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VERSE: Gn06-12m

RULE: The Hebrew word "ALL"(KL)indicates that there are no
exceptions and that what is being discussed should take place
in ALL circumstance---EVEN those you wouldn't ordinarily think
of.There are 4 methods by which the interpretation of ALL is
implemented.

ALL can indicate
(A) cases you wouldn't ordinarily think of or
(B) it can indicate that there are no exceptions or
(C) it can refer even to mixtures or
(D) it can indicate an emphasis on exceptional circumstances

EXAMPLES:
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(1-5) "ALL" INDICATES CASES NOT ORDINARILY INCLUDED
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(1) Ex12-43b "EVERY foreigner should not eat the Pascal lamb"
    RASHI: "EVERY" Foreigner---BOTH actual foreigners AND ALSO
    Jews who have apostated and become foreign to God

(2) Gn06-12a "(In Noachs time by the flood) ALL flesh became
    corrupted" RASHI: "ALL FLESH" EVEN non humans--even cows
    and chickens switched 'mates' and participated in the
    corruption.

(3) Lv24-14a "And ALL who herd the blasphemy will place their
    hands on the head of the blasphemer" RASHI: "ALL" even
    the Judges.

(4) Dt13-01a "Obey ALL commandments that I command you" RASHI:
    EVEN light non serious commandments

(5) Nu20-29b "& the WHOLE house of Israel cried on Aarons death"
    RASHI: "the WHOLE" house---even women and children. Rashis
    point is strengthened by aligning the following verses

    Nu20-29b "& the WHOLE house of Israel    cried on Aarons death"
    Dt34-08  "& the       children of Israel cried on Moses  death"
                     *1     *2

    NOTES:The 2 differences (WHOLE vs nothing and "house of Israel"
    vs "children of Israel") suggest that MORE people mourned for
    Aaron. Rashi simply suggests that since Moses was the "law"
    while Aaron was the "priest" whose function was to reconcile
    family and personal problems therefore the women and children
    were affected by Aaron's death and mourned him. By contrast
    Moses was a leader and his death affected the men and social
    leaders of the community.


(6) "ALL" CAN INDICATE THAT THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS
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(6) Dt01-01a "These are the words that Moses spoke to ALL of
    Israel (before his death)" RASHI: "ALL"--Moses insisted
    that EVERYONE assemble to hear him (Because otherwise
    those who weren't there would say 'Had I been there I
    would have answered Moses back'--therefore Moses wanted
    everybody to make sure he was serious)

(7) "ALL" CAN EMPHASIZE AND REFER TO MIXTURES
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    Ex12-20b "ALL leaven you will not eat on Passover" RASHI:
    "ALL Leaven" EVEN foods which are not primarily leaven but
    have leaven mixed in


(8) "ALL" CAN EMPHASIZE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES
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    Ex38-22b "And Bzalel(the craftsman) did ALL that Moses
    was commanded" RASHI: Bzalel did "ALL"---even when Moses
    forgot to tell him something or told him a wrong order
    Bzalel knew how to do everything as Moses commanded God*1

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NOTES
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*1 The commentaries on Rashi are confused here trying to find
why Moses is suspected of commanding the wrong order (that Bzalel
knew how to correct). But Rashis main point is that Bzalel had
a tremendous intuition and could understand things without being
told. It is irrelevant to this point whether Moses actually ever
made a mistake which Bzalel corrected.

A reasonable explanation to "Moses mistake" is that in Ex25
the Temple Vessels are commanded to be created before Ex26
the creation of the actual House of God. By contrast when
Bzalel actually made them we find the Temple house made
first (Ex36-08:38) while the temple utensils are made second
(Ex37).
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