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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 Lv23-22b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/rule1216.htm
      Brief Summary: There are 4 methods of giving charity: a) Monetary gifts b) loans c) business support d) abandonment of items in letting the poor to work (gather) for them.

We ask the following database query: What activities does the Torah classify as charity? 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: There are 4 ways to fulfill the obligation of charity: 1) Monetary gifts 2) monetary loans 3) business support 4) abandonment of items letting the poor work (gather) for them. The list below presents the results of the database query.

Verse Word used Charity fulfillment through...
Dt15-10 you shall give him Monetary gifts
Dt15-07:08 lend him sufficient for his needs Interest free loans
Lv26-35 you shall strengthen him Business support (even without loans or gifts)
Lv23-22 leave the corner of the fields for the poor ... Abandon the corners for the poor to gather - there is no requirement for you to help him.

Advanced Rashi: Note the exquisite contrast in these 4 examples: Give him freely vs. loan on condition of repayment; Strengthen and help him in business vs. let them gather the gleanings themselves - let them work, do not help them! This rich spectrum of charity obligations allows all to participate in this important commandment. I believe the results of this database query an innovation of this email list as I have not seen it explicitly in any books on charity. 


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