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.
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