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Ex02-05c
(C) Dr Hendel, Nov-02

VERSE: Ex02-05c

COMMENT: Welcome to the New Year and a new
-------- Compact form. Hope you like it


QUESTION (Yitz Lowenstein-Baltimore)
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You claim that Rashi only gives simple meaning.
But Ex02-05c states PHAROHS DAUGHTER SENT HER
MAID TO GET THE CHILD while Rashi cites a
talmudic translation PHAROHS DAUGHTER STRETCHED
HER HAND TO TAKE THE CHILD. Rashi then refutes
this talmudic interpretation. Doesnt this prove
that the Talmudic interpretation is not the
simple meaning.

ANSWER
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Good question. Actually however the Talmudic
interpretation IS the simple meaning. Here is
how Rashi interprets the verse
- PHAROHS DAUGHTERS MAIDS
- WERE WALKING BY THE NILE
- PHAROHS DAUGHTER SAW THE ARK WITH THE BABY
- AND SHE SENT HER [PERSONAL] MAID TO TAKE IT
Notice how the first part of the verse speaks
about PHAROHS MAIDS (plural) while the 2nd part
of the verse speaks about her MAID (Singular).
So Rashi-is-Simple: The MAID she sent was her
personal maid that she trusted with risky tasks
(The King had forbidden saving Jewish babies and
hence only a special maid could be used). Chazal
use the term HAND MAID to indicate PERSONAL MAID*1
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: GRAMMAR
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: PLURAL SINGULAR
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW LIST003a:
A list of inferences from contrasting pluralit
Lv05-13a
(C) Dr Hendel, Nov-02


VERSE: Lv05-13a

QUESTION:
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There are 3 sin offerings: For RICH
people, POOR people and VERY POOR people. How
does Rashi infer that if you eg set aside $100
for a RICH offering and then become POOR that you
are allowed to use only say $30 of the $100 to
purchase a POOR offering. But in the reverse case
where you set aside $30 for a POOR offering and
then became RICH then you must add $70

ANSWER
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We use Rashi Workbook Principle #10: ALIGNMENT
of verses can show 2 cases. Here are the verses:
-Lv04-35(RICH) He will atone IN ADDITION to his
[money for a] sin offering
-Lv05-06(POOR) He will atone FROM his [money
for a] sin offering
-Lv05-13(VERY POOR) He will atone FROM his
[money for a] sin offering.
The CAPPED aligned phrases clearly show 2 cases:
Sometimes he ADDS to set aside money & sometimes
he only takes FROM the set aside money.
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: ALIGNMENT
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: 2 CASES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #10
SEE BELOW LIST002a:
A list of inferences From ALIGNED PHRASES
LIST002a
(C) Dr Hendel, Nov-02

Alignment of verses on sin offerings
See Posting Lv05-13a above

The contrasting phrases affect payments
when a persons economic status changes
VERSE SIN OFFERING OF BRINGS VERSE USES PHRASE
Lv04-35 RICH Animal BESIDES what he set
Lv05-06 Poor Birds FROM what he set
Lv05-10 Poor Birds FROM what he set
Lv05-13 Very Poor Flour BESIDES what he set
LIST003a
(C) Dr Hendel, Nov-02

Inferences based on plural-singular contrast
See posting Ex02-05c
Pharohs daughter had many maidS but she only
sent one maid(singular) to get the baby on the
Nile
Ex02-05c One maid sent Others werent trustworth
Ex19-02b Nation camped In a unified fashion*3
Gn14-14c They SplitS Army divide/conquer*4
Gn49-04 fathers bedS Reuven swapped beds*5
COMMENTS
*1 So: Many maids went down to the river
But PHarohs daughter only trusted one maid
to get the baby

*2 If you steal once you pay a fifth fine
If you steal the SAME object many times
then you pay many fifths (Plural)

*3 The entire nation(plural) campled(singluar)
They acted as a unified whole

*4 First the army went out as a unit
Then they split into groups(Hence the
singular plural contrast)

*5  Cf Gn35-22a which accuses Reuven of incest
Gn49-04 clarifies this: Reuven would swap
bedspreads when his father wanted to sleep
with Bilhah Reuven would swap her bedspread
with Leah(Leah was a full wife while Bilhah
was a maid...hence Reuven felt it was legit
to intefer with his fathers private life)
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