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VERSE: Nu01-51b
RASHIS COVERED: Nu01-51b Nu02-02b Nu02-02c Nu02-02a
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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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A powerful but simple Rashi method is the CITATION or CROSS-
REFERENCING of an OTHER VERSE for the purpose of adding
FURTHER DETAILS to a verse we are studying. We call this
the Rashi METHOD of OTHER VERSES and the Rashi submethod
of FURTHER DETAILS
EXAMPLE Nu02-02c
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Nu02-02 states
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Each Jew shall camp on his flag
The shall camp
OPPOSITE and surrounding the Temple
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Rashi clarifies the phrase OPPOSITE
using an OTHER VERSE, Jo03-04
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There will be a DISTANCE between
you[the Jews] and it[The ark]
ABOUT 2000 CUBITS
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Hence Rashi clarifies that OPPOSITE in
Nu02-02c means a 2000 cubit distance.
EXAMPLE Nu01-51b
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Nu01-50:51 states
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Now appoint the Levites on the Temple
...they will bear the Temple...
when the Temple moves the Levites
will dis-assemble it, and when the
Temple camps, the Levites will erect it,
AND THE STRANGER THAT COMES NEAR WILL DIE
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The phrase
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AND THE STRANGER THAT COMES NEAR WILL DIE
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is clarified by Nu18-01:08
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The Levites ....will serve you....
The Levites will watch your watch
and the watch of the Temple:Nevertheless
they will not come near to the altar
and temple vessels and THEY WILL NOT
DIE, THEY AND YOU
and they will work with you and watch
the watch of the Temple in all Temple
service and a STRANGER WILL NOT COME NEAR
And you [the Priests] will watch the
watch of the Temple and the watch of
the Altar and there will not be more
anger on the Jews
...the Levites are given as a gift
to you...to serve the Temple
...but you[The priests] shall watch
your Priesthood on all altar matters
and behind the veal and serve...AND
THE STRANGER WHO COMES NEAR SHALL DIE
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Nu18-01:08 clarifies
- a prohibition and death penalty
for Levites doing Priestly altar work
- a prohibition and death penalty
for Strangers[Israelites] doing Priestly work
- a prohibition but no death penalty
for Strangers[Israelites] doing Levite work
Rashi therefore clarifies the phrase
A STRANGER THAT COMES NEAR SHALL DIE
in Nu01-51 as referring to Israelites
doing Levite work[More broadly it refers
to any Stranger--Levite or Israelite--
doing any work they are not responsible
for [Israelites doing Levite work or
Priest work and Levites doing Priest work]
EXAMPLE Nu01-02b
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Nu01-02 says that
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Jews camped by their SYMBOLIC FLAG
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Rashi clarifies the term SYMBOLIC FLAG
by a cross reference to an OTHER VERSE
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Gn50-13 And Jacobs children did to him;
INDEED, as He had commanded them
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In posting
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http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn50-13a.htm
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we have explained the emphasis indicated
by the word INDEED. There we have shown
that
- the ORDER OF JACOBS sons in his
blessings and
- the ORDER OF JACOBS sons in
their encampment are almost identical
From this identicality we inferred that
Jacob ordered the order--children who
got along with each other camped together
while children who did not get along together
camped separately.
Rashi therefore clarifies Nu01-02 by
the OTHER VERSE Gn50-13--the Jews
camped according to the SYMBOLIC
configuration their Father ordered them.
Rashi further elaborates that SYMBOL
also refers to the TRIBES SYMBOLS
of the 12 stones in the Priest
breastplate, Ex28-17:20. Each TRIBE
FLAG had the SAME SYMBOLIC COLOR
that their STONE ON THE PRIEST
BREASTPLATE had.
LIST210y presents many examples of verses illumined by
other verses
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS FURTHER DETAILS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #1
SEE BELOW LIST210y
List of verses pairs with one verse illuminating another
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List of verses pairs with one verse illuminating another
LIST210y CONTINUES LIST210a LIST210z
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE OTHER VRSE DETAILS
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Nu02-02a Camp by SYMBOLIC flag Ex28-17:20 COLOR of Chshn STONE
Nu02-02b Camp by symbolic FLAG*14 Gn50-13a Order at Jacobs fnrl
Nu01-51b STRANGER doing, die Nu18-01:08 Non Levit,non Priest
Nu02-02c OPPOSITE the Temple Jo03-04 2000 Cubits
Lv27-17g seed seed for nought Dt28-57 mother eats children
Lv27-10a GOOD:BAD sacrifice Lv22-18:20 BAD=BLEMISHED
Lv26-11a MY DWELLING PLACE in you Ex25-08 DWELLING PLAC=TEMPLE
Lv10-20a Moses liked refutation Nu09-08 Acknowledged no-know
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Lv05-02a IMPURE & INCURS GUILT Lv07-20 IMPURE & EATS HOLIES
Lv05-02a IMPURE & INCURS GUILT Nu19-20 IMPURE & EATS HOLIES
Lv05-02a IMPURE & INCURS GUILT Lv22-02:07 IMPURE & EATS
