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      5. RASHI METHOD: CONTRADICTION
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi resolves contradictory verses using 3 methods.
      • (5a) Resolution using two aspects of the same event
      • (5b) Resolution using two stages of the same process
      • (5c) Resolution using broad-literal interpretation.
      This example applies to Rashis Nu07-84b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1415.htm
      Brief Summary: The Temple was conscecrated on the 1st of Nissan, After the annointing but on the same day they consecrated the Temple.

The table below presents two contradictory verses. Both verses talk about when the altar was dedicated. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse says the altar was dedicated on the day it was annointed while the other verse says the altar was dedicated after it was annointed Which is it? Was the altar dedicated the same day as its annointment or not? Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 aspects method method: The altar (and Temple) were consecrated (annointed) on the 1st of Nissan. After the annointment, but on the same day, the altar was dedicated with its gifts.

Summary Verse / Source Text of verse / Source
The altar was dedicated on the day it was annointed. Nu07-84a This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel; twelve dishes of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold;
The altar was dedicated after it was annointed Nu07-88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after it was anointed.
Resolution: 2 Aspects The altar (and Temple) were consecrated (annointed) on the 1st of Nissan. After the annointment, but on the same day, the altar was dedicated with its gifts. 


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