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RASHIS COVERED: Dt32-14a Rashi cites examples--God giving wealth Dt32-14b Dt32-14c Dt32-14d VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ Dt32-13:14 is describing the great wealth and riches that God gave the Jewish people when bringing them into the promised land -The Cream of [the milk] of cows; the fat of sheep; -With fat of plump sheep; the Ashanite Rams & mature sheep -with the fat of kidney wheat; drinking beer of bloody grapes Rashi does not EXPLAIN this verse whose meaning is clear; Rather Rashi ENRICHES our understanding of this verse by giving us EXAMPLES from OTHER VERSES where God gave us Riches. In other words Rashi cites CROSS REFERENCES to ENRICH understanding. --------------------------------------- TODAYS RASHI RULE: OTHER VERSES TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: FURTHER DETAILS --------------------------------------- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RULE and SUBRULE ----------------------------------------- The rule of OTHER VERSES simply means that Rashi is explaining one verse by citing an OTHER VERSE One way of doing this is to cross reference a verse that speaks about the SAME topic but gives FURTHER details. STANDARD EXAMPLE ---------------- The following example comes from the Passover Hagaddah Dt26-05 states that ------------------------------- With only a FEW PEOPLE did the Jews go down to Egypt ------------------------------- FURTHER DETAILS on the meaning of the Biblical phrase FEW PEOPLE is provided in Gn46. EXERCISE: --------- Before reading the Rashi try reading Gn46 yourself and see if you can discover the further details. RASHIS SOLUTION --------------- Rashi cites Gn46-27 ----------------------------- The total number of people who came with Jacob to Egypt is 70 ----------------------------- Thus the Rashi method of OTHER VERSES in this case has explained to us that the FEW PEOPLE that went down to Egypt refers to SEVENTY people STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE --------------------------------- http://www.Rashiyomi.com/other-20.htm HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS ------------------------------------------ You can use the LIST below for school projects. Here is how, if you are a teacher then you can present the verse in the first column (eg Dt26-05) and the CHAPTER (but not the verse) in the 3rd column---e.g. Gn46. The student is then instructed to discover the further details. The students solution can then be compared with Rashis. TODAYS EXAMPLE -------------- Rashi cross references some specific promises of riches by God to verses in Amos and Kings. | |||
VERSE | TEXT OF VERSE | CROSS REFERENCE | TEXT |
Dt32-14a | Cream of Cows*1 | 10 healthy cows | 1K05-03 |
Dt32-14b | Fat of sheep *1 | Eat plump sheep | Am06-04 |
Dt32-14c | The fat of wheat*1 | 30 flour barels | 1K05-02 |
Dt32-14d | Bloody grapes for beer | Drink wine bowls | Am06-06* |
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*1 Again the emphasis here is - NOT on DEFINING MEANING - BUT on ENRICHMENT thru EXAMPLES This preception of Rashi as ENRICHMENT vs EXPLANATION facilitates appreciating the nuances of the verses |