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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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The traditional Rashi approach of Dr Leibowitz and Rabbi
Boncheck emphasizes the PROBLEM or the QUESTION. One
seeks something troublesome in the verse that is
BOTHERING Rashi---the Rashi comment is then perceived
as a resolution of this tension.

While this model may be fruitful for some Rashis,
nevertheless there is a wide spectrum of Rashis whose
focus is on STYLE.

One such powerful style is the GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL
style: First state a GENERAL theme; then give DETAILS;
finally recapitulate the GENERAL style.

We have posited that such a style indicates a PARAGRAPH
That is the DETAILS are perceived as EXAMPLES of the
GENERAL theme---as such they should not be taken
literally but rather partially generalized. This is
in fact the Rabbi Ishmael Guideline for interpreting the
GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL style

We remark that the MODERN paragraph notation which
consists of a BLANK line followed by a PARAGRAPH
followed by a BLANK line is the MODERN way of
indicating that the group of sentences in a paragraph
form one unit and should be so interpreted

EXAMPLES-Lv25-29d
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You can redeem the field
-- TILL THE END OF THE YEAR OF SALE
-------- DAYS shall be its redemption
-- ...A COMPLETE YEAR

The sequence YEAR-DAYS-YEAR strongly suggests that DAYS
means a FULL YEAR of 365 days (vs a fiscal year that
would end on eg Dec 31 or Apr 15 independent of the
beginning).

EXAMPLE-Lv25-18:19
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-- YOU SHALL DWELL TRANQUILLY IN YOUR COUNTRY
-------- You shall have FOOD
-------- You shall eat to SAIETY
-- YOU SHALL DWELL TRANQUILLY IN YOUR COUNTRY

The GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL style creates a bullet
effect on the DETAIL clauses---it shows that the
Author wished to emphasize TWO details of the
general theme of dwelling tranquilly in the land.
-- PLENTY FROM THE outside WORLD (Enough food)
-- PLENTY FROM THE inside  WORLD (a digestive saiety)

Compact exhibition of the GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL structure
of Lv25-29d. From this structure we infer that the
phrase DAYS can mean a FULL YEAR of 365 days.

Compact exhibition of the GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL structure
of Lv25-17:21. The GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL structure vests
a bullet effect on the details showing two blessings
- a blessing on the outside (plenty of food) and
- a blessing on the inside (the feeling of saiety)