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VERSE: Nu03-29a
RASHIS COVERED: Nu03-29a Nu03-38a Nu16-01d
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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Rashis main goals are clarification of MEANING and GRAMMAR
But secondary goals of Rashi include broad database
queries showing underlying patterns.
One such database query is on the camp positions of the
12 tribes. The 12 tribes camped in N,S,E,W. This
brought certain tribes close together. By analyzing
common characteristics of those tribes that are close
together we find that, as a famous adage says, good
neihborhoods influence to good while bad neighborhoods
influence to bad
Here are some of Rashis findings
- Judah Yissachar Zevulun and the Levites (Moses) campled
on the EAST side. We find that
-- these tribes all had significant increases in children
-- these tribes were all distinguished in scholarship
- Kehath (Korach) and Reuven camped on the south side
Hence they influenced each other in the Korach rebellion
- Reuven-Gad-Shimon were the only tribes that had decreases
in the census
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: DATABASES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS DATABASES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #27
SEE BELOW LIST605c
Comparison of Tribes by Geographic position
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We compare the tribes by their geographic position in the encampment
Nu01 and Nu26 gives two different censii. From these censii we see
that the
- SOUTHERN camp ALL WENT DOWN (And were all known for sin/rebellion)
- EASTER camp ALL WENT UP (And were all known for their learning)
The Levites also had 4 positions. This gives further insights--
for example the Kehathites were on the South and helped fuel
the Korach rebellion*1
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Tribe Nu01 Nu26 % Change Where Levites Known For Verse
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Total 603550 601730 -0.3%
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Reuven 46500 43730 -6.0% S Kehath Korach Nu16
Shimon 59300 22200 -62.6% S Kehath Moabite Nu25
Gad 45650 40500 -11.3% S Kehath
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Judah 74600 76500 2.5% E Moses Legislators Gn49-10
Yissachar 54400 64300 18.2% E Moses teachers 1C12-33
Zevulun 57400 60500 5.4% E Moses Scribes Jud5-14
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Ephraim 40500 32500 -19.8% W Gayrshon
Menasheh 32200 52700 63.7% W Gayrshon
Benjamin 35400 45600 28.8% W Gayrshon
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Dan 62700 64400 2.7% N Merari
Asher 41500 53400 28.7% N Merari
Naftali 53400 45400 -15.0% N Merari
NOTES
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*1 The brilliant idea of reviewing the census is due to
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch in his commentary.
Acknowledgement is made to my late Father, Abraham Hendel,
may he rest in peace, who helped with the above spreadsheet
(My father frequently made contributions to language
and appearance of the Rashi lists)
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