*1 Both COMFORT (e.g. on the death of a loved one) and
REGRET (e.g. on a sin like murder) involve PUTTING A THOUGHT
OUT OF ONES MIND.

- To COMFORT somebody is to actively
make him forget the thought
(e.g.the death of a loved one)
that is bothering the person

- TO REGRET is too passively let other thoughts, alternative
methods, overtake your focus so that you retract from your
original approach

*1 Note the strange tone of
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YANK the Jewelery from your wives
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Hence the Rashi (Ex32-02a)
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Aaron of course did not really want to create a golden
idol calf. But the people were pressing him. So he
created a subterfuge...he said he would do it if he
obtained their wives jewelry. Aaron figured that the
wives would protest and the dispute would take a few
days (giving enough time for Moses to return)
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*1 Rashi gives more detail:
- The word LAUGH can either denote
- - - HAPPINESS (Gn17-17a and Gn21-06a)
- - - RIDICULE--e.g. he laughed at the idea (Gn18-13)
Of course since the word use--Tzade-Cheth-Kuph--is the same
the difference in meaning---HAPPY vs LAUGHED AT---is inferred
from context.*10
-
- Similarly the intense form of CXQ can equally mean
- - - marital FOOLING AROUND
- - - irreverant FOOLING AROUND
- - - MOCKING

*2 The text simply says TO FOOL AROUND. No further details are given.
Rashi outlines several possibilities
- they had a BRAWL and killed somebody
- they engaged in idolatry sex (The sexual orgies associated
with idolatry)*11

*10   Actually Rashi says two things on this verse
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- all who heard about Sarahs birth were HAPPY(Tzade-Cheth-Kuph)
- many other barren women gave birth (and hence the HAPPINESS)
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Such double inferences are common in Rashi. It is important
to understand how to approach them. Typically Rashi
- is NOT making two comments on one verse item but rather
- is making TWO comments on TWO verse items!

In this case Rashi in commenting on the verse
- ALL WHO HEAR ME WILL BE HAPPY is
- interpreting the Hebrew root Tzade-Cheth-Kuph as HAPPY
- is interpreting the word ALL to refer to other barren women

See LIST005n below

*11   Rashi does suggest that CHUR was killed--he possibly learned
this from the OTHER EXPLICIT VERSE
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But Moses said I hear BRAWLING
- it is not a tone of SUCCESS REFRAINS
- it is not a tone of SUPPLICATORY REFRAINS
- it is a tone of TORTURE REFRAINS (Referring to a murder)
----------------------------------------------------

Since Chur is never heard from again it is reasonable that
if someone was killed it must be him. I am not totally convinced
at this point that this explains Rashi....I hopeo find further
support at a later date. For the while we suffice with
explaining the nunaces of Tzade-Cheth-Kuph.

*1 Rashi gives examples: "CRAWLING ON BELLY" could refer to
a SNAKE. "ALL WHO CRAWL ON BELLY" refers to SNAILS
Thus the ALL includes even insects

*2 Rashi gives examples: "WALKING ON CLAWS" refers to the
scoprion---"ALL WHO WALK ON CLAWS" refers to the BEETLES

*3 Rashi further FURTHER supports this with the alignment
(The Torah is speaking about a plague of BITING SNAKES
God told Moses to make a copper snake and those that look
at it would live) Consider the alignment of the following
verses

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Nu21-08 And ANYONE Bitten            will  SEE      it & live
Nu21-09 And ANYONE Bitten by a snake would STARE at it & live
*1            *2
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Thus if a SNAKE bit them they had to STARE at it to live
But if a  DOG   bit them they could just see it and live

Finally, Rashi in the name of the Talmud explains why "looking"
at a copper snake should cure---it symbolically referred to
looking upwards and praying


*4 That is the adults should TRAIN minors not to eat blood

*5 This Rashi, besides being derived from the word ALL is further
supported by an alignment of introductory verses

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Lv15-01 speak to     the              Jews
Lv12-02 Speak to     the              Jews
Lv19-02 Speak to ALL the community of Jews
*a         *b
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Thus there is an emphasis that the whole community should
hear (even children)


*6 Again Rashi is supported by an alignment

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Dt34-08 the       children    of Israel mourned Moses
Nu20-29 the whole house       of Israel Mourned Aaron
*a    *b
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The term HOUSE of ISRAEL is more
directed to women and children


*7 ALL people (even judges who heard testimony) must stone
the blasphemer

*8 ALL people cried at hearing the spies story (Even the
leaders)

*9 Thru the GENERAL PARTICULAR GENERAL principle we learn
that only dense-visible hair (like eyebrows) has to
be shaved. This is learned by generalizing the examples
in the verse ("head", "beard", "eyebrows")

Thru the word "ALL" we learn that even non-dense or
non-visible hair (like armpit hair or outer-arm-hair)
should be shaved.

