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VERSE: Lv16-18b

RASHIS COVERED: Lv16-18b Lv16-19a

======================= RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE RULES ===============

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:    RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE RULES
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE: NON-SPECIFIC-FOCUSED
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RULE AND SUBRULE
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One of Rashis main goals is to describe
Biblical STYLES and their consequences. A
very great scholar, Rabbi Ishmael the high
priest, identified 3 general Biblical style requirements
-- Styles requiring GENERALIZATION
-- Styles requiring LITERAL meaning
-- Styles requiring BROAD(but not totally GENERAL) meaning

Today we deal with Biblical styles requiring LITERAL
meaning without generalization.

SUPPOSE a Biblical sentence
-- uses a vague non-specific word
-- and follows that word by a specific description

THEN the verse should be read as dealing with that
specific situation. The standard example clarifies

STANDARD EXAMPLE
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Nu05-12d
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 If a women DESCECRATES her marriage (by)
 SLEEPING with a man
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 THEN you perform this ceremony on her
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EXERCISE
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To appreciate the style the student is invited to
-- give examples why DESCECRATE is a vague non focused concept
-- why SLEEPING with a man is a FOCUSED PARTICULAR example


SOLUTION
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There are many ways a woman can descecrate her marriage.
For example, she can INSULT her husband, she can REFUSE
TO COOK for him, she can FLIRT with other men, she can
commit ADULTERY.

Thus the word DESCECRATE is vague and non-focused.

By contrast, the word SLEEP WITH is focused and specific
It isolated one method of marriage descecration.

Hence we translate this verse by connecting the two
phrases with the elliptical word BY
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 When a woman DESCECRATES her marriage [BY]
 SLEEPING with a man, then...
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STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE:
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http://www.RashiYomi.com/example4.htm


HOW TO USE THIS LIST FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS
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You can use the reference for school projects.
Here is how. If you are a teacher then you
can present the verses in the list to students.

You can then ask the students to perform 3 tasks
-- give examples showing that 1 word is vague & non-focused
-- show how the 2nd phrase gives a focused detailed example
-- translate the verse smoothly using the word BY.
The student can then compare their soluation with Rashis.
I have found that the student and Rashi solutions for this
rule are usually identical.


TODAYS EXAMPLE
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Today we examine Lv16-18:19. The Bible
-- 1st states that: The priest will ATONE
-- then it states: the following blood sprinklings atone
We interpret this using a GENERAL-SPECIFIC style.
The word ATONE is vague and non-specific. It means different
things in different contexts. For an UP offering it means
THROWING BLOOD UPWARD. For a SIN offering it means placing
blood on the horns.

Thus Lv16-18:19 identifies HOW atonement is achieved.
ATONEMENT IS ACHIEVED IN THE YOM KIPPUR OFFERING BY
(a) MIXING THE BLOODS (b) PLACING THEM ON THE ALTAR
HORNS (c) SPRINKLING (7 Times).

The LIST below more clearly depicts the Biblical structure
of the verses
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VERSE    GENERAL             DETAILS
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Lv16-18b Aaron will ATONE*10
Lv16-18                      Mix the goat & ox bloods*1
Lv16-18                      Place them on all the altar horns
Lv16-19a                     Sprinkle blood on the altar 7 times
Lv16-20  & After ATONING*10

NOTES
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*1 Rashi mentions two items on Lv16-18b.
   - Rashi explains that the ATONEMENT is achieved BY the
   specific sprinkling that follows

   - Rashi also explains that the blood of the goat and ox
   offering are mixed. This comes from a different Rashi rule
   which will be explained in
   http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h13n18.htm
   http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lv16-19b.htm

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

*10 We have used the RULE OF GENERAL-DETAIL style.

   However we could also have used the PARAGRAPH RULE. The
   PARAGRAPH RULE asserts that
   -- just as in modern typing we can indicate a paragraph
   by having a blank line BEFORE and AFTER the paragraph,

   -- so too, the Bible indicates a paragraph by using
   a REPEATING KEYWORD. By REPEATING the keyword ATONE in
   Lv16-18 and Lv16-20 the Bible creates a PARAGRAPH ATMOSPHERE
   The Table above presents ONE PARAGRAPH describing the topic
   ATONING ON YOM KIPPUR.

   As mentioned this is an alternate approach. However for
   our purposes the above approach of using Rabbi Ishmaels
   methods suffice
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RASHI RULE USED: EXAMPLE 4
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WARNING: The following additional references may be too wordy
However they frequently contain additional information & lists
The hyperlinks only work on the main website

Volume 13 Number 18


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