SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi frequently makes powerful inferences from the alignment
of ALMOST similar verses. The minor variations between these
almost similar verses suggests nuances and differences or
even meaning. We call this the Rashi rule of ALIGNMENT

When Rashi infers MEANING from the ALIGNMENT of almost
identical phrases we call this the Rashi SUBRULE of MEANING.

EXAMPLE: PREPARATION FOR GODS DESCENT
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There are three verses in Ex19-10:22
which speak about the preparation of
the Jews for God's descent to
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Ex19-10:11 Sanctify    Wash clothes     Prepare    God to Moses
Ex19-15b               No women contact Prepare    Moses to Nation
Ex19-22c   Sanctify                                To Priests
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There are 4 Rashis which together state as follows:

The three/four words
- SANCTIFY,
- WASH CLOTHES
- NO WOMEN CONTACT,
- PREPARE
together have a connotation of
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- abstain from ritual impurity(such as sexual acts)
- immerse in water and attain purity
- purity = sanctity
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The idea that
- PURITY=SANCTITY
- WASH CLOTHES = IMMERSION IN MIKVAH
is consistent with
other verses such Lv22-02:07 and Nu19-07.

LIST343t below summarizes this argument

List of phrases exhorting people to prepare for God's descent

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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A powerful but simple Rashi method is the CITATION or CROSS-
REFERENCING of an OTHER VERSE for the purpose of adding
FURTHER DETAILS to a verse we are studying. We call this
the OTHER VERSE method. There are three submethods to the
OTHER VERSE method.

If the verse actually CITES or refers to an OTHER VERSE we
call this the SUBMETHOD of CITATION.

If the OTHER VERSE explains the meaning of
some term in the first verse we call this the SUBMETHOD
of MEANING.

If the first verse does not cite an other verse and if
no meaning is explained then we call this the SUBMETHOD
of FURTHER DETAILS since the 2nd verse either confirms
the first verse or typically adds FURTHER DETAILS to
the first verse

EXAMPLES Ex23-24a
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Ex23-24 speaks about
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DEMOLISHING the idols
of the heathen nations
that you are coming to
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This is illuminated by an OTHER VERSE Dt12-03
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Destroy the places you are coming to
- pulverize their altars
- break their monuments
- slice their tree idols
- cut up their idols
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Some further subtlety in Rashi are
indicated in the footnotes below.

EXAMPLE PREPARATION FOR 10 COMMANDMENTS
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Ex24 recounts the preparation fro the 10 commandments
and hence echoes and repeats the preparation mentioned
in Ex19. Hence

Ex24-03b
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Moses told them the commands of God
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refers back to
Ex19-10:25
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God commands Moses to tell the people
to prepare for the descent of God on
Sinai by immersing in water, sanctifying
themselves and abstaining from items, such
as sexual relations which confer ritual impurity
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Similarly Ex24-02a
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The rest of you will bow from afar
And Moses ALONE will come to God
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refers back to Ex20-18
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The nation stood afar and
Moses went to the Dark Cloud
where God was
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Finally the Biblical phrase
in Ex24-03
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Moses told them the ORDINANCES of God
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refers back to the ORDINANCES given
in Marah where it says (Ex15-25)
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..if you listen to Gods commandments
and observe his ORDINANCES then all
illnesses that I placed in Egypt
I will not place on you
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LIST210x presents other examples of verse pairs
illuminating each other with further details

List of verses pairs     with one verse illuminating another
LIST210w CONTINUES LIST210a LIST210z LIST210y LIST210x

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