Whats new and hot in this issue?

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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LIFE means RECURRENCE. 6 applications of this unifying idea are:
- Gn18-10a LIVE TIME --at the same RECURRING date next year*1
- Ex01-16d ALIVE     Ability to RECUR EXISTENCE daily*2
- Ex01-17d SUPPORT   Give food/water to help sustain/RECUR life
- Nu35-03a SUPPORT   Give food/water to help sustain/RECUR life
- Lv13-10a SCAB      RECURRING healthy flesh after a wound
- Lv13-14a LIVE SKIN (SCAB) RECURRING healthy flesh after a wound
- Ex01-19a MIDWIFE   Helps life RECUR (thru birth of new children)
- Lv14-04a LIVE BIRD Not permanantly ill*3
This above examples show the utility of the LIST approach!

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:                        WORD MEANINGS
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:                     UNIFIED MEANING
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the meaning of words the
same way a dictionary explains words. Rashi has a variety of
vehicles by which he explains words. One vehicle is to present
a Hebrew root, suggest a unifying meaning*11, and then apply this
suggested unifying meaning to several examples. The application
of this unifying meaning to disparate examples gives credibility
to Rashis suggested thesis and also enriches our understanding
of the root. This Rashi is a peach of a Rashi that illustrates
5 distinct levels of understanding Rashi.

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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The RashiYomi dictionary:  http://www.RashiYomi.com/words.htm
The 6 Rashi goals: http://www.RashiYOmi.com/rules-01.htm

TODAYS LIST
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We present about half a dozen verses that use the root CHET YUD
which means LIFE. The list shows how these meanings relate to
RECURRENCE. The footnotes further enrich our understanding.

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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The Rashi on Lv13-14a has 2 parts. First Rashi explains that LIVE
SKIN means SCAB. The relationship between LIVE and SCAB was fully
explored in http://www.rashiyomi.com/gn18-10a.htm. The 2nd part
of Rashi studies why the phrase LIVE SKIN (scab) is repeated 3
times in these verses. Rashi uses the rule of REPEATED NOUNS.
According to this rule  REPEATED NOUNS refer to UNUSUAL CASES.
Thus Rashi enumerates all cases where a scab causes impurity
a) A scab in leprous spot b) a scab in a fully leprous person
c) a scab on eg the thumb*1 Thus the REPEATED PHRASE, LIVE SKIN,
emphasizes the UNUSUAL case of LEPROUSY+SCAB ON THE THUMB

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
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There are many Biblical verses where a word
is repeated. We can think of this REPETITION
of a word in a Biblical context as similar to
the use of BOLD in modern writing notation.
The REPETITION or BOLD suggests EMPHASIS.

We have identified 4 methods by which this
emphasis is implemented in interpretation. One
of these 4 methods is where the word is translated
in an UNUSUAL, NON-STANDARD or BROAD manner.

The standard example illustrates this.

STANDARD EXAMPLE
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A good punchy clear example of BROAD INTERPRETATION
from a repeated word occurs in Gn26-13a
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And the man(Isaac) GREW
and he went, going and GROWING
until he GREW alot
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STUDENT EXERCISES
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- What words are REPEATED in the above verse?

- Are the words repeated ONE AFTER THE OTHER?
If not HOW does the REPETITION occur?
How could the verse be rewritten without the REPETITION?

- Apply the rule: REPETITION indicates UNUSUAL MEANING
Give an UNUSUAL NON STANDARD meaning to the repeated
word(s) in the above verse


RASHIS SOLUTION
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ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS:
- The word GROW is repeated (3 times!)
Also (in Hebrew) the verb TO GO (Hey-Lamed-Caph)
is repeated (And the man WENT, GOING...)

- The repetition is not a consecutive word repetition
The repetition occurs by repeating the whole sentence
or phrases of it. The verse could be rewritten in many
manners such as
-- The man WENT, GOING and GROWING

The verse could even be rewritten with ONE repetition
instead of TWO repetitions
-- The man GREW until he GREW alot

Quite simply the verse could simply say
-- The man GREW ALOT
As this the last example hilights the concept of
GROWING occurs 3 times.

- The word GROW usually refers to GROWING IN ASSETS
WEALTH and INFLUENCE.

Rashi, following the Talmud interprets the word
GROWING in a non-standard manner
- Even the MANURE of Isaac was coveted

In other words Isaac GREW in all his assets so much
that even trivial things like his manure was coveted

COMMENTS:
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Again, if this sentence was written in modern day
notation we would use BOLD, ITALICS or CAPS to
indicate the emphasis. So eg using CAPS we would
write the verse as
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And the man went, going and GROWING alot
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The CAPPED or BOLDED word suggests an emphasis
which we then implement by giving a non-standard
interpretation.

Another comment is the following: The idea of finding
SOME unusual interpretation is easy. If you found SOME
non-standard interpretation then you understand the
Rashi and the technique he is using. The Talmudic sages
may have come up with a different interpretation. Sometimes
there interpretation is due to advanced application of
logical techniques.

The Bible at Dt17-11 gives final authority to the Talmudic
sages. This determines what law we follow. However as the
Talmud explicitly says, THESE (interpretations of GREW) AND
THESE (interpretations of GREW) ARE BOTH WORDS OF THE LIVING
GOD. In other words, all interpretations have validity but the
final authority of action belongs to the Talmudic sages.


STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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A standard reference for Rashis using climax may
be found at http://www.RashiYomi.com/doubl-14.htm

Also visit the Rashi calendar at
http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm
The DOUBLE series was presented from Mid December 2000
to Mid January 2001

One can also visit directly
http://www.RashiYomi.com/doubl-1.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.com/doubl-2.htm....

The above are all summarized at doubl-14 at
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/doubl-14.htm

HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS
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You can use the LISTS referenced above for
school projects. Here is how. If you are a
teacher then you can use the above resources
to display verses with repeating words.

You can then have the students do the 3 exercises
listed above:
(a) Find the repetition
(b) Suggest a rewriting of the verse
(c) Try and guess at a non-standard interpretation of the word

The students can then compare their analysis with that
of Rashis. This leads to greater appreciation of Rashi.

TODAYS LIST
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We give several examples of verses where a repetition indicates
a non standard meaning