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                     Volume 11 Number 7
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   Professional version will be available Tonight

*2 Our CLIMAX Page illustrating the important Biblical principle
   of CLIMAX has been redone. For example Dt19-11 CLIMACTICALLY
   describes how murder takes place in 4 stages(Rashi Dt19-11a)
   - HATRED
   - STALKING, SPYING
   - CONFRONTATION
   - BLOWS & MURDER
   Read other examples of this at
   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/climax.htm

*3 The Torah says SLAUGHTER AS I GOD COMMANDED.
   Every other place where it says AS I COMMANDED
   there is a cross referencing verse. But here there
   is none. We conclude that the oral law is cross referenced

*4 Typical Biblical language is WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL do such
   and such.(And the law is only obligatory upon entry to Israel)
   But here the Torah uses the phrase WHEN GOD WIDENS YOUR BORDER
   The unusal phrase hints that the eating of meat EVEN THOUGH
   ALLOWeD upon entry to Israel should only be done if you are
   rich and have wide assets.

*5 Thru a beautiful and skillful alignment of verses Rashi
   deftly shows all the laws of EATING MEAT.
   - Most sacrifices could NOT be eaten
   - But owners could eat Peace offering sacrifices
   - Nevertheless ordinary meat eating was prohibited in desert
   - But ordinary meat eating became permitted upon Israel Entry

*9 Also see the following URL for Rashi texts in English
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VERSE: Dt12-21b

BACKGROUND
----------
In a variety of commandments*10 the Torah cross references
herself.

THE TEXT
--------
For example the Torah at Dt19-08 speaks about the Jews
GETTING MORE LAND AS GOD HAD PROMISED (See the first row
in the LIST/TABLE Below) The Biblical phrase as GOD HAD PROMISED
in turn refers to Gn15-19:21 where indeed God promised
This clarifies the 3 columns in the LIST below.

THE RASHI
---------
However Dt12-21b seems to be the only Biblical verse which
uses the pharse AS GOD PROMISED but there is no cross
reference. Rashi concludes that this verse cross references
oral traditions handed to Moses at Sinai

Here is the LIST*10

*1 Dt12-21b stands as an exception: The Bible says
   ----------------------------------------------------
   Slaughter the animals AS I HAVE COMMANDED YOU
   ----------------------------------------------------
   but we find no cross reference. Hence, Rashi concludes that
   this verse is an explicit statement that there were
   oral laws transmitted to Moses at Sinai.

*10 There are many cross references to this technique of
    CROSS REFERENCING WITH OTHER VERSES. In particular see
    - http://www.RashiYomi.Com/other-20.htm
    - http://www.RashiYomi.Com/ex35-11a.htm

RASHI RULE USED: Double Parshas

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VERSE: Dt12-20a

REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/nu15-18a.htm

BACKGROUND
----------
There are 613 commandments.
--Many commandments are simply stated: e.g. DONT KILL
--About a dozen commandments link to Israel Entry: e.g.
WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL do such and such

The general rule of thumb is that the 10 commandments
beginning with WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL only are obligatory
AFTER conquest of the land (They were not obligatory in
the wilderness)

THE TEXTS
---------
Almost all Israel-Linked commandments begin
WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL. There are a few exceptions (See URL
REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/nu15-18a.htm) Rashi
here comments on the unusual language WHEN GOD WIDENS YOUR
BORDERS THEN YOU CAN EAT MEAT (vs WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL)

THE RASHI
---------
Following the above guideline we immediately infer that the
Biblical sentence
------------------------------------------------------------
WHEN GOD WIDENS YOUR BORDER YOU CAN EAT MEAT(non-sacrifices)
------------------------------------------------------------
should be interpreted as
--------------------------------------------------------------
--In the wilderness the Jews could not eat meat
(Except they could offer a Peace offering and eat the
meat; in other words they could eat sacrificial meat)
--After entry to Israel the Jews could eat non sacrificial meat
---------------------------------------------------------------
However Rashi also comments on the strange phrase WHEN GOD
WIDENS YOUR BORDER

Here is the List and Rashis comment

*1 Note how
   -- the usual language is WHEN YOU COME
   -- but in Dt12-20 it says WHEN GOD WIDENS YOUR BORDERS

   Recall that Dt12-20 gives permission to EAT MEAT

   Rashi suggests that the different language is to emphasize
   Biblical ADVICE: that even though you are allowed to eat meat
   you should only eat it when you are rich and well to do.*10

*10 Rashis interpretation of the verse as advice is also
   consistent with the 3-times-repeated phrase
   EAT ACCORDING TO YOUR DESIRES. Here are the 3 repetitions
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   Dt12-20 & you will say I will eat meat IF YOU DESIRE TO EAT
   Dt12-20 WHEN YOU ARE IN DESIRE TO, eat meat
   Dt12-21 You can eat (meat) ACCORDING TO YOUR DESIRES
   ----------------------------------------------------------

RASHI RULE USED: Double Parshas

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VERSE: Dt12-27a

RASHIS COVERED: Dt12-27a Dt12-20b Dt12-21a Dt12-26a Dt12-27b

BACKGROUND
----------
Dt12-26:27 speaks about bringing sacrifices to Jerusalem
THe text discusses how each sacrifice is treated

THE TEXT
--------
And you will make OLAH Offerings: Flesh and Blood on altar
But SHLAMIM offerings:blood is offered while the flesh eaten

THE RASHI
---------
Rashi simply aligns the two verse phrases to show how no
part of the OLAH offering can be eaten while some part
of the SHLAMIM offering can be eaten.

