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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 Ex35-11a Ex35-11b Ex35-11c
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ex35-11a.htm

    • Ex25 contains the command to build the temple and
    • Ex35 contains the fulfillment of this command.
    Hence many Rashis on Ex35 use the reference method. For example verse Ex35-10:11 states And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that HaShem hath commanded:
    • the tabernacle,
    • its tent, and
    • its covering,
    its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets;     Rashi references each of the underlined word with the appropriate command in Ex26
    • Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains: of fine twined linen,...
    • And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent ...
    • And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red....
    The above citation illustrates the essence of the reference method. We followed the following 3-step procedure
    • We cited Ex26 verbatim,
    • We underlined each referenced term
    • We typeset the Rashi comments which are in fact citations from the referenced verses.

Advanced Rashi: Many Rashi-ists seek deeper meaning in Rashi's cross references. However if one can simply identify similar terms -- tabernacle, tent, covering -- and distinguish between their make one has established a basis on which the deeper Rashi comments and analysis can be made. 


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