*1 The Talmud at Baba Metziah 32b gives about a
dozen examples of repeated words (that are verbs)

*1 Supported  by Dt17-06:07 which states
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..first the witnesses execute...then the people execute
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*2 See http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lv05-02a.htm for a full
discussion of the three Rashi methods connected with
this verse.

*1 We use here the technique of OTHER VERSES and DOUBLED WORDS
See posting http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lv05-02b.htm for
a detailed discussion with citations of the OTHER VERSES
and REPEATED words which give rise to the inferences
mentioned in this list

*2 See http://www.rashiyomi.com/lv05-09a.htm for a comparison
and alignment of Lv04-01 vs Lv05-17a.From this alignment
we infer that Lv04-01 refers to SINNING INADVERTENTLY
while Lv05-17a refers to POSSIBLY SINNING INADVERTENTLY
(you arent sure, but it is possible, that you sinned
inadvertently)

*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.

*8 It was Malbim's genious to bring an extra OTHER VERSE
- Ex09-31 shows BARLEY ripens first in EARLY SPRING
- Ex34-22 shows WHEAT ripens in LATE Spring.
Malbim/Rashi applies this distinction to Lv23
- Lv23-10 describes the FIRST BARLEY brought on Passover
- Lv23-17 describes the FIRST WHEAT brought on Pentecost


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*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 Rashi and Rambam explain
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The THEME-DETAIL-THEME method indicates that the law
is speaking about any IMPURITY similar to the development
details. Hence this Biblical paragraph includes for
example those who have intercourse with menstruants (not
explicitly mentioned) or  a person who consumed an unclean
bird. The Rambam notes that the law applies to all items
that require immersion for purity(Temple entrance-3:14)*10
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*10 It is interesting to compare our approach with the approach
of the great 19th century commentator Malbim
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The verse states
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
To any impurity which he IMPURIFIES himself IN
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Malbim makes two points

- the use of the verb IMPURIFY connotes ACTION on the
part of the person and hence would also include a person
who sleeps (ACTION) with a menstruant (in contrast to
say a person on whom fell (CONTACT but INACTION) a dead
animal

- the use of the preposition IN--IMPURE IN vs IMPURE FROM--
always, in the Bible (and Malbim brings examples)--connotes
EATING NON KOSHER items (vs touching impure items). Hence
this would include the case of a person who consumes an
impure bird.
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In other words, Malbim makes DETAILED inferences from
word distinctions in the verse. Our approach by contrast
has been to make inferences from the STYLE of the verse--
the THEME-DETAIL-THEME style includes ALL SOURCES of IMPURITY
and there is no need for special words to identify
particular cases.

This difference in approach--STYLE vs WORD INFERENCES--
is one of the major contributions of this email list.

Needless to say: Malbim does indicate SUPPORTIVE
arguments in the individual words for the generalizations
we have made from STYLE and this has interest in its own
right

*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