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VERSE: Dt28-56a
RASHIS COVERED: Dt28-56a Dt28-57a Gn24-55a Gn24-55b Nu09-22a
Dt28-56a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
----------------
One of Rashis 5 main goals is to indicate paragraph
structure. One method of paragraph
structure is to use the CLIMAX method to infer meaning
That is, the ASSUMED CLIMACTIC development of a paragraph
theme forces inference of meaning from the paragraph structure
EVEN if the individual words dont justify this.

EXAMPLE 1: Nu09-22a
-------------------
Nu09-20:22 has the GENERAL theme that the CLOUD of GLORY
could stay ANY LENGTH OF TIME and then depart.
This GENERAL theme is developed as follows:

GENERAL Nu09-20 The cloud could stay ANY NUMBER OF DAYS

DETAIL  Nu09-21 - the cloud could stay..TWELVE HOUR PERIOD
DETAIL  Nu09-21 - or it could stay......DAY AND NIGHT
DETAIL  Nu09-22 - or if the cloud stays TWO DAYS
DETAIL  Nu09-22 - or .................. A MONTH
DETAIL  Nu09-22 - or .................. DAYS

Rashi: The CLIMACTIC development
- 12 hours
- 24 hours
- 2 days
- Month
- DAYS
clearly shows that the word DAYS means a YEAR (Even
though DAYS by itself normally does not mean a YEAR)

Here Rashi infers meaning from PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
and CLIMACTIC development (but not from the meaning
of the words involved).

This is a fundamental principle! Understand it.

LIST455a below summarizes this argument.

EXAMPLE 2: Gn24-55a Gn24-55b
----------------------------
The Biblical text states
-----------------------
Please, let the girl stay with us
- a DAY = YEAR
- or TEN = TEN MONTHS
-----------------------

Rashi: The identification of DAY=YEAR and TEN=TEN MONTHS
is based on the principle of (ANTI-)CLIMAX which states that
first you request something big and then REDUCE your
request.

LIST455b below summarizes this argument.

EXAMPLE 3: Dt28-56a Dt28-57a
----------------------------
Dt28-56 states
--------------------------------------------------
The delicate woman shall have a bad eye
-A- on her husband
-B- on her chidren
-C- on the afterbirth that comes from her legs
-D- on new borns
since she will have to eat them (From lack of food)
---------------------------------------------------

Rashi noticed that the (A)-(D) seem to progress
- from Husband
- to   NewBorns
Accordingly Rashi interprets (A)-(D) using the principle
of CLIMAX
-------------------------------------------
-A- on her husband------------RASHI: Her husband
-B- on her chidren------------RASHI: Her BIG chidren
-C- on the afterbirth
that comes from her legs--RASHI: Her YOUNG children
-D- on new borns--------------RASHI: Newborns
-------------------------------------------

The driving force behind this Rashi interpretation
is not the individual words but rather the
general climactic structure.

LIST455c below summarizes this argument.
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS CLIMAX
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST455a
List of time periods in Nu09-20:22
---------------------- ----------------------------------
SEE BELOW LIST455b
List of time periods in Gn24-55
---------------------- ----------------------------------
SEE BELOW LIST455c
List of people by age in Dt28-56:57
LIST455a
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List of time periods in  Nu09-20:22
TYPE VERSE TEXT OF VERSE CLAUSE
GENERAL Nu09-20a The cloud could stay ANY NUMBER OF DAYS
--- ---- ------
DETAIL Nu09-21 - the cloud could a ....TWELVE HOUR PERIOD
DETAIL Nu09-21 - or it could stay......DAY AND NIGHT
DETAIL Nu09-22 - or if the cloud stays TWO DAYS
DETAIL Nu09-22 - or .................. A MONTH
DETAIL Nu09-22 - or .................. DAYS*1
COMMENTS
*1 Rashi: The CLIMACTIC development
- 12 hours
- 24 hours
- 2 days
- Month
- DAYS
clearly shows that the word DAYS means a YEAR (Even
though DAYS by itself normally does not mean a YEAR)
Here Rashi infers meaning from PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
and CLIMACTIC development (but not from the meaning
of the words involved).

