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      8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
      BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries. The precise definition of database query has been identified in modern times with the 8 operations of Sequential Query Language (SQL).
      This example applies to Rashis Dt29-06a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w34n11.htm
      Brief Summary: God gave you everything - food, clothing, etc - for 40 years. Don't let this go to your head, rather observe the convenant.

    Today we ask the database query: Are there special circumstances which especially justify warning the Jewish people against possible apostasy and desertion of God. The query uncovers half a dozen major examples. An examination of these examples justifies the Rashi assertion that A recurring theme in Deuteronomy is the association of material saiety with warnings against desertion of God. Moments of saiety make one particularly vulnerable to feelings of haughtiness and self sufficiency which necessitate these warnings. The table below presents results of the query along with illustrations of Rashi's comment.

Verse Verse Content Saiety Verse Verse Content Warning
Dt06-11 And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant; when you shall have eaten and be satiated; Dt06-12 beware lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
Dt08-12:13 Beware lest when you have eaten and are satiated, and have built goodly houses, and lived there; And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; Dt08-14 And your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;
Dt11-15 And I will send grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be satiated. Dt11-16 Beware for yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them
Dt31-20 For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and satiated.... Dt31-20 then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
Dt29-01:07 And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt ... And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not worn old upon you, and your shoe is not worn old upon your foot... ... And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we defeated them; ... Dt29-08 Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

    Advanced Rashi: Several comments are worth mentioning.
  • This database query originates in the Midrash Rabbah. Rashi as is his custom did not cite the entire study. He rather in various places points to an association of saiety and warning. However the serious student enriches his Rashi experience by researching and reviewing all relevant examples of the query.
  • The last example Dt29-01:08 does not explicitly associate saiety and warning against apostasy but rather associates military victory with an exhortation to observe. Thus this last example is not as forceful as the other examples. This is typical of any Database query. There is a core set of examples which form the basis for the inference. However once the inference is reached it can be applied to other verses. In this case once we had a core of several examples showing the relationship between saity and warning we are justified in seeing any verses connoting material saity and exhortation of performance as illustrative of this general principle. 


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