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VERSE: Lv04-12a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- Sometimes Rashi will make sweeping pattern inferences from broad database inquiries. We call this the Rashi method of DATABASES. EXAMPLE: Remains of Priestly procedures ------------------------------------------ - It is well known that dead animals confer ritual impurity - similarly the impure rocks taken from houses are impure - by contrast to the above sacrifice ash remains are pure The emphasis here is that even though the ashes are remains of dead animals nevertheless they are not impure. LIST606h below summarizes this | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | DATABASES | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | PATTERNS | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #26 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST606h | |
List of | Remains / from priest procedures / death |
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List of Remains / from priest procedures / death | |||||
VERSE | ITEM | PURITY? | PROCEDURE TO BE DONE | COMMENT | |
Lv11-31 | Dead animals | impure | |||
Lv13-52 | Leper cloth | impure | most be burnt | ||
Lv14-40 | Leper house | impure | outside city | ||
Lv15-02 | Semen issues | impure | |||
Lv04-12a | Ash remains*1 | pure | outside city | Difference | |
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*1 The point being that even though AHSES are remains of animals and even though they are taken out of the city they are NOT impure |
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VERSE: Lv06-08c
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- A major Rashi method is the ALIGNMENT method. The ALIGNMENT rule makes inferences from the alignment of almost identical verses or phrases. When the inferences are NUANCES that are implied by the minor differences in the aligned verses we say that Rashi is using the subrule of NUANCES. EXAMPLE Lv02-02 Lv06-08c ------------------------------------------------------------------- Lv02-02 Take a fistful from her flour and from her oil Lv06-08c Take a fistful from the flour of the minchah and from her oil Differs *1 *2 *3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice the emphasis in difference #2: FLOUR OF THE MINCHAH From this emphasis we infer the law that the fistful has to be individual to each minchah offering (One cannot mix offerings and if they are mixed they are not offered) LIST308O below summarizes this alignment. | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | ALIGNMENT | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | NUANCES | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #11 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST308O | |
List of verses with | order to take fistful from Minchah |
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List of verses with order to take fistful from Minchah | |||
VERSE Phrase1 | Phrase2 | Phrase3 | |
Lv02-02 Take a fistful | from her flour | and from her oil | |
Lv06-08c Take a fistful | from the flour of the minchah | and from her oil | |
Differs *1 | *2 | *3 | |
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*1 These verse phrases are not identical. For reasons of space we have summarized them the same way. The content of both verses however is the same: TAKE A FISTFUL *2 Note how one verse emphasizes: from the flour of THE MINCHAH From this emphasis we infer the law that the fistful has to be individual to each minchah offering (One cannot mix offerings and if they are mixed they are not offered) *3 The verse phrases are the same |
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VERSE: Lv06-23a
RASHIS COVERED: Lv06-23a Ex28-43c Ex29-11a
Ex29-32a Lv10-09b Lv04-05a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 10 main goals is the explanation of word meaning similar to the function of a dictionary. We call this the Rashi rule of WORD MEANING. Rashi had 10 vehicles by which to explain word meaning. Sometimes Rashi would employ techniques of meaning common to all languages. All languages have methods of creating NEW MEANINGS: Some common examples are naming the COLOR cherry by the FRUIT, CHERRY(Naming by appearance); or the interchange of WHOLE and PARTS (e.g. day=12 hour day vs 24 hour day). The interchange of WHOLE and PARTS we call METONOMY EXAMPLE--TEMPLE(Aleph-Hey-Lamed Mem-Ayin-Vav-Daleth) ---------------------------------------------------- The word TEMPLE (Ohel Moayd) equally refers to the - Entire Temple(Courtyard, Temple Building, HOlies) - Temple Building proper This follows the principle of