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VERSE: Ex01-15d

RASHIS COVERED: Ex01-15b Ex01-15c Ex01-15d

======================== Ex01-15d ============================


SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi will very often take a verse whose
meaning is ALREADY understood and ADD a consequence
to the verse. We call this the SPREADSHEET
method since SPREADSHEETS are very often
used to derive consequences of otherwise
understood data.  We also classify Rashis
as using the SPREADSHEET method when Rashi
gives COMPUTATIONAL or GEOMETRIC diagrams
to clarify the meaning of the verse.

EXAMPLE Ex01-15d
------------------
Ex01-15 states the SHIFRAH and POOAH were
two Jewish Midwives.

Out of nowhere Rashi claims that SHIFRAH and
POOAH were YOCEVED and MIRYAM.

Other Rashi commentators are also astonished
at this. They invent a principle that the
Bible likes to conserve names and identify
the same person with different names.

Not so. Rashi here uses the spreadsheet rule

   Recall that Pharoh ordered all male babys murdered.
   Moses was not murdered when born but was kept
   in hiding for 3 months. His mother put him in a box
   floating on the Nile. When Pharoh's daughter found the
   box Miryam, Moses sister, approached Pharoh's daughter
   to ask if she wanted help from a Midwife.

   If Miryam was a nobody this would have aroused suspicion
   Why was she mysteriously appearing to offer help after
   the baby was found.

   Therefore Miryam was probably a professional midwife.
   She could offer help without suspicion. Similarly
   Yocheved must have been a midwife...she made her
   living thru nursing and delivering so no body
   would suspect her of being the mother.

   This proof is not iron clad---but rather the
   identification of Miryam and Yocheved as
   midwives alleviates some of the "coincidences"
   that happen in the story.

LIST690a below presents other Rashis using the SPREADSHEET
principle.

After establishing that SHIFRAH and POAH are YOCHEVED and MIRYAM
Rashi does two more things

1st) He explains WHY Yocheved and Miryam are nicknamed SHIFRAH
and POAH. It seems that
- SHIFRAH means PROPER or JUST RIGHT. Thus we have
  - JUST RIGHT words
  - When applied to midwives SHIFRAH would mean that she is
    JUST-RIGHT with the babies...she does everything
    'just right' so that the delivery flows properly

For a summary of verses with this root and its varied
meanings see LIST864e

- POAH refers in general to CRYING LIKE tones. In the
  context of MIDWIVING it could easily refer to making
  'goo-goo' sounds to placate the baby

For a summary of verses with this root and its varied
meanings see LIST864f

2nd) We have to ask the question: If one of the midwives
   goo-gooed and the other was proper how did Rashi know
   which one was Yocheved and which one was Miryam?

   The answer is Rashi didn't know; but it is very very
   reasonable that the mother (Yocheved) was the
   proper one while the daughter (Miryam) goo-gooed

This Rashi illustrates the delicate balance between
textual and logical derivation. It also illustrates how
logical inferences of Rashi can be quite reasonable.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
======================== =========================================
RASHI RULE CLASS:        SPREADSHEETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      ALGEBRA
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #30
SEE BELOW                LIST690a
List of Rashis using     Spreadsheets/Algebra
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      UNIFIED MEANING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW                LIST864e
List of verses with      Root Shin-Pay-Resh meaning JUST RIGHT
----------------------   -----------------------------------
SEE BELOW                LIST864f
List of verses with      Root Pay-Ayin-Hey meaning SIGH/MOAN/
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===================== LIST864e ====================================
List of verses with      Root Shin-Pay-Resh meaning JUST RIGHT
==================================================================
VERSE   TEXT OF VERSE WITH MEANING OF Shin Pay Resh CAPPED
======= ==========================================================
Gn49-21 Naftali is graceful...giving JUST RIGHT words
P016-16 Even my portions are JUST RIGHT
1C03-16 He gave bread, wine and a JUST RIGHT cake
Ex01-15 The MidWife 'JUST RIGHTED'*2 the child
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Jb26-12 He CLEARS*3 the heavens with His breath
Ex19-19 SHOFAR=the RAMs horn=a PROPER*4 blast

NOTES
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*1 Rashi Ex01-15b

*2 Every aspect of delivery was just right--not too much or too
   little

*3 CLEARS here means making everything JUST RIGHT--not too much
   or too little clouds, heat, and sun

*4 A ram's horn is JUST RIGHT. Not MOANING,CRYING or ROARING...
   it is rather JUST RIGHT for its purposes.
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====================== LIST864f ==================================
List of verses with      Root Pay-Ayin-Hey meaning SIGH/MOAN/
==================================================================
VERSE   TEXT OF VERSE WITH MEANING OF pay ayin hey CAPPED
======= ==========================================================
Jb20-16 Snake--(makes Snake HISS)
Ex01-15 The Midwife GOO-GOOed the baby
Is42-14 I will MOAN like a woman in childbirth
Gn37-39 King SPLENDOR in GOO GOO city with wife HOW-GOOD-GOD-IS
Gn41-45 Joseph was called THE-HISSER-OF-HIDDEN-SECRETS

