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    8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
    BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries. The precise definition of database query has been identified in modern times with the 8 operations of Sequential Query Language (SQL).
    This example applies to Rashis Lv09-02a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/lv09-02a.htm
    Brief Summary: Only priest inauguration offering has a CALF-it atones for golden CALF

Today we ask the database query: What animals from the ox family are used for offerings? The query returns the table below:

Verse Ox Family Member Who offers? On What occasion
Lv04-03 Ox High Priest Sin Offering
Lv16-03 Ox High Priest Yom Kippur
Lv04-14 Ox Nation Sin offering
Nu19-01:02 Cow High Priest Ritual Purification
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Lv09-01:02 Calf High Priest Inaugral ceremony

Rashi explains the anomaly that a calf is only offered by the High Priest inauguration offering: The offered calf atones for the sin of the golden calf. It serves as a symbolic reminder that even though the priest, unlike the prophet, must be close and even intimate with the people their friendship should not blind him in moral matters. It is the job of the Priest to stand up and contradict moral wrongs. 


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