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VERSE: Dt04-22a
RASHIS COVERED: Dt04-22a Dt06-13a Dt10-20a
Dt04-22a
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04


SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi frequently made inferences based on the Biblical STYLE. We
call this Rashi Rule the RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE rule.

A powerful style rule was the painting of a verse in a
CLIMACTIC DEVELOPMENT manner. We call this the RASHI SUBRULE of
CLIMAX

EXAMPLE Dt04-22a
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The Biblical text at Dt04-22 states
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For I Moses die here
I do not go into Israel
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It seems anti-climactic to state
- I die OUTSIDE Israel
- and will not go in.

Because of the requirement that verses be PERCEIVED as being
in CLIMACTIC order Rashi reads these verses as follows

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For I Moses die here            I die OUTSIDE Israel
I do not go into Israel         I wont even be buried in Israel
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LIST451a below summarizes this argument

EXAMPLE Dt10-20a Dt06-13a
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Both these verses state as follows
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FEAR God
SERVE Him
CLING to HIM*1
SWEAR BY HIM
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The concept of SWEARING has numerous connotations:
- it can connote anger (eg prostitutes swear when angry)
- it can connote affirmations of seriousness

Rashi's point base on the CLIMACTIC nature of the verse
is that SWEARING is only takne seriously by those who
- fear God (dont swear haphazardly)
- serve and cling to him
Such people are then known as PEOPLE WHO SWEAR BY GOD

This inference is justified by the CLIMAX form of the verse

LIST450z summarizes this climactic structure
ITEM DETAIL
RASHI RULE CLASS: RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS CLIMAX
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #25
SEE BELOW LIST450z
Climactic structure of Dt10-20, Dt06-13:Fear,Observe,Cling:SWEAR
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SEE BELOW LIST451a
Climactic structure of Dt04-22a: Die here;not even get burial plot
LIST450z
(C) Dr Hendel, Jan-04

Climactic structure of   Dt10-20, Dt06-13:Fear,Observe,Cling:SWEAR
TEXT OF VERSE CLIMAX INTERPRETATION REFLECTING CLIMAX
FEAR God Dont eg SWEAR to express anger
SERVE Him Be known as God-fearing
CLING to HIM*1 Associate with Godly people
*2 SWEAR BY HIM Oaths of God Fearing taken seriously
COMMENTS
*1 The phrase/requirement CLING TO HIM is
- present in Dt10-20
- absent in Dt06-13

*2 The concept of SWEARING has numerous connotations:
- it can connote anger (eg prostitutes swear when angry)
- it can connote affirmations of seriousness
Rashi's point is:SWEARING is only takne seriously by those who
- fear God (dont swear haphazardly)
- serve and cling to him
Such people are then known as PEOPLE WHO SWEAR BY GOD

This inference is justified by the CLIMAX form of the verse
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