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    9. RASHI METHOD: SPREADSHEETS
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: The common denominator of the 3 submethods of the Spreadsheet method is that inferences are made from non textual material. The 3 submethods are as follows:
    • Spreadsheet: Rashi makes inferences of a numerical nature that can be summarized in a traditional spreadsheet
    • Geometric: Rashi clarifies a Biblical text using descriptions of geometric diagrams
    • Fill-ins: Rashi supplies either real-world background material or indicates real-world inferences from a verse. The emphasis here is on the real-world, non-textual nature of the material.
    This example applies to Rashis Nu25-06c
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1420.htm
    Brief Summary: Why was Moses crying/helpless when Zimri publicly had sex with a Midianite? RASHI: Because he himself married a Midianite and therefore couldn't protest!!

Verse Nu24-06c discussing the public sex of Simonite Governor Zimri with a Midianite princess states And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. Why were they weeping? There is no textual hint why they were weeping. To answer this question Rashi uses real-world information and reasonable explanations. We call such an approach the fill-in method since we fill-in the text based on our knowledge of the world.

Rashi states: Recall that Moses married Tziproah, a daughter of a Midianite Priestess. But then it would look awkward to for Moses protesting a Simonite Governor having sex with a Midianite Priestess. The above is a reasonable philosophical explanation. Rashi, however, had a delightful sense of humor. His sense of humor facilitated memorizing his Rashi comments - a punchy joke you have heard once you remember forever; a philosophical insight you have heard several times you quickly forget!!! Let us see how Rashi re-expresses the above thought in humorous fashion. Rashi actually states: Zimri came to Moses and the congregational elders in public. He asked: Moses my master, may I marry this Midianite princess. Moses responded No. Zimri retorted:Then who allowed you to marry your Midianite wife. Hence the verse says And they were crying by the Temple door since they couldn't answer him. 


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