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VERSE: Lv26-08a
RASHIS COVERED: Lv26-08a Lv26-15a Lv26-15b Lv26-17j
Lv26-17b Dt32-04a
Lv26-08a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main methods is the GRAMMAR method where Rashi
explains GRAMMAR the same way GRAMMAR books do. A major
submethod of the GRAMMAR method is explain sentence order.
Most sentences use a VERB-OBJECT-INDIRECT-OBJECT order.
The following simple sentence illustrates this
-----------------------------------------------------------
I        brought            the wine        to the table
SUBJECT  VERB               OBJECT          INDIRECT OBJECT
-----------------------------------------------------------

Deviation from this basic order indicates emphasis; you
place a word earlier in the sentence to bring attention
and focus on it in order to emphasize it.

In such a case the sentence
- retains its simple meaning
- and ALSO indicates the emphasis indicated by the
reordering of the words
This is a peach of a Rashi since it illustrates
a basic idea about exegetical vs. simple meaning.

EXAMPLE Lv26-08a
----------------
The biblical phrase
----------------------------------
FROM AMONG YOU: 5 will pursue 100
----------------------------------

vs

----------------------------------
5 FROM AMONG YOU will pursue 100
----------------------------------

emphasizes the FROM AMONG YOU. Hence Rashi comments

-----------------------------------
Even 5 weaklings will pursue 100
-----------------------------------


EXAMPLE Lv26-17b Lv26-17j
-------------------------
The biblical phrase
---------------------------------
The haters IN YOU will rule
---------------------------------

vs

---------------------------
The haters will rule IN YOU
---------------------------

emphasizes the IN YOU. Rashi comments

---------------------------------------------
You will be ruled over by Jewish Anti-semites
---------------------------------------------


EXAMPLE Dt32-04
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The biblical phrase
---------------------------------
Strong God, PERFECT are His ways
--------------------------------

vs

--------------------------------
Strong God: His ways are PERFECT
--------------------------------

emphasizes PERFECT. Hence Rashi comments
----------------------------------------
Despite His strength (no one can stand
up to him) God is always Just in His
ways and does not abuse His Power.


EXAMPLE Lv26-15a Lv26-15b
--------------------------
The Biblical phrases
------------------------------
If my STATUTES are despised
If my ORDINANCES are loathed
------------------------------

vs

----------------------------
If you despise my STATUTES
If you loathe my ORDINANCES
----------------------------

emphasizes STATUTES and ORDINANCES
Hence Rashi comments
---------------------------------
If you despise STATUTORY religious law
If you despise Jewish COURTS (which
enforce ordinances)
---------------------------------


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
---------------
The sentence order rule was powerfully
advocated by the great modern commentator
Malbim who skillfully used it in his
commentary to defend many difficult
midrashim.

LIST065a below summarizes these results
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: GRAMMAR
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: GRAMMATICAL ORDER
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
SEE BELOW LIST065a
A list of verses with deviant Grammatical order(=emphasis)
LIST065a
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A list of verses  with deviant Grammatical order(=emphasis)
VERSE Biblical Text*10 Point of Emphasis
Lv26-08a FROM YOU:5 pursue 100 Even 5 weaklings pursue 100
Lv26-15a ORDINANCES loathe Redicule judicial system
Lv26-15b STATUTES despise Religious statutory law
Lv26-17j IN YOU:Haters rule Jewish anti-semitism*1
Dt32-04a God:JUST are his ways JUST even though he is stron
COMMENTS
*1 Rashi on Lv26-17b emphasizes an important point
----------------------------------------------
The verse
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FROM YOU: Haters rule
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
has TWO meanings, both of which are true.

This verse has the simple meaning
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Haters rule in you (literally: OVER YOU)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


The verse ADDITIONALLY has the emphasis
connoted by the deviant grammatical order
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
IN-YOU-HATERS (i.e. Jewish anti-semites)
rule in you (over you)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This Rashi emphasizes how
- simple meaning
- exegetical meaning
need not be either identical or conflicting.
Rather the two can be complimentary. In this case
- one meaning is the meaning of the sentence
- the other meaning derives from the deviant order

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10 The words with deviant grammatical order are capped.
For example Lv26-08a states
----------------------
FROM YOU: 5 pursue 100
----------------------

Proper order requires
---------------------
5 FROM YOU pursue 100
---------------------

The deviant order places emphasis on the phrase FROM YOU
Hence the Rashi cited in the POINT OF EMPHASIS column
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Even 5 weaklings--that is ANY people FROM YOU--will
be able to pursue 100
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VERSE: Lv26-17a
RASHIS COVERED: Lv26-17a Lv26-09a Lv17-10b Lv26-17h
Lv26-17a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 main goals is the explanation of
meaning the same way a dictionary explains meaning.
We call this the Rashi method of WORD MEANING.

Rashi had 10 vehicles by which to explain words.
Rashi frequently explains not, word meaning, but rather
phrase meaning. That is each particular word in the
phrase may have a known meaning but the collection of
words  together form a NEW IDIOMATIC MEANING.
We call this the NEW MEANING or the IDIOM SUBMETHOD.

