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      9. RASHI METHOD: NonVerse
      BRIEF EXPLANATION: The common denominator of the 3 submethods of the NonVerse method is that inferences are made from non textual material. The 3 submethods are as follows:
      • Spreadsheet: Rashi makes inferences of a numerical nature that can be summarized in a traditional spreadsheet
      • Geometric: Rashi clarifies a Biblical text using descriptions of geometric diagrams
      • Fill-ins: Rashi supplies either real-world background material or indicates real-world inferences from a verse. The emphasis here is on the real-world, non-textual nature of the material.
      This example applies to Rashis Lv27-32a
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n19.htm
      Brief Summary: The animal tithe must be physically marked FOR EXAMPLE by dabbing by rod every 10th animal with a dye.

Verse Lv27-32a discussing the requirement to tithe 10% of ones animals states And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord. Rashi comments: A typical procedure for tithing ones animals would consist of passing all animals before the person and dabbing with a dyed rod every 10th animal. Here, Rashi interprets the Biblical phrase passes under the rod by providing a real-world application of the law, something done in practice. Since Rashi does not make his derivation from gramamtical or word meaning considerations or even from considerations from other verses we consider this an application of a non-verse method.

Advanced Rashi: The verse seems to be stating a requirement of the law: e.g. If a person has a 1000 flock it is not sufficient for the person to take 100 and designate it as tithe. Rather the person has to actively separate one in every 10 animals. It is my opinion that the Bible does not require using a rod and dye. Rashi as indicated above just gave a typical application. But rather the Bible required physical marking and selection. If this is correct then if for every 10 sheep nine are veered to the left and one to the right the person would fulfill his obligation since a physical marking (a designated place) was made for the tithed sheep.

Another perspective on this is obtained by using the style rules, rule #6: We may regard dyeing with a rod as an archetypical example of any physical marking and selection procedure. It would follow that just as presence in a field is not a prerequisite for convicting a rapist - (despite the explicit Biblical language that the rape happened in a field (Dt22-25) - so too an actual rod is not a prerequisite for titheing. Rather a field is a typical place where rapes take place (because the women's screams would inhibit a man in the city). Similarly a rod is simply a typical way of taking tithe. Rashi's dyed rod is simply a clarification of the mechanics of this typical method. For this reason we have classified Rashi's dyed rod as an example of a non-verse method.


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