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   of this new format are
   * Each posting is a collection of TABLES
   * ONE LINE HEADERS for each table indicate the topic
   * 10 Line summaries on top of each table with Background..
   * There are MAIN FOOTNOTES(4-8 lines) & BIGGER FOOTNOTES
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*4 I was attending the National Cherish A Child Dinner by
   Amit women and a colleague asked me HOW DO I CREATE
   THESE DATABASES. A footnote to posting /gn09-11a.htm
   below clarifies this question and shows our methodology

*9 Also see the following URL for Rashi texts in English
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   http://aish.com/literacy/reference/
   Search_the_Chumash_with_Rashi_-_in_English.asp
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*1 We use here method 3 of OTHER VERSES. This method is used to
   CLARIFY WITH A SIMILAR VERSE WITH MORE DETAILS. Dt04-06
   actually says
   ---------------------------------------
   HEAR JEWS, GOD OUR LORD, GOD IS ONE.
   ---------------------------------------
   The meaning of this verse is CLARIFIED by reviewing OTHER
   VERSES with this theme which promise us that one day the
   the whole world will believe in God. Here are 5 such verses
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   Dt04-06a God who is now our Lord will one day be God of world
   Tzf03-09 I will turn all languages to speak about the one God
   Zch14-03 On that day God will one and His Name one
   Isa2-1:4 At the end of days, the world will seek Gods Torah
   Mic4-1:3 At the end of days, the world will seek Gods Torah
   --------------------------------------------------------------

*2 We use here method 3 of OTHER VERSES. This method is used to
   CLARIFY WITH A SIMILAR VERSE WITH MORE DETAILS. Dt06-19a
   actually says
   -----------------------------------------
   GOD WILL PUSH ALL YOUR ENEMIES BEFORE YOU
   -----------------------------------------
   Ex23-27 similarly says
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   Ill send my fear;Ill melt the enemies heart,they will run
   ----------------------------------------------------------

*3 We use here method 4 of OTHER VERSES. This method MODIFIES
   A VERSES MEANING THRU OTHER VERSES.  To appreciate this
   we review Moses prayer and Gods answer Dt03-25 and Dt03-27
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   MOSES PRAYER: let me pass to Israel AND let me see the land
   GOD ANSWERS:  God refused ---------
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   By reviewing OTHER VERSES we see WHAT God refused. God
   did refuse Moses entry into Israel. But He granted Moses
   2nd request LET ME SEE THE LAND. Here are the other verses
   God orders Moses to ascend the cliff so he can see the land!
   --------------------------------------------------------------
   Dt03-28 Ascend to the cliff     see with your eyes
   Dt34-01 Moses went up the cliff God made him see Israel
   --------------------------------------------------------------

*1 Gn09-10:14 form a 4 verse sentence as follows

   --------------------------------------------------------
   Gn09-10 I(God) will make
   -------------------------a convenant WITH you
   -------------------------------------WITH your children
   Gn09-11 -----------------------------WITH the animals
   -------------------------a convenant of no more floods
   Gn09-12 -------This is the convenant WITH you,children...
   Gn09-13 --I will place the rainbow in clouds
   --------------------------------------------------------

   For a more detailed analysis see footnote *10

*2 We have approached these verses using the principle
   of the multi-verse sentence. An alternative approach
   is to use the Rabbi Ishmael principle of the
   GENERAL-PARTICULAR style. This style requires that we
   identify the meaning of each CAPPED GENERAL item with
   the CAPPED PARTICULAR item that follows it.

   For a development of this idea see footnote *11. For a
   URL presenting Rabbi Ishmaels rule see
   http://www.RashiYomi.Com/example4.htm

*10 By aligning the 4 verses we can see the 2 major
   components of this 4-verse sentence

   ---WHO the convenant was made with:
   In fact the convenant was made with YOU, YOUR CHILDREN
   THE ANIMALS, etc

   ---WHAT the convenant agreed to: The convenant promised
   no more floods, and a rainbow as a symbol of the
   convenant.

   The repetition of themes is a common style in long
   sentences.

*11 In this footnote we sketch the results of
    http://www.RashiYomi.Com/example4.htm. We show
    how to apply Rabbi Ishmaels style rule of GENERAL-
    PARTIULAR to these verses.

   For example Nu05-12 speaks about a women TRESPASSING
   her marriage: This could mean many things: It could mean
   sleeping with other men, or it could mean insulting
   him in public or it could mean dressing immodestly.

   The multi verse structure (Which we have indicated
   using a colon) explains each CAPPED general term by
   the CAPPED particular term following it: Thus the
   women TRESPASSED her marriage by ADULTERY. A similar
   explanation applies to the other items.

   A similar explanation applies to the other items.
   For example: The GREAT THING in Dt04-32 refers to
   the fact that God SAVED ONE NATION FROM ANOTHER.
   Similarly the concept of LOVE OF GOD mentioned in
   Dt06-06 refers to LEARNING.

   The multi-verse structure is appropriate for such
   a general-particular style since we place a colon
   after the GENERAL ITEM and then explain it with
   the particular item. The reader should now review
   the other examples on this list

*12 The question asked is how these databases of mine
    are constructed. I answered that they are built up
    in little pieces and eventually sewn together in one
    big table. Thus the posting from last time on multi-verses
    is now combined with this posting. As I go from Parshah
    to Parshah I make little lists which eventually become
    big lists.

    This method was successfully used by Rabbi Akiva.

    In computer science it is known as a BOTTOM-UP approach
    vs a TOP-DOWN approach.

    Most people are SPOILED by our grammatical databases.
    People forget that these databases were built up over
    a 1000 year period! They were built up the same way
    I am building up the Rashi database. It is important
    to have completed finished products like grammar
    databases. It is equally important to build new
    databases.