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VERSE: Ex23-08a

EXAMPLE: Ex23-08a
EXAMPLE: Dt24-17a

      The Rashi on this verse can be most clearly understood
      thru the technique of DOUBLE PARSHAS

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      Ex23-08a Don't take bribes
      Dt24-17a Don't take bribes on orphans and widows
                          *a          *b
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      Notes
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      *a The verse is repeated twice to emphasize that ANY
      type of bribe is prohibited (even if you have already
      decided the case and the bribe is given to decide
      the way you have already made up your mind!!)

      Thus the Rashi (repeated on each verse) comes from
      the repetition. REPETITION is frequently used to emphasize
      that ANY type of action is prohibited


      *b Ordinary taking bribes has ONE VIOLATION while
      taking bribes of orphans is a 2nd violation and taking
      bribes from widows is a 3rd violation.

      Rashi SEEMS to contradict the Rambam by saying there
      are only 2 violations. But Rashi has a standard language
      of saying there are 2 violations whenever there are 2
      verses even if the number of don'ts is more that 2
      (Cf the Rashi on Dt25-14 vs Lv19-13)

      As for the Rambam "counting" "orphans and widows" as
      2 extra prohibitions, this follows the rules for
      counting "prohibitions with many components" which
      Rambam discusses in Sanhedrin 18:3)

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