VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Rashis main goals are clarification of MEANING and GRAMMAR
But secondary goals of Rashi include broad database
queries showing underlying patterns.

One such database query is on the camp positions of the
12 tribes. The 12 tribes camped in N,S,E,W. This
brought certain tribes close together. By analyzing
common characteristics of those tribes that are close
together we find that, as a famous adage says, good
neihborhoods influence to good while bad neighborhoods
influence to bad

Here are some of Rashis findings
- Judah Yissachar Zevulun and the Levites (Moses) campled
on the EAST side. We find that
-- these tribes all had significant increases in children
-- these tribes were all distinguished in scholarship

- Kehath (Korach) and Reuven camped on the south side
Hence they influenced each other in the Korach rebellion

- Reuven-Gad-Shimon were the only tribes that had decreases
in the census

We compare the tribes by their geographic position in the encampment
Nu01 and Nu26 gives two different censii. From these censii we see
that the
- SOUTHERN camp ALL WENT DOWN (And were all known for sin/rebellion)
- EASTER camp ALL WENT UP (And were all known for their learning)

The Levites also had 4 positions. This gives further insights--
for example the Kehathites were on the South and helped fuel
the Korach rebellion*1