SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Dt06-20:25 and Dt07-01:10 ask the
Jews  to do several commandments
- teach their children
- dont do favors to idolaters
- destroy their idols
- Have faith in God
- No intermarriage
These are DETAILED laws.

The chapter concludes with a GENERAL COMMENT
-if you observe THESE  laws God will watch you

Clearly, the phrase THESE LAWS refers to the
preceding commandments. Rashi further explains
that  people tend to act like these commandments
are general guidelines on which we dont have to
work(eg faith, no favors to idolaters etc).
Therefore the Torah emphasizes we should be
especially careful about them.*10

The DETAIL-GENERAL form of Dt06-20:25 and
Dt07-01:12. The Torah lists a collection of
laws and then advises us that if we observe
these laws God will protect us. The overall
paragraph structure clearly identifies that
the concluding sentence OBSERVE THESE LAWS
refers to the PRECEDING LIST OF LAWS

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain the
laws of Grammar. One law of grammar  deals
with CONDITIONAL (if-then) statements.

Even programming languages differ in their
treatment of IF-THEN statements. Some program
langauges REQUIRE use of KEYWORDS (IF such
and such THEN such and such) This helps avoid
ambiguity. But other languages are not so
explicit.

The Hebrew letter VAV can equally mean AND or
IF-THEN. Hence Rashi when viewing a sequence
of clauses connected by VAV must indicate
which VAV means AND and which means THEN.

So we translate Dt07-12 as follows
--- As a consequence of listening
AND Observing
AND Doing these commandments
THEN
---- God will watch the convenant...
AND He will Love you
AND He will bless you

List of  clauses in Dt07-12. The CAPPED words
are all written as VAV in Hebrew. Sometimes
they mean AND and sometimes they mean IF-THEN
In other words Rashis job  here is to
distinguish between AND and IF.

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main goals is to explain word
meanings the same way dictionaries explain word
meanings. In explaining the meaning of roots Rashi
very often used a one-letter and two-letter root
theory.

As I have explained numerous times Rashi DID believe
in the Grammatical theory of 3 letter roots as we
know them today. However Rashi held that this
was a theory of ROOT CONJUGATION.

Additionally Rashi believed in a totally different
approach to ROOT MEANING. ROOT MEANING is governed
by 2-letter roots.

EXAMPLE
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ASTR(Wealthy) = MAKES(AS) ROWS(TR) (of flocks)
Tz-R-A(Tzetze flies)=Pushes out (TZ) bad (poison)(RA)

Similar examples are provided in the lists below.

List of 4 Letter roots in Rashi and their meanings.
The meaning of the list should be clear (eg Gn49-12a
contains the word CChLiLi which means DRUNKEN. The
concept of DRUNKENNESS is clearly related to
SWIRLING (LL) from the PALATE (CCh) activities.
Other rows are interpreted similarly.)

(Rashi Dt07-20a) In this list we show several 3 letter
roots whose meaning can be derived from a 1-letter
and 2-letter root. The letter Tzade in these roots
means to PUSH OUT. Thus Tz-R-A a poisonous fly
is a fly that PUSHES OUT (Tzade) EVIL (RA--ie poison)

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Although many Rashis focus on grammar and meaning,
an equally important task of Rashi is to clarify
further details using other verses.

EXAMPLE
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Dt08-01:02 states that we should observe all the
commandments which we were commanded in order to
come and inherit the land; God gave us these  trials
to see if we would observe these commandments.

Which commandments did Moses especially have in mind

Rashi suggests that Moses wished to specifically
emphasize the commandment prohibiting TESTING GOD
(Dt06-16:18). A comparison of language in this
commandment and here supports Rashi.

We cite the language in Dt08-01:02 and compare
it to the language in Dt06-16:18. The
similarity of phrases suggests that Moses
was specifically addressing the commandment
NOT TO TEST GOD

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Although many Rashis explain meaning and grammar
several Rashis examine the relation of given verses
with other verses.

A particularly exciting task of Rashi is when 2
verses contradict each other. Rashis task is to
resolve the contradiction.We have presented in our
rules, 5 methods of doing this

EXAMPLE
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Lv26-03:06 states that IF WE OBSERVE GODS COMMANDMENTS
God will remove wild animals from Israel.By contrast
Dt07-22 states that God will conquer the inhabitants
of Israel slowly FOR IF HE DID IT QUICKLY THE WILD
ANIMALS  WOULD COME. Clearly then, Dt07-22 is dealing
with the situation where we are not yet righteous
enough to enjoy the no-wild-animal protection of Lv26-06

A list of verse pairs which cotnradict each other
The contradictions are resolved by viewing
the 2 verses as two aspects of the same item.