Metonomy. LIST871n below presents several verses with TEMPLE. - In some of the verses the phrase BEFORE GOD, ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE is used, indicating that Temple there means TEMPLEYARD, even in the COURTYARD. - In some verses the word TEMPLE means TEMPLE building This is inferred from contrast with previous verses as well as with consideration of what was being done in the temple. For example in Lv04 they speak about doing the following to an offering: - slaughter the ox BEFORE GOD, BY ENTRANCE TO TEMPLE - bring BLOOD to TEMPLE - sprinkle blood on PAROCETH (The HOLY CURTAIN) This suggets - slaughter in TEMPLEYARD - bring blood into TEMPLE BUILDING - sprinkle on PAROCETH (Temple veil) in TEMPLE BUILDING (Since the sprinkling was done in the temple building the blood had to be brought into the temple building --consequently TEMPLE means TEMPLE BUILDING). - LIST871n also contains verses where the word TEMPLE is used without the word ENTRAnCE but it appears best to translate it as TEMPLEYARD. | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANINGS | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | NEW MEANINGS | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST871n | |
List of verses with | Temple(Ohel Moayd)=Templeyard vs Temple |
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List of verses with Temple(Ohel Moayd)=Templeyard vs Temple | ||
VERSE | TEXT OF VERSE (Footnotes indicate meaning of TEMPLE)*10 | |
Ex28-43c | Clothing on Priests when coming to TEMPLEYARD or Altar*1 | |
Ex29-11a | Slaughter ox BEFORE GOD,at ENTRANCE TO TEMPLEYARD*2 | |
Ex29-32a | Priests eat the Ram offering..at ENTRANCE TO TEMPLEYARD*2 | |
Lv10-09b | Priests:Dont drink wine when coming to TEMPLEYARD*2 | |
Lv04-05a | Slaughter..ENTRANCE TO TEMPLEYARD..blood to TEMPLE*3 | |
Lv06-23a | Invalidate SIN SACS whose blood is brought to TEMPLE*3 | |
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*1 The phrase TEMPLEYARD or ALTAR clearly indicates that even when coming to the TEMPLEYARD, in which the Altar was situated *2 The word TEMPLE by itself could mean in the HOLIES(actual building of the TEMPLE). However the phrase ------------------------------------- Before God, at Entrance of TempleYard ------------------------------------- clearly has nuances of EVEN in the COURTYARD(by the entrance). Note that Lv10-09b does not use the phrase ENTRANCE TO TEMPLE The Sifrah however argues as follows ------------------------------------------------------ We find the PRIEST CLOTHING OBLIGATION (Ex28-43c) applies both to the TEMPLEYARD and TEMPLE BUILDING. It would therefore stand to reason that the DRUNKEDNESS PROHIBITION applies equally to the TEMPLEYARD and TEMPLE BUILDING ------------------------------------------------------ *3 Note the contrast: - Slaughter the ox by the ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLEYARD - bring the blood ---------------- TO THE TEMPLE It would seem that in the BRING BLOOD VERSE, the word TEMPLE means TEMPLE BUILDING. This is further confirmed with what was done with the blood ----------------------------------------------- - sprinkle the blood on the PAROCETH ----------------------------------------------- Since the SPRINKLED BLOOD went on the PAROCETH I infer that the blood was brought into the Temple building proper. Similarly for Lv06-23. - If the Sin offering is slaughtered in the Courtyard - then the phrase BLOOD BROUGHT INTO THE TEMPLE - means TEMPLE proper | ||
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*10 Some background will be helpful. -- The list reflects usage of metonomy--the naming of parts by wholes and wholes by parts. Some well known examples are - day: 12 hour vs 24 hour - honey: honey vs sweets - bread: bread vs food - man: man vs person - Hence the word TEMPLE could either refer to the - entire Temple(Courtyard, Holies, and Holy of HOlies) - Temple building (Holy and Holy of Holies) -- In each of the verse examples we will indicate thru the footnotes whether the word TEMPLE should be translated as - TEMPLEYARD (Entire temple) or - TEMPLE (Temple Building proper) The same Hebrew word is used throughout: Aleph-Hey-Lamed Mem-Ayin-Vav-Dalet (Ohel Moayd) |
