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8. RASHI METHOD: DATABASES
BRIEF EXPLANATION:Rashi makes inferences from Database queries
This examples applies to Rashis Gn25-19a Gn25-19b
URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn25-19a.htm

The weekly Torah reading of Toledoth starts out with a statement of genealogy. Many Torah portions start out with a statement of genealogy and dive immediately into the genealogy statement. Some portions however have interruptions of the statement of genealogy. Rashi treats any such interruption as material related to the people involved.

Advanced Rashi: Rashi goes further: Isaac resembled Abraham; this proved that Abraham was the real father. Rashi does not derive this from the text. All Rashi derives from the text is an emphasis that Abraham is the real father. However Rashi then uses the spreadsheet method to give a reasonable,plausible explanation of why people would suspect that Abraham was not the father and how people knew that Abraham was the real father. Rashi mentions all the abductions that Sarah went through as a reason why people would suspect that Abraham was not the real father. Rashi also mentions the face-resemblance of Isaac and Abraham as a reasonable method that would prove that Abraham is the real father.

We believe the above approach, separating the Rashi inferences into those derived from the text and those derived from logic greatly enhances the plausibility of the Rashi.

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