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VERSE: Gn01-11d
RASHIS COVERED: Gn01-11d Gn01-11e Gn01-11c
Gn01-14a Gn01-12a Gn01-01c
========================= Gn01-11d ============================
SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Many Rashis focus on an ALIGNMENT of almost similar verses
By examining the minor differences in these verses we can
infer many new nuances.
Traditionally some Rashi-ists such as Dr Leibowitz or Rabbi
Boncheck see Rashi as explaining extra words. In this email
list we do not use the EXTRA WORD rule--instead we use
a similar rule---EXTRA WORDS WHOSE EXTRA-NESS IS SEEN IN
ALIGNMENTS indicates intentional nuances in the text. Thus
we only seek to explain those EXTRA WORDS if they occur in
aligned texts.
EXAMPLE 1
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- Gn01-11 Grass that SEEDS SEED
- Gn01-12 Trees with SEEDS IN THEM
RASHI: Grass seeds scattered by wind while tree seeds are sown
EXAMPLE 2
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- Gn01-03 Let there be LIGHT
- Gn01-14 Let there be SUN/STARS
RASHI: RAW Light created on day 1; SOURCES of light created
on subsequent days in creation
EXAMPLE 3
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- Gn01-11 Let there be GRASS, TREES BY SPECIES
- Gn01-12 There came forth GRASS BY SPECIES and TREES BY SPECIES
RASHI: The BY SPECIES laws (No incest, bestiality, adultery
etc) is very important and must be complied with even when
not explicitly stated (Hence the grass observed it without
being commanded)
EXAMPLE 4
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-Gn01-01 DEITY created world
-Gn02-04 DEITY GOD created world
RASHI: To create world we need both
-- the established order (DEITY)
-- new life (GOD)
EXAMPLE 5
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-Gn01-11 Let there be TREES OF FRUIT
-Gn01-12 there came forth TREES BEARING FRUIT
RASHI: Original intention was that FRUIT and TREE should
resemble each other (Eg taste the same) But the TREES
disobeyed and made fruit (whose taste) didnt resemble trees
EXAMPLE 6
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-Gn01-01 God created ALL OF (Aleph Tauv) Heaven/Earth
-Gn02-04 God created ------------------- Heaven/Earth
RASHI: ALL OF creation created on Day 1; details were
then fixed and developed on subsequent days
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ITEM DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS: ALIGNMENT
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS 2 CASES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #10
SEE BELOW LIST313d
Alignment of plant types Producing Seeds(seeds-in/out of plant)
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SEE BELOW LIST313e
Align of Gn01-03 Gn01-14 Creation of LIGHT vs SUN
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS NUANCES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #11
SEE BELOW LIST307r
Align Gn01-11 Gn01-12 BY SPECIES mentioned by TREE,not GRASS
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS NUANCES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #11
SEE BELOW LIST307s
Align Gn01-01 Gn02-04 World created by GOD vs DEITY
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS NUANCES
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #11
SEE BELOW LIST307t
Align Gn01-11 Gn01-12 TREES making fruit vs TREES of fruit
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RASHI SUBRULE CLASS MEANING
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #12
SEE BELOW LIST343b
Align of Gn01-01 Gn02-04 Creation of HEAVEN vs ALL OF HEAVEN
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=========================== LIST307r =========================
Alignment of Gn01-11 vs Gn01-12. Both trees and grass
developed BY SPECIES (No mingling of different species)
However only the trees were so ordered. See below for
further details
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VERSE PHRASE1 PHRASE2 PHRASE3
======== =================== ================ ================
Gn01-11 Earth, bring forth Grass Trees by species
Gn01-12a Earth brought forth Grass by species Trees by species
Differs *1 *2 *2
NOTES
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*1 Gn01-11 describes WHAT WAS COMMANDED
Gn01-12 describes WHAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE
*2 Note how for
- TREES - there was both an order to come forth by species
--------- as well as a coming forth by species
- GRASS - there was NO order to come forth by species
--------- but the grass did come forth by species.
