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In this small module we will examine the Biblical phrase
        >THE ELO-HIM (Not just "ELO-HIM" but "THE ELO-HIM")
which occurs several times in Tnach.




Rashis' basic thesis is that
        >THE ELO-HIM = Judicial Process
That is THE ELO-HIM refers either to God or to Human
judicial process.




We will break up the examples into two sets. The first
set, in this issue, will be
        >obvious examples---
THE ELO-HIM obviously refers to Judicial process.
The second set, which will be in the following issues
will be
        >non-obvious examples.
This breaking of data sets into OBVIOUS and NON OBVIOUS
examples is a hallmark of advanced data analysis. We
shall have occasion to discuss this fascinating approach
to data later. First, the examples.


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EXAMPLE 1: Ex21-06a
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The Biblical text is speaking about a slave who refuses freedom and
wishes to remain a slave. The Bible tells the master...

>Ex21-06a       >His master should bring him to HAELOHIM

>RASHI:         >The Hebrew word
                        >HAELOHIM
                >means
                        >court.




EXAMPLE 2: Gn06-02z
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>Gn06-02a  >And the students of HAELOHIM snatched girls

>RASHI:    >The Hebrew word
                  >HAELOHIM
           >means
                  >the princes and Judges

           >(More in Rashi but we have discussed this elsewhere


EXAMPLE 3: Ex18-19b
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The Biblical text is discussing how Jethro advised Moses on a
more efficient judicial system.  Jethro suggested that Moses
simply act as a middleman for delivery of the Law from God and
that a hierarchy of Judges be used to decide cases.

>Ex18-19b       >You be for the nation opposite HAELOKIM

>RASHI:         >You should be the middleman that
                >ASKS GOD ABOUT PROPER LEGAL PROCEDURE


Thus even though
        >HAELOKIM does refer to God here,
nevertheless Rashi emphasizes that
        >HAELOKIM refers to God in his capacity as a Law Giver
(NOTE: To be fair to Rashi---Rashi explains 2 words
        >OPPOSITE = Middleman
        >HAELOHIM = God as transmitter of Law
We only explained one of these two. The other will be explained
at a later date).



Note the simplicity and elegance by which Rashi explains
these 3 examples using the single concept
        >THE ELOHIM = Judicial Process
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