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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 Lv11-40a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1409.htm
    Brief Summary: (1)TOUCHERS (of the dead carcass) are ritually impure till evening; (2)CARRIERS MUST WASH CLOTHES and are ritually impure till evening.

    The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Lv11-39:40 Both verses/verselets discuss the consequences of contact with carcasses of kosher animals. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that:
    • 1) A person who touches the dead carcass is
      • 1b) simply impure till evening
    • 2) A person who carries the dead carcass
      • 2a) must wash his clothes and
      • 2b) is also impure till evening.
    Summary: Carrying renders person and clothes ritually impure while touching only renders the person impure.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Lv11-39 When an animal that is permissable to eat dies, then those who touch it are (1b) ritually impure till evening.
  • 1) A person who touches the dead carcass is
    • 1b) simply impure till evening
  • 2) A person who carries the dead carcass
    • 2a) must wash his clothes and
    • 2b) is also impure till evening.
Summary: Carrying renders person and clothes ritually impure while touching only renders the person impure.
Lv11-40 ... those who carry it (1a) must wash their clothes and (1b) are ritually impure till evening. 


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