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VERSE: Lv08-03a

======================= Lv08-03a ================================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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Rashi will frequentlly make a comment by making broad
database inquiries. A database inquiry is simply a question
addressed to a large databank---typically a large collection
of verses. Thus DATABASE methods typically span many diverse
verses.

EXAMPLE Lv08-03a
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Today we ask the query
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Where does a verse seem to indicate
that a small space/amount accomodated
a large amount of items or people
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Obviously such a query is so to speak
'just for fun.' Rashi lists one of them
A rather more complete list comes from
the Midrash Leviticus Rabbah.

The following are good examples
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VERSE      SMALL SPACE     HELD LARGE ...
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Lv08-03    Temple door     nation
Ex09-08:09 Handful of soot Spread over Egypt
Ex18-13    Moses tent      Whole nation asks questions
Nu20-08:10 The rock        Whole nation congregates to Rock
Jr03-17    Jerusalem       Whole world will gather there
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Of course the Midrash is 'just for fun' and many
of these verses have obvious explanations. For example
Ex18-13 doesn't mean that all 600,000 Jews came to Moses
tent every day; rather it means that Jews from all walks
of life barged into the tent at all times.

Similarly Jr03-17 doesn't mean that the whole world
will assemble over Jerusalem at one point of time--
rather it means that Jerusalem will be the focal
point--the metropolis--of the world.

LIST606n below summarizes this argument
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ITEM                     DETAIL
======================== ========================================
RASHI RULE CLASS:        DATABASES
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      PATTERNS
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #27
SEE BELOW                LIST606n
List of                  Small spaces/amounts holding alot
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===================== LIST606n ===============================
List of                  Small spaces/amounts holding alot*1
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VERSE      SMALL SPACE     HELD LARGE ...
========== =============== ===================================
Lv08-03    Temple door     nation congregated to temple door
Ex09-08:09 Handful of soot Spread over all of Egypt
Ex08-13    Moses tent      Whole nation asks questions
Nu20-08:10 The rock        Whole nation congregates to Rock
Jr03-17    Jerusalem       Whole world will gather there

NOTES
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*1
Of course the Midrash is 'just for fun' and many
of these verses have obvious explanations. For example
Ex18-13 doesn't mean that all 600,000 Jews came to Moses
tent every day; rather it means that Jews from all walks
of life barged into the tent at all times.

Similarly Jr03-17 doesn't mean that the whole world
will assemble over Jerusalem at one point of time--
rather it means that Jerusalem will be the focal
point--the metropolis--of the world.
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