*1  THE AKAYDAH -- at http://www.RashiYomi.Com/akaydah.htm

    The statistics seem to point out that people prefer Essays
    over these digests(The essays are more popular)

    This creates a new vision for Rashiyomi: Cover the Bible
    with 100-200 essays each covering 50 Rashis.

    Towards this end I wrote up the essay: THE AKAYDAH. This
    cites several dozen Rashis. It gives a new perspective on
    the AKAYDAH, PROPHECY and FAITH. We discuss what really
    happened and what Abrahams text was

    If you prefer this essay format let me know. We can
    accelerate its production.

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*10 Referring to a nation as a unified whole indicates that they
    are unified. Thus on a deeper level Pharoh attacked the God
    who unified us.

    Chazal for example note that possibly Pharoh
    thought that since God cant destroy the world by flood
    therefore Egypt is protected (The answer to this is that
    God can destroy an individual nation but not the whole world)

    At any rate the reader should not get bogged down in details
    The focal point of Chazals remark is that the nation is
    referred to in the singular and hence it is reasonable that
    Pharoh studied how our God treats the world and tried to find
    loopholes. The drowing-flood contrast is just one obvious
    example.

*11 The simple meaning of the text is that the Jews will go up
    from Goshen where they lived and occupy the rest of Egypt.

    The focal point of Pharohs fears is that the Jews will
    conquer Egypt. But because of DISCRETION Pharoh simply said
    HE WILL GO UP and didnt explicitly mention the CONQUEST.

    I think the above makes Rashi more palatable. Rashi does
    mention DISCRETION---our present Rashi versions quote Rashi
    as saying that the Biblical text
    ---------------------------------
    HE WILL GO UP FROM THE LAND
    ---------------------------------
    means
    ------------------------------------------
    HE-egypt WILL GO UP FROM THE LAND OF-egypt
    ------------------------------------------

    However such an interpretation violates the rule
    we are using
    --------------------------------------------------
    Jews are referred to throughout
    this chapter in the singular
    Egyptians are referred to throughout
    this chapter in plural
    --------------------------------------------------

    Therefore I have accepted Rashis DISCRETION method
    but instead interpreted the verse to mean
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    HE-Israel--WILL GO UP FROM their LAND of Goshen
    and conquer Egypt
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    The DISCRETION lied in speaking about Jewish population
    overflowing rather than their real fear which was the
    CONQUEST OF EGYPT

*1 The Jews had just rebelled and slandered God and Israel
   They said God couldnt bring us to Israel. God was angry
   and wanted to destroy the Jews (in the future) and make
   Moses the Jewish people (Hence the future...the act had
   not yet been done)

*2 By reviewing other examples in this list it becomes clear
   that Moses was referencing a future intended blow. Since
   Moses calls him wicked we can infer (AMONG OTHER THINGS)
   that just lifting your hand on someone, maliciously, is
   an evil.

*10 The identical point is made by the Rambam in his Great
    Mishneh Torah, Laws of Torts, 5:1. The commentators
    there explain that the derivation came from here.

*1 I would logically think that Bzalel couldnt do things that
   God told Moses but Moses forgot to tell Bzalel. The word
   ALL implies that Bezalel did ALL God commanded Moses--
   even things Moses forgot -- Bezalel did them because he
   inferred them by logic. *10

*2 Nu14-29 states that the adult males over 20 who listened to
   the spies slander of Israel died. However they had all
   died by the time they came to Tzin---hence the WHOLE
   community came -- Even the people over 20 (Because those
   who sinned had already died)

*3 Nu18-09 lists 3 types of sacrifices that priests get.
   but does not list peace offerings. Hence I might think
   Priests dont get Peace offerings (because they are not
   listed). The word ALL however implies they do get them.
   This is further confirmed in Lv06 and Lv07-23.

*4 It says in Lv17-11 that the reason blood is prohibited is
   because it is used to atone on the altar Hence it is
   logical to conclude that only sacrificial blood is
   forbidden but ordinary blood that can't be offered is
   permissable. Therefore the verse says ALL BLOOD
   to include this other blood.

*5    It explicitly says (Lv22--21:22) that blemished priests
      may not offer sacrifices. Hence I might think they cant
      eat them either (if other priests offered them). Therefore
      when the verse says ALL PRIESTS CAN EAT THEM it
      includes EVEN BLEMISHED PRIESTS dont

*6 Recall that most sacrifices are HOLY and cannot be eaten
   even if they are Kosher. Further recall that the Lepor
   was atoned by having a Kosher bird sent away and another
   one offered (Lv14-04:07). I might think that this
   sent-away-Lepor bird is like any other sacrificial object
   and prohibited from eating. Therefore Dt14-11 says
   --------------------------------------------
   ALL Kosher birds... may be eaten--
   --------------------------------------------
   even the Kosher lepor bird.

*7  Added Dec 27, 2001. This verse discusses how Pharoh
    decreed death on all Jewish children because he was
    afraid the Jews would outnumber him and overtake the land
    It is therefore logical to assume that Pharoh did not
    decree death on his own Egyptian children. But the verse
    says that Pharoh ordered ALL children to die--even Egyptian
    children *11

*10   Rashi brings a possible example--In Ex25 Moses orders the
   temple utensils to be built first and then the Tabernacle

   But in Ex36 and Ex37 Bzalel builds the Tabernacle first
   and then the temple.

   Logically Bzalel knew that you build the house first and
   then fill it with utensils

*11 The Bible explicitly says that Egypt was run by
    magicians and stargazers (Ex07-11, Ex08-15). It
    therefore seems reasonable that they told Pharoh that
    they were told my magic that a savior was born to the Jews
    Since Pharoh didnt know if the savior was Egyptian or Jewish
    Pharoh ordered ALL children -- EVEN Egyptian children --
    killed by drowning.

*1 Unlike a hard drive which cannot be flopped around

*2 There is an element of exaggeration here since
   sweaters only have the potential to make you sweat
   if worn in warm weather.

*3 In contrast to typical towers which cannot be held in
   your lap

*4 These examples are from English and not from the Bible.
   Note that in all of them the CLASS of the object is not
   indicated in the etymology: e.g. A REVOLVER is a GUN
   with a REVOLVING CYLINDER (vs a machine gun)--the name
   does not explain the REVOVLER is a GUN--but it does
   explain why this particular type of gun was selected