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VERSE: v9-7-17b

FROM: Russell Hendel, RashiYomi
TO:   Rashi-is-Simple
DATE: July 17th 2001
RE:   THE YELLOW BOOK

The purpose of this posting is to give a fairer review
of the YELLOW BOOK>

In Volume 10 Number 22 I brought a long list of examples
showing that
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===HAECHAD         means          SOMEONE
===HASEFER HAECHAD means          THAT BOOK
===HASEFER   ECHAD means          ONE OF THOSE BOOKS
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Let us now review three Rashis:

RASHI #1: Gn19-09b
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Rashi translates the verse
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And the Sedomites said YOU ARE JUST A SOMEBODY
(HAECHAD) AND NOW YOU WANT TO WRITE LAWS FOR US
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COMMENTS
--------
I and the YELLOW book break even here. I interpret
the word HAECHAD while the YELLOW book is silent on
HAECHAD but brings down other sources. So we each
do our own thing.


RASHI #2: Gn42-27a
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The verse says SOMEONE OPENED HIS SACK AND FOUND
HIS MONEY INSIDE

Rashi explains this was Shimon.

I explained Rashi by suggesting that Levi had
to feed 2 donkeys (His and Shimon who was imprisoned)
Hence he found his money before the other brothers
(who discovered there money at home)

COMMENTS
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The Yellow Book did better than me here. He cites
about a dozen explanations. My explanation is due
to the Tur in the Name of the Rosh.

I would add that I prefer my explanation (the Roshs)
over the other 12 since this explanation does not
have EXTRA assumptions which the remaining
explanations do have. Hence it is a simpler
explanation.


RASHI #3: Nu16-22b
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Rashi translates this verse as
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Only ONE OF THESE sinned. Will you then destroy
all of them
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While both I and the YELLOW BOOK translate this
as a declarative and interrogative sentence
nevertheless I have given novelty.

For I have translated the sentence as ONE OF THESE
SINNED.

In other words according to the YELLOW BOOK Moses
was arguing to save the NATION. Moses asked God
not to destroy the nation because of one person.

By contrast I interpret Moses request not to
destroy the 250 people because of one instigator.
There was no issue of destroying the nation. I
derive this because the semantics of HAISH ECHAD
means ONE OF THESE (Referring to the 250 people)

Thus in this example I do better than the YELLOW
BOOK since I give a better translation.

In summary, while ERUDITION is good (YELLOW BOOK)
and sometimes leads to better translations(RASHI #2)
nevertheless without ANALYSIS some good novelty
will be overlooked (RASHI #3).

This concludes my review of the Yellow Book

Russell Hendel;RashiYomi Inc.