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VERSE: Ex24-33a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex24-33a Lv44-11c Lv23-22a Lv23-31a
Lv25-36a Dt19-14a Dt24-17a Lv06-06b
Ex24-33a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi frequently commented using the powerful ALIGNMENT
method: Two or more verses are aligned - the minor difference
between them imply rich nuances.

EXAMPLE Lv25-36:37
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Lv25-36:37 presents TWO cases of interest
- dont take his MONEY in interest
- dont take his FOOD in interest

In other words when you charge interest on a loan
you intefer with
- the persons capacity to earn a living(MONEY)
- the persons basic needs (FOOD)
Hence you have violated TWO SEPARATE prohibitions.
or equivalantly you violated one prohibition which
has TWO consequences.

The list below gives about a dozen similar examples where
repeated verses are interpreted to indicate multiple
offenses.
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: ALIGNMENT
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 2 CASES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #10
SEE BELOW LIST313O
List of Repeated Verses=Multiple offenses
LIST313O
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List of                  Repeated Verses(Multiple offenses)
1st Verse 2nd Verse Commandment/Prohibition that is repeated
Ex34-23a Ex23-17 To visit God on 3 pilgrimages*11
Lv06-06b Lv06-05 Dont extinguish altar fire
Lv11-44c Lv11-43 Dont consume insects
Lv23-22a Lv19-09 Leave forgotten sheaves for the poor*1
Lv23-31a Lv23-28 Prohibition of doing work on Yom kippur*2
Dt19-14a Lv19-13 Prohibition of THEFT || THEFT OF LAND *3
Dt24-17a Dt16-19 Dont distort JUSTICE || JUSTICE Of Widow
Lv25-36a Lv25-37 Prohibition of interest*4 *11
COMMENTS
 
*1 Rashi also makes comments on the CONSECUTIVE chapters.
We will revisit this aspect of Rashi in a separate issue.

*2 Rashi also offers a 2nd explanation (Two verses to
prohibit equally work by day or work by night).

*3 Rashi also addresses the verse phrase
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dont pushback your neighbors boundary
IN THE INHERITANCE THAT YOU INHERIT
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The capped phrase indicates that the two prohibitions
are only violated on Israeli territory. This aspect
of Rashi will be discussed in a separate issue on
Israel-related commandments.

*4 The Rambam (Laws of Loans Chapter 4 Paragraph 1:2 )
also makes this point.*10
LONGER FOOTNOTES
 

*10 It is important to emphasize that the TWONESS of
prohibition does NOT refer to
- the two words NESECH RIBITH
but rather refers to
- the REPETITION of the prohibition in two consecutive
verses as follows
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- dont take NESECH & RIBITH
- Someones money: Dont take thru NESECH
- Dont take thru RIBITH his food
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This is an important principle in understanding Midrash
halachah (That is, the TWONESS is deep (Two verses) not
petty (Two words))

*11 The traditional approach to this repetition is that
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The Torah repeated prohibitions in several places
thus making people who violate them liable on multiple
violations (Rashi Ex34-23a)
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I however would go a step further and interpret this
to mean that the two prohibitions occur in TWO contexts
Since the TWO contexts apply in all cases it follows
that offenders have violated two prohibitions.

EXAMPLE
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Lv25-36:37 presents TWO cases of interest
- dont take his MONEY in interest
- dont take his FOOD in interest

In other words when you charge interest on a loan
you intefer with
- the persons capacity to earn a living(MONEY)
- the persons basic needs (FOOD)
Hence you have violated TWO SEPARATE prohibitions.
or equivalantly you have violated one prohibition which
has TWO consequences.

EXAMPLE
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Ex34-23a  Ex23-17 both talk about the obligation
of pilgrimage 3 times a year. However

- Ex23 discusses pilgrimage in a CONTEXT of caring
for the poor and indigent

- Ex34 discusses pilgrimage in a CONTEXT of Jewish
identity and avoiding intermarriage.

Hence a person who violates the pilgrimage laws
violates two different violations (Or the same
violation from two different points of views).

I think this approach the profound and proper way to
study verse repetition.
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