VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Many Rashis focus on meaning of words or grammatical
function. However some Rashis focus on comparisons
with other verses.

Occasionally the Torah will repeat almost verbatim
the same Chapters. In such a case a fundamental
goal of Rashi is to elucidate
- which items in the repeated chapters CORRESPOND
- which items are new
- which items are different

One such set of repeated chapters is Ex29 and Lv08
both of which describe in detail the CONSECRATION
OF THE TEMPLE & PRIESTS.

The lists below describe the 6 main units in the
CONSECRATION chapters and where these occur in
Ex29 and Lv08.

Todays posting focuses on comparisons between
these two chapters: Ex29 and Lv08. By reviewing
all these comparisons together we enrich our
appreciation of Rashi--Rashi was not commenting
on oddities here and there..he was rather Reviewing
ALL differences between the 2 chapters--he then
hilighted the important differences.*10

EXAMPLE
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Lv07-37 mentions SIX types of offerings
- UP, REST, PEACE, SIN, GUILT and INAUGORATION
By contrast Lv01 thru Lv06 only mention 5 types
of offerings. The missing 6th type --THE INAUGORATION
OFFERING--refer to the special offerings used to
INAUGORATE the priests and mentioned in Ex28 and Lv08

EXAMPLE
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The SIN offering mentioned in Lv08-02 corresponds
to the SIN offering mentioned in Lv29-14

EXAMPLE
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The INAUGORATION of the priestly garments is
mentioned in both Lv08 and Ex29. An alignment
of the 2 chapters shows that URIM and TUMIM
were not mentioned in Ex29 but were mentioned
in Lv08. Rashi therefore explains them by
a cross reference to Nu27-21: The URIM and TUMIM
enabled PRIESTLY PROPHECY

EXAMPLE
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A comparison of Lv08 and Ex29 show that both
mention the consecration by oil---but only
Lv08 mentions a 7-fold sprinkling on the altar.
Hence Rashi feels obliged to mention that this
7-fold sprinkling is not mentioned in Ex29.

Ex29 and Lv08 are almost identical. They
describe the consecration procedure. The
consecration procedure had 6 units. These
6 units are listed below along with the
corresponding verses in each chapter.
Further lists compare these individual
units

An alignment of the ITEMS mentioned in
the CONSECRATION procedures in Lv08 and
Ex29. Note how Lv08 is terser since it
is a summary. Footnotes illuminates how
Ex29 SPREAD information over several
verses while Lv08 summarizes them in a
few words

There are 3 chapters that mention using ANNOINTING
OIL in the CONSECRATION of the TEMPLE. A comparison
of these 3 chapters shows that the SEVEN-FOLD SPRINKLING
of the altar is only mentioned in one of the 3 chapters

We review the priestly garments mentioned in Ex28,Ex29
vs Lv08. Note that the URIM and TUMIM are mentioned
in Lv08 but not in Ex29. Rashi explains their function
by cross referencing Nu27-21--the URIM and TUMIM
have PROPHETIC function

The actual 8 priestly garments are mentioned in Ex28

By completely reviewing all 8 garments we enrich
our understanding of Rashi--Rashi was not just
commenting on the meaning of a word--he was rather
explaining all differences between these chapters.*10

Since the order changes in the chapters we have numbered
the items to indicate sequence order (eg the KETONET
is mentioned #1 (first) in Ex29-05:06)

Chapters Lv01 thru Lv06 mention 5 types of
offerings. All offerings are classified
among these 5 types*10

But, Lv07-37 mentions 6 types of offerings.
The 6th type is called the CONSECRATION offering
and refers to the special procedures used to
INAUGORATE the priests in Lv08 and Ex29

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 words.
A key technique of Rashi in explaining words is
clarification of the differences between words with
almost identical meanings.

EXAMPLE
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The root Chet-Beth-Shin means to WRAP. Rashi notes
that this root has a MEANING SIMILAR TO TIEING.

By connecting WRAPPING and TIEING Rashi
- enables a person to see commonality in the two
activities
- Rashi enables a person who never heard of the
word WRAP to understand the meaning as related
to SOME TYPE OF TIEING without (upon first
reading) knowing the exact nuances

This exposure to a ROUGH IDEA OF MEANING (i.e.
WRAPPING is a form of TIEING) is a major
function of Rashi who thereby enables students
without big vocabularies to learn subtle words

The list below shows the multiple uses of the word,
WRAP, in the Biblical context

Several verses with the root Chet-Beth-Shin. The list
shows the rich usage of WRAP in the Biblical context