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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
HAPPY SUCCOTH Rashi-is-Simple will resume AFTER Succoth
COMING SOON The FAQ will be posted on website during SCCTH
Happy Nu Year Happy New Year to all who learn Rashi*1
COMMENTS
*1 Hi. Instead of writing personally & individually
to each of my friends, most of which are on Rashi
is Simple, I am simply wishing you all a very....*10

LONGER FOOTNOTES

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LIGHTNING SUMMARIES
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Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10
# LIST BRIEF SUMMARY OF RASHI EMPHASIZING USE OF RASHI RULES
25 606d Vulnerable creatures(bird/human)BLESSED:Others(Sun,Plant)-Not
14 510a Noach took 2 NON-KOSHER animals but 7 KOSHER animals
7 050d TO MEADOW means to CREATE a meadow (NOUN-VERB transformations)
7 910h The --- SharpLight ---- was a CHILLY RIVER RAPIDS
7 910m INSECTS ($RC) are PARADIGMS(=$) of RUNNERS(=rc)
7 862f Root &$H = to MAKE, CREATE, FIX, ACQUIRE, DO, SQUEEZE
COMMENTS

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10 The explanation of the list should be clear
- The first column gives the NUMBER of the RASHI RULE used
All Rashi rules may be found with examples at
http://wwww.Rashiyomi.com/workbook.htm

- The second column gives the LIST ID (eg LIST210z) which
contains many examples of a particular Rashi technique and
includes the example presented in the third column

- The third column gives a lightning summary of the Rashi
with particular emphasis on the Rashi rule used.
Rashis covered in this issue
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VERSE RULE BRIEF DESCRIPTION
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Gn01-22a DATABASE Hunted animals needed blessing
Gn06-19b RabbiIshmael 7 Kosher animals;2 Non-Kosher animals
Gn01-11b WORD MEANING To MEADOW;SharpLight water;make=fix
Gn02-14a WORD MEANING To MEADOW;SharpLight water;make=fix
Gn01-20b WORD MEANING To MEADOW;SharpLight water;make=fix
Gn01-25a WORD MEANING To MEADOW;SharpLight water;make=fix
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VERSE: Gn01-22a
Gn01-22a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY:
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Rashi frequently makes inferences by conducting broad database
queries and noting patterns

EXAMPLE: QUERY: Which creatures are blessed in Gn01
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Gn01-14  STARS                   NO
Gn01-11  PLANTS                  NO
Gn01-22a INSECTS ANIMALS BIRDS   YES
Gn01-24  BEASTS                  NO
Gn01-27  HUMANS                  YES

Rashi asks the question--WHY? Rashi answers that those objects
that are vulnerable to diminuition (insects and humans) are
blessed while those objects that are not so vulnerable(stars,
plants which replenish anyway and beasts which are not hunted
for food-- are not blessed.)
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: DATABASES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS DATABASES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #27
SEE BELOW LIST606d
Query of which laws have The verb form of STAND
LIST606d
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Query of which laws have The verb form of STAND
VERSE ITEM BLESSED VULNERABLE?*1
Gn01-14 STARS NO No
Gn01-11 PLANTS NO No(Replenish naturally)
Gn01-22a INSECTS ANIMALS BIRDS YES YES(Hunted for food)
Gn01-24 BEASTS NO NO(Not hunted for food)
Gn01-27 HUMANS YES YES (War)
COMMENTS
*1 So the Rashi theory is that
- VULNERABLE ITEMS are BLESSED
- NON-VULNERABLE ITEMS (perhaps because they replenish
naturally) are not so blessed
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VERSE: Gn06-19b
Gn06-19b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals was the resolution of contradiction
Rashi had a variety of methods to resolve contradiction.


