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VERSE: Ex35-23a

======================== Ex35-23a ================================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main goals is the clarification of meaning
the same way the dictionary clarifies meaning. Rashi will
frequently comment on SPECIAL CONNECTIVE WORS such as IF,
BECAUSE, PERHAPS.


EXAMPLE:The letter PREFIX VAV
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Most people erroneously translate
the letter VAV as meaning AND. Actually
the Hebrew letter VAV can mean ANY
sentence connective such as
- if
- then
- and
- or

EXAMPLE 1: Ex35-23a
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In the following verse Rashi interprets
the 6 VAV as meaning OR
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And any person who had
- Azure
- OR royal red
- OR worm red
- OR flax
- OR goat hair
- OR Red died skins
- OR unicorn skin
brought it
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EXAMPLE 2: Malbim
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Malbim gave the following elegant rule
for VAV meaning OR vs AND

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- IN A simple COMMAND it MEANS and
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Example 2a: Lv23-40
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On the first day of Succoth take
Ethrog AND hadasim AND Lulav AND ethrog
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- IN A simple prohibition it MEANS or
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Example 2b: Dt23-19
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Do not bring sacrifices from
- EITHER the sale of dogs
- OR the payments to prostitutes
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- In a COMPOUND sentence there is controversy
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Example 2c: Ex21-12
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There is a death penalty for wounding
- father
- VAV
- mother
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Is the death penalty for wounding
- BOTH parents
- EITHER parent

A brilliant Malbim traces several dozen
Talmudic passages containing controversy
between Rav Osiah and Rav Yonathan
and shows that the controversy only applies
to compound sentences.


LIST005t summarizes these examples.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        SPECIAL CONNECTIVE WORDS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      SPECIAL WORDS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #8
SEE BELOW                LIST005t
List of verses with      VAV meaning IF, THEN, AND, OR,
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====================== LIST005t =================================
List of verses with      VAV meaning IF, THEN, AND, OR,
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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE WITH MEANING of VAV CAPPED
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Ex32-23a Any person who had azure OR royal red OR ... brought it
Lv23-40  Take ethrog AND*1 lulav AND hadassim AND Aravah
Dt23-19  Don't purchase sacrifices from dog sales OR*2 harlot pay
Ex21-12  A death penalty for wounding father AND/OR*3 mother
Dt07-12b A consequence of observance is that THEN God guards you

NOTES
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*1 (Malbim)In a SIMPLE command VAV means AND

*2 (Malbim)In a SIMPLE prohibition VAV means OR

*3 (Malbim)In a COMPOUND sentence there is controversy
   whether VAV means AND or OR.
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