[Avodah] Question on Rashi

[mkopinsky at gmail.com]

On 5/11/07, Gershon Dubin <gershon.dubin at juno.com> wrote:
> Rashi says in the beginning of Bechukosai, on the pasuk "venasati shalom
> ba'aretz"  that shalom is equal to everything, as it says "oseh shalom
> uvoreh es hakol" and the publisher (or whoever) marks the source as
> Yeshaya 45. Of course, there is no such pasuk.  Does Rashi mean to quote
> birchas kerias shema?
>
> Gershon
> gershon.dubin at juno.com
In my chumash (small blue mikraos gedolos), it has this corrected as
(uvorei es hakol) [uvorei ra].  (I can't remember if the correction is in
the text of Rashi or in the Sifsei Chachamim.)  The SC explains that
uvorei es hakol means/is a euphemism for borei ra.

Michael