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OVERVIEW OF HILIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE

`          Whats new and hot in this issue?
ITEMWHATS NEW & HOT IN THIS ISSUE
WORKBOOKWe are embarking on a Rashi Workbook Project*1
CLIMAXWe carefully explain the CLIMAX principle
QUESTIONWas I justified in using PSORAISIS as a translation
QUESTIONWhy wasnt SYMBOLISM...listed in my RASHI WORKBOOK
TEXT CORRECTWe correct 2 words in a Rashi text
COMMENTS

*1 Over the next year or so we will be writing modules for
   the 2-4 dozen basic Rashi skill competencies needed for
   learning Rashi. These modules will then be gathered into
   a workbook which can be used at home or in schools In
   the meantime each of these modules is usable in actual
   schools or home-schooling situations.




Rashis covered in this issue
VERSERULEBRIEF DESCRIPTION
==============================================================
Lv26-30aCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-30bCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-30cCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-30dCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-31aCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-31bCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-32aCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-33aCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-31cCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-33aCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-33bCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
Lv26-33bCLIMAX7 stages to exile:Starve,homeless...
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VERSE: v9-51a

FROM: Anonymous, MD (Dermatologist)
TO:   Rashi is Simple
RE:   My translation of GARAV as PSORAISIS
DATE: Apr 27 2002

A Dermatologist whom I know from Shomrei made the following
comments on my translation of GARAV as PSORAISIS (See
http://www.RashiYomi.com/h13n21.htm for the entire posting).

COMMENT
-------
The identification of the Biblical diseases as PSORAISIS or
anything else confuses the issue of DIAGNOSIS vs EXISTENCE.

In other words, the Bible in Ex09-09, Dt28-27 and Lv21-20
is clearly describing a SKIN DISEASE. A detailed analysis
such as you did in the Rashi posting shows that this disease
has certain characteristics such as ITCHING, SKIN OUTBREAKS,
DRYNESS and/or PUSS, PERSISTENCE etc.

HOWEVER This merely shows that the disease EXISTS and is
a skin disease. It does NOT tell us which disease it is

Modern clinical diagnosis has developed very specific
criteria to classify diseases. The Bible does not, for
whatever reason, show this level of detail.

More specifically the symptoms listed above--ITCHING,
SKIN OUTBREAKS, DRYNESS / PUSS, PERSISTENCE -- are symptoms
of a large class of diseases including PSORAISIS, ECZEMA etc

Hence, it is a mistake to identify the BIblical symptoms with
ANY ONE disease.

RESPONSE
--------
I suggested that therefore an appropriate translation would
be not PSORAISIS but A PSORAISIS-TYPE-DISEASE with a footnote
indicating it could also be other diseases such as ECZEMA etc

Yasher Coach for the insights (The Dermatologist I spoke to
suggested his analysis would also apply to the so called
TZARATH DISEASES and their attempted translation)

Russell Hendel; Rashi is Simple


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VERSE: v9-51b

FROM: A Passer by on the street
TO:   Rashi is Simple
RE:   Why arent CLIMAX, SYMBOLISM, DATABASE methods
      listed in my workbook. Also: What is CLIMAX, etc
DATE: April 27 2002

A passer by on Shabbath asked me about CLIMAX.

It occured to me that I had not listed
- CLIMAX
- SYMBOLISM
- SQL DATABASE methods
in my RASHI WORKBOOK (Http://www.RashiYomi.com/workbook.htm)

The reason I omitted them is because they are ADVANCED METHODS

I have therefore supplemented the WORKBOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS
with these 3 methods which I call advanced. Today we discuss
the CLIMAX principle which is an important OVERLOOKED principle
in understanding Rashi.

I have left to explain why eg I call the Rabbi Ishmael Methods
elementary but call CLIMAX advanced.

The answer is that ALL Rabbi Ishmael says is that eg some
verses should be generalized. So eg Rabbi Ishmael says that
Dt25-04 DONT MUZZLE AN OX WHILE THRESHING should be generalized.

True, the details of HOW TO GENERALIZE This verse may require
advanced Talmudic training. But the ACT of generalization is
SIMPLE. Just ask a 5 year old how to generalize DONT MUZZLE AN
OX to new situations and they eg may state DONT DEPRIVE A DOG
OR CAT OF FOOD. (Or they may say DONT DEPRIVE ANY ANIMAL).
(Closer analysis shows this holds ONLY while the animal works.)
Thus the ACT OF GENERALIZATION is simple.

