VERSE: Gn30-01c A women without children feels as if she is dead

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY

In Gn30-01c, Rachel states
- Give me children for if not it is as if I am dead
The Rabbi Ishmael Style rules require us to GENERALIZE this
EXAMPLE--not only would the matriarch Rachel be considered dead
without children, but any woman without children is considered
dead.

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:       THE RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE RULES
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:    GENERALIZATION
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE AND SUBRULE

Some Rashis deal with GRAMMAR or MEANING. But other Rashis
deal with STYLE. The Great Talmudic Sage Rabbi Ishmael,
laid down 3 style rule classes which divide into a dozen
or so rules.

Today we deal with the GENERALIZATION style. This
style applies to ANY SIMPLY STATED SENTENCE.

The Rabbi Ishmael Style rules then demand that the verse
be interpreted BROADLY as applying to ANY SIMILAR CASE.
This requirement of BROAD interpretation is not because
of grammar or meaning or even because some word in the
verse is extra: Rather, it is a requirement of style.


STANDARD EXAMPLE

The simplest example I could find occurs at Dt25-04
- Dont MUZZLE
- an OX
- while it is THRESHING

STUDENT EXERCISES:
-- Suppose you didnt want to interpert the verse BROADLY?
How could you interpret the verse STRICTLY? (The answer to
this question facilitates understanding what not to do)

-- How would you apply the Rabbi Ishmael requirement
of BROAD INTERPRETATION to Dt25-04. More specifically
attempt to generalize each CAPPED WORD.


RASHIS SOLUTION
-- If I interpreted the verse STRICTLY then it would
ONLY be prohibited to MUZZLE an OX while it is
THRESHING

-- The BROAD interpretation prohibits
---- Not just MUZZLING but ANY inteference with eating
---- not just to an OX but to ANY working animal
---- not just while THRESHING but while doing ANY animal work

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE

http://www.Rashiyomi.com/example3.htm
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ex21-17a.htm

You can also revu the whole Rabbi Ishmael style
series at http://www.RashiYomi.com/ishmael.htm

You can visit the Daily Rashi calendar at
http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm The Rabbi Ishmael
series occured during August and September 2000.

Finally we cite Rashi on Pesachim Folio 6 who explicitly
states that ALL simply stated Biblical verses should
be GENERALIZED.

TODAYS LIST

Please find below examples of verses in the GENERALIZATOIN
form taken from http://www.Rashiyomi.com/example3.htm.
The GENERAL term is CAPPED in the 2nd column---the BROAD
INTERPRETATION of this general term is presented in the
3rd column.  The new example today is presented on bottom.