*1 Several dozen people have signed up for my translation
   of Job in memory of my father Abraham Hendel. The
   translation will last 25 postings (So far 6 have been
   made). Those who wish to should sign up by writing to me at
   RJHendel@Juno.com

*2 Over the next year or so we will be writing modules for
   the 2-4 dozen basic Rashi skill competencies needed for
   learning Rashi. These modules will then be gathered into
   a workbook which can be used at home or in schools In
   the meantime each of these modules is usable in actual
   schools or home-schooling situations.

*1 Throughout Gn47 it speaks about the Jews coming to Goshen
   Then it speaks about Pharoh allowing them to live in Goshen
   But then in Gn47-11a it speaks about them living in Raamsayth

   Technically perhaps it would be better to classify this as
   OTHER VERSES BY CONTRADICTION (Raamsayth vs Goshen) or
   OTHER VERSES - TWO ASPEcTS (City Country). The classification
   depends on how one initially views the verse.

   In the above list we give the SOURCE of all items
   (eg Chur came from Kalev; Raamsayth came from Goshen etc)

*2 Gn46-17 states that Serach was Jacobs grandaughter

*3 In the bottom half of the list the OTHER VERSE explains
   the REASON for the initial verse

*4 In Gn47-06 it clearly states that Pharoh wanted to hire
   people for his staff.

   This is further amplified in 1Sam08-11:21 which clearly
   allows a King to force-hire people into his service

   Josephs plan was that Jacob and his sons should FAKE IT
   They should act that they are only good at sheparding
   and then Pharoh would think they are trash and leave
   them alone.

   Such a ploy is also used by King David who behaved like
   a imbecile--this led the King to live him alone(1S21-16)

   As to my calling Jacobs statement a FAKE---well clearly
   Gn34 shows how two of his sons conquered a whole city.
   If Pharoh knew he would certainly hire them.

   Note how we have enriched this OTHER VERSE comment with
   4 other verses

*5 Since the Egyptians worship the sheep therefore
   they hate shepards.

*0 Here is the entire text
  ----------------------------------------------------------
  - I will go to Pharoh and tell him (as follows)
  - - My brothers & father from Canaan came to me
  - - And they shepard for they were always shepards
  - - and they brought their herds and possessions with them
  ----------------------------------------------------------

*1
   Dt02-15 And when the sinners died
   Dt02-16 God spoke to me

   For further details see footnote *10

*2 We have here 6 verses forming one sentence.

   ---Dt10-02 And you should know today that it was not
   - your children who saw Gods rebuke, his greatness,
   - his big Hand and outstretched Arm,
   ---Dt10-03 his miracles, and great deeds that he did
   - to Egypt, and to Pharoh their king and, to his nation
   -----Dt10-04 AND THAT which He did to the Egyptian Army..
   -----Dt10-05 AND THAT which He did for you in the Desert
   -----Dt10-06 AND THAT which He did in the Korach rebellion
   -Dt10-07 RATHER it is you yourself which have seen
   these things

   For translation of the Hebrew KI as RATHER in Dt10-07
   and for treating the repeating keyword THAT like a
   foonote see footnote *11

*3
  ---Dt04-09 Watch yourself  and watch your soul alot lest
  you forget the things you (yourself saw) and lest you
  forget your whole life; and you will tell them to
  your children and to your grandchildren --
  ---Dt04-10 the day that you stood before God your Lord
  in the desert when God said to me (Moses) gather
  the congregation and I will tell them my words(the
  decalogue/10 commandments) in order that they learn
  to revere me all the days which they are alive on the
  land; and they will also teach their children

*4
  Nu32-34 The Gadites
  ----------------------built:
  ----------------------------------Divon
  ----------------------------------Ataroth
  ----------------------------------Aroayr
  --Nu32-35-------------------------Atroth Shofan
  ----------------------------------Yazayr
  ----------------------------------Yagbehah
  --Nu32-36-------------------------Bayth Nimrah
  ----------------------------------Bayth Haran
  -----------------------[built for] fortification & grazing

  For a further defense of this perspective see *12


*5
    Gn01-29 And God said
    --------I(God) give
    ----------------To you
    -----------------------------------all seed bearing grass
    -----------------------------------& all fruit bearing trees
    ----------------To you to eat
    Gn01-30---------To animals
    ----------------To birds
    ----------------To living insects-
    -----------------------------------all grass

