SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi frequently makes powerful inferences from
- the ALIGNMENT,
- that is, the word by word comparison,
of almost identical  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 identifies two cases from the ALIGNMENT we call
this the Rashi subrule of TWO CASES

-When Rashi infers nuances from the variations between the
almost similar verses (or verse phrases) we call this the
Rashi subrule of NUANCES.

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

EXAMPLE Lv25-43a
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Note the differences in the following ALIGNED verses
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- Lv25-43a  JEWISH  OWNER:Don't work him like an animal
- Lv25-53a  NON JEW ONWER:Don't work him like an animal VISIBLY
- Differs   *1            *2                            *1
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First some background. The Hebrew word Pay-Resh-Caph
which roughly means EXCESSIVELY has the ETYMOLOGY
LIKE(Kaph) an ANIMAL(PAR). Rashi explains this as referring
to making someone work FOR THE SAKE OF MAKING HIM WORK,that
is WORK WITHOUT a GOAL. Typical examples are
- WARM ME WATER (Prohibited if he doesnt need water) or
- WORK TILL I return (Prohibited) (There is no goal here) vs
- WORK THIS FIELD (Permitted)(This is goal specific).

Now let us return to the ALIGNED verses.

As can be seen most of the text (*2) is identical--however
the only difference is that the formulation of
the abuse prohibition to a NON-JEWISH OWNER is a prohibition
on VISIBLE abuse. Hence the law
- Courts can intefer if a Jewish owner abuses a slave privately
They can enter premises to investigate allegations of abuse
- Courts do NOT investigate Non-Jewish owners but do stop
public abuse (Things out in the open)

LIST343q summarizes this ALIGNMENT Very important comments
about the study of Rashi are made in the footnotes to this
list.

EXAMPLE Lv25-09b
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The following two verses require SHOFAR BLOWING
- Lv25-09b Pass a SHOFAR TERUAH BLAST on Yom Kippur Jubilee
- Lv23-24a (on Rosh Hashana-New Year) have a BLAST MEMORIAL

In a previous posting http://www.Rashiyomi.com/Lv25-09b
we showed how the REPETITION --- DAY OF ATONEMENT---10th DAY--
creates emphasis---always blow on the DAY OF ATONEMENT even
if it falls on Shabbath.

By comparing the two ALIGNED verses we infer the
additional Rashi comment on Lv25-09b
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- Jubilee shofar blowing overrides the Sabbath
(we learn this from the EMPHASIS of REPETITION)
- New Year Shofar may be a MEMORIAL
--- Ordinarily we actually blow the Shofar
--- If it falls on Shabbath we only Remember the
Shofar, Rams horn, by reciting verses on Shofar
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More comments are made by Rashi but I believe the
above explanations and ALIGNMENT suffice for now.
See the lists below for further comments

LIST343r summarizes this ALIGNMENT

EXAMPLE: Lv23-08d Lv23-36b
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Notice the ALIGNMENT of the following verses
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- Lv23-08d 7th of Passover is a holiday no JOB PROFESSIONS are done
- Ex12-16  7th of Passover is a Holiday no     PROFESSIONS are done
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Notice the extra word JOB, in Lv23-08d---hence the Rashi
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- JOB has a connotation of FOR MONEY
- PROFESSIONAL connotes more the quality of the work
Hence we infer that PROFESSIONAL activities are prohibited
on the Holiday whether or not they involve loss of money.
That is, whether they are your JOB or simply a PROFESSIONAL
ACT you did.
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LIST309s below summarizes this argument.

EXAMPLE: Lv23-13a Lv23-13b Lv23-13c
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Every offering has an accompanying LIBATION offering
The specifications of the LIBATION OFFERINGS are
spelled out in Nu15. Nu15-04:05 explains that the
libation offering for any lamb offering consists of
- a Minchah libation
- 1/10 flour (Solid measures)
- 1/3 log of oil (liquid measures)
- 1/3 hin of wine (liquid measures)

Lv23-13 spells out the LIBATION offering
for a particular offering--the OMER offering
- it is also call a Minchah Libation
- it has 2/10 flour (vs 1/10 flour for Other lamb offerings)
- No measure of oil is specified
- 1/3 hin of wine

Rashi's 3 comments reflect the fact that
this is the only time in the whole Torah
that an offering has DIFFERENT libations
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Even though the amount of flour is doubled
- (2 tenths vs 1 tenth) nevertheless
- it is still called a LIBATION offering
- the amount of wine and oil offered is the same
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As can be seen here Rashi's major point is
the comparison arising from the alignment.

LIST314j below summarizes this argument.

List of verses with      Libation offerings--omer vs ordinary

LIST OF                  Verses prohibiting work on holidays

LIST OF                Verses prohibiting slave abuse(Jew-NonJew)

LIST OF                  Verses requiring SHOFAR blasts

Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10