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RASHIS COVERED: Gn06-11b THEFT not DESTRUCTION caused flood Gn06-13b VERY BRIEF SUMMARY There are two verses describing world sin during the time of the flood. When listing the flood generation sins the Torah mentions both THEFT-MURDER crimes as well as IMMORALITY crimes. However when indicating the DECISION to destroy the world because of its sins ONLY the THEFT-MURDER crimes are mentioned This leads Rashi to identify THEFT-MURDER as more important than IMMORALITY in Gods decision making process about punishment --------------------------- TODAYS RASHI RULE: ALIGNMENT TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: TWO CASES --------------------------- 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. Thus the Biblical Author instead used REPEATED ALIGNED VERSES with DIFFERENT DETAILS to indicate the same types of info that a modern write would indicate with footnotes The simplest case of ALIGNMENT is when the differences CLEARLY and EXPLICITLY show that we are dealing with two cases each with different details. Todays example illustrates this STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE The TERSE: http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-58.htm Or the LONGER: http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm The ALIGNMENT series occurs between 7-28-01 and 10-10-01. TODAYS LIST We present 2 lists: In this list we align the two verses about the state of the world. In the second list we show that the word CHAMAS means MURDER-THEFT. | ||||
| VERSE | PHRASE1 | PHRASE2 | PHRASE3 | |
| Gn06-13b | I-ll destroy world because | --------------- | of theft | |
| Gn06-11 | The world is ------------- | corrupted | thefting | |
| Differ | *1 | *2 | *2 | |
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*1 One verse describes the sins of the world while the second describes why God is destroying the world Thus the 2 verses deal with 2 cases *2 When discussing the sins of the world CORRUPTION is mentioned (which denotes sexual and Idolatrous crimes) while when discussing the REASONS for destroying the world CORRUPTION is not mentioned Rashi concludes that THEFT-MURDER (vs general immorality) was the more important determinant in destroying the world This inference has implications for our lifes and values. | ||||
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In this second list we show that CHAMAS refers to such crimes as THEFT-MURDER etc *10 | ||
| VERSE | TEXT OF VERSE WITH MEANING OF chamas CAPPED | |
| Ju09-24 | MURDER of 70 brothers | |
| Gn49-05 | Shimon/Levi MURDERED Schem | |
| Am03-10 | hoard THEFT & BOOTY in their treasure chests | |
| Is59-06 | They do CHAMAS with their hands | |
| Dt16-16:19 | Witnesses of CHAMAS..(THEFT/MURDER/MORAL SIN) | |
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*10 Interestingly Rashi identifies CHAMAS with THEFT But as is clear from the above list it can refer EITHER to THEFT or MURDER. Consequently this is a (minor) example of how Rashi can/should be amended | ||