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VERSE: Lv26-13b
RASHIS COVERED: Lv26-13b Lv26-13c Lv27-02b Lv27-03a Lv27-03b
Lv27-08c
Lv26-13b
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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The RASHI WORD MEANING method seeks to present dictionary meaning.
Rashi uses 10 vehicles to infer word meaning. Many Biblical
word meanings follow the rule of METONOMY. METONOMY means that
a word can refer to a closely related item--for example AMERICA
DEFEATED IRAQ really means THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DEFEATED THE
IRAQUI PEOPLE. Here AMERICA metonomically means AMERICANS.


EXAMPLE Lv26-13b
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- The Hebrew word Mem-Tet-Hey means STICK/POLE
- The Hebrew word Mem-Vav-Tet means POLE-LATCH
Both these words come from the same Hebrew root.
Here the POLE-LATCH is named METONOMICALLY by POLE

Thus the verse is translated
--------------------------------------------------
I, God, will break the LATCHES of your [slave] yokes
--------------------------------------------------


EXAMPLE Lv26-13c
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The Biblical phrase
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I will take you out of Egypt STANDING
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means
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I will take you out of Egypt PROUDLY
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Here the emotional state of PROUD is
METONOMICALLY named by a related physical
state, STANDING.


EXAMPLE Lv27-02b
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The Biblical phrase
---------------------------------------------
When a person vows in VALUES OF SOULS
---------------------------------------------

means for example that the person vows

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I donate my son's soul to the sanctuary
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In other words the phrase VOW SOUL
metonomically refers to vowing the
VALUE OF THE SOUL to the sanctuary.


EXAMPLE Lv27-03a Lv27-03b
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Rashi distinguishes between
- FEE
- FEE SCHEDULE

The word FEE refers to what each
person charges. So one grocer may
charge one dollar for a quart of orange
juice while another may charge seventy five
cents.

The word FEE SCHEDULE refers to FIXED
FEES independent of labor and transportation
costs of each individual. So a FEE SCHEDULE
may allow only  80 cents for a quart of Orange
Juice, one dollar fifty for two quarts.

Rashi interprets the Biblical phrase
---------------------------------------
the MALE YOUR-VALUE is fifty dollars for
20-60 year olds
---------------------------------------

to mean

---------------------------------------------
if a person vows:'The worth of my son's
20 year old soul to the temple' then
the person does NOT pay based on his
particular son's worth and talents,
but rather, the person vowing pays
according to a FEE-SCHEDULE. The FEE-SCHEDULE
looks at GENDER and AGE GROUP. So for example
- MALE 20-60 has a value of FIFTY shekel
---------------------------------------------

Here Rashi METONOMICALLY identifies FEE with
FEE SCHEDULE.

Rashi goes a step further. Rashi states
- VALUE means FEE
- YOUR-VALUE means FEE-SCHEDULE since it
connotes what you must absolutely pay

Rashi observes that the grammatical
construction YOUR-VALUE to coin a new
term is peculiar. Rashi states
----------------------------------------
I don't know [a precedent] for this term
----------------------------------------

LIST871m below presents other examples of Biblical METONOMY
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANING
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS NEW MEANINGS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST871m
List of words which mean related items-METONOMY
LIST871m
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List of words which mean related items-METONOMY*10
VERSE BIBLICAL PHRASE TRANSLATION NOTES
Lv26-13c Redeem you STANDING PROUDLY
Lv26-13b break the STICK of yoke break LATCH of yoke
Lv27-02b vow SOUL vow VALUE OF SOUL
Lv27-03a YOUR-VALUE Fee Schedule
Lv27-03b YOUR-VALUE Fee-Schedule
Lv27-08c what his HAND can GRAB what he can AFFORD
Gn49-26d BREASTS Ejaculation
Gn49-26c EJACTULATION and WOMBS Many happy children
Gn30-35c sheep with WHITE WHITE PATCHES
Ex30-07b FLAMES of candellabrah OIL PANS hold flames
Ex27-20a CLEAR OIL OIL without dregs *4
Gn30-39a aroused by STICKS REFLECTION OF STICKS *11
Ex14-07c FIRST-SECOND-THIRD PRES-VicePres-Secrtry
Ex22-02b He has BLOOD Guilty of BLOODSHED
Nu35-27a He doesnt have BLOOD Not a MURDERER
-------- ----------------------- --------------------- -----------
Gn23-04b PLOT OF GRAVE Burial Plot *12
Dt25-09a Spit IN FACE Spit TOWARDS HIM *1
Lv05-04a Swear by lips Verbally(Explicitly) *2
Ex28-08a Belt OF his AYPHOD Belt USED with AYPHOD *3
Ex28-31a the dress OF AYPHD Aypohd USED with DRES *3
COMMENTS
*1 Cf However Lv15-08a Spit ON Him = Actually spit on him
The rule seems to be that SPIT ON HIM is literal
whereas SPIT ON FACE (use of FACE vs FULL PERSON) means
SPIT TOWARDS HIM