This is a fundamental principle! Understand it.
LIST455b
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

List of time periods in  Gn24-55
TYPE VERSE TEXT OF VERSE CLAUSE Time period means
INTRO Gn24-55 Let the girl stay with us
--- ---- ------ -----
DETAIL Gn24-55a a DAY a YEAR*1
DETAIL Gn24-55b or TEN or TEN MONTHS*1
COMMENTS
*1 Rashi: The identification of DAY=YEAR and TEN=TEN MONTHS
is based on the principle of (ANTI-)CLIMAX which states that
first you request something big and then REDUCE your
request.
LIST455c
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

List of people by age in Dt28-56:57
CASE TEXT OF VERSE*1 RASHI WHY INTERPRET
-A- on her husband Her husband hubby=hubby
-B- on her chidren Her BIG chidren CLIMAX*2
-C- on afterbirth from legs Her YOUNG children CLIMAX*2
-D- on new borns Newborns newborn=nubrn
COMMENTS
*1   The full verse states
-------------------------------------------------
The delicate woman will have a bad eye
- on her husband, BIG children, YOUNG children,NEWBORNS
because she will have to eat them from lack of food
-------------------------------------------------

*2   AFTERBIRTH FROM LEGS sounds like NEWBORNS. The reason
Rashi interprets this to mean YOUNG CHILDREN is therefore
not because of the meaning of the words but rather
because of the CLIMAX principle. Indeed, if you progress
- from FATHER
- to NEWBORN
then it makes sense that inbetween we have the categories
- BIG children
- YOUNG children
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VERSE: Dt28-65c
RASHIS COVERED: Dt28-65c Dt28-32a
Dt28-65a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
----------------
One of Rashis 10 main methods is the explanation of meaning
the same way a dictionary explains meaning. We call this
the WORD MEANING method.

----------------------------------------------
Rashi had 10 vehicles to explain meaning. The SYNONYM
submethod takes words with known meanings and shows the
similarity and nuances in each term.
----------------------------------------------

EXAMPLE: Dt28-65c Dt28-32a
--------------------------
Rashi contrasts the Hebrew roots
- Yud-Cheth-Lamed (IXL) which means TO EXPECT.
- Kaph-Lamed-Hey (KLH) which means TO HOPE.
HOPE differs from expectation in that the EXPECTED
EVENT may never come about---hence we refer to it
as HOPE.

Hence Rashi would translate Dt28-65c Dt28-32a as follows
---------------------------------------------
In those nations
- you will have no rest
- you wont [even] have rest for your feet
[Rather] God will give you
- a feeling of fragmentation
- eyes that [only] HOPE
- and a depressed spirit
----------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------
Your children will be delivered to another nation
- Your eyes see it
- and you HOPE for them the whole day
- but you are helpless
----------------------------------------------

LIST955z presents other Rashis commenting on SYNONYMS
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS SYNONYMS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST955z
List of Synonym pairs
LIST955z
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List of                  Synonym pairs
LIST955z continues LIST955a
VERSE WORD BASIC IDEA NUANCES
Dt28-65c K-L-H EXPECT HOPE-not necessarily fulfilld
- - - - I-X-L EXPECT EXPECT
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt28-32a K-L-H EXPECT HOPE-not necessarily fulfilld
- - - - I-X-L EXPECT EXPECT
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt23-02a CtCrsh Testicle CRUSHED testicles(CUT-CRUSH)
Dt23-02b CtSpll Testicle CUT penal shaft(CUT-SPILL)
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Nu22-08c YASHAV location STAY OVER
- - - - AVAR location PASS THRU
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
- - - - YASHAV position SIT
- - - - AMAD position STAND
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Gn32-05a YASHAV residence DWELL
- - - - GUR residence FOREIGNER
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Nu21-20d PISGAH High Cliff
-------- HAR High Mountain
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Nu13-23a ZMoRaH Grapes Grape VINE
Nu13-23 EshKoL Grapes Grape CLUSTER
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Lv22-18a NDR*13 Donation VOW-eg I-ll bring a sacrifice
Lv22-18b NDBH Donation DONATION-eg Donate Tmpl money
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Lv22-22a &WRT Blind Feminine form
- - - - &WR Blind Masculine form
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Lv13-45a PRM Tear tear ON SEAM
- - - - QR& Tear GENERAL tear
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Ex28-28c XBR Unite Unite
- - - - RKS Unite Unite by TIGHTENING*8
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Nu17-21a TWK In Centrally in *7
- - - - Beth In In
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Gn01-11a D$A FIELD MEADOW*6
- - - - &SW FIELD GRASS*6
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt28-68a ANIH BOAT Both words mean boat *5
- - - - SFINH BOAT Both words mean boat *5
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt18-03c Z-R-A HAND/THROW ZRA=arm; ZRA=to scatter
-------- Y-D-H HAND/THROW YD=hand; YDH=to throw
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt13-06a S-R-H FABRICATE it is REMOVED from reality*4
-------- B-D-A FABRICATE it is ISOLATED from reality
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt05-17b A-V-H DESIRE*3 desire in ONES HEART-FANTASIZ
Ex20-17 X-M-D DESIRE*3 COVET-desire ACQUISITION
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt11-25c P-X-D FEAR IMMEDIATE Fear-Good pimples*1
Dt11-25d M-R-H FEAR ANXIETY-LONG TERM Fear-vision
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
Dt11-14c I-R-H RAIN*2 F IRST rain-IMPREGNATES ground
Dt11-14d MLK$ RAIN*2 FINAL rain-SOFTENS Ground
------- ----- ------ ----------------------
COMMENTS
*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

