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RASHIS COVERED: Dt16-18d Judges should be wise & known to people VERY BRIEF SUMMARY: -- Dt16-18 states Appoint JUDGES & POLICE in all CITIES in the -- land that God gives you to your tribes &they-ll judge properly Rashi states that there are 3 criteria for judge appointment - They must be wise - They must be from the city - They must be from the tribe But Dt16-18 doesnt really speak about WISDOM and appointing judges from tribes. Rashis real derivation comes from an OTHER VERSE--Dt01-13 which explicitly states -- Appoint WISE judges who are KNOWN TO YOUR TRIBES ----------------- TODAYS RASHI RULE: OTHER VERSES TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: FURTHER DETAILS ----------------- This module began yesterday. We showed that the requirements of WISDOM and BY TRIBES for Judges could be more easily derived from the explicit statement in Dt01-13 (The requirement of having JUDGES by CITY is however more explicitly stated in Dt16-18). REQUIREMENT IN Dt16-18 OTHER VERSE-Dt01-13 Wise judges They will judge righteously Wise Judges Belong to city Place in all your cities Known to you Belong to tribe that God gives to tribes Known to your tribes Todays list compares several dozen verses which speak about Israel as the LAND WHICH GOD GAVE US. Some of these verses add extra words to this phrase. Thus Dt16-18 speaks about the land which God gave us TO OUR TRIBES. This phrase,TO YOUR TRIBES is extra. Rashi states that Judges must be picked BY TRIBE and CITY. However Rashi does not really derive the TRIBAL requirement from this extra phrase. Rather Rashi derives this tribal requirement from the explicit OTHER VERSE Dt01-13...PICK JUDGES THAT ARE KNOWN TO YOUR TRIBES!!! This affords us an example of the difference between Dr Leibowitzs-Rabbi Bonchecks approach and mine. | ||
| VERSE | GOD GIVES ISRAEL | ADDED PHRASE |
| Ex20-12 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | |
| Dt04-21 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | for inheritance |
| Dt12-09 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | |
| Dt13-13 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | to dwell |
| Dt15-04 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | for inheritance to inherit |
| Dt15-07 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | |
| Dt16-18 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | to your tribes*10 |
| Dt17-14 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | |
| dt18-09 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | |
| Dt19-02 | WHICH GOD GIVES YOU | |
| COMMENTS | ||
*10 The Leibowitz-Boncheck school explain Rashis by extra words Since TO YOUR TRIBES is extra, therefore, they argue, Judges must be assigned BOTH by CITY and TRIBE. The approach of this email list is different. True, the phrase to your tribes is extra but this extraness does NOT justify rearranging the verse. In other words the EXTRANESS of TO YOUR TRIBES may be BOTHERING Rashi but it is NON-INTUITIVE to rearrange the verse in response to this EXTRANESS. The approach in this email list which we have taken is to give an explanation which makes Rashi appear SPONTANEOUS and LOGICAL--an other verse says explicitly PICK JUDGES WHO ARE KNOWN TO YOUR TRIBES. This derivation from an other verse is clear, punchy and to the point. As to the literal reading of Rashi (who suggests rearranging the verse) I would simply take the same approach we have always taken in this list---the rearrangement is simply a mnemonic not the real reason Indeed, why should we accuse Rashi of overlooking an explicit verse which states that Judges should be by tribes. Thus this Rashi is an excellent illutration of the difference in approach between Dr Leibowitz and Rabbi Boncheck vs this email list | ||