*1 Any JEW vs Any SOUL implies
that minors (SOUL) should be admonished not to
do these activities

*2 These paragraphs deal with prohibited activities
- SLAUGHTERING a sacrifice outside temple situation
- OFFERING the sacrifice organs outside temple
- HUNTED ANIMALS (With proper slaughtering) must
have their blood buried in the ground. People
eating blood are cut off from their people
- eating a carcass (Non-ritually slaughtered)

*3 BEARS SIN sounds LIGHTER than CUT OFF
- CUT OFF means EXTINCTION and HELL
- BEARS SIN means either
---- CUT OFF or
---- LASHES *10

*10 Rashi points out (by cross referencing other verses)
that
-- not immersing (and eating) has a cutoff punishment
(eg Compare Lv23-01:09 (particularly Lv23-08:09)

-- it follows (FROM THE ALIGNMENT)
that if he merely did not immerse
his ritually impure garments he would only
be liable to lashes

Note that Lv23 gives the prohibitions of dealing
with temple items while in impurity. All prohibitions
are AT LEAST punishable by lashes. When the Bible
explicitly says so the punishment may be stronger
(CUTOFF)

So....the CUTOFF punishment is mentioned by
non-immersion of one self but not mentioned
by immersion of clothes. Hence the Rashi

(We have only dealt with sentence structure---
Rashis further technical comments on this verse
will be discussed in an other issue)

*11 Technically we are using the BULLET method of
indicating paragraphs.

Recall that this method suggests that the
Bible indicates PARAGRAPHING by skillful
use of repeated phrases. Hence the phrase
ANY JEW which occurs 3 times introduces
3 paragraphs in Lv17. More details can
be obtained by studying the above list.

*1 This PLURAL-SINGULAR is rather normal usage.
So eg EACH PERSON THEY UNLOADED THEIR SACKS
means that
- they unloaded TOGETHER (eg at the same time
or helping each other)
- but they each unloaded their individual
sacks

SEE RULE 2: The PLURAL-SINGULAR indicates
a common scope with individual differences
Hence, eg Lv18-06 EACH PERSON, THEY SHOULDNT
FOOL AROUND SEXUALLY--includes in scope
both MALE and FEMALE fooling around


*2 Note the IF and NOT. The SINGULAR SINGULAR
is appropriate. Eg IF SOMEONE SUSPECTS
HIS WIFE (It doesnt necessarily apply to
the whole group)!

Similarly NO INDIVIDUAL PERSON WILL DENY
HIS BURIAL PLOT TO YOU means that
no particular person will so deny.

*3 Malbim suggests that COMMANDS can be
stated in the plural when they apply
to everybody (that is everybody has to
make Tzitzith)

*4 So we see elements of COMMONALITY (PLURAL) and
INDIVIDUALITY (SINGULAR) in these verses.

- Each person THEY took HIS incensor
RASHI: They didnt do it as a group
The didnt consult each other

- Each  person THEY took HIS sword
RASHI: They didnt do it as group
They didnt consult each other

- Each person THEY WERE BLESSED
according to THEIR blessing
RASHI: So although the blessings
were individual (eg Judah was a lion
and Naftali was a Gazelle) nevertheless
their was a commonality--that is Jacob
bless all of them as a group with
the blessings and benefits of each
individual member.

- Each person THEY should not fool around sexually
RASHI: The plural singular implies that both
male and female playing around are included*10

- Each person THEY should revere their parents
RASHI: Both MALE and FEMALE reverance are included*10


*5 Note the SINGULAR SINGULAR form---the brothers were
upset at Benjamin being framed and hence they
didnt think of each other---they EACH MOUNTED
IN THEIR OWN WAY WITHOUT ANY UNISON

*6 So the first part of the verse talks about offering
a voluntary individual offering. The 2nd part of
the verse speaks about offering a voluntary
communal offering (Hence the singular-plural)

*7 So although the verse talks about the GUILT
offering nevertheless, it makes a general
comment about COMMUNAL offerings:

- wherever ANY communal UP offering is slaughtered
- there, the GUILT offering is slaughtered

As a side inference we see that the Torah assumes
that ALL UP offerings (Individual-communal) are
offered in the NORTH

*10 Actually Rashi only EXPLAINS the male-female
distinction in one of these verses, but, as is
the custom on our email group, this distinction
should be equally applied to each of the verses

- Rashi points out that men and women revere their
parents differently since women have dual obligations
(to their husbands and parents) while men tend to
have individual obligations

- The transfer to sexual prohibitions is obvious
MALE and FEMALE fooling around are distinct and
so the Torah prohibits each

Note that based on our list, this interpretation
is OBVIOUS and STRAIGHTFORWARD (Simple meaning)
Rashi on Lv18-06a lists this meaning LAST and
as our custom on this list we consider the LAST
explanation of Rashi the true one.