The 10 RashiYomi Rules 
Their presence in Rashis on Parshat Shelcah LeChah 
Vol 1#17 - Adapted from Rashi-is-Simple 
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The goal of this Weekly Rashi Digest is to use the weekly Torah portion to expose students at all levels to the ten major methods of commentary used by Rashi. It is hoped that continual weekly exposure to these ten major methods will enable students of all levels to acquire a familiarity and facility with the major exegetical methods.

1. RASHI METHOD: OTHER VERSES   
This example applies to Rashis Nu14-25a 
URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/Nu14-25a.htm

The other verse method seeks to confirm the contents of a target verse by cross referencing other verses which either confirm the target text or add details to it. Additionally the other verse method can shed light on word meaning. 

Verse Nu14-25 states   Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the Vale; tomorrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.'    וְהָעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי, יוֹשֵׁב בָּעֵמֶק; מָחָר, פְּנוּ וּסְעוּ לָכֶם הַמִּדְבָּר--דֶּרֶךְ יַם-סוּף.   The reason why the Jews have to journey away from the Amalayk and Canaanite is clarified by an other verse which provides further details . Verse Nu14-42:45 states   Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; for as much as ye are turned back from following the LORD, and the LORD will not be with you.' But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain; nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. Then the Amalekite and the Canaanite, who dwelt in that hill-country, came down, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.    אַל-תַּעֲלוּ, כִּי אֵין יְהוָה בְּקִרְבְּכֶם; וְלֹא, תִּנָּגְפוּ, לִפְנֵי, אֹיְבֵיכֶם.  כִּי הָעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי שָׁם לִפְנֵיכֶם, וּנְפַלְתֶּם בֶּחָרֶב:  כִּי-עַל-כֵּן שַׁבְתֶּם מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה, וְלֹא-יִהְיֶה יְהוָה עִמָּכֶם.  וַיַּעְפִּלוּ, לַעֲלוֹת אֶל-רֹאשׁ הָהָר; וַאֲרוֹן בְּרִית-יְהוָה וּמֹשֶׁה, לֹא-מָשׁוּ מִקֶּרֶב הַמַּחֲנֶה.  וַיֵּרֶד הָעֲמָלֵקִי וְהַכְּנַעֲנִי, הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּהָר הַהוּא; וַיַּכּוּם וַיַּכְּתוּם, עַד-הַחָרְמָה.   Hence we see the reason for the admonition to journey away from Amalayk and Canaan: The Jews sinned, so God is no longer with them; if they do go up (which they tried), they would be defeated in battle (which is what happened). 

2. RASHI METHOD: WORD MEANINGS / new meanings 
This example applies to Rashis Nu13-20b Nu13-32a 
URL reference:(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/ Nu13-20b.htm 

The word meaning method seeks to present dictionary meaning. Rashi uses 10 vehicles to infer word meaning. A major word meaning submethod is the idiomatic new meanings  method. An idiom is a collection of words that has a new meaning distinct from the aggregate meanings of the word collection. For example, in English, give me a hand means help me.
  
In verse Nu13-20 which states   and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land.'--Now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes.--   וּמָה הָאָרֶץ הַשְּׁמֵנָה הִוא אִם-רָזָה, הֲיֵשׁ-בָּהּ עֵץ אִם-אַיִן, וְהִתְחַזַּקְתֶּם, וּלְקַחְתֶּם מִפְּרִי הָאָרֶץ; וְהַיָּמִים--יְמֵי, בִּכּוּרֵי עֲנָבִים, Rashi interprets the phrase time of the first-ripe grapes to mean the grape harvest season .

Similarly, in verse Nu13-32 which states   And they spread an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying: 'The land, through which we have passed to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.   וַיֹּצִיאוּ דִּבַּת הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר תָּרוּ אֹתָהּ, אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר:  הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר עָבַרְנוּ בָהּ לָתוּר אֹתָהּ, אֶרֶץ אֹכֶלֶת יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ הִוא, וְכָל-הָעָם אֲשֶׁר-רָאִינוּ בְתוֹכָהּ, אַנְשֵׁי מִדּוֹת,  Rashi interprets the phrase a land that eats its inhabitants  to mean a plague ridden land . 

3. RASHI METHOD: GRAMMAR / conjugation
This example applies to Rashis  Nu13-02a 
URL reference:(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/ Nu10-01c.htm 

The grammar method seeks to apply and teach Hebrew grammar.  One component of grammar deals with adverbs.  The word for when used with a verb -- e.g. take for yourself, send for yourself -- adverbially connotes that the activity should be done for personal reasons.. 
  
