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VERSE: Lv26-03a

RASHIS COVERED: Lv26-03a Lv26-03b

==================== Lv26-03a =======================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 5 main goals is to indicate paragraph
structure. One method of demonstrating paragraph
structure is to use the DETAIL-THEME style. Another
method is to CLIMATICALLY build up a theme.

EXAMPLE Lv26-03a
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If you
- LEARN (Literally WALK in my statutes)
- SAFEGUARD (literally WATCH my commandments)
- PERFORM (literally DO)

Thus the Torah sketches the PERFORMANCE Hierarchy
- 1st LEARN, then SAFEGUARD and finally PERFORM.

Note: Rashi is NOT asserting that WALK means LEARN
and that WATCH means SAFEGUARD. Rather BECAUSE the
verse uses three identical phrases Rashi feels
justified in using this THREENESS to indicate a
HIERARCHY(even if the individual words by themselves
dont indicate it). That is, the CLIMAX has intrinsic
interpretive value. This is an important aspect of
CLIMAX--it creates new meaning by ASSUMING climax.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        RABBI ISHMAEL STYLE
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      GENERALIZED
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #25
SEE BELOW                LIST450m
CLIMAX-performance       Lv26-03(LEARN-SAFEGUARD-WATCH)
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======================= LIST450m ==========================
CLIMAX-performance       Lv26-03(LEARN-SAFEGUARD-WATCH)
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ITEM IN PERFORMANCE HIERARCHY TEXT OF VERSE
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LEARN                         If you WALK in my law*1
SAFEGUARD                     and WATCH it
PERFORM                       and PERFORM it

NOTES
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*1
   Note: Rashi is NOT asserting that WALK means LEARN
   and that WATCH means SAFEGUARD. Rather BECAUSE the
   verse uses three identical phrases Rashi feels
   justified in using this THREENESS to indicate a
   HIERARCHY(even if the individual words by themselves
   dont indicate it). That is, the CLIMAX has intrinsic
   interpretive value. This is an important aspect of
   CLIMAX--it creates new meaning by ASSUMING climax.
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