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VERSE: Gn49-06a
RASHIS COVERED: Gn49-06a Gn49-06b Gn49-06e Gn49-06f
Gn49-06a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04


SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to explain overall structure
This is particularly true in poetic passages. We have
advocated that the best way to understand a poetic passage
is to
- identify the unifying idea
- review the clauses supporting this unifying idea
- emphasize nuances in these verses

EXAMPLE Gn49-06
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Jacob states: Simon/Levi are criminals-No association with them
Jacob develops this theme
- I dont want part of their logic
- I dont want part of their mob scenes
- BECAUSE They killed a city
- BECAUSE They pillaged a city

Rashi then adds further details by referring to Gn34
- Their logic to kill a city BECAUSE THEY RAPED OUR SISTER
- Their mob scenes killing an entire city
- They killed the city of Schem where Dinah was raped
- They pillaged the city of Schem

It seems to me that this is the simple meaning of the text
However Rashi following the Midrash adds TYPICAL EXAMPLES
IN THE FUTURE*1
- Their logic in Midyanite Rebellion - WE CAN MARRY LIKE MOSES
- Their mob scene by Korach
- their attempts to kill Joseph
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: BULLETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS BULLETING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #26
SEE BELOW LIST106n
List of Poetic clauses in Gn49-06
COMMENTS
 
*1 This seems to me to be the simple way of taking
Rashi--namely the verse does refer to Schem--
but to enrich our understanding of the verse
Rashi shows similar examples in the future.

In other words it is not NECESSARY to assume
that Rashi believed the PRIMARY MEANING of
the verse refered to the future.
Gn49-06a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

List of                  Poetic clauses in Gn49-06
VERSE TEXT OF VERSE PAST FUTURE
Gn49-06a My soul will not come in their logic Schem*1 Midyan*2
Gn49-06b My soul: Do not come to their mobs Schem*3 Korach*4
Gn49-06e For they killed people*6 in anger Schem*5 Joseph*6
Gn49-06f For they pillaged/castrated livestock Schem*7 Joseph
COMMENTS
 
*1 Gn34-31 Shimon and Levi killed a city because
THEY TREATED OUR SISTER LIKE A HARLOT*10

*2 Nu26-05 A high ranking Simonian prince
had relations publicly before the whole
congregation. The suggestion was that the
Simonian prince used the following logic
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If you Moses could marry a Midiyanite
why cant we
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*3 Gn34-25 Shimon and Levi killed a city

*4 Nu16 -- Shimonites incited a rebellion against Moses

*5 Gn34-25 Shimon and Levi killed a whole city

*6 See http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn49-05a.htm in
this digest (Volume 20 Number 14) It was Shimon
who tried to kill Joseph (See Gn37-19)

At a simple level Rashi is simply generalizing
everything in the verse. That is, not only were
Shimon and Levi violent in Schem they were also
evil and violent in many other places.

However Rashi is also commenting on the
use of the singular in the verse. Instead of
the verse saying
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In their anger they killed PEOPLE
When they felt like it they castrated OXEN
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It instead says
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In their anger they killed a PERSON
When they felt like it they castrated the OX
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Rashi points out that military victories can
be described either against a PERSON or against
a PEOPLE. However the use of the singular suggests
that Shimon and Levi sinned against a single
person besides a whole city.

*7 See Gn34-28. It explicitly says that Shimon
and Levi PILLAGED THE CITY. As we indicated above
we think the simplest way to take Rashi is that
- the verse primarily refers to their actions in Schem
That they destroyed a whole city

- but to enrich our understanding of the verse Rashi
gives comparable examples of violence from Shimon
and Levi in the future.
LONGER FOOTNOTES
 

*10 The word Samech-Dalet means SECRET can can be used
to denote (Twisted) logic.
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