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VERSE: Gn42-24b
RASHIS COVERED: Gn42-24b Gn45-15a Gn43-18b
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SUCCINT SUMMARY: ---------------- One of Rashis 10 main goals is the explanation of grammar similar to the explanations we find in modern textbooks. We call this the Rashi rule of GRAMMAR. In todays posting we deal with the grammatical rules governing DEVELOPMENT in paragraphs and chapters: Given a paragraph or chapter THEME, what types of sentences can exist in that paragraph or chapter and what are their relations to the central theme? We call this the rashi subrule of CONSECUTIVE PARAGRAPHS. Rashi knew 3 means of relating consecutive sentences or consecutive paragraphs in a paragraph or chapter: - CAUSE / ENABLEMENT - CONTRAST - UNIFYING THEME, SEQUENCE. Today we study the causal method EXAMPLE Gn42-24b ---------------- Gn42-20:24 discussing Joseph's treatment of his brothers states ----------------------------------- - Joe jails all - Lets them leave with food but jails Shimon - "We are guilty --- we hurt Joseph" - Reuven: "I told you not to...his blood is being avenged" - Joseph turned and cried ------------------------------------ Rashi comments ------------------------------- Joseph's CRYING was CAUSED by the previous verses where they expressed guilt over what they did to Joseph ------------------------------- EXAMPLE Gn45-15a ---------------- Gn45-01:15 discussing Joseph's revealing himself to his brothers after 13 years of separation states -------------------------------------------- - Joseph cried - He said "I am your brother Joe"... - He said "Because of your sale of me we are now saving millions of people" - AFTER THIS - Joe's brothers spoke to him -------------------------------------------- Rashi comments --------------------------------- The brothers spoke to Joseph BECAUSE they saw that he cried and cared for them --------------------------------- EXAMPLE Gn43-18b ---------------- Gn43-18b discussing the treatment of Jacob's sons by the Egyptian authorities states ------------------------------------ ...they were frightened that they were brought to the Food Minister's personal residence...they said "In order to interrogate us and jail us for the missing funds of purchase " ------------------------------------ Rashi comments -------------------------------- The bringing to the personal residence of the Food Minister ENABLED/COULD CAUSE an interrogation and jailing -------------------------------- LIST061a gives other examples of paragraphs that develop CAUSALLY | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | GRAMMAR | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: | CONSECUTIVE CHAPTERS | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #9 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST061a | |
A list of paragraphs | having a CAUSAL theme |
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A list of paragraphs having CAUSAL connection | |||
VERSE | TOPIC IN 1st CHAPTER | TOPIC IN 2nd CHAPTER | |
Gn42-24b | We are guilty on Joe | Joe cries | |
Gn45-15a | Cries..I care for you | THEN they talk with him | |
Gn43-18b | Brought to his house | Interrogation and jail | |
Gn33-04a | Many bows:Him/wives | Hugged him | |
Gn37-04a | they hated him | wouldn't say Hello to him*15 | |
Gn10-11a | Nimrod rebels on God | Ashur left Nimrod | |
Dt28-53a | Fierce FAMINE | You-ll eat children | |
Nu12-10a | Prophecy cloud goes | Miryam punished;leprosy*13 | |
Nu08-19b | Levites help priests | No death to Jews*14 | |
Ex33-08b | pitches tent outside | when he went outside | |
Gn41-48a | Stored city food | Stored it near its city*12 | |
Gn41-44a | I am Pharoh King | Hence I grant you power | |
Gn24-29a | Laban saw BRACELETS | Laban ran to get servant*11 | |
Gn20-01a | Lot incests daughters | Abraham runs away from there | |
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Gn13-14a | Lot / Abe separate | God promises Abe Israel*9 | |
Gn13-07a | Fight of Abe-Lot | Canaanites still in Israel*9 | |
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Dt14-01a | Jews=Gods children | No self multilation on death | |
Dt01-42a | God not with you | Hence:defeat;therefore:no go | |
Nu30-16b | Annuls after AFFIRM | He bears punishment of sin*8 | |
Ex14-25a | Remove wheel | Heavy driving--God fights | |
Ex14-25b | Heavy Driving | God fights*10 | |
Ex13-17b | Avoid NEAR-ROUTE | Nearness facilitates return | |
Gn35-01a | Dinah is raped | Prophetic order to leave*6 | |
Gn33-13c | Young Sheep | IF pushed they will die*7 | |
Gn29-01a | God WITH Jacob | Jacob travelled SMOOTHLY*5 | |
Nu06-02a | Adulterous wife rite | Nazaarite from wine*1 | |
Gn38-01a | Brothers sell Joseph | Judah leaves brothers*1 | |
Gn23-03c | Abraham offers Isaac | Sarah dies*1 | |
