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RASHIS COVERED: Gn03-03a How sin happens Gn03-04a Gn03-05b VERY BRIEF SUMMARY Rashi skillfully uses an alignment of GODS COMMAND vs MANS memory of that command to study how it(sin) happens. The aligned verses show 3-4*10 differences between them. Rashi inteprets these differences as showing how sin happens. For example (a) God said dont EAT from the tree while Eve said dont EAT/TOUCH the tree. So if she accidentally touched the tree and didnt die she would have doubt on the commandment (b)(Not in Rashi)Similarly God allowed Adam/Eve to eat from ANY other tree; Eve forgot the word ANY--so possibly God is vindictive and will prohibit more ------------------------------- TODAYS RASHI RULE: ALIGNMENT TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: FURTHER NUANCES ------------------------------- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE Many Rashis do NOT focus on an internal analysis of the verse. There may be nothing bothering Rashi in THAT verse. The words used may all be normal. But when the given verse is compared with another verse--that is, when the two verses are ALIGNED together-- we see blatant differences. The ALIGNED verses therefore suggest that these ALIGNED DIFFERENCES were deliberately placed there to emphasize certain nuances. The standard example will illustrtae this. STANDARD EXAMPLE Todays example is very illustrative STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-58.htm http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm This calendar presents a day by day listing of Rashis. The ALIGNMENT series occurs between 7-28-01 and 10-10-01. TODAYS EXAMPLE We align the two verses--Gods prohibition vs mans The footnotes show how mans lapsed memory of the prohibition enabled the snake to cast doubts in man on the original prohibition. Thus this list affords us a study of how sin happens. | |||
| VERSE | PHRASE1 | PHRASE2 | PHRASE3 |
| Gn02-16:17 | Eat from ANY tree | Dont EAT/----- | from KNOWLEDGE TREE |
| Gn03-02:03 | Eat from --- tree | Dont EAT/TOUCH | from CENTER TREES |
| Differs | *1 | *2 | *3 |
| COMMENTS | |||
*1 Rashi does not explain this difference but it should be clear -Eve, you have forgotten that God allowed you to eat from -ANY other tree. Good. So, just as God prohibited eating -from this tree so too he might prohibit eating from other -trees. In fact God is jealous of you and doesnt want you -to enjoy yourself Thus we have the theme of God hating man and therefore giving him prohibitions (vs the theme that God loves man and gave him prohibitions to redeem him). This can be used to seduce people *2 Rashi explicitly points out that God prohibited ONLY EATING From the tree while Eve thought TOUCHING the tree was prohibited (Gn03-03a) Rashi suggests that the snake utilized this lapse of memory For example he might have pushed Eve into the tree and said - See - you touched the tree and didnt die...so too if - you eat from the tree you wont die It is not necessary to take this Rashi literally--rather we should believe that the SNAKE UTILIZED EVES MEMORY LAPSE TO MAKE HER DOUBT. Other ways of making her doubt also exist *3 (Gn03-05b) God only prohibited the TREE OF KNOWLEDGE while Eve suggested that God prohibited all trees in the center of the garden (Including the tree of life). So the snake suggested that if they ate from the tree of life they would have many children, prolong their name & memory indefinitely and be like God(Creating a world of people) | |||