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VERSE: Lv01-03b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis five main goals is to illuminate the meaning of verses thru cross-references. We call this the method of OTHER VERSES / inferred meaning. This method in fact corresponds to one of the Rabbi Ishmael Exegetical rules: ------------------------------------------------------- -- any item (e.g. a word) -- that belonged to a group (all verses with this word) -- and left this group(more details given in one verse) -- does not only shed light on itself -- but sheds light on all other verses ------------------------------------------------------- EXAMPLE --PERFECT ----------------- Many Biblical verses speak about the requirement of a sacrifice to become PERFECT. It is never spelled out what PERFECT means. However in one Biblical verse (Lv22-21) we are explicitly told -------------------------------------------------------------- Sacrifice animals must be PERFECT and pleasing WITHOUT BLEMISH -------------------------------------------------------------- We infer from this verse that the phrase PERFECT means physically UNBLEMISHED. LIST250f below summarizes this derivation. | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS | OTHER VERSES | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | INFER MEANING | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #5 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST250f | |
List of verses | mentioning PERFECT (in sacrifices) |
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List of verses mentioning PERFECT (in sacrifices) | ||
VERSE | Text of verse with word PERFECT (=UNBLEMISHED) | |
Lv22-21 | sacrifices shall be PERFECT...WITHOUT BLEMISH*1 | |
Lv01-03b | the UP sacrifice shall be male PERFECT | |
Ex12-05 | PASSOVER sacrifice shall be male PERFECT lamb | |
Lv03-01 | PEACE sacrifices shall be offered PERFECT | |
Lv04-23 | SIN OFFERING shall be offered PERFECT | |
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*1 We infer from this verse that PERFECT means UNBLEMISHED |
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VERSE: Lv04-12c
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 5 main goals is to give the meaning of words the same way the dictionary gives meaning. We call this the Rashi RULE of WORD MEANINGS. Rashi had a variety of vehicles to present meaning. A common technique of explaining meaning is the skillful use of IDIOMATIC USAGE--that is collections of words which mean more than the individual words.We call this the RASHI SUBRULE CLASS of NEW MEANINGS. It could also more appropriately be called the rule of IDIOMS. EXAMPLE Lv04-12c ---------------- The place where the ashes of sacrifices offered on the altar were placed was called SPILL-ASH---this is an idiom that uses the further technique of EXAGGERATION. The ashes are picturesquely depicted as being SPILLED in the SPILL ASH place. LIST854y gives other examples of 2-3 word Biblical idioms | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | WORD MEANING | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | NEW MEANINGS | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #7 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST854y | |
List of 2-3 word | Biblical idioms |
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A List of Biblical idioms..eg FROM DAYS DAYS=YEARLY LIST854y continues LIST854d LIST854y | ||||
VERSE | BIBLICAL PHRASE | TRANSLATION | NOTES | |
Lv04-12c | ASH SPILL | Place of ash remains | ||
Ex32-06b | STIFF NECK | Stubborn | *1 | |
Ex09-18a | LIKE THIS TIME TOMORROW | Same hour;next day | ||
Ex14-08b | HIGH HAND | Brazenly | ||
Nu15-30a | HIGH HAND | Intentionally | ||
Ex14-27b | TURN OF MORNING | Dawn | ||
Ex17-04a | A LITTLE MORE AND.. | I am afraid that | ||
Ex22-01b | HAS NO BLOOD | Is not a MURDERER | ||
Gn37-26b | COVER BLOOD | conceal MURDER | ||
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*1 Some other examples of this idiom occur at Ex32-09 Ex33-04 Ex33-05 Ex34-09 Dt09-06 Dt09-13 Pr29-01 |
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VERSE: Lv06-23b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- One of Rashis 5 main tasks is to explain meaning. Rashi had 10 vehicles to explain meaning. Rashi would sometimes show the meaning of CONNECTIVE WORDS such as ALSO, IF, WHEN, ALL etc. We call this this the Rashi method and submethod of SPECIAL CONNECTIVE WORDS Today we examine the meaning of the word ALL. ALL has 5 biblical usages. They are summarized in LIST005n below. a) ALL = NO INDIVIDUAL EXCEPTIONS, b) ALL = No CLASS EXCEPTIONS c) ALL = EMPHASIS: EVEN borderline cases d) ALL = ALL parts e) ALL X= ALL members of Xs group (X is an example) Today we examine usage (e). Lets clarify it with an English example: Suppose I say ---------------------------------------------- When taking a person to a hospital ALL red-light prohibitions are suspended ---------------------------------------------- We can interpret this sentence as follows ---------------------------------------------- When