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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
LISTS PAGE RULE LOOKUP on List page*1
50% Mark CONGRATULATIONS:50% of Rashis explained
COMMENTS
*1 The LISTS page (Http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lists.htm)
has been renovated.
-The left frame will have the 30 rules (and subrules)
-The Right Frame will have links to digests with the rule you
selected.
This will make looking up rules and seeing examples easy
If you are interested in a rule simply click it and the
examples illustrating it will appear on the right
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
1 210y Avimlk didnt HARM Isaac(Gn26-29a);ASKED him to leave(Gn26-16)
1 210y Beer SHEVA named for oath (SHEVA)(Gn26-33a, Gn21-30:31)
1 210y FRAGRANT BLESSED FIELD(Gn27-27b)=ETHROG ORCHARD(Lv23-40)
7 854z NOW YOU=Its your turn;FRUITFUL IN LAND=POPULATE/ESTABLISH
7 863L ZBL = FITTING (FIT house; FIT marriage; FIT place)
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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Gn26-29a OTHER VERSES BeerSheva=OathPlace;Ethrog fragnance
Gn26-33a OTHER VERSES BeerSheva=OathPlace;Ethrog fragnance
Gn27-27b OTHER VERSES BeerSheva=OathPlace;Ethrog fragnance
Gn26-22a IDIOMS NOW YOU=your turn;POPULATE/ESTABLISH
Gn26-29b IDIOMS NOW YOU=your turn;POPULATE/ESTABLISH
Gn30-20b UNIFIED MEANING ZBL = FITTING (FIT House/Marriage)
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VERSE: Gn30-20b
Gn30-20b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis main goals was the explanation of meaning
similar to what a dictionary does. Rashi had a variety of
vehicles to explain meaning including the METHOD OF UNIFYING
MEANINGS in which Rashi shows a UNIFYING theme to the
disparate meanings of a Hebrew root.

EXAMPLE Gn30-20b ZBL
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The Hebrew root ZBL means FITTING. Hence we have
- 1K08-13  I have built a FITTING house for you
- Gn30-20b This time my husband will FIT with me
- Ha03-11  The sun/moon stayed in their FIT astral places
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS UNIFIED MEANINGS
SEE BELOW LIST863L
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
List of verses with Root ZBL meaning FIT:(eg FIT marriage)
LIST863L
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List of verses with      Root ZBL meaning FIT:(eg FIT marriage)
VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WITH TRANSLATION OF zbl=fit CAPPED
1K08-13 I have built a FITTING house for you
Gn30-20b This time my husband will FIT with me
Ha03-11 The sun/moon stayed in their FIT astral places
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VERSE: Gn26-29a
RASHIS COVERED: Gn26-22a Gn26-29a
Gn26-29a
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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. Rashi frequently explained
the new idiomatic meanings of phrases of words.

EXAMPLE Gn26-22a
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The phrase WE WILL BE FRUITFUL IN THE LAND is an idiom
meaning WE WILL POPULATE/ESTABLISH the land

