We ask the following database query: Do the Torah laws and Jewish leaders reinforce moral values through symbolic reminders. The reader is encouraged to perform the query using a standard Biblical Konnkordance or search engine. This database query yields the list below. The list justifies the following Rashi inference: The Torah and Jewish leaders reinforce moral values through symbolic reminders-hence for example, an animal involved in bestiality is executed symbolically affirming the moral horror of the crime. The list below presents the results of the database query.

Verse	Event	Need	Symbolic reminder
Ex17-11a	War with Amalayk	Prayer	Moses raised his hands
Nu21-09a	God's cure of snake bites in nation	Prayer	Placing the the copper snake on high (hinting to heaven)
Dt12-02	Destroying Idolatry	Horror of crime	Even the idolatrous trees are killed
Lv20-15a	Punishment for sleeping with animals	Horror of crime	Animal is stoned to death also
Ex20-23a	Temple service	Decorum, atmosphere, modesty	Use ramp vs. staircase so as not to excessively expose nakedness
Gn06-14b	Noah's Ark	Punishment of sinful people by brimstone	Use Brimstone wood (to symbolize coming punishment of brimstone)

Advanced Rashi: Rashi does not explain why brimstone wood is so called. I would imagine that the texture and color of the wood is similar to brimstone. Even more startling is Rashi's assertion that The brimstone wood symbolically reminded the viewers of Noah's ark of the coming punishment by brimstone!?! But we do not find an explicit verse that the generation of the flood was punished by brimstone. However we do find brimstone used as a general punishment for a variety of sinful nations including Sedom and Amorah (Gn19-24), the exiled Jews (Dt29-22), Edom (Is30-33), and Gog and Magog (Ez38-22). Rashi therefore felt justified in generalizing these occurrences to include the punishment of the generation of the flood even if not explicitly mentioned.