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BACKGROUND EXAMPLE
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Dt25-04a Dont muzzle an OX while threshing:
RASHI: Dont muzzle ANY ANIMAL

Lv01-02c Offer ANIMALS--Offer OX and SHEEP animals
RASHI: You can **ONLY** offer OX & SHEEP animals

Dt18-03b These are the laws for those who offer sacrifices
         Whether from Oxen or Sheep
RASHI: So these laws only apply to OXEN and SHEEP not to
       beasts and birds

Why the difference? Why in one verse do we generalize OXEN to any
animal, while in the other verse we restrict the law to ONLY oxen


OVERVIEW
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This module (which we have called CLIMAX) deals with the rules
governing the interpretation of Biblical examples. If the Torah
for example said "Eat apple pies" how should this be interpretd?

--Should we say "Eat apple pies" means **ONLY** eat apple pies
--Should we say "Eat apple pies" means eat ANYTHING TASTY
--Should we say "Eat apple pies" means eat FRUIT pies

In other words, how do we interpret the Biblical EXAMPLE
apple pie. Here are the rules governing interpretation
of Biblical EXAMPLES---the EXAMPLES summarizing the past
month will follow.



                -GRAND SUMMARY PART 5-


      -IN PART 5 WE INTERPRET THE GENERAL-DETAIL
       VERSE as "ADDING THE REQUIREMENT MENTIONED IN
       THE DETAIL" Here are the examples





(27) Lv17-13b You must cover up spilled blood of
         a slaughtered animal-------------------GENERAL
         (provided) that (it) can be eaten------DETAIL

     RASHI: The phrase "THAT CAN BE EATEN" adds a requirement.
       You are only required to COVER THE BLOOD of a
       slaughtered animal if it is KOSHER (ie if it can be
       eaten). But you are not required to cover the blood
       of a non-kosher animal.






(28) BACKGROUND: A typical household of 4-12 cannot consume
     one lamb--there would be leftovers. The Bible says

     Ex12-04c
         For the Passover Lamb, you combine households--GENERAL
         till the number of people,ACCORDING TO---------DETAIL
         THEIR APPETITE,can be served by one lamb

     RASHI: The phrase ACCORDING TO THEIR APPETITE adds a
       requirement. You don't count people who eat
       little, such as the sick and elderly






(29)Dt13-13a If a CITY in the ----------------------GENERAL
         TERRITORY THAT GOD GAVE YOU TO DIVIDE UP---DETAIL
         worships idols then it is destroyed

    RASHI: The extra phrase
       "IN THE TERRITORY THAT GOD GAVE YOU TO DIVIDE UP'
       indicates an extra REQUIREMENT. It shows that if
       Jerusalem worshipped idols then it is not destroyed
       (Because Jerusalem was not divided among the tribes)







(30) Dt21-17b

   He shall give his 1st born, double inheritance (GENERAL)
   among the things found by him                  (DETAILS)


   RASHI: The phrase "among the things found by him"
   distinguishes between eg jewelery which a person
   BOTH owns and "has by him" vs bonds and stock
   which are proof of ownership (but the money is not
   yet 'found by him'-because you have to 'cash in' the bond).

   Thus the phrase 'among the things found by him'
   adds a DETAIL or prerequisite that the 1st born
   should only inherit double among what his father really
   (already) has/possesses..but not eg bonds or assets
   (The firstborn inherits a single portion of his fathers
    bonds but a double portion of his fathers equipment)









(31) Lv18-15a
     Don't commit adultery with your DAUGHTER-IN-LAW---GENERAL
     Don't commit adultery with your SON'S WIFE--------DETAIL

  RASHI: The adultery prohibition is only on a DAUGHTER IN LAW
       that is also your SON'S WIFE (So it is not Biblically
       prohibited to have an affair with your sons RAPE-
       VICTIM or with your sons NON-JEWISH-MISTRESS).
       (NOTE: The Bible 'streches' the meaning of daughter-in
       law to include rape victim and mistresses)
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