Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi frequently commented using the powerful ALIGNMENT
method: Two or more verses are aligned - the minor differences
between them imply rich nuances.

EXAMPLE Nu05-21d Nu05-27b
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- PRIEST CURSING ADULTERESS:
- your THIGHS will collapse;
- your BELLY will bloat

- DESCRIPTION OF HOW ADULTERESS IS PUNISHED
- her BELLY bloats
- her THIGHS collapse

Rashi
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Note the order reversal.
- The priest curses the adulteress based on the sequence
of how she sinned (First she showed him her thigh then
they had sex (Belly).)

- However the actual description of the curse lists
how the cursing water enters her body: First it arrives
at her belly (causing bloating) and then it arrives at her
thigh (Causing collapse).

List of                  Punished organs of adulteress women

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 6 main tasks is to explain grammar the same way
a dictionary explains grammar.  There are various aspects to
grammar including verb conjugation, gender agreement, plurality
agreement etc. In todays posting we focus on a brilliant
discovery of the Malbim: The meaning of Hebrew words is not
dependent only on 3 letter roots but rather is dependent on
the combination of 3 letter roots with prepositions.

One of Rashis discoveries is the idea that meaning is not
only identified with a root but rather with the combination
of a ROOT+PREPOSITION. That is, the meaning of a ROOT depends
on the PREPOSITION following it. In this posting we review
the meaning of the root beth-resh-caph. When followed by no
preposition it means TO BLESS. But when followed by the
preposition IN (BLESSED IN YOU) it means a BLESSING STANDARD.
Thus the famous Gn48-20 JEWS WILL BLESS IN EPHRAIM/MENASEH means
(According to Gn48-20) that when Jews bless their children
they say MAY YOU BECOME AS BLESSED AS EPHRAIM/MENASHEH

EXAMPLE Gn48-20a (Explicit usage)
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The Jews will BLESS IN YOU: May God make you like Ephraim
and Menasheh

EXAMPLE Gn12-03a
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(God to Abraham) IN YOU (that is BY YOU) will people BLESS
(That is they will say may you become like Abraham)

EXAMPLE Gn26-04a
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(God to Isaac) IN YOUR DESCENDANTS will people bless
(May you become like the Jews)

EXAMPLE Nu05-21b,Nu05-21c
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(Priest to adulteress-suspect) People will CURSE/SWEAR IN YOU
(that is, people will say MAY YOU BECOME LIKE SO AND SO THE
ADULTERESS)

List of verses with      Blessed IN YOU=may you be like so&so