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RASHI: Nu14-12b 2 Reasons to forgive Jews:a)Forefathers b)Goyim VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ As the list below shows, a traditional prayer on behalf of the Jews usually involves 2 themes: (a) The merit of the Patriarchs (b) the wickedness of the current non-jewish inhabitants. Yes Moses prayer in Nu14-13:20 subtly lacks mention of the Patriarchs! Rashi suggests a Reason: God in Nu14-12 states that he WILL KILL THE JEWS AND LET MOSES REPLACE THEM. So Rashi suggests that God intended to fulfill the promise to the Patriarchs by letting Moses become a big nation. Since Moses did not want this he did not mention the merit of the Patriarchs. ---------------------------------------- TODAYS RASHI RULE: ALIGNMENT TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: FURTHER NUANCES ---------------------------------------- BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE ------------------------- Many Rashis do NOT focus on an internal analysis of the verse. There may be nothing bothering Rashi in THAT verse. The words used may all be normal. But when the given verse is compared with another verse--that is, when the two verses are ALIGNED together-- we see blatant differences. The ALIGNED verses therefore suggest that these ALIGNED DIFFERENCES were deliberately placed there to emphasize certain nuances. The standard example will illustrtae this. STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE --------------------------------- http://www.Rashiyomi.com/align-58.htm Or http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm The ALIGNMENT series occurs between 7-28-01 and 10-10-01. TODAYS EXAMPLE -------------- A beautiful set of 5 paragraphs which lists 2 reasons for the Jews to inherit Israel -- Promise to the Patriarchs -- the present non-jewish inhabitants are evil Softly, one of these 5 paragraphs is missing an EXPLICIT reference to the Patriarchs. Rashi in characteristic fashion milks a nifty nuance from this conspicuous absence. Here is the list EXERCISE -------- To fully appreciate Rashi perform the following 2 exercises - What is the minor difference between the aligned verses? - What NUANCE do YOU think this implies? Here is the list | |||
| VERSES | TOPIC OF PARAGRAPH | Patriarchs | Bad Goyim |
| Dt32 | Moses farewell song | Dt32-07 | Dt32-27 |
| Ex32-11:14 | Prayer:Forgive golden calf | Ex32-13 | Ex32-12 |
| Dt09-05 | Why Jews get Israel | Dt09-05 | Dt09-05 |
| EX06-06:08 | Gods answer on Egypt | Ex06-08 | Ex06-06 |
| Nu14-13:20 | Prayer:Forgive spies sin | *1 | Nu14-16 |
| COMMENTS | |||
*1 This is the POINT of the alignment---Moses did not mention the merit of the Patriarchs (The reason being that God offered to fulfill the promise to the Patriarchs by killing the Jewish people and letting Moses replace them (Rashi Nu13-12b) In passing we note that Nu14-16 mentions THE LAND THAT YOU(GOD) SWORE TO THEM but this is not a DIRECT reference to the patriarchs (as occurs in the other examples in this list). | |||