Here is the LIST*10

*1 Cf the following other relevant verses
   - Lv03-03    Parts of Shlamim offered on Altar
   - Lv07-31:32 Parts of Shlamim eaten by Priest
   - Dt12-27    Non specified parts eaten by owner

*10 In e.g. the Stone Chumash there are 4 Rashis on Dt12-27
    But we follow the Davkah software Rashi version (there is
    only one Rashi). At the very end of the list I will attempt
    to make an accounting showing there are exactly 7800 Rashis

    Rashi brings in a further comment on Dt12-26. Dt12-26 reads
    -----------------------------------------------------------
    AT THE VERY LEAST bring your vows of offerings to Jerusalem
    ------------------------------------------------------------

    From the phrase AT THE VERY LEAST Rashi infers that
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    Other items must be brought to Jerusalem (for example:
    the offspring of animals dedicated for sacrifices)
    ------------------------------------------------------------

    This derivation is based on the translation of the Hebrew
    word RAK as AT THE VERY LEAST (See url
    http://www.RashiYomi.Com/gn20-11a.htm)

BACKGROUND
----------
Dt12-20:28 outlines the following laws
-- The Jews could NOT eat ordinary meat in the wilderness
-- The Jews could --- eat ordinary meat once they came to Israel
-- Even in the wilderness the Jews could eat sacrificial meat
as part of the Peace Offering ceremony

THE TEXT
--------
There is a great deal of LOGIC in the above laws. For example,
-- the Jews could not eat most temple offering meats
-- but they could eat the meat of Peace offerings
-- but they could not eat ordinary meat in the wilderness
-- but they could eat ordinary meat once they came to Israel

THE RASHI
---------
Rashis job is TO PAIR CONTRASTING VERSES together so we can
clearly see the logic.

Here are the laws summarized. The footnotes show the
contrasting verses which state these laws

*1 This is based on the contrast of the following verse phrases
   ------------------------------------------------------------
   Dt12-26  Your OLAHS  have their FLESH ----- & BLOOD on altar
   Dt12-26  Your PEACE  have their FLESH eaten & BLOOD on altar
   ------------------------------------------------------------

   Note that there is no distinction between Israel & Wilderness
   The laws of sacrifices are universal.

   See the other table in this posting for further details

*2 These laws are based upon the following verses
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   Dt12-20 When you come to Israel
   Dt12-21 ----------------------- If far you can eat meat
   Dt12-26 ----------------------- ------ but sacrifices to Tmpl
   -------------------------------------------------------------

   See footnote *10 for more elaboration on the logic

*10 We now show how the contrast of the 3 verses gives rise
    to the various laws in the above LIST/TABLE. Here are
    the verses repeated
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   Dt12-20 When you come to Israel
   Dt12-21 ----------------------- If far you can eat meat
   Dt12-26 ----------------------- ------ but sacrifices to Tmpl
   -------------------------------------------------------------

   From the pairing of Dt12-20 & Dt12-21 we immediately see that
   -- ordinary meat COULD not be eaten UNTIL the entry to Israel
   -- Hence ordinary meat could not be eaten in the wilderness
   -- But ordinary meat could be eaten in Israel

   (See posting http://www.Rashiyomi.Com/dt12-20a.htm in
   this Digest (Volume 11 Number 7) for a discussion of the
   strange phrase WHEN GOD WIDENS YOUR BORDER vs the simple
   WHEN YOU COME TO ISRAEL)

   From the contrast of Dt21-21 & Dt12-26 we immediately see that
   ---sacrifices MUST be brought to Jerusalem to eat
   ---Hence sacrifices cannot be eaten outside the temple
   ---but profane meat CAN be eaten outside Jerusalem

   Note I have shortened the verses somewhat to let things be
   on one line. In particular the phrase IF FAR YOU CAN EAT MEAT
   means IF YOU ARE FAR AWAY FROM JERUSALEM YOU CAN EAT MEAT
   BUT THE SACRIFICES MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE TEMPLE

RASHI RULE USED: DOUBLE PARSHAS

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          THE 6 RASHI RULE CLASSES(Version 3.2 Dec 15 2001)
                http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm
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THE DICTIONARY RULE: Rashi can function as a dictionary.
                     He presents 2-6 meanings of words
         REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/words.htm
========================================================
* EXAMPLE 1: AL means ON. AL can also mean
      - WITH (Eat Passover WITH matzoh Ex12-09e)
      - IN   (Place the Matzoh IN the basket Ex29-03)
      - TO   (The boards shall be even from bottom TO top Ex26-24c)
      - NEAR (His borders will be NEAR Tzison Gn49-13b)
      - AFTER(Offer Peace offerings AFTER the daily Lv03-05a)