NOTES
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*1 Rashi Ex01-15d Ex01-15d

*2 We are told one Midwife Goo-Gooed the children while another
   was "JUST RIGHT". Rashi logically assumes the daughter did
   the goo-gooing while the Mother did the JUST-RIGHT.
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==================== LIST690a ==================================
List of Rashis using     Spreadsheets/Algebra
================================================================
VERSE         Item Spreadsheet is used for
============  ==================================================
ex01-15d.htm  Miryam helped Pharohs daughter get midwife*3
gn42-23b.htm  Joe used interpreter;So they spoke in front of him
gn33-11b.htm  NATION Israel will be fruitful; So will PERSON Jcb
gn29-25a.htm  Had I known God here,I wouldn't HAVE SLEPT HERE
gn18-24a.htm  God spares 1 city for 10, 2 cities for 20,3 for 30
gn14-02a.htm  Good for relationships: Revisit old Hotel spots
gn09-20c.htm  Noah planted a vineyard---(He took VINES into ark)
gn09-20c.htm  Ark door on SIDE--if on roof there could be leaks
gn09-20c.htm  ARK SIDES COMPLETE UPWARD 1=sloping wall,1 ft roof
dt31-21b.htm  POEM WILL BE REMEMBERED==>Torah ALWAYS REMEMBERED
dt31-21b.htm  Place TORAH on side of ARK:SIDE=attachment/inside
dt28-02d.htm  Geometrical identification of 1st fruit-Tie string
nu21-17a.htm  Numerical illustration of eldest inheriting double
nu21-17a.htm  Illustration of (A and B)==>C vs A==>(B==>C)
nu33-49a.htm  Jewish camp from YESHIMOTH to SHITIM=12 sq mil
nu33-49a.htm  Border descriptors: WILL BE, PASS, ROLL, ETCH,OUT
nu30-06b.htm  Unknown vow annulment effects forgiveness of sin*2
nu26-54a.htm  Israel divided a)Per PERSON b) Per DOLLAR of land
nu21-13b.htm  Illustrate complex geometric border design
nu13-22b.htm  Israel is superior of all lands
gn49-26d.htm  your fathers blessings greater than my fathers
dt21-17a.htm  How to give 1st-born double *1
ex38-24b.htm  Computation of relative value of Biblical currency
nu03-39b.htm  Accounting of Levite children
nu31-26a.htm  Division of booty in war
gn05-32b.htm  Computation of relative ages of Noachs children
gn25-20a.htm  Proof that Rivkah was 15 when she married Isaac

NOTES
-----
*1  Many people are familiar with the concept of the
    FORMULA PLUG IN. That is a problem is solved by a
    formula which you plug into.

    But some problems intrinsically cannot (initally)
    be solved by a formula. Instead you have to
    formulate the problem algebraically and solve;only
    then do you have the formula.

    In other words these problems are solved by
    the EQUATION vs the FORMULA

    Thus the statement that the eldest gets double
    suggests the following model.

    - Suppose the are B brothers
    - Suppose 1 of them is eldest
    - The Fathers total assets are T (Total)

    - Let A be the amount each brother inherits
    We have no formula for A

    - Then each of the B-1 brothers obtains A
    - The eldest obtains double, 2A.
    - Together this exhausts the Fathers estate, T

    Hence we have (B-1)A + 2A = (B+1)A = T

    This gives rise to the formula  A = T / (B+1)

    An example is a father with 100,000 and 4 children
    - T=100,000
    - B=4
    - So each child take T/(B+1) = 100000/5 = 20,000
    - Eldest takes 2*20000=40000
    - Other 3 take 20000
    - Total distribution =3*20000+40000=100000

    See Rambam Inheritance Chapter 2

*2
Rashi gives a clarifying example to the verse GOD FORGIVES HER
--------------------------------------------------------------
- the women vowed to become a nazarite
- the husband annuled her vow
- but the husband did not tell her about the annulment
- the women then violated her vow
-
- In such a case God forgives the women (despite her
  intending to commit a sin) because of the unknown
  annulment of her husband
-
- We conclude that sin is an attribute of ACTION,not INTENT
--------------------------------------------------------------

*3 Recall that Pharoh ordered all male babys murdered.
   Moses was not murdered when born but was kept
   in hiding for 3 months. His mother put him in a box
   floating on the Nile. When Pharoh's daughter found the
   box Miryam, Moses sister, approached Pharoh's daughter
   to ask if she wanted help from a Midwife.

   If Miryam was a nobody this would have aroused suspicion
   Why was she mysteriously appearing to offer help after
   the baby was found.

   Therefore Miryam was probably a professional midwife.
   She could offer help without suspicion. Similarly
   Yocheved must have been a midwife...she made her
   living thru nursing and delivering so no body
   would suspect her of being the mother.

   This proof is not iron clad---but rather the
   identification of Miryam and Yocheved as
   midwives alleviates some of the "coincidences"
   that happen in the story.
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