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      3. RASHI METHOD: GRAMMAR
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: Rashi explains verses using grammar principles, that is, rules which relate reproducable word form to word meaning. Grammatical rules neatly fall into 3 categories
      • (a) the rules governing conjugation of individual words,Biblical roots,
      • (b) the rules governing collections of words,clauses, sentences
      • (c) miscellaneous grammatical, or form-meaning, rules.
      This examples applies to Rashis Dt01-16a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/dt01-16a.htm
      Brief Summary: Be INVOLVED IN LISTENING to cases

Rashi knew the following conjugation rule: Each Biblical root has a grammatical form indicating the infinitive. The same infinitive grammatical form can, besides meaning the infinitive, also mean an ongoing intensive effort. Some sample verses and Rashis are cited below. Note how we incorporate the Rashi comment into the translation.

  • Ex20-08 Be involved in Remembering the sabbath day, to keep it holy. [Rashi: Remember the Sabbath each day. For example if you see a good dish on the weekday, then purchase it for the Sabbath.]
  • Ex13-03 And Moses said unto the people: 'Be involved in remembering this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand HaShem brought you out from this place; there shall no leavened bread be eaten. [Rashi: You should remember the exodus every day.]
  • Dt01-16a And I charged your judges at that time, saying: 'Be involved in hearing cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. [Rashi: Don't e.g. judge a case immediately but rather, in serious cases, wait at least one night before passing verdict (even if you have seen similar cases many times).] 


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