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VERSE: Ex28-04a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex28-04a Ex28-04b Ex28-04c Ex28-04d Ex28-04e
Ex28-04f
============ THE SPECIFIC MEANINGS OF 6 PRIESTLY GARMENTS ======
Ex28-04 mentions 6 Priestly garments which must be made.
Rashi explains what each of these garments are.
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VERSE GARMENT MEANING SUPPORTING VERSES (in Lv08-07)
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Ex28-04d TASHBAYTZ UnderRobe And he placed on him the KUTONET*1
Ex28-04f AVNAYT Belt And he BELTED him with the AVNAYT
Ex28-04c MEIL OverRobe He DRESSED him with the ROBE*2
Ex28-04b AYFOD*3 Belt-dress Like Scottish skirt;riders wear it
Ex28-04a CHOSHEN Ornament Worn on heart*4
Ex28-04e MITZNEFET A Hat*5 He placed the MTZNFT on his HEAD
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*1 This garment is called KUTONET TASHBAYTZ (Ex28-04) and also
is called KUTONET (Ex28-40). KUTONET is the general word
for garment. Rashi here explains the word TASHBAYTZ
which comes from the root Sh-B-Tz which means, in regard
to stones, SETTINGS (i.e. hollows in which stones are
placed).
So Rashi interprets the phrase SETTING-GARMENTS to mean
checkered garments with SETTING like indentations in
them.
Rashi here uses the method of naming words by their
ATTRIBUTE: The same way CHERRY can refer to the ATTRIBUTE
of color (not just the fruit) and PENTAGON(the building) can refer to
the ATTRIBUTE OF FORM. So too SETTING-GARMENTS would refer
to garments that have an appearance of SETTING STONES
We have presented similar lists in the past (See
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ex25_31a.htm)
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The following Candellabrah parts were named
by their FORM--what they looked like
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(1) Ex25-31d The THIGH of the Menorah means the Bottom of Menora
(2) Ex40-22a On the THIGH of the temple in the north
(3) Ex40-22b On the THIGH of the temple in the North
(4) Lv01-11a On the THIGH of the Altar
(5) Ex25-31f A BUD is called an "elongated cup"(looks like one)
(6) Ex25-31g The FRUIT looks like a fruit)
(7) Ex25-31h The FLOWER ornament has the FORM of a FLOWER)
(8) Lv13-03b The color WHITE comes from CLOUD (Cloud white)
(9) Ex28-32a The MOUTH-HEAD of a garment is its NECK
(10)Ex28-33a POMEGRANATES means in the SHAPE of POMEGRANATES
(11)Ex30-23a HEAD perfumes means DISTINGUISHED perfumes
Other examples of common objects named by FORM are the following
(11) The shape, pentagon gives rise to the building, pentagon
(12) Storm=ALOT of raindrops; Brainstorm=ALOT of ideas
(13) "Surf the seas"=BUMPY journey;"surf the web" = BUMPY lookup
(14) The fruit, cherry gives rise to the the color, cherry
(15) Loud=ALOT of noise;Loud dress=ALOT of noticeability
*2 The verse in Lv08-07 shows an order to the garments
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--first the KUTONET
--then the BELT
--then the MEIL
--then the AYFOD
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Hence Rashi concludes that KUTONET is an undergarment
while MEIL is an OVERGARMENT
*3 Rashi points out that AYFOD is a rare word. From the context
it apparently refers to some type of garment.
Rashi brings several proofs from other verses that
shed light on the meaning of AYFOD.
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2Sam06-14 David was BELTED with a linen AYFOD Like a belt
Lv08-07 Moses placed ON HIM the AYFOD Garment
Ex28-27 The SHOULDER STRAPS of the AYFOD Garment
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These verses show that the AYFOD was a GARMENT (worn ON HIM)
and that it FUNCTIONED like a BELT. Hence Rashi identified it
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With the skirt like Robe that horse riders wear. The skirt
covers the back down to the ankles (according to Rambam down
to calves) and covers some of the front (according to Rambam
it only covers back) and is tied over ones garments.
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Following the Rashi-Hirsch method of regarding a PREFIX ALEPH
to a root as meaning PERSONAL we would regard AYFOD as a
REDEEMING-ME. Perhaps a better name would be MyDignity--it
would be a garment that provides extra protection of modesty--
for example if I am horseback riding and my clothes tear I
would be exposed. In such a case the AYFOD protects me from
accidental tears.
Such a view is consistent with the emphasis on modesty in the
temple (e.g. a priest did not climb on steps to the altar so
that the leg splits should not expose his nakedness in the
temple)
Such a view is also consistent with Rashis Aramaic citations
that THE VIRGINS WOULD WEAR SUCH GARMENTS. But that would
be consistent with the idea that they are protective garments
to cover up unexpected exposures.
Some examples of roots beginning with Aleph that mean PERSONAL
are
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AHV (love) = a GIVING (HV) of ONESELF(Aleph)
ASHM(Guilt)= a desolation(SHM)of the SELF(Aleph)
CONSUME(ACHL)=Destruction (CLS) for one SELF(Aleph)
AVD(Lost) = Isolated (BD) from the SELF(ALEPH)
APD(Modest)=REDEEMING (PDH) my SELF(ALEPH)
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In this word Rashi is deriving meaning by looking at many
verses and inferring characteristics. This is the same approach
that e.g. Rashi used to justify the meaning of SHDF
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ex14-21z.htm.
Note that it would be wrong to say that Rashi had a tradition
and ALSO supplemented it by deriving from verses. Rashi makes it
clear that THERE WERE NO TRADITIONS. Also note that the above
explanations answer the Chizkuni who comments that such a garment
with 28-ply threads would be very heavy and cumbersome. The
answer to Chizkuni is that it was a conflict between CONVENIENCE
and MODESTY and in the Temple Modesty always wins.
*4 Rashis statement that the CHOSEHN was sort of like an ORNAMENT
that was WORN ON THE HEART can be derived almost explicitly
from its description in Ex28-15:30.
The Bible there explicitly describes the CHOSHEN as
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---embroidered from gold,azure,turquoise,pink(Ex28-15)
---as being 9 inches by 9 inches (Ex28-16)
---as being linked above to shoulder straps(Ex28-25)
---as being linked below to the AYFOD belt(Ex28-27)
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Hence it is a colored small cloth worn between shoulder
and belt -- so Rashi-is-Simple and calls it an ornament
worn on the heart.
*5 The torah calls this object by two names in two verses
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---in Lv08-13 it is called a MIGBAATH - a hat
---in Ex28-04 it is called a MITZNEFET - something spun around
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Thus we conclude that it FUNCTIONS as a hat and is PLACED ON
by SPINNING. (For other examples of words with two different
names see the Rabbi Ishmael Method of Controdictory verses
at http://www.RashiYomi.COm/ri-14.htm.)
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