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VERSE: Nu03-40a
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RASHIS COVERED: Nu03-40a

>Nu03-40a   >Count all males above 1 month of age


>RASHI:     >An infant that lasts 1 month has a
            >status of a CERTAIN VIABLE INFANT


Rashi is simply using the known law that
        >1 month is the cut off point for infant
        >viability


Part of the goal of this email list is to clarify
which Rashis can be defended as logical and which
Rashis are just traditions or nice thoughts. In this
verse Rashi is using the law that
      >1 month is the cutoff for INFANT VIABILITY
to help us appreciate why the verse only counts
      >infants above 1 month

It cannot be the case that Rashi is
deriving the fact that
      >1 month is the cutoff for CERTAIN INFANT VIABILITY
from this verse which says
      >count infants from 1 month up
Indeed, we have a tradition that
      >All measurements are traditions handed down
      >to Moses at Sinai
Therefore we are not DERIVING the 1 month viability
from the verse but rather are USING this fact to
help us appreciate the verse.


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