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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 Ex30-20b
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      Brief Summary: Let priests wash hands and legs prior to Temple service so they don't die. RASHI: So if they serve without washing they deserve death.

Verse Ex30-20b discussing the requirement of the Priests to wash their hands and legs when entering the Temple states when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to cause an offering made by fire to smoke unto HaShem; Rashi clarifies: The verse says Let them wash when they enter to serve so that they don't die. From this we infer that If they didn't wash when they entered to serve they would be punished with death, since throughout the Torah we infer punishments from preventive verses.

Since this Rashi clarifies a logical inference we classify it as a NonVerse, Logic method.


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