The grammatical rule is: for connotes an activity done for personal reasons. 

We now present several verse examples: The first example illustrates the breadth of the above principle by providing several possibilities of doing the activity for personal use : Verse Nu10-01:02 states  And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 'Make for yourself two trumpets of silver; of beaten work shalt thou make them; and they shall be unto thee for the calling of the congregation, and for causing the camps to set forward.   וַיְדַבֵּר יְהוָה, אֶל-מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר.  עֲשֵׂה לְךָ, שְׁתֵּי חֲצוֹצְרֹת כֶּסֶף--מִקְשָׁה, תַּעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם; וְהָיוּ לְךָ לְמִקְרָא הָעֵדָה, וּלְמַסַּע אֶת-הַמַּחֲנוֹת.  
Rashi's comments emphasize the personal touch:  
•	 People will sound the trumpets before you as they do before kings.  
•	 The funds for the trumpets should come from your personal account.  
•	 The trumpets will be exclusively for your personal use (no one else can use them). 

We now list other examples. The first comes from this weeks parshah.
 
•	Verse Nu13-02 states   'Send for yourself men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.'   שְׁלַח-לְךָ אֲנָשִׁים, וְיָתֻרוּ אֶת-אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן, אֲשֶׁר-אֲנִי נֹתֵן, לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:  אִישׁ אֶחָד אִישׁ אֶחָד לְמַטֵּה אֲבֹתָיו, תִּשְׁלָחוּ--כֹּל, נָשִׂיא בָהֶם.  Rashi's comments emphasize the personal touch: Send spies if you want to.  

•	Verse Ex25-08 states   And let them make for Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them.   וְעָשׂוּ לִי, מִקְדָּשׁ; וְשָׁכַנְתִּי, בְּתוֹכָם.  Rashi's comments emphasize a personal touch: The Temple must be dedicated to me.  

•	Verse Ex20-21 states   And if thou make for Me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast profaned it.   וְאִם-מִזְבַּח אֲבָנִים תַּעֲשֶׂה-לִּי, לֹא-תִבְנֶה אֶתְהֶן גָּזִית:  כִּי חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עָלֶיהָ, וַתְּחַלְלֶהָ.  Rashi's comments emphasizes a personal touch: The altar must be dedicated to me.  

•	Verse Ex18-27 states   And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went for himself into his own land.    וַיְשַׁלַּח מֹשֶׁה, אֶת-חֹתְנוֹ; וַיֵּלֶךְ לוֹ, אֶל-אַרְצוֹ.   Rashi's comments emphasize a personal touch: Jethro returned home for personal reasons; he in fact created a society dedicated to his new discoveries about the Jewish Deity. 

4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
This example applies to Rashis on Nu13-02 referenced in Dt01-23c
URL reference:(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/ Dt01-23c .htm

The alignment method seeks to extract nuances from the minor differences in the alignment of two almost identical verses. The contrast of the two almost identical verses points either to a) two cases, b) several nuances, or c) an equality of the verses which leads to an understanding in meaning.
 
We align  
•	 Verse Dt01-23 states   And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe;   וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינַי, הַדָּבָר; וָאֶקַּח מִכֶּם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר אֲנָשִׁים, אִישׁ אֶחָד לַשָּׁבֶט.   
•	Verse Nu13-02 states   'Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel; of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them.'   שְׁלַח-לְךָ אֲנָשִׁים, וְיָתֻרוּ אֶת-אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן, אֲשֶׁר-אֲנִי נֹתֵן, לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:  אִישׁ אֶחָד אִישׁ אֶחָד לְמַטֵּה אֲבֹתָיו, תִּשְׁלָחוּ--כֹּל, נָשִׂיא בָהֶם.  
  
Notice how the underlined phrase one person per tribe aligns with the underlined phrase 12 people--one person per tribe .  The blatant difference, emphasizing exactly 12 people, leads to the Rashi comment: The tribe of Levi did not send spies.  This Rashi comment can be further supported in two other ways:  

#1) The tribe of Levi is missing from the detailed listing of the tribes in verses Nu13-04:16.
 
#2) The purpose of sending the spies was to indicate military routes for the conquest and inheritance of Canaan. However the Levites did not inherit the land and therefore did not fight in the war. Hence there was no need to send Levite spies. This exemption of Levi from inheritance (and hence military service) is hinted at verse Nu18-20 which states  And the LORD said unto Aaron: 'Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them; I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 

6. RASHI METHOD: STYLE
This example applies to Rashis  Nu13-18a:b Nu13-19a:b Nu13-20b 
URL reference:(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ Nu13-18a .htm

The Rabbi Ishmael Style rules are usually thought of as applying to technical legal matters. However in a broader sense they apply to paragraph styles. The fundamental focus of the Rabbi Ishmael style rules is to precisely delineate the relationship between paragraph themes and development details: 
•	 Are the details examples of a general theme, or, do the details exhaust the paragraph theme? In other words 
•	should the examples and details be interpreted literally and exclusively or should they be interpreted broadly and generally? 
Still another way of looking at style is that it answers the question: 
•	How should the paragraph theme and details / examples be integrated? 

