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REPETITION can BROADEN MEANING |
EXAMPLE: Lv04-08a OX OX: Law applies to YOM KIPPUR OXEN
EXAMPLE: Lv04-08b SIN SIN: Law applies to idolatrous sin offering
EXAMPLE: Lv04-12d ASHDUMP ASHDUMP:Even if no ashes are there
VERSE: Lv04-08a
RASHIS COVERED: Lv04-08a Lv04-08b Lv04-12d
BACKGROUND
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In the above reference we present verses where a word is
repeated. For example >WHEN A MAN MAN HAS HIS WIFE CHEAT<
We present 4 methods for dealing with repetition
-- REPETITION indicates ENDEARMENT and CLOSENESS
-- REPETITION indicates the CHOICEST and BEST
-- REPETITION indicates EXTRA CASES in the subject,verb, object
-- REPETITION indicates a broad non-usual meaning
One method of REPETITION is to deliberately avoid pronouns.
THE TEXT
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Lv04-03 ...let him bring an OX as a SIN offering
Lv04-08 ...let him offer the fat of the OX of the SIN offering
COMMENT: Notice the repeated words OX and SIN offering. Proper
use of pronouns would require >Let him offer ITS fat<
Lv04-12 & the remains are burned at the ASH DUMP;by the ASH DUMP
COMMENT: Notice the repeated words ASH DUMP
THE RASHI
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Rashi interprets all 3 repetitions using the same method. He
broadens the meaning of the term and applies the sentence to
other similar examples. E.g.
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Lv04-08 ..offer the fat [of this or ANY] Ox of [any] sin offering
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So the repeated words OX and SIN offering broadly apply even
to OTHER SIN OFFERINGS like the GOAT sin offering for idolatry
(Nu15-27) or to OTHER OX SIN OFFERINGS like the OX offering on
the Day of atonement (Lv16)
Here is the LIST of repeated words which receive a broader
interpretation
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| VERSE |
REPEATED WORD*1 |
NARROW MEANING |
BROAD MEANING INCLUDES |
| Lv04-08 |
OX |
Ox Priest Sin*2 |
Ox Day of Atonement |
| Lv04-08 |
Sin offering |
For priest sin |
for idolatry sin*3 |
| Lv04-12 |
ASH DUMP |
If ashes there |
Designated place*4 |
| Lv04-24 |
GOAT |
KING GOAT SIN |
Nachshons Goat Sin*5 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 In Lv04-12 the phrase ASH DUMP is actually repeated. In
the other verses the REPETITION occurs because a PRONOUN
could have been used. This is discussed in the BACKGround
section above
*2 By the phrase OX PRIEST SIN, I of course mean, OX PRIEST
SIN OFFERING. In order to fit everything on one line I
have left out the word OFFERING.
*3 Notice that Rashis focus that the REPETITION indicates
DOUBLING. HOW this doubling is applied is a technical matter
eg the Sifrah asks: Why not apply the repeated word
sin to the GOAT SIN OFFERINGS ON THE FESTIVALS; why apply it
to the Idolatry sin offering. Rashi does not go into that much
detail.
*4 EG The English BATHROOM can refer to a room for personal
use EVEN if no bath is there. So too ASHDUMP refers to the
place where ashes are dumped even if no ashes are there now
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