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

Rashi could also infer from the general PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
(without any keywords). We call this the the Rashi rule of
FORMATTING with the Rashi subrule of PARAGRAPHS.

The use of the FORMATTING principle is especially common
in POETIC passages. In a poetic passage, EVEN if there
is no repeating keyword, each stanza represents a separate
distinct item. We have advocated the following method for
understanding BIBLICAL POETIC PASSAGES
- Identify those stanzas whose meaning is understood
- Identify the UNIFYING meaning of the WHOLE passage
- Identify the STAGES of this UNIFYING meaning
- Read these identified STAGES into the text of each STANZA

Note that unlike
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- PROSE where we first identify the
word / grammer meanings and then
determine the meaning of the whole

- in POETRY the meaning of the whole comes
first and then determines the meaning of the
individual stanzas and their words/grammar.
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Many people react negatively to this approach
since we are READING MEANING into the words
to fit our theory of the WHOLE. However this
is the nature of POETRY in all languages.

There in fact may be controversy on the UNIFIED
MEANING giving rise to different interpretations
of the poetic passage.

EXAMPLE Dt33-07
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There are two UNIFYING MEANINGS, or APPROACHES,
to this passage
- It is speaking about JUDAH as military leader
- It is speaking about SHIMONs inheritance in
Israel which was on JUDAHs land



APPROACH 1---Judah as Military leader
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SUMMARY: Rashi thru
- a UNIFYING THEME
- OTHER VERSES
- ROOT DERIVATIONS
identifies four stages to MILITARY LEADERSHIP
- PRAYER
- NO CASUALTY
- FIGHTING HANDS (POWER)
- VICTORY

Here are some details
STAGE 1:
- PRAYER:(Text)      Hear Judah's voice

STAGE 2:
- NO CASUALTY: (Text)He returns [from war] to his nation
(Rashi) cf. Nu10-35:36 for use of RETURN to indicate
military no-casulaty

STAGE 3:
- HE HAS FIGHTING HANDS
(Rashi:) The Hebrew Resh-Beth can come from the root
Resh-Yud-Bet to FIGHT

STAGE 4:
- HE WILL BE A HELP FROM ENEMIES


APPROACH 2 is based on the DATABASE approach
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- There are 12 tribes
- But only 11 of them receive blessings
- Shimon does not receive a blessing
- Presumably because of Shimon's open sexual sins
with non-jewish nations mentioned in Nu25
and the resulting plague
which cost 24,000 casualty.

SUMMARY: Rashi thru
- a UNIFYING THEME
- OTHER VERSES
- ROOT DERIVATIONS
identifies four stages to MILITARY LEADERSHIP
- PRAYER [for Shimon]
- LET SHIMON REMAIN JEWISH
- JUDAH IS SPACIOUS TO SHIMON
- CAN GIVE HIM LAND and help him

Here are some details
- PRAYER: Listen to Judah's prayer [on Shimon]
- SAVE SHIMON: Bring him [that is SHIMON] to his nation
- JUDAH IS SPACIOUS [and can give from his land to Shimon]
(Rashi: We interpret the word Resh-Beth from the
root Resh-Beth-Beth, spacious)
- AND CAN HELP HIM [Shimon] FROM HIS ENEMIES [sin]
(Rashi: cf Jo19-09--Explicit statement that Shimon's
portion is by Judah)

LIST108k below summarizes this PARAGRAPH structure
with both APPROACHES

PARAGRAPH structure of   Dt33-07 - Prayer-NoCasualty-Power-Victry

Lighting summary of Rashis with emphasis on Rashi rules*10