QUESTIONS ON RASHI

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Rashi writes: "'Yisa... Es Roshecha' -... When [Pharaoh] counts his other servants to serve him at the feast, he will count you among them." Why does Rashi mention the others?

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Gur Aryeh: In this verse, the term 'Yisa Rosh' means counting. 1 One cannot count just one person; it must mean that the butler would be counted among his colleagues.

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As opposed to below, in 40:19 regarding the baker, where the same term means beheading.

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