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VERSE: Dt30-15a

RASHIS COVERED: Dt30-15a Dt30-16a Dt30-17a Dt30-18a

RULE: Modern style has the capacity for INDENTATION and BULLETS
By contrast, the Bible uses skillfully placed KEYWORDS to
indicate indentation and bullets.


EXAMPLE: We present the Biblical paragraph Dt30-15:18 using
modern style and show how the Bible used keywords to indicate
this style.


   -------------------Dt30-15:18---------------------------

I present before you today (2 possibilities)
-----1A) IF you chose GOOD
-*1--1B) THEN you will LIVE *1

-----2A) IF you chose EVIL
-----2B) THEN you will DIE

-*2-------1A1) IF you LOVE God, WALK in His ways, OBSERVE Torah
-*3-------1B1) THEN you will LIVE, MULTIPLY & BE BLESSED by God

-*4-------2A1) If you GO ASTRAY, DONT LISTEN,..WORSHIP OTHER GODS
-*5-------2B1) THEN I tell you: you'll be LOST & NOT LIVE LONG

NOTES:
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*1 The actual verse says "I give you LIFE *AND* GOOD"
   Rashi interprets this as "IF you do GOOD *THEN* you will LIVE"

   In other words Rashi interprets the word AND as IF-THEN. That
   is Rashi interprets "life AND good" as "IF good THEN life"

   The reason Rashi interprets this way has nothing to do with
   either the DICTIONARY MEANING or with GRAMMAR. Rather Rashi
   interprets this way because of OVERALL STRUCTURE: The rest
   of the paragraph uses an IF-THEN structure and hence Rashi
   re-interprets the opening sentence the same way

*2 Rashi:"This sentence corresponds to (1A) "IF you chose GOOD"
   In other words Rashis comment is on OVERALL PARAGRAPH STRUCURE

*3 Rashi:"This sentence corresponds to (1B) "THEN you'll LIVE"
   In other words Rashis comment is on OVERALL PARAGRAPH STRUCURE

*4 Rashi:"This sentence corresponds to (2A) "IF you chose EVIL"
   In other words Rashis comment is on OVERALL PARAGRAPH STRUCURE

*5 Rashi:"This sentence corresponds to (2B) "THEN you'll DIE"
   In other words Rashis comment is on OVERALL PARAGRAPH STRUCURE

   Note how (1B1) mentions the word LIVE occuring in (1B)
   By contrast (2B1) uses the word LOSS, and does not mention
   the word DIE in (1B).Thus Rashi has to "clarify" that "you'll
   be LOST" means "you'll DIE."

   However Rashi's primary function was not
   just commenting that LOSS=DIE. For we see on the other 3
   Rashis that IN EACH ONE Rashi identifies the given sentence
   with a KEYWORD in the opening sentence.


RULE USED: OVERALL STRUCTURE
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