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The Posuk in Terumah says (Exodus 25:22):

וְנוֹעַדְתִּי לְךָ שָׁם וְדִבַּרְתִּי אִתְּךָ מֵעַל הַכַּפֹּרֶת מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי הַכְּרֻבִים אֲשֶׁר עַל אֲרֹן הָעֵדֻת אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר אֲצַוֶּה אוֹתְךָ אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

Rashi on this very posuk says:

ואת כל אשר אצוה אותך אל בני ישראל: הרי וי"ו זו יתירה וטפלה, וכמוהו הרבה במקרא, וכה תפתר ואת אשר אדבר עמך שם, את כל אשר אצוה אותך אל בני ישראל הוא׃

There is one very large problem the extra Vov Rashi is referring to does not exists what happened and why?

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Shouldn't the title be "Extra vov: what vav?"? You are wondering about the fact that there is no extra vov. – Double AA♦ Feb 23 '12 at 1:21
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Related parshablog posts: this and this. – jake Feb 23 '12 at 15:03

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Well, presumably Rashi had a different version. The question is — and is asked by the Mizrachi and the Minchas Shay — that no extant m'sora agrees with him. They offer no answer.

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that is exactly my issue – simchastorah Feb 23 '12 at 1:28
@simchashatorah, right, and I've provided two citations to great commentators (one on Rashi and the other on Tanach) who couldn't come up with an answer. That's not say there is definitely none, but it does make it seem unlikely we'll find it. – msh210♦ Feb 23 '12 at 1:56
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yagata matasa tamin ygata vlo motzasah AL TAMIN – simchastorah Feb 23 '12 at 1:58

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