EXAMPLE:Lv25-22eALL roads--hiways and sideroad--will be destroyed

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TODAYS RASHI RULE:       CLIMAX
TODAYS RASHI SUBRULE:    NUANCES
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VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Lv26-22 states that God will send
- wild beasts on the Jews and these wild beasts will
---- bereft you
---- cut your animals
---- diminish you
---- desolate your roads
It appears that the Bible is simply stating 4 times that
the wild beasts will hurt you. Rashi applies the CLIMAX
principle and emphasizes the NUANCES of the repeated 4 phrases:
--CHILD LOSS(Bereft); ANIMAL loss; PEOPLE loss; ROAD loss.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF RULE
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The CLIMAX rule deals with the very special case
where the Bible repeats the SAME idea in SIMILAR
language 3 or more times.

The CLIMAX rule views these repeating phrases as
forming a Biblical PARAGRAPH.

To apply the CLIMAX rule first identify the
UNIFYING TOPIC idea of this paragraph.

There are two main uses of the CLIMAX RULE.

Sometimes the CLIMAX rule is used to DEVELOP the
main theme in a series of stages.

In the NUANCE CLIMAX subrule, however, all Rashi
does is READ NUANCES into the paragraph which
enrich the meaning of the TOPIC IDEA. The justification
of reading these nuances into the TOPIC IDEA comes
from POETIC LICENSE which requires that the repeated
phrases each be interpreted differently.

STANDARD REFERENCES FOR THIS RULE
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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: An alternate approach is to regard
the CLIMAX rule as a consequence of the
Rabbi Ishmael style rules: Thus in this verse
we have
-- (GENERAL) WILD BEASTS will be sent against you
-- (DETAILS) you will lose children,livestock,roads...
This is the famous GENERAL-DETAIL style of Rabbi
Ishmael.

This approach allows us to see the set of repeated
phrases as GENERAL TOPIC SENTENCE followed by a
DETAILED development)

TODAYS EXAMPLE
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The LIST below completes the analysis of Lv26-22
begun yestersday