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text: Rashi on Ecclesiastes
  רש"י על קהלת
  Sefaria Community Translation
  
  
  Rashi on Ecclesiastes
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  A full nation, that when it's day of judgement (lit. visitation) comes. As it says in Isaiah "And what is left will be killed by the sword"
  
  Verse 4
  
  On the 9th of Av
  
  In days of mourning
  At weddings and in times of gayety
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Vexation is better than laughter: If one is pursued by the Divine Standard of Justice, let him not be distressed. It would have been better for the Generation of the Flood if the Holy One, blessed be He, had shown them an angry countenance because of the sins in their hands, rather than the laughter that He laughed with them, for had He shown them a slight expression of displeasure, they would have returned to do good (Ecc. Rabbah). It would have been better for Adonijah had his father caused him grief for every sin that he committed, rather than the laughter that he showed him, and for which he was ultimately slain (Ecc. Zuta).