LIST343e (C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04
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Alignment of verses with Details of rights of wives
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VERSE
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Activity of son
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What SlaveGirl is entitled to
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Ex21-09b
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If his son marries her
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she gets the DESERVED-FOR-GIRLS
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Ex21-10a
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If his son marries two
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she gets FOOD, CLOTHING, SEX
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Details
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COMMENTS
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*1 The exact textual alignment here is as follows
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Ex21-09b If the owner of the girl DESIGNATES her for his son
Ex21-10a If he(the son) takes another (wife (Rashi Ex21-10a))
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The parenthetical expressions are Rashi-s interpretation
and are derived from the alignment since the two verses
define a context of talking about womens rights EVEN for
a slave-girl and EVEN if the 2nd wife is not a slave*10
*2 Rashi (Ex21-09a) infers from the alignment that
DESERVED-FOR-GIRLS refers to FOOD-CLOTHING-SEX
Rashi (Ex21-10b) identifies (-because of the alignment-)
the SHE in Ex21-10a as referring to the SlaveGirl.
However the real intent of Ex21-10 is ANY SHE (that is,
his 2nd wife OR EVEN his 1st wife-- the slave girl) are
each entitled to FOOD, CLOTHING and SEX.
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LONGER FOOTNOTES
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*10 This brilliant approach to Rashi -- that Rashi is
emphasizing a wives rights EVEN in extreme cases
-- another wife, a slave --- was developed by Rav
Hirsch who suggested that the Torah TYPICALLY showed
rights by giving EXTREME CASES (So all wives have rights
EVEN if they are slaves etc).
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