*1 (Rashi)
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- You need not eradicate all places (GENERAL THEME)
- Rather you only need eradicate the altars(Detail)
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Here Rashi restricts the GENERAL CLAUSE to the
DETAILS.

*2  (Rashi)
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- Besides eradicating the altars
- Similarly eradicate the idolatrous names
by making derogatory names for them
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*1 The actual flow of text would be as follows
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When you come to the land that God gives you then you
will ACKNOWLEDGE the blessings on Mount Gerizim and the
curses on Mount Eyval (which are at...) BECAUSE you
are transversing the Jordan and conquering the land
through Gods help [miracles]
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Rashi's point is that
- we acknowledge BLESSINGS and CURSE of following
Gods laws
- because our entry to the land is miraculous and
dependent on God*10

*10 Rashi emphasizes
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You will cross over Jordan thru a miracle
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However I would argue that this is in the general context
that several miracles will happen
- crossing the Jordan
- conquest of Israel
- Inhabiting the land

*1 Lv13 discusses LEPROSY. The words
- SEAYTH
- BAHERETH
- MISPACATH
refer to various types of SKIN afflictions (Some leprous
and some not). Words ending in terminal Tauv are typically
feminine. The above verses with either
- feminine conjugations of the verb
- feminine pronouns
all confirm this.


*2 IN THIS TORAH BOOK vs IN THE BOOK OF THIS TORAH
In one case THIS refers to BOOK(masculine) while
in the other case it refers to TORAH(Feminine)

*3 Cute---The verse seems as if it says
FULFILL (WORK) THIS WEEK

But THIS is FEMININE and WEEK is MASCULINE!

So Rashi explains that the verse means
FULFILL THE WEEK OF THIS GIRL
That is Laban said to Jacob that he had to work
another week of years (7 years) to marry Leah


*4 Rashi makes 2 points here:
- Jacob interrupts his address to Simon-Levi
- Jacob addresses his HONOR(soul):HONOR DONT GET NEAR THEM
Such an abrupt change has important emotional overtones

According to Rashi the verses would read
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Simon and Levi are brothers where criminal tools
MY HONOR---dont get near the meetings
MY SOUL----dont get involved in their secrets
For they tried to murder in anger
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Rashi infers this both from the gender and person of
the verbs. For the verse does not say
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May my SOUL not get near them (3rd person)
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But rather says
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My SOUL: YOU do not get near them (2nd person)
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It was important for Rashi to state this since
the difference in spelling between SECOND PERSON
FUTURE MASCULINE and THIRD PERSON FUTURE FEMININE
is very small.

*5 MINCHAH is FEMININE while FLOUR is MASCULINE

So when it says IT(HE) IS A VENGENANCE MINCHAH, the
word IT refers to the FLOUR not to the MINCHAH

The FLOUR of this Minchah was of poorer quality to
symbolize that the suspected adulteress did something
seemly (behaved with poorer quality)

*1 This is onomatopoeia (word meaning by sound)
Another (famous) Hebrew example is BAK-BOOK for
BOTTLE (Water coming out of a bottle sounds
like BAK-BOOK BAK BOOK)


*2 A-G-R is said to mean GATHERING but more specifically
refers to HARVESTING (eg. Dt28-39 -- you will not drink
or harvest wine)


*3 D-Sh-A refers to HERBIAGE -- minor field growth.
A PLUMP/FAT person could be said that
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HIS field (stomach) IS GROWING WILDLY
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Note that D-Sh-N does frequently mean FAT

Also note that FIELD can refer to STOMACH
(Songs07-03)

*4 Cf Ex21-18 If men FIGHT and one hits the other with a
stone or  a fist....

*5 Just like the English metaphor for TESTING/INVESTIGATION
-- LETS LOOK INTO IT --

*6 The ChShN was one of the eight PRIESTLY garments.
The ChShN held the URIM vTUMIM -- these were
lettered ornaments with prophetic capacity. When
the High Priest asked a question of God he would
get the answer by having a vision of the ChShN
with the letters answering his question lit up on
the URIM.

Hence the ChShN containing the URIM vTUMIM enabled
the High Priest to FEEL OUT (ChSh) a case -- compare
the similar English FEELING OUT A CASE

*7 The word SRN refers both to the GOVERNOR as well
as to the STATE over which he governs (Cf Joshua 13:3)
SR by itself refers to  any leader. Hence GOVERNOR
(Srn) is an INTENSE (N) Leader (SR) or the PINACLE
of LEADERSHIP

*8 Throughout the Bible if you want to state that
someone was KNOWN for something then you
state that the person was the CHILD OF it.
eg RIF RAFS are called CHILDS OF NO-NAME

*9 Functionally, the THUMB opposes other fingers
and enables humans to grasp objects. Hence
the THUMB enables things to be held INSIDE
ones hand

*10 Some scholars interpret a terminal NUN as indicating
LESS -- but it should be clear from this example --
YRVN vs RV -- that a terminal NUN indicates INTENSITY
(DISPUTE - FIGHT)

*11 Gn37-25c

*1  Here are the full set of verses
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Lv07-34 I have given BREAST and FAT to Priest
Lv03-03 Fat is offered on altar Fire
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Hence we read Lv07-30 as follows
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Owner brings
the [for-the-altar] fire:
[namely] FAT on breast is brought
to WAIVE IT[that is the BREAST not the FAT]
before God.
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*2 The Minchah Eating rights are as follows
- Sin offerings are never eaten by priests
- Ordinary Minchahs are eaten by Priests
- Minchahs with a Priest owner are not eaten

In short all MINCHAH EATING laws apply.

There is an ironic subtlety here.
The verse says
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It will to the PRIEST as a MINCHAH
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Rashi literally says
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If a PRIEST offered it no one would eat it
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It thus APPEARS that Rashi is PUNNING on the
word PRIEST---
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
It will be to a PRIEST OWNER like a MINCHAH
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

But this is not necessary. The verse simply
means
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
It will be to the PRIEST [offerer] as a MINCHAH
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

This implies
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- If it is an ordinary Minchah the
PRIEST OFFERER can eat it
- If it is a PRIEST OWNED Minchah
then no one eats it
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Thus Rashi was not PUNNING but rather
emphasizing one extreme case of the
simple meaning of the text.


*3
Ex25-01:03 states
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Command the Jews to take DONATIONS
whoever wishes to DONATE.
And these are the DONATIONS you should take
...gold SILVER and COPPER
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But Ex30-11:13 states
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When you make a CENSUS people
should give HALF A SHEKEL of silver
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This is further spelled out at Ex38-25:28
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The silver from the half shekels was so much
and so much and used to make the silver stands
for the boards and the curtain hooks
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We see the CONTRADICTION: Was the silver a VOLUNTARY
donation or a REQUIRED TAX?

Rashi answers by distinguishing TWO CASES of the silver
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- There was a REQUIRED TAX of HALF SHEKEL used for the
stands and curtain hooks
- There was an ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY TAX---the silver
gathered was used to make silver utensils in the
sanctuary
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*4 PUBLICLY: He disagreed so as not to further inflame
the brothers who hated Joseph

PRIVATELY: He agreed because he believed in the dream

*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