However CLIMAX is not simple. It requires a SIMULTANEITY of
reviewing several verses together and linking them as a
succession of stages. Hence I call this method advanced.

At any rate they are all Rashi methods and they are all
included on my main workbook page which now has 30 basic
principles.

Please visit the WORKBOOK at
http://www.RashiYomi.com/workbook.htm

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VERSE: Lv26-30a

RASHIS COVERED: Lv26-30a Lv26-30b Lv26-30c Lv26-30d
                Lv26-31a Lv26-31b Lv26-32a Lv26-33a
                Lv26-31c Lv26-33a Lv26-33b Lv26-33b

CLIMAX


----------------------------------------
TODAYS RASHI RULE:       CLIMAX
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:    CLIMAX
----------------------------------------

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
-------------------------
Briefly speaking the CLIMAX rule applies when
the Bible repeats an idea in similar language
3 or more times. The CLIMAX rule views these
repeating phrases as forming a Biblical PARAGRAPH.

The CLIMAX rule first identifies the UNIFYING TOPIC
idea of this paragraph.

The CLIMAX rule then shows how this basic TOPIC idea
is DEVELOPED over a series of STAGES.

The CLIMAX rule justifies its assertions, not by
grammar or meaning, but rather by the EXPECTATION
THAT A PARAGRAPH OF REPEATING PHRASES MUST BE SHOWING
DEVELOPMENT. The grammar and meaning are at most
supportive - they are never proofs. The standard example
illustrate this.


STANDARD EXAMPLE
----------------
The clearest example of a CLIMAX RASHI is Dt19-11
---------------------------------------
When a person HATES his friend
and he AMBUSHES him
and CONFRONTS him
and he LETHALLY HITS HIM and he dies
...then the murderer will be tried and dies
---------------------------------------


STUDENT EXERCISES
-----------------
- Find the TOPIC IDEA (or the UNIFYING idea) in
the above 4 phrases

- Show how the list of CAPPED verbs describes
HOW IT HAPPENS--that is it shows a progression
of STAGES that naturally leads to murder.

- In describing this succession of stages you
may have to stretch the meaning of some words.
Justify this using CLIMAX

RASHIS SOLUTION
---------------
ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS:
- The TOPIC IDEA is MURDER. The above paragraph
is describing a MURDER

- The 3 stages that naturally lead to murder are
-- HATRED
-- PARANOIA-noticing every action of the hated person
-- CONFRONTATION-disagreeing with actions of the hated

When you have such a setup: Continual confrontation
coupled with a lack of privacy rooted in hatred--there
eventually erupts a fight which can lead to death.

COMMENTS: Note how we re-translate the word AMBUSH
to refer to a general atmosphere of SPYING AND NOTICING
the hated person. But AMBUSH does NOT mean SPYING and
NOTICING. That is Rashi has used POETIC LICENSE--he
has STRETCHED the meaning of the word AMBUSH to include
all spying and noticing.


The justification for this stretch of meaning is the
CLIMAX prinicple which allows and even requires us to
stretch some meanings in repeated Biblical
phrases in order that the paragraph conform to a succession
of stages. In other words, CLIMAX takes precedence over
dictionary meaning and even grammar---the need to see the
paragraph unified and developed justifies these
reinterpretations.

The understanding of this principle--that CLIMAX, not
the dictionary, justifies poetic license will help
clarify the simplicity in many Rashis.

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
---------------------------------
A standard reference for Rashis using climax may
be found at http://www.RashiYomi.com/example9.htm

Also visit the Rashi calendar at
http://www.RashiYomi.com/calendar1.htm
The CLIMAX series was presented from Mid August 2000
to Mid September (Xampl-1 thru Xampl-22 on the
calendar).(Or directly go to
http://www.RashiYomi.com/xampl-1.htm
http://www.RashiYomi.com/xampl-2.htm....

It is summarized at Xampl-36.
http://www.Rashiyomi.com/xampl-36.htm

(NOTE: We there regard CLIMAX as an example of the
Rabbi Ishmael DETAIL-GENERAL principle. The Topic
sentence becomes the GENERAL STATEMENT (MURDER).
The phrases preceding this general statement are seen
as the DETAILS of murder (HATE, AMBUSH, CONFRONTATION).