EXAMPLE Gn26-29b
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The catchy phrase NOW YOU (In Hebrew Atah Atah) is an idiom
meaning NOW ITS YOUR TURN and is used in a context where a
favor had been done to a person who is now asked to reciprocate
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS NEW MEANINGS
SEE BELOW LIST854z
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
List of 2-3 word Biblical idioms(DUST land=PARCHED land)
LIST854z
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A List of Biblical idioms..eg FROM DAYS DAYS=YEARLY
LIST854z continues  LIST854d
VERSE BIBLICAL PHRASE TRANSLATION NOTES
Gn26-22a FRUITFUL IN LAND POPULATE/ESTABLISH it
Gn26-29b NOW YOU Is your turn *15
Dt28-24a DUST earth PARCHED land
Dt28-28a ASTONISHED HEART APATHY *14
Dt25-14b STONE-STONE:Big-Small Dbl standard weights *13
Dt14-19a BIRD INSECT flys
Dt23-02b CUT POURER castrated
Lv01-15c BLOOD BE SQUEEZED Squash animal on wall *7
Ex30-27f BY ITSELF BY ITSELF Equally for each one
Ex30-04a SIDE OF SIDES Corner *6
Ex14-05b CHANGE OF HEART Changed his mind
Gn43-29a FIND GRACE Wish(ed) you well *5
Gn24-57a ASK HER MOUTH Discuss/get opinions *4
Ex12-06d BETWEEN THE EVES NOON *3
Gn37-03a SON OF OLD AGE Youngest *1
Gn37-26b COVER BLOOD Conceal murder *2
Ex21-21a DAY OR DAYS 24 hours
Lv13-39a DULL WHITE DULL WHITE
Lv16-08a PLACE A LOT Have a lottery *9
Lv13-20a SHALLOW APPEARANCE DEEP wound *8 *11
Lv13-03b DEEP APPEARANCE DEEP wound *8 *11
COMMENTS
*1 Rashi points out 3 equally possible meanings
- Youngest son (Son born while father  was ELDERLY)
- Wisest son (ELDER=WISDOM)
- Son who resembles father (despite old age he still
looks like son)

*2 This is an example of a DOUBLE METONOMY
Blood is ASSOCIATED with life and COVER is
associated with denial. Hence COVER-BLOOD=conceal-murder

*3 NOON is the midpoint between EVE and DAWN. Hence
NOON is the BETWEEN THE EVES.

*4 The context is the proposed marriage of 15 year old
Rivkah to Isaac from another country. The offer had
been made by the servant of Abraham to Rivkahs family

The Biblical text states: Let us(her parents)
ASK HER MOUTH

This is the ONLY time in the Bible that this
phrase occurs(The verb ASK occurs frequently).
Apparently this phrase means
- Lets DISCUSS or LETS GET AN OPINION*10
Such an interpretation is appropriate for a marriage
decision

*5 FIND-GRACE can equally mean I WISH YOU WELL or
YOU WERE WISHED WELL. Rashi points out that GRACE
by itself has this same connotation (Without the
full phrase FIND GRACE). See LIST854g for further
details

*6 Tzade-Lamed-Ayin means SIDE (and hence can refer
to the RIBS). Thus Ex30-04 speaks about the SIDE
OF SIDES--that is the CORNER.

*7 Actually the idiom consists of two parts
- SQUEEZE the blood
- use of the passive (Blood is SQUEEZED)
Hence the idea that the slaughtered animal is
pushed against the altar wall until the blood
oozes forth.

*8 In other words the WHITE PATCHES on the skin
appear to be a DEEP WOUND (rather than a superficial
skin discoloring) *11

*9 The Bible uses a variety of phrases to indicate
lotteries such as
- SHOOT A LOT Jo18-06
- THROW A LOT Jo18-08
- RAISE A LOT Jo18-11
- PLACE A LOT Lv16-08
- CAST A LOT Is34-17 *12


LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10 Hence the Rashi on Gn24-57b: The Biblical text
states that Rivkah responded: I WILL GO.

But Rashi, surprisingly states: I WILL GO WHETHER
YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

Why did Rashi read such an emphasis into the simple
question and answer
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PARENTS: Rivkah, Will you go with this man
RIVKAH: I will go.
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The answer is that the Bible says
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PARENTS: We will DISCUSS THE MATTER with her;
get her opinion
PARENTS: Rivkah, Will you go with this man
RIVKAH: I will go.
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Thus the context shows that Rivkah was not
INTERESTED IN A DISCUSSION--she had already
made up her mind

*11 Rashi appears to say the following
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ALL WHITE appears deep; like the SUNLIT
part appears deeper than the SHADE
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But the sunlit part does NOT appear deeper than
shade. Hence we interpret this Rashi as follows