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*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..)
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VERSE: Dt28-22h
Dt28-22h
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04


SUCCINCT SUMMARY
----------------
One of Rashis 5 main goals is to explain meaning the same
way a dictionary explains meaning. One method of explaining
meaning is to NAME BY FORM/APPEARANCE---thus for example
the PENTAGON names an INSTITUTION by its FORM while the
UN (United Nations) names it by its FUNCTION

Example Dt28-22h
-----------------------------------------------------
The phrase
-------------------------
GreenSickness of grain
-------------------------

means

-----------------------------------------
MILDEW (Grain stricken by MILDEW develops
a GREENISH color)
-----------------------------------------

Here the word GREEN refers to the FORM/COLOR of the
sickness. Examples of such usage abound---for example,
an ORANGE dress refers to a dress that has the same
color as the FRUIT orange.

LIST813a below presents many examples/Rashis of words
named by FORM/APPEARANCE.
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: WORD MEANINGS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 8 METHODS OF NAMING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #7
SEE BELOW LIST813a
List of words Named by FORM-eg SHIELD=Surround/dliv
LIST813a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

List of words            Named by FORM-eg SHIELD=Surround/deliver
# VERSE WORD IN VERSE MEANING
-- Gn14-20a Who SHIELDED your enemies SURROUNDED/BUNDLED them
-- Is54-12 the SPARK stone SPARKling stone
-- Dt28-22a The BOARD from TREE PALE-FACE-not RUDDY*8
-- Nu15-38a The TZITZITH PROTRUSIONS from GARMENT
-- Lv13-55e The BALD Worn out(Smooth) garment
-- Lv13-55e The PUDDLY*7 New wool garments*7
-- Gn41-42c The Gold NECKLACE Linked circular Items*6
-- Gn37-07b the stalks STOOD UP stand vertically*1
- Lv17-07a GOATS Demons*2
- Dt23-14a EARS for utensils Weapon belt*3
- Nu04-20a dont come when SWALLOWING when packing*4
- Gn30-37a LIVNEH Tree White colored (LVN)
- Gn30-37c ARMON tree LEAVE-PILES (araymah)
- Gn30-37d LOZ tree TWISTED twigs(Loz)*5
(1) Ex25-31d The THIGH of the Menorah The Menorah Bottom
(2) Ex40-22a On the THIGH of the temple in the North
(3) Ex40-22b On the THIGH of the temple in the North
(4) Lv01-11a On the THIGH of the Altar Bottom
(5) Ex25-31f A BUD ornament looks like a bud
(6) Ex25-31g The FRUIT ornaments looks like a fruit)
(7) Ex25-31h The FLOWER ornament FORM of a FLOWER
(8) Lv13-03b CLOUD WHITE Color of CLOUD
(9) Ex28-32a Garments MOUTH-HEAD Garments Neck
(10 Ex28-33a POMEGRANATE ornament Looks like POMEGRANATES
(12 Ex25-04a The BLUE thread died BLUE
(13 Ex25-04b The RED thread died RED
--- Dt28-22h The GREEN MILDEW-Grain turns green
(16 Lv13-55d PChTheTh(Deep wound) Looks like a pit(PCTh)
(17 Lv13-18a SHCHIN (Boil-deep wound) Looks like a pit(SCH)
(18 -------- PENTAGON Named by its shape
(21 -------- Cherry (color) Looks like cherry(Fruit)
COMMENTS
*1 The original meaning of the word Q-W-M is to
AWAKE. From this it means STAND UP. When applied
to inanimate objects it refers to a vertical standing

*2 Demons in dreams often appear with HORNS Hence
it is reasonable to call them GOATS

*3 This root seems to be very controversial.
For example some people (Radack cites them) suggest
that the root is Zayin-Nun (WEAPON) with an added
prefix of Aleph.

Hence Rav Hirsch suggests that the etymology is
PERSONAL (ALEPH) WEAPONS.

