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                     Volume 17 Number 3
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OVERVIEW OF HILIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE
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Whats new and hot in this issue?
ITEM WHATS NEW & HOT IN THIS ISSUE
OTHER VERSES 3 Temple chapters cross reference each other
Rashis covered in this issue
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VERSE RULE BRIEF DESCRIPTION
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Ex38-28a OTHER VERSES Cross reference of 3 Tmpl chapters
Ex39-42a OTHER VERSES Cross reference of 3 Tmpl chapters
Ex38-07a WORD MEANINGS NVUV=hollow;CLA=held back,RKA=FLATTEN
Ex36-06a WORD MEANINGS NVUV=hollow;CLA=held back,RKA=FLATTEN
Ex39-01b WORD MEANINGS NVUV=hollow;CLA=held back,RKA=FLATTEN
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VERSE: Ex38-28a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex38-28a Ex39-42a
Ex35-28a
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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Rashi has 6 main methods of interpretation.
Some of these methods are INTERNAL--such as
word meanings and grammar.

By contrast other methods are external. Rashi
illumines a verses meaning using cross
references to other verses.

A particularly interesting example are
cross references involving the tabernacle

The Tabernacle construction is mentioned
in 3 places
- Ex25 thru Ex27 The order to make a Temple
- Ex28 - Ex29    Moses assignment of tasks
- Ex35 - Ex40    The carrying out of the tasks
Hence cross references from these 3
sources illumine each other. There are
many Rashis that fit into this paradigm.
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: FURTHER DETAILS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #1
SEE BELOW LIST211a
A list of verse pairs CROSS REFERENCING Tmple
LIST211a
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A list of verse pairs illustrating the Rashi cross
reference technique. In each verse pair the same
temple item is mentioned in both Ex25 and Ex35.
The cross references can add further details and
mention items not mentioned in the previous verse
VERSE,Ex35 ITEM MENTIONED Verse Ex25,26 ITEM MENIONED
Ex35-11a Tabernacle Ex26-01:06 Tabernacle
Ex35-11b Its tent Ex26-07:13 Tent
Ex35-11c Cover Ex26-14 Cover
Ex35-14a Menorah Utensils Ex25-37:38 prongs & dusters
Ex35-14b Menorah Wicks Ex25-37:38 make 7 wicks
Ex35-12a The Paroceth Ex26-31:35 Holy of Holies
Ex35-15a The curtain Ex26-36:37 Copper Altar Chamber
Ex35-17b The door-curtain Ex27-13:16 Temple Courtyard
Ex38-07 Shoham Stones Ex25-07 Shoham Stones*1
Ex35-04a God commands Jew Ex25-01:08 Command thru Moses
Ex35-14c Cndlbrah Oil*2 Ex27-20:21 Specially prepare oil
Ex38-28a Silver for stand Ex27-09:19 Silver hooks & covers
Ex39-42a Moses Blesed Jew Ps90 Prayer of Moses
COMMENTS
*1 Ex38-07 illumines Ex25-07 with FURTHER DETAILS
The SHOHAM stones were used in the PRIESTLY clothes

*2 Ex27-20:21 (also see Lv24-01:04) where we obtain
the FURTHER DETAIL that the OLIVE OIL had to
be specially crushed for the Menorah--hence this
wasnt ordinary oil but required craftsmanship*10

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10 The Talmud Menacoth goes into details how olive
oil is made. There are a variety of stages
- initial crushing of olives (Soaking out oil)
- a beam crush of olives (to soak out extra oil)
- pressing the remaining olives for extra oil

Note that beam crushes of olives will give
solid matter residue (The olives) while the
initial crushing of olives (and allowing the
oil to ooze out) will give CLEAR CRUSHED OIL

There are a variety of other details on these
matters but the above is the main thrust
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VERSE: Ex38-07a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex38-07a Ex36-06a Ex39-01b
Ex38-07a
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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the
meaning of words the same way a dictionary
explains the meaning of words.

In explaining word meaning Rashi had at his
disposal a variety of vehicles. We illustrate
below 3 vehicles


EXAMPLE: Ex38-07a WORD MEANING by 2 Letter Theory
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NVUV means hollow. This can be justified by verses
It can also be justified by Rashis 2 letter semantic
root theory -- NUN means CHILD OF so N-V(hollow)=
CHILD(Nun) of INSIDE (B). MANY other examples are
presented

EXAMPLE: Ex39-01b WORD MEANING by FORM
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Most people are familiar with the word RKA=HEAVEN
Hence Rashi informs us that the primary meaning
of this root is to FLATTEN/SPREAD OUT. Here, the
Heavens are named by their FORM (FLATTENED & SPREAD
OUT). There are many items named by FORM (eg the
PENTAGON is named by FORM while the UN is named
by Goal). See the LIST below for examples.

