SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to indicate paragraph
structure. One method of paragraph
structure is to use the THEME-DETAIL-THEME style.

EXAMPLE Ex30-34d,Ex30-34e
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Ex30-34 discusses the perfume ingredients of the Temple
perfume. The structure used is GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL
- GENERAL: Take perfumes
- DETAILS: ------------- Drippy, Shiny, Fatty perfumes
- GENERAL: Perfumes and
- -------  pure frankincense

Each of these perfumes had specific characteristics
- DRIPPY perfume was gathered from BARK DRIPS
- SHINY perfume came from SHINY looking plants
- FATTY perfume smelled like putrid FAT

The GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL style requires that we
perceive the entire unit as a paragraph with a
general theme. Therefore we generalize the DETAILS
listed to ANYTHING SIMILAR to them that fits the
GENERAL theme. Hence we take all similar perfumes
(those that drip, those that are shiny and those
that are bad smelling). The PURE FRANKINCENSE
is mentioned SEPARATELY and is added as is.

Rashi further gives SYMBOLIC meaning to these items:
- SHINY perfume refers to FLASHY people on the go
- FATTY perfume refers to OBESE people who dont
control themselves and always say yes
- DRIPPY perfume refers to STATELY PEOPLE who do
things BIT by BIT (Drop by drop) and know how
to exercise restraint.
All three people types are needed in the community
and this is symbolized by the KETORETH which had
all ingredients.

List of perfumes in Ex30-27 [PERFUME-drip,putrid-PERFUME]*4

List of correspondence   of Perfume types vs. People types*1

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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A powerful Rashi technique is the ALIGNMENT method in which
almost similar verses are aligned. The minor differences
between them sheds light on nuances and details. An equally
powerful use of alignment is to infer meaning of unknown
terms

EXAMPLE 1,2 Ex30-23b Ex30-23d
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Ex30-23 lists items in the annointing oil
- DISTINGUISHED perfume
- PERFUMED cinneman bark
- perfume REEDS
The Parallel structure emphasizes the NOUN-ADJECTIVE
pairs. So it is not ANY perfume but rather DISTINGUISHED
perfume; it is not ANY cinneman bark but the PERFUMED
part of cinneman barks; it is not ANY reeds but rather
reeds of PERFUME.

EXAMPLE 3 Ex30-38a
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The Bible gives a punishment of extinction to
people who make Temple objects. The Bible states
-Ex30-38a A person who makes like this PERFUME to smell it..
-Ex30-32  A person who makes list this OIL      ----------

The alignment implies that ANY manufacture of TEMPLE
ANNOINTING OIL is punishable with extinction while only
people who create TEMPLE PERFUME, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
SMELLING IT are punishable with extinction (No extinction
punishment applies to manufacture for purposes of sale)

List of verse with       3 pairs of NOUN-ADJECTIVEs*1

List of verses with      prohibitions of Temple manufacture