*1 Rashi gives examples: "CRAWLING ON BELLY" could refer to
a SNAKE. "ALL WHO CRAWL ON BELLY" refers to SNAILS
Thus the ALL includes even insects

*2 Rashi gives examples: "WALKING ON CLAWS" refers to the
scoprion---"ALL WHO WALK ON CLAWS" refers to the BEETLES

*3 Rashi further FURTHER supports this with the alignment
(The Torah is speaking about a plague of BITING SNAKES
God told Moses to make a copper snake and those that look
at it would live) Consider the alignment of the following
verses

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Nu21-08 And ANYONE Bitten            will  SEE      it & live
Nu21-09 And ANYONE Bitten by a snake would STARE at it & live
*1            *2
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Thus if a SNAKE bit them they had to STARE at it to live
But if a  DOG   bit them they could just see it and live

Finally, Rashi in the name of the Talmud explains why "looking"
at a copper snake should cure---it symbolically referred to
looking upwards and praying"


*4 That is the adults should TRAIN minors not to eat blood

*5 This Rashi, besides being derived from the word ALL is further
supported by an alignment of introductory verses

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Lv15-01 speak to     the              Jews
Lv12-02 Speak to     the              Jews
Lv19-02 Speak to ALL the community of Jews
*a         *b
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Thus there is an emphasis that the whole community should
hear (even children)


*6 Again Rashi is supported by an alignment

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Dt34-08 the       children    of Israel mourned Moses
Nu20-29 the whole house       of Israel Mourned Aaron
*a    *b
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The term HOUSE of ISRAEL is more
directed to women and children


*7 ALL people (even judges who heard testimony) must stone
the blasphemer

*8 ALL people cried at hearing the spies story (Even the
leaders)

*9 Thru the GENERAL PARTICULAR GENERAL principle we learn
that only dense-visible hair (like eyebrows) has to
be shaved. This is learned by generalizing the examples
in the verse ("head", "beard", "eyebrows")

Thru the word "ALL" we learn that even non-dense or
non-visible hair (like armpit hair or outer-arm-hair)
should be shaved.

Thus the two items--GENERAL-PARTICULAR-GENERAL and ALL
teach us that ALL is shaved except NOSE-HAIR


*10 Neither foreigners nor Jewish Apostates can bring offerings

*11 Thus eg God smote the Firstborn of Egyptians and also the
firstborn of other nations who were visiting Egypt


*12 This was incorrectly translated in a previous posting

*13 Rashi points out the subtlety in this: People normally act
macho--they would say "If I had been there to hear Moses I
would have answered him". Therefore it says ALL Israel..
Moses made sure "EVERYBODY" was there so that no one
should claim that "I would have answered Moses".

*14 This law is beneficial--if the sacrifice touched other
meat then ONLY THE PLACE WHERE IT TOUCHED has to be cut off
(Only PART of it is holy)

Rashi further learns that TOUCHING does not confer holiness
unless there was ABSORPTION of the meat flavor (According
to Malbim this is learned from order of words--this will
be discussed in another posting)

*15 So you spill the blood out of the cup--then you vigorously
shake it and spill the leftover droplets (hence ALL the blood
is spilt)

*16 So eg if the dead organ fell into the cup then anything
in the AIRSPACE of the cup becomes ritually impure EVEN
if it is not touching the cup but eg suspended

In legal terminology we say that (BEING) INSIDE is a
VEHICLE for TRANSMISSION of impurity in earthenware cups

*17 I would logically think that Bzalel couldn't do things that
God told Moses but Moses forgot to tell Bzalel.

Rashi brings a possible example--In Ex25 Moses orders the
temple utensils to be built first and then the Tabernacle

But in Ex36 and Ex37 Bzalel builds the Tabernacle first
and then the temple.

Logically Bzalel knew that you build the house first and
then fill it with utensils

*18 Nu14-29 states that the adult males over 20 who listened to
the spies slander of Israel died. However they had all
died by the time they came to Tzin---hence the WHOLE
community came (because they didn't bury anyone in the
previous place)

*19 Nu18-09 lists 3 types of sacrifices that priests get.
It does not list peace offerings. HEnce I need the word
ALL to include it. This is further indicated in Lv06
and Lv07-23.

*20 It says Lv17-11 that the reason blood is prohibited is
because it is used to atone on the altar

Hence it is logical to conclude that only sacrificial
blood is forbidden but ordinary blood that can't be
offered is permissable. Therefore the verse says ALL BLOOD
to include this other blood.

*21,*22 It explicitly says (Lv22--21:22) that blemished priests
may not offer sacrifices (But may eat them).

Hence the word "ALL" includes even blemished priests--
since they can't offer sacrifices I might think they
DO inherit Israel--I might also think that they do
not join the Priestly rotations (which offer and eat
the sacrifices).

Therefore the word ALL is used. They

do join the priestly rotations,
do not inherit Israeli land,
do not offer sacrifices
do eat them

*23 There are 3 opinions of what the word ALL includes.
The best literary approach is to use Lv07-07
The sin offering is like the guilt offering"
(Since both sin and guilt offerings deal with matters
of sin) Thus the word "ALL sin offerings" includes
even guilt all offerings.

We used this Rashi to show Rashis literary style.
See above


*24 Recall that most sacrifices are HOLY and cannot be eaten
even if they are Kosher. Further recall that the Lepor
was atoned by having a Kosher bird sent away and another
one offered (Lv14-04:07). I might think that this
sent-away-Lepor bird is like any other sacrificial object
and prohibited from eating. Therefore Dt14-11 says
ALL Kosher birds..." may be eaten--even the Kosher lepor
bird.



*25  The first passover offering has one lamb PER family(Ex12-03)
Hence I might think that future passover offerings are
PER family. Therefore when Ex12-16 says "The WHOLE community
must offer it" it means EVERY individual

*26 Added Dec 27, 2001. This verse discusses how Pharoh
decreed death on all children.

The Bible explicitly says that Egypt was run by
magicians and stargazers (Ex07-11, Ex08-15). It
therefore seems reasonable that they told Pharoh that
they were told my magic that a savior was born to the Jews
Since Pharoh didnt know if the savior was Egyptian or Jewish
Pharoh ordered ALL children -- EVEN Egyptian children --
killed by drowning.

*27 In this part of the list ALL means ALL SUBGROUPS

*28 In this part of the list ALL means EVEN BORDERLINE CASES
So eg THE WHOLE NATION REBELS includes EVEN THE LEADERS
(Since you wouldnt expect the leaders to rebel)

*29 In this part of the list ALL means WITHOUT EXCEPTION
(Everybody)

*30 In this part of the list ALL means ALL PARTS (eg
even ORGANS)


*31 In this part of the list ALL refers EVEN to items
you dont EXPECT (Hence this part of the list is
MIDRASHIC in flavor).  For example BEZALEL did ALL
GOD COMMANDED MOSES...the word ALL refers EVEN to
items that Moses forgot (Since you wouldnt think
that Bezalel followed forgotten orders)