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VERSE: Dt22-02b

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SUCCINT SUMMARY
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The main Rashis focus on meaning and grammar. Some Rashis,
by contrast, focus on STRUCTURE. Very often a repeating
KEYWORD or PART OF SPEECH creates a bullet like effect

EXAMPLE
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Dt22-02 lists 4 sentences, each starting with a verb.
This gives a list of requirements when returning lost articles
Because there are 4 whole sentences each bullet or sentence
is perceived as emphasizing a particular point

If you find a lost article and dont know the owner
- GATHER IT into your house (ie Guard/Watch it)
- IT WILL BE WITH YOU (ie do maintenance)
- UNTIL you are asked for it
- Then RETURN it (ie provided net amount to owner is profit)
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        BULLETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #26
SEE BELOW                LIST106f
BULLET STRUCTURE of      Dt22-02 (Return of a lost article)
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========================= LIST106f ============================

Paragraph structure of Dt22-02.

There are 4 separate SENTENCES*1 each introduced by a verb
These indicate 4 separate requirements in returning lost items

Dt22-02 deals with the case where you find a lost object
but dont know (yet) where the owner is.What should you do
with the lost object
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SENTENCE                      EMPHASIS OF SENTENCE*10
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KEEP the object in your house Watcher becomes PAID GUARD*1
IT WILL be with you           Do maintenance actions*2
UNTIL the owner SEEKS it      Owner must give clear signs*3
THEN RETURN IT                Net value of return is positive*4

NOTES
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*1 KEEP IN HOUSE denotes SAFE-KEEPING. In fact the watcher
   of a lost object (according to Jewish law) has the
   status of a PAID WATCHER (Since he has to watch the
   object he becomes exempt from communal obligations and
   therefore is getting PAID for his watching).

   This is not in Rashi; but the verses implications of
   GUARDING OBJECT is clear*10

*2 Another loose translation is WATCH IT AS IF IT WERE YOUR OWN
   Jewish law gives examples of how to maintain objects:
   For example: If it is a pan then use it in cold or hot
   water in such a way as to maintain it and prevent erosion*10

*3 Verse emphasizes that OWNER MUST SEEK IT. The signs he
   gives must be crystal clear This is discussed in other
   Rashis

*4 Here is the catch: The verse emphasizes
   - guard it in house
   - it will be with you (maintenance)
   But this costs money. So the nuance in the sentence
   RETURN IT*10 is that the net value of return should
   be positive (By law the watcher can sue owner for
   maintenance costs--therefore if net value on return
   is not positive there need not be a return)

----------------------- LONGER FOOTNOTES ---------------------

*10 Allow me to emphasize the point of the BULLET method
    in Rashi. IF ALL THE VERSE had said was GATHER IT INTO
    YOUR HOUSE I would not be justified in reading into
    this verse that the watcher must guard it. That would
    be picky on words and unsatisfying.

    On Rashi-is-Simple we try and avoid emphasis on extra
    words.


    However if several WHOLE SENTENCES are extra then
    we perceive them as a bulleted list. In effect the
    Biblical Author has bulleted a list of requirements

    It is this bulleted list that creates the emphasis
    Hence we have
    - Gather to house = Emphasis of Guarding
    - It will be with you = emphasis of maintenance/usage
    - Return it = emphasis of net positive value
    Thus we are making the inferrances not from EXTRA WORDS
    but rather from the BULLETED LIST which is perceived
    as creating a list of requirements.

    I believe such an approach makes the Rashis more
    palatable.
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