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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | ||
SUCCINCT SUMMARY ---------------- For a comprehensive but short introduction to symbolism see the essay http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gen-1.htm Rav Hirsch showed that in sacrifices that - OX means that the Jews are COWORKERS with God leading the nations thru history - RAM refers to Jewish LEADERS who help shepard Gods flock - SHEEP refer to the Jewish masses who FOLLOW These symbols are based on many explicit verses Remarkably however Rashi states that - OX = Abraham=Abraham Co-worked with God - RAM = Isaac = Isaac leads Jacob/Esauv - SHEEP = Jacob = The sheepish worker who follows his boss It thus appears that Rashi and Rav Hirsch differ!!! But a clever alignment of the half dozen verses mentioning the holiday OXEN, RAMS, SHEEPS shows that - the word,AND never occurs (1 OX, 1 RAM, 7 SHEEP) - By Passover,AND,occurs twice (1 Ox AND 1 Ram AND 7 Sheep) - By the New Moon AND occurs once (1 ox AND 1 Ram, 7 Sheep) This is easy to explain. In most holidays the forces of the patriarchs are distinct--eg on Shavuoth some people are like ABRAHAM being a beacon of light to the nations; some people are Rabbinic Rams=Leaders(Like ISAAC) while most Jews are SHEEP, FOLLOWERS(Like JACOB) But on Passover every Jew combines the forces of all 3 Patriarchs (All Jews CO-WORK with God to show the world the meaning of Freedom; All Jews LEAD their families in their seders and All Jews FOLLOW others Hence the 3 Patriarchs combine on Passover(AND AND) On the New moon(Which commemorates the Golden-calf incident) the Coworkers (Moses) and the leaders (Tribe of Levi) were with God (1 AND) while the Jewish people rebelled (Sheep separate). So Rashi-is-Simple: There is no controversy - Rav Hirsch explained the meaning of the HOLIDAY SACRIFICES - Rashi, by contrast, explained the usage of AND Rashi and Rav Hirsch are both 100% correct. They were talking about different things. There is no disagreement Only complete harmony. - PRAISE BE HIM WHO CHOSE THEM AND THEIR LEARNING - | ||
| ITEM | DETAIL | |
| RASHI RULE CLASS: | ALIGNMENT | |
| RASHI SUBRULE CLASS | NUANCE | |
| RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE | #11 | |
| SEE BELOW | LIST307f | |
| 7 verses discussing | Ox,Ram,Sheep holiday offerings | |
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(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-03 | |||||||
An alignment of the half dozen holiday sacrifices involving Ox, Ram and Sheep | |||||||
| VERSE | HOLIDAY | OX | AND? | RAM | AND? | SHEEP | |
| Nu28-11 | New Moon | 1 Ox | and*1 | 1 Ram | 7 sheep | ||
| Nu28-19 | Passover | 1 Ox | and*2 | 1 Ram | and*2 | 7 sheep | |
| Nu28-27 | Pentecost | 1 Ox | 1 Ram | 7 sheep*3 | |||
| Nu29-02 | New Year | 1 Ox | 1 Ram | 7 sheep*3 | |||
| Nu29-08 | Yom Kippur | 1 Ox | 1 Ram | 7 Sheep*3 | |||
| Nu29-13 | Succoth | 1 Ox | 1 Ram | 7 Sheep*3 | |||
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*1 The New Moon commemorates the Golden calf Gods co-workers(=Ox=Moses) and the Jewish leadership (=Ram=Levi) were united while the Jewish masses(Sheep) were separate *2 On Passover the forces of all 3 Patriarchs combine The Jews lead the world (=Ox = Coworker with God); the Jews lead each other in the Seder(Ram=Leader); the Jews follow their leaders(Sheep=Follower)*10 *3 On the other holidays different factions of the Jewish people represent different forces - Some lead the nations (Like Joseph)=Coworker with God=Ox - Some lead the Jew (Like Rabbis/Priests)=Leader=Ram - Some just follow(Like the masses)=Follower=Sheep | |||||||
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*10 Again: Rashi and Rav Hirsch dont disagree but rather complement each other - Rav Hirsch explains the symbolism of the offerings - Rashi explains why the word AND sometimes occur One more item: Rashi actually says that - Isaac is the Ram because of the Ram of the Akaydah - Jacob is the Sheep because he was a shepard - Abraham is the Ox because he served Oxen But Rashi (as he sometimes does) was only giving nifty examples so people could remember. The truth of the matter is that Abraham=Coworker with God leading the nations=Ox Isaac =Leader of Jacob/Esauv=Ram Jacob =Exile Jew--sheepish--follower Instead of giving abstract symbolism Rashi simply uses catchy examples. The main point however is that Rashi explains AND and Rav Hirsch explains the general SYMBOLISM. Finally we understand why Rashi cited Rav Moshe Hadarsham since this explanation refers to subtle aligned VAVs. | |||||||