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VERSE: Lv05-04b
RASHIS COVERED: Lv05-04b Lv05-04c Lv05-04d
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 5 main goals is to indicate paragraph structure. One method of paragraph structure is to use the THEME-DETAIL-THEME style. According to the THEME-DETAIL-THEME method, the DETAIL is perceived as a DEVELOPMENT of the general paragraph theme and is interpreted in that manner. We call this the Rashi method of RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE with the Rashi submethod of GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL EXAMPLE Lv05-04b - Lv05-04d --------------------------- The Biblical text at Lv05-04 has the following content/structure - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THEME: When a desiring soul swears explicitly DETAIL: - - - - - - - - - - for harm or good THEME: For anything that a person swears explicitly - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Rashi (paraphrased) --------------------------------------------------- The detail - - - - - - - - - for HARM or GOOD - - - - - - - - - is interpreted as DEVELOPING the paragraph theme. Hence we interpret - HARM = harm oneself - GOOD = give pleasure to oneself and we generalize this to - any oath on PERMISSABLE events Hence we include in these laws - oaths to harm or give pleasure to oneself - oaths about the future/past (I will/did throw a stone) and we only exclude non-personal oaths such as - I will observe the Sabbath. --------------------------------------------------- Rashi cites the Sifrah which in fact gives other approaches of generalization. Suffice it therefore to observe that the underlying principle is one of generalizing the DETAIL clause to perceive it as a DEVELOPMENT of the GENERAL THEME. LIST460q below summarizes this argument | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | STYLE | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #25 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST460q | |
| List of clauses in | Lv05-04 (Personal oath) | |
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List of clauses in Lv05-04 (Personal oath) | |||
| ITEM | TEXT OF GENERAL THEME | TEXT OF DETAILS | |
| GENERAL | A soul explicitly swears | ||
| DETAIL | to harm [oneself]*1 | ||
| DETAIL | todo good to[oneself] | ||
| GENERAL | Any oath that a person swears | ||
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*1 The detail - - - - - - - - - for HARM or GOOD - - - - - - - - - is interpreted as DEVELOPING the paragraph theme. Hence we interpret - HARM = harm oneself - GOOD = give pleasure to oneself and we generalize this to - any oath on PERMISSABLE events Hence we include in these laws - oaths to harm or give pleasure to oneself - oaths about the future/past (I will/did throw a stone) and we only exclude non-personal oaths such as - I will observe the Sabbath.*10 | |||
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*10 The Sifrah distinguishes two methods: THE THEME-DEVELOPMENT-THEME Method ---------------------------------- According to the Sifrah the bottom line is that the Biblical text refers to FUTURE PERMISSABLE events THE GENERALIZATION-LIMITATION-GENERALIZATION method --------------------------------------------------- According to the Sifrah the bottom line is that the Biblical text refers to PERMISSABLE events. This is an extremely subtle distinction and would require many examples and much discussion to clarify. Hence at this point in our Rashi digest we simply refer to the - GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL method - we regard the GENERAL clause as the PARAGRAPH THEME - we regard the DETAIL clause as DEVELOPMENT The basic idea of Rashi is to - perceive the whole paragraph as one unit - see the details as a development of the theme We will have more to say about these two methods in a later digest and we will give easy criteria by which the interested student can distinguish the two approaches. | |||