VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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The traditional Rashi approach of Dr Leibowitz and Rabbi
Boncheck emphasizes the PROBLEM or the QUESTION. One
seeks something troublesome in the verse that is
BOTHERING Rashi---the Rashi comment is then perceived
as a resolution of this tension.

While this model may be fruitful for some Rashis,
nevertheless there is a wide spectrum of Rashis whose
focus is on STYLE.

One such powerful style is the GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL
style: First state a GENERAL theme; then give DETAILS;
finally recapitulate the GENERAL style.

We have posited that such a style indicates a PARAGRAPH
That is the DETAILS are perceived as EXAMPLES of the
GENERAL theme---as such they should not be taken
literally but rather partially generalized. This is
in fact the Rabbi Ishmael Guideline for interpreting the
GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL style

We remark that the MODERN paragraph notation which
consists of a BLANK line followed by a PARAGRAPH
followed by a BLANK line is the MODERN way of
indicating that the group of sentences in a paragraph
form one unit and should be so interpreted

EXAMPLES-Lv25-29d
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You can redeem the field
-- TILL THE END OF THE YEAR OF SALE
-------- DAYS shall be its redemption
-- ...A COMPLETE YEAR

The sequence YEAR-DAYS-YEAR strongly suggests that DAYS
means a FULL YEAR of 365 days (vs a fiscal year that
would end on eg Dec 31 or Apr 15 independent of the
beginning).

EXAMPLE-Lv25-18:19
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-- YOU SHALL DWELL TRANQUILLY IN YOUR COUNTRY
-------- You shall have FOOD
-------- You shall eat to SAIETY
-- YOU SHALL DWELL TRANQUILLY IN YOUR COUNTRY

The GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL style creates a bullet
effect on the DETAIL clauses---it shows that the
Author wished to emphasize TWO details of the
general theme of dwelling tranquilly in the land.
-- PLENTY FROM THE outside WORLD (Enough food)
-- PLENTY FROM THE inside  WORLD (a digestive saiety)

Compact exhibition of the GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL structure
of Lv25-29d. From this structure we infer that the
phrase DAYS can mean a FULL YEAR of 365 days.

Compact exhibition of the GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL structure
of Lv25-17:21. The GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL structure vests
a bullet effect on the details showing two blessings
- a blessing on the outside (plenty of food) and
- a blessing on the inside (the feeling of saiety)

VERY BRIEF SUMMARY
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A major task of Rashi is to explain the meaning of
words the same way the dictionary explains meaning.

Rashi in fact will frequently infer NEW MEANINGS
NUANCES and IDIOMS from context.

EXAMPLE
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When you sell a house in a walled city the REDEMPTION
shall be till the completion of the year of sale

RASHI: REDEMPTION means PERIOD OF POTENTIAL REDEMPTION

In other words the verse is not speaking about
- an actual redemption
- a required redemption
- but rather a potential redemption
Furthermore the verse is defining the PERIOD when
this potential redemption may take place. Thus the
Bible is identifying the PERIOD when an act may take
place with the ACT itself (ie it calls PERIOD OF
REDEMPTION, REDEMPTION).

(Similarly the word BAR-MITZVAH (Son of Mitzvoth)
identifies the STATE OF OBLIGATION
TO OBSERVE COMMANDMENTS with the TIME at which that
obligation takes place---today the word BAR MITZVAH
can also refer to the affair of celebration)

Such transferences of meaning (TIME of an ACT--ACT) are
common. Our point here is that Rashi infers the nuances
of meaning from context

Examination of CONTEXT of Lv25-29c. We see from context
that REDEMPTION must refer to the TIME OF POTENTIAL
REDEMPTION