VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Traditional Rashi-ists--such as Dr Leibowitz or Rabbi
Boncheck frequently emphasize the grammatical-
analytic approach to Rashi. Rashi, we are told, focuses
on grammatical anomaly and extra words. The buzz-word
is the QUESTION--the BOTHER--the ANNOYANCE. In other
words to understand Rashi is to understand a tension
that is bothering him--the RASHI QUESTION--and see how
Rashi answers and resolves the tension.

By contrast we, on this list, have emphasized the ideas
of tone, structure. A Rashi need not have a bothersome
point. Rashi may simply be pointing out the OVERALL
STRUCTURE of a BIblical paragraph. Today we present
6 examples of this approach--we simply present a
BULLETED list of the items in Lv14-10:21. The Rashis
naturally and effortlessly flow from the list Without
any questions being asked

EXAMPLES 1-3
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Lv14-10 mentions 4 Lepor Purification ITEMS:
- the 2 lambs
- the 3rd lamb
- the 3 minchah offerings
- the quart (Log*1) of oil
Lv14-11:21 then elaborate how these items are used
in various ACTIVITIES. This elegant contrast
of ITEM vs ACTIVITY gives rise to 3 Rashis on
overall structure

EXAMPLE 1-3
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- The 2 lambs correspond to the SIN and UP Offering
- The 3rd lamb above corresponds to the GUILT offering
- The 3 minchahs are one minchah each per 3 offerings
- The OIL QUART is used later for various sprinklings

EXAMPLES 4-5
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The simple elegant progression of bullets
- BRING NEAR the lamb
- WAIVE it
- SLAUGHTER
suggests that
- BRINGING near refers to BRINGING the lamb into the
sanctuary (Even though BRINGING traditionally means
to OFFER here we use the literal meaning since it
fits into sequence)
- WAIVING is done to the LIVE animal (Because WAIVE
occurs before SLAUGHTER).

We present two lists below
- List104a is a bulleted list of all items/procedures
- List104b compactly exhibits the overall structure

We list items and procedures in the lepor purification
ceremony presented in Lv14-10:21. The items are numbered
A-P. Notice how A-D outline the 4 OBJECT CLASSES used in
the procedure while E-P outline the 12 ACTIVITIES
performed in the lepor-purification procedure.

The cross references between these two sublists are
summarized in List104b.

The footnotes illuminate lessons learned from the SEQUENCE
of A-P.

Rashi shows how the 4 ITEMS listed in Lv14-10 are
later used in the 12 LEPOR procedures. For example
the ONE LAMB mentioned in #B ccorresponds to the lamb
used for the GUILT OFFERING and explicitly mentioned
in #E and #F. These correspondences of items and
activities are the subject of 3 Rashis at Lv14-10
and correspond to the Rashi rule of OVERALL STRUCTURE

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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Lv14-12c has a charming hopping of singular and plural
-- (take the ANIMAL and OIL-QUART)
-- waive THEM (plural)
-- for a waiving(Singular!)

So Rashi-is-Simple
- From the plural -- WAIVE THEM--we learn that they
(animal and oil quart) are both waived
- From the singular-- WAIVING--we learn that they
are waived together and not separately

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This whole list and set
---------------- of principles is due to MALBIM
whose teachings on the simplicity of Biblical
exegesis are profound and everlasting. OUr modest
contribution is to present HIS list in tabular
FORMAT.

The list below presents verses which mix SINGULAR
and PLURAL. Here are some rough rules

RULE 1
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SINGULR(V) SINGULAR(S)--eg EACH PERSON HE MOUNTS

SINGULAR SINGULAR is used to indicate NO
commonality (Every person does it his own way)

RULE 2
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PLURAL(V) SINGULAR(S) SINGULAR(DO)-eg
-- each person RETURNS to HIS inheritance

PLURAL SINGULAR SINGULAR indicates
---- a COMMON act
---- but INDIVIDUALLY done

RULE 3
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PLURAL(V) PLURAL (S)--eg THEY offer THEIR sacrifices

PLURAL PLURAL indicates a COMMUNAL act done
by the community as a whole.

RULE 4
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PLURAL&SINGULAR--eg WAIVES THEM(Plural) a WAIVING(sing
-- So the act is done to BOTH objects(plural)
at the same time (one WAIVING)

Note this last rule (Rule 4) is applied when
the plurality and singularity are both in
NOUNS (vs NOUN and VERBS).

There are more rules but this will suffice for now