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VERSE: Nu15-36a

RASHIS COVERED: Nu15-36a Nu15-39a Nu15-41f

======================== Nu15-36a ============================


SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi will very often take a verse whose
meaning is ALREADY understood and ADD a consequence
to the verse. We call this the SPREADSHEET
method since SPREADSHEETS are very often
used to derive consequences of otherwise
understood data.  We also classify Rashis
as using the SPREADSHEET method when Rashi
gives COMPUTATIONAL or GEOMETRIC diagrams
to clarify the meaning of the verse.

EXAMPLE 1: Nu15-36a states
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And the Lord said to Moses, The man shall
be surely put to death; all the congregation
shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
And all THE CONGREGATION BROUGHT HIM OUTSIDE
THE CAMP and stoned him with stones, and he
died; as the Lord commanded Moses.
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From the capped phrase
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THE CONGREGATION BROUGHT HIM OUTSIDE THE CAMP
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Rashi infers this teaches that the execution
chamber (i.e. place of stoning) is distant
from the court.
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The Talmud gives a judicial reason for this
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The convicted was accompanied by judges
on his way from the court to execution
If on the way to execution the convicted
remembers a defense they bring him back
to court for a trial addendum
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EXAMPLE 2: Nu15-39a Nu15-41f
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Nu15-39 states that the purpose of the Tzitzith is to
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Remember the commandments of God...and do them
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Rabbinically several signs were fixed in the
Tzitzith to remind us of GODS COMMANDMENTS
(NOTE: We call this the SPREADSHEET method since
it is not an inference IN the verse that CLARIFIES
meaning but rather a SUPPLEMENT by the Talmudic
Rabbis to the verses plain meaning). Here are two
such explanations

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- Rabbinically the number of Tzitziths  = 8
- Rabbinically the number of knots      = 5
- The numerical value of TZITZITH       = 600
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -   - - -
- The GRAND TOTAL is                    = 613
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The first explanation focused on the COMMANDMENTS-
in Rabbis instituted signs to remind one of the
number of commandments.

The second explanation focuses on the REVELATION
It enables the TZITZITH to remind us of the
Exodus from Egypt

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- Number of Tzitzith = 8 = 8 days till Egypt drowns
- Sky Blue thread    = Sky = Revelation from Heaven
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In this second explanation
- the SKY BLUE thread is BIBLICALLY ordained
- the 8 Tzitzith threads are RABINICALLY ordained

LIST690a below summarizes the above examples and
presents other Rashis using the SPREADSHEET principle.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        SPREADSHEETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      ALGEBRA
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #30
SEE BELOW                LIST690a
List of Rashis using     Spreadsheets/Algebra
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==================== LIST690a ==================================
List of Rashis using     Spreadsheets/Algebra
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VERSE         Item Spreadsheet is used for
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Nu15-36a.htm  EXECUTION chamber is distant from court(..GO OUT.)
Nu15-36a.htm  REMEMBER COMMANDS:(Rabbinic)8 threads+5 knots+=613
Nu15-36a.htm  REMEMBER REVELATION:SKYblue thread=Heaven
ex35-01a.htm  List of 3 40-day ascents by Moses to Mount Sinai
ex32-15a.htm  Diagram of the 10 commandments bored in stone
ex26-09a.htm  Dimesions of Temple building and curtain coverings
ex10-11b.htm  Pharoh denied YOUTH to go--elders and sheep ok
ex08-14a.htm  Frogs CAME UP--FROM the River TO LAND
ex08-14b.htm  Witches tried to make LICE come up FROM ELSEWHER*4
ex08-14a.htm  Witches couldnt make hallucinations of Lice*5
ex01-15d.htm  Miryam helped Pharohs daughter get midwife*3
gn42-23b.htm  Joe used interpreter;So they spoke in front of him
gn33-11b.htm  NATION Israel will be fruitful; So will PERSON Jcb
gn29-25a.htm  Had I known God here,I wouldn't HAVE SLEPT HERE
gn18-24a.htm  God spares 1 city for 10, 2 cities for 20,3 for 30
gn14-02a.htm  Good for relationships: Revisit old Hotel spots
gn09-20c.htm  Noah planted a vineyard---(He took VINES into ark)
gn09-20c.htm  Ark door on SIDE--if on roof there could be leaks
gn09-20c.htm  ARK SIDES COMPLETE UPWARD 1=sloping wall,1 ft roof
dt31-21b.htm  POEM WILL BE REMEMBERED==>Torah ALWAYS REMEMBERED
dt31-21b.htm  Place TORAH on side of ARK:SIDE=attachment/inside
dt28-02d.htm  Geometrical identification of 1st fruit-Tie string
nu21-17a.htm  Numerical illustration of eldest inheriting double
nu21-17a.htm  Illustration of (A and B)==>C vs A==>(B==>C)
nu33-49a.htm  Jewish camp from YESHIMOTH to SHITIM=12 sq mil
nu33-49a.htm  Border descriptors: WILL BE, PASS, ROLL, ETCH,OUT
nu30-06b.htm  Unknown vow annulment effects forgiveness of sin*2
nu26-54a.htm  Israel divided a)Per PERSON b) Per DOLLAR of land
nu21-13b.htm  Illustrate complex geometric border design
nu13-22b.htm  Israel is superior of all lands
gn49-26d.htm  your fathers blessings greater than my fathers
dt21-17a.htm  How to give 1st-born double *1
ex38-24b.htm  Computation of relative value of Biblical currency
nu03-39b.htm  Accounting of Levite children
nu31-26a.htm  Division of booty in war
gn05-32b.htm  Computation of relative ages of Noachs children
gn25-20a.htm  Proof that Rivkah was 15 when she married Isaac

