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      9. RASHI METHOD: NonVerse
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: The common denominator of the 3 submethods of the NonVerse method is that inferences are made from non textual material. The 3 submethods are as follows:
      • Spreadsheet: Rashi makes inferences of a numerical nature that can be summarized in a traditional spreadsheet
      • Geometric: Rashi clarifies a Biblical text using descriptions of geometric diagrams
      • Fill-ins: Rashi supplies either real-world background material or indicates real-world inferences from a verse. The emphasis here is on the real-world, non-textual nature of the material.
      This examples applies to Rashis Ex29-09c
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n9.htm
      Brief Summary: The altar had a FOUNDATION - a hollowed receptacle like protrusion 1 cubit up from the ground.

Verse Ex29-12c discussing the blood procedures of a sacrifice states And you shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it upon the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the foundation of the altar.

Notice that the construction of the altar, described at Ex27-01:08 does not mention a foundation. However Ex29-12c does mention a foundation. Rashi uses common sense and knowledge of foundations to outline a picture or draft of the foundation. The foundation was at the altar bottom; it resembled a protrusion that went up one cubit and had a hollow for receiving blood.

    In presenting this interpretation Rashi uses common knowledge about foundations -
    • they are at the bottom,
    • they are like small protrusions from the rest of the building
    • They typically go up only a small amount - here a cubit.
    Rashi also mentions the hollow. Rashi infers the existence of the hollow from the statement in the verse that the blood is spilled to the foundation, implying there was a hollow to receive it.

The point to emphasize here is that Rashi's inferences are by and large non-verse and common sense. Rashi uses the general knowledge of foundations to infer its attributes. They are not derived from verses. Similarly Rashi infers the existence of a hollow receptacle from the requirment of spilling the blood.


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