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Bava Metzia 061: Which is a better reason 'Ani Mavchin' or 'Al Menas Ken'?

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Bava Metzia 061: Which is a better reason 'Ani Mavchin' or 'Al Menas Ken'?

alex lebovits asked:

Rava on 61B explains why the Torah mentions Yetzias Mitzrayim in 3 places.

1. By Ribis
2. By Mishkolos
3. By Tzitzis

1. Why does Rashi give Mareh M’Komos for only the first 2. 

2. I looked up these 1st two places  in the Chumash and found that Rashi gives 
the reason of our Gemorah of ‘Ani Mavchin’ plus another reason of ‘Al Menas 
Keyn’. 

Now, by Ribis he mentions our Gemorah as the main reason and as a Davar Achar 
he also mentions ‘Al Menas Keyn’ .

Yet by Mishkolos, he mentions ‘Al Menas Keyn’ as the main reason and our 
Gemorah only as the ‘Davar Acher’.

I thought that looking up the 3rd location by Tzitzis will help solve the 
issue. But when I looked there, Rashi seems to learn this case different from 
Ribis and different also from Mishkolos!

Is Rashi Meduyak?!    

Kol Tuv
Alex Lebovits, Toronto, Canada
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The Kollel replies:

1. I would suggest that Rashi omits the Mar'eh Makom by Tzitzis, because he 
assumes that everybody knows it by heart.

2. It seems to me that Rashi in Chumash is giving two independent explanations, 
one in accordance with the Gemara in Bava Metzia, the other, based on Midrashim 
(as most Rashi's are), in connection with the Pesukim where each one is written.

In the Pasuk of Ribis, Rashi connects his alternative explanation with the 
Pasuk that follows (i.e. "Laseis Lachem Es Eretz Kena'an ... "). You will see 
that his alternative explanation and the following two Rashi's follow the same 
pattern. That explains why he cites his alternative explanation second.

Whereas in the Pasuk of Mishkolos, his alternative explanation refers 
exclusively to the Lav of Mishkolos that is written before 'Yetzi'as 
Mitzrayim', so he places it first.

In other words, the order of Rashi's two answers in both places is a matter of 
juxtaposition, not of priority. So as you see, Rashi is, as always, very 
Meduyak!

In Parshas Tzitzis, Rashi mentions the second reason, in keeping with the 
alternative explanation by Ribis and Mishkolos. I don't understand your final 
statement, but I do see that Rashi fails to cite our Gemara's explanation 
there, and I agree that this does seem strange.

Be'Virchas Kol Tuv,
Eliezer Chrysler


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