See the longer footnotes *10 and *11 for further details
----------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES --------------------
*10 In http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h19n11.htm we developed
the symbolic nature of Genesis 1 as indicating
prerequisites for prophecy.
The BY SPECIES description above indicates that
lack of adultery, incest and bestiality are important
prerequisites for attainment of prophecy.
*11 Rashi cites the talmudic tractate of Hulin 60
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How did the grass know to observe the BY SPECIES
law?
They inferred it using a fortiori argument!
If trees which usually grow separately, each in
its own space, nevertheless had to be explicitly
ordered to grow by species, then how much more
so should grass which frequently grows mingled
be required to grow by species (Each grass species
should grow by itself)
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================== LIST307s =================
Alignment of Gn01-01 and Gn02-04. The
alignment implies the importance of allowing
new personalities in the societal order and
not to base everything on the establishment
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VERSE PHRASE1 PHRASE2
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Gn01-01c DEITY created Heaven and earth
Gn02-04 DEITY GOD created earth and heaven
Differs *1 *2
NOTES
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*1 There are two main names for God (The
Tetragrammaton and the Hebrew word Elohim)
Traditionally the Tetragrammaton is associated
with running the world by MERCY while the word
ELOHIM is associated with running the world by
JUSTICE
I would slightly modify these ideas as follows
- The word ELOHIM (which also means JUDGE)
refers to laws and personalities that ALREADY
exist (The establishment)
- The Tetragrammaton which comes from the root
TO EXIST (H-Y-H) refers to letting new
personalities come forward
Thus the nuances of Gn01-01 vs Gn02-04 are as
follows
- God sought to create the world/prophecy using
those people that already existed (The
establishment ELOHIM)
- But this did not work out--we always need
new people and new ideas to maintain the
world (TETRAGRAMMATON - GOD)
*2 The same phrase *10
---------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES -----------
*10 Note the order reversal (HEAVEN-EARTH
vs EARTH-HEAVEN). A general Biblical principle
(Developed elsewhere with other lists) is that
LISTS of items with order reversals indicates
that all items in the list are equally important
See http://www.Rashiyomi.com/nu27-01b.htm
for a list of LISTS with and without order
reversal.
The symbolic interpretation of this equality
of heaven and earth is intriguing*11
*11 The following philosophic insight was taught
to me by the Rav--Rabbi Joseph Baer Soloveitchick
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Judaism places equal importance on the SPIRITUAL
(heaven) and PHYSICAL (earth). As a simple
example when we get up in the morning
- we say the ASHER YAZAR blessing when we go to
the bathroom
- we say the ELOHAI NESHAMA blessing when we
become aware of the restoration of our soul
Thus we thank God equally for our physical
(bathroom) and spiritual (awakening)
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========================= LIST307t ========================
Alignment of Gn01-11 vs Gn01-12. As can be seen the
trees were ordered to have FRUIT that resembles the
TREE but instead produced FRUIT having no resemblance
to the tree (Further details are presented below)
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VERSE PHRASE1 PHRASE2 PHRASE3
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Gn01-11d Let earth bring forth TREES OF FRUIT
Gn01-12 The earth brought forth TREES That make Fruit
Differs *1 *2 *3
NOTES
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*1 Gn01-11 deals with what was commanded to happen
Gn01-12 deals with what actually happened
*2 Both verses deal with creation of trees
*3 God ordered TREES OF FRUIT while what was actually
made was TREES THAT MAKE FRUIT. The phrarse TREES
OF FRUIT denotes something INTRINSIC while TREES
THAT MAKE FRUIT is more neutral
The nuances implicit in these different phrases
seem to be that
- TREES OF FRUIT refer to TREES that have the
attribute of the fruit (eg their bark tastes
like the fruit) while
- TREES THAT MAKE FRUIT refer to trees and fruit
that may differ and have nothing in common*10
--------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES ------------------
*10 Rashi elaborates further. If the trees were ordered
- that their fruit should taste like them but
- the trees disobeyed (fruit did not taste like them)
then we can view this as a rebellion against a Divine
command. Therefore the punishment on the plant world
mentioned in Gn03-17 -- the earth is cursed ---
would be a punishment for this sin.