Verse Nu13-18:20 states   
•	and see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they are strong or weak, whether they are few or many; and 
•	what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; 
•	and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds; and 
•	what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is wood therein, or not. 

•	וּרְאִיתֶם אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, מַה-הִוא; וְאֶת-הָעָם, הַיֹּשֵׁב עָלֶיהָ--הֶחָזָק הוּא הֲרָפֶה, הַמְעַט הוּא אִם-רָב.
•	  וּמָה הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-הוּא יֹשֵׁב בָּהּ--הֲטוֹבָה הִוא, אִם-רָעָה;
•	 וּמָה הֶעָרִים, אֲשֶׁר-הוּא יוֹשֵׁב בָּהֵנָּה--הַבְּמַחֲנִים, אִם בְּמִבְצָרִים. 
•	 וּמָה הָאָרֶץ הַשְּׁמֵנָה הִוא אִם-רָזָה, הֲיֵשׁ-בָּהּ עֵץ אִם-אַיִן, .   

As the underlined phrases show these verses show a clear theme-detail-theme structure: land-city-land . The detail stage emphasizes the fortification of cities . In accordance with the development rules governing theme-detail-theme structures Rashi sees the entire paragraph as talking about military matters (like fortification). We therefore have the following Rashi comments:  
•	 are the people strong means are the people trained warriors  
•	 are the people numerous means are the military troops well populated  
•	 are the cities fortified means are the cities fortressed  
•	 is the land good means are there natural resources (like springs) facilitating military campaigns  
•	does the land have trees means does the land have good leaders that can lead a people through a difficult war . 

To summarize: The land-city-land keywords emphasizes the military angle (fortification of cities ). Therefore, since the entire paragraph forms a unit, Rashi interprets the entire paragraph as focusing on the potential for military conquest. 

7. RASHI METHOD: Formatting
This example applies to Rashis  Nu13-30c 
URL reference:(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ Nu13-30c .htm
 
Modern formatting has a variety of vehicles which the writer uses to either create emphasis or point to an underlying unity. Three common examples of modern formatting are (a) bold-italic-underline, (b) paragraph indentation including use of line spaces, (c) use of bulleted lists. 

Authors use these formatting devices as follows: (a) All authors know that bold-italic-underline indicates emphasis. The Bible did not use bold-italic-underline but instead uses repetition to indicate emphasis. (b) Modern authors use indentation and line spaces between paragraphs to point to an underlying unity in a paragraph. The Bible indicates paragraph unity by using the theme-detail-theme, detail-theme, or theme-detail styles. (c) Modern authors use bulleted lists to indicate contrastive emphasis--the bullets together are seen as spanning a domain of ideas while each individual bullet is seen as indicating a separate and distinct idea. The bible indicates bulleted lists by either using repeated keywords or parallel structure. 

The reader will recognize the theme-detail-theme, detail-theme and theme-detail methods as three of the 13 exegetical methods of Rabbi Ishmael. What we have added is the explanation that the Rabbi Ishmael rules focus on biblical examples: Are these biblical examples understood as exhaustive of the whole law or are they understood as examples to be generalized? Similarly the reader will recognize that we have called the bullet method is the Rabbi Ishmael rule of context. What we have added to the Rabbi Ishmael exposition is the idea that parallel structure and repeated keywords are two methods of making inferences from context

Today we give an example showing how repetition indicates emphasis . In other words: A modern author who wished to indicate emphasis would use bold, underline, italics . The Biblical Author, when He wishes to indicate emphasis uses Repetition . 

Verse Nu13-30 states    And Caleb stilled the people toward Moses, and said: 'We shall go up go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. Rashi comments: Even if they build satellites in heaven we will successfully go up and conquer them Here Rashi is using the technique of exaggeration . Rashi is really saying No matter what defensive and military techniques the inhabitants use, we will nevertheless be successful and conquer them. In summary: The repeated phrase go up go up creates an emphasis: We will go up and conquer under all circumstances.

8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
This example applies to Rashis  Nu15-39d 
URL reference:(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ Dt15-14a .htm

The database method seeks to discover biblical ideas using the methods of modern database theory and sequential query language (SQL). The Talmudic sages and Rashi were totally familiar and frequently used all aspects of modern database theory. 

