1. RASHI METHOD: REFERENCES BRIEF EXPLANATION: Commentary on a verse is provided thru a cross-reference to another verse. The cross references can either provide (1a) further details, (1b) confirm citations, or (1c) clarify word meaning. This examples applies to Rashis Dt26-14a URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n4.htm Brief Summary: Dt26-14a states "I have not eaten my tithes on the DAY OF BURIAL." This REFERENCES Lv10-20 - on BURIAL Day you don't eat SIN OFFERINGS and OTHER SIMILAR ITEMS.

Verse Dt26-14 states that I have not eaten from it [the tithes] on the day of burial Rashi clarifies that this law, that one should not eat tithes on the day of burial is inferred from the reference, verse Lv10-19:20, which describes Aaron's avoidance of consumption of sin-offerings on the day of burial of his two sons. Rashi uses the Rabbi Ishmael style generalization principle from which it follows that in general one should abstain from consumption of holy items on the day of burial.

We see that Rashi's inference is based on two Rashi principles: reference and generalization. We present the reference principle here and the generalization principle in rule #6.

Text of Target Verse Dt26-14a	Text of Reference Verse Lv10-19:20
I have not eaten from it [the tithes] on the day of burial, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of HaShem my G-d, I have done according to all that Thou hast commanded me.	###### And when Moses heard that, he was content.
Rashi comments: The underlined phrase indicating a prohibition of eating a sin offering on the day of burial supports, after appropriate generalization, not eating holy items like tithes on the day of burial.