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RIGHTS IN PRIESTLY GIFTS |
RASHIS COVERED: Nu05-10a Nu05-10b Nu05-10c
VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Nu05-08:10 reads as follows
--The theft guilt offering TO THE PRIEST
--The RAISINGS from offerings TO THE PRIEST
--The [Distribution rights of] sacrifices TO THE OWNER
--The [Ownership] TO THE PRIEST
The repeating keyword TO acts the same way a Bullet functions
in English. It creates cohesive unity & clarity in the paragraph
The last two verse clauses are interpreted using Rabbi Ishmaels
contradictory verse method: Each contradictory verse is assigned
a different modality or aspect(DISTRIBUTION RIGHT vs OWNERSHIP)
Here is the list
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| VERSE |
SACRIFICE DISCUSSED |
BULLETED PHRASE |
| Nu05-08 |
The guilt offering to God |
TO the PRIESTS*1 |
| Nu05-09 |
All raisings from sacrifices |
TO the PRIESTS*2 |
| Nu05-10 |
Each persons sacrifices |
TO him*3 |
| Nu05-10 |
what he gives to the Priest |
TO him*3 |
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COMMENTS |
*1 This chapter speaks about a theft from a convert who died
leaving no inheritors. The law requires that
- the thief offer a guilt offering
- pay (to the priests) the theft amount(with a 25% fine)
This verse calls the returned money (and fine) the GUILT
OFFERING. This Rashi is NOT the topic of this posting but
is dealt with elsewhere (by means of ALIGNMENT). We bring
this verse here because it is in the sequence of bullets
*2 Again this verse is not the main topic here and will be
dealt with elsewhere. The simple meaning refers to
any object that is RAISED from a sacrifice....one such
example is the RAISED THIGH OF THE PEACE OFFERING
which belongs to the Priest (Lv07-32) Rashi gives additional
explanations which we will explain in another posting
*3 This verse is best understood using the Rabbi
Ishmael method of Contradictory verses.
Here the contradictions arise
from the two verse halves
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Every persons sacrifices BELONG to HIM
what he gives the priest BELONG to HIM
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The Rabbi Ishmael series is presented at
http://www.RashiYomi.com/ri-14.htm
We outlined 5 methods of resolution one of which is
a resolution by interpreting verses with different
modalities. Here are some examples
EXAMPLE 1 (Dt16-08 vs Ex12-15)
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[You MUST] eat matzoh on at least 1 of the 7 days of Passover
[You MAY ] eat matzoh on 6 days of Passover
EXMAPLE 2 (Dt15-09 vs Dt24-15)
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The unpaid worker [NEED] NOT pray to God against his boss
The unpaid worker [MAY] pray to God against his boss
EXAMPLE 3
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[The DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS] of sacrifices belong to the OWNER
[The OWNERSHIP] of sacrifice gifts belong to the PRIEST
All these contradictory verse pairs are resolved by
perceiving the two verses as talking about TWO DIFFERENT
STATUSES (MUST-MAY, NEED-MAY, DISTRIBUTION-OWNERSHIP).
Rashi appears to give a different interpretation but
this is based on a classic printing fallacy in Rashi
We will present this fallacy tomorrow.
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