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 18 Number 7 For the WORD QUALITY HTML VERSION click here ----------------------------------- http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h18n7.htm ----------------------------------- Produced Jun 12th, 2003 WARNING: USE FIXED WIDTH FONTS (eg COURIER (NEW) 10) |
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Whats new and hot in this issue? | ||
ITEM | WHATS NEW & HOT IN THIS ISSUE | |
DATABASE | Completion of a computerized alignment study*1 | |
STAT DE JOUR | A daily stat about Rashi that is not known*2 | |
OVERRIDE RSHI | We continue discussing when to override Rashi*3 | |
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*1 I have just completed, using over 60 hours of computing time, a detailed analysis of alignment. The Rashis from this alignment will be presented over the next few months. AND...they are all peaches, beauties and punchy We start easy, during June and July with the 299 verse pairs that have 10 or more words in common. Stay tuned for a year of Midrashic insights A sophisticated version of this will be presented at a Jewish studies conference next September in Nebraska. Here are some nifty examples: - Do you know the real reason Chazal knew Chur was murdered - Why do Chazal think Shimon married Dinah after her rape *2 I have just completed a detailed electronicization of Rashi. I will be giving daily STAT de JOURs. All statistics are based on the Version IId of the DAVKA Rashi CD Rom. Todays stat de Jour: There are exactly 613 Rashis in Vayikra *3 A beautiful controversy between Rashi and Rav Hirsch remarkably ends up with their both being right |
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VERSE | RULE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION | |
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Nu28-19z | ALIGNMENT | Passover had aspects of all 3 Ptriarchs | |
Nu28-19a | ALIGNMENT | Passover had aspects of all 3 Ptriarchs | |
Nu28-19b | ALIGNMENT | Passover had aspects of all 3 Ptriarchs | |
Nu28-19c | ALIGNMENT | Passover had aspects of all 3 Ptriarchs | |
Lv16-06b | ALIGNMENT | High Priest atoned for family & priests | |
Lv16-06a | ALIGNMENT | High Priest atoned for family & priests | |
Lv16-11a | ALIGNMENT | High Priest atoned for family & priests | |
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VERSE: Nu28-19z
RASHIS COVERED: Nu28-19a Nu28-19b Nu28-19c
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- For a comprehensive but short introduction to symbolism see the essay http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gen-1.htm Rav Hirsch showed that in sacrifices that - OX means that the Jews are COWORKERS with God leading the nations thru history - RAM refers to Jewish LEADERS who help shepard Gods flock - SHEEP refer to the Jewish masses who FOLLOW These symbols are based on many explicit verses Remarkably however Rashi states that - OX = Abraham=Abraham Co-worked with God - RAM = Isaac = Isaac leads Jacob/Esauv - SHEEP = Jacob = The sheepish worker who follows his boss It thus appears that Rashi and Rav Hirsch differ!!! But a clever alignment of the half dozen verses mentioning the holiday OXEN, RAMS, SHEEPS shows that - the word,AND never occurs (1 OX, 1 RAM, 7 SHEEP) - By Passover,AND,occurs twice (1 Ox AND 1 Ram AND 7 Sheep) - By the New Moon AND occurs once (1 ox AND 1 Ram, 7 Sheep) This is easy to explain. In most holidays the forces of the patriarchs are distinct--eg on Shavuoth some people are like ABRAHAM being a beacon of light to the nations; some people are Rabbinic Rams=Leaders(Like ISAAC) while most Jews are SHEEP, FOLLOWERS(Like JACOB) But on Passover every Jew combines the forces of all 3 Patriarchs (All Jews CO-WORK with God to show the world the meaning of Freedom; All Jews LEAD their families in their seders and All Jews FOLLOW others Hence the 3 Patriarchs combine on Passover(AND AND) On the New moon(Which commemorates the Golden-calf incident) the Coworkers (Moses) and the leaders (Tribe of Levi) were with God (1 AND) while the Jewish people rebelled (Sheep separate). So Rashi-is-Simple: There is no controversy - Rav Hirsch explained the meaning of the HOLIDAY SACRIFICES - Rashi, by contrast, explained the usage of AND Rashi and Rav Hirsch are both 100% correct. They were talking about different things. There is no disagreement Only complete harmony. - PRAISE BE HIM WHO CHOSE THEM AND THEIR LEARNING - | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | ALIGNMENT | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | NUANCE | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #11 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST307f | |
7 verses discussing | Ox,Ram,Sheep holiday offerings |
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An alignment of the half dozen holiday sacrifices involving Ox, Ram and Sheep | |||||||
VERSE | HOLIDAY | OX | AND? | RAM | AND? | SHEEP | |
Nu28-11 | New Moon | 1 Ox | and*1 | 1 Ram | 7 sheep | ||
Nu28-19 | Passover | 1 Ox | and*2 | 1 Ram | and*2 | 7 sheep | |
Nu28-27 | Pentecost | 1 Ox | 1 Ram | 7 sheep*3 | |||
Nu29-02 | New Year | 1 Ox | 1 Ram | 7 sheep*3 | |||
Nu29-08 | Yom Kippur | 1 Ox | 1 Ram | 7 Sheep*3 | |||
Nu29-13 | Succoth | 1 Ox | 1 Ram | 7 Sheep*3 | |||