EXAMPLE - CONTRADICTION RESOLVED THRU 2 CASES
---------------------------------------------
- Gn06-19b states that Noach took TWO of every animal
- Gn07-02  states that Noach took SEVEN of every animal
So Rashi-is-Simple: Gn07-02 states that Noach took
seven of every KOSHER animal while Gn0-19b states that
Noach took TWO of every animal which Rashi interprets
as two of every Non-Kosher animal
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: CONTRADICTION
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 2 ASPECTS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #14
SEE BELOW LIST510a
List of verses with Contradiction resolved by 2 cases
LIST510a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

List of verses with      Contradiction resolved by 2 cases
VERSE-1 VERSE-2 HOW THE TWO TEXTS ARE COMBINED
Gn06-19 Gn07-02 Noach took:7 KOSHER animals;2 NON-KOSHER ones
Dt12-18 Nu18-24 Levites get 1st TITHE;also get GIFTS TO POOR
Dt12-30 Ex22-19 SPECIFIC idol worship OR general SACS wrong
Ex30-19 Ex40-31 Tmpl Basin for Priests;Moses was Priest once*5
Ex21-03 Ex21-04 Master only gives a slavegirl to a married man
Ex12-02 Ex12-03 God told Moses on FIRST: Tell Jews on TENTH...
Ex01-16 Ex01-12 EGYPTIANS hated ALL JEWS;PHARAOH hated MALES*4
Ex02-06 Ex02-06 She saw a BABY(in age);a CHILD(in demeanor)*3
Gn18-06 Gn18-06 FINE FLOUR for food;COARSE for pot*2
Dt08-02 Lv26-06 WHEN OBSERVANT God protects;ELSE not*1
Nu21-21 Dt02-26 MOSES sent delegates on behalf of ISRAEL
Ex20-19 Ex19-20 Gods voice in HEAVEN;His FIRE on EARTH
Ex40-35 Ex25-22 Moses at Entrance; Gods by Crubim
Ex28-37 Ex39-30 Priest MASK went AROUND and OVER head
Ex25-03 Ex30-12 TAXES for base;VOLUNTARY for vessels
Nu04-05 Nu04-15 PRIESTS pack; KEHATHITES carry*10
COMMENTS
*1 See Lv26-03. Thus Lv26-03:06 explicitly states that
when we observe, God will remove wild animals. Dt08-02
by contrast, explains that conquest of Israel will
happen slowly FOR IF IT HAPPEEND QUICKLY WILD ANIMALS
WOULD COME (because the Jews moral nature was not
yet  perfected and the protection of Lv26-03:06
does not yet apply) *11

*2 COARSE flour was used in cooking to wash the pot
sides to clear it from rust producing agents and
rotted food particles.

*3 I should mention the Brilliant Malbim who points
out to a repeated object denoting emphasis
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She opened it and saw HIM -- a CHILD
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Thus the child had a certain regality *12


*4 This distinction is explicitly mentioned in Ex01-10
Pharoh was concerned that the Jewish minority would
align with an Egyptian enemy. Hence he killed the
males. *13

*5 See Lv08-16:21 for Moses acting as a Priest. During
this brief period Moses used the Temple Basin.

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10 Rashis point is strengthened by the abrupt change
of subject
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Nu04-04 This is the job of the KEHATHITES
Nu04-05 The PRIESTS come and cover the articles
...
Nu04-15 ..and AFTERWARDS the KEHATHITES come
-----------------------------------------------

If one just reads Nu04-04 and Nu04-05 by themselves
it appears as if the PRIESTS mentioned in Nu04-05
refer back to the KEHATHITES mentioned in Nu04-04

*11 Interesting Rashi cites a verse in Job rather
than the  explicit Lv26-03:06. Rashi also does
not explicitly mention that he is using the rule
of resolving 2 contradictory cases.
But that IS what Rashi does. It seems rather
straightforward to introduce Lv26-03:06. Rashi
probably  expected the reader to know this verse
since it comes in the great REBUKE---Rashi complements
this verses with complementary verses in Job

*12 Rashis actual language is that
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She saw Gods presence with him
------------------------------------

I have tempered this a bit as follows
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She saw the childs regality
---------------------------

I think Rashis point is to explain why
she risked her life to save a Jewish child
This child was different--he had a certain
regality...why not raise him as an Egyptian
He would fit in well with the Royal house

*13 Rashi actually says
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Pharohs astrologers said that the Jews
have just had a male savior born.
Pharoh therefore decreed the death of
the male Jews
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However the REAL driving force of Rashi
is the contradictory verses and the
resolution from an explicit verse.

