## The Koren Shalem Siddur; Ashkenaz, Weekdays, The Interpretive Principles of Rabbi Yishmael

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רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר: בִּשְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה מִדּוֹת הַתּוֹרָה נִדְרֶֽשֶׁת

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רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל Rabbi Yishmael says:
The Torah is expounded by thirteen principles:


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א מִקַּל וָחֹֽמֶר

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1. An inference from a lenient law to a strict one, and vice versa.


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ב וּמִגְּזֵרָה שָׁוָה

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2. An inference drawn from identical words in two passages.


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ג מִבִּנְיַן אָב מִכָּתוּב אֶחָד, וּמִבִּנְיַן אָב מִשְּׁנֵי כְתוּבִים

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3. A general principle derived from one text or two related texts.


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ד מִכְּלָל וּפְרָט

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4. A general law followed by specific examples
[where the law applies exclusively to those examples].


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ה מִפְּרָט וּכְלָל

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5. A specific example followed by a general law
[where the law applies to everything implied in the general statement].


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ו כְּלָל וּפְרָט וּכְלָל, אִי אַתָּה דָן אֶלָּא כְּעֵין הַפְּרָט

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6. A general law followed by specific examples and concluding with a general law: here you may infer only cases similar to the examples.


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ז מִכְּלָל שֶׁהוּא צָרִיךְ לִפְרָט, וּמִפְּרָט שֶׁהוּא צָרִיךְ לִכְלָל

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7. When a general statement requires clarification by a specific example,
or a specific example requires clarification by a general statement
[then rules 4 and 5 do not apply].


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ח כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהָיָה בִּכְלָל, וְיָצָא מִן הַכְּלָל לְלַמֵּד
לֹא לְלַמֵּד עַל עַצְמוֹ יָצָא, אֶלָּא לְלַמֵּד עַל הַכְּלָל כֻּלּוֹ יָצָא

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8. When a particular case, already included in the general statement,
is expressly mentioned to teach something new, that special provision applies to all other cases included in the general statement.


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ט כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהָיָה בִּכְלָל, וְיָצָא לִטְעֹן טֹֽעַן אֶחָד שֶׁהוּא כְעִנְיָנוֹ
יָצָא לְהָקֵל וְלֹא לְהַחֲמִיר

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9. When a particular case, though included in the general statement,
is expressly mentioned with a provision similar to the general law,
such a case is singled out to lessen the severity of the law, not to increase it.


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י כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהָיָה בִּכְלָל, וְיָצָא לִטְעֹן טֹֽעַן אַחֵר שֶׁלֹּא כְעִנְיָנוֹ
יָצָא לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחֲמִיר

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10. When a particular case, though included in the general statement,
is explicitly mentioned with a provision differing from the general law,
it is singled out to lessen in some respects, and in others to increase,
the severity of the law.


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יא כָּל דָּבָר שֶׁהָיָה בִּכְלָל, וְיָצָא לִדּוֹן בַּדָּבָר הֶחָדָשׁ
אִי אַתָּה יָכוֹל לְהַחֲזִירוֹ לִכְלָלוֹ
עַד שֶׁיַּחֲזִירֶֽנּוּ הַכָּתוּב לִכְלָלוֹ בְּפֵרוּשׁ

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11. When a particular case, though included in the general statement, is explicitly mentioned with a new provision, the terms of the general statement no longer apply to it, unless Scripture indicates explicitly that they do apply.


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יב דָּבָר הַלָּמֵד מֵעִנְיָנוֹ, וְדָבָר הַלָּמֵד מִסּוֹפוֹ

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12. A matter elucidated from its context, or from the following passage.


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◂יג וְכֵן שְׁנֵי כְתוּבִים הַמַּכְחִישִׁים זֶה אֶת זֶה
עַד שֶׁיָּבוֹא הַכָּתוּב הַשְּׁלִישִׁי וְיַכְרִֽיעַ בֵּינֵיהֶם.

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▸13. Also, when two passages [seem to] contradict each other,
[they are to be elucidated by] a third passage that reconciles them.


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יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ, יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ, שֶׁיִּבָּנֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵֽינוּ, וְתֵן חֶלְקֵֽנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶֽךָ, וְשָׁם נַעֲבָדְךָ בְּיִרְאָה כִּימֵי עוֹלָם וּכְשָׁנִים קַדְמוֹנִיּוֹת.

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May it be Your will, LORD our God and God of our ancestors, that the Temple be speedily rebuilt in our days, and grant us our share in Your Torah. And may we serve You there in reverence, as in the days of old and as in former years.