Biblical verse Lv10-06 discussing the mourning required for the death of Nadav and Avihu, Aaron's sons, states And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, ... but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled. Rashi generalizes this verse: Just as all Jews had to mourn the deaths of Nadav and Avihu so too must all Jews mourn the deaths of any scholar.

Advanced Rashi: Note the temptation to understand Rashi in terms of word nuances: The verse does not say mourn Nadav and Avihu but rather says mourn the burning implying that we should mourn for any scholar. However I don't see the word burned as implying all scholars. Furthermore according to Rashi in Pesachim 6b we are obligated to generalize all verses anyway. Hence I see the generalization approach that we have adopted in this list to be adequate to explain Rashi. Consequently, I would read the verse using an elliptical insert as follows: mourn the burning [of Nadav and Avihu]. We then infer by generalization that this obligation of mourning applies to all scholars.