tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post8748296214397463770..comments2024-03-25T09:43:27.402-04:00Comments on Divrei Chaim: v'ahavta l're'acha kamocha - a rashi questionChaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-74805949609303515102007-04-30T07:32:00.000-04:002007-04-30T07:32:00.000-04:00Pshuto shel mikra means, not the literal meanng (w...Pshuto shel mikra means, not the literal meanng (which is fundamentally Rashbam's disagreement with his illustrious grandfather) but the meaning in context. Rashi is addressing the reason for the passuk being in Kedoshim, where the mitzvot are fundamentally connected to the asseret hadibrot. Rashi is stressing the foundational nature of this halacha, and thus (implicitly) its connection to "Anochi ..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-36425030613350667532007-04-29T05:46:00.000-04:002007-04-29T05:46:00.000-04:00good question.just posted a response on my blog. t...good question.<BR/>just posted a response on my blog. too long for the comments.ADDeRabbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749876612695930184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-10880772817211786932007-04-27T16:22:00.000-04:002007-04-27T16:22:00.000-04:00>sugya is about superlativityor relativity. Shabba...>sugya is about superlativity<BR/><BR/>or relativity. <BR/><BR/>Shabbat Shalom.David Guttmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668302013143561290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-49104188871464627342007-04-27T16:02:00.000-04:002007-04-27T16:02:00.000-04:00When is it a big deal to be "v'ahavta l're'acha wh...When is it a big deal to be <BR/>"v'ahavta l're'acha when your and him are vying for the same position then he is kamocha"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-49446379095851599772007-04-27T15:44:00.000-04:002007-04-27T15:44:00.000-04:00I was originally going to write the/a, but then re...I was originally going to write the/a, but then recalled the wording of Ben Azzai (?), who introduces his opinion by saying "There is a k'lal even greater than this", which implies that the sugya is about superlativity. Unless "gadol" has some other meaning?Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14414532577328945154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-32323190993208470962007-04-27T14:53:00.000-04:002007-04-27T14:53:00.000-04:00>if the most important k'lal of the Torah is V'Aha...>if the most important k'lal of the Torah is V'Ahavta l'rei'acha kamocha<BR/><BR/>I don't believe that Klal Gadol means "the most important". Just being anal!David Guttmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668302013143561290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-71961016910714849142007-04-27T12:31:00.000-04:002007-04-27T12:31:00.000-04:00Maybe the p'shuto shel mikra can be expanded to a ...Maybe the p'shuto shel mikra can be expanded to a macroscopic view of the Torah as a unit rather than just a microscopic view focused on individual words and p'sukim? <BR/><BR/>I don't have evidence to support this, from elsewhere in Rashi's commentary but if the most important k'lal of the Torah is V'Ahavta l'rei'acha kamocha, it would seem that an explanation of the meaning of Torah on a basic level should mention this as a landmark from which to understand the other pesukim.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14414532577328945154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-41894561294326135932007-04-27T11:51:00.000-04:002007-04-27T11:51:00.000-04:00The problem with that is the dibbur hamaschil does...The problem with that is the dibbur hamaschil does not match (again, depending on which meforshei rashi you read, this may or may not be a big deal).Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20173285.post-45811083208039601842007-04-27T10:53:00.000-04:002007-04-27T10:53:00.000-04:00probably the Ani Hashem. See my post on this.probably the Ani Hashem. See my post on this.David Guttmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668302013143561290noreply@blogger.com