Rashi-Is-Simple Mailing List VISIT the RASHI DATABASE archives AT http://www.RashiYomi.com/ Surfing the Talmudic Seas (C) RashiYomi Incorporated, 2003 Written by Dr Russell Jay Hendel Volume 17 Number 3 For the WORD QUALITY HTML VERSION click here ----------------------------------- http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h17n3.htm ----------------------------------- Produced Feb 19th, 2003 WARNING: USE FIXED WIDTH FONTS (eg COURIER (NEW) 10) |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||
Whats new and hot in this issue? | ||
ITEM | WHATS NEW & HOT IN THIS ISSUE | |
OTHER VERSES | 3 Temple chapters cross reference each other |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||
| |||
VERSE | RULE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION | |
======== | =============== | ===================================== | |
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 | |
--------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------- |
#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc.2003, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#*#
VERSE: Ex38-28a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex38-28a Ex39-42a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ 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 |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||||
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 | |
|
||||
*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 | ||||
|
||||
*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 |
#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc.2003, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#*#
VERSE: Ex38-07a
RASHIS COVERED: Ex38-07a Ex36-06a Ex39-01b
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY ------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------- 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 | |
------------------------ | ------------------------ | |
SEE BELOW | LIST810b | |
Words illustrating | naming things by FORM | |
------------------------ | ------------------------ | |
SEE BELOW | LIST910a | |
Words illustrating | 2 letter semantic roots | |
------------------------ | ------------------------ | |
SEE BELOW | LIST920a | |
Verses Illustrating | K-L-A means HELD BACK |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||
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 | |
-------- | -------------- | --------------------- | |
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 | |
-------- | -------------- | --------------------- | |
Lv13-03b | CLOUD wound | WHITE wound | |
Ex25-04a | SKY thread | Thread dyed SKY BLUE | |
Ex25-04b | WORM Thread | Thread DYED RED | |
-------- | -------------- | --------------------- | |
Lv13-55d | PIT wound | DEEP wound(Pechethet) | |
Lv13-18a | LOW wound | ABCESS | |
Ex39-01b | SKY | FLATTENED out*1 | |
-------- | -------------- | --------------------- | |
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 | |
|
|||
*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) |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||||
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 | |
|
|||||
*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 |
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||
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 | |
|
|||
*1 Grafted objects frequently can not reproduce Thus their OFFSPRING are so to speak HELD BACK |
#*#*# (C) RashiYomi Inc.2003, Dr. Hendel, President #*#*#