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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 Ex20-22d
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n9.htm
      Brief Summary: The Torah teaches moral norms by personification. Don't embarass stones ... how much more people.

We ask the following database query: Where, if at all, does the Torah use personification methods to teach moral norms? 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-Midrashic inference: The Torah teaches moral norms by personification. For example the Torah prohibits embarassing stones by excessively uncovering one's nakedness on them. If even stones should not be embarassed, then a fortiori, one should not embarass one's fellows man sexually. The very beautiful list given in rule #10 below presents the results of the database query with over half a dozen examples. The serious student is urged to carefully review it now. 


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