Ecclesiastes 4:7 Commentary: Rashi & Kohelet Rabbah

וְשַׁ֧בְתִּי אֲנִ֛י וָאֶרְאֶ֥ה הֶ֖בֶל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun.

Rashi on Ecclesiastes

Under the sun. Is the same as, “under the heavens.”
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Kohelet Rabbah

“I returned and saw vanity under the heavens” (Ecclesiastes 4:7).
“I returned and saw vanity under the heavens” – this is the banner of the angel of death.
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