4 Methods of Cross reference:#4 of 5
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GOALS:
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This module presents Rashis on cross reference.
A person completing this module will develop skill competency
in 4 levels of cross-reference:
* By word
* By concept
* By chapter
* By guessing
TODAYS UNIT
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We present CROSS REFERENCE at the Profound level.
REFERENCE:
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This module comes from the following references in the
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http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ex35-11a.htm
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EXAMPLE 9: Ex35-19a
EXAMPLE 10: Ex31-10a
EXAMPLE 11: Ex31-10b
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--THE PROFOUND LEVEL--
EXERCISE: Well I never said you could imitate Rashi
on ALL verses.
Here is a real toughy which I dont expect
anyone to get.
Ex35-19 mentions the >SeRaD CLOTHES<.
What were they? What do they refer to?
Again there are no hints---I dont expect
you to get this one. This is simply the
difference between a Rishon and you & me.
Read Rashis' analysis below on the cross
referencing of Ex35 to Nu04.
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VERSE,EX35 ITEM MENTIONED VERSE,Nu04 FUNCTION OF ITEM MENTIONED
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Ex35-19a Serad Cloths Nu04-04:15 Utensil Covers when moving*3
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*3 What does the Biblical phrase >BIGDAY SERAD< refer to?
There are a variety of techniques that a person studying
Bible can use. Using Rashi we supply at least 4 methods
METHOD 1
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We can examine a UNIFIED MEANING of the root:
The Hebrew root SIN-RESH-DALET literally means LEFTOVER
or SURVIVOR.
Thus my suggestion would be that the Biblical
phrase SRD Clothes could mean the CLOTHES for LEFTOVER
utensils.
Rashi (Ex31-10b) suggests that these utensil covers LOOKED
LIKE leftover clothes--that is they were clothes that looked
like nets with many holes (for air). Because of the net like
appearance with holes these utensil covers could be called
LEFTOVERS
At any rate, it is not 100% clear what LEFTOVER would refer to!
METHOD 2
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A 2nd technique is to review the VERSES where the phrase,
>SRD CLOTHS< occurs. There are only 3 such verses
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Ex31-10 The SeRaD Clothes ;Priestly clothes
Ex39-41 The SeRaD Clothes to SERVE holiness;Priestly clothes
Ex39-01 The SeRaD Clothes to SERVE holiness;Priestly clothes
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Collectively the 3 verses together seem to say that there
are 2 types of >CLOTHES<:
--Priestly Clothes
--SeRaD Clothes used to >SERVE THE HOLINESS<
This in fact is one of the arguments used by Rashi (Ex31-10b)
Again there is no clear proof
METHOD 3
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We can examine the LIST in Ex35 and compare it to
the available items in the rest of the Bible for
comparison
The only temple items discussed in the Bible not
yet mentioned in Ex35 were the COVERING CLOTHS listed
in Nu04-04:15--their goal was not to be holy clothes
but rather to cover the holy items when moving took place.
So, so to speak, these clothes SERVED HOLINESS.
Again this is reasonable but not clear and unambiguous.
METHOD 4
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We can examine the properties of the item and see which
items in the rest of the Bible have similar properties.
This is probably the strongest approach
Rashi brings this method in Ex31-10a.
Rashi points out that according to Ex31 these SERAD
garments were made of BLUE-WOOL, RED-WOOL etc. But,
Rashi continues, ALL garments of the priests had linen.
By contrast if we examine Nu04 we see that the garments
there were made of wool but had no linen.
Hence, concludes Rashi, these SERAD clothes COULD only
refer to the clothes mentioned in Nu04.
In all 4 methods there are many possibilities of
interpretation. Hence we call this the PROFOUND method.
However this does not mean we are not sure of the
interpretation. Rather the reason we are sure is because
the COVER GARMENTS mentioned in Nu04 are the only item
that COULD be referred to.
That is, we derive the meaning of the term not by a DIRECT
reference but by ELIMINATING other possibilities.
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