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    4. RASHI METHOD: ALIGNMENT
    BRIEF EXPLANATION: Aligning two almost identically worded verselets can suggest
    • (4a) 2 cases of the same incident or law
    • (4b) emphasis on the nuances of a case
    • (4c) use of broad vs literal usage of words
     This examples applies to Rashis Lv24-17a
    URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1216.htm
    Brief Summary: A person who lethally smites AN ADULT or HUMAN SOUL, shall die. RASHI: The death penalty applies to murder of adults and children.

The table below presents an aligned extract of verses or verselets in Lv24-17a, Ex21-12 Both verses/verselets discuss a death penalty for murder. The alignment justifies the Rashi comment that: The death penalty for murder applies whether you kill an adult or a human soul e.g. a child.

Verse Text of Verse Rashi comment
Lv24-17 And he who smites the entire soul of a human shall surely be put to death. The death penalty for murder applies whether you kill an adult or a human soul e.g. a child.
Ex21-12 He who strikes an adult, so that he dies, shall be surely put to death.

Advanced Rashi: This Rashi focused on the alignment of adult vs. human. However there are other alignments in the verse such as the alignment between smites entire soul and smites so that he dies. Each alignment nuances various laws of murder. In todays digest we focused on the Rashi on the alignment of human vs. adult - this alignment justifies extension of the law to both adults and minors.


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