taking a person to a hospital ALL traffic prohibitions are suspended ---------------------------------------------- In other words RED LIGHTS are simply a good example of what is suspended (since going thru a red light has a high likelihood of causing an accident (more so than speeding). We could summarize this with the following translation ---------------------------------------------- When taking a person to a hospital ALL traffic prohibitions-like red lights--are suspended ---------------------------------------------- An alternative approach to this usage of ALL is to regard ALL as a word of emphasis indicating generalization. EXAMPLE Lv06-23b ALL -------------------- Lv06-23b states ----------------------------------------------- ALL sin offerings whose blood is brought into the Temple proper become invalid and may not be eaten ------------------------------------------------ Rashi comments ---------------------------------- The word ALL includes other sacrifices (Whose blood is brought into the TEMPLE proper) In other words if ANY sacrifice has its blood brought into the temple then it becomes invalid ---------------------------------- Thus Rashi translated Lv06-23b as follows: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Invalidate all SACRIFICES (-like sin offerings) whose blood is brought inside - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Here is the argument for using SIN OFFERINGS as an example - Certain sin offerings are done INSIDE the temple (Lv16) - Hence I might interpret the invalidation of outside-sin offerings whose blood is brought INSIDE as a prohibition based on a confusion of sin offerings(i.e. it makes ordinary sin offerings look like inside-sin offerings) - But if a certain offering type does not have INSIDE OFFERINGS I would not have thought it invalidated if its blood is brought inside (Because there is nothing to confuse it with) - Hence the word ALL includes in this invalidation even non-sin offerings that do NOT have a counterpart--if any offering is brought inside it is invalidated. As noted several times in this email list this usage of ALL has a MIDRASHIC flavor since since the reader must have a knowledge of other areas of Jewish law. The reader who is not happy with the above translation can use our alternative approach and regard ALL as a word of EMPHASIS indicating GENERALIZATION. LIST005n below presents many Rashis on the word ALL which has 5 usages. | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | SPECIAL CONNECTIVE WORDS | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | CONNECTIVE WORDS | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #8 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST005n | |
List of | 5 meanings of ALL (KOL) |
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List of 5 meanings of ALL (KOL) | |||
VERSE | TEXT WITH "ALL" | INCLUDES EVEN THE FOLLOWING | |
Gn06-12a | ALL FLESH became corrupted | EVEN ANIMALS were corrupted*27 | |
Gn07-14a | ALL Winged creatures | EVEN Grasshoppers with wings | |
Lv11-42b | ALL crawling on belly | EVEN Snails who crawl*1 | |
Lv11-42c | ALL walking on claws | EVEN beetles who crawl*2 | |
Nu21-08b | ANYONE Bitten was cured | EVEN Dogbites*3 | |
Lv17-12a | ALL shouldn't eat blood | EVEN Minors shouldn't eat*4 | |
Lv19-02a | Speak to ALL Jews | EVEN speak to MINORS*5 | |
Nu18-09c | ALL pure priests may eat | EVEN your wives may eat | |
Nu20-29b | ALL mourned Aaron | EVEN women mourned*6 | |
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Gn21-06a | ALL happy on Sarah's birth | EVEN other barren women*32 | |
Lv24-14a | ALL hearing the Blasphemy | EVEN the judges *7 *28 | |
Nu14-01a | The WHOLE nation rebelled | EVEN the LEADERS *8 *28 | |
Lv14-09a | Cut ALL hair | EVEN non-dense hair *9 | |
Ex12-43b | ALL foreigners | EVEN Jewish apostates *10 | |
Dt20-11a | ALL conquered willbe yours | EVEN from other nations *11 | |
Ex12-12b | I-ll smite all 1stborn | EVEN from other nations *11 | |
Gn43-09b | I-ll owe you my WHOLE life | EVEN in the next world | |
Dt13-01a | Listen to ALL commandments | EVEN the light ones | |
Lv11-33b | ALL inside will be impure | EVEN if hanging in the air*16 | |
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Gn19-04b | ALL Sedomites gathered | NO EXCEPTIONS *29 | |
Gn33-11d | I have EVERYTHING I need | WITHOUT EXCEPTION*12 | |
Ex19-11c | The WHOLE nation saw God | NO BLIND(Exceptions) | |
Ex32-26b | ALL Levites came | NO levite served calf | |
Dt01-01b | Moses spoke to ALL Israel | ALL Came; no exception*13 | |
Dt11-06a | Earthquake in ALL Israel | TREMORS at all locations | |