Thus the two items--GENERAL-PARTICULAR-GENERAL and ALL
teach us that ALL is shaved except NOSE-HAIR


*10 Neither foreigners nor Jewish Apostates can bring offerings

*11 Thus eg God smote the Firstborn of Egyptians and also the
firstborn of other nations who were visiting Egypt


*12 This was incorrectly translated in a previous posting

*13 Rashi points out the subtlety in this: People normally act
macho--they would say "If I had been there to hear Moses I
would have answered him". Therefore it says ALL Israel..
Moses made sure "EVERYBODY" was there so that no one
should claim that "I would have answered Moses".

*14 This law is beneficial--if the sacrifice touched other
meat then ONLY THE PLACE WHERE IT TOUCHED has to be cut off
(Only PART of it is holy)

Rashi further learns that TOUCHING does not confer holiness
unless there was ABSORPTION of the meat flavor (According
to Malbim this is learned from order of words--this will
be discussed in another posting)

*15 So you spill the blood out of the cup--then you vigorously
shake it and spill the leftover droplets (hence ALL the blood
is spilt)

*16 So eg if the dead organ fell into the cup then anything
in the AIRSPACE of the cup becomes ritually impure EVEN
if it is not touching the cup but eg suspended

In legal terminology we say that (BEING) INSIDE is a
VEHICLE for TRANSMISSION of impurity in earthenware cups

*17 I would logically think that Bzalel couldn't do things that
God told Moses but Moses forgot to tell Bzalel.

Rashi brings a possible example--In Ex25 Moses orders the
temple utensils to be built first and then the Tabernacle

But in Ex36 and Ex37 Bzalel builds the Tabernacle first
and then the temple.

Logically Bzalel knew that you build the house first and
then fill it with utensils

*18 Nu14-29 states that the adult males over 20 who listened to
the spies slander of Israel died. However they had all
died by the time they came to Tzin---hence the WHOLE
community came (because they didn't bury anyone in the
previous place)

*19 Nu18-09 lists 3 types of sacrifices that priests get.
It does not list peace offerings. HEnce I need the word
ALL to include it. This is further indicated in Lv06
and Lv07-23.

*20 It says Lv17-11 that the reason blood is prohibited is
because it is used to atone on the altar

Hence it is logical to conclude that only sacrificial
blood is forbidden but ordinary blood that can't be
offered is permissable. Therefore the verse says ALL BLOOD
to include this other blood.

*21,*22 It explicitly says (Lv22--21:22) that blemished priests
may not offer sacrifices (But may eat them).

Hence the word "ALL" includes even blemished priests--
since they can't offer sacrifices I might think they
DO inherit Israel--I might also think that they do
not join the Priestly rotations (which offer and eat
the sacrifices).

Therefore the word ALL is used. They

do join the priestly rotations,
do not inherit Israeli land,
do not offer sacrifices
do eat them

*23 There are 3 opinions of what the word ALL includes.
The best literary approach is to use Lv07-07
The sin offering is like the guilt offering
(Since both sin and guilt offerings deal with matters
of sin) Thus the word "ALL sin offerings" includes
even guilt all offerings.

We used this Rashi to show Rashis literary style.
See above


*24 Recall that most sacrifices are HOLY and cannot be eaten
even if they are Kosher. Further recall that the Lepor
was atoned by having a Kosher bird sent away and another
one offered (Lv14-04:07). I might think that this
sent-away-Lepor bird is like any other sacrificial object
and prohibited from eating. Therefore Dt14-11 says
ALL Kosher birds... may be eaten--even the Kosher lepor
bird.



