CAPITAL CRIME:Execute Vs Cut Off:#1 of 5 ########################################################### # 10 YEAR Ayelet DAILY-RASHI-YOMI CYCLE # # May 9, 2001 # # Rashis 738-738 Of 7800 (9.5%) # # # # VISIT THE RASHI YOMI ARCHIVES # # ----------------------------- # # http://www.RashiYomi.Com/calendar.htm # # # # Reprinted with permission from Rashi-is-Simple, # # (c) 1999-Present, RashiYomi Inc., Dr Hendel President # #Permission to reprint with this header but not for profit# # # # WARNING: READ with COURIER 10 (Fixed width) FONTS # # # ########################################################### GOALS: ------ In this short module we compare verses on 5 capital crimes. in each case we will see a pair of verses. * One verse says there is a death penalty * One verse says the person is cut off from his nation The traditional approach says that a DEATH PENALTY happens if there are witnesses while if there are no witnesses then there is extinction. This module will be a bit different in flavor than previous modules. The punchy proof of Rashi will not occur till the end of the unit. In other words the proof will come from the entire list and not from any particular verse TODAYS UNIT ----------- We study the crime of MURDER. We will see only a hint at the EXTINCTION-DEATH penalty mentioned above. REFERENCE: ---------- This module comes from the following references in the Rashi-is-Simple series. http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h10n3.htm The two verses discussed today were previously discussed in http://www.RashiYomi.Com/xample-35.htm. #*#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc., 2001, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#*#*# EXAMPLE 1: Gn09-05d EXAMPLE 2: Gn09-06a BACKGROUND ---------- The Bible is discussing the crime of murder. The Bible mentions how serious this crime is and lists the punishments. VERSES ------ I will SEEK your blood from (killing) by sending animals & I will SEEK your blood from brothers killing (by accident). Thru human execution will be punished shedders of blood RASHI ----- The language THRU HUMAN EXECUTION denotes a CAPITAL OFFENSE punished by court. The language I GOD WILL SEEK YOUR BLOOD denotes the punishment of extinction. From the examples given ------------------------------------------------ killing by animals or brothers killing each other (apparently accidentally) ------------------------------------------------ it is suggested that the first verses deals with accidental murder or murder where there is no proof (either because animals were used or there were no witnesses) Then the last set of verses would deal with premeditated murder before witnesses. COMMENT ------- Notice at this point Rashi has only SAID his point. He has not PROVEN his point. The proof of Rashis point will not come from a collection of hints seen in a variety of capital offenses which we will examine over the next few days. In other words the rule we cite will be an INFERENCE OR GENERALIZATION FROM SEVERAL VERSES. #*#*#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc. 2001, Dr. Hendel President #*#*#*#*#