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    4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Aligning two almost identically worded verselets can suggest
    • (4a) 2 cases of the same incident or law
    • (4b) emphasis on the nuances of a case
    • (4c) use of broad vs literal usage of words
    This examples applies to Rashis Ex32-10a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ex32-10a.htm

    The following two verses discussing God's anger at the Jewish people and His desire to destroy them are identical except for one word
  • Verse Ex32-09 states HaShem said unto Moses: 'I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people.
  • Verse Dt09-13 states HaShem spoke unto me,To say: 'I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people;

Rashi comments on the one underlined differing word, to say: The phrase To say creates emphasis: God as it were wanted Moses to say and answer Him back. In other words God told Moses He wanted to destroy the Jewish people in order to provoke Moses into praying for them.

Advanced Rashi: The above Rashi came from a computer analysis of the entire Bible. I instructed the computer to align all verse pairs with several common words. The entire project consumed several dozen hours of computer time. When the project was over I was able to identify the Rashis on all verse pairs except two which I had never noticed. The above verse pair was provided by the computer. I immediately recognized it as justifying the Rashi cited above. Such an analysis reinforces our belief that the understanding of Rashi can be accomplished by rules accessible to anyone.


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