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      5. RASHI METHOD: CONTRADICTION
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi resolves contradictory verses using 3 methods.
      • (5a) Resolution using two aspects of the same event
      • (5b) Resolution using two stages of the same process
      • (5c) Resolution using broad-literal interpretation.
      This examples applies to Rashis Gn18-01d
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1313.htm
      Brief Summary: a) It was hot but b) Abraham sat by the tent door RASHI: To seek passerbys to offer them hospitality

The table below presents two contradictory verses/verselets. Both verses/verselets talk about the daily weather. The underlined words highlight the contradiction. One verse/verselet says it was very hot while the other verse/verselet says Abraham sat by the tent door. Which is it? Was it breezy enough to set by the door or was it hot? Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 aspects method: While it was too hot to sit by the door it was also too hot to be outside. Abraham therefore sat by the door in order to provide hospitality to passerbys.

Summary Verse / Source Text of verse / Source
It was hot Gn18-01d
    And HaShem appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre,
  • as he sat in the tent door
  • in the heat of the day;
He sat by the tent door Gn18-01d
    And HaShem appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre,
  • as he sat in the tent door
  • in the heat of the day;
Resolution: 2 Aspects While it was too hot to sit by the door it was also too hot to be outside. Abraham therefore sat by the door in order to provide hospitality to passerbys. 


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