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In this series we review the meanings of the Hebrew word
        >ACH
This word occurs about 40 times in Chumash.
Its main three meanings are
        >ACH = USUALLY
        >ACH = MOST OF
        >ACH = PROBABLY




A person completing this module will have the skill competencies
necessary to UNDERSTAND and even REPRODUCE standard Talmudic
interpretations of ACH.




In this issue we study 4 examples of
        >ACH = MOST OF
Each example by itself would look peculiar but by reviewing them
together the examples gain credibility.

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EXAMPLE 6: Gn07-23b  (Repeated example from the previous module)
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>Gn07-23b
        >Gn07-23b ..And MOST OF (ACH) Noach remained in the ark
        >
>RASHI:
        >MOST OF Noach remained but not all of him.
        >Noach was busy serving all the animals food every day
        >in the ark. At one point he served the lion late; the
        >lion got angry and smote or bit Noach.
        >Therefore, when Noach left the ark ONLY MOST of him
        >left (but not the smitten/bitten piece)




EXAMPLE 8: Nu31-22a
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>Nu31-22a
        >MOST of the Gold (utensils) will be purified by
        >dipping in fire and/or water
>
>RASHI:
>
>       >MOST of the Gold utensil will be purified (by dipping in
        >fire and/or water)---but you must first remove the rust.
        >That is when immersing a utensil to make it pure you do NOT
        >immerse the WHOLE utensil as is but rather first remove
        >rust

So you immerse MOST of the utensil but not the whole utensil
(since you immerse the utensil WITHOUT the rust)




EXAMPLE 9: Dt12-22a
----------
(The text is talking about the difference between temple and
profane meats).

>Dt12-22a
        >MOST of the properly slaughtered animal can be
        >eaten profanely (without temple purity)
>RASHI:
        >MOST of the properly slaughtered animal can be eaten,
        >BUT NOT its fat




It is further developed that without the explicit statement
        >'MOST of the animal but not its fat'
I would have thought
        >Temple law prohibited BOTH eating MEAT and FAT
        >
        >Profane law came and allowed the MEAT to be eaten
        >
        >Hence, by analogy we should allow the FAT also.
Thus the verse-word
        >MOST
teaches us that the meat of a profane animal can't be eaten,
but the fat, whether of a profane or Temple animal cannot be eaten.




EXAMPLE 10: Gn27-30a
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>Gn27-30
        >Esauv was coming as MOST of Jacob's exit was being
        >completed
>RASHI:
>
        >In other words, Jacob was leaving as Esauv was coming in
        >
        >(Hence the Biblical text: Esauv came as MOST of Jacob's
        >exit was being completed)
Note: Our explanation of this particular Rashi follows the
RAAM. For an alternative approach see the SIFSAY CHACHAMIM that
derives the Rashi from the use of the double verb
        >As Jacob was "going out going out"




SUMMARY: ACH=MOSt
=================
  >Gn07-23b MOST of Noach remained in ark(EXCEPT what the lion bit)
  >Nu31-22a MOST of the utensil is purified(BUT 1st scrape off rust)
  >Dt12-22a MOST of the animal can be eaten(BUT not the fat)
  >Gn27-30a Esauv came as MOST of Jacobs' exit was completed

Notice how the list gives credibility to the thesis
        >ACH=MOST

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