Gn02-20a | Adam Eve are Naked | Snake gives Eve Apple*2 | |
Lv10-02a | Non-allowed sac | Death of Aarons sons*3 | |
Lv10-02a | Death of Aarons sons | No wine to serving priest*3 | |
Lv10-03d | Death of Righteous | God honored*4 | |
Lv22-15a | Dont eat Terumah | Dont DESCECRATE holies | |
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*1 Thus "whoever see the humiliating Adulterous wife rite" will be so shocked that he will abstain from wine Similarly "Judah advised his brothers to sell Joseph" and so when they regretted it they blaimed him and he had to "separate from them." Similarly "Sarah died" from the shock that "Abraham offered Isaac." *2 In other words because the snake saw Adam and Eve naked therefore he became Jealous and wanted Adam killed so he could marry Eve. ALthough this sounds a bit wild there is strong supporting evidence. Gn04-01 uses the past perfect form "And Adam HAD BEEN FAMILIAR with his wife & they had a child" So the sequence of chapters is "Adam was lonely" "God makes Eve" "Adam and Eve are naked" ------------------------"Snake tempts Eve" "Adam has a child with Eve" Thus the sequence of chapters (Naked--->child) is clearly interrupted by the Snake story. *3 As explained above Rashi sees these two views as complementary - First they drank wine and got drunk - While drunk they thought it permissable to offer sacrifices which should not be offered Hence they died for both crimes *4 Rashi explains the Causal connection - when the masses see that God EVEN kills the righteous for sins - then they are aware how they must also observe Gods commandments - This leads to more honor for God *5 So GOOD NEWS facilitates/causes SMOOTH TRAVEL(Rashi) *6 The full sequence of chapters is as follows -------------------------------------------- - Gn31 God orders Jacob to return to his fathers house - Gn32 But Jacob is afraid of Being with Brother Esauv - Gn33 Jacob journeys instead to Succoth - Gn34 Dinah gets raped - Gn35 God tells Jacob to return to BethEl ------------------------------------------- Rashi notes that ----------------------------- If Jacob had IMMEDIATELY fulfilled the order of Travelling to his fathers house he wouldnt have stayed in Succoth and his Daughter would not have gotten raped. ------------------------------ Thus Rashi sees a CAUSAL connection between the chapters. Dinah was raped because Jacob did not IMMEDIATELY fulfill the prophetic order. Note Rashi expresses the same theme ------------------------------------------------- Because he delayed doing the prophecy immediately therefore he was punished that certain bad occurrences happened to him ------------------------------------------------- Rashi expresses this same theme on Gn35-22a where we find that Reuven inteferred with his fathers marital life. *7 Rashi can be better understood with the EXPORT-IMPORT LAW of logic. The EXPORT-IMPORT law states that ---------------------------------------------------- IF [it rains] then if [I go out] THEN [I will get wet] ---------------------------------------------------- has the same meaning as ---------------------------------------------------- IF [it rains] and [I go out] THEN [I will get wet] ---------------------------------------------------- In other words Rashi identifies the two sentence forms - IF p THEN IF q THEN r - IF p & q THEN r This identification of NESTED CONDITIONALS with a CONJUNCTIVE HYPOTHESIS is called the EXPORT-IMPORT law. The actual Biblical text reads --------------------------------------------- The cattle is young AND they will be pushed one day AND they will die --------------------------------------------- Rashi simply points out (Using EXPORT-IMPORT) that we can interpret this as either --------------------------------------------- [IF] The cattle is young AND they will be pushed one day THEN they will die --------------------------------------------- or --------------------------------------------- IF The cattle is young IF they will be pushed one day THEN they will die --------------------------------------------- The above two translations use the well known Biblical principle that the Hebrew letter VAV can refer to any connective. *8 In other words he - 1st affirmed a vow of his wife - then annuled it (which he had no right to) - If she now sins (Because she was mislead into thinking the vow is annuled) - then HE bears the sin/punishment In other words BECAUSE he misled her he must pay for the sin. *9 The causality of these verses reinforce each other - Gn13-14 EXPLICITLY states that God promised Abe Israel AFTER Lot separated from him - Gn13-07 states that Abe and Lot faught WHILE the Canaanites were still in the land. So Rashi simply puts the two verses together - Lot felt HE COULD USE ISRAEL land even though the CANAANITES still owned it. Lot felt this way because the land was promised to Abraham eventually. By contrast Abraham refused to use the land UNTIL it was actually given to him. | |||
