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REWARD & PUNISHMENT


EXAMPLE: Ex20-05b Children who follow parent sins are punished
EXAMPLE: Ex34-07d Children who follow parent sins are punished


VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Some verses say that parents deeds SHOULD NOT affect children,
While other verses speak about these deeds affecting children for
4, 1000 or 2000 generations!The resolution of these complementary
verses can be facilitated by examining cases. There are 4 cases:
(a) If the children DONT FOLLOW their fathers SINS then they
are not punished for their parents deeds; (b) If children DO
FOLLOW parents SINS they are punished for 4 generations; (c)
If people DO FOLLOW Gods COMMANDMNETS out of FEAR they are
rewarded for 1000 generations;(d) If they DO FOLLOW Gods
COMMANDMENTS out of LOVE they are rewarded for 2000 generations.

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:       RabbiIshmael
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:    TWO CASES
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
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Some Rashis focus on the meaning of individual WORDS.
Other Rashis may focus on the grammar of Biblical VERSES.
Still other Rashis may focus not on individual words or
verses but rather on the comparison of VERSE PAIRS

There are several Rashi rules where 2 or more verses
are compared.

One of these rules focuses on VERSE PAIRS that seem to
CONTRADICT each other. These CONTRADICTIONS can be resolved
by 5 methods.

One of these methods is to carefully examine the details in
the verses; these details may motivate separating the two
contradictory verses into TWO CASES or STAGES of the
same situation

The Standard Example below illustrates this.

STANDARD EXAMPLE
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Consider these two verses.

Nu08-24 Levites come to the temple from 25 years of age
Nu04-03 Levites serve the temple from 30 years of age

STUDENT EXERCISES:
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- How do the above verses contradict each other

- Suggest a way of resolving the contradiction by
considering the two verses as TWO CASES or STAGES of
Levite service

- Can you find words or nuances in the 2 verses supporting
what you suggested

RASHIS SOLUTION
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- One verse says Levites START AT 25 while another
verse states they START at 30

- We can resolve the contradiction by breaking the
Levite service into two stages
- Levite education (This started at age 25)
- Actual Levite service (This started at age 30)

- One verse says Levites COME at age 25. While the other
verse speaks about SERVICE at age 30. If we emphasize
these two words we see that Levites ONLY COME at 25
(to get educated) while they start ACTUAL SERVICE at
age 30 (After a 5 year Degree program!)

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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http://www.RashiYomi.com/ri-14.htm
VERSE TEXT OF VERSE ON REWARD & PUNISHMENT
Dt24-16 Children will not die for fathers nor vise versa*1
Ex20-05 Visits the sins of parents for 4 generations to ENEMIES
COMMENTS
*1 Note the contradictory verses

           Children will NOT die for fathers nor vise versa
           God visists sins of parents on children

   The resolution of the contradiction comes from the CAPPED
   words--ENEMIES. If CHILDREN follow their FATHERS ways and
   remain Gods ENEMIES then God does visit the sins of Fathers
   on CHILDREN. If however the FATHERS were enemies but the
   CHILDREN werent enemies that God does not visit Fathers
   sins on children

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