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VERSE: Nu07-89d

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SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashi's goals is to explain the meaning of
special connective words like THE, ALL, ALSO,BECAUSE
IF,THEN, WHEN. These words exist in all languages.
We call this the Rashi rule of SPECIAL CONNECTIVE
WORDS. When Rashi uses this rule his goal is to
explain ALL NUANCES OF THE CONNECTIVE WORD.

EXAMPLE Nu07-89d
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Verse Nu07-89 states
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When Moses came to the Temple
he heard THE voice MUSING to him...
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The word THE in Hebrew like in English indicates
a POINTING to something known. This KNOWN something
might be in the immediate vicinity or distant.

In this case the phrase THE VOICE refers to
THE VOICE OF PROPHECY mentioned in Ez01-24
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and I heard the voice of the Kerubim's wings
like the voice of the Almighty
like oceans...
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LIST007a summarizes this Rashi and brings
other verses where THE points. Supplemental
points are made in the footnotes.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        SPECIAL CONNECTIVE WORDS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      CONNECTIVE WORDS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #8
SEE BELOW                LIST007a
List of verses with      The word THE=pointing
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======================= LIST007a ===============================
List of verses with      The word THE=pointing
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VERSE    THE means Test of Verse with THE pointing to something
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Nu07-89d POINTING  THE VOICE of PROPHECY=Great Booming voice*13
Nu23-04b POINTING  THE 7 altars=The altars built by patriarchs*12
Dt04-44a POINTING  This is THE TORAH = The 10 commandments*1
Dt04-45a POINTING  These are THE LAWS = The 10 commandments*1
Ex27-07a POINTING  The support poles are brought in THE RINGS*2
Ex28-25b POINTING  Place the EYFOD cords on THE SETTING STONES*3
Nu01-17a POINTING  Moses took THE PEOPLE mentioned*4
Dt04-32c POINTING  Has anyone heard THE GREAT THING(Gd saved us*5
Dt01-01a POINTING  These are THE REBUKES that Moses gave*6
Dt31-19a POINTING  Now you, Jews, write THIS SONG*7
Ex12-02a POINTING  THE NEW MOON will begin each month*8
Nu28-06a POINTING  THE DAILY OLAH offering made in Mount Sinai*9
Nu04-13a POINTING  THE Altar = The Copper Altar*10
Ex26-15a POINTING  THE temple boards=Those planted by Abraham*11

NOTES
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*1 These verses refers to the 10 commandments mentioned
immediately in the next chapter Dt04-06 and cross
referencing the 10 commandments also mentioned in
Ex20

*2 This refers to Ex27-04 a few verses earlier
which describes THE RINGS

*3 This refers to Ex28-13 a few verses earlier which
describes the construction of these stones

*4 This refers to Nu01-01:16 a few verses earlier which
lists the people mentioned

*5 This refers to Gods saving us, a theme which is
mentioned in the very next verse

*6 This refers to THE REBUKES mentioned in
the next few chapters, Dt01 thru Dt13

*7
This refers to THE REBUKE SONG mentioned in the next
chapter Dt32 This SONG is one of only 2 songs written
in a special Biblical song format (with a special triangular
use of Tabs).

Note that by law you cannot write only a PART of the Torah on
parchment. Hence this Biblical commandment to write the REBUKE
SONG necessitates an interpretation to write the WHOLE TORAH!


*8
This is a tricky verse. The simplest approach is to realize
that the Hebrew word CHODESH can refer EITHER to (a) the
new moon, (b) the first of the month or (c) the whole month
(This point is made by RADACK in his book ROOTS).

Hence we interpret the two occurences of CHODESH in this
verse to have 2 different meanings! The verse is interpreted
as follows:
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This NEW-MOON will be for you (the sign) of a new month;
This MONTH will be the first of the months of the year
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Thus we learn 2 laws from this verse- (a) That the new month
is established by a new moon (b) That Nissan-April is the
first legal month.

*9
The reference is to the copper altar mentioned in Ex27-01.
Compare Ex27-01 vs Ex30-01 and notice how reference to the
copper altar uses THE while reference to the Golden altar
does not use THE.

*10 This refers to either of the 2 OLAH offerings offered at
Mount Sinai (Ex24-01:08 brought at the 10 commandments and
Ex29-38:46 brought at the consecration of the priests)


*11
This is probably the most difficult example in this list.
But following the pattern in the other examples we seek a
reference to TREES made for a TEMPLE. There is a clear
reference in Gn21-33 that ABRAHAM PLANTED AN EYSHEL TREE
AND CALLED THERE(Biblical language indicating making an
altar) IN THE NAME OF GOD THE GOD OF THE WORLD.

Thus it seems reasonable that since Abraham planted trees
to make altars the other Patriarchs also followed this
tradition. Hence the statement in Ex26-15 that we should
take THE BOARDS refers to the boards from the trees planted
by the Patriarchs.

(Rashi (Ex25-05c) refers to the  boards planted by JACOB
But in light of the above analysis and the explicit verse
in Gn21-33 we think it reasonable that all the Patriarchs
planted trees for building altars.


*12 Bilam refers to the SEVEN altars built by
    the patriarchs See LIST007b for details.

*13 cf Ez01-24 ...like the VOICE OF OCEANS....
    Rashi does make further points on this Rashi but they
    are derived from other words in the verse. For example
    the interactive MEM-DALETH-BETH-RESH refers to the
    fact that God did not speak to Moses directly but rather
    Moses HEARD GOD MUSING TO HIMSELF (That is the way
    God communicates). Nevertheless this MUSING was a BOLD
    BOOMING Voice.
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