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*10 Rashi also states -------------------------------------------------- The HEAVY DRIVING (that God made the Egyptians do by removing chariot wheel) was a punishment for their making HEAVY their hearts -------------------------------------------------- I would strengthen these associations -------------------------------------------------- The HEAVY DRIVING is a punishment for the HEAVY work that the Egyptians placed on the Jews -------------------------------------------------- These comments of Rashi or me also indicate -- HEAVY DRIVING causes/facilitated -- Egyptians seeing that God was fighting for them Indeed: We know that one of the way God fights is to punish people according to what they have done (See Rashi on Ex18-11- Jethro said: Now I know that God is the true God because He returns to people what they have done) Hence this particular punishment (making the Egyptians drive heavy vs killing them) showed the Egyptians (CAUSED them to be aware) that God was fighting. *11 Hence the Rashi - Laban was interested in the possibility of becoming rich from Abraham. *12 Presumably each city had its own method of preserving food (e.g. use natural nutrients in the fields). Hence the second sentence of the verse HE STORED EACH CITIES FOOD NEAR IT is seen as ENABLING the first sentence HE STORED THE FOOD OF THE SEVEN YEARS *13 (Rashi) "And the cloud departed from off the Tent"ENABLES and ALLOWS "and behold Miriam had become leprous." An analogy would be King angry at one of his subjects. The King would leave the room BEFORE punishment began since it is disrespectful to degrade a subject of the King in his presence. Similarly God, the King, had to depart ("The cloud departed")before Miryam could be punished. *14 BECAUSE the Levites do the Temple work there will be no need for Jews to enter the Temple. This prevents a plague But if they did enter the temple they would be liable to a death penalty at the hands of heaven. [See Nu18-07 for an explicit statement that "strangers [non levites/priests] coming near to the Temple die at the hands of heaven.] -------------------------------------------------- *15 Rashi makes an inference from this causation ----------------------------------------------- Many people disguise their hatred by acting polite socially. So if the Bible tells us that the brothers did not say hello we can infer some good personality characteristics (honesty, lack of hypocrosy) ----------------------------------------------- |
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VERSE: Gn43-33a
RASHIS COVERED: Gn43-33a Gn43-10a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- All Rashis clarify the meaning of a verse. Most Rashis clarify the meaning of verses by - explaining MEANING including SYMBOLIC meaning - using GRAMMAR of verbs, sentences or FORMATTING - using GRAMMAR of paragraphs (STYLE), or - comparisons with OTHER VERSES including ALIGNMENTS, CONTRADICTORY VERSES, DATABASE inquiries If however Rashi clarifies the meaning of a verse - by making reasonable background assumptions - add computations or - exhibiting diagrams then we say Rashi has used the SPREADSHEET method. The term SPREADSHEET typically refers to COMPUTATIONAL clarifications--we however have used it to refer to any type of NON-VERSE clarification whether it is - numerical - geometric - background fill-in. Todays examples illustrate the above. EXAMPLE 1: Gn43-33a -------------------- Gn43-33 describing Joseph's identification of family place among his brothers states ----------------------------------------------- And Joseph sat them...the eldest according to his eldest status and the youngest according to his youngest status ----------------------------------------------- Rashi FILLS IN background and shows a plausible method by which this could happen ------------------------------------------- He tapped his goblet and said - This is the eldest of one wife - this is the 2nd eldest of the same wife ... - this is the eldest of another wife - this person has no brother ------------------------------------------- Such a display of knowledge without source was suppose to inspire awe in the brothers Clearly Rashi is NOT deriving anything from the text but rather FILLING IN BACKGROUND EXAMPLE 2: Gn43-10a ------------------- Gn43-10a describing the discussion between Judah and his father on obtaining food from Egypt states ------------------------------------------------ If you give us Benjamin we will get food and if not there is no point...for if we hadn't delayed we would have returned twice ------------------------------------------------ Rashi explains this using a minor spreadsheet ------------------------------------------- e.g. --- We need to pick up food every month --- but because we delayed we have not picked up food for two months --- If we hadn't delayed we would have returned twice (and brought back Shimon ) --------------------------------------------- LIST690z below presents other Rashis using the SPREADSHEET METHOD | ||
