The 10 RashiYomi Rules 
Their presence in Rashis on Parshat ReAy 
 Vol  1#27 - Adapted from Rashi-is-Simple  
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The goal of this Weekly Rashi Digest is to use the weekly Torah portion to expose students at all levels to the ten major methods of commentary used by Rashi. It is hoped that continual weekly exposure to these ten major methods will enable students of all levels to acquire a familiarity and facility with the major exegetical methods.

1. RASHI METHOD : OTHER VERSES   
This example applies to Rashis Dt11-29a 
URL Reference : (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn13-18a.htm 

The other verse  method seeks to confirm the contents of a target verse by cross referencing other verses which either confirm the target text or add details to it. Additionally the other verse  method can shed light on word meaning. 

Verse Dt11-29 states   And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.   וְהָיָה, כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה בָא-שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ--וְנָתַתָּה אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה עַל-הַר גְּרִזִים, וְאֶת-הַקְּלָלָה עַל-הַר עֵיבָל.  

The phrase set the blessing on the mountain is illuminated by an other verse Dt27-12 which states   'These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin;   אֵלֶּה יַעַמְדוּ לְבָרֵךְ אֶת-הָעָם, עַל-הַר גְּרִזִים, בְּעָבְרְכֶם, אֶת-הַיַּרְדֵּן:  שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי וִיהוּדָה, וְיִשָּׂשכָר וְיוֹסֵף וּבִנְיָמִן.  From this other verse I infer that blessings in this Dt11-29 means the blessors, the people blessing. This illustrates the word-meaning principle of metonomy, the naming of items by related items. A simple example of metonomy is the following: give me a hand really means help me. Here the hand is an item frequently related to helping. Similarly, America helped in the relief effort really means The American people helped in the relief effort. Here, the country America refers to the American people. Again, the country is related to the people. 

The phrase set the blessings on the mountain appears to mean that the people doing the blessing were uttering these blessings on the mountain. However the other verse Jo08-30:35 states   Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, ...And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; ....   אָז יִבְנֶה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מִזְבֵּחַ, לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּהַר, עֵיבָל.  ... וְכָל-יִשְׂרָאֵל וּזְקֵנָיו וְשֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו עֹמְדִים מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לָאָרוֹן נֶגֶד הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית-יְהוָה, כַּגֵּר כָּאֶזְרָח--חֶצְיוֹ אֶל-מוּל הַר-גְּרִזִים, וְהַחֶצְיוֹ אֶל-מוּל הַר-עֵיבָל:  כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד-יְהוָה, לְבָרֵךְ אֶת-הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל--בָּרִאשֹׁנָה.  This other verse  clarifies that the blessors, the people blessing, were facing the mountain, not on it. Thus in this verse the word on has the connotations of facing. 

2. RASHI METHOD : WORD MEANINGS / new meanings 
This example applies to Rashis Dt11-29a 
URL reference :(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/ dt11-29a.htm  

The word meaning  method seeks to present dictionary meaning. Rashi uses 10 vehicles to infer word meaning. A major word meaning submethod is the metonomy method.  Metonomy refers to the naming of an item by a related item: For example, give me a hand means help me since helping is frequently related to activity with the hands.

Verse Dt11-29 states   And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.   וְהָיָה, כִּי יְבִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, אֶל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-אַתָּה בָא-שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ--וְנָתַתָּה אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה עַל-הַר גְּרִזִים, וְאֶת-הַקְּלָלָה עַל-הַר עֵיבָל.  

The phrase set the blessing on the mountain is illuminated by an other verse Dt27-12 which states   'These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over the Jordan: Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin;   אֵלֶּה יַעַמְדוּ לְבָרֵךְ אֶת-הָעָם, עַל-הַר גְּרִזִים, בְּעָבְרְכֶם, אֶת-הַיַּרְדֵּן:  שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי וִיהוּדָה, וְיִשָּׂשכָר וְיוֹסֵף וּבִנְיָמִן.  From this other verse I infer that blessings in this Dt11-29 means the blessors, the people blessing. This illustrates the word-meaning principle of metonomy, the naming of items by related items. A simple example of metonomy is the following: give me a hand really means help me. Here the hand is an item frequently related to helping. Similarly, America helped in the relief effort really means The American people helped in the relief effort. Here, the country America refers to the American people. Again, the country is related to the people. 

The phrase set the blessings on the mountain appears to mean that the people doing the blessing were uttering these blessings on the mountain. However the other verse Jo08-30:35 states   Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD, the God of Israel, in mount Ebal, ...And all Israel, and their elders and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as the home-born; half of them in front of mount Gerizim and half of them in front of mount Ebal; ....   אָז יִבְנֶה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ מִזְבֵּחַ, לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּהַר, עֵיבָל.  ... וְכָל-יִשְׂרָאֵל וּזְקֵנָיו וְשֹׁטְרִים וְשֹׁפְטָיו עֹמְדִים מִזֶּה וּמִזֶּה לָאָרוֹן נֶגֶד הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן בְּרִית-יְהוָה, כַּגֵּר כָּאֶזְרָח--חֶצְיוֹ אֶל-מוּל הַר-גְּרִזִים, וְהַחֶצְיוֹ אֶל-מוּל הַר-עֵיבָל:  כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מֹשֶׁה עֶבֶד-יְהוָה, לְבָרֵךְ אֶת-הָעָם יִשְׂרָאֵל--בָּרִאשֹׁנָה.  This other verse  clarifies that the blessors, the people blessing, were facing the mountain, not on it. Thus in this verse the word on has the connotations of facing. 

3. RASHI METHOD : GRAMMAR / conjugation 
This example applies to Rashis  Dt16-01a Dt15-10a 
URL reference :(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/ ex18-22b.htm  

The grammar  method seeks to apply and teach Hebrew grammar.  One component of grammar deals with the conjugation of verb-forms such as the infinitive.  

Verse Dt16-01 states   Watch the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God; for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.   שָׁמוֹר, אֶת-חֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב, וְעָשִׂיתָ פֶּסַח, לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ:  כִּי בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב, הוֹצִיאֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִמִּצְרַיִם--לָיְלָה.  Technically, the Hebrew word used, Shin-Mem-Resh, שמר is in the infinitive form. Rashi consistently interprets the infinitive form as meaning ongoing activity. Thus Rashi interprets Dt16-01 as meaning be involved with watching for the Springtime. Hence the comment of Rashi: Courts have to constantly monitor the calendar. If Nisan the month of Passover will not occur in the Springtime then the courts must make the year a leap year by adding a month during February. 

Rashi, similarly interprets many other verses with the infinitive as meaning ongoing activity. Here are a few examples: 
•	Verse Ex13-03 states   And Moses said unto the people: 'Be involved in remembering this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place; there shall no leavened bread be eaten.   וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל-הָעָם, זָכוֹר אֶת-הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר יְצָאתֶם מִמִּצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים, כִּי בְּחֹזֶק יָד, הוֹצִיא יְהוָה אֶתְכֶם מִזֶּה; וְלֹא יֵאָכֵל, חָמֵץ.  Rashi explicitly translates the Hebrew Zayin Caph Resh,