Lv22-05d | To ANY human uncleanlines | Dead humans,Lepors,Zavs etc | |
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Lv21-11b | Don't defile on ANY dead | even body PARTS(organs) *30 | |
Lv27-09a | ANYthing Dedicated is holy | even animal PARTS(Organs) | |
Lv02-13b | SALT all offerings | even the ORGAN PARTS | |
Lv06-11b | ANYTHING touching is holy | even PART of it*14 | |
Ex12-20b | Dont eat ANY leaven | even PART LEAVEN(Mixture) | |
Lv03-03a | & Offer ALL fat | even fat of PARTS(organs) | |
Lv04-07a | Spill ANY blood | even leftover droplets*15 | |
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Ex35-22a | Bzalel did ALL God ordered | Even if Moses forgot*17 *31 | |
Nu20-01a | WHOLE nation came to Tzn | Even adult men over 21*18 | |
Nu18-09b | Priests get ALL sacrifices | EVEN Peace offerings*19 | |
Lv17-10a | ALL eating blood will die | Even non sacrificial blood*20 | |
Lv06-11a | ALL male priests eat it | Even blemished ones*21 | |
Dt18-01a | ALL priests won-t inherit | EVEN blemished ones*22 | |
Lv06-32b | ALL sin offerings | EVEN Guilt Offerings*23 | |
Lv06-23b | ALL sin offerings | EVEN other sacrifices*33 | |
Dt14-11a | ALL Kosher birds eatable | EVEN sent-away leporbird*24 | |
Ex12-47a | ALL Jews offer on Passover | By Individual not family*25 | |
Ex01-22a | ALL children die in river | EVEN Egyptian Children*26 | |
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*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 --------------------------------------------------------------- Nu21-08 And ANYONE Bitten will SEE it & live Nu21-09 And ANYONE Bitten by a snake would STARE at it & live *1 *2 --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------- Lv15-01 speak to the Jews Lv12-02 Speak to the Jews Lv19-02 Speak to ALL the community of Jews *a *b --------------------------------------------- Thus there is an emphasis that the whole community should hear (even children) *6 Again Rashi is supported by an alignment ----------------------------------------------------- Dt34-08 the children of Israel mourned Moses Nu20-29 the whole house of Israel Mourned Aaron *a *b ----------------------------------------------------- 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. *33 The argument goes for using sin offering as an example is as follows: - Certain sin offeringts are done INSIDE the temple (Lv16) - Hence I might interpret the invalidation of outside-sin offerings whose blood is brought INSIDE as a prohibition based on a confusion of sin offerings(i.e. it makes ordinary sin offerings look like inside-sin offerings) - But if a certain offering type does not have INSIDE OFFERINGS I would not have thought it invalidated if its blood is brought inside (Because there is nothing to confuse it with) - Hence the word ALL includes in this invalidation even non-sin offerings that do NOT have a counterpart--if any offering is brought inside it is invalidated. - We could therefore retranslate this verse with the emphasis on ALL as follows ------------------------------------------------- And ALL -- (like a sin offering that has a counterpart inside and we are worried about confusing the two)--ALL whose blood is brought into the temple --they become invalid ----------------------------------------------------- |
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Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10 | |||
# | LIST | BRIEF SUMMARY OF RASHI EMPHASIZING USE OF RASHI RULES | |
7 | 854y | The place where ASH remains placed was called SPILL-ASH | |
8 | 005n | ALL=a)all things b)all groups c)all parts d)generalize e)border | |
5 | 250f | PERFECT sacrifice means UNBLEMISHED | |
7 | 871n | TEMPLE can mean a) entire temple with yard b) Temple building | |
11 | 308O | From Fistful OF THE MINCHAH...emphasizes no mixing of MInchahs | |
26 | 606h | Remains of animal ashes pure even though animal is dead | |
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*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 |
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VERSE | RULE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION | |
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Lv04-12c | NEW MEANINGS | Sac Ash remains placed as SPILL-ASH | |
Lv06-23b | WORD MEANINGS | ALL indicates generalization to class | |
Lv01-03b | OTHER VERSES | PERFECT sacrifice=UNBLEMISHED sac | |
Lv06-23a | WORD MEANINGS | TEMPLE =a)Temple proper b)Templeyard | |
Lv06-08c | ALIGNMENT | From fistful of THE MINCHAH(no mixup) | |
Lv04-12a | DATABASE | ASH remains are pure-even though dead | |
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