Rabbi Ishmael-5 Methods:#1 of 14 ########################################################### # 10 YEAR Ayelet DAILY-RASHI-YOMI CYCLE # # Mar 15-Apr 30, 2000 # # Rashis 1-14 Of 7800 (0.2%) # # # # Reprinted with permission from Rashi-is-Simple, # # (c) 1999-Present, Dr. Hendel # # http://www.shamash.org/rashi # # # #Permission to reprint with this header but not for profit# # # # WARNING: READ with COURIER 10 (Fixed width) FONTS # ########################################################### The following 14 modules review a dozen to two dozen examples illustrating Rabbi Ishmael's famous principle concerning >two verses that contradict each other. This material is reprinted from http://www.shamash.org/rashi with permission of the author, myself. It turns out there are 5 methods by which Rabbi Ishmael deals with two complementary verses. Let us begin with a simple example #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (C) Dr Hendel, 2000 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#* You pick up a newspaper and the SAME article says both >Barak and Arafat make peace and >Israel and the PLO make peace Such alternations (Barak vs Israel) would not bother anybody. Indeed we all understand that >Barak is the elected REPRESENTATIVE of ISRAEL and hence we can equally say that >Barak signed the agreement or >Israel signed the agreement. EXAMPLE 1 --------- In a similar manner the two verses 4-21-21 and 5-2-26 state >ISRAEL sent delegates to Edom >MOSES sent delegates to Edom So Rashi is Simple >Moses represented Israel. Note that Chazal formulate the above principle in terms of >CONTRADICTION For this is one of the 13 Exegetical principles of Rabbi Ishmael >Two verses that CONTRADICT each other >until a 3rd verse comes and reconciles them However In Example 1 ("Moses sent" vs "Israel sent") modern ears find it peculiar >to call the use of MOSES vs ISRAEL as a contradiction Also note that >there is no 3rd verse 'reconciling' the contradiction >but rather we learn it from plain logic. In summary, the 2 verses WHEN TAKEN LITERALLY say different things but we simply understand the 2 verses as >indicating two components of the same entity. This perspective >2 verses indicating two components of an entity is the BASIC idea that we are reviewing today. As this multi series develops we will see other uses of 'two contradictory verses' besides the approach we just presented of >two components of the same entity We now give 4 other examples. --------------------------------------- | QUESTION 1: | | =========== | | Can you find many examples of this | | principle of two verses that | | complement each other. What tools | | would you use? We intend to cover | | this principle over several issues | | and have a giant summary list at the| | end. Perhaps you can think of some | | examples not already found. Try and | | make your own list. | --------------------------------------- #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*# (C) Dr Hendel, 2000 *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*