The Rabbi Ishmael style rules require us to GENERALIZE
these details. Hence the word AMBUSH which has a
specific meaning is generalized by Rashi to refer to
any SPYING and persistent noticing. Thus Rabbi Ishmael
justifies the POETIC LICENSE used by Rashi. These are
two different perspectives describing the same thing.)

HOW TO USE THESE LISTS FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS
------------------------------------------
You can use the LISTS referenced above for
school projects. Here is how. If you are a
teacher then you can use the above resources
to display verses with repeating phrases.

You can then have the students do the 3 exercises
listed above:
(a) Find the Topic sentence
(b) Describe the Development in stages
(c) List deviations from standard meanings.

The students can then compare their analysis with that
of Rashis. This leads to greater appreciation of Rashi.

TODAYS EXAMPLE
--------------
Todays Rashi focuses on the group of verses in Lv26-27:33.
The topic idea is THE JEWS WILL BE EXILED FOR THEIR SINS.
The Bible beautifully develops the anguish of EXILE using
7 stages (STARVATION, HOMELESSNESS, LOSS OF HOPE etc). Along
the way many similar phrases are translated differently. The
justification for this is CLIMAX.

Expecially noteworthy is the need to make a minor textual
correction of 2 words in Rashi to make Rashi read clearly. This
follows the correction methods of the Vilna Gaon.

Here are the 7 stages listed in Lv26-27:33. Footnotes discuss
further assumptions and nuances. A special footnote *20
discusses the long Rashi on Lv26-31b which counts the 7 stages.
We correct 2 words to make this Rashi comprehensible.

The LINK column in this table explains HOW the 7 stages
progress from one to another.
STAGEVERSETEXT OF VERSELINKS
STARVATIONLv26-29Eat children for food
NO RELIGIOUS CRUTCHESLv26-30Lose religious statutes*1*2
NO PERSONAL RELIGIONLv26-30No dreams inspiring hope*3*4
NO ANCESTRAL RELIGIONLv26-31No cities,temple,sacrifices*5*5
HOMELESSNESS(EXILE)Lv26-32Land is desolate*6*6
LOSS OF FRIENDSLv26-33Sprinkle exile;splash swords*7
LOSS OF HOPELv26-34a known desolate land*8
COMMENTS

*1 Rashi here explains terms
   - (Lv26-30a) BAMAH refers to popular public altars
   - (Lv26-30b) HAMAN refers to Roof altars *10

*2 (LINK OF STARVATION TO LOSS OF RELIGION)
   -----------------------------------------
   If you are starving you might at least go into some
   public worship center (To get food). But these centers
   will all be destroyed.

*3  - (Lv26-30c) Rashi interprets YOUR CADAVERES WILL BE
     PLACED ON YOUR BROKEN IDOLS literally by utilizing an
     example supplied by the Sifray.
     -----------------------------------------------
     e.g. A person is starving and takes out his/her
     pocket idol. The person drops dead and falls on
     the idol. Thus the persons body is on the broken
     idol*11
     ------------------------------------------------

     Similarly (Lv26-30d) Rashi interprets MY(GODS) SOUL
     WILL LOATHE YOU to mean
     -------------------------------------------
     There will be no spiritual communication between
     Me (God) and man (such as by dreams)
     -------------------------------------------

     Thus Rashi is using poetic license on these phrases.
     See the next footnote for the LINK between starvation,
     no religious centers and the above interpretations

*4 LINK OF NO DREAMS IN EXILE STAGES
   ----------------------------------
   Quite simply a person who is starving who cannot get
   food in public religious institutions may still have
   hope because of some dream suggesting a solution to
   his/her problem; OR, the person may have hope because
   of some religious object they hold on to.

   Thus Rashi interprets these phrases as a DESTRUCTION
   OF PERSONAL RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES which might
   inspire hope in the face of starvation

*5 LINK OF STARVATION, NO TEMPLE, EXILE
   ------------------------------------
   So far we have described 3 stages
   - starvation
   - loss of local idol houses where a person might
     obtain food
   - loss of personal religious experiences.

   The person might try to go back to his ancestral religion.
   That is, a return to the religion of his forefathers.
   Such networking would provide him with friends who would
   supply food and jobs.

