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      9. RASHI METHOD: NonVerse
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: The common denominator of the 3 submethods of the NonVerse method is that inferences are made from non textual material. The 3 submethods are as follows:
      • Spreadsheet: Rashi makes inferences of a numerical nature that can be summarized in a traditional spreadsheet
      • Geometric: Rashi clarifies a Biblical text using descriptions of geometric diagrams
      • Fill-ins: Rashi supplies either real-world background material or indicates real-world inferences from a verse. The emphasis here is on the real-world, non-textual nature of the material.
      This examples applies to Rashis Ex12-03d Ex12-04a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w35n4.htm
      Brief Summary: Three stages 1) Family can consume one sheep; 2) Family too big; sheep per house 3) Sheep too big; multiple houses.

Reading rule #9 will facilitate understanding rule #4, which can be read after this.

    Verses Ex12-03:04 outline three stages in determining groups of people for the Passover lamb.
  • a lamb per family [this is the ideal situation in which the number of people in the family can consume the entire lamb]
  • lamb per house [Suppose there are too many people in the family - that is, if the entire family got together for Passover and one lamb is divided among them then there would not be enough food for each person - in such a case we break up the family by houses and each house eats one lamb]
  • and if the house is too small for a lamb...then he and his neighbor... [Suppose the number of the people in the house is too small; that is if the lamb would be divided among the people of the house and everyone ate as much as possible there would be leftovers; in such a case then multiple houses join]

    The summary of these rules is given in the Biblical text: you shall form groups per lamb based on the eating capability per person. An algebraic way of doing this is as follows.
    • Let the variable letter N represent the number of meals that can be provided by one lamb;
    • Let the variable letter F represent the (average) number of people per family:
    We then use the following algorithm for determining the groups which will eat together one lamb>
    • Case 1: F = N: Then the entire family gets together on one lamb for Passover.
    • Case 2: F >> N: Then divide the family into approximately F/N groups each one with N people. Each such group eats on lamb for passover.
    • Case 3: F << N: Then let N/F neighboring houses get together and eat one lamb.
    Some people prefer numbers to variables. Let us make up some numbers (for illustrative purposes).
    • Let us suppose N = 50 (A lamb can provide 50 meals)
    • Let us suppose fictitiuos data: The Abrams family have 50 people in their household
    • The Isaacs family have 100 people in their household
    • The Jacobs and Josephs families have 25 people in their household.
    Then using our fictitious data
    • The Abrams with 50 people all eat together one lamb feeding 50 people
    • The Isaacs break up into two subfamilies each with 50 and each family has one lamb (So the Isaacs will have two lambs total)
    • The Jacobs and Josephs will join for a common Passover meal (Together they have 50 people)

    We have classified this Rashi as a spreadsheet Rashi because of the numberical equations used.


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