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*1 The New Moon commemorates the Golden calf Gods co-workers(=Ox=Moses) and the Jewish leadership (=Ram=Levi) were united while the Jewish masses(Sheep) were separate *2 On Passover the forces of all 3 Patriarchs combine The Jews lead the world (=Ox = Coworker with God); the Jews lead each other in the Seder(Ram=Leader); the Jews follow their leaders(Sheep=Follower)*10 *3 On the other holidays different factions of the Jewish people represent different forces - Some lead the nations (Like Joseph)=Coworker with God=Ox - Some lead the Jew (Like Rabbis/Priests)=Leader=Ram - Some just follow(Like the masses)=Follower=Sheep | |||||||
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*10 Again: Rashi and Rav Hirsch dont disagree but rather complement each other - Rav Hirsch explains the symbolism of the offerings - Rashi explains why the word AND sometimes occur One more item: Rashi actually says that - Isaac is the Ram because of the Ram of the Akaydah - Jacob is the Sheep because he was a shepard - Abraham is the Ox because he served Oxen But Rashi (as he sometimes does) was only giving nifty examples so people could remember. The truth of the matter is that Abraham=Coworker with God leading the nations=Ox Isaac =Leader of Jacob/Esauv=Ram Jacob =Exile Jew--sheepish--follower Instead of giving abstract symbolism Rashi simply uses catchy examples. The main point however is that Rashi explains AND and Rav Hirsch explains the general SYMBOLISM. Finally we understand why Rashi cited Rav Moshe Hadarsham since this explanation refers to subtle aligned VAVs. |
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VERSE: Lv16-06b
RASHIS COVERED: Lv16-06b Lv16-06a Lv16-11a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- By aligning 4 verses talking about the High- Priest-Day-Of-Atonement-Ox-Sin-offering (Lv16-06 Lv16-11 Lv16-16 and Lv16-03) we infer that - the High Priest brings an Ox sin offering - this Sin offering ATONES on temple sins of impurity - the atonement is for all priests and Jews | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | ALIGNMENT | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | NUANCE | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #11 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST307g | |
4 Verses discussing | High Priest Oxen Offering | |
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SEE BELOW | LIST307h | |
ALignment of verses with | Atonement/Confession/ |
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We align 4 verses discussing the High Priest OX offering. | ||||
Lv16-03 | Lv16-06 | Lv16-11 | Lv16-16 | |
Aaron comes with | Aaron OFFERS the | Aaron OFFERS | ||
an OX SIN OFFERING | the OX*1 | the ox | ||
He ATONES his house | he ATONES his house | ATONES on TEMPLE*2 | ||
From IMPURITIES | ||||
he slaughters the Ox | ||||
and RAM UP OFFERING | ||||
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*1 The alignment shows that the OX mentioned in Lv16-06 and Lv16-11 is the same Ox spoken about in Lv16-03 (Rashi: Lv16-06a) *2 The alignment shows that the ATONEMENT mentioned in Lv16-06 and Lv16-11 is the same ATONEMENT mentioned in Lv16-16. In other words the OX atones for inadvertent/intentional impurifying of the Temple*10 (Rashi: Lv16-06b and Lv16-11a) | ||||
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*10 Rashi seems to derive that the Ox atones on BOTH the High Priests family and on the Priests sins of impurities in the temple from the repeated use of the phrase HE ATONES ON HIS HOUSE in both Lv16-06 and Lv16-11. However a much simpler and elegant way of taking the Rashi is that Rashi uses the technique of OTHER VERSES---Lv16-16 explicitly states that the OX and GOAT sin offering atone for - Impurity-in-Temple sins of - the whole Jewish people So this includes sins of - Priests---------Ox of High Priest - Jews------------Goat offering of Nation - High Priest-----Ox of high Priest Note the novelty in this approach (of deriving this concept from OTHER VERSES vs REPEATED PHRASES): We would interpret the offering as atoning on both the High Priests sins as well as ordinary Priests sins even if the phrase had not been repeated. The derivation comes from the OTHER VERSE!!! |
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Alignment of several(not all) verses dealing with PROCEDURE STEPS in various offerings. | |||||
VERSE | OFFERING | SUPPORT? | CONFESS? | SLAUGHTER? | |
Lv01-04 | Up Offering | SUPPORT | PLEASE*1 | SLAUGHTER | |
Lv01-11 | Up | *2 | SLAUGHTER | ||
Lv03-08 | Peace | SUPPORT | SLAUGHTER | ||
Lv03-13 | Peace | SUPPORT | SLAUGHTER | ||
Lv04-29 | Sin | SUPPORT | SLAUGHTER | ||
Lv04-33 | Sin | SUPPORT | SLAUGHTER | ||
Lv05-05 | Guilt | *2 | CONFESS | *2 | |
Lv16-11 | High Priest | *2 | ATONE*1 | SLAUGHTER | |
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*1 As can be seen the CONFESSION procedure is called PLEASE, CONFESS and ATONE*10 It is the procedure between the SUPPORT and SLAUGHTER procedures. *2 It is not our job (in this posting) to fill in the missing cells in this table But as an example we learn that the GUILT OFFERING has SLAUGHTER from Lv07-02 Other missing cells can be filled similarly | |||||
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*10 It is not hard to explain why the various terms--PLEASE, CONFESS, ATONE--are used. - In a GUILT offering the person has actually sinned (eg He refused to testify Lv05-01 or he stole (Nu05-07 = Lv05-23)) - In the HIGH- PRIEST- DAY- OF- ATONEMENT- OFFERING the ATONEMENT is on possibly inadvertent entrance into the Temple while in a state of ritual impurity. Hence the word ATONE is more appropriate than CONFESS - In the UP offering there is no SIN per se... Rather there is an OMISSION of a positive commandment...therefore the person brings an UP offering to become pleasing to God again. |
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