However, my real purpose here was simply to alert
the reader to the existence of the alignment and
the fact that this alignment points to different
nuances.
To fully understand what really happened we would
have to use the symbolic methods developed in
http://www.RashiYomi.com/h19n11.htm. Very roughly
- Plants symbolize people (eg Dt20-19)
- Plants that taste like their fruit would
symbolically refer to a continuance of traditions
between parents (Trees) and children (Fruit)
- Plants that differ from fruit refer to severance
of ties between the generations
Thus the commands here are that people should
integrate their individuality with their heritage
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=========================== LIST313d ========================
Alignment of Gn01-11 with itself. Grass and trees spread
their seeds in different ways
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VERSE ITEM THAT Biblical text Explanation of difference
======== ===== ==== =============== =========================
Gn01-11c Grass that seeds seed seeds scatter thru air
Gn01-11e Trees that has seeds in it seeds in body of fruit
Differs *1 *2 *3 *3
NOTES
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*1 One part of verse deals with GRASS while the other
deals with TREES
*2 Both parts of verse discuss attributes
*3 - SEEDS SEED indicates seeds that are scattered thru wind
- SEEDS IN BODY OF FRUIT indicate seeds that have to
be planted
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=========================== LIST314e ========================
Alignment of Gn01-03 vs Gn01-14. Creation of LIGHT vs
SUN
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VERSE TEXT OF VERSE WHAT WAS CREATED EMPHASIS
======== ================== ================ ================
Gn01-03 Let there be LIGHT LIGHT RAW light
Gn01-14a Let there be STARS STARS/SUN Light SOURCE
Differs *1 *1 *1
NOTES
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*1 The distinction between LIGHT vs SUN seems to be that
the RAW ITEM (light) was created on day 1 while
the fixing of this item with a source (SUN) was
fixed in later days.
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=========================== LIST343b =========================
Alignment of Gn01-01 and Gn02-04 (This alignment confirms
Rashi on Gn01-14a) The alignment sheds meaning on the
Hebrew word ALEPH-TAUV---which seems to mean IN ALL DETAIL*10
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VERSE PHRASE1 PHRASE2 PHRASE3 PHRASE4 PHRASE5
======= ============ ======== ======= ============= ==========
Gn01-01 God created ALL OF*2 Heaven and ALL OF*2 earth
Gn02-04 God created -------- Heaven and --------- earth
Differs *1 *2 *3 *2 *3
NOTES
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*1 Both verses speak about creation of Heaven and earth
*2 The Hebrew word ALEPH-TAUV is present. This word is
normally NOT translated. However according to Rashi
and Rav Hirsch it refers to ALL DETAILS of an item
See the footnotes *11 for another example(To hint
at this translation we have used the translation ALL OF)
The alignment seems to indicate or hint that the
SEEDS of all of creation were made on the 1st day--each
subsequent day developed and fixed the items made
on the first day *12
*3 These words are the same in both verses
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*10 Rav Hirsch suggests an etymology for this translation
of ALEPH-TAUV. Rav Hirsch suggests that ALEPH-TAUV
comes from the root ALEPH-VAV-TAUV which means SIGN
Thus ALEPH-TAUV refers to the SIGNS OF AN ITEM
and hence can be translated as ALL OF See Footnote
*11 for another example
*11 eg The decalogue commandment HONOR ALL OF YOUR FATHER
and ALL OF YOUR MOTHER implies that eg one should
honor ones older brother. This fits in with
Rav Hirschs etymology since the OLDER BROTHER is
a SIGN and SYMBOL of the father
*12 In a previous digest, http://www.Rashiyomi.com/h19n11.htm
we for example showed that Gn01-07 speaks about FIXING
the SKY on the 2nd day of creation. Thus we see that
indeed subsequent days FIXED items made on the first day
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