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VERSE: Lv14-10a
RASHIS COVERED: Lv14-10a Lv14-10b Lv14-10c
Lv14-12a Lv14-12b
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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Traditional Rashi-ists--such as Dr Leibowitz or Rabbi
Boncheck frequently emphasize the grammatical-
analytic approach to Rashi. Rashi, we are told, focuses
on grammatical anomaly and extra words. The buzz-word
is the QUESTION--the BOTHER--the ANNOYANCE. In other
words to understand Rashi is to understand a tension
that is bothering him--the RASHI QUESTION--and see how
Rashi answers and resolves the tension.
By contrast we, on this list, have emphasized the ideas
of tone, structure. A Rashi need not have a bothersome
point. Rashi may simply be pointing out the OVERALL
STRUCTURE of a BIblical paragraph. Today we present
6 examples of this approach--we simply present a
BULLETED list of the items in Lv14-10:21. The Rashis
naturally and effortlessly flow from the list Without
any questions being asked
EXAMPLES 1-3
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Lv14-10 mentions 4 Lepor Purification ITEMS:
- the 2 lambs
- the 3rd lamb
- the 3 minchah offerings
- the quart (Log*1) of oil
Lv14-11:21 then elaborate how these items are used
in various ACTIVITIES. This elegant contrast
of ITEM vs ACTIVITY gives rise to 3 Rashis on
overall structure
EXAMPLE 1-3
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- The 2 lambs correspond to the SIN and UP Offering
- The 3rd lamb above corresponds to the GUILT offering
- The 3 minchahs are one minchah each per 3 offerings
- The OIL QUART is used later for various sprinklings
EXAMPLES 4-5
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The simple elegant progression of bullets
- BRING NEAR the lamb
- WAIVE it
- SLAUGHTER
suggests that
- BRINGING near refers to BRINGING the lamb into the
sanctuary (Even though BRINGING traditionally means
to OFFER here we use the literal meaning since it
fits into sequence)
- WAIVING is done to the LIVE animal (Because WAIVE
occurs before SLAUGHTER).
We present two lists below
- List104a is a bulleted list of all items/procedures
- List104b compactly exhibits the overall structure
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: BULLET
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS: BULLET/PARAGRAPH
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #26
SEE BELOW LIST104a
List of bullets of Lepor-Purification procedures
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SEE BELOW LIST104b
Lists of cross-reference of overall structure in LIST104a
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====================== LIST104a ==============================
We list items and procedures in the lepor purification
ceremony presented in Lv14-10:21. The items are numbered
A-P. Notice how A-D outline the 4 OBJECT CLASSES used in
the procedure while E-P outline the 12 ACTIVITIES
performed in the lepor-purification procedure.
The cross references between these two sublists are
summarized in List104b.
The footnotes illuminate lessons learned from the SEQUENCE
of A-P.
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# Verse Procedure Item
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A Lv14-10 TAKES 2 lambs
B Lv14-10 TAKES 1 lamb
C Lv14-10 TAKES 3 tenths of flour mixed with oil for MINCHAH
D Lv14-10 TAKES 1 quart (log) of oil
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E Lv14-12 Take 1 lamb *2
F Lv14-12 BRING IT NEAR for GUILT OFFERING & 1 QUART OF OIL*2
G Lv14-12 WAIVE THEM a waiving before God*2
H Lv14-13 SLAUGHTER it at same place as Sin and Olah
I Lv14-14 Place BLOOD of ASHAM on ear, thumb and footthumb
J Lv14-15 Take QUART OF OIL and spill on Priests left hand
K Lv14-16 SPRINKLE (OIL) 7 times before God
L Lv14-17 SPRINKLE rest of OIL on Ear, thumb, Toe of Mezorah
M Lv14-18 SPILL rest of OIL on head
N Lv14-19 Make SIN offering
O Lv14-20 Afterwards make UP Offering
P Lv14-21 Offer Olah and MINCHAH
NOTES
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*1 Technically a LOG is volume measure equal to the
volume of 6 medium size eggs. Since two eggs
fill a cup and since 4 cups make an English Quart
we think it proper to translate LOG as QUART
Technically the LOG as 3 cups while the QUART
has 4 cups. However the translation gives the
FEEL of the measure. The reader should be aware
that thoughout this digest the word QUART means
LOG
*2 The sequence TAKE--BRING-NEAR--WAIVE--SLAUGHTER implies
- that TAKE means DESIGNATE it (as a guilt offering
- BRING NEAR means BRING TO TEMPLE DOORS *10
- WAIVE means WAIVE LIVE *11
These are the Rashis at Lv14-12a Lv14-12b*12
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*10 The word BRING-NEAR can equally mean
- bring to temple door (Literal meaning)
- offer a sacrifice (The word for sacrifice in Hebrew is
NEARING from BRING NEAR)
Ordinarily in the sacrificial procedures the term
BRING NEAR means OFFER. Here (in Lv14-10) we take
it literally to mean BRING NEAR to the temple because
of the sequence (BRINGnear-...-SLAUGHTER--etc)
A similar usage occurs at Lv01-03
*11 Most Temple waiving procedures are done on organs
of slaughtered animals (cf Lv07-30 or Nu06-19:20)
By contrast the SEQUENCE here requires us to
interpret WAIVING as referring to LIVE WAIVING
*12 In passing Malbim expresses surprise at Rashi who
mentions that the GUILT offering must be DESIGNATED
for its purpose (Since DESIGNATION is a general
sacrificial requirement). Malbim should have known
better (Then to question Rashi). As shown above
Rashi was simply consistently commenting on SEQUENCE
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================== LIST104b ==============================
Rashi shows how the 4 ITEMS listed in Lv14-10 are
later used in the 12 LEPOR procedures. For example
the ONE LAMB mentioned in #B ccorresponds to the lamb
used for the GUILT OFFERING and explicitly mentioned
in #E and #F. These correspondences of items and
activities are the subject of 3 Rashis at Lv14-10
and correspond to the Rashi rule of OVERALL STRUCTURE
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# Object Cross Reference Use and Function
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A 2 lambs N,O Sin & Olah
B 1 lamb E,F Guilt
C 3 Flours P Olah & Minchah *2
D 1 QUART F,J-M Use in GUILT for Sprinklings
- ------- I Sprinkling of Blood
NOTES
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*1 Every UP offering must have MINCHAH libations
accompanying it (Cf eg Nu15-01:16 or the constant
references to Minchah Libations in Nu28 such as
those at Nu28-05, Nu28-20, Nu28-28, Nu29-03,
Nu29-09, Nu29-14 etc)
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