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VERSE: Dt01-18a

==================== ALL has 5 MEANINGS =========================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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The word ALL has 4 usages
-- all PARTS
-- NO EXCEPTIONS
-- all SUBGROUPS
-- even BORDER LINE Cases
So when the Bible states (Dt01-18a) that MOSES COMMANDED
ALL THE JUDICIAL THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, Rashi explains
that this includes even BORDER LINE cases of the law like the 10
subtle differences between Monetary and Capital cases

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:    SPECIAL WORDS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: ALL
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BRIED DESCRIPTION OF RULE and SUBRULE
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One of Rashis 6 main goals was to function like a dictionary
and present the meanings of words. Certain words like --
EVEN, ONLY, ALL, USUALLY, BECAUSE --- occur very frequently.
Rashis job was to give the primary usages of these words.

STANDARD EXAMPLE
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Consider the word ALL. It has 4 primary usages
- ALL of Sedom gathered for the rape (ALL=NO EXCEPTIONS)
- Dont defile to ALL dead (ALL=All body PARTS)
- ALL Jewish people complained that night (ALL=EVEN leaders)
- ALL flesh corrupted (ALL GROUPS--people, animals, birds..)
Thus ALL can mean
-- NO EXCEPTIONS
-- ALL PARTS
-- EVEN BORDER LINE CASES (Like leaders in a nation)
-- ALL GROUPS (Even people, animals, birds)
The main references below give further elaboration.

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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http://www.RashiYomi.com/all-18.htm

http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm

The old Rashi yomi calendar: July 2000


HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS
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You can use the LIST below for school projects.
Here is how: If you are a teacher then you
can present the major meanings of ALL to a class
You can then ask them to
-- to find verses with the word ALL
-- see which meaning of Rashi applies
The students can then compare their answer with that
of Rashi. This leads to greater appreciation of Rashi


TODAYS EXAMPLE
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We present below the list of verses where ALL means
EVEN BORDER line cases and include the new example.
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VERSE    TEXT WILL "ALL"            INCLUDES EVEN THE FOLLOWING
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Lv24-14a ALL hearing the Blasphemy  Even the judges *1
Nu14-01a The WHOLE nation rebelled  EVEN the LEADERS *2
Lv14-09a Cut ALL hair               Even non-dense hair *3
Ex12-43b ALL foreigners             Even Jewish apostates *4
Dt20-11a ALL conquered willbe yours EVEN from other nations *5
Ex12-12b I'll smite all 1stborn     Even from other nations *5
Gn43-09b I'll owe you my WHOLE life EVEN in the next world
Dt13-01a Listen to ALL commandments EVEN the light ones
Dt01-18a Moses commanded ALL to do  EVEN subtle details*6

NOTES
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*1 ALL people (even judges who heard testimony) must stone
   the blasphemer

*2 ALL people cried at hearing the spies story (Even the
   leaders)

*3 Thru the GENERAL PARTICULAR GENERAL principle we learn
   that only dense-visible hair (like eyebrows) has to
   be shaved. This is learned by generalizing the examples
   in the verse ("head", "beard", "eyebrows")

   Thru the word "ALL" we learn that even non-dense or
   non-visible hair (like armpit hair or outer-arm-hair)
   should be shaved.

   Thus the two items--GENERAL-PARTICULAR-GENERAL and ALL
   teach us that ALL is shaved except NOSE-HAIR


*4 Neither foreigners nor Jewish Apostates can bring offerings

*5 Thus eg God smote the Firstborn of Egyptians and also the
   firstborn of other nations who were visiting Egypt

*6 Rashi GIVES AN EXAMPLE: Moses even commanded the 10
   differences between Monetary and Capital cases.

   There is no reason to suppose that Rashi EXHAUSTED the
   meaning of the verse in this interpretation.  Rather,
   it is the word ALL that motivated Rashi. We therefore
   perceive Rashis literal remarks -- the 10 differences
   between civil and Capital cases -- as being an EXAMPLE
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RASHI RULE USED: SPECIAL WORDS
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WARNING: The following additional references may be too wordy
However they frequently contain additional information & lists
The hyperlinks only work on the main website

Volume 14 Number 18


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