Rashi avails himself of OTHER VERSES
which show that Pharoh always consulted
with his astrologers (eg Ex08-12:15).

Thus Rashi is simply dressing up the
contradiction. The real point of Rashi
is the contradiction and the distinction
between the people(hated all) and the King.
(concerned about security)
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VERSE: Gn01-11b
RASHIS COVERED: Gn01-11b Gn02-14a Gn01-20b Gn01-25a
Gn01-11b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to explain meaning the same
way a dictionary explains meaning. Rashi had a variety
of vehicles to explain meaning

EXAMPLE Naming words by VERB-NOUN transformations
Gn01-11b
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- TO MEADOW = To PRODuCE a meadow
Here a NOUN(MEADOW) comes to mean the VERB of PRODUCING
that item.

EXAMPLE Naming items using 4 letter roots Gn02-14a
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The ChiDeKeL, literally, the SHARP-LIGHT refers
to a chilly river rapids. Here the 4 letter root
--XDQL--is perceived as the sum of 2 two-letter roots
(XD=Sharp as in English, Sharp waters) and (QL=light
as in LIGHT waters)

EXAMPLE Naming items using 2 letter roots Gn01-20a
--------------------------------------------------
The $RC = The INSECTS = PARADIGMS($) of RUNNERS(RC)
Here the 3 letter root $RC (Insect) is perceived as
the sum of the 1 letter root ($=PARADIGM) and the
2 letter root (RC=RUNNER)

EXAMPLE UNIFIED MEANING Gn01-25a
--------------------------------
The root &$H means TO CREATE and can refer to making
anything new
- CREATE----Make SOMETHING NEW
- DO------- Create an activity
- FIX------ Make something NEW
- ACQUIRE-- Make NEW acquisition
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 8 METHODS OF NAMING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST050d
List of words with NOUN-VERB (TO MEADOW=make a meadow)
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 2-4 LETTER ROOTS
SEE BELOW LIST910h
List of 4 letter roots=sum of 2 letter roots
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SEE BELOW LIST910m
List of roots where $(SHIN) means PARADIGM OF
----------------------- -----------------------------------
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS UNIFIED MEANING
SEE BELOW LIST862f
List of verses with Root Ayin-Sin-Hey = MAKE/CREATE
LIST910h
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List of 4 letter roots=sum of 2 letter roots
4 LETTER ROOT MEANING 1st 2 LETTERS LAST 2 LETTERS
ChiDeKeL*9 Cold Rapids Sharp Light
DuChiFath Enough Handl Enough(DAI) KAPH(Handles)*9
YeHoShuA*8 God will Sav God (YAH) Will Save(SHA)
AVRAYCH*1*4 Good leader Father Gentle/soft
MMZR*1 Illegitimate Blemished (From a)Stranger
ARAL Angel Lion (of) God
BLAD Except Without (BLi) Others
BRZL Iron Strong (BRi) Branch (ZLZL)
ZLAF Fright Worthless (and) Fatigued*3
SRAF Branches A Pot (ie nest) (for) Birds *2
PANAYACH Insightful Brings out(POA) The Hidden(NAX)*5
ChachLiL Intoxicating Swirling(LL) the palate(XC)*6
SnaPir Fish fins Shrub like(SN) used to fly*7
COMMENTS
*1 There are two approaches to 4 letter roots. Sometimes we
try and see them as 2 two letter roots and sometimes we try
and see them as a 3 letter root with an extra letter. Thus
ASTR is explained in the Talmud as ASR. Rav Hirsch stuck to
the 3 letter approach even in obvious cases--thus he takes
MMZR from MZR a rare word in Job.

