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ANNOUNCEMENT: ADVANCED JUDAICA PAGE
============  =====================
If you go to

        http://www.RashiYomi.Com/judaica2.htm

you can find a collection of my more advanced emails.
This collection contains postings on such matters as
*  Derivation of the next world from verses in the Bible
*  A Rational Psychological explanation of the EVIL EYE
*  Who/What is Satan
*  What is Sin?

Let us now return to the RashiYomi.



OVERVIEW:
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This new module deals with Rashis which explain verses where
a sentence part is MISSING. There are 4 cases of >MISSING
SENTENCE PARTS<.



TODAYS POSTING
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Today we deal with 3 verses/Rashis where an >IF< statement
is missing a >CONSEQUENCE<. This is common in all languages
where people use >MACHO< language: For example,
        >IF you dare do such and such<
Such a sentence >EVOKES< an image in the listener who complets
the unfinished sentence with their worst fear. Hence, such an
evokative technique has prophylactic value.



REFERENCE:
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The material in this module comes from the following postings
on the Rashi Website

http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h8n12.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.Com/h8n14.htm



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EXAMPLE 8: Gn04-15a
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   BACKGROUND
   ----------
   God had just banished Kayin from Gan Eden for murdering his
   brother. Kayin protests that he will be vulnerable. God says

   ------------------------------------------------------------
   >INDEED IF ANYONE KILLS YOU...<: (But) You will be given 7
   generations till I avenge your murder of your brother
   and kill you
   ------------------------------------------------------------

   RASHI: The capped words >INDEED IF ANYONE KILLS YOU...<
   is an incomplete sentence. It follows the patterns of
   macho people who use tough language without being
   specific (Eg >I Swear if you dare do such and such<)


   Rashi brings similar macho verses such as 2Sam5-8
   >IF anyone touches the Yevusi...<

   These unfinished sentences evoke fear in the ears of
   the hearer who complete the sentence with the thing
   they fear the most.





EXAMPLE 9: Ex22-22a
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  Dont torture orphans and widows!
      (If you dare tease an orphan at all!)
  For If they cry out to me I will hear.
  ---------------------------------------------------------
RASHI: There are two IFS in the verse
       The second >IF< is normal:
       >IF they pray I will answer them<
       The first >IF< uses the
       missing-sentence-half-technique
       >IF you dare torture them<






EXAMPLE 10: Ex32-32a
EXAMPLE 11: Ex32-32b says
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  Please forgive the Jews for making the golden calf
  >IF YOU FORGIVE THEM<
  ElseIf Not erase me from the Torah
  ---------------------------------------------------



RASHI: The first part of the verse uses the technique
       of an IF WITH A MISSING COMPONENT:
       >IF you forgive them<
       By which Moses meant, IF ONLY YOU FORGIVE THEM
       HOW WONDERFUL IT WOULD BE

       The second half is normal and shows how upset
       Moses was.

--------------------------FOOTNOTES---------------------------
       Rashi adds that Moses wanted to
       be erased from the Torah if God didnt forgive
       the Jews since he regarded the not forgiving
       the JEWS as a failure on HIS part(and he
       didnt want to be embarassed)

       Rashi derives this using the technique of OTHER VERSES
       Indeed in Nu11-15 Moses explicitly says

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       And if this is what you do to me then please kill me
       if you will do me one last favor so that I should not
       see my failure
       -------------------------------------------------------

       So we see that Moses explicitly says that he doesnt
       want to see the >BAD THAT HAPPENS TO ME<(ie his failure)

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