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    1. RASHI METHOD: REFERENCES
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Commentary on a verse is provided thru a cross-reference to another verse. The cross references can either provide
    • (1a) further details,
    • (1b) confirm citations, or
    • (1c) clarify word meaning.
    This examples applies to Rashis Lv18-21a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1411.htm
    Brief Summary: The MOLECH idolatry mentioned at Lv18-21 refers to an idolatrous practice of parents handing their sons to priests to walk them between two viscious fires (Lv18-23,Dt18-10,Dt12-31)

Verse Lv18-21 discussing the appearance the Molech idolatry states And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to pass them to the Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy G-d: I am HaShem. Rashi clarifies the underlined word Molech by referencing verse Dt12-31, Dt18-10 which states You shall not do so to the Lord your God; for every abomination to the Lord, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods. .... There shall not be found among you any one who passes his son or his daughter through the fire, or who uses divination, or a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a witch, Hence the Rashi comment: The Molech idolatry consisted of a 3 stage process: 1) The parents handed their child to the priests 2) The priests passed the child on foot between two viscious fires 3) The child continued through the between-fire path even if (s)he got burnt.

Text of Target verse Lv18-21 Text of Reference Verse Dt12-31, Dt18-10
And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to pass them to the Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy G-d: I am HaShem. You shall not do so to the Lord your God; for every abomination to the Lord, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods. .... There shall not be found among you any one who passes his son or his daughter through the fire, or who uses divination, or a soothsayer, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Rashi comments:
    The Molech idolatry consisted of a 3 stage process:
  • 1) The parents handed their child to the priests
  • 2) The priests passed the child on foot between two viscious fires
  • 3) The child continued through the between-fire path even if (s)he got burnt. 


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