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VERSE: Gn18-04b
RASHIS COVERED: Gn18-04b Gn18-13b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- A powerful Rashi method is ALIGNMENT in which two almost similar verses are aligned. The minor differences between these two verses indicate further nuances. The use of alignment to indicate subtle nuances is similar to the modern vehicle of footnotes. EXAMPLE 1 Gn18-04b vs Gn19-02 ----------------------------- ABRAHAM: Wash your feet Stay over LOT----: Stay over Wash your feet RASHI: Abraham was concerned about idolatry while Lot wasnt ------ Hence Abraham did not want the dust, that people who bow to idols acquire, in his house (So they had to wash and remove the idol-dust first before staying over). Lot wasnt that particular and invited them to stay over first EXAMPLE 2: Gn18-13b vs Gn18-12 ------------------------------- SARAHS STATEMENT: Can I give birth and my HUSBAND is old GOD CITES STATEMENT: Can I give birth and I(SARAH) am old RASHI: God changed the statement (not my husband is old but ------ I am old) since it is meritorious to modify truth for the sake of peace. | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | ALIGNMENT | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | 2 CASES | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #10 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST313f | |
| Alignment of | Things done for guests | |
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| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | NUANCES | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #11 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST307u | |
| Alignment of | old age as reason for no children | |
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Alignment of Things done for guests | |||||
| VERSE | WHO SAID | TO WHOM | 1st Act | 2nd Act | |
| Gn18-04b | ABRAHAM | Guests | Wash your feet | Stay over | |
| Gn19-02 | LOT | Guests | Stay over | Wash your feet | |
| Differs | *1 | *1 | *1 | ||
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*1 RASHI: Abraham was concerned about idolatry while Lot wasnt Hence Abraham did not want the dust, that people who bow to idols acquire, in his house (So they had to wash and remove the idol-dust first before staying over). Lot wasnt that particular and invited them to stay over first*1 | |||||
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*10 I think the proper way of reading this Rashi is that Rashi is - FOCUSING on the alignment (and the different order) - giving ONE EXAMPLE of resolution Thus if the reader could come up with some other reason that the order was reversed then this alternative explanation would also be in the spirit of Rashi | |||||
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Alignment of old age as reason for no children We compare the statements in Gn18-13b and Gn18-12 | ||||
| VERSE | WHO SAID | No birth | Reason | |
| Gn18-12 | SARAHS | Can I give birth and | my HUSBAND is old | |
| Gn18-13b | GOD CITES | Can I give birth and | I(SARAH) am old | |
| Differs | *1 | *2 | *1 | |
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*1 Sarah said MY HUSBAND IS OLD (and hence I cant give birth) While God when citing Sarah CHANGED this and cited Sarah as saying I (SARAH) am old. This change is consistent with the known rule that it is required to modify the truth for purposes of peace. (Alternatively one can infer the rule from here) *2 This phrase is the same in both verses | ||||