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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 Gn31-39a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1316.htm
    Brief Summary: Jacob explains protection he gave. NO DISASTERS FROM THE FOLLOWING CAUSES: a) NATURAL: No miscarriages on herds b) PERSONAL: I did not eat them c) ANIMAL: No wolves/lion consumption d) PEOPLE: Theft

    The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Gn31-38 Gn31-39. Both verses/verselets discuss the protection Jacob gave Laban while sheparding his flocks. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that:
      Jacob protected Labans flocks by preventing disasters in four areas:
    • Natural: e.g. Miscarriage of animals
    • Personal: e.g. Personal consumption of animals
    • Animal: e.g. wolf/lion attacks
    • People: e.g. Thefts.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Gn31-38:39
    These twenty years have I been with thee;
  • Natural: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young,
  • Personal: and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.
  • Animal: That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it,
  • People: whether stolen by day or stolen by night.
    Jacob protected Labans flocks by preventing disasters in four areas:
  • Natural: e.g. Miscarriage of animals
  • Personal: e.g. Personal consumption of animals
  • Animal: e.g. wolf/lion attacks
  • People: e.g. Thefts.
Gn31-38:39
    These twenty years have I been with thee;
  • Natural: thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young,
  • Personal: and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.
  • Animal: That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bore the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it,
  • People: whether stolen by day or stolen by night.

Advanced Rashi: This Rashi could have also been classified under the Format-Bullet/Paragraph method. The analysis would have been the same. The Rashi text emphasizes that the verse I have not brought torn animals to you refers to wolf/lion attacks. Rashi infers this either from the alignment or from paragraph structures which suggests a distinctness to each paragraph phrase. Hence Rashi does not see torn as miscarriage or personal consumption but sees it as something new, animal damage. We have assisted in understanding the Rashi by formatting the two verses has having 4 stanzas.


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