NOTES
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*1  Many people are familiar with the concept of the
    FORMULA PLUG IN. That is a problem is solved by a
    formula which you plug into.

    But some problems intrinsically cannot (initally)
    be solved by a formula. Instead you have to
    formulate the problem algebraically and solve;only
    then do you have the formula.

    In other words these problems are solved by
    the EQUATION vs the FORMULA

    Thus the statement that the eldest gets double
    suggests the following model.

    - Suppose the are B brothers
    - Suppose 1 of them is eldest
    - The Fathers total assets are T (Total)

    - Let A be the amount each brother inherits
    We have no formula for A

    - Then each of the B-1 brothers obtains A
    - The eldest obtains double, 2A.
    - Together this exhausts the Fathers estate, T

    Hence we have (B-1)A + 2A = (B+1)A = T

    This gives rise to the formula  A = T / (B+1)

    An example is a father with 100,000 and 4 children
    - T=100,000
    - B=4
    - So each child take T/(B+1) = 100000/5 = 20,000
    - Eldest takes 2*20000=40000
    - Other 3 take 20000
    - Total distribution =3*20000+40000=100000

    See Rambam Inheritance Chapter 2

*2
Rashi gives a clarifying example to the verse GOD FORGIVES HER
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- the women vowed to become a nazarite
- the husband annuled her vow
- but the husband did not tell her about the annulment
- the women then violated her vow
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- In such a case God forgives the women (despite her
  intending to commit a sin) because of the unknown
  annulment of her husband
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- We conclude that sin is an attribute of ACTION,not INTENT
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*3 Recall that Pharoh ordered all male babys murdered.
   Moses was not murdered when born but was kept
   in hiding for 3 months. His mother put him in a box
   floating on the Nile. When Pharoh's daughter found the
   box Miryam, Moses sister, approached Pharoh's daughter
   to ask if she wanted help from a Midwife.

   If Miryam was a nobody this would have aroused suspicion
   Why was she mysteriously appearing to offer help after
   the baby was found.

   Therefore Miryam was probably a professional midwife.
   She could offer help without suspicion. Similarly
   Yocheved must have been a midwife...she made her
   living thru nursing and delivering so no body
   would suspect her of being the mother.

   This proof is not iron clad---but rather the
   identification of Miryam and Yocheved as
   midwives alleviates some of the "coincidences"
   that happen in the story.

*4 The Egyptian magicians tried to bring
the LICE out FROM ELSEWHERE (So that
they could take credit for it) but could
not do so

*5
There is an old controversy whether
WITCHCRAFT is real or not. I have solved
this problem in an unpublished article

- WITCHCRAFT does NOT affect the real world
Hence in some sense it is NOT REAL

- WITCHCRAFT takes effect by using HALLUCINATIONS

It causes the recipient to SENSE THINGS that
are not there. For example a WITCH may make
a person believe that he sees FLYING ELEPHANTS

- - The witch has NOT PRODUCED flying elephants
- - But the witch HAS PRODUCED AN HALLUCINATION

In this sense witchcraft is PSYCHOLOGICALLY REAL.

Using this distinction we can understand why
the Egypitan WITCHES (= HALLUCINATION CREATORS)
were able to CREATE FROGS but not LICE.

FROGS are big and it is easy to make people
hallucinate them. LICE is minute. Rashi
explains that it is difficult to make
people HALLUCINATE minute objects...for this
reason the Egyptian witches could not produce
the lice. (And hence they had to recognize
Moses as a prophet vs a WITCH)
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