One of Rashi's grammar methods focuses on the specific meanings of special connective words. The Hebrew connective word Zeh, Zayin Hey, normally translated as this is interpreted by Rashi to refer to indicate something pointed to. We present below a list of verses where this finger pointing interpretation is manifest.

• Verse Ex32-01c states And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him: 'Up, make us a god who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.' Rashi comments on the word this: Satan showed them the image of Moses (Something to point to).
• Verse Lv11-02d states Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. Rashi comments on the word these: God showed him kosher animal pictures (Something to point to).
• Verse Nu08-04a states And this is the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work; according unto the pattern which HaShem had shown Moses, so he made the candlestick. Rashi comments on the word this: God showed him a Candellabrah (Something to point to).
• Verse Ex30-13c states This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary--the shekel is twenty gerahs--half a shekel for an offering to HaShem. Rashi comments on the word this: God showed him a Temple-dollar (Something to point to)

Sermonic points: In all the above verses Rashi interprets this as referring to a picture or image which God showed Moses. Rashi does not go further - why did Moses have to be shown a picture? Rashi however does indicate that Moses had difficult understanding the construction of the candellabrah; God therefore showed him a diagram of the candellabrah to give Moses a better understanding.

Here God teaches us principles of pedagogy: Today it is well known and accepted that pictures and diagrams are useful teaching aids. Very often a picture or diagram might accomplish what words cannot accomplish. This is particularly true in some of the areas mentioned above: Today we have many diagram books on Kashruth and the Temple construction. The idea of these diagram books originated with the above Rashis!