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    1. RASHI METHOD: REFERENCES
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Commentary on a verse is provided thru a cross-reference to another verse. The cross references can either provide
    • (1a) further details,
    • (1b) confirm citations, or
    • (1c) clarify word meaning.
    This examples applies to Rashis Ex29-42a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ex29-42a.htm

    In English we distinguish between the words continual and continuous.
    • Continual: Continual has a connotation of say every day but not necessarily every second.
    • Continuous: Continuous has a connotation of every second, all the time.
    However the Hebrew Biblical word Tamid, Tauv Mem Yud Daleth can equally refer to something done continually or continuously. We can generally infer meaning by cross referencing another verse. The following verse pairs illustrate this process.
    • Verse Ex29-42a states It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before HaShem, where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee.
    • The meaning of the Hebrew Tauv Mem Yud Daleth is continual not continuously as shown by citing the following verse Ex29-39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at dusk.
    Thus the emphasis is on twice a day not on continuous offering.
    • By contrast the Hebrew Tauv Mem Yud Daleth in Ex29-20 means continuous And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continuously.
    • This is clarified by the very next verse Ex29-21 In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before HaShem; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. Actually the Menorah lights were both continuous and continual. They were continuous all night but continual twice a day.

    Advanced Rashi: These verses show the power of the reference method in clarifying nuances. The nuances cited actually occur in the various Talmudic discussions on the Hebrew Tauv Mem Yud Daleth.


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