1)

Who were Tatnai and Shesar Boznai?

1.

Rashi: They were Tzarei Yehudah and Binyamin. Tatnai ruled over all of Ever ha'Nahar.

2.

Malbim: Via Hashem's Hashgachah, Tzarim did not come against them. They could have stopped them, like the first time! Tatni merely asked, for Koresh's permission had been forgotten.

2)

What was the question "Man Sam Lechom..."?

1.

Rashi: Who commanded you about building the Bayis?

3)

What is the meaning of "v'Usharna Denah Leshachlalah"?

1.

Rashi citing Menachem: To build foundations for these walls 1 . This is like "v'Ushaya Yachitu" (4:12) - building walls of bricks.


1

Ibn Ezra: V'Usharna is like Shura, and "Adaleg Shur"; the Aleph is extra, like the Aleph in "Ezro'a".

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