| Rashi on Isaiah 5:8 | רש"י על ישעיהו ה:ח | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **those who join a house to house** They draw their houses one to the other, thereby taking the land of the weak poor man between the two houses, and so:<br><br>**a field to a field they draw near until there is no place** No place for the poor man to live.<br><br>**and you will be settled alone in the midst of the land** You think that neither the Holy One, blessed be He, nor the poor, have a share in the land. His share of the tithes you are stealing, and the poor, [you are robbing] of their land, so that you alone will inhabit it. | **מַגִּיעֵי בַּיִת בַּבַּיִת.** מְקָרְבִים בָּתֵּיהֶם זֶה אֵצֶל זֶה וּמִתּוֹךְ כָּךְ גּוֹזְלִים קַרְקַע הָעֲנִיִּים הַחַלָּשִׁים שֶׁבֵּין ב' הַבָּתִּים, וְכֵן:<br><br>**שדֶה בְשָׂדֶה יַקְרִיבוּ עַד אֶפֶס מָקוֹם**. שֶׁאֵין מָקוֹם לֶעָנִי לֵשֵׁב:<br><br>**וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ**. כִּסְבוּרִים אַתֶּם שֶׁאֵין חֵלֶק לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא וְלֹא לַעֲנִיִּים בָּאָרֶץ, חֶלְקוֹ בַּמַּעַשְׂרוֹת אַתֶּם גּוֹזְלִים וְלָעֲנִיִּים אֶת אַרְצָם, שֶׁתִּהְיוּ אַתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם יוֹשְׁבִים בָּהּ:<br> |