Rabbi Ishmael-5 Methods:#12 of 14
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This series is devoted to the 2 dozen Rashis that deal
with the Rabbi Ishmael rule of
>two complementary verses
It turns out there are 5 ways that Rabbi Ishmael deals with
>two complementary verses
In part 1 we showed the method of
>2 verses = 2 ASPECTS of the same entity
Thus
>ISRAEL sent a delegation to Edom
>MOSES sent a delegation to Edom
perceive
>MOSES as the representative of Israel
A reader completing the reading of this dozen-example-module
will have minimum proficiency in appreciating how this rule
of Rabbi Ishmael works (If this module works out we will
try and develop modules for the other 12 principles).
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In this issue we give another example of the principle
>2 contradictory verses can indicate 2 Different MODALITIES
By the word
>MODALITY
we mean whether an action is
>REQUIRED
>PERMISSABLE (But not required)
>PROHIBITED
The basic idea is that if one verse says that something is
>REQUIRED
but another verse says it is
>PROHIBITED
we
>RESOLVE
the two verses and say it is
>PERMISSABLE
This example completes the examples in this module on Rabbi
Ishmael. We will have two more modules which will
>SUMMARIZE
compactly in nice lists the 5 methods and the dozen
examples.
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EXAMPLE 12
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Recall the laws for Passover
>you MAY NOT eat bread for ALL 7 days
>you MUST eat MATZOH on the 1st day(SEDER)
>you MAY eat Matzoh the remaining 6 days
So Rashi is simple
>v2-12-8 explicitly says about the seder night
>you MUST eat the Pascal lamb on MATZOH and MARROR
>v2-12-19:20 explicitly says that
>all bread MUST NOT be eaten(for 7 days)
>v5-16-8 explicitly says that after offering
>the pascal lamb you (MAY) eat Matzoh for
>six days
>v2-12-8 says to eat Matzoh (INSTEAD) of eating
>bread which is prohibited
So the 4 terms of
>MODALITY
that occur in these verses
>MUST eat Matzoh (1 day)
>MUST NOT eat bread (7 days)
>MAY eat Matzoh (last 6 days)
>RATHER eat Matzoh (than bread)
are learned from the
>SIMULTANEITY of VERSES
(There are various other comments in Rashi but the above is
the simple meaning of the text and is consistent with how
the principle of TWO COMPLEMENTARY VERSES occurs throughout
the Torah).
We have already reviewed this example in the Rashi-Rambam GOLDEN
series. The two verses v5-15-9 and v5-24-15 speak about the
prohibition of witholding loans or wages. The two verses warn
against hurting the person
>lest he DOES CALL TO GOD (5-15-9)
>so that he does NOT CALL TO GOD (5-24-15)
From these verses we learn
>MODALITY
That is we learn that the opressed person has
>the RIGHT to pray against the opressor(he MAY pray)
>but is not OBLIGATED to so pray (not, he MUST pray)
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