EXAMPLE: PLACING THE FACE=Full Attention
-----------------------------------------
The following 4 verses use the phrase
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PLACE MY FACE IN YOU
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Rashi interprets this as an idiom connoting
--------------------
FULL ATTENTION
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Lv26-17a If you rebel I will PLACE MY FACE
to punish you
Lv26-09a If you do good I will PLACE MY FACE
to make you flourish
Lv17-10b If you eat blood I will PLACE MY FACE
to punish you
Lv20-03a If you offer your children to idols
I will PLACE MY FACE to punish you

Rashi (Lv26-17h) emphasizes that PLACING FACE=
FULL ATTENTION can be either
- for good (PLACE FACE to make you flourish)
- for bad (PLACE FACE to punish you)

LIST854y below presents other examples of Biblical idioms.
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS NEW MEANINGS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST854y
List of Biblical idioms(eg FROM DAYS DAYS=YEARLY)
LIST854y
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List of Biblical idioms..eg FROM DAYS DAYS=YEARLY
LIST854y continues  LIST854d LIST854y
VERSE BIBLICAL PHRASE TRANSLATION NOTES
Lv25-30a SALE STANDS STUCK PERMANANT sale No redeem
Lv25-23b Dont STICK THE SALE Dont sell PERMANANTLY No redeem
------ ------------------ ------------------ -------
Lv26-17a PLACE FACE*3 Total attention/focus to punish
Lv26-09a PLACE FACE*3 Total attention/focus to reward
Lv20-03a PLACE FACE*3 Total attention/focus to punish
Lv17-10b PLACE FACE*3 Total attention/focus to punish
------ ------------------ ------------------ -------
Lv13-12a HEAD to FOOT Whole bod y
Lv11-03e RAISES WINDPIPE Chews cud(redigests) *2
Lv05-01a VOICE OF CURSE/OATH subpoena for evidence
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
Lv20-13 SLEEPINGS WITH WOMEN anal/vaginal-not oral
COMMENTS
*1 Some other examples of this idiom occur at
Ex32-09 Ex33-04 Ex33-05 Ex34-09 Dt09-06
Dt09-13 Pr29-01	

*2 That is: The animal
- chews
- regurgitates the chewed material
- redigests it
Hence RAISES ITS WINDPIPE is a good idiom describing it

*3 Rashi, Lv26-17h points out that the phrase
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PLACE MY FACE
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means
--------------
FULL ATTENTION
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whether
- for good, to reward
- for bad, to punish.
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VERSE: Lv27-17g
Lv27-17g
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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

Lv27-17g
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Lv27-17 part of the Leviticus rebuke states
--------------------------------------------
If you rebel against me then
I will turn My Face on you
you will get sick
you will SEED YOUR SEED FOR NOUGHT
your enemies will eat them
--------------------------------------------

The phrase SEED YOUR SEED FOR NOUGHT is illuminated
by the parallel verse in Dt28-57
-----------------------------------------------
the delicate women will ... on her infants
for she will eat her children in hiding
-----------------------------------------------

Both chapters deal with the rebuke of God. Both
chapters speak about the death of children. One
chapter speaks about MOTHERS eating their children
while the other chapter speaks about ENEMIES their
children.

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
Lv27-17g seed seed for nought Dt28-57 mother eats children
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
------------------------------------------
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
-------------------------------
this refers to an APPLE orchard
-------------------------------

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

*13 Rashi gives several interpretations of the phrase
-------------------------
seed your seed for nought
-------------------------
The approach in this email group is to consider
the terminal explanation to be the true explanation
Note that this terminal explanation, parents losing
children is consistent with the context of the
verse which speaks about death of people
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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
9 065a FROM YOU:5 pursue 100; ANY 5 from you,even weaklings,pursue 100
9 065a STATUTES(=religious law) despise, ORDINANCES(=Judges) loathe:
9 065a Strong God,JUST, his ways: JUST despite his strength
9 065a IN YOU:Haters rule=Jewish anti-semitism
7 854y PLACE FACE is an idiom meaning DEVOTE ALL ATTENTION
1 210y Lv27-17g,SEED FOR NOUGHT means, dead children, Dt28-57
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
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

VERSE RULE BRIEF DESCRIPTION
======== =============== =====================================
Lv26-08a GRAMMARr Deviant grammatical order=emphasis
Lv26-15a GRAMMARr Deviant grammatical order=emphasis
Lv26-15b GRAMMARr Deviant grammatical order=emphasis
Lv26-17j GRAMMARr Deviant grammatical order=emphasis
Lv26-17b GRAMMARr Deviant grammatical order=emphasis
Dt32-04a GRAMMARr Deviant grammatical order=emphasis
Lv26-17a NEW MEANINGS PLACE FACE = devote all my attention
Lv26-09a NEW MEANINGS PLACE FACE = devote all my attention
Lv17-10b NEW MEANINGS PLACE FACE = devote all my attention
Lv26-17h NEW MEANINGS PLACE FACE = devote all my attention
Lv27-17g OTHER VERSES SEED FOR NOUGHT=dead children-Dt28-57
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