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                     Volume 18 Number 7
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OVERVIEW OF HILIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03

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
COMMENTS
*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
Rashis covered in this issue
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03

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
Nu28-19a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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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
LIST307f
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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
COMMENTS
*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

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*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
Lv16-06b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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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/
LIST307g
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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
COMMENTS
*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)

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*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!!!
LIST307h
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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
COMMENTS
*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

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*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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