*6
   Gn01-27 AND HE SAID: SEE:
   -----------------------My sons scent is like a field
   Gn01-28----------------& (so) will God give you[r fields]:
   ----------------------------from heavenly dew &
   ----------------------------from rich earth:
   ----------------------------abundant grain and wine


   Note the introductory phrase AND GOD SAID: SEE
   in verse Gn01-27: This gives credibility to this
   interpretation that everything is one long blessing

   For further elaboration see *13


*7
   Dt01-30 & I(Moses) said: God will fight for you
   ------- the same way He did
   ---------------IN Egypt, in front of your sight
   Dt01-31--------& IN the Desert, which you saw
   ------- that God bore you like a parent does his child

   The keyword IN helps link the two verses together.

*8 --Dt11-10 For the land which you are coming to is not like
   Egypt where your agriculture depended on canals from the Nile
   --Dt11-11 The land you are coming to is mountainous...you
   obtain water from rain
   --Dt11-13 It is a land that God constantly watches; Gods Eyes
   are on it the whole year
   --Dt11-14 and this (obtaining rain) will happen when you
   listen to Gods commandments which I command you this day
   to love God and to serve him with all your heart and soul
   --Dt11-15 (It is only) THEN that God will give you rain in
   its season

   For other comments on these verses see footnote *14


*9
   Dt02-26 ---And Moses requested from the Sichonites
   Dt02-27 -------------Allow me to use your roads
   Dt02-28 ---------------------allow me to buy food/water
   Dt02-29 ---------------------the way [Edom sold me food]
   ---------------------until I pass your land

   For further elaboration see footnote *15

*10 There are two Rashis on these verses.
    Dt02-16a comments on the fact that the two verses form
    one sentence

    Dt02-17a comments on the fact that it uses the verb
    SPOKE vs CITE.

    We have only dealt with Dt02-16a in this posting. The
    other Rashi will be dealt with at another time.

*11 Take note of 2 items in our translation:

   RASHI USES REPEATING KEYWORDS AS BULLETS
   ----------------------------------------
   First note how the repeating keyword THAT
   functions as a BULLET facilitating
   the reading of this long sentence.

   For a posting showing many examples of REPEATING
   KEYWORDS functioning as BULLETS see
   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/18-01d.htm)

   RASHI TRANSLATES THE HEBREW WORD, KI, as RATHER
   -----------------------------------------------
   Also note that Rashi translated the Hebrew word KI in
   Dt10-07 as RATHER. In fact the Hebrew word KI has
   7 meanings.

   For the 7 meanings of KI see the posting
   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ki-11.htm

*12
 The whole chapter Nu32-16:42 revolves around a deal
 that the Gadites made with Mosheh
 ---the Gadites would inherit the transjordan
 ---the Gadites would build cities for fortification/grazing
 ---the Gadite herds/children would remain in these cities
 ---the Gadites would fight for Israel with everyone else

 This 4 fold contract is repeated in the following verses
 * Nu32-16:19 Initial Offer by the Gadites
 * Nu32-20:24 Initial Acceptance by Moses
 * Nu32-25:27 Confirmation of deal by Gadites
 * Nu32-28:42 Confirmation of deal in presence of Elders

 So we see that our interpretation of Nu32-34:36 as referring
 to creation of fortifications/grazing is consistent with
 the whole chapter.

 Indeed, we can go further and break up Nu32-28:42 which deals
 with the finalizing of the deal as follows:

 Nu32-28:30 Moses says: The Gadites promised to fight for Israel
 Nu32-31:32 Gadites respond: We agree
 Nu32-33    Moses gives them the land they were promised
 Nu32-34:36 The Gadites build cities for their families/grazing

 In conclusion this Rashi is an excellent example of the
 neglected principle of OVERALL structure.


