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VERSE: Dt30-12a
RASHIS COVERED: Dt30-12a Dt30-11a
Dt30-12a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04


SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Some Rashi comments deal with FORMATTING.
Modern authors FORMAT using such techniques as
BULLETS, PARAGRAPHING, BOLD, ITALICS and UNDERLINE.
The Biblical Author achieved these effects but thru
different means.

For example a modern author might hilight distinct
items using BULLETS. The Biblical Author hilights
distinct items using REPEATING KEYWORDS.

We call this the Rashi rule of FORMATTING with the Rashi
subrule of KEYWORDS AS BULLETS

EXAMPLE: Dt30-12a
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Dt30-11:14 states as follows
- For the law which I command you today
- - IS NOT unknown to you
- - IS NOT far from you
- - IS NOT in heaven
- - IS NOT beyond the sea
- But [rather] the law is very accessible
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Notice the repeating keyword: NOT.
The BULLET method now requires that EACH of the
the BULLETS be given distinctive meaning. Rashi
only explains TWO of the 4 bullets. The Talmud
explains the 4th bullet but not fully. Here
are the explanations
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- IT IS NOT unknown   You dont have to ask a Rabbi(Rashi)
- IT IS NOT far       no need to travel to TORAH CENTERS
- IT IS NOT in heaven no need for further prophecy(Rashi)
- IT IS NOT in sea    no need for Richs(SeaFearer-Talmud)
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LIST120e below summarizes this interpretation and
also gives supplementary material in the footnotes on
sources.
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: BULLETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS KEYWORDS AS BULLETS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #26
SEE BELOW LIST120f
BULLETED structure of Dt30-10:13(Torah is accessible)
LIST120f
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BULLETED structure of    Dt30-10:13(Torah is accessible)
BULLET*1 CASE*2 Interpretation*3 SOURCE
IT IS NOT unknown You dont have to ask a Rabbi Rashi*4
IT IS NOT far no need-travel to Torah city *5
IT IS NOT in heaven no need for further prophecy Rashi*6
IT IS NOT in sea no need for riches Talmud*7
COMMENTS
 
*1 The biblical text uses the keywords IT IS NOT
The Rashi BULLET rule interprets the repeating
keyword as having the same effect as a BULLET
in modern FORMATTING

*2 These are the 4 cases listed in the Biblical text

*3 See the footnotes in the SOURCE column for a contrast
of what commentators actually said and how I have
interpreted them

*4 Rashi actually says
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The text means THE LAW IS NOT COVERED UP
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Rashi then shows that the Hebrew words used
mean COVERED. I have interpreted the Rashi to
mean
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You don't have to ask a Rabbi about Biblical law
the way you ask a Rabbi in other covered up
laws
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My identification of COVERED UP with ASK A RABBI
is based on is based on similar language usage
in Dt17-08 (the Hebrew word used in this verse,
Pay Lamed Aleph which means covered up is used
in Dt17-08 to indicate a need for Rabbinical
decision

*5 Neither the Talmud nor Rashi explains this.
I have given the obvious interpretation that
you don't have to travel to a "known Torah city."
Rather every person can establish a learning
schedule for themselves based on the texts they
have (The intensity of learning quality however
goes up in a Torah city)

*6 Rashi/Talmud simply says
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The Torah law is not in heaven...because if it
was someone would have to go to heaven to get
it for you
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It would be silly to interpret this literally.
I have therefore interpreted HEAVEN to mean
PROPHECY which is consistent with other biblical
usage. In terms of the bullet principle we have
to interpret this text distinctly. Hence I
interpret it HEAVEN=PROPHECY to mean
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- you don't need FURTHER PROPHECY to understand
Jewish law.
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This is fully consistent with the rest of
Jewish law.

*7 Rashi does NOT interpret this. The talmud (Eruvin 55)
states
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the torah is not found in sea merchants
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Thus the Talmud interprets SEA to mean SEA MERCHANTS
This is an example of METONOMY (RELATED meaning)

I have accepted this talmudic interpretation but
gone a step farther: I have explained the PROBLEM
with sea merchants learning
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They do not have enough time since their
time is devoted to acquiring riches
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Furthermore, consistent with the style I of the
paragraph I have explained that
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RICHES are not needed to acquire Torah
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