LIST006b
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03
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Part 3 in a 6 part series
on the usage of the key phrase
AT THAT TIME
We list below the 18 or so verses with the phrase AT THAT
TIME*12 The basic idea is causal relationship.
Verses with a Rashi end with a LETTER. Verses without a
Rashi do not end in a letter (eg Gn38-01a vs Gn21-22).
This illustrates the Rashi workbook method. Rashi encourages
us to apply the principle of AT THAT TIME=CAUSALITY to other
situations.
We have identified 6 themes in AT THAT TIME=CAUSALITY
These are elaborated in the footnotes. The six themes are
indicated in the column with a # sign. This lists theme is
B - MORAL DESERVEDNESS--(eg God forgave sin; this set the
atmosphere to give the Jews the 10 commandments again)
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VERSE
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#
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BEFORE EVENT
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AT THAT TIME-AFTER
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WHY CAUSE
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Dt10-01a
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B
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God forgave sin*3
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Renew 10 commandmnts
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Forgive causes
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Dt03-23b
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B
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Moses wins war*4
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Seeks forgive sin
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Forgive causes
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Dt10-08a
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B
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After Golden Calf*5
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Levites serve Temple
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No sin caused
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Dt10-08b
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B
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After Golden Calf*5
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Levites serve Temple
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No sin caused
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COMMENTS
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*3 Forgiveness of sin is clearly a moral PREREQUISITE for
receiving the Torah (PREREQUISITE is a more precise word
than CAUSE)
*4 Moses thought that God enabling him to win a war against
Sichon showed that God favored Moses and would let him
go to Israel Here again we have the connection of
moral right and good favor
*5 Here again we see the moral-favor connection. The levites
did not worship the golden calf and killed those who did.
Hence they DESERVED to serve in the temple (DESERVED vs
CAUSED)*11
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*11 There are actually 2 Rashis here. The whole paragraph
talks about the Jews rebellion
- in the Golden calf
- in the spy incident.
The Levites did not participate in either of these.
Hence they merited to serve in the temple.
We have never shown how Rashi sees the spy incident
in this chapter. We will do so in another posting. The
purpose of this posting is to explain the term AT THAT
TIME
*12 In previous postings we have outlined 4 methods
of connecting paragraphs (See our cp series on
the Rashi calendar
http://www.RashiYomi.com/cp-1.htm thru
http://www.RashiYomi.com/cp-9.htm
What we do in this posting is show how SPECIAL WORDS
(such as AT THAT TIME) can indicate which of the
4 methods is used
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