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CLIMAX |
EXAMPLE: Lv26-32a The land itself will be uninhabitable
EXAMPLE: Lv26-33a You will not be able to unify in exile
EXAMPLE: Lv26-33b There will be terrorism even in exile
EXAMPLE:Lv26-33c Your land is known as desolate(no hope of return
Lv26-27:33 describes the punishment of EXILE in 7 stages.
We began the analysis the last two postings. EXILE begins with
STARVATION and LACK OF RELIGIOUS SUPPORT. Today we continue
the study of stages of exile with HOMELESSNESS and LACK OF HOPE
OF GETTING BACK.
Those interested may visit the main posting for the longer
footnotes. See http://www.RashiYomi.com/h13n22.htm
In the LIST below those stages that were ALREADY ANALYZED
are marked as DONE while the new stages have footnotes.
We will conclude this unit on Lv26-27:33 tomorrow with a
recap and summary.
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| STAGE |
VERSE |
TEXT OF VERSE |
LINKS |
| STARVATION |
Lv26-29 |
Eat children for food |
Done |
| NO RELIGIOUS CRUTCHES |
Lv26-30 |
Lose religious statutes*1 |
Done |
| NO PERSONAL RELIGION |
Lv26-30 |
No dreams inspiring hope*3 |
Done |
| NO ANCESTRAL RELIGION |
Lv26-31 |
No cities,temple,sacrifices |
Done |
| HOMELESSNESS(EXILE) |
Lv26-32 |
Land is desolate*6 |
*6 |
| LOSS OF FRIENDS |
Lv26-33 |
Sprinkle exile;splash swords |
*7 |
| LOSS OF HOPE |
Lv26-34 |
a known desolate land |
*8 |
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COMMENTS |
*6 The verse simply states I WILL MAKE DESOLATE THE LAND AND
YOUR ENEMIES WILL BE DESOLATE ON IT.
Rashi stretches this using poetic license
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It is not only that the Jews will
be exiled. But rather that the land
they lived on will be UNUSABLE. EVEN
the ENEMIES will not be able to live there
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In terms of stages there is a difference between a starving
person getting thrown out of his house(with the hope
of getting it back) vs a person whose house has become
unlivable!
After the starvation and loss of religion the land of
Israel become uninhabitable.
*7 The verse BY ITSELF
would be perceived
as simply using flowery language
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I God will SPRINKLE you among the nations;
I will SPLASH out the swords
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Because of CLIMAX Rashi used poetic license on the
nuances of SPRINKLE and SPLASH
-- SPRINKLE denotes a LACK OF UNITY (only droplets
are sprinkled). SPLASH denotes massive terrorism
without letup.
LINK TO THE EXILE STAGES
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A starving person who lost his house may hope to
get it back. But if he cant unify and network
with appropriate people he loses that hope.
Although the nuances of SPRINKLE and SPLASH
support Rashi, the ultimate justification for his
use of poetic lisence comes from
the CLIMAX principle which allows poetic
lisence
*8 The phrase DESOLATE LAND has already occured
several times in this chapter. Rashi
interprets each occurence of this phrase
differently consistent with the CLIMAX
PRINCIPLE. In this verse Rashi places an
emphasis on
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The land will be KNOWN as desolate. There will
be no HOPE of coming back
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This is the final stage in exile. After all if
you are exiled (eg from your house) and hope to
win it back in a lawsuit then it is just a nuisance.
But if you are exiled WITHOUT hope of return it is
more serious.
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