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[The skin whiteness is not speckled but]
ALL WHITE; [it appears] deep like a BURN
appears deeper than just on SURFACE OF SKIN
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By comparing the capped words in these two
interpretations of Rashi we infer that we interpret
- ChaMMaH as meaning BURN vs SUNLIT
- SHADE as referring to non-burnt skin (vs shade)
We also interpret
-- [The skin is] ALL WHITE (not speckled); It appears...
vs
-- ALL WHITE APPEARS DEEP
(This is a change in punctuation)

*12 Superficially these phrases seem to be the same
However Rashi on Lv16-08 states that PLACE A LOT
means CASTING A LOT and PLACING the WINNING/LOSING
TICKETS on the winners/losers.

*13 Rashis literal langauge is
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Dont have BIG-SMALL stones with one
contradicting the other
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I however have translated the Biblical text as meaning
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Dont have DOUBLE STANDARD STONES--big small;
(and you use them depending on the customer)
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I believe these two translations are the same--
- Rashi emphasized the "MECHANICS" of the act
- I emphasized the NEW MEANING
aspect of the Biblical words
You need both aspects to fully understand Rashi

*14 An ASTONISHED or STARTLED person temporarily loses
their capacity to respond to the environment (The
STARTLE reflex). Hence an ASTONISHED HEART refers
to an EMOTION (=heart) where one cant respond--
namely APATHY

*15 The phrase ITS YOUR TURN is used in a context
where a favor had been done to a person who
is now asked to reciprocate
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VERSES: Gn26-29a
RASHIS COVERED: Gn26-29a Gn26-33a Gn27-27b
Gn26-29a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis five main goals is to illuminate verse meaning
using cross references to OTHER VERSES.

EXAMPLE Gn26-29a
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Gn26-29a, which states that AVIMELECH DID NOT HARM ISAAC
is illumined by Gn26-16 which states that AVIMELECH ASKED
ISAAC TO LEAVE (vs forcing him to leave by harming him)

EXAMPLE Gn26-33a
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Gn26-33a which states that BEER SHEVA obtains its name from
the root $B& which means to SWEAR is illumined by Gn21-30:31
which affirms in another setting that the city is named
SHEVA because of the OATH ($B&), not because of the SEVEN
(Also from root $B&) LAMBS used to seal the deal

EXAMPLE Gn27-27b
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Gn27-27b which talks about a FRAGRANT FIELD THAT IS BLESSED
BY GOD is illumined by Lv23-40 which describes the ETHROG
as a FRUIT OF SPLENDOR.
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS FURTHER DETAILS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #1
SEE BELOW LIST210y
List of verses pairs with one verse illuminating another
LIST210y
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List of verses pairs     with one verse illuminating another
LIST210y CONTINUES LIST210a LIST210z
VERSE TEXT OF VERSE OTHER VRSE DETAILS
Gn26-29a We didnt HARM you Gn26-16 we ASKED you to go*1
Gn26-33a City of SHEVA named for Gn21-30:31 OATH=SheVuAh*2
Gn27-27b FRAGRANT BLESSED FIELD Lv23-40 ETHROG=SPLENDOR*3
COMMENTS
*1 We ASKED you to go but didnt HARASS you till you went

*2 The point being that the city wasnt named for the symbolic
use of SEVEN (SHIVAH) lambs to seal the treaty(BUt rather
the SEVEN lambs symbolically affirm the OATH=SHEVA for
which the city was named)

*3 Gn27-27b refers to a BLESSED FRAGRANT FIELD while Lv23-40
refers to a TREE OF SPLENDOR.*10


---------------------  LONGER FOOTNOTES ---------------------

*10 Rashi uses the languages
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this refers to an APPLE orchard
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But apple orchards are not known for their fragrance.
Rather the reference is probably to an
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ETHROG orchard
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which has a characteristic hypnotic fragrance. The
Hebrew word for ETHROG is GOLDEN APPLE.(The beauty
of fragrance of an ETHROG ORCHARD was mentioned by
the Rav, Rabbi Soloveitchick).
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