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VERSE: Nu15-18a

RASHIS COVERED: Nu15-18a Ex12-25a

======== BIBLICAL LAWS WHEN WE COME TO ISRAEL ===================

 In about 10 commandments we find the Biblical law stated as
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 WHEN YOU COME to the land promised to you then you should do
 such and such
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 Rashi says on Ex12-25a the general rule that these
 laws are only obligatory AFTER the Jews come to Israel.
 Thus e.g. the Passover ritual was NOT obligatory in the
 wilderness (except for the first one); it was only
 obligatory after the Jews came to the land*1


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Nu15-18a Chalah Laws              In coming *2
Ex12-25a Passover Sacrifice       When you come *1
Lv19-23  3 year Tree abstention   When you come
Lv23-10  Omer Sacrifice           When you come
Lv25-02  Shmitah Laws             When you come
Nu34-01  Levite Cities            When you come
Dt07-01  Destruction of 7 nations When you come
Dt17-04  Making a King *2         When you come &Conquer &Inhabit
Dt18-09  Witchcraft prohibitions  When you come
Dt26-01  First Fruit sacrifice*2  When you come &Conquer &Inhabit

NOTES
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*1 As a general rule of thumb if the law begins WHEN YOU COME
   TO THE LAND then the law is not applicable in the wilderness

   However a few laws that begin WHEN YOU COME TO THE LAND
   are applicable even BEFORE the Jews came to the land.

   For example the witchcraft prohibitions (Dt18-09) state
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   WHEN you come to the land DO NOT LEARN to act like the
   residents. Do not use witchcraft THE WAY THEY DO; rather
   behave simply with Your God
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   So we see that the reason that the prohibitions begin
   with the phrase WHEN YOU COME TO THE LAND is to
   indicate HOW the Jews differ from the Non-Jews.

   In fact, the Sifrah/Sifray states that
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   The reason the paragraph begins with WHEN YOU COME TO
   THE LAND is to indicate the REASON and MERIT by which
   the Jews will inherit the land -- namely, they will
   behave DIFFERENTLY then the non-jewish inhabitants
   which practice witchcraft
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   See Malbim who makes a similar point. The above
   explanation also applies to Dt07-01.

*2 Rashi notes that
   --in 7 verses it simply states WHEN YOU COME TO THE LAND
   --in 2 verses it states WHEN YOU COME, CONQUER & INHABIT
   Thus based on the Rabbi Ishmael Rule of GENERALIZATION
   we infer that ALL phrases of the form WHEN YOU COME
   TO THE LAND mean AFTER WE BOTH CONQUER & INHABIT the
   land. In particular the law would not be obligatory
   after conquest UNTIL we actually inhabited and settled
   down.

   However Nu15-18a uses a different phrase: IN COMING
   TO THE LAND vs WHEN YOU COME TO THE LAND.

   Hence, concludes Rashi/Sifrah/Sifray, the two
   phrases must have distinct meanings. Since WHEN
   YOU COME TO THE LAND means after BOTH CONQUEST
   and INHABITANCE it follows that IN COMING TO THE LAND
   means AFTER CONQUEST (but before INHABITANCE). Hence
   we have the law
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   After they conquered the land they were
   immediately obligated to separate challah
   even though they had not yet inhabited
   the land
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   Three clarifying comments are now in order

   We have used a methodology of clarifying the meaning
   of MANY VERSES using SPECIFICITY in one verse. This
   method is developed in the following URL:
   See url http://www.RashiYomi.Com/lv09-07d.htm
   for examples of deriving meaning of non-specific
   phrases based on a ONE VERSE OCCURENCE WITH
   SPECIFICITY. (Thus e.g.
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   * EGEL means YOUNG COW;one verse says EGEL=1 YEAR
   * BLOOD ON HIM means death; 1 verses says it means STONING
   * CONFOUNDED means confusion;1 verse says it means BY NOISE
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   In passing both Rashi and the Sifrah/Sifray speak about ONE
   VERSE WHERE IT MENTIONS CONQUEST & INHABITANCE. Actually,
   there are TWO verses (Both listed above). It would appear
   to me that this is simply a generalization based on 2
   verses.

   Finally note that MALBIM tries to investigate the
   semantic differences between WHEN YOU COME vs IN COMING.
   MALBIM suggests that IN COMING denotes IMMEDiACY. I
   believe that such an approach, while correct, is too
   technical. My approach is simply to justify everything
   using the above list which speaks for itself. I might
   however at a future date find sufficient examples of
   IF statements beginning with IN DOING which would
   justify MALBIMS approach
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