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MOURNING of MOSES/AARON


VERSE: Dt34-08a: ALL Jews mourned Aaron;MOST mourned Moses

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Rashi aligns two verses one dealing with the death of Moses
and the other dealing with the death of Aaron.
--- MOSES: --- the CHILDREN of Israel mourned him
--- AARON: ALL the HOUSE    of Israel mourned him
The word HOUSE seems more inclusive then the word CHILDREN
which literally means MALE children. Similarly the word ALL
denotes EXTENSION. So Rashi-is-Simple: Aaron was mourned
by BOTH men and women while Moses was only mourned by the
men (The reason being that Moses was the lawgiver and had
to act tough while Aaron as Priest brought peace to people)

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RASHI RULE USED:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE USED:     SPECIAL WORDS-ALL
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RASHI RULE USED:        ALIGNMENT
RASHI SUBRULE USED:     NUANCES
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
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Rashi explains meaning the same way a dictionary does.
Certain frequently occuring words (FOW) have several distinct
meanings. Thus words like USUALLY, ALSO, ALL, BECAUSE have
several usages. Rashis job is to explain these usages. The
word ALL is the source of about 1-2% of all Rashis. It has
4 distinct usages.

STANDARD REFERENCE FOR THIS RULE
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http://www.RashiYomi.com/all-18.htm

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
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Just as meaning can be inferred from the DICTIONARY, from
GRAMMAR, from CROSS REFERENCES and from STYLE so too
meaning can be inferred from the ALIGNMENT of two verses
that are identical except for certain minor differences.
The minor differences can frquently indicate nunaces of
meaning--because the verses differ in these minor differences
therefore the nuances appear as intended by the Author.

TODAYS LIST
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We align the two verses as shown above.
VERSE PHRASE1 PHRASE2 PHRASE3
Dt34-08a & They mourned MOSES; The CHILDREN of Israel
Nu20-29 & They mourned AARON; ALL The HOUSE of Israel
Differs *1 *2 *3
COMMENTS
*1 One verse refers to mourning on Aaron while
   the other verse refers to mourning on Moses

*2 See http://www.RashiYomi.com/all-18.htm
  ALL has 4 meanings--a) WHOLE, b) NO EXCEPTIONS
  c) ALL SUBGROUPS d) EVEN BORDERLINE CASES

  Here the word ALL refers to all subgroups: MALE
  & FEMALE

*3 The usual term for the Jews is the CHILDREN OF
   ISRAEL. Since these 2 verses contrast HOUSE of ISRAEL
   with CIHLDREN OF ISRAEL we infer the nuance that
   HOUSE OF ISRAEL includes the WOMAN while CHILDREN
   OF ISRAEL just refers to the men

   Rashi further defends this distinction as reasonable:
   -Moses was a lawgiver and had to act tough
   -Aaron was a Priest and frequently tried to bring peace
   between couples -- Hence everyone mourned him.
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