Today we ask the query: How many commandments urge compliance because  God took us out of Egypt  ? The query returns the 10 results listed below. 

Surprisingly only about a dozen commandments emphasize that the commandment should be done because God took us out of Egypt . These dozen commandments neatly divide into 3 categories:   

Be nice to slaves and orphans  
•	Verse Dt16-11:12 states   And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, and the Levite that is within they gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.    וְשָׂמַחְתָּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אַתָּה וּבִנְךָ וּבִתֶּךָ וְעַבְדְּךָ וַאֲמָתֶךָ, וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ, וְהַגֵּר וְהַיָּתוֹם וְהָאַלְמָנָה אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבֶּךָ--בַּמָּקוֹם, אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לְשַׁכֵּן שְׁמוֹ, שָׁם.  וְזָכַרְתָּ, כִּי-עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ בְּמִצְרָיִם; וְשָׁמַרְתָּ וְעָשִׂיתָ, אֶת-הַחֻקִּים הָאֵלֶּה.    
 
•	Verse Dt24-17:18 states   Thou shalt not pervert the justice due to the stranger, or to the fatherless; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge. But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence; therefore I command thee to do this thing.    לֹא תַטֶּה, מִשְׁפַּט גֵּר יָתוֹם; וְלֹא תַחֲבֹל, בֶּגֶד אַלְמָנָה.  וְזָכַרְתָּ, כִּי עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ בְּמִצְרַיִם, וַיִּפְדְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, מִשָּׁם; עַל-כֵּן אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ, לַעֲשׂוֹת, אֶת-הַדָּבָר, הַזֶּה.    
 
•	Verse Dt15-14:15 states   thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing to-day.   הַעֲנֵיק תַּעֲנִיק, לוֹ, מִצֹּאנְךָ, וּמִגָּרְנְךָ וּמִיִּקְבֶךָ:  אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, תִּתֶּן-לוֹ.  וְזָכַרְתָּ, כִּי עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, וַיִּפְדְּךָ, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ; עַל-כֵּן אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ, אֶת-הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה--הַיּוֹם.   
 
•	Verse Dt05-14:15 states   And thou shalt remember that thou was a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.  Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.    וְזָכַרְתָּ, כִּי עֶבֶד הָיִיתָ בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, וַיֹּצִאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִשָּׁם, בְּיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרֹעַ נְטוּיָה; עַל-כֵּן, צִוְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לַעֲשׂוֹת, אֶת-יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת.   כַּבֵּד אֶת-אָבִיךָ וְאֶת-אִמֶּךָ, כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ--לְמַעַן יַאֲרִיכֻן יָמֶיךָ, וּלְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ, עַל הָאֲדָמָה, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ.   

 Sanctify yourselves and avoid ritual impurity 
•	Verse Lv22-32:33 states   And ye shall not profane My holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD who hallow you, that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.    וְלֹא תְחַלְּלוּ, אֶת-שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי, וְנִקְדַּשְׁתִּי, בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:  אֲנִי יְהוָה, מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם.  הַמּוֹצִיא אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, לִהְיוֹת לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים:  אֲנִי, יְהוָה.    
 
•	Verse Lv11-44:45 states   For I am the LORD your God; sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am holy; neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of swarming thing that moveth upon the earth. For I am the LORD that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.   כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה, אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתֶּם וִהְיִיתֶם קְדֹשִׁים, כִּי קָדוֹשׁ אָנִי; וְלֹא תְטַמְּאוּ אֶת-נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם, בְּכָל-הַשֶּׁרֶץ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ.  כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה, הַמַּעֲלֶה אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, לִהְיֹת לָכֶם, לֵאלֹהִים; וִהְיִיתֶם קְדֹשִׁים, כִּי קָדוֹשׁ אָנִי.   
 
•	Verse Nu15-39:41 states   And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye go not about after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray; that ye may remember and do all My commandments, and be holy unto your God. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God.'    וְהָיָה לָכֶם, לְצִיצִת, וּרְאִיתֶם אֹתוֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם אֶת-כָּל-מִצְוֹת יְהוָה, וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם; וְלֹא-תָתוּרוּ אַחֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם, וְאַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר-אַתֶּם זֹנִים, אַחֲרֵיהֶם.  לְמַעַן תִּזְכְּרוּ, וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֶת-כָּל-מִצְוֹתָי; וִהְיִיתֶם קְדֹשִׁים, לֵאלֹהֵיכֶם.  אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, לִהְיוֹת לָכֶם, לֵאלֹהִים:  אֲנִי, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.    

