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VERSE: Dt17-08b

RASHIS COVERED: Dt17-08b Dt17-08c Dt17-08d Dt17-08e

======= RABBI ISHMAELS GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL STYLE ===========

 ANNOUNCEMENT
 ------------
 In the coming digests I will not only be explaining Rashis. I
 will also be showing how the rules we use are dynamic. Today
 we review an example of the GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL style
 rule, one of the principles of Rabbi Ishmael. We have explained
 the Rabbi Ishmael rules as dealing with the issue of how
 much EXAMPLES are to be generalized.

 BACKGROUND
 ----------
 Dt17-08 thru Dt17-12 discuss how Jews resolve unsettled
 judicial matters by submitting their inquiry to the great
 court in Jerusalem

 THE TEXT
 --------
 The text uses a GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL style:
 -First it says WHEN YOU HAVE A PROBLEM (General)
 -It concludes WHEN YOU HAVE DISPUTES IN YOUR CITY(General)
 -In the middle it says BETWEEN COURT CASES etc (Examples)

 THE RASHI
 ---------
 It is the style that is the driving force in Rashi.
 The GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL style requires us to generalize
 the examples and perceive them as examples of the general case

 Therefore the phrase BETWEEN BLOOD AND BLOOD could be
 interpreted to mean
 -- murder cases
 -- the general theory of types of blood
 or any of a number of similar interpretations.

 Rashi however translates BETWEEN BLOOD AND BLOOD as
 -- a rabbinic decision on blood status of a woman that affects
    the couples permissability to each other (cf Lv15-19:33)
 Again Rashi so interprets, BECAUSE of the style. The
 GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL style requires perceiving the EXAMPLE
 items in the verse as relating to and exhausing the GENERAL item
 in the verse which is speaking about AN UNKNOWN LEGAL MATTER
 .....WHICH AROSE BECAUSE OF DISPUTES So Rashi-is-Simple and
 interprets the 3 example items as 3 types of court disputes!

 REFERENCES: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/example7.htm

 Here is the GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL outline
================================================================
PHRASE TYPE   GENERAL PHRASES                 PARTICULAR PHRASES
============  ==============================  ==================
INTRODUCTION  WHEN THERE IS AN
GENERAL       UNKNOWN JUDICIAL MATTER TO YOU  ------------------
EXAMPLE       ------------------------------  blood vs blood*1
EXAMPLE       ------------------------------  court vs court*2
EXAMPLE       ------------------------------  blemish-blemish*3
GENERAL       DISPUTES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD   ------------------

NOTES
=====
*1 Is the blood pure or ritually impure? (This could affect
   whether a couple must separate (cf Lv15-19:33))

*2 e.g. Should a plaintiff be awarded damages in a lawsuit
   (These types of cases are discussed in Ex21-22 thru Ex22-26)

*3 Should a person be declared a ritually (im)pure because of
   leprosy plagues (Lv13---Lv14)
================================================================

RASHI RULE USED: EXAMPLE7
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Volume 11 Number 9


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