SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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All languages have a variety of methods to indicate EMPHASIS
and SIMILARLITY. Modern typesetting methods use BOLD and ITALICS
to indicate EMPHASIS. Modern typesetting methods use BULLETS to
indicate SIMILARITY.

The Bible did not have BOLD and ITALICS. Rather the Bible used
REPETITION to indicate emphasis. This emphasis could in turn
either indicate BROADENING or RESTRICTION of meaning.

EXAMPLE Lv06-20c
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The Biblical text at Lv06-20c states
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If blood of the offering sprinkles ON A GARMENT
then wash in the Temple ON THAT WHICH IS SPRINKLED
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Rashi comments
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Notice the repeated phrase:
- ON A GARMENT,
- ON THAT WHICH IS SRINKLED
The repetition creates emphasis (It could
have simply said THEN WASH **IT** IN THE TEMPLE)
Only the part of the garment on which the blood
fell needs to be immersed (not the whole garment)
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EXAMPLE Lv07-19b
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The Biblical text at Lv07-19b states
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and MEAT touching an impurity is not eaten
and MEAT: all pure people eat MEAT
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Rashi comments
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The continuous REPETITION of the word MEAT (vs
say use of a pronoun) creates emphasis: Even PARTIAL
organ meat can be eaten (as happens if some of an organ of
MEAT fell out of Temple grounds (and is therefore impure)
--the remaining part inside the temple can still be eaten
even though it is touching it.
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Both these examples use REPETITION.
- In one case the REPETITION creates RESTRICTION
(only the part of the garment touched with blood)
- In the other case the REPETITION creates BROADENING
(even a PARTIAL organ can be eaten)

LIST150a presents verses where Repetition motivates a broad
interpretation of words. LIST160a presents verses where Repetition
motivates a restrictive interpretation of words.

List of verses with REPEATED words interpreted broadly

List of verses with      REPEATED words interpreted restrictively

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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The BULLET method could perhaps better be called the
PARAGRAPH METHOD. The BULLET method seeks to make
inferences from PARAGRAPH structure or from PARALLEL
structure (A good example of paragraph structure is
a bulleted structure). We present several examples
below.

EXAMPLE 1: Bulleting of Biblical paragraph Lv06-17:23
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Lv06-18 Where SIN OFFERING is SLAUGHTERED
Lv06-19 WHO eats it
Lv06-19 WHERE it is eaten
Lv06-20 Consequences of touching
Lv06-21 WHO eats it
Lv06-22 EXCEPTIONS: Sin offerings not eaten

Lv16-20 states
- - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
ALL that touch it will become HOLY
blood sprinkled on a garment-the sprinkled part is immersed
- - -  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Rashi comments
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The phrase
- - -  - - - - - -
ALL that touch it
- - -  - - - - - -

refers to
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
all FOODS that touch it
-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
[Here Rashi follows the rule of
BULLETS or CONTEXT--the Bible is
talking about EATING and hence Lv16-21
speaks about FOOD touching it]

Similarly the phrase
- - -  - - - - - -  -  -  -  - -  - -  - -
all foods that touch it shall become HOLY
- - -  - - - - - - - - -  -  -  - -  -  -
is also interpreted by CONTEXT.

The word IT in the verse refers to the SIN OFFERING

The word HOLY in the verse means HOLY/INVALID like
the SIN OFFERING.

Hence we interpret Lv16-20 as follows

- - -  - - - - - - - - -  -  -  - -  -  - - - - -
The food touching the SIN OFFERING
shall become HOLY LIKE THE SIN OFFERING
[if the SIN OFFERING is then invalid/good
then the touching meat becomes invalid/good;]
- - -  - - - - - - - - -  -  -  - -  -  - - - - -

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LIST107g summarizes this bulleted structure

EXAMPLE 2: Bulleting of Biblical Paragraph Lv07-16:21
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An almost identical CONTEXT interpretation applies
to the Biblical paragraph Lv07-16:21 which speaks
the PEACE OFFERING.


Lv07-16 WHEN you can eat PEACE OFFERING
Lv07-17 AFTER TIME PERIOD burn food
Lv07-18 AFTER TIME PERIOD not allowed to eat
Lv07-19 CONSEQUENCES of eating
Lv07-20 PURITY requirement for eating
Lv07-21 PURITY requirement for eating

Lv07-19 states
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And MEAT which touches any impure
shall not be eaten
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Rashi comments based on context
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And PEACE OFFERING meat which touches any impure
shall not be eaten
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Compare carefully the RASHI text with the
Biblical text. All Rashi does is replace
the word MEAT with the phrase PEACE OFFERING
MEAT. And the reason that Rashi does this
is because of the CONTEXT--the paragraph structure
is speaking about PEACE OFFERINGS.

LIST107h summarizes this bulleted structure

EXAMPLE 3: Bulleted structure of Lv07-11:14
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The Bulleted structure of Lv07-11:14 reveals
the following

Lv07-11 Laws of PEACE OFFERINGS
Lv07-12 SubLaws of THANKSGIVING
Lv07-12 - Matzah Loaves MIXED with oil
Lv07-12 - Wafer LOAVES ANNOINTED with oil
Lv07-12 - Loaves ROASTED in oil
Lv07-13 - In addition to BREAD loaves
Lv07-14 Offer a TERUMAH(RAISING) to God to Priest offering

Rashi comments
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As the bullets show there are 4 sets
of LOAVES offering with the Thanksgiving offering
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LIST107g summarizes this bulleted structure

BULLETED structure of    Lv07-14-4 loaf types with THANKSGVING

BULLETED structure of    Lv07-16:21 Laws of PEACE OFFERING

BULLETED structure of    Lv06-17:23 Laws of SIN OFFERING

Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10