   Hence Rashi interprets these Biblical phrases as talking
   about the destruction of ancestral religion
   -(Lv26-31a)No metropolitan cities with business flow*12
   -(Lv26-31b)no temple to which people came from all over*13
   -(Lv26-31b) no priests, sacrifices

   Rashi used poetic license and interpreted these phrases
   as describing a new stage: LOSS OF CENTRALIZED ANCESTRAL
   RELIGION

*6 The verse simply states I WILL MAKE DESOLATE THE LAND AND
   YOUR ENEMIES WILL BE DESOLATE ON IT. This phrase occurs
   several time in the Biblical paragraph. Rashi uses poetic
   license to interpret each phrase differently.

   Rashi stretches this using poetic license
   ---------------------------------------
   It is not only that the Jews will
   be exiled. But rather that the land
   they lived on will be UNUSABLE. EVEN
   the ENEMIES will not be able to live there
   ---------------------------------------

   In terms of stages there is a difference between a starving
   person getting thrown out of his house(with the hope
   of getting it back) vs a person whose house has become
   unlivable (Say thru a fire)!

   Thus we might describe this as the HOMELESS stage of exile



*7  The verse BY ITSELF
    would be perceived
    as simply using flowery language
   ---------------------------------------------
   I God will SPRINKLE you among the nations;
   I will SPLASH out the swords
   ---------------------------------------------

   Because of CLIMAX Rashi used poetic license on the
   nuances of SPRINKLE and SPLASH

   -- SPRINKLE denotes a LACK OF UNITY (only droplets
   are sprinkled). SPLASH denotes massive terrorism
   without letup.

   LINK TO THE EXILE STAGES
   ------------------------
   A starving person who lost his house may hope
   to still have friends to support him. Thus the
   Bible describes the STARVING HOMELESS PERSON
   who additionally has no friends.

   Although the nuances of SPRINKLE and SPLASH
   support Rashi, the ultimate proof comes from
   the CLIMAX principle not from the strange words.

*8 The phrase DESOLATE LAND has already occured
   several times in this chapter. Rashi
   interprets each occurence of this phrase
   differently consistent with the CLIMAX
   PRINCIPLE. In this verse Rashi places an
   emphasis on

   ---------------------------------------------
   The land will be KNOWN as desolate. There will
   be no HOPE of coming back
   ----------------------------------------------

   This is the final stage in exile. After all if
   you are exiled (eg from your house because of fire)
   but  believe the government will rebuild it for
   you then it is just a nuisance.

   But if you are exiled WITHOUT hope of return it is
   more serious.


LONGER FOOTNOTES

*10 HAMAH means SUN. So a fitting name for a ROOF IDOL would
    be a SUN IDOL or SUN for short. Such idols were
    convenient since they were IN YOUR HOUSE

*11 Rashi interprets
    ---------------------------------------------
    I will place your cadavers on your broken
    idols
    ---------------------------------------------

    to refer to eg

    --------------------------------------------
    a starving person who takes out his pocket
    idol to pray, dies and his dead body falls
    on his broken idol
    --------------------------------------------

    I think it best to regard this Rashi (actually
    a sifrah) as an EXAMPLE of a PERSONAL RELIGIOUS
    EXPERIENCE. The CLIMAX principle gives depth
    to individual phrases by linking them in a
    general paragarph setting

*12 As Rashi himself points out: The verse simply states
    I WILL DESTROY YOUR CITIES. But this phrase occurs
    several times in the chapter. Rashi interprets the
    phrase here to mean I WILL DESTROY YOUR (BUSINESS)
    METROPOLITASES

    Recall that in ancient times everyone came to Jerusalem
    --even non-jews---to see the temple---hence the Temple
    cities became business centers--therefore a person lacking
    food could go and find refuge and help here.

    Thus this stage states that all centralized religion
    will go (cutting off another avenue of hope)

*13 The Sifrah finds a grammatical nuance SUPPORTING this
    interpretation: The Bible uses the word YOUR TEMPLES
    vs TEMPLE or MY(GODS) TEMPLE. This indicates a nuance
    of the SYNAGOGUES which had public prayers at the
    times of the daily temple sacrifices.

    Again however, it is not the grammar which motivates
    Rashi. Rather it the climax principle which shows
    how STARVATION CAN LEAD TO EXILE. First you have
    to remove all hope of getting food--one such hope
    comes from centralized religion.

    Hence Rashi interprets this verse as referring to
    ANY CENTRALIZED STRUCTURE (business centers,
    Temple links or the Temple itself)

*20
    The Bible in Lv26-27 EXPLICITLY states
    ---------------------------------------
    I will bring 7 punishments on you
    ---------------------------------------
    Hence both Rashi and I count 7 stages.

