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VERSE: Lv08-26a

RASHIS COVERED: Lv08-26a Ex29-02a Ex29-23a Ex29-23b
                Ex29-23c Lv02-07a

======================= Lv08-26a ======================

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Many Rashis focus on meaning of words or grammatical
function. However some Rashis focus on comparisons
with other verses.

Occasionally the Torah will repeat almost verbatim
the same Chapters. In such a case a fundamental
goal of Rashi is to elucidate
- which items in the repeated chapters CORRESPOND
- which items are new
- which items are different

One such set of repeated chapters is Ex29 and Lv08
both of which describe in detail the CONSECRATION
OF THE TEMPLE & PRIESTS.

The lists below describe the 6 main units in the
CONSECRATION chapters and where these occur in
Ex29 and Lv08. Todays posting focuses on the
3 MINCHAH offerings which are repeated 4 times
in the Torah. Rashis fundamental goal is to
indicate how the repeated items correspond to each
other.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        OTHER VERSES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS:     FURTHER DETAILS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #1
SEE BELOW                LIST212a
List of 6 units in       Ex29 vs Lv08(Consecration)
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SEE BELOW                LIST212b
List of verses with      3 Mincah Consecration offerings
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======================= LIST212a ===========

Ex29 and Lv08 are almost identical. They
describe the consecration procedure. The
consecration procedure had 6 units. These
6 units are listed below along with the
corresponding verses in each chapter.
Further lists compare these individual
units
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CONSECRATION UNIT Ex29        Lv08
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Overview*1        Ex29-01:03  Lv08-02:03
Priest garments   Ex29-04:09  Lv08-06:13
Ox sin offering   Ex29-10:14  Lv08-14:17
Ram UP offeirng   Ex29-15:18  Lv08-18:21
Ram PEACE         Ex29-19:27  Lv08-22:30
Miscellaneous*2   Ex29-28:37  Lv08-31:35

NOTES
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*1 The overview mentions the various units
   - ox sin offering
   - ram UP offering
   - ram PEACE offering
   - Priests and Garments

*2 Miscellaneous items include such items as
   - how long the CONSECRATION took
   - how many days the offerings could be eaten
   - which items could be eaten
   - Laws applying to future generations
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============= LIST212b ===================================================

The 3 minchahs of the CONSECRATION
CEREMONY are mentioned 4 times.
We ALIGN these 4 citations below and
show which phrases correspond. Footnotes
further elaborate on the WHY of these alignments.
These footnotes comprise half a dozen
Rashis
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MINCHAH OFFERING      Lv02*1  Ex29-02               Ex29-23*2  Lv008-26*2
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oil mixed Matzh bread Lv02-04 oil mixed Matzh bread loaf bread Matzh bread
oil covered FLAT Mtzh Lv02-04 oil covered FLAT mtzh FLAT*10    FLAT*10
Deep fried in oil*3   Lv02-07 Matzah bread*11       oily bread oily bread

NOTES
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*1 Lv02 is the Biblical chapter that outlines the 5
   types of Minchah offerings. 3 of these Minchah
   types were used in the CONSECRATION offerings
   Rashi takes the 3 MINCHAH phrases that occur
   in 3 different places in the CONSECRATION
   CHAPTERS and indicates the Minchah type (Lv02)
   corresponding to each phrase

*2 Our goal here is to ALIGN the phrases in these
   verses so as to show which MINCHAH type each
   phrase corresponds to. Hence the order of
   the verse may not correspond to the order
   in the column. (That is, The order in the column
   was rearranged to correspond to Lv02 which
   lists the definitions of the 5 Minchahs)

*3 The Hebrew root used here is Resh-Chet-Shin
   which means to CRAWL. Rashi explains that
   a cooked item which is OILY,BOUNCY,& SOFT is
   called CRAWLING since it bends and is
   flexible. The DEEP FRIED MINCHAH was cooked
   in a deep pan so all the oil did not evaporate
   and hence the matzah was soaked with oil
   giving it a PLUMP BOUNCY texture.

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*10 It is interesting to see how Rashi ALIGNS the
    3 Minchah phrases in each CONSECRATION verse
    with the actual minchahs.

    Surprisingly Rashi does this by 2 methods which
    we can term OBVIOUS and ELIMINATION.

    THE OBVIOUS METHOD
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    The word FLAT MATZAH occurs in only one Minchah
    offering in Lv02 (FLAT MATZAH covered with oil)

    Hence those phrases using the word FLAT in
    the CONSECRATION chapter must refer to the FLAT
    MINCHAH offering

    This is an illustration of the OBVIOUS
    CORRESPONDENCE method.

    For an example of the ELIMINATION method see
    note #11


*11 It is interesting to see how Rashi ALIGNS the
    3 Minchah phrases in each CONSECRATION verse
    with the actual minchahs.

    Surprisingly Rashi does this by 2 methods which
    we can term OBVIOUS and ELIMINATION.

    For an illustration of OBVIOUS see the
    previous note #10

    ELIMINATION
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    Notice that Ex29-02 uses the two phrases
    - OIL MIXED MATZAH BREAD
    - MATZAH BREAD

    Clearly OIL MIXED MATZAH BREAD in Ex29-02
    most naturally corresponds to OIL MIXED MATZAH
    BREAD in Lv04.

    Since we ELIMINATED oil-mixed-matzah-bread (Ex29)
    as referring to oil-mixed-matzah-bread (Lv02)
    it follows (by elimination) that MATZAH BREAD
    must refer to SOMETHING ELSE

    To find out what this something else is, we
    review the other phrases used in the CONSECRATION
    chapters. OILY BREAD(ex29-23) clearly refers to the
    DEEP FRIED MATZAH(Lv02) and hence MATZAH BREAD(Ex29-02)
    does also (By elimination).

    Here is another way to look at this.

    There are 3 phrases describing matzahs in Ex29 and
    Lv08.

    - Clearly FLAT MATZAHS refers to the FLAT MATZAH
    - Clearly OIL MIXED MATZAH BREAD refers to the
      OILD MIXED MATZAH BREAD

   These are exact or OBVIOUS correspondences.

   Having eliminated these two phrases we have left
   an item which is described as either MATZAH BREAD
   or OILY BREAD. This best corresponds to the
   DEEP FRY MINCHAH.

   The point here is that 2 processes are used
   - OBVIOUS MATCHES
   - ELIMINATION
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