*25  The first passover offering has one lamb PER family(Ex12-03)
Hence I might think that future passover offerings are
PER family. Therefore when Ex12-16 says "The WHOLE community
must offer it" it means EVERY individual

*26 Added Dec 27, 2001. This verse discusses how Pharoh
decreed death on all children.

The Bible explicitly says that Egypt was run by
magicians and stargazers (Ex07-11, Ex08-15). It
therefore seems reasonable that they told Pharoh that
they were told my magic that a savior was born to the Jews
Since Pharoh didnt know if the savior was Egyptian or Jewish
Pharoh ordered ALL children -- EVEN Egyptian children --
killed by drowning.

*27 In this part of the list ALL means ALL SUBGROUPS

*28 In this part of the list ALL means EVEN BORDERLINE CASES
So eg THE WHOLE NATION REBELS includes EVEN THE LEADERS
(Since you wouldnt expect the leaders to rebel)

*29 In this part of the list ALL means WITHOUT EXCEPTION
(Everybody)

*30 In this part of the list ALL means ALL PARTS (eg
even ORGANS)


*31 In this part of the list ALL refers EVEN to items
you dont EXPECT (Hence this part of the list is
MIDRASHIC in flavor).  For example BEZALEL did ALL
GOD COMMANDED MOSES...the word ALL refers EVEN to
items that Moses forgot (Since you wouldnt think
that Bezalel followed forgotten orders)

*32 (Rashi) The other BARREN women hearing about Sarah's birth
were happy because they gave birth also.

*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

*4
Reuven did not actually sleep with
Bilhah. Rather his fathers favorite
bedware was kept on Bilhah's bed since
Bilhah, Rachels concubine, reminded him
of her after Rachels death. Reuven felt
that his father should be living with
Leah, since Leah was a bonafide wife.
Reuven felt it insulting that Jacob
preferred a concubine vs a real wife.
Hence he switched the bedware from
Bilhahs bed to Leahs bed in order
to talk his father out of his behavior

For our translation of Gn49-04 see footnote *12


*5 Gn45-05 also supports this.

*6 Rashis real point is to avoid confusion
The phrase WORDS OF LAW usually refers to Gods words
of law, the Torah.

However in Ex18-19c and Ex18-16 it refers to the
LAWSUITS of the people.

*7 In LIST901i we have shown that the root Pay-Resh-Kuph means
- UNLOAD (in active mode)
- YANK OFF (in intense mode
- SLIP OFF (in intensive mode)
Since the verse is translated as
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Aaron asked them to YANK the Jewelery off their wives
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Rashi comes to the conclusion that Aaron was interested
in a fight (YANK off wives) and was stalling for time.
Rashi learns this from the word YANK. This OTHER VERSE
motivates Rashi to reinterpret several verses as also
indicating stalling tactics. More specifically Rashi
explains the following as stalling tactics
- Aaron built an altar---RASHI: To stall for time
- Aaron said: A holiday TOMORROW--RASHI: To stall for time
- Aaron said: A holiday to GOD--RASHI: He was hoping Moses
would return and they would have a real holiday to God.

---------------------  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).

*11 Rashi citing the Talmud states
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Jacob came whole
- from LIMP
- from Monetary gifts to Esauv(Jacob had all his money)
- with all his learning
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But there 3 items all emanate from Gn32-32 where we
are told that Jacob fought with an angel and won.

Since he won
- he did not lose money
- he did not lose his Jewishness

*12 Gn49-04 is translated by us as
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you played with your fathers beds
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Note the PLURAL BEDS vs BED...this shows that
two BEDS (not the one bed of BILHAH) was involved

We translate the Hebrew root &LH (to go up) as
&LL (To play with).

- THere are no other cases where &LH means &LL
- but interchanges of 1-2-Hey and 1-2-2 roots
does frequently occur in the Bible
- Finally the verse wouldnt make sense if &LH
was translated as GO UP since the phrase
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Go Up on your fathers bed
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couldnt refer to intimacy since intimacy
is always referred to as GOING DOWN instead
of GOING UP.

*1 Some other examples of this idiom occur at
Ex32-09 Ex33-04 Ex33-05 Ex34-09 Dt09-06
Dt09-13 Pr29-01	

*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.

All lists may be found at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lists.htm