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DATABASE METHODS |
RASHIS COVERED:
Ex20-02a Dt05-15a Dt16-12a Dt24-18a Lv22-33a
Lv11-45a Nu15-41c Ex20-02a Ex29-46a
Lv25-38a Lv19-36d
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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There are only a dozen commandments where it mentions
the EXODUS from Egypt--that is, it states DO THESE
COMMANDMENTS AND REMEMBER THAT I, GOD, TOOK YOU OUT
OF EGYPT. There are 4 reasons for mentioning the Exodus:
(1) BE NICE TO SLAVES AND ORPHANS
(2) SANCTIFY YOURSELVES by avoiding ritual impurity
(3) AVOID ANXIETY PRODUCING BUSINESS PRACTICES (Cf Lv25-38, Lv19-36)
(4) SERVE THE TRUE ONE UNIQUE GOD:
All these practices were intrinsic to Egypt.
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TODAYS RASHI RULE: DATABASE METHODS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: DATABASE METHODS
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
One of Rashis main goals was to function as a Masorite:
A scholar who preserves the accuracy of the Biblical
text.
A primary vehicle for preserving the Biblical text is
noting RARITY. RARITY simply means that in some domain
of knowledge, Biblical language rarely uses certain
words or terms.
Examples of Biblical rarity are (a) Grammatical conjugations
that do not occur that often in Tnach; (b) Special topics
that occur in only a FEW of the Biblical commandments; (c)
grammatical roots that only occur a few times in the Bible.
In the main posting I present Hendels RARITY ALGORITHM in
SQL which rigorously formulates the RARITY concept
STANDARD EXAMPLE
Todays example illustrates this: There are 600 commandments
But only a dozen of them mention the Exodus. Hence this
mention is RARE.
STUDENT EXERCISES:
- Gather/find all Biblical commandments that mention
the Exodus
- How many such commandments do you have?
- Are there common themes to these Biblical commandments
STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
http://www.RashiYomi.com/database.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.com/dt05-15a.htm
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/egypt-5.htm
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| VERSE |
COMMAND |
Why this commandment mentions the Exodus |
| Dt05-15a |
Slavery*1 |
Remember how you were a slave in Egypt |
| Dt16-12a |
Slavery |
Remember the orphan widow levite etc |
| Dt24-18a |
Slavery |
Remember the poor and leave food for them |
| Lv22-33a |
Holiness*2 |
Be Holy (avoid the impurity methods of Egypt |
| Lv11-45a |
Holiness*2 |
Be Holy (avoid the impurity methods of Egypt |
| Nu15-41c |
Holiness |
Do all commandments; Separate from impurity |
| Ex20-02a |
One God*3 |
I am the one God despite various appearances |
| Ex29-46a |
One GOd |
Dwell with ME(God); Not with Egypt |
| Lv25-38a |
Anxiety*4 |
Dont take interest on loans |
| Lv19-36d |
Anxiety |
Dont have bad weights |
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COMMENTS |
*1 In other words a standard Egyptian practice was CLASS
DISTINCTIONS. This destroyed initiative and muffled
individuality. Therefore the Bible especially emphasizes
Egypt on commandments showing compassion to slaves, poor
widows and orphans
*2 A classical humiliation technique of Egypt was exposure
to dead animals, eating blood, visiting graves, idolatry
etc. This destroyed the personality.
*3 We could classify this set of commandments with holiness.
The idea here is that Egypt assigned everyone a PLACE
based on THEIR god. In Judaism there is one God and all
are equally accessible to Him
*4 A classic technique of Egypt was use of business anxiety
measures such as loaning on interest or use of bad
weights. This destroyed the desire for excellence.
The overall goal of Egypt was destroying individuality
and creating a machine of people.
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