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VERSE: Dt12-20a

REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/nu15-18a.htm

====== A DOZEN COMMANDMENTS DEPEND ON ENTRY TO ISRAEL ===========

  BACKGROUND
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  There are 613 commandments.
  --Many commandments are simply stated: e.g. DONT KILL
  --About a dozen commandments link to Israel Entry: e.g.
    WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL do such and such

  The general rule of thumb is that the 10 commandments
  beginning with WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL only are obligatory
  AFTER conquest of the land (They were not obligatory in
  the wilderness)

  THE TEXTS
  ---------
  Almost all Israel-Linked commandments begin
  WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL. There are a few exceptions (See URL
  REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/nu15-18a.htm) Rashi
  here comments on the unusual language WHEN GOD WIDENS YOUR
  BORDERS THEN YOU CAN EAT MEAT (vs WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL)

  THE RASHI
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  Following the above guideline we immediately infer that the
  Biblical sentence
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  WHEN GOD WIDENS YOUR BORDER YOU CAN EAT MEAT(non-sacrifices)
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  should be interpreted as
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  --In the wilderness the Jews could not eat meat
    (Except they could offer a Peace offering and eat the
    meat; in other words they could eat sacrificial meat)
  --After entry to Israel the Jews could eat non sacrificial meat
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  However Rashi also comments on the strange phrase WHEN GOD
  WIDENS YOUR BORDER

  Here is the List and Rashis comment
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VERSE    TOPIC OF VERSE            PHRASEOLOGY OF VERSE
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Dt12-20a Laws allowing eating meat When God WIDENS your borders*1
Lv19-23  3 year Tree abstention    When you come
Lv23-10  Omer Sacrifice            When you come
Lv25-02  Shmitah Laws              When you come
Nu34-01  Levite Cities             When you come
Dt07-01  Destruction of 7 nations  When you come
Dt17-04  Making a King *2          When you come &Conquer&Inhabit
Dt18-09  Witchcraft prohibitions   When you come
Dt26-01  First Fruit sacrifice*2   When you come &Conquer&Inhabit

NOTES
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*1 Note how
   -- the usual language is WHEN YOU COME
   -- but in Dt12-20 it says WHEN GOD WIDENS YOUR BORDERS

   Recall that Dt12-20 gives permission to EAT MEAT

   Rashi suggests that the different language is to emphasize
   Biblical ADVICE: that even though you are allowed to eat meat
   you should only eat it when you are rich and well to do.*10

------------------------ LONGER FOOTNOTES ---------------------

*10 Rashis interpretation of the verse as advice is also
   consistent with the 3-times-repeated phrase
   EAT ACCORDING TO YOUR DESIRES. Here are the 3 repetitions
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   Dt12-20 & you will say I will eat meat IF YOU DESIRE TO EAT
   Dt12-20 WHEN YOU ARE IN DESIRE TO, eat meat
   Dt12-21 You can eat (meat) ACCORDING TO YOUR DESIRES
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