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      8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries. The precise definition of database query has been identified in modern times with the 8 operations of Sequential Query Language (SQL).

      This example applies to Rashis Dt05-14a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1302.htm
      Brief Summary: Remember salvation from Egypt by contradicting Egyptian slavery: Practice a) equality b) ritual purity and c) no anxiety-business practices.

We ask the following database query: Which commandments mention that they should be observed becauase 'you are to remember that God took you out of Egypt'? The reader is encouraged to perform the query using a standard Biblical Konnkordance or search engine. This database query yields the list below. The list justifies the following Rashi inference: Commemoration of the salvation from Egypt is emphasized as a reason for commandment observance in laws requiring a) equality b) ritual purity and c) no anxiety-business practices.

The list below presents the results of the database query. We first present in detail a typical verse. Verse Dt05-14a:15 discussing the obligation to treat slaves and orphans nicely states ##### that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. And thou shalt remember that thou was a slave in the land of Egypt, and HaShem thy G-d brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore HaShem thy G-d commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. As can be seen in this example, the Biblical obligation to let slaves/servants rest on the Sabbath is linked to remembering the Exodus. This linkage between the commandment and the exodus, which does not occur at all commandments, is made explicit here because the essence of Egypt consisted of a class society in which certain people were free and certain people were slaves. Consequently any commandment attacking class distinctions - such as the requirement to equally let owners and slaves rest on the Sabbath - will explicitly mention the Exodus. A full set of further examples if presented in the Table below.

Verses Verse Content Contradicts Egyptian practice of...
Dt15-15,Dt05-14a Dt16-12, Dt24-18 Treat slaves, orphans, widows nicely. ..slavery.
Lv22-33, Lv11-45, Nu15-41, Ex29-46 Avoid the ritual impurity associated with contact with the dead ...disassociating a person and destroying his will by continuous exposure to death.
Lv25-38, Lv19-36 Avoid anxiety producing business practices (imprecise weights, loaning on interest). Disassociating a person and destroying his will by continuous exposure to anxiety producing business practices (like imprecise weights).


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