Rashi on Tetzaveh 28:15

Parashas Tetzaveh · EXTRA (side-ring)

Torah Temimah has no citation on this locus. Side-ring material from Rashi.

Sefaria — Rashi on Tetzaveh 28:15

Core Text — Rashi on Tetzaveh 28:15
חשן משפט. שֶׁמְּכַפֵּר עַל קִלְקוּל הַדִּין. דָּ"אַ, מִשְׁפָּט שֶׁמְּבָרֵר דְּבָרָיו וְהַבְטָחָתוֹ אֱמֶת, דריש"נטנט בְּלַעַז; שֶׁהַמִּשְׁפָּט מְשַׁמֵּשׁ שָׁלֹשׁ לְשׁוֹנוֹת, דִּבְרֵי טַעֲנוֹת הַבַּעֲלֵי דִּינִים וּגְמַר הַדִּין וְעֹנֶשׁ הַדִּין, אִם עֹנֶשׁ מִיתָה, אִם עֹנֶשׁ מַכּוֹת, אִם עֹנֶשׁ מָמוֹן, וְזֶה מְשַׁמֵּשׁ לְשׁוֹן בֵּרוּר דְּבָרִים, שֶׁמְּפָרֵשׁ וּמְבָרֵר דְּבָרָיו: כמעשה אפד. מַעֲשֵׂה חוֹשֵׁב וּמֵחֲמֵשֶׁת מִינִין:

English: חשן משפט THE BREAST-PLATE OF JUDGMENT — it was so called because it atoned for any error in judgment (cf. Zevachim 88b; Jerusalem Talmud Yoma 7:5). Another explanation of why it is called “the breast-plate of משפט”, is because it makes its statements clear (definite — so that there can be no doubt about their meaning) and its promise is true; discerement in old French, (sentence of judgment). Because the word משפט is used in three senses: the contentions of the parties to the law-suit, the pronouncement of the sentence and the punishment attendant on the sentence, whether it be punishment of death or punishment of flagellation or punishment involving a monetary payment; here it is used in th

Type of Learning

Commentary / midrash on a TT-silent passuk — EXTRA side-ring only.

What Is Learned

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