitizedBySefaria": "", "method": "", "heversionSource": "", "versionUrl": "", "versionTitleInHebrew": "", "versionNotesInHebrew": "", "shortVersionTitle": "The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi", "shortVersionTitleInHebrew": "", "extendedNotes": "", "extendedNotesHebrew": "", "purchaseInformationImage": "", "purchaseInformationURL": "", "hasManuallyWrappedRefs": "", "language": "en", "title": "Rashi on Ecclesiastes", "versionSource": "https://www.nli.org.il/en/items/NNL_ALEPH990019164710205171/NLI", "versionTitle": "The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. 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