I would simply say that the UTENSIL BELT with
hanging cases on both sides looks like 2 ears
on a head. Thus the meaning is based on FORM.*10



*4 The verse literally is translated as follows
----------------------------------------------
So they (The Kehatites) shall not come
and look as the holy (objects) are being packed
-----------------------------------------------

For possible further examples see footnote *11

*5 cf these verses showing that LOZ means TWISTED
or DEVIANT Pr03-21, Pr03-33,Pr02-15. (Rashi
cites the French name of these trees)


*6 The Hebrew root Resh-Beth-Dalet means
- Necklace(Gn41-42c, Ez16-11)
- Quilt(Pr07-16, Pr31-21)
These are the only 4 occurences in the Bible.

Both NECKLACES and QUILTS have the FORM of
LINKED CIRCULAR items.*12


*7 The root GIMEL-BETH can mean PUDDLE or HIGH (Puddles
are HIGH spots on the ground). I think the HAIR on
a persons head and the LINT on a new wool garment
resemble a PUDDLE OF HAIR LIKE PROTRUSIONS. Again
the emphasis is on naming by form. *13


*8 A BOARD = a BARKLESS tree log looks like a PALE person
(BARK on wood is like RUDDINESS on face)

LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10 To be fair Rashi explains TWO words in this verse
- The Hebrew Aleph-Zayin-Nun means WEAPON
- The Hebrew AL which usually means ON can also
mean BESIDES.

For the 6 meanings of AL see
http://www.RashiYomi.com/al-5.htm

Or visit the Rashi word page,
http://www.RashiYomi.com/words.htm


*11 Radack in his book, Biblical roots, lists 3 meanings
-------------------------------------------------
a) SWALLOW as in Jr51-34--He SWALLOWED me like a
Crockodile

b) DESTROY as in La02-02 - God has DESTROYED, without
mercy

c) HIDE/PACK as in Nu04-20
-------------------------------------------------

It is debatable whether there are other verses
illustrating this meaning of HIDE. Radack suggests
Jb27-30 and Jb10-08. I would say Is19-03---
------------------------------
God will HIDE (conceal) their advice
------------------------------
the metaphor of HIDING ADVICE is similar to the tone
at 2S15-31.

Suffice it to say that there is much controversy
on all the proper meaning of all these verses. However
our translation of Nu04-20 seems to be standard

*12 One subtle point about seductresses using quilts:
The quilt is both a COVER and an EXPOSURE (because
of the many air spaces in the quilt). Hence
a seductress COVERED with a quilt also EXPOSES herself
(and thereby seduces).


*13 It has come to my attention that we have several lists
on meaning by FORM. Namely
--------------------------------------------------
LIST     VOLUME #  NUMBER #  ITEM NAMED BY FORM
-------- --------- --------- ---------------------
LIST804a Volume 16 Number 22 NOUNS named by form
LIST814a Volume 19 Number 9  VERBS named by form
LIST810b Volume 21 Number 15 NOUNS named by Form
LIST813a Volume 20 Number 9  NOUNS named by Form
---------------------------------------------------

We hope to consolidate these in the near future.
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VERSE: Dt28-30b
Dt28-30b
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04


One of Rashis 10 major methods is the CONTRADICTION method.
Rashi had 3 methods to resolve CONTRADICTORY BIBLICAL TEXTS
- the two texts reflect 2 STAGES on 1 process
- the two texts reflect 2 ASPECTS of 1 state
- the two texts use BROAD-LITERAL interpretation

EXAMPLE 1: Dt28-30b
-------------------------------------------
Dt28-30 states
------------------------------------------------------------
- you will ENGAGE a woman----SOMEONE else will MARRY her
- you will BUILD a house-----SOMEONE else will DWELL in it
- you will PLANT a vineyard--SOMEONE else will DESCECRATE it
------------------------------------------------------------

This appears contradictory. The ENGAGE-MARRY and BUILD-DWELL
contrasts suggest
---------------------------------------------------
You will BEGIN a project-----SOMEONE else will CONSUMATE it
---------------------------------------------------

We would therefore expect in the 3rd last clause
---------------------------------------------------
You will PLANT a vineyard----SOMEONE else will CONSUME it
---------------------------------------------------

Thus we expect CONSUME/EAT but instead the Bible uses
the contradictory word DESCECRATE.

Rashi resolves this CONTRADICTION by broadening the
meaning of DESCECRATE. Rashi does this based on
Lv19-23:25 which states
----------------------------------------------------
When you plant a vineyard
- the first three years ---- fruit is poison--don't eat
- the 4th year-------------- fruit is HOLY(Eat in Jerusalem)
- the 5th year-------------- you can eat plant it
----------------------------------------------------

Quite simply if the fruit is HOLY in the 4th year
-- HOLINESS meaning you shouldn't eat it--then
the fruit is DESCECRATED (The opposite of HOLINESS)
in the 5th year when you can eat it.