EXAMPLE: Ex36-06a WORD MEANING by UNIFIED MEANING
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Here Rashi uses the UNIFIED ROOT MEANING approach
The UNIFIED MEANING of K-L-A is TO HOLD BACK IN.
Hence this root has such diverse meanings as
PRISON, BARREN LAND, DROUGHTS, CATTLE RANCHES,GRAFTS
See the list below for further details

Ex38-07a NVUV = hollow Jr52-21 Ex38-07 Ben BO WORD MEANINGS BEN
Ex36-06a VAYICALAY stopped WORD MEANINGS
Ex39-01b P136-06 To SKY the gold threads (Spread them out thin)

ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANING
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: 8 METHODS OF NAMING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
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SEE BELOW LIST810b
Words illustrating naming things by FORM
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SEE BELOW LIST910a
Words illustrating 2 letter semantic roots
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SEE BELOW LIST920a
Verses Illustrating K-L-A means HELD BACK
LIST810b
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The list below gives objects named by their
FORM.

For example the PENTAGON is named
by its SHAPE An ORANGE dress is named by
its APPEARANCE A utensil HANDLE is named
by its RELATIVE POSITION

In each case some aspect of
the FORM names the object
VERSE TERM Refers to ...
Ex25-31d MENORAH THIGH Its Bottom(Rashi)
Ex40-22a Temple THIGH Temple SIDE
Ex40-22b Temple THIGH Temple SIDE
Lv01-11a Altar THIGH Altar SIDE
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Ex25-31f MENORAH BUD Bud-like ornament
Ex25-31g MENORAH FRUIT Fruit-like ornament
Ex25-31h MENORAH FLOWER FLOWER-like ornament
Ex28-33a POMEGRANATES POMEGRANATE ORNAMENTS
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Lv13-03b CLOUD wound WHITE wound
Ex25-04a SKY thread Thread dyed SKY BLUE
Ex25-04b WORM Thread Thread DYED RED
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Lv13-55d PIT wound DEEP wound(Pechethet)
Lv13-18a LOW wound ABCESS
Ex39-01b SKY FLATTENED out*1
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Nu31-50c The ROUND EARING JEWELRY
Ex28-32a MOUTH-HEAD NECK of a garment
Ex35-13a FACE BREAD Bread with 2 faces
Ex28-04d CHECKERED CHECKERED Garment
COMMENTS
*1 Rashi supplements this explanation by
citing verses where RKA means to
FLATTEN OUT(eg Isa42-05,P136-07,
2S22-43, Ez06-11,Ex39-03, Nu17-04,
Jr10-09--in all these verses RKA
means to flatten out/crush)
LIST910a
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Rashi believed in 3 letter conjugation roots
and 2 letter meaning roots. That is, Rashi
believed that each root is conjugated
according to the rules of 3 letter roots.

But Rashi supplemented this with the belief
that each root can be explained by ascribing
meaning to individual letters and seeing
the 3 letter roots meaning as emanating from
its letters.

A simple example is that Nun-Beth(HOLLOW)
means CHILD*1 OF (NUN) INSIDE(Beth). Other
examples where NUN means CHILD=POSSESSED are
presented below.

In the list below the English translation
is CAPPED while the Hebrew is LOWERCASE
ROOT MEANS NUN MEANS END ROOT MEANS
Nun-Beth HOLLOW CHILD OF beth INSIDE
Nun-Zayin-Kuf DAMAGE CHILD OF z-k SPARKS
Nun-Mem-Resh LEOPARD CHILD OF m-r BRAZENNESS
Nun-Tzde-Lamd SAVE CHILD OF z-l SHADE
Nun-Kuph-Mem REVENGE CHILD OF k-m STANDING UP
COMMENTS
*1 Throughout the Bible if you want to state that
someone was KNOWN for something then you
state that the person was the CHILD OF
eg Rif Rafs are called CHILDS OF NO NAME
LIST920a
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In this series we explore the UNIFIED MEANING
approach. We show how sometimes a root with
diverse meanings can nevertheless have one
underlying theme
MEANING RELATIONSHIP TO HOLD IN TYPICAL VERSE
DROUGHT Rain is HELD BACK Chagai01-10
PRISON People are HELD BACK Nu11-08
RANCH PEN Cattle are HELD BACK P78-70
GRAFT Reproduction HELD BACK Dt22-09*1
--------- Further Donations HELD BACK Ex36-06
COMMENTS
*1 Grafted objects frequently can not reproduce
Thus their OFFSPRING are so to speak HELD BACK
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