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    4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Aligning two almost identically worded verselets can suggest
    • (4a) 2 cases of the same incident or law
    • (4b) emphasis on the nuances of a case
    • (4c) use of broad vs literal usage of words
     This examples applies to Rashis Dt06-09b
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w34n6.htm
    Brief Summary: Write the Torah laws a) ON the doorposts of your HOUSE and b) IN your GATES.

The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Dt06-09b Both verses/verselets discuss the obligation to place Mezuzoth on your doorposts. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that: Mezuzoth must be placed (a) on the doorposts of your house and also (b) on the gateposts of courtyards and cities.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Dt06-09b
    And you shall write them
  • upon the posts of your house, and
  • in your gates.
    Mezuzoth must be placed
  • on the doorposts of your house and also
  • on the gateposts of courtyards and cities.
Dt06-09b
    And you shall write them
  • upon the posts of your house, and
  • in your gates.

Advanced Rashi: Rashi does not explain why one verselet has the word on while the other verselet has the word in. I would conjecture that the Torah is indicating a requirement that the affixment of the Mezuzoth on the doorposts satisfy a requirement of both on and in. Hence the law The doorposts have a side facing the outside of the house and a side (about 2-3 inches) perpendicular to the house which is so to speak more inside. The law requires that the Mezuzoth are placed on the inside part of the doorposts. 


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