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Lv05-15b TRESPASS TEMPLE:Pay 1.2 Lv22-10:14 Impure eats Terurmah
Lv05-15b Any Temple Trespass Dt15-19 Dont shear wool holy
Lv05-15b Any Temple trespass Dt15-19 Dont work holy animl
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Lv02-14b Bring FIRST SPRING FRUIT Ex09-31 BARLEY*8
Ex32-05b Aaron built ALTAR Ex32-02 Yank wife jewelery*7
Ex32-05c Holiday to God TOMORROW Ex32-02 Yank wife jewelery*7
Ex32-05d Holiday to GOD Ex32-02 Yank wife jewelery*7
Ex18-19c Bring WORDS OF LAW to Gd Ex18-16 peoples LAWSUITS *6
Gn45-24a Dont get ANGRY ON ROAD*5 Gn42-21:22 Fight who did me in
Gn45-18a I-ll give BEST OF LAND Gn47-11 BEST OF LAND=Ramsyth
Gn35-22b Reuven slept with Bilhah Gn49-04*4 play with Dads beds
Gn26-29a We didnt HARM you Gn26-16 we ASKED you to go*1
Gn26-33a City of SHEVA named for Gn21-30:31 OATH=SheVuAh*2
Gn27-27b FRAGRANT BLESSED FIELD Lv23-40 ETHROG=SPLENDOR*3
Gn33-18a Jacob came WHOLE to city Gn32-32 Jacob LIMPED*11
Dt27-12a Blessings ON Mountain Jo08-30:35 ...FACING MOUNTAIN
NOTES
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*1 We ASKED you to go but didnt HARASS you till you went
*2 The point being that the city wasnt named for the symbolic
use of SEVEN (SHIVAH) lambs to seal the treaty(BUt rather
the SEVEN lambs symbolically affirm the OATH=SHEVA for
which the city was named)
*3 Gn27-27b refers to a BLESSED FRAGRANT FIELD while Lv23-40
refers to a TREE OF SPLENDOR.*10
*4
Reuven did not actually sleep with
Bilhah. Rather his fathers favorite
bedware was kept on Bilhah's bed since
Bilhah, Rachels concubine, reminded him
of her after Rachels death. Reuven felt
that his father should be living with
Leah, since Leah was a bonafide wife.
Reuven felt it insulting that Jacob
preferred a concubine vs a real wife.
Hence he switched the bedware from
Bilhahs bed to Leahs bed in order
to talk his father out of his behavior
For our translation of Gn49-04 see footnote *12
*5 Gn45-05 also supports this.
*6 Rashis real point is to avoid confusion
The phrase WORDS OF LAW usually refers to Gods words
of law, the Torah.
However in Ex18-19c and Ex18-16 it refers to the
LAWSUITS of the people.
*7 In LIST901i we have shown that the root Pay-Resh-Kuph means
- UNLOAD (in active mode)
- YANK OFF (in intense mode
- SLIP OFF (in intensive mode)
Since the verse is translated as
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Aaron asked them to YANK the Jewelery off their wives
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Rashi comes to the conclusion that Aaron was interested
in a fight (YANK off wives) and was stalling for time.
Rashi learns this from the word YANK. This OTHER VERSE
motivates Rashi to reinterpret several verses as also
indicating stalling tactics. More specifically Rashi
explains the following as stalling tactics
- Aaron built an altar---RASHI: To stall for time
- Aaron said: A holiday TOMORROW--RASHI: To stall for time
- Aaron said: A holiday to GOD--RASHI: He was hoping Moses
would return and they would have a real holiday to God.
*8 It was Malbim's genious to bring an extra OTHER VERSE
- Ex09-31 shows BARLEY ripens first in EARLY SPRING
- Ex34-22 shows WHEAT ripens in LATE Spring.
Malbim/Rashi applies this distinction to Lv23
- Lv23-10 describes the FIRST BARLEY brought on Passover
- Lv23-17 describes the FIRST WHEAT brought on Pentecost
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*10 Rashi uses the languages
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this refers to an APPLE orchard
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But apple orchards are not known for their fragrance.
Rather the reference is probably to an
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ETHROG orchard
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which has a characteristic hypnotic fragrance. The
Hebrew word for ETHROG is GOLDEN APPLE.(The beauty
of fragrance of an ETHROG ORCHARD was mentioned by
the Rav, Rabbi Soloveitchick).
*11 Rashi citing the Talmud states
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Jacob came whole
- from LIMP
- from Monetary gifts to Esauv(Jacob had all his money)
- with all his learning
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But there 3 items all emanate from Gn32-32 where we
are told that Jacob fought with an angel and won.
Since he won
- he did not lose money
- he did not lose his Jewishness
*12 Gn49-04 is translated by us as
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you played with your fathers beds
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Note the PLURAL BEDS vs BED...this shows that
two BEDS (not the one bed of BILHAH) was involved
We translate the Hebrew root &LH (to go up) as
&LL (To play with).
- THere are no other cases where &LH means &LL
- but interchanges of 1-2-Hey and 1-2-2 roots
does frequently occur in the Bible
- Finally the verse wouldnt make sense if &LH
was translated as GO UP since the phrase
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Go Up on your fathers bed
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couldnt refer to intimacy since intimacy
is always referred to as GOING DOWN instead
of GOING UP.
*13 Rashi gives several interpretations of the phrase
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seed your seed for nought
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The approach in this email group is to consider
the terminal explanation to be the true explanation
Note that this terminal explanation, parents losing
children is consistent with the context of the
verse which speaks about death of people
*14 See http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn50-13a.htm for full
explanation.
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