So we infer that DESCECRATION in this context means
YOU CAN EAT IT (vs HOLINESS meaning that you can't
eat it at home)

Thus Rashi resolves this CONTRADICTION
using the BROAD-LITERAL method.

LIST520a gives examples of CONTRADICTIONS resolved thru BROAD
LITERAL
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: CONTRADICTION
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS BROAD-LITERAL
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #17
SEE BELOW LIST520a
A list of verse pairs with BROAD-LITERAL usage
LIST520a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

A list of verse pairs    with BROAD-LITERAL usage
VERSE-1 VERSE-2 HOW THE TWO TEXTS ARE COMBINED
Dt28-30a Lv19-24 HOLY in 4th-no eat;DESCECRATE=can eat in 5th
Nu22-34a Nu24-16 Claimed to know God but donkey knew more*4
Nu22-29b Nu22-05 Asked to curse Jews but cant kill donkey*3
Lv07-19c Dt12-27 All PURE PEOPLE whom the owner DESIGNATESeat
Lv06-22a Lv06-19 All MALE PRIESTS who COULD OFFER may eat*2
Ex21-06 Lv25-10 Slave works FOREVER = Till 50th Jubilee year
Ex11-08a Ex12-30 Your SERVANTS=ROYAL PRESENCE shall expel me
Ex12-19a Ex13-07 Prohibits bread in your HOUSE/BORDERS=DOMAIN
Dt15-17 Lv25-10 Slaves work FOREVER=A LONG TIME=TILL JUBILEE
Lv07-09 Lv07-10 The PRIEST=DIVSION OF PRIEST,gets sacrifice
Lv04-03 Lv04-03 A Young ADULT Bullock = BEGINNING ADULTHOOD
Lv10-02 Lv10-05 Died from FIRE=SPIRITUAL FIRE*1
COMMENTS
*1 Hence the fire did not burn their clothes
The idea that the FIRES mentioned in Dt05
or Ex20 was the FIRE OF PROPHECY vs REAL
FIRE is supported by many verses and
themes (Dt05-21). There are other Biblical
supports for this idea but this will suffice
for now.*10

*2 Also echoed in Rashi Lv07-07b (OFFERING PRIEST
means PRIESTS WHO COULD OFFER)

*3 Thus the request to kill the Jews is seen as a WISH
(BROAD interpretation)not as something real

*4 That Bilam didnt know what his donkey knew is
interpreted literally. That he claimed to know
Gods thoughts is considered a LIE(Broad, non-
literal interpretation).

LONGER FOOTNOTES
*10 It does not detract from the greatness of the
miracle of revelation that the FIRE means FIRE
OF PROPHECY.

For Judaism does not view Gods greatness in His
ability to make a mountain smoke with Fire.

Rather Judaism views Gods greatness in His
ability to make people burn with Spiritual Prophecy

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LIGHTNING SUMMARIES
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

Lightning summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10
# LIST BRIEF SUMMARY OF RASHI EMPHASIZING USE OF RASHI RULES
7 455a List of time periods:12 hr;day;days;month; DAY=YEARS
7 455b List of time periods: She-ll stay a)DAYS=year or b)10 (months)
7 455c List of people by age:a)Husband b)Big children c)Small d)Infant
7 955z Yud-Cheth-Lamed=EXPECT; KAPH-LAMED-HEY=HOPE-may not be fulfilled
7 813a GREEN= GreenSickness = MILDEW. GRAIN turns GREEN
17 520a Fruit HOLY in 4th(can't eat);DESCECRATED in 5th=can eat!
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://www.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
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Dt28-56a CLIMAX a)Husband b)BIG children c)SMALL d)New
Dt28-57a CLIMAX a)Husband b)BIG children c)SMALL d)New
Gn24-55a CLIMAX a)Husband b)BIG children c)SMALL d)New
Gn24-55b CLIMAX a)Husband b)BIG children c)SMALL d)New
Nu09-22a CLIMAX a)Husband b)BIG children c)SMALL d)New
Dt28-65c SYNONYMS Yud-Chet-Lamed=EXPECT;KLH=HOPE
Dt28-32a SYNONYMS Yud-Chet-Lamed=EXPECT;KLH=HOPE
Dt28-22h WORD MEANINGS GREEN=GreenSickness=Mildew-Grain green
Dt28-30b CONTRADICTION HOLY in 4th(no eat);DESCECRATED in 5th
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