SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Some Rashi comments deal with FORMATTING.
Modern authors FORMAT using such techniques as
BULLETS, PARAGRAPHING, BOLD, ITALICS and UNDERLINE.
The Biblical Author achieved these effects but thru
different means.

For example a modern author might hilight distinct
items using BULLETS. The Biblical Author hilights
distinct items using REPEATING KEYWORDS.

We call this the Rashi rule of FORMATTING with the Rashi
subrule of KEYWORDS AS BULLETS

EXAMPLE Ex14-04b states
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Ex14-04 states
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And I will weigh [in war]
- against Pharoh and
- against his army
and Egypt will know that I am God
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The repeating keyword AGAINST creates a BULLET effect.
- God will punish PHAROH who INSTIGATED the action
- God will punish PHAROH'S ARMY who CARRIED OUT the action

EXAMPLE Ex21-33a Ex21-33b
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Ex21-33 states
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- - - WHEN A PERSON opens a[existing] pit
- - - WHEN A PERSON digs [deeper] a [existing] pit
-and he doesn't cover it
-and a donkey or ox falls in
-The owner of the pit must pay
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Finally LIST120L summarizes the above bulleting.

The repeating keyword WHEN A MAN creates a BULLETED STRUCTURE
Hence the Rashi
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A person is liable on damages from a pit whether
- he merely OPENED an already EXISTING pit OR
- he merely DUG DEEPER an already EXISTING pit
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Rashi is justified in EMPHASIZING the nuances of OPEN vs DIG
because of the bulleted structure.

Finally LIST120m summarizes the above bulleting.

BULLETED structure of    Ex14-04-a)Smite PHAROH b)Smite his ARMY

BULLETED structure of    Ex21-33-LIABLE: a)OPEN pit;b)DIG DEEPER pit;

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to indicate paragraph
structure. The modern author can indicate paragraph
structure thru either
- indentation or
- white space: blank lines surrounding the paragraph.

One method by which the Bible indicates paragraph
structure is to use a THEME-DETAIL-THEME style--that is
- a THEME sentence is stated,
- followed by some DETAILS of that theme and concluding
- with a repetition of the THEME sentence.
Thus the opening and closing THEME sentence form
brackets indicating a paragraph unit.

Recall that in modern writing, the details of
a paragraph develop the theme sentence of the paragraph.
Since the THEME-DETAIL-THEME structure
indicates a biblical paragraph, therefore the
DETAILs are seen as the DEVELOPMENT of the paragraph

We call this Rashi method the THEME-DETAIL-THEME
or GENERAL-DETAIL-GENERAL submethod of the
RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE method. The name RABBI ISHMAEL
STYLE method reflects the fact that the
THEME-DETAIL-THEME structure is mentioned
among the 13 exegetical rules of Rabbi Ishmael.

EXAMPLE Ex18-19:23
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Ex18-19:23 contains the advice that Jethro
gave Moses. Notice the THEME-DETAIL-THEME structure
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I will give you advice
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MAY GOD BE WITH YOU
a) You obtain laws from God
Bring laws to the nation
Teach them the laws
b) Select WORTHY people from nation
Appoint them heads of 10,100,1000
c) They will judge SMALL cases
And you judge BIG cases
IF YOU DO THIS
AND GOD COMMANDS
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Then the workload will be doable and
the people will be in peace
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The THEME-DETAIL-THEME structure
motivates the Rashi comment
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Part of Jethro's advice was
that Moses should ask God
to approve his advice. In other
words Jethro's advice was subject
to God's approval
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LIST460w below summarizes this argument.

List of clauses in  Ex18-19:23-Ask God to approve advice

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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A variety of Biblical commandments use SYMBOLIC PUNS to remind
either important situations or moral principles. However by
gathering several examples together the force of the symbolic
interpretation as something natural becomes more apparent.
(For a full discussion of the rules governing symbolic
interpretation visit http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gen-1.htm.)

EXAMPLE 1 Nu21-09a
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Moses made a SNAKE with COPPER color. The COPPER color
symbolizes the SNAKE since in Hebrew SNAKE and COPPER
come from the same root

EXAMPLE 2 Gn06-14a
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Noach made the ark from GOFER wood since in Hebrew GOFER
and MOLTEN LAVA (GFRIT) have the same root The generation
of the flood was punished with molten LAVA

EXAMPLE 3 Ex20-23a
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Steps (vs ramps) were prohibited in the temple because
in Hebrew the word for FANTASIES comes from the same
root as the word for steps (One should not FANTASIZE
(use steps) in the Temple)

EXAMPLE 4 Ex17-11a
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Moses raised his hands during prayer to symbolize that
the Jews should direct their thoughts upward in prayer

EXAMPLE 5 Ex20-23b
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The Bible prohibited embarassing stones with ones
nakedness (How much more so one shouldnt embarass people)

EXAMPLE 6 Lv20-15a
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We execute animals who sleep with people to symbolize
that adultery (with people) is a serious crime

EXAMPLE 7 Dt12-02
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We are commanded to destroy idolatrous trees; how much more
so should we destroy idolatrous people

EXAMPLE 8 Ex20-22d
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To remind us of the moral principle that we shouldn't display
weapons before other humans (because it might frighten them)
we symbolically abstain from using iron in construction of
the altar (since we might 'symbolically upset' the altar).
(Rashi further hilights the symbolism by pointing out that
the altar brings PEACE while IRON=WEAPONS are destructive--the
basic idea however is personification).

List of commandments     with symbolic puns and personification

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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The FORMATTING rule seeks to explain Rashis based on
the FORMATTING of the Biblical text. FORMATTING techniques
in modern writing include use of bold, italics,underline,
bullets, paragraph indentation and similar items. The Bible
indicated FORMATTING using its own techniques: For example
- the Bible indicates bold,italics, underline thru REPETITION
- the Bible indicates bulleting, thru REPEATING keywords
The Bible can also indicate formatting thru meaning without
any formal structure.

EXAMPLE Ex19-10:25
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Ex20-25 has the following structure
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God tells Moses
A1a) Tell Jews to prepare for descent(No contact with women)
B1a)Fence the mountain--anyone who comes to close will die
C1) Moses goes down and prepares Jews for Gods descent
A2a) God descends and speaks to Moses--all are fearful
B2a) God tells Moses--GO DOWN;warn people against coming up
B2b) Moses responds--You already warned them (in B1a)
B2c) God responds: God responds;GO DOWN [WARN THEM 2nd TIME]
B2d) only you and Aaron come back up--not even Priests
C2)  Moses goes down and tells them [NOT TO COME UP]
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CAPPED comments in brackets [] indicate Rashi comments
that illuminate the flow of the text.
Notice the naturality of these Rashi comments...they
are obvious spontaneous fill-ins. Clearly these
Rashi comments emanate from the overall paragraph
structure which indicates a unity of the text. As indicated
by us many times, our Rashi rule of PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
which we call FORMATTING is identical with the Rabbi
Ishmael rule of INFERENCE FROM CONTEXT.

LIST107w below summarizes this argument.

PARAGRAPH structure of  Ex10-20:25-God warns against approach

Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10