* EXAMPLE 2: KI means IF,PERHAPS,RATHER,BECAUSE,WHEN,THAT
   Gn18-15a Gn24-33a

* EXAMPLE 3: YDA means FAMILIAR, not KNOW (eg Dt34-10a)
	   eg Gn04-01 Adam was FAMILIAR with his wife

* EXAMPLE 4: ON THE FACE OF means DURING THE LIFETIME
            Nu03-04a Gn11-28a Ex20-03c Dt05-07a

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THE GRAMMAR RULE: Rashi comments on RARE or SIMILAR usages
        REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.Com/grammar.htm
===========================================================

* EXAMPLE 1: BA-ah means CAME;ba-AH means COMING(Gn46-26a)


* EXAMPLE 2:THE SENTENCE: 0.2% of Biblical sentences are 2verses
 -(Dt11-07:08) It was not your fathers who saw this;rather you

* EXAMPLE 3: Hitpael has different rules if 1st root letter is
   Tzade (USE: Ni-Tz-Ta-Dack not Ni-Th-Tza-Dack--Gn44-16a)

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THE CITATION RULE: Rashi enriches meaning by citing OTHER verses
         REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.Com/other-20.htm
================================================================
* EXAMPLE 1: Dt26-05d We went down to Egypt with A FEW PEOPLE
	    ENRICHED by Gn46-27: We went down with 70 people

* EXAMPLE 2: Lv01-05a Non-priests may SLAUGHTER offerings
	    This law DERIVED from explicit statement in 2Chr30-17

* EXAMPLE 3:Why does Rashi say that Chur is Miriams son(Ex17-10b)
	    DERIVED from possible interpretation of 1-Chr18-19

* EXAMPLE 4: Gn35-22a Reuven Slept with Bilhah(Fathers concubine)
	    Gn49-04  Reuven PLAYED with fathers BEDS
        CONCLUSION: Reuven inteferred with fathers personal
	life(ruffled bedspreads); Bible condemns Reuven by
	exaggeration; he is accused of incest which he didnt do

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THE 3 RABBI ISHMAEL RULES: They govern style(broad vs literal)
REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.com/example1.htm thru example9.htm
=================================================================

* EXAMPLE 1: Simple sentences are always GENERALIZED
            ---------------------------------------
	    Dt25-04a Dont MUZZLE an OX while it is THRESHING
	    Rabbi Ishmael: Dont STOP any ANIMAL from eating
			   while DOING ITS WORK
					
* EXAMPLE 2: GENERAL-EXAMPLE style always interpreted LITERALLY
            --------------------------------------------------
 Nu05-12d (GENERAL) If a women DESECRATES her marriage
	   (EXAMPLE) and commits ADULTERY
	   Rabbi Ishmael: Nu05 only applies to ADULTERY.
	   It does not apply to other marriage DESECRATIONS
			
* EXAMPLE 3: GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL style intepreted SIMILARLY
            --------------------------------------------------
 Lv05-21b (GENERAL) If a man DENIES under oath
	  (EXAMPLE) ..denies a deposit,loan,theft,wages,lost item
	  (GENERAL) or ANY DENIAL which he denies
 RABBI ISHMAEL: These laws apply to any SIMILAR Example
 * The law applies to partnerships, movables and monetary objects
 * The law does not apply to real-estate or slander

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THE CLIMAX RULE: The Bible should be interpreted in such a manner
                that it reflects CLIMACTIC development to a goal
             REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/example9.htm
=================================================================
 EXAMPLE 1: Dt19-11a If a man HATES, SPIES, CONFRONTS & KILLS
 RASHI: Bible identifies 4 stages to murder(Capped)

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THE FORMATTING PRINCIPLE: Bible had its own method to mimic
                          bold, bullets, footnotes, paragraphs
==============================================================

* BOLD: Bible REPEATS words to obtain BOLD emphasis effect
          http://www.RashiYomi.Com/doubl-14.htm
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  EXAMPLE 1:(Ex12-09c) COOK COOK it in water (So COOKED is bold)
  INFERENCE: Prefered to COOK it in water;
         But COOK It at all costs(Even if you dont have water)

* BULLETS: Bible indicates bullets by REPEATING KEYWORDS
  --------------------------------------------------------
 Who am I
 - THAT I should go to Pharaoh
 - THAT I should take the Jews out of Egypt (Ex03-11a)
 --------------------------------------------------------
 RASHI: Repeated word THAT creates BULLET effect
 - Pharoh was a difficult king (Bullet one)
 - Jews were not yet ready for freedom (Bullet two)

* FOOTNOTES: The Bible indicates FOOTNOTES by ALMOST DUPLICATING
	     verses but making small minor changes
                http://www.RashiYomi.Com/align-58.htm
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  EXAMPLE: Ex20-03a
  VERSE        PHRASE #1       PHRASE #2       PHRASE #3
  -------      ---------       ---------       ------------------
  Ex20-03      Dont            POSSESS  the gods of others
  Ex20-04      Dont            MAKE     idols

  RASHI: So both POSSESSion & MAKING of idols are prohibited
  ---------------------------------------------------------------

                           End of Rashi is Simple Digest

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