    But the text we have of Rashi appears to stop in the
    middle of the paragraph! I have taken the text naturally
    which starts at verse Lv26-27 and finishes at Lv26-33.

    I therefore list here the 15 verse phrases in Lv26-27:33
    (using one phrase per verse). I then add my classification
    and Rashis classification. I change two words in Rashi
    which makes our two interpretations identical.

    WITHOUT THESE 2 WORD CORRECTIONS RASHI WOULD BE
    STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF A PARAGRAPH. Hence I think
    this approach worthwhile. This approach of minor
    word correction was advocated (when necessary by
    the Vilna Gaon).

    --------------------------------------------------------
    VERSE   TEXT OF PHRASE         WHICH STAGE
    ------- ---------------------- -------------------------
    Lv26-29 eat your boy children  Starvation
    Lv26-29 eat your girl children Starvation
    Lv26-30 destroy statutes       No Crutches
    Lv26-30 destroy roof gods      NO Crutches
    Lv26-30 die on statutes        NO Personal visions
    Lv26-30 no visions/dreams      NO Personal visions
    Lv26-31 no metropolitases      No Central Temple*21
    Lv26-31 No Temple Synagogues   No central Temple
    Lv26-31 No Temple sacrifices   No Central temple
    Lv26-32 Exiled from land       Homeless Exile
    Lv26-32 Land uninhabitable     Homeless exile
    Lv26-33 Exile without unity    Troops in SYNAGOGUES*22
    Lv26-33 massive terrorism      Troops in SYNAGOGUES
    Lv26-33 No hope of return      No HOPE for sacrifices*23
    Lv26-33 No hope of cities      No HOPE for sacrifices
    --------------------------------------------------------

*21 Rashi says THE DEPARTURE OF THE DIVINE PRESENCE
    It is therefore tempting to say he was referring to
    the last phrase in Lv26-30 talking about LACK OF VISIONS
    But quite simply I interpret it as referring to the
    DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE (SEAT OF THE DIVINE PRESENCE)

*22 I have changed the word TEMPLE to SYNAGOGUES. That is
    instead of TROOPS (of JEWS) GOING TO TEMPLE we translate
    TROOPS (Of Foreign nations) GOING TO SYNAGOGUES (And
    preventing UNITY. This requires a change of one word

*23 Rashi states NO SCENT OF SACRIFICES which clearly echoes
    Lv26-31. I changed the word SCENT to HOPE. So the
    Rashi text reads NO HOPE FOR SACRIFICES. This is consistent
    with Rashis OWN interpretation of Lv26-33






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RASHI RULE USED: CLIMAX

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          THE 6 RASHI RULE CLASSES(Version 3.2 Dec 15 2001)
                http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rules-01.htm
          Copyright Dec 2001, RashiYomi Inc. Dr Hendel President

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THE DICTIONARY RULE: Rashi can function as a dictionary.
                     He presents 2-6 meanings of words
         REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/words.htm
========================================================
* EXAMPLE 1: AL means ON. AL can also mean
      - WITH (Eat Passover WITH matzoh Ex12-09e)
      - IN   (Place the Matzoh IN the basket Ex29-03)
      - TO   (The boards shall be even from bottom TO top Ex26-24c)
      - NEAR (His borders will be NEAR Tzison Gn49-13b)
      - AFTER(Offer Peace offerings AFTER the daily Lv03-05a)

* EXAMPLE 2: KI means IF,PERHAPS,RATHER,BECAUSE,WHEN,THAT
   Gn18-15a Gn24-33a

* EXAMPLE 3: YDA means FAMILIAR, not KNOW (eg Dt34-10a)
	   eg Gn04-01 Adam was FAMILIAR with his wife

* EXAMPLE 4: ON THE FACE OF means DURING THE LIFETIME
            Nu03-04a Gn11-28a Ex20-03c Dt05-07a

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THE GRAMMAR RULE: Rashi comments on RARE or SIMILAR usages
        REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.Com/grammar.htm
===========================================================

* EXAMPLE 1: BA-ah means CAME;ba-AH means COMING(Gn46-26a)


* EXAMPLE 2:THE SENTENCE: 0.2% of Biblical sentences are 2verses
 -(Dt11-07:08) It was not your fathers who saw this;rather you