Similarly Rashi cites a controversy on AVRAYCH:
-- A double 2 letter approach would yield:
AVRAYCH=Gentle(Rc) Father(Av)
-- A 3 letter approach would yield:
AVRAYCH=Kneel (Brch) to me (Aleph)


*2 Note the poetic lisence in e.g.
SRAF =  BIRD(AF) POT (SiR)= Something for Bird nests
This type of small poetic lisence is common in etymologies
and makes their study difficult

*3  Note the finer nuances in some translations. For example ZLAF
occurs rarely in TNACH and its meaning is inferred from its
context. The RDQ in his book of ROOTS says its meaning is SOME
TYPE OF FRIGHT....this could go well with the verse cited by
RDK: "fright has overtaken me"

But perhaps a BETTER translation is
feeling worthless and tired So that the verse with
ZLAF would mean WORTHLESSNESS & FATIGUE HAS OVERTAKEN ME
Then again perhaps there is no way to see which translation
is better

*4 Rashi Gn41-43b

*5 Rashi Gn41-45

*6 Rashi Gn49-12a

*7 The following may help:
- PRCh means to FLY; in connection with fish it could
refer to swimming throughout the water

- SN can mean THORNBUSH or BRANCHES (Songs07-09). I
therefore suggest it means SHRUB like.

So SN-PR would refer to SHRUB-LIKE(SN) protrusions by
which a fish FLYES (PR) - SNPR.

*8 Rashi Nu13-16a

*9 The reference is to a bird with a DOUBLE CROP. Since DU in
ARAMAIC means TWO it appears that Rashi is saying
-------------------------------------------------
DuChiFath = Double(DU) Handle(Caph)=Double CRop
-------------------------------------------------

However we think it preferable that Rashi used Hebrew roots
to explain Hebrew words(Provided simple exaplanations exist)
Hence we read Rashi as saying
--------------------------------------
DuChiFath = ENOUGH (Dai) Handles(CAPH)
--------------------------------------

Thus the word does not DIRECTLY mean DOUBLE CROP. Rather
the essential meaning of the word is ENOUGH HANDLES. The
method by which this particular bird implements this
ENOUGHNESS is thru use of the DOUBLE CROP.

*10 Rashi Gn02-14a Chid-Kel are the SHARP-LIGHT cold river
rapids.
LIST050d
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List of words with       NOUN and VERB forms*10
NOUN-VERB VERB Means TYPE
To MEADOW To create a meadow Create*13
To Miracle To make miracles for someone Create*9
To Plant Creation (planting) of plants Create
To record To Create a record Create
To milk To Create(bring forth) milk Create
To fire*1 To Create a fire(e.g.in a furnace) Create
To build To Create a building Create
To worm To produce/bring forth Worms*2 Create
To BORDER To make borders*3 Create
EMBROIDER Make embroidery*4 Create
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To BEAUTY Remove the BEAUTY(Top) of trees*11 Remove
To YOUNG Remove the YOUNG grapes*12 Remove
To dust Removal of dust *5 Remove
To UpRoot To remove the roots(from the ground) Remove
To DeFrost To remove the frost Remove
Blood*6 To remove the blood (ie to KILL) Remove
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To hammar Do Standard activity done with hammar Standard
To screw Do Standard activity done with screws Standard
To fan Do Standard activity done with a Fan Standard
To Dough Do standard activity with DOUGH*7 Standard
To Fly FLYING-Standard activity of Housefly Standard
To Straw GATHER straw(Standard straw activity)*8 Standard
COMMENTS
*1 eg To FIRE a furnace

