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VERSE: Ex08-19a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex08-19a Ex08-21b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ------------------ One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain Grammar the same way modern textbooks do. We call this the Rashi rule of GRAMMAR Although a major part of GRAMMAR deals with the conjugation of verbs, there are other parts of GRAMMAR. One important GRAMMAR SUBRULE in the rule governing either - how PARAGRAPHS are ORGANIZED in an essay or - how SENTENCES are ORGANIZED in a paragraph That is, why does one sentence or paragraph come after another sentence or paragraph? Rashi knew 4 methods of connecting consecutive paragraphs or consecutive sentences - CAUSE - ENABLEMENT - CONTRAST - UNIFYING THEME We call this the submethod of CONSECUTIVE PARAGRAPHS EXAMPLE Ex08-19a ---------------- The Biblical text states ---------------------------------------------------------- And I, God, will DISTINGUISHING the Jews from the Egyptians on that day [the plague will not affect them] so that you, Pharoh, may know that I am God And I will place a REDEMPTION ---------------------------------------------------------- Rashi comments --------------------------------------------------- That is, the DISTINGUISHING of the Jews--preventing the plague from coming on them--is what will give them REDEMPTION --------------------------------------------------- In other words Rashi sees the DISTINGUISHING OF THE JEWS as the CAUSE of the REDEMPTION LIST061a presents other Rashis that concentrate on causal connection EXAMPLE Ex08-21a ------------------------------ The Biblical text states as follows ---------------------------------------------------- PHAROH: OK Moses you can offer to your God in the LAND MOSES: But Egyptians hate offerings to God MOSES: Let us take a 3 day journey to the DESERT to offer ---------------------------------------------------- Rashi states ---------------------------------------------- Pharohs initial request to allow the Jews to offer by LAND, contrasts with Moses follow up request to offer in the DESERT. Hence we interpret - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OFFER TO GOD IN THE LAND - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - to mean - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OFFER TO GOD WHERE YOU ARE (vs journeying to the wilderness) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------- Thus Rashi here uses the method of CONTRASTING PARAGRAPHS. LIST061b below presents other Rashis based on the principle of CONTRASTING PARAGRAPHS. | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | GRAMMAR | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: | CONSECUTIVE CHAPTERS | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #9 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST061a | |
A list of paragraphs | having CAUSAL connection | |
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SEE BELOW | LIST061b | |
A list of paragraphs | having a CONTRASTING connection |
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A list of paragraphs having CAUSAL connection | |||
VERSE | TOPIC IN 1st CHAPTER | TOPIC IN 2nd CHAPTER | |
Ex08-19a | Separate Jews | Give them a redemption | |
Gn35-01a | Dinah is raped | Prophetic order to leave*6 | |
Gn33-13c | Young Sheep | IF pushed they will die*7 | |
Gn29-01a | God WITH Jacob | Jacob travelled SMOOTHLY*5 | |
Nu06-02a | Adulterous wife rite | Nazaarite from wine*1 | |
Gn38-01a | Brothers sell Joseph | Judah leaves brothers*1 | |
Gn23-03c | Abraham offers Isaac | Sarah dies*1 | |
Gn02-20a | Adam Eve are Naked | Snake gives Eve Apple*2 | |
Lv10-02a | Non-allowed sac | Death of Aarons sons*3 | |
Lv10-02a | Death of Aarons sons | No wine to serving priest*3 | |
Lv10-03d | Death of Righteous | God honored*4 | |
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*1 Thus "whoever see the humiliating Adulterous wife rite" will be so shocked that he will abstain from wine Similarly "Judah advised his brothers to sell Joseph" and so when they regretted it they blaimed him and he had to "separate from them." Similarly "Sarah died" from the shock that "Abraham offered Isaac." *2 In other words because the snake saw Adam and Eve naked therefore he became Jealous and wanted Adam killed so he could marry Eve. ALthough this sounds a bit wild there is strong supporting evidence. Gn04-01 uses the past perfect form And Adam HAD BEEN FAMILIAR with his wife & they had a child" So the sequence of chapters is Adam was lonely God makes Eve Adam and Eve are naked ------------------------"Snake tempts Eve" Adam has a child with Eve Thus the sequence of chapters (Naked--->child) is clearly interrupted by the Snake story. *3 As explained above Rashi sees these two views as complementary - First they drank wine and got drunk - While drunk they thought it permissable to offer sacrifices which should not be offered Hence they died for both crimes *4 Rashi explains the Causal connection - when the masses see that God EVEN kills the righteous for sins - then they are aware how they must also observe Gods commandments - This leads to more honor for God *5 So GOOD NEWS facilitates/causes SMOOTH TRAVEL(Rashi) *6 The full sequence of chapters is as follows -------------------------------------------- - Gn31 God orders Jacob to return to his fathers house - Gn32 But Jacob is afraid of Being with Brother Esauv - Gn33 Jacob journeys instead to Succoth - Gn34 Dinah gets raped - Gn35 God tells Jacob to return to BethEl ------------------------------------------- Rashi notes that ----------------------------- If Jacob had IMMEDIATELY fulfilled the order of Travelling to his fathers house he wouldnt have stayed in Succoth and his Daughter would not have gotten raped. ------------------------------ Thus Rashi sees a CAUSAL connection between the chapters. Dinah was raped because Jacob did not IMMEDIATELY fulfill the prophetic order. Note Rashi expresses the same theme ------------------------------------------------- Because he delayed doing the prophecy immediately therefore he was punished that certain bad occurrences happened to him ------------------------------------------------- Rashi expresses this same theme on Gn35-22a where we find that Reuven inteferred with his fathers marital life. *7 Rashi can be better understood with the EXPORT-IMPORT LAW of logic. The EXPORT-IMPORT law states that ---------------------------------------------------- IF [it rains] then if [I go out] THEN [I will get wet] ---------------------------------------------------- has the same meaning as ---------------------------------------------------- IF [it rains] and [I go out] THEN [I will get wet] ---------------------------------------------------- In other words Rashi identifies the two sentence forms - IF p THEN IF q THEN r - IF p & q THEN r This identification of NESTED CONDITIONALS with a CONJUNCTIVE HYPOTHESIS is called the EXPORT-IMPORT law. The actual Biblical text reads --------------------------------------------- The cattle is young AND they will be pushed one day AND they will die --------------------------------------------- Rashi simply points out (Using EXPORT-IMPORT) that we can interpret this as either --------------------------------------------- [IF] The cattle is young AND they will be pushed one day THEN they will die --------------------------------------------- or --------------------------------------------- IF The cattle is young IF they will be pushed one day THEN they will die --------------------------------------------- The above two translations use the well known Biblical principle that the Hebrew letter VAV can refer to any connective. |