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VERSE: Lv17-03a

RASHIS COVERED: Lv17-03a Lv17-03b Lv17-16a

===================== Lv17-03a ================================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain Grammar the same
way modern Grammar books do. Grammar deals with many topics
In this posting we deal with the grammatical rules governing
sentences. Most Biblical verses are complete sentences. However
in certain rare cases TWO Verses form ONE sentence. A list of
examples is provided below

EXAMPLES Lv17-16a
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Lv17-16 and Lv17-17 neatly form a single sentence with
compound if clauses.
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IF you eat a carcass THEN
'''''''''''''''''''''''''  if you immerse  THEN you-re pure
'''''''''''''''''''''''''  if you dont     THEN you-re impure
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Rashi suggests reading this as a multi-verse sentence.
That is it reads as follows
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IF you eat a carcass THEN if you immerse  THEN you-re pure
IF you eat a carcass THEN if you dont     THEN you-re impure
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EXAMPLE Lv17-03:05
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These 3 verses form one unit. From the alignment
of the subparts we infer various nuances of meaning.
For example the first 2 verses state
-- a person who slaughters ...
-- and doesn-t bring to temple for an offering
Hence Rashi states that
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 We speak about slaughtering for an offering
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Rashi infers this from the multi-verse sentence

For further examples of multi-verse sentences see
http://www.RashiYomi.com/gn46-31a.htm We will eventually
convert this entire posting to list form
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        GRAMMAR
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      MULTI-VERSE SENTENCES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #9
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SEE BELOW                LIST070a
List of clauses in       Lv17-16:17
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SEE BELOW                LIST070b
List of clauses in       Lv17-03:05
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========================== LIST070a ==================================

The multi-verse sentence Lv17-03:05. Footnotes clarify the
nuances learned from the alignment.
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VERSE   IF-THEN    ACTION           PLACE        PURPOSE   PUNISHMENT
======= ========== ================ ============ ========= ===========
Lv17-03 IF a Jew   slaughters       in the camp
Lv17-04            and doesnt bring to Temple    to offer
Lv17-04 THEN he is                                         cutoff
Lv17-05 Law goal:  Bring to Temple  field        offerings
Differs                             *1           *2

NOTES
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*1 Notice the contrast of CAMP, TEMPLE, FIELD
   Rashi exlains (Lv17-03a) that
   - TEMPLE refers to the actual inner sanctuary
   - CAMP refers to OUTSIDE the temple
   - FIELD would refer to OUTSIDE the camp

*2 From the multi-verse structure Rashi explains that
   we are talking about SLAUGHTERING FOR PURPOSE OF BRINGING
   AN OFFERING.

   The technical law used here is the Rabbi Ishmael CONTEXT rule
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==================== LIST070b =========================================

The clauses in Lv17-16:17 form a nested IF-THEN structure.

Computer programmers in any language will immediately recognize
the nested structure.

Rashis point is that the FIRST IF CLAUSE carries over to BOTH
SECOND CLAUSES.
-- If you eat a carcass and DO immerse and wait till eve--then pure
-- If you eat a carcass and DONT immerese-------then you are impure

This is also an example of the export import law of logic which
states that the sentence structure
----- IF A THEN IF B THEN X
means the same thing as
----- IF A and B THEN X
In other words the DOUBLE IF becomes a CONJUNCTION(AND)
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FIRST IF CLAUSE            SECOND IF CLAUSE                THEN CLAUSE
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IF a person eats a carcass
'                          IF He immerses & impure to Eve
'                          '                               he is pure
'                          ELSEIF He doesnt immerse        he bears sin
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