[Avodah] Parshanus: How Does one Construe Silence?

[Richard Wolpoe]

Given: Rashi at times uses Gematriyas
Also Given: there are countless Times that the Ba'al Hatuirm uses a
Gematriya where  Rashi does not use one.
What can we say about this?

   1. Is it fair to conclude that if Rashi wanted to, he WOULD have used
   the same Gematriya as the Tur?
   Or
   2. Is Rashi's silence on a given Gmeatirya say nothing in particular?

   3. Is Rashi [or any parshan] always giving THE DEFINITIVE exhaustive
   peshat?
   Or
   4. Is the Peirush simply selecting one of several valid options w/o
   necessarily rejecting other possible explanations?


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