Consecutive chapters:4 methods:#1 of 9
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In this unit we will explore the 2 dozen Rashis
studying "consecutive paragraphs". Why does it
happen that 2 consecutive Torah paragraphs come one
after the other.
It turns out there are 3 methods by which Rashi
explains consecutive Torah paragraphs.
In this issue we explore the 1st such method. Here
is a description of the method with the most famous
example
METHOD 1: The 1st chapter is a CAUSE of the 2nd chapter
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EXAMPLE:The chapter on the Nazaarite who abstains from wine
(Nu06) is written right after the chapter on the Temple
rite for the women suspected of adultery(Nu05). This
teachers us the obvious lesson that whoever sees a women
who has to go thru the adulterous wife ceremony(which is
very humiliating) will be so shocked that they will become a
Nazaarite and abstain from wine.
In other words the adulterous wife ritual CAUSES
nazaaritism(Nu06-02a)
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EXAMPLES
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METHOD 1: In the following Rashis the event mentioned in
the 1st chapter is the CAUSE of the event mentioned in
the second chapter
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# VERSE TOPIC IN 1st CHAPTER TOPIC IN 2nd CHAPTER
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(01) Nu06-02a Adulterous wife rite Nazaarite from wine*1a
(02) Gn38-01a Brothers sell Joseph Judah leaves brothers*1b
(03) Gn23-03c Abraham offers Isaac Sarah dies*1c
(04) Gn02-20a Adam Eve are Naked Snake gives Eve Apple*2
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*1a Thus "whoever see the humiliating Adulterous wife rite"
will be so shocked that he will abstain from wine
*1b Similarly "Judah advised his brothers to sell Joseph"
and so when they regretted it they blaimed him and he
had to "separate from them."
*1c Similarly "Sarah died" from the shock that "Abraham
offered Isaac."
*2 In other words because the snake saw Adam and Eve naked
therefore he became Jealous and wanted Adam killed so
he could marry Eve.
ALthough this sounds a bit wild there is strong supporting
evidence. Gn04-01 uses the past perfect form
"And Adam HAD BEEN FAMILIAR with his wife & they had
a child"
So the sequence of chapters is
"Adam was lonely"
"God makes Eve"
"Adam and Eve are naked"
------------------------"Snake tempts Eve"
"Adam has a child with Eve"
Thus the sequence of chapters (Naked--->child) is
clearly interrupted by the Snake story.
Rashi explains that the interruption was to causally
link the Snakes temptation with Adam and Eve being
intimate.
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