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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 example applies to Rashis Ex38-18a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n10.htm
      Brief Summary: Both the courtyard and the door were 5 cubits tall.

Verse Ex27-18 discussing the dimensions of the courtyard. states The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze. Rashi uses this other verse in clarifying the underlined word, against in verse Ex38-18a which states And the screen for the court gate was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, against the the court curtains. Rashi comments: The verse states that the court gate was five cubits against the court curtains. But we know from Ex27-18 that the courtyard itself was five cubits. Hence we interpret against to mean aligned at the same height since two things of the same height may be said to be against each other. We would therefore translate the verse as the court gate... was five cubits as the measure of the rest of the courtyard.

    Advanced Rashi: Notice that to explain this Rashi we used
  • the other verse method
  • the diagram method since the Rashi can be explained with the aid of a diagram showing that the courtyard and its gate each had the same height and aligned against each other. 


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