* EXAMPLE 3: Hitpael has different rules if 1st root letter is
   Tzade (USE: Ni-Tz-Ta-Dack not Ni-Th-Tza-Dack--Gn44-16a)

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THE CITATION RULE: Rashi enriches meaning by citing OTHER verses
         REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.Com/other-20.htm
================================================================
* EXAMPLE 1: Dt26-05d We went down to Egypt with A FEW PEOPLE
	    ENRICHED by Gn46-27: We went down with 70 people

* EXAMPLE 2: Lv01-05a Non-priests may SLAUGHTER offerings
	    This law DERIVED from explicit statement in 2Chr30-17

* EXAMPLE 3:Why does Rashi say that Chur is Miriams son(Ex17-10b)
	    DERIVED from possible interpretation of 1-Chr18-19

* EXAMPLE 4: Gn35-22a Reuven Slept with Bilhah(Fathers concubine)
	    Gn49-04  Reuven PLAYED with fathers BEDS
        CONCLUSION: Reuven inteferred with fathers personal
	life(ruffled bedspreads); Bible condemns Reuven by
	exaggeration; he is accused of incest which he didnt do

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THE 3 RABBI ISHMAEL RULES: They govern style(broad vs literal)
REFERENCE:http://www.RashiYomi.com/example1.htm thru example9.htm
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* EXAMPLE 1: Simple sentences are always GENERALIZED
            ---------------------------------------
	    Dt25-04a Dont MUZZLE an OX while it is THRESHING
	    Rabbi Ishmael: Dont STOP any ANIMAL from eating
			   while DOING ITS WORK
					
* EXAMPLE 2: GENERAL-EXAMPLE style always interpreted LITERALLY
            --------------------------------------------------
 Nu05-12d (GENERAL) If a women DESECRATES her marriage
	   (EXAMPLE) and commits ADULTERY
	   Rabbi Ishmael: Nu05 only applies to ADULTERY.
	   It does not apply to other marriage DESECRATIONS
			
* EXAMPLE 3: GENERAL-EXAMPLE-GENERAL style intepreted SIMILARLY
            --------------------------------------------------
 Lv05-21b (GENERAL) If a man DENIES under oath
	  (EXAMPLE) ..denies a deposit,loan,theft,wages,lost item
	  (GENERAL) or ANY DENIAL which he denies
 RABBI ISHMAEL: These laws apply to any SIMILAR Example
 * The law applies to partnerships, movables and monetary objects
 * The law does not apply to real-estate or slander

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THE CLIMAX RULE: The Bible should be interpreted in such a manner
                that it reflects CLIMACTIC development to a goal
             REFERENCE: http://www.RashiYomi.Com/example9.htm
=================================================================
 EXAMPLE 1: Dt19-11a If a man HATES, SPIES, CONFRONTS & KILLS
 RASHI: Bible identifies 4 stages to murder(Capped)

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THE FORMATTING PRINCIPLE: Bible had its own method to mimic
                          bold, bullets, footnotes, paragraphs
==============================================================

* BOLD: Bible REPEATS words to obtain BOLD emphasis effect
          http://www.RashiYomi.Com/doubl-14.htm
  --------------------------------------------------------------
  EXAMPLE 1:(Ex12-09c) COOK COOK it in water (So COOKED is bold)
  INFERENCE: Prefered to COOK it in water;
         But COOK It at all costs(Even if you dont have water)

* BULLETS: Bible indicates bullets by REPEATING KEYWORDS
  --------------------------------------------------------
 Who am I
 - THAT I should go to Pharaoh
 - THAT I should take the Jews out of Egypt (Ex03-11a)
 --------------------------------------------------------
 RASHI: Repeated word THAT creates BULLET effect
 - Pharoh was a difficult king (Bullet one)
 - Jews were not yet ready for freedom (Bullet two)

* FOOTNOTES: The Bible indicates FOOTNOTES by ALMOST DUPLICATING
	     verses but making small minor changes
                http://www.RashiYomi.Com/align-58.htm
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  EXAMPLE: Ex20-03a
  VERSE        PHRASE #1       PHRASE #2       PHRASE #3
  -------      ---------       ---------       ------------------
  Ex20-03      Dont            POSSESS  the gods of others
  Ex20-04      Dont            MAKE     idols

  RASHI: So both POSSESSion & MAKING of idols are prohibited
  ---------------------------------------------------------------

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