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VERSE: Lv21-22a
RASHIS COVERED: Lv21-22a Lv21-22b Lv21-23a Lv21-23b
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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ One of Rashis 6 major goals is to indicate typing methods such as bold, italics, bullets etc. The Biblical Author did not have these methods available---hence the Bible uses certain techniques to mimic these methods. The Bible indicates BULLETS by skillful repetition of keywords. Lv21-22 and Lv21-23 provide some examples EXAMPLES -------- Bread ----- FROM the holy of holies ----- FROM the holies he shall eat However ------- TO the Paroceth ------- TO the altar he shall not approach | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | BULLET/PARAGRAPHS | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | BULLET | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #26 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST105a | |
| Lv21-22:23 listed with | bulleting structure | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST105b | |
| Lv21-22:23 listed with | bulleting structure | |
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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||
The Bulleted structure of Lv21-22 The REPEATED KEYWORD FROM indicates bullets The Bible indicats BULLETS by repeating keywords like FROM. If we translated this into modern notation we would simply use bullets (*) | |||
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| The offerings of God | |||
| FROM | The Holy of holies*10 | ||
| FROM | The Holies*11 | ||
| he shall eat | |||
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*10 Malbim points out that the GENERAL idea that priests (whether blemished or not) can eat even from Holy of holies is found at Lv06-11 ------------------------------------- ALL priests...shall eat (the Minchah) ------------------------------------- Malbim, then, citing Talmudic discussions, points out that this extra verse Lv21-22 includes all blemished priests whether - blemished from birth - acquired blemish - a blemish that will eventally heal Rashi however seems to be concerned with the repeated keyword FROM which indicates a BULLET structure that includes all HOLY objects That is Rashi is just interested in the GENERAL idea and is not trying to explain all Talmudic detail *11 It is customary when learning Leviticus to question the LOGICAL NEED for every verse. Here too the Sifray explains why the Bible has to mention both HOLIES and HOLY OF HOLIES. This explanation will be presented below But EVEN without this explanation we still have a perfect understanding of the verse For our understanding of the verse is not impaired (nor enriched) by our ability to answer, or not, Talmudic questions. The Sifray explains that -- if it only mentioned HOLY OF HOLY offerings I would assume that there is no problem with priests eating HOLY offerings -- if it only mentioned HOLY offerings I would assume that blemished priests can eat HOLY OF HOLY OFFERINGS since we find a precedent that Moses ate HOLY OF HOLY OFFERINGS Again this detail is not essential to our understanding the verse | |||
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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||
The Bullet structure of Lv21-22:23. The Biblical Author indicated bullets by skillfully repeating Keywords. In Lv21-23 the keyword TO indicates bulleting. If we were writing this in modern notation we would use BULLETS(*). Further details are provided in the footnotes | |||
| PHRASE1 | BULLET | BULLETED ITEMS | |
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| TO | the Paroceth*10 and | ||
| TO | the altar*1 *10 | ||
| he shall not approach*11 | |||
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*1 The contrast of bullets---PAROCETH(Inner Veil) vs ALTAR suggests we are talking about the outer altar (since the inner altar is right near the Paroceth and need not be mentioned | |||
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*10 It is customary when learning Leviticus to question the LOGICAL NEED for every verse. Here too the Sifray explains why the Bible has to mention both PAROCETH and ALTAR. This explanation will be presented below But EVEN without this explanation we still have a perfect understanding of the verse For our understanding of the verse is not impaired (nor enriched) by our ability to answer, or not, Talmudic questions. The Sifray explains that -- if it had just mentioned the PAROCETH I would think that only the inner veil is prohibited but not the outer one -- if it had just mentioned the ALTAR I would think that only the ALTAR where he can ordinarily serve is prohibited (To enter); but the PAROCETH where he cant serve anyway--perhaps he can enter to eg do maintenance work (See footnote #11 for further details) Again this detail is not essential to our understanding the verse *11 It is not clear WHAT is prohibited by this verse The Malbim cites a Rambam-Ramban controversy There are a variety of possibilities -- Dont enter to serve on the altar or Paroceth -- Dont enter to do maintenance -- Dont enter for no purpose Each of these approaches has difficulties (Eg Why mention he cant serve on the Paroceth when even a stranger cant serve there) The Malbim leaves this analysis with the statement IT NEEDS INVESTIGATION. HOWEVER, all we our pointing out is that every Talmudic commentary MUST deal with the BULLETED nature of the verse and its implications (Two items are prohibited-- paroceth and altar entry) | |||