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VERSE: Nu10-02a

RASHI COVERED: Nu10-02a Nu10-02b Nu10-02c Nu13-02b
               Ex25-08a Ex25-02a Ex18-27a Nu10-01b

COMMENT: Note that there are several viewpoints on HOW
         MANY Rashis are on Nu10-01. Some Chumashim count 3
         Other chumashim combine two of these Rashis
         (in various ways) making 2 Rashis. We even suggest
         an approach of combining all 3

============ THE PHRASE for yourself INDICATES PERSONAL USE =====

 The 3 Rashis on Nu10-02a deal with the rule of Grammar
 mentioned several times by Rashi that
 * a Verb with the added phrase FOR YOURSELF indicates
   an activity that was done for PERSONAL use
 EXAMPLE: SEND SPIES would indicate a direct command,
 while SEND FOR YOURSELF SPIES indicates that you
 should send spies IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT (Personal reasons)

 The Rashis on the verses below all indicate how the
 activity was personal.

 Note that the statement that the activity was personal
 does not have any specificity -- HOW was it personal?
 Consequently each Rashi shows a reasonable but shrewd
 guess on how the given activity was PERSONAL.

 In fact one perspective of Rashi on Nu10-01 is that
 Rashi simply gave 3 ways this activity could be personal.

 We now present the LIST. Further details are in the
 footnotes.

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VERSE    TEXT OF VERSE                     FOR YOU/ME=
======== ================================= ======================
Nu13-02b Send for YOURSELF spies           if you want
Ex25-08a Make for ME a Temple              Dedicated to Me
Ex25-02a Take for ME Temple gifts          Dedicated to me
Ex18-27a & he went for HIMSELF to his land For personal reasons*1
Nu10-01b make for YOURSELF to trumpets     Personal use*2

NOTES
=====
*1 BACKGROUND: The previous chapter Ex18 states how much Jethro
   admired Gods salvation of the Jews from Egypt. Hence if
   the verse states JETHRO RETURNED FOR PERSONAL REASONS
   TO HIS COUNTRY, Rashi conjectures that he probably
   went to convert his friends and family to Noachidic
   belief in God, and founded the SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
   OF JETHRO (Jud04-11)

*2 A simple approach to reading Rashi is as follows:
   The phrase MAKE FOR YOURSELF implies that there was
   SOMETHING PERSONAL about the making of the trumpets.
   So Rashi is careful NOT to take sides but simply to
   give 3 examples of WHAT could be PERSONAL about them.
   --------------------------------------------------------
   PERSONAL IN PURPOSE  Trumpets blasts honor Moses as King
   PERSONAL IN SOURCE   Trumpets were made from Moses funds
   PERSONAL IN USERS    Only Moses (no one else) could blow
   --------------------------------------------------------

   Thus these 3 Rashis should be read as one continuous
   Rashi containing 3 possibilities on  MAKE FOR YOURSELF.
   An examination of manuscripts shows that some Chumashim
   combine 2 of these Rashis into one. Thus our suggestion
   seems feasable.

   An alternative explanation is presented below.
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================= REFERENCES TO ARTISAN PRODUCTIONS =======

 Were the various holy objects made by PUBLIC or PRIVATE
 funds? The LIST below shows a variety of verses discussing
 production of holy objects. Some of these verses use
 Singular while some use Plural.

 There are then two points of view

 VIEW 1:
 ------
 * If the SINGULAR is used then the funding was PRIVATE
 * If the PLURAL is used then the funding was PUBLIC

 As to the production of the ark being in both SINGULAR
 and PLURAL: We would simply say that this refers to the
 two arks (one for the first tablets and one for the second

 VIEW 2
 ------
 * All temple objects were made from Public funds
 * But God prefered Moses donation to the nations

 The Sifrah/Sifray further explains that e.g. by the ark:
 * When they did Gods will, God equally liked all funds
 * When they sinned, God preferred Moses contributions

 In a nutshell, the SINGULAR PLURAL represents
 * REQUIRED funding according to VIEW 1(public vs private)
 * PREFERRED funding according to VIEW 2(Moses vs nation)*1

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VERSE   TEXT-1   TEXT-2 of VERSE           SINGLE/PLURAL
======= ======== ========================  ===============
Ex25-02 Let THEM take for me Temple gifts  PLURAL
Nu10-02     YOU, make horns                SINGULAR
Dt10-01     YOU, make an Ark               SINGULAR
Dt10-03 And I,   made an Ark               SINGULAR
Ex25-10 Let THEM make an Ark               PLURAL

NOTES
=====
*1 Rashi, as is his frequent custom, only cites the
   BEGINNING OF THE Sifray/Sifray which states
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   MAKE FOR YOURSELF: Rashi:The word YOURSELF means that
   the funding was PRIVATE
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   However the rest of the Sifrah/Sifray indicates the
   2 views we have mentioned
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