*1 Unlike other cases of ritual impurity the Lepor is
- ostracized from all his friends
- must declare himself impure and separate himself
Hence he is like someone dead (that is like a dead body
he is REPULSIVE)*10

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*10 Rashi gives an alternate argument
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Both the LEPOR and DEAD transmit a status of ritual
impurity to a person who merely walks into the same
room with them
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However we would summarize this Rashi argument as follows
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Both the LEPOR and DEAD are considered REPULSIVE. Hence
- merely being in the same room with them confers impurity
- People AVOID both the LEPOR and DEAD BODY
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Such an approach to Rashi is deeper and more satisfying
and sheds light on the analogy.

*1 Also Rashi Dt11-25b. It seems reasonable that
- P-Ch-D comes from Poh-Chad - SHARP and would refer to
e.g. getting GOOSE PIMPLES (Sharpnesses in skin) from
fear

- MoRaH comes from Y-R-A = vision = LONG TERM
apprehension over the future.*10


*2 - YOREH seems to comes from HRH to make pregnant. It
would look at the rain as ENABLING the seeds to grow

- MALKOSH seesm to come from LKSH - TO THE HARD(KSH)
GRAIN and would refer to a final softening rain
before the produce. See LIST910i *11


*3 It is hard to absolutely prove that
- A-V-H means FANTASIZE vs
- Ch-M-D means DESIRE ACQUISITION

The verses show that
- A-V-H is an act of the HEART while
- Ch-M-D is focused on ACQUIRING OBJECTS
See LIST955h for further details
(Also see Rashi Gn27-15a Gn03-06c Gn03-06d)

*4 On Dt19-16a Rashi gives an example of REMOVED/FABRICATED
Testimony--when eg witnesses testify to a murder in NY
and other witnesses come stating that the 1st witnesses
were with them in Chicago at the time of witnessing--thus
the murder testimony is totally removed from the real word

*5 Undoubtedly there is probably a subtle difference between
ANIH/SFINH but it is not possible to determine this from
verses. An interesting statistical note is the following
- SFINH occurs ONCE in the  Bible
- ANIH occurs 3 dozen times in the Bible
- But in Biblical times the frequencies were reversed
Hence, Rashi, in explaining the more frequently occurring
ANIH was responding to the rarity of this word IN HIS TIME

*6 - GRASS can refer to MANY or SINGULAR grass
- MEADOW only refers to a WHOLE MEADOW of GRASS


*7 TWK verses Beth (CENTRALLY IN vs IN)
explains several Rashis:
Nu17-21a Gn02-09b Ex24-1a Lv24-10c
Gn01-06b Nu35-34a See LIST955j

*8 Hence
- Ex28-28c TIGHTEN the AYFOD garment
- P031-21  Save me from GANGS(people TIGHTELY together)
- Is40-04  God will smooth the TIGHT mountains
(Rashi explains that TIGHT MOUNTAINS are mountains
close together with deep georges between them)*12

*10 The reader need NOT believe the above etymologies
For frequently Rashi explains synonyms without
reference to etymologies and even without reference
to verses. However some of the above etymologies seem
reasonable and may enrich our appreciation of the
synonyms.


*11 Rashi gives another etymology from the Aramaic.
However in this list we advocate the 2nd explanation
of Rashi over the 1st. Furthermore in this
particular case the 2nd explanation comes internally
from Hebrew while the 1st Rashi explanation INFERS
usage from Aramaic but does not EXPLAIN it.


