VERSE: Ex02-05c

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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

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.

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

The contrasting phrases affect payments
when a persons economic status changes

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