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    6. RASHI METHOD: STYLE
    Rashi examines how rules of style influences inferences between general and detail statements in paragraphs.
    • Example: Every solo example stated by the Bible must be broadly generalized;
    • Theme-Detail: A general principle followed by an example is interpreted restrictively---the general theme statement only applies in the case of the example;
    • Theme-Detail-Theme: A Theme-Detail-Theme unit is interpreted as a paragraph. Consequently the details of the paragraph are generalized so that they are seen as illustrative of the theme.
    This examples applies to Rashis Lv17-13b
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    Brief Summary: Cover blood when slaughtering KOSHER animals

    Biblical verse Lv17-13b discussing the requirement to cover the blood of a slaughtered animal is written in a general-detail manner: And whoever there is of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among you,
    • General: who hunts and catches any beast or bird
    • Detail: that may be eaten;
    he shall pour out its blood, and cover it with dust.

The General-detail Rabbi-Ishmael style rule requires that a general-detail sentence be interpreted restrictively. Hence the Rashi comment: The requirement to cover the blood of hunted / slaughtered animals only applies to animals that may be eaten, that is, Kosher animals. However, if you slaughter a non-Kosher animal you need not cover its blood. 


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