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VERSE: Nu05-08y

RASHIS COVERED: Nu05-08a Nu05-08b

============================ Nu05-08y ==========================

SUCCINCT SUMMARY
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One of Rashis 10 major methods is to clarify complex
logical, algebraic and geometric comments with examples.
We call this the Rashi method of SPREADSHEETS. This method
equally applies to ANY ILLUSTRATION BY EXAMPLE whether
- simple illustrative examples
- clarification of algebraic ideas
- clarification of geometric ideas
- clarification thru spreadsheets

EXAMPLE 1: Nu05-08b
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Nu05-08a states
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But if the person [who was stolen from] has
no heir to return the guilt offering [of theft to
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Rashi comments
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What is an EXAMPLE of a theft where there is no
heir when the thief wishes to make restitution

ANSWER
- The thief stole from a convert
- the convert dies
- the convert has no heir
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LIST690a below summarizes these comments and presents other
examples where Rashi clarifies algebraic, geometric and
complex ideas.
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ITEM                     DETAIL
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RASHI RULE CLASS:        SPREADSHEETS
RASHI SUBRULE CLASS      ALGEBRA
RASHI WORKBOOK PRINCIPLE #30
SEE BELOW                LIST690a
Rashis requiring         Spreadsheets/Algebra
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==================== LIST690a ==================================
Rashis requiring         Spreadsheets/Algebra
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VERSE         Item Spreadsheet is used for
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Nu05-08y.htm  No heir to Stolen from person=Convert died;no chld
lv26-08b.htm  5 pursue 100[5%]; 100 pursue 10000[1%].Non linear!
lv25-43a.htm  Menial labor=a)purposeless b)no fixed amount
lv25-43a.htm  Slaves from sons of residents:even Canaanite*2
dt21-17a.htm  How to give 1st-born double *1
ex38-24b.htm  Computation of relative value of Biblical currency
nu03-39b.htm  Accounting of Levite children
nu31-26a.htm  Division of booty in war
gn05-32b.htm  Computation of relative ages of Noachs children
gn25-20a.htm  Proof that Rivkah was 15 when she married Isaac
lv22-13a.htm  How priests daughter can zigzag in Terumah use

NOTES
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*1  Many people are familiar with the concept of the
    FORMULA PLUG IN. That is a problem is solved by a
    formula which you plug into.

    But some problems intrinsically cannot (initally)
    be solved by a formula. Instead you have to
    formulate the problem algebraically and solve;only
    then do you have the formula.

    In other words these problems are solved by
    the EQUATION vs the FORMULA

    Thus the statement that the eldest gets double
    suggests the following model.

    - Suppose the are B brothers
    - Suppose 1 of them is eldest
    - The Fathers total assets are T (Total)

    - Let A be the amount each brother inherits
    We have no formula for A

    - Then each of the B-1 brothers obtains A
    - The eldest obtains double, 2A.
    - Together this exhausts the Fathers estate, T

    Hence we have (B-1)A + 2A = (B+1)A = T

    This gives rise to the formula  A = T / (B+1)

    An example is a father with 100,000 and 4 children
    - T=100,000
    - B=4
    - So each child take T/(B+1) = 100000/5 = 20,000
    - Eldest takes 2*20000=40000
    - Other 3 take 20000
    - Total distribution =3*20000+40000=100000

    See Rambam Inheritance Chapter 2


*2 e.g. The father is a non jew from outside Israel
   He marries a Canaanite women in Israel
   By law when Israel is conquered she must be killed
   But the son follows the father, is not considered Canaanite,
   need not be killed and can be used as a slave byus.
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