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VERSE: Ex28-42b

RASHIS COVERED: Ex28-42b Ex28-43a

==================== PROPHECY IN THE TEMPLE =====================

BACKGROUND
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to identify Biblical STYLES and
indicate how they influence meaning. There are 3 main Biblical
styles. The SPECIFIC-GENERAL style indicates GENERALIZATION

REFERENCE
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The 6 Rashi goals: http://www.RashiYomi.com/rules-01.htm
The SPECIFIC-GENERAL STYLE: http://www.Rashiyomi.com/example7.htm

THE TEXT
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Ex29-42 The above is how you will make in all generations
------- the daily offerings at the door of the Temple before God
where I will designate to meet with you to speak to you there
AND I WILL DESIGNATE THAT PLACE FOR THE JEWS and be exalted
in my honor

THE RASHI
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Rashi, in my opinion is focusing on the SPECIFIC GENERAL
Style. For first it makes a SPECIFIC comment about God
prophesying to people at the place where the sacrifices are
offered. And then God makes a GENERAL comment that that place
is always designated for the Jews.

Since this verse has a SPECIFIC-GENERAL style we can infer
that the copper altar on which the daily offerings were
offered was a designated place for prophecy to occur INDEPENDENT
OF WHETHER SACRIFICES WERE BEING OFFERED THERE AT THAT TIME.
(There are other opinions -- see footnote *10 for a simple
resolution)

THE LIST
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We present the two verses here so that the reader can see the
SPECIFIC GENERAL style. For other examples of the SPECIFIC
GENERAL style see the URL above.
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VERSE    TYPE     TEXT OF VERSE
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Ex28-42b SPECIFIC a daily offering in the Temple where I-ll speak
Ex28-43a GENERAL  I designate that place for meetings


NOTES
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----------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES ------------------------

*10 There are a variety of other verses speaking about WHERE
    prophecy took place For example Ex25-21:22 states
    --------------------------------------------------------
    Place the ark cover on the Ark and in the ark place
    the 10 commandments AND I WILL DESIGNATE THAT PLACE FOR
    YOU AND I WILL SPEAK TO YOU THERE FROM ON THE KAPORETH
    BETWEEN THE KERUVIM ALL THAT I COMMAND THE JEWS
    ---------------------------------------------------------

    But as we just saw Ex28-42:43 suggests that God spoke
    to Moses from the Copper altar and this is justified
    by the SPECIFIC-GENERAL style.

    There are 2-3 resolutions of this
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    RESOLUTION 1
    ------------
    It is known that Moses grade of prophecy is special
    Therefore God spoke to Moses from between the Keruvim
    while God spoke to prophets in later generations, like
    Ezekiel, from the altar

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    RESOLUTION 2
    -------------
    More easily we can suppose that Moses received the
    Torah in prophecies between the Keruvim while other
    prophecies of Moses (eg those dealing with war) or
    of other prophets were from the altar.

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    RESOLUTION 3
    -----------------
    Rashi suggests that some Talmudic sages think ALL
    prophecy was from the Keruvim while Ex28-42:43 when it
    says I WILL DESIGNATE THAT PLACE FOR PROPHECY, is referring
    not to the ALTAR but to the whole TEMPLE.

    However such an approach does NOT explain the
    SPECIFIC-GENERAL style above.

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    SUMMARY
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    The symbolic significance of why Prophecy happened from
    the Copper altar vs from the Kerubim is not clear.

    The reader should therefore take from here the method
    of INTERPRETING THE SPECIFIC-GENERAL style. In other
    words the main point from this rashi is that the pair of
    verses Ex28-42:43 first makes an incidental comment
    that prophecy happened at the place of the altar and
    then generalizes this and asserts that all meeting
    (God-man) happened there. Again
    http://www.RashiYomi.com/example7.htm
    contains many other examples of how the Bible uses this
    style.
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RASHI RULE USED: EXAMPLE 7
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However they frequently contain additional information & lists
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Volume 13 Number 7


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