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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 Lv05-16b
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lv05-16b.htm
    Brief Summary: Robbers pay 100% of original + 25% fine. Fine=20% of total returned!

    Verse Lv05-16b discussing restitution of robbed items states
    1. And he shall make restitution for that which he hath done amiss in the holy thing,
    2. and shall a22 the fifth part thereto,
    and give it unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt-offering, and he shall be forgiven.

      Rashi's comments are purely spreadsheet computations. We illustrate them with a numerical example:
      • Say the person robbed $100 of Temple meat
      • As indicated in item #1 above he must restore the $100
      • Rashi interprets item #2 above to mean he pays $25 extra as a fine
        • The total paid is $100 + $25 = $125
        • Hence the $25 fine is $25/$125 = 1/5 = a fifth of the total as indicated in item #2 above
      • It emerges that an equivalent formulation of the law is Return the original amount with a 25% fine. 


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