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size=2>R' Yisrael Medad writes:</FONT></DIV><FONT
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<DIV><BR>>>Toby suggests that<BR>"the Torah almost never puts in one
extra word...You find examples of this<BR>all over Chumash...An
example that comes to mind is with Dena and Shechem.<BR>Not until we read
that her brothers took her from Shechem's home (after<BR>killing all the
men of the city) do we realize that she has been held<BR>captive during all the
preceding conversations and negotiations"<BR><BR>.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>Well, I am not sure of that and I;m not referring to Parshat Nasso,
for<BR>example). Verse 1 of Chapt. 34 states plainly "and he took
her",<BR>physically, i.e., absconded away with her, removed here from her
previous<BR>location - this "taking" cannot be the sexual act for that is
described such<BR>"and lay with her". No, we surely can realize she was
being held against<BR>her will all this time.<<<BR></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>"He took her" tells us that he took her against her will. It
doesn't tell us that he kept her captive and didn't let her go, during all his
sweet talk about how much he loved her and really wanted to marry her.
That, we only learn when her brothers free her.<BR></DIV></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><B><BR></B><BR><B>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</B></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>