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The table below presents an aligned extract of verses
in
Lv19-05 Lv01-04
Both verses
discuss
offering a sacrifice in order to regain
good will with God.
The alignment justifies the Rashi assertions that
Besides attaining good will with God the actual
sacrifice procedure must be done with good will - that is with
intention. Hence a priest who mechanically offers without
concentration has invalidated the sacrifice.
Verse
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Text of Verse
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Rashi comment
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Lv01-04
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And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be good will for him to make atonement for him
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The sacrifice achieves a regaining of good will before God.
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Lv19-05
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And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord,
with good will you shall offer it.
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Notice the distinction between it shall be for [regaining] good will
vs. with good will offer it one being passive and one being active. In other
words (a) the offerer passively receives good will from God who reestablishes
a relationship with him and (b) the offerer himself must actively offer with
good will, in other words with active intention, will and concentration. Hence
we infer that the person who offers sacrifices mechanically while concentrating
on something else thereby invalidates the sacrifice.
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Advanced Rashi:
The alignment here is an alignment of grammatical mode: One verse
uses the passive while the other verse uses the active. Rashi presents two explanations
since there are two aspects of the word to comment on: First Rashi explains the
passive use of good will - that it indicates regaining of good will from God; second
Rashi explains the active use of good will, connoting active attention. Interestingly
Rashi calls the first explanation - regaining God's good will - as the the simple
meaning of the text. Actually both explanations are the simple meaning of the
text since they are standard ways of interpreting passive and active. However Rashi
typically refers to explanations of words as the simple meaning of the
text, and refers to other simple meanings (such as grammar) as an emphasis
on nuances (Midrasho).
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