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VERSE: Dt01-11a

========================== Dt01-11a ============================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to indicate paragraph
structure. One method of paragraph structure is to
use the THEME-DETAIL-THEME style. According to the
THEME-DETAIL-THEME method, the DETAIL is perceived as
a DEVELOPMENT of the general paragraph theme and is
interpreted in that manner. We call this the Rashi
method of RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE with the Rashi submethod
of GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL.

EXAMPLE Dt01-11a
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The Biblical text at Dt01-10 has
the following content/structure
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GENERAL: God blessed you; NUMEROUS AS STARS
DETAIL: --------------- May you increase 1000-FOLD
GENERAL: May God bless you AS HE STATED (like Stars)
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The best way to understand Rashi is to review the
above THEME-DETAIL-THEME structure. According to the
Rabbi Ishmael style rules the DETAIL clause is generalized
and seen as a TYPICAL EXAMPLE of the GENERAL clause.
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God made a GENERAL promise: Jews will be as numerous
as the stars

I, Moses, fulfilled a DETAIL of this promise--you
started in Egypt as 70 and are now 600,000 (a factor
of 10,000. I bless you that my student Joshua should
multiply you another 1,000.

But in each generation other people will arise.
Each one, like me, will help fulfill the
GENERAL promise of making Jew as numerous as
the STARS.
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In other words Moses saw himself as ONE DETAIL of
the GENERAL PROMISE. The Rabbi Ishmael rules require
GENERALIZATION of the DETAIL clause: Other leaders
will similarly increase you like me.

LIST460s summarizes these arguments.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        STYLE
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #25
SEE BELOW                LIST460s
List of clauses in       Dt01-11a (MANY--1000-MANY)
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========================== LIST460s ==================
List of clauses in       Dt01-11a (MANY--1000-MANY)
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STYLE    WHO IS BLESSING   TEXT OF CLAUSE
======== ================= ===========================
GENERAL: God blessed you;  Be NUMEROUS AS STARS
DETAIL:  Moses*1 *2 *3     May you increase 1000-FOLD
GENERAL: May God bless you AS HE STATED (like Stars)

NOTES
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*1 Perhaps Moses refers to his own leadership from Egypt
   - Jews went down as 70
   - They increased to 600,000
   - A Factor of 10,0000

*2 Perhaps Moses blessing is as follows
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   As I multipled you by a factor of 10,000
   so may Joshua my student multiply you
   by a factor of 1000
   ------------------------------------------

*3 According the Rabbi Ishmael style rules we generalize
   the DETAIL clause to situations similar to the
   GENERAL clause. The idea then is

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God made a GENERAL promise: Jews will be as numerous
as the stars

I, Moses, fulfilled a DETAIL of this promise--you
started in Egypt as 70 and are now 600,000 (a factor
of 10,000. I bless you that my student Joshua should
multiply you another 1,000.

But in each generation other people will arise.
Each one, like me, will help fulfill the
GENERAL promise of making Jew as numerous as
the STARS.
---------------------------------------------------

In other words Moses saw himself as ONE DETAIL of
the GENERAL PROMISE. The Rabbi Ishmael rules require
GENERALIZATION of the DETAIL clause: Other leaders
will similarly increase you like me.

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