*13 We have interpreted the verses as follows

   Gn01-27 AND HE SAID: SEE:
   -----------------------My sons scent is like a field
   Gn01-28----------------& (so) will God give you[r fields]:
   ----------------------------from heavenly dew &
   ----------------------------from rich earth &
   ----------------------------abundant grain and wine

  Chazal see a cycle here:
  --First Jews behave nicely (They smell like fresh fields)
  --then God gives them fresh fields
  --and then they are well to do & they smell like fresh fields
  --and then God gives them fresh fields etc

  Note how this observation of cyclicity is not SOMETHING
  separate from the simple meaning of the text but rather
  is a LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE of the simple meaning. This is
  the true way to learn Midrash--the Midrash is ONE with
  the simple meaning of the text.


*14 NOTE: Dt10-13 does not begin IF you will listen then...
   Rather ot begins: AND THIS (The above) will happen
   WHEN you listen. It is the Hebrew word VHAYAH (and
   this will happen) which prompts Rashi to connect the
   verses.

   Thus Dt10-12, Dt10-13, Dt10-14 form
   a GENERAL-PARTICULAR-GENERAL form stating that God
   gives rain WHEN you observe commandments; it is THEN
   that God gives rain.

   For further examples of the
   GENERAL PARTICULAR GENERAL Style, one of the 13 style
   rules of Rabbi Ishmael see
   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/exampe7.htm


*15 The Sifsay Chachamim, a commentary on Rashi makes the
    following points
    --It explicitly says in Nu20-14 that Moses requested
      permission from Edom, THE BROTHER OF ISRAEL, to
      pass thru the land.

      & Edom is explicitly identified with Esauv the Brother
      of Jacob in Gn36-01

      Thus the Nu20 story links to the Dt02 story.

   --But it explicitly says in Nu20 that
     * the Jews offered to BUY food (Nu20-19)
     * the Jews also requested use of roads (Nu20-19)
     * Edom refused to allow ROAD USE(Nu20-20 & Nu20-21)

   --If we couple this with the statement here (Dt02-29)
     ------------------------------------------------
     LET ME PASS AND BUY FOOD LIKE EDOM DID FOR ME
     ------------------------------------------------

   --then we conclude (based on the two sets of explicit
     verses) that
     * Edom did sell water & food
     * Edom did not allow Road use
   This uses the Rabbi Ishmael rule of resolving
   contradictory verses.


   We see that Rashi is also using the technique
   of OTHER VERSES. The two Rashis in Dt02-26:29 are
   based on the OTHER VERSES in Numbers 20 Here is how
   the Dt02 verses would read. Notice the alignment
   -------------------------------------------------
   Dt02-26 ---And Moses requested from the Sichonites
   Dt02-27 -------------Allow me to use your roads
   Dt02-28 ---------------------allow me to buy food/water
   Dt02-29 ---------------------the way [Edom sold me food]
   ---------------------until I pass your land
   --------------------------------------------------

   In conclusion Rashi(Dt02-29b) says that
   * Dt02-27 and Dt02-29 are linked
     ------------------------------------------
     Let me use your roads till I pass thru the land
     ------------------------------------------

   * Rashi (Dt02-29a) similarly says
     Dt02-28 and Dt02-29 are linked
     --------------------------------------------
     Allow me to buy food water like Edom sold me
     --------------------------------------------

   Rashi bases his interpretation
   on the OTHER VERSES and the
   RESOLUTION OF CONTRADICTIONS

*1 So TWO root letters are weak. There are very few examples
   of these Biblical roots--there are not enough cases to
   justify ONE UNIQUE APPROACH. Hence we have controversy
   on the correct grammatical form.

*2 There is controversy on this root.
   Rashi ingeniously has two roots Y-K-A and K-A-A. One means
   DISLODGE while the other means HANG (This is ingenious
   since other authorities say they are the same root with
   2 meanings). See the following posting for details
   http://www.RashiYomi.com/nu25-03b.htm

*10 Job17-07 and Ez19-07 are two other examples but were not
    brought in the above list. According to Silbermans
    Grammatical form Konkordance these are the only 11 examples

*1 This is a difficult verse Here is a reasonable translation
   -----------------------------------------------------
   A person who deceives his friend but says I WAS JOKING
   is like
   a person who practices shooting arrows, fire and deadly
   weapons till they are FATIGUED (and then says he wasnt
   trying to hurt anyone)
   -----------------------------------------------------

   The point is that both these people are dangerous
   and should not be trusted In other words it is irrelevant
   if they were INTENDING to hurt someone--what they are
   doing is so dangerous that we can judge them by their
   actions not their intentions