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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
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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
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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
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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
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WITH MEANING OF Shin Pay Resh CAPPED
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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/
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WITH MEANING OF pay ayin hey CAPPED
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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
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VERSE Item Spreadsheet is used for
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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
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*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
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- 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
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*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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