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VERSE: Nu29-26a

>Verse: Nu29-26a "And the holiday of FIRST FRUITS"
>RASHI: The holiday of FIRST FRUITS refers to SHAVUOTH
        It is so called because of the DUAL-BREAD offering
        that is offered on that holiday(Lv23-15:22) which
        is the first offering of the new harvest

Rashi appears to derive the meaning of FIRST-FRUIT holiday
from the DUAL BREAD offering. Actually this is not the case.
Rashi derives the meaning of the FIRST-FRUIT holiday from
the correspondence of the two {LISTS} of holidays in Leviticus
and Numbers. They are as follows


{LIST} {Holidays in Leviticus and Numbers. The correspondence
        shows that "1stFruit" holiday is Shavuoth. Technically
        this type of double list is called an INNER JOIN since
        the {LISTS} are lined up based on a common field}

LEVITICUS             NUMBERS
HOLIDAY     VERSE     HOLIDAY    VERSE
----------  -------   -------    -------
Passover    Lv23-04   Passover   Nu28-16
Shavuoth    Lv23-15   1stFruit   Nu28-26  ####
New Year    Lv23-23   NewYear    Nu29-01
Yom Kippur  Lv23-26   YomKippur  Nu29-07
Succoth     Lv23-33   Succoth    Nu29-12

Thus we clearly see that "1st Fruit holiday" corresponds
to Shavuoth.

In conclusion Rashi did not derive the meaning of 1st fruit
holiday from a play on words---rather Rashi derived the
meaning of 1st fruit holiday from the above correspondence.
AFTER Rashi derived the meaning of the term Rashi THEN
proceeded to explain WHY 1st fruit holiday was so called

COMMENT
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Note that our approach uses {LISTS} and is superior to
the "What is Rashis question" approach. For the "What is
bothering Rashi" approach would undoubtedly point out that
eg FIRST FRUITS were ALSO brought on PASSOVER (cf Dt26-01:11)
and therefore "1stFRUIT" holiday could equally refer to
PASSOVER or SHAVUOTH. One then spends time trying to figure
out a la Rashi why it refers to Shavuoth vs Succoth.

However our approach is simple and straightforward--Rashi
does not have to have a problem. Rather Rashi has to have
a list. The {LIST} in a straightforward manner suggests
a correspondence and it is this correspondence which
creates meaning. After the meaning is established Rashi
tries to justify it. This is the proper approach
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