*2 eg If I am angry and mentally curse or if I
am angry and start ranting and raving without
however fully articulating everything on my mind
-- in these two cases I may have sworn IN MY MIND
but I have not sworn WITH MY LIPS (Explicitly)

*3 Contrast Ex20-03a OTHER GODS=GODS OF OTHER PEOPLE
vs Ex21-02a JEWISH SLAVE = SLAVE AND JEWISH

Technically the possessive --OF-- can mean
- OWNED BY (eg OTHER GODS = gODS of OTHERS)
- PROPERTY (eg JEWISH SLAVE=SLAVE who is JEWISH)
- ASSOCIATED WITH (eg BELT OF GARMENT=Belt USED
with Garment)

Note Rashi proves the JEWISH SLAVE=SLAVE WHO
IS JEWISH by citing an other verse Dt15-12 *11

*4 Rashis real point here ('What is bothering Rashi') is
that the METONOMY rule requires that CLEAR OIL could
either mean
- literally clear oil
- oil producing a clear flame
Rashi advises us that here it is literal
Rashi also cites the Talmud Menachoth which
outlines the production process


*5 So
- VALUE = FEE
- YOUR-VALUE = FEE SCHEDULE(Fixed amount for each
gender and age group)*13

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10 The difference between this list; LIST871m and
the sister list, LIST871d, of IDIOMS BY METONOMY
is that
- LIST871d lists new phrases that have entered
the language as idioms--for example, HOLY COINS
refers to COINS USED/RELATED TO THE HOLY TEMPLE

- LIST871m lists one time usages of metonomy--
for example SHEEP WITH WHITE refers to
SHEEP WITH WHITE PATCHES.

The difference is that HOLY COINS always refer
to TEMPLE-RELATED coins while WHITE does not
always refer to WHITE PATCHES---in other words
it is a one time use of the RELATED MEANING rule.

The metonomy of most of the examples in this list
can be inferred from context.

*11 It is important to emphasize that SHEEP do NOT get
aroused from merely seeing something patched (which
reminds them of sheep of the opposite gender).

Rather JACOB FIXED the STICKS IN THE WATER.

The water in the troughs was FLOWING water. Hence the
reflection of the sticks in the water gave the appearance
of MOVING / PULSATING ITEMS WITH PATCHES.

It is these MOVING / PULSATING items with patches
that aroused the female sheep since the pulsating
bobbing sticks resembled aroused males. Once the females
became aroused the males mated them.

So Jacobs trick was to mimic LIVE MALE PATCHED SHEEP
by using water reflections of PATCHED STICKS.

*12 The Hebrew word A-Chu-Zah by itself can refer to
a plot of land (without any additional words):
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Cf Gn47-11 Gave them a PLOT
Cf Lv25-46 These slaves shall be a PLOT for inheritance
Cf Nu27-04 Give us please a PLOT among our brothers
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*13 Rashi admits that
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I don't understand (know of a precedent) for the
peculiar grammatical construction: YOUR-VALUE
-----------------------------------------------------

Rashi was NOT stating that he did not know what
YOUR-VALUE vs VALUE means. In fact he says explicitly
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the value was fixed for each gender and age group
-------------------------------------------------

Rather what Rashi did not know was a precedent
for the peculiar grammatical form: YOUR-VALUE
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VERSE: Lv27-10a
Lv27-10a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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A powerful but simple Rashi method is the CITATION or CROSS-
REFERENCING of an OTHER VERSE for the purpose of adding
FURTHER DETAILS to a verse we are studying.  We call this
the Rashi METHOD of OTHER VERSES and the Rashi submethod
of FURTHER DETAILS

