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VERSE: Lv05-16b

============================= Lv05-16b ========================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi at times will organize a collection of verses for
purposes of making either numerical or geometrical
inferences. We call this the Rashi rule of SPREADSHEETS.

EXAMPLE: Total payment for improper Temple benefit
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Lv05-16 talking about a person who SINNED
AGAINST TEMPLE PROPERTY states
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-He shall PAY what he sinned against the holiness
-and he shall add a fifth(of total value)
--- and pay the total of above to the Priest
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Rashi comments
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So total he pays to priest is 100% Damage + 1/5 fine


LIST690a summarizes other Rashis dealing with algebraic
manipulation of texts
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        SPREADSHEETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      ALGEBRA
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #26
SEE BELOW                LIST690a
List of                  Rashis explaining algebra/geometry
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==================== LIST690a ==================================
List of                  Rashis explaining algebra/geometry
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VERSE         Item Spreadsheet is used for
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lv05-16b.htm  Total payment=100% of improper benefit+20% fine*10
ex38-07b.htm  Altar had a)boards around it b) hollow in center
ex06-16a.htm  Complete spreadsheet of 430 years in Egypt
gn49-26d.htm  your fathers blessings greater than my fathers
dt21-17a.htm  How to give 1st-born double *1
ex38-24b.htm  Computation of relative value of Biblical currency
nu03-39b.htm  Accounting of Levite children
nu31-26a.htm  Division of booty in war
gn05-32b.htm  Computation of relative ages of Noachs children
gn25-20a.htm  Proof that Rivkah was 15 when she married Isaac

NOTES
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*1  Many people are familiar with the concept of the
    FORMULA PLUG IN. That is a problem is solved by a
    formula which you plug into.

    But some problems intrinsically cannot (initally)
    be solved by a formula. Instead you have to
    formulate the problem algebraically and solve;only
    then do you have the formula.

    In other words these problems are solved by
    the EQUATION vs the FORMULA

    Thus the statement that the eldest gets double
    suggests the following model.

    - Suppose the are B brothers
    - Suppose 1 of them is eldest
    - The Fathers total assets are T (Total)

    - Let A be the amount each brother inherits
    We have no formula for A

    - Then each of the B-1 brothers obtains A
    - The eldest obtains double, 2A.
    - Together this exhausts the Fathers estate, T

    Hence we have (B-1)A + 2A = (B+1)A = T

    This gives rise to the formula  A = T / (B+1)

    An example is a father with 100,000 and 4 children
    - T=100,000
    - B=4
    - So each child take T/(B+1) = 100000/5 = 20,000
    - Eldest takes 2*20000=40000
    - Other 3 take 20000
    - Total distribution =3*20000+40000=100000

    See Rambam Inheritance Chapter 2

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

*10 Several comments are worth mentioning here
    FIRST we clarify how the Bible takes percentages
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    - The 20% is 20% of total and hence refers to 25%
      For example if a person ate $20 worth of temple meat
      then he pays $5 fine + $20 of benefit = $25.
    - So $5 = 5/25 = 20% of total payment
    - But $5 = 5/20 = 25% of amount improperly benefited

    SECOND we cite the Sifrah (explained by Malbim)
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    Malbim explains that
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Most sentences in Hebrew use a VERB-NOUN order
    Therefore a NOUN-VERB order always indicates emphasis
    Since the verse says
    - [WHAT HE SINNED] SHALL BE PAYED vs
    - PAY [WHAT HE SINNED]
    the emphasis is on WHAT HE SINNED.

    From this we infer that
    - he must pay to the Temple group he sinned against
    - if he sinned against the wood group (eg he used
      temple wood for a fire) he pays to the temple group
      in charge of wood
      If he sinned against the lamb group (eg he ate
      a temple lamb) he pays to the temple group in
      charge of lambs
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    It is therefore conceivable that Rashi-s original text
    read
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    He pays what he benefited and the 20% fine TO THAT
    [PORTION OF] THE TEMPLE
    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    In other words the word THAT may have fallen from
    Rashi giving the erroneous impression that all
    he was saying was that the Temple gets TOTAL+20% FINE
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