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We ask the following database query:
Does the Torah and Jewish leaders reinforce moral values through symbolic reminders.
The reader is encouraged to perform the query using a standard Biblical Konnkordance or search engine.
This database query yields the list below.
The list justifies the following Rashi inference:
The Torah and Jewish leaders reinforce moral values through
symbolic reminders-hence the Bible prohibited using steps to go
up the altar since steps require a bigger gait than a ramp and a priest
dressed in a robe would thereby expose his nudity to the altar ramp
and embarass the ramp. If the Torah cared about not embarassing a ramp
then how much more so that we should be careful not to embarass our
fellow human friends.
The list below presents the results of the database query.
Verse
| Event
| Need
| Symbolic reminder
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Ex17-11a
| War with Amalayk
| Prayer
| Moses raised his hands
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Nu21-09a
| God's cure of snake bites in nation
| Prayer
| Placing the the copper snake on high (hinting to heaven)
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Dt12-02
| Destroying Idolatry
| Horror of crime
| Even the idolatrous trees are killed
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Lv20-15a
| Punishment for sleeping with animals
| Horror of crime
| Animal is stoned to death also
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Ex20-23a
| Temple service
| Decorum, atmosphere, modesty
| Use ramp vs. staircase so as not to excessively expose nakedness
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Advanced Rashi: We emphasize that the force of the Rashi comment emanates
from the use of the symbolic technique of personification. The Bible in effect
says If a priest dressed in a robe goes up to the altar using a staircase vs a ramp then
the steps will be exposed to his nudity (since stairs require wider steps than ramps) and he
will embarass the steps [use of personification]! This personification-symbolism
implies If you should be modest to steps and be careful not to embarass them how much more so
you should be modest to your fellow human being!
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