•	Verse Ex29-44:46 states   And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar; Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to Me in the priest's office. And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the LORD their God.    וְקִדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת-אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, וְאֶת-הַמִּזְבֵּחַ; וְאֶת-אַהֲרֹן וְאֶת-בָּנָיו אֲקַדֵּשׁ, לְכַהֵן לִי.  וְשָׁכַנְתִּי, בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל; וְהָיִיתִי לָהֶם, לֵאלֹהִים.  וְיָדְעוּ, כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, לְשָׁכְנִי בְתוֹכָם:  אֲנִי, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם.   

 Avoid anxiety-producing business practices 
•	 Verse Lv19-36 states   Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.   מֹאזְנֵי צֶדֶק אַבְנֵי-צֶדֶק, אֵיפַת צֶדֶק וְהִין צֶדֶק--יִהְיֶה לָכֶם:  אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר-הוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.   
 
•	Verse Lv25-37:38 states   Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase. I am the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God.    אֶת-כַּסְפְּךָ--לֹא-תִתֵּן לוֹ, בְּנֶשֶׁךְ; וּבְמַרְבִּית, לֹא-תִתֵּן אָכְלֶךָ.  אֲנִי, יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר-הוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם, מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם--לָתֵת לָכֶם אֶת-אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן, לִהְיוֹת לָכֶם לֵאלֹהִים.   
 
In other words the Egyptian enslavement represented  
•	 mistreatment of slaves/orphans 
•	 lack of sanctity and continual impurity 
•	 anxiety-producing business practices. 
Therefore in those commandments prohibiting these practices the Torah emphasized the Egyptian exodus as a supporting reason for their performance. 

9. RASHI METHOD: SPREADSHEETS
This example applies to Rashis  Nu13-22a 
URL reference:(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ Nu13-22a .htm

The spreadsheet method seeks to explain complicated biblical inferences using geometry, algebra and spreadsheets.  We use the term spreadsheet loosely to denote anything specific (not tone) and complicated. The Rashi need not use algebra and geometry. Rashi might simply illustrate a complicated example.

Today we study the following verses and make the inferences indicated by the underlined phrases:
•	Verse Gn23-19 states   And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre--the same is Hebron--in the land of Canaan.   וְאַחֲרֵי-כֵן קָבַר אַבְרָהָם אֶת-שָׂרָה אִשְׁתּוֹ, אֶל-מְעָרַת שְׂדֵה הַמַּכְפֵּלָה עַל-פְּנֵי מַמְרֵא--הִוא חֶבְרוֹן:  בְּאֶרֶץ, כְּנָעַן.  Israel is superior to Chevron which is only a burial place   

•	 Verse Nu13-22 states   And they went up into the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there.--Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.--   וַיַּעֲלוּ בַנֶּגֶב, וַיָּבֹא עַד-חֶבְרוֹן, וְשָׁם אֲחִימַן שֵׁשַׁי וְתַלְמַי, יְלִידֵי הָעֲנָק; וְחֶבְרוֹן, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִבְנְתָה, לִפְנֵי, צֹעַן מִצְרָיִם.  Chevron which was built first is superior to Tzoan   

•	Verse Is30-05 states   They shall all be ashamed of a people that cannot profit them, that are not a help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.    כֹּל הֹבִאישׁ, עַל-עַם לֹא-יוֹעִילוּ לָמוֹ:  לֹא לְעֵזֶר וְלֹא לְהוֹעִיל, כִּי לְבֹשֶׁת וְגַם-לְחֶרְפָּה.   Tzoan, the capital, is superior to the rest of Egypt 
 
•	 Verse Gn13-10 states   And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.   וַיִּשָּׂא-לוֹט אֶת-עֵינָיו, וַיַּרְא אֶת-כָּל-כִּכַּר הַיַּרְדֵּן, כִּי כֻלָּהּ, מַשְׁקֶה--לִפְנֵי שַׁחֵת יְהוָה, אֶת-סְדֹם וְאֶת-עֲמֹרָה, כְּגַן-יְהוָה כְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, בֹּאֲכָה צֹעַר.  Egypt, compared to a Garden of God, is superior to the world 
 
By studying these verses, we infer the hierarchy that 
•	 Israel is superior to 
•	 Chevron, a burial plot, which is superior to 
•	 Tzoan, the capital of Egypt, which is superior to 
•	 Egypt, which is considered a Garden of God, and is therefore superior to 
•	 the world. 
Hence we infer that Israel is the most superior of all lands. Rashi accomplished this by creating a hierarchy spreadshseet 

Conclusion

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