*12 Rashi translates RKS as UNITE.
I have examined the verses and think the nuances
of TIGHTEN-which is a particular form of tightening
is more precise

Rashi and my analysis apparently override the
RADACK who translates (from context) RKS as meaning
HIGH. Compare
- RAISE the AYFOD (By tightening it)
- Save me from HAUGHTY people
- God will smooth the HIGH mountains


*13 Rashi brings several distinctions on the nuances
between VOWS vs DONATIONS

- VOWS are PERSONAL (eg I will bring...)
- DONATIONS are OBJECT oriented
(eg This material is to Tmpl)

- VOWS come for OFFERINGS
- DONATIONS come for TEMPLE repairs

- VOWS come for personal EXPIATION
- DONATIONS do not come personal EXPIATION

Rashi in fact notes that the word FOR EXPIATION
(Resh-Tzade-Hey) does occur in Lv22-23. However
this is just an accident. The main Rashi point comes
from the VOW:DONATION difference---in English also
- VOW has personal connotation (I undertake..) while
- DONATION has object connotation (this item goes to..)

*1 Rashi, Lv26-17h points out that the phrase
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PLACE MY FACE
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means
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FULL ATTENTION
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whether
- for good, to reward
- for bad, to punish.

*2 NOTE: The Hebrew word HEAD can mean both
	- BEGINNING
	- TOP
However in this verse
	- the HEAD OF THE CLIFF contrasts with
	- the VALLEY in MOAB
Hence HEAD means TOP

*1 We READ INTO THE TEXT development
- INIQUITY = TRANSIENT sin
- TOIL     = DELIBERATE sin that you work on
Here we follow the rule *10 of THEME 1st; MEANING 2nd

*2 This is the THEME sentence--the basic idea of the poetic
passage

*3 Of course TRUMPET BLAST is a sign of REJOICING.
Note Rashi states
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The Hebrew TERUAH is the language of RAYAH, FRIENDSHIP
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Rashi seems to be saying
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Root TERUAH comes from root RAYAH, Friendship!
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Not so! Rashi really believes
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TERUAH here has its USUAL Meaning of TRUMPET BLASTS
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So Rashi is really saying
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TRUMPET BLASTS is the language of FRIENDSHIP
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In other words Rashi was not talking about
- deriving GRAMMATICAL root of TERUAH from RAYAH
Rather Rashi was talking about
- deriving SEMANTIC MEANING of Teruah(Trumpet)
from RAYAH(friendship)

This distinction between
- GRAMMATICAL FORM
- SEMANTIC MEANING
is fundamental to understanding Rashi.
Know and Understand it.

*10

Most of the meaning of a poetic passage
can be obtained by using the following simple techniques
- BULLET the phrases in the poetic passage
- What is the MAIN THEME of the passage
- How SHOULD that MAIN theme DEVELOP
- What phrases seem to coincide with this DEVELOPMENT
- Interpret the other phrases using the NEEDED DEVELOPMENT

Another way to look at this is to differentiate between
POETRY and PROSE.
- In PROSE we FIRST interpret the words and then combine
the words into sentences
- In POETRY we FIRST identify the sentences with the
main theme and then interpert the words based on the main them.

Using this basic approach of the
- THEME sentence
- SENTENCE 1st, WORDS 2nd
greatly facilitates the translation of a poetic passage.

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- God did not see iniquity in Jacob
- and did not see toil in Israel
- The God their Lord is with them
- The Trumpet blast of the King is with them
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Following the outline above BULLET the phrases.
Each separate sentence is a separate BULLET.
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- God did not see iniquity in Jacob
- and did not see toil in Israel
- The God their Lord is with them
- The Trumpet blast of the King is with them
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Next we identify the MAIN THEME
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- THE GOD THEIR LORD IS WITH THEM
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Next we must identify: How SHOULD the MAIN THEME DEVELOP
I think the following ideas reasonable
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- GOD IS WITH US
- God rejoices with us
- God overlooks errors and forgives sin
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Finally we follow the idea of
- THEME 1st
- MEANING 2nd!
That is we read this DEVELOPMENT into the Biblical text.
Here is the alignment of PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT vs TEXT
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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT             BIBLICAL TEXT
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- God overlooks error            God didnt see iniquity
- God overlooks deliberate sin   God didnt see toil-sin
- God is with us                 God is with us
- God rejoices with us           Trumpet blast of King with us
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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