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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 examples applies to Rashis Gn06-16b
      URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/w33n5.htm
      Brief Summary: The ark was built with a sloping roof with the top part not a point but a 2' x 2' square (Structurally this prevented leaks).

Verse Gn06-16b states A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Rashi explains the underlined phrase and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward as meaning that The ark was built with a sloping tent-like roof with the top part, not a point, but a 2' x 2' square A diagram is presented below. We classify this Rashi as diagrammatic explanation. 

'                          1 cubit
'			----------
'                      /          \
'                     /            \   Sloping roof
'                    /              \
'                   /                \

    Advanced Rashi: We can defend the structural composition as follows:
  • A flat roof would allow accumulation of rain water thus weighing down the ark and placing unnecessary weight on the ceiling
  • A sloping tent like roof that ended in a point would expose the point to the torrential rain. The point apex of the roof would eventually crack causing leaks.
  • The Scriptural compromise - sloping roof with a 1 cubit square apex -
    • Allows most rain water to fall down the slope and not weight down the roof or ark
    • Allows distribution of rain force on a square cubit vs. a point. 


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