Lv27-10a
--------
Lv27-10 states
--------------------------------------------
Do not exchange a BAD dedicated animal for
a GOOD one
--------------------------------------------

The phrases BAD [SACRIFICE] vs GOOD [SACRIFICE]
are illumined by an OTHER VERSE Lv22-18:20
---------------------------------------------------------
If you offer a sacrifice then
- A PLEASING SACRIFICE requires unBLEMISHED...
- BLEMISHED SACRIFICES do not offer;they are not pleasing
---------------------------------------------------------

From this other verse we infer that
- GOOD = UNBLEMISHED
- BAD  = BLEMISHED


LIST210y presents many examples of verses illumined by
other verses
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
Lv27-10a GOOD:BAD sacrifice Lv22-18:20 BAD=BLEMISHED
Lv26-11a MY DWELLING PLACE in you Ex25-08 DWELLING PLAC=TEMPLE
Lv10-20a Moses liked refutation Nu09-08 Acknowledged no-know
------- ----------------- -------- ----------------
Lv05-02a IMPURE & INCURS GUILT Lv07-20 IMPURE & EATS HOLIES
Lv05-02a IMPURE & INCURS GUILT Nu19-20 IMPURE & EATS HOLIES
Lv05-02a IMPURE & INCURS GUILT Lv22-02:07 IMPURE & EATS
------- ----------------- -------- ----------------
Lv05-15b TRESPASS TEMPLE:Pay 1.2 Lv22-10:14 Impure eats Terurmah
Lv05-15b Any Temple Trespass Dt15-19 Dont shear wool holy
Lv05-15b Any Temple trespass Dt15-19 Dont work holy animl
------- ----------------- -------- ----------------
Lv02-14b Bring FIRST SPRING FRUIT Ex09-31 BARLEY*8
Ex32-05b Aaron built ALTAR Ex32-02 Yank wife jewelery*7
Ex32-05c Holiday to God TOMORROW Ex32-02 Yank wife jewelery*7
Ex32-05d Holiday to GOD Ex32-02 Yank wife jewelery*7
Ex18-19c Bring WORDS OF LAW to Gd Ex18-16 peoples LAWSUITS *6
Gn45-24a Dont get ANGRY ON ROAD*5 Gn42-21:22 Fight who did me in
Gn45-18a I-ll give BEST OF LAND Gn47-11 BEST OF LAND=Ramsyth
Gn35-22b Reuven slept with Bilhah Gn49-04*4 play with Dads beds
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
Gn33-18a Jacob came WHOLE to city Gn32-32 Jacob LIMPED*11
Dt27-12a Blessings ON Mountain Jo08-30:35 ...FACING MOUNTAIN
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

*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
------------------------------------------

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


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

*10 Rashi uses the languages
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this refers to an APPLE orchard
-------------------------------

But apple orchards are not known for their fragrance.
Rather the reference is probably to an
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ETHROG orchard
--------------
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
-------------------------------------------------------

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
-------------------------------------
you played with your fathers beds
-------------------------------------

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
-------------------------
Go Up on your fathers bed
-------------------------
couldnt refer to intimacy since intimacy
is always referred to as GOING DOWN instead
of GOING UP.
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LIGHTNING SUMMARIES
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Lightning summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10
# LIST BRIEF SUMMARY OF RASHI EMPHASIZING USE OF RASHI RULES
7 871m STANDING=proudly;STICK=latch;HAND CAN GRAB=affordable;
7 871m FEE=fee schedule; VALUE SOUL=I vow my son's soul to temple
1 210y BAD:GOOD in sacrifices means BLEMISHED:NON-BLEMISHED
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.

All lists may be found at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lists.htm
Rashis covered in this issue
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VERSE RULE BRIEF DESCRIPTION
======== =============== =====================================
Lv26-13b WORD MEANING STAND=proud;HAND cAN GRAB=affordable
Lv26-13c WORD MEANING STAND=proud;HAND cAN GRAB=affordable
Lv27-02b WORD MEANING STAND=proud;HAND cAN GRAB=affordable
Lv27-03a WORD MEANING STAND=proud;HAND cAN GRAB=affordable
Lv27-03b WORD MEANING STAND=proud;HAND cAN GRAB=affordable
Lv27-08c WORD MEANING STAND=proud;HAND cAN GRAB=affordable
Lv27-10a OTHER VERSES BAD OFFERING=blemished;GOOD=UNBLEMSH
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