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RASHI: Nu23-17a Leader-Advisor interplay learned from ALIGNMENT VERY BRIEF SUMMARY: ------------------- Alignment Nu23-17 with Nu23-06 shows the following differences Nu23-06 ALL Moabite princes were with him to request a curse Nu23-17 --- Moabite princes were with him to request a curse The implication is that the second time NOT ALL the princes were there. The obvious suggestion is that when they saw that God did not want to curse the Jewish people some of them left. These subtle nuances show the delicate interplay between a Leader and Advisor BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE ------------------------- Many Rashis do NOT focus on an internal analysis of the verse. There may be nothing bothering Rashi in THAT verse. The words used may all be normal. But when the given verse is compared with another verse--that is, when the two verses are ALIGNED together-- we see blatant differences. The ALIGNED verses therefore suggest that these ALIGNED DIFFERENCES were deliberately placed there to emphasize certain nuances. The standard example will illustrtae this. STANDARD EXAMPLE ---------------- Recall that the Moabite King BALAK was apprehensive about Israel journeying throught its territory. It wanted Israel banished. It hired a professional curse-man, Bilam who would curse the Jews. Bilam however describes his job SLIGHTLY differently. Here are the verses. ----------------------------------------------- BALAK: Nu22-06 I will banish Jews FROM THE LAND BILAM: Nu22-11 ...... banish Jews ------------- ----------------------------------------------- EXERCISE -------- To fully appreciate Rashi perform the following 2 exercises - What is the minor difference between the aligned verses? - What NUANCE do YOU think this implies? RASHIS SOLUTION --------------- BALAK only wanted Jews away from his land; his goals were political. By contrast, BILAM wanted them DESTROYED. Hence... BALAK wanted Jews BANISHED FROM THE LAND. But Bilam wanted them BANISHED PERIOD (That is destroyed). STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE --------------------------------- http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-58.htm This summary may be a bit too terse. You can browse the 57 postings leading up to by going to http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-1.htm http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-2.htm etc. Or you can visit the Rashi Yomi Calendar at http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm This calendar presents a day by day listing of Rashis. The ALIGNMENT series occurs between 7-28-01 and 10-10-01. HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS ------------------------------------------ You can use the LISTS referenced above for school projects. Here is how. If you are a teacher then you can present the two aligned verses and ask the students to perform the following exercises -- What are the minor differences between the verses -- What nuances do they imply The students can then compare their analysis with that of Rashis. This leads to greater appreciation of Rashi. TODAYS EXAMPLE -------------- Here is the list mentioned above | ||
VERSE | PHRASE1 | PHRASE 2 |
Nu23-06 | ALL | Moabite princes were with him to request curses |
Nu23-17 | --- | Moabite princes were with him to request curses |
Differs | *1 | *2 |
COMMENTS | ||
*1 On the first request ALL princes were there while on the 2nd request only [SOME] of the princes were there. Apparently they lost heart when they were refused the 1st time. (A similar interplay between advisors and Leaders is shown in Ex08-15 |