ITEM | DETAIL | |
RASHI RULE CLASS: | SPREADSHEETS | |
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | ALGEBRA | |
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #30 | |
SEE BELOW | LIST690z | |
List of Rashis comments | a)By CONSEQUENCE b)Computation,c)Diagram |
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List of Rashis comments a)By CONSEQUENCE b)Computation,c)Diagram LIST690z continues LIST690a | ||
VERSE | Item Spreadsheet is used for | |
Gn43-33a.htm | Joseph tapped on cup--"this is 1st born""this 2nd" | |
Gn43-33a.htm | e.g. We get food once a month;we now delayed 2 mon | |
Gn37-29a.htm | Reuven left-(eg care for father,personal)-Joe sold | |
Gn37-29a.htm | Brothers slaughter goat; goat blood like human | |
Gn32-25a.htm | In travel,Jacob stayed behind-check forgotten itms | |
Gn32-25a.htm | Judah stopped trying to pay harlot-no publicity | |
Gn24-08a.htm | If no wife from Canaan,Laban then take from Anayr | |
Gn31-14a.htm | Jacob-Laban 3 day distance;Laban overtakes on day4 | |
Gn31-14a.htm | Abraham created a trust fund for Isaac | |
Gn31-14a.htm | Abe discusses funeral during mourning;all hear | |
Gn31-14a.htm | Most fathers give DOWRY;Laban CHARGED son-in-law | |
Gn31-14a.htm | Rachel & Leah were married;can't inherit father | |
Gn19-29a.htm | Lots merit:Silent on lie that Sara was Abes sister | |
Gn19-29a.htm | Abraham KNEW his well, hence his sheep healthier*1 | |
Gn20-07a.htm | Return wife-he knows no sex-if sex he wouldnt want | |
Gn11-32a.htm | years 1-12 in slavery; rebel years 13-26;27th=war | |
Gn11-32a.htm | EGYPT = SOUTH of ISRAEL | |
Gn11-32a.htm | Abraham left Father in old age to teach about God | |
Dt26-02d.htm | First fruit tied in ribbon so it can be recognized | |
Dt01-25a.htm | Israel is perceived at TOP;other lands are DOWN | |
Nu33-18a.htm | Spies uttered HEATED WORDS against God/Israel | |
Nu27-02a.htm | Inquiry on female inheritance happened in year 40 | |
Nu15-36a.htm | EXECUTION chamber is distant from court(..GO OUT.) | |
Nu15-36a.htm | REMEMBER COMMANDS:(Rabbinic)8 threads+5 knots+=613 | |
Nu15-36a.htm | REMEMBER REVELATION:SKYblue thread=Heaven | |
Nu07-84b.htm | 10 per ladel;120=12*10 total:No blemish;Exact unit | |
lv25-48a.htm | Prorated linear redemption of Jewish slave | |
lv16-24d.htm | Diagram of TEMPLE proper, ALTAR, TEMPLE COURTYARD | |
ex35-01a.htm | List of 3 40-day ascents by Moses to Mount Sinai | |
ex32-15a.htm | Diagram of the 10 commandments bored in stone | |
ex26-09a.htm | Dimesions of Temple building and curtain coverings | |
ex10-11b.htm | Pharoh denied YOUTH to go--elders and sheep ok | |
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*1 Rashi literally says --------------------------------------- The waters of the well rose for Abraham --------------------------------------- We have interpreted this broadly --------------------------------------- Abraham knew the hours when it was easiest to obtain good well water --------------------------------------- Hence BECAUSE Abraham knew the well he could feed his sheep properly resulting in healthier sheep. Avimelech, by taking the sheep acknowledged that the sheep were a gift worthy of a king. This implied that Abraham knew the ins and outs of the well water and was the true owner of the well |
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Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10 | |||
# | LIST | BRIEF SUMMARY OF RASHI EMPHASIZING USE OF RASHI RULES | |
30 | 690z | e.g. we need food once a month;we delayed 2 mon;could go twice | |
30 | 690z | Joe tapped cup..."This is 1st born".."This is 2nd"..."this 3rd" | |
9 | 061a | "We are guilty on Joe's mugging"...this caused "Joe cries" | |
9 | 061a | "Joe cries" "Joe says I care"...this caused "Brothers talk" | |
9 | 061a | "Joes brothers brought to his house"..enables "Interrogation" | |
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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 |
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VERSE | RULE | BRIEF DESCRIPTION | |
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Gn42-24b | GRAMMARR | "We feel guilty"...hence "Joe cries" | |
Gn45-15a | GRAMMARR | "We feel guilty"...hence "Joe cries" | |
Gn43-18b | GRAMMARR | "We feel guilty"...hence "Joe cries" | |
Gn43-33a | SPREADSHEET | Taps on cup..."This eldest""This 2nd" | |
Gn43-10a | SPREADSHEET | Taps on cup..."This eldest""This 2nd" | |
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