*2 Ex16-20b

*3 Ex19-12a

*4 Ex28-39a EMBROIDER the pants of LINEN
means make them embroidered

*5 Nu04-13b, Ex27-03b

*6 Lv17-04a

*7 As we have explained it TO DOUGH would mean
to BAKE. Actually we need another step. A verb
can refer to its ACTIVITY FORM. So the 2 steps are
- DOUGH becomes TO DOUGH=to BAKE
- TO DOUGH becomes TO SWELL (form of DOUGH rising)
See LIST814a for more details

*8 Ex05-07a Ex05-07b

*9 Dt04-34a (Has any gOD MADE MIRACLES the way Your
God has ...)
LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10
We present 3 methods by which OBJECTS (Nouns) acquire
ACTIVITY (verb) meaning
- eg To RECORD = to CREATE a RECORD
- eg To DUST   = to REMOVE dust
- eg To HAMMER = do STANDARD ACTIVITY of hammar

*11 Dt24-21a -- the Bible is using Metonomy here--it is
naming part of a tree (the TOP) by an attribute
strongly associated with it (the BEAUTY of the tree)
See LIST871d

*12 Dt24-20a. There are two aspects to the derivation
- First YOUNG people are identified with YOUNG plants
- Second: We are prohibited to YOUNG them=REMOVE them
Finally Rashi shows how the oral law interacts with
Biblical nuances--Rashi cites the definitions of
YOUNG vs OLD-MATURE grape
- a MATURE grape is a grape that either
- - belongs to a GRAPE CLUSTER(drooping attachments
from a main vine) OR
- - belong to a STICK--bundled grapes one on top
of another attached to a branch.

*13 Gn01-11b
LIST910m
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List of roots where      $(SHIN) means PARADIGM OF
ROOT MEANING $=PARADIGM LAST 2 LETTERS.. MEANING
$RC insect PARADIGM OF (rc) RUNNERS
$GL lover PARADIGM OF (gl) UNCOVERING
$XL lion PARADIGM OF (xl) FRIGHT
$XQ grind PARADIGM OF (xk) STAMPING
$KL cluster PARADIGM OF (kl) ALL THERE
$KB death PARADIGM OF (kb) EXTINGUISHD
$LK throw PARADIGM OF (lk) GOING
COMMENTS

LIST862f
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List of verses with      Root Ayin-Sin-Hey = MAKE/CREATE
This root can mean DO, MAKE, ACQUIRE, FIX, SQUEEZE
VERSE VERSE WITH MEANING OF AYIN-SIN-HEY CAPPED
1S12-06 God who MADE Moses and Aaron
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Dt12-08 Do not DO like the idolaters*1
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Gn12-05 The staff they ACQUIRED in Charan*2
Dt08-17 Thru my own might I ACQUIRED this wealth
-------- ----------------------------------------
Dt21-12a FIX her nails*3
2S19-25 He hadnt FIXED his mustache
Gn01-07a God FIXED the heavens
Gn18-08c Abraham FIXED up the beef
P139-15 I was FIXED in the darkness (of the womb)
Gn01-25a God FIXED up the beasts He created
-------- -----------------------------------------
Ez23-21 When Egypt SQUEEZED your breasts*4
Ez23-08 SQUEEZE her virgin breasts
COMMENTS
*1 To DO something is to CREATE an action

*2 We could also translate: The staff they MADE in Charan
(eg they converted the people). Both MAKING and
ACQUIRING refer to making an object your own. But in
MAKING you take an ALREADY existing object and transfer
its ownership

*3 Both FIXING and CREATING refer to making an object
usable. In one case you create the object from scratch
In FIXING you take an object that ALREADY EXISTS
and re-create it

*4 I would suggest that SQUEEZING the breasts refers
to FIXING the breasts (When they are overloaded with
milk -- the same way working mothers have machines
that unload the milk).

The phrase VIRGIN breasts does not mean the BREASTS
of VIRGINS but rather the breasts that have never
nursed
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