[Avodah] Parshanus: How Does one Construe Silence?

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Nov 20, 2007 10:03 AM, SBA <sba at sba2.com> wrote:

> From: "Richard Wolpoe" < >
> Rashi at times uses Gematriyas.. countless Times that the Ba'al Hatuirm
> uses
> a Gematriya where  Rashi does not use one.
>   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?
> >>>
>
> #4. (and I suppose #1 as well.)
>
> SBA
>
Follow up:

See Rashi's use  of Tanach itself [what I term the Concordance technnique]
to define  ufasachti in Shemos 12 [in 2 places as either chamalti or
dilagti]  and  in Parshas Eikev Rashi uses Targum to define Ekev [halaf]

Given the concordance Technique is used by Rashi himself elsewhere

   1. Would Rashi himself object to using this concordance technique to
   define Ekev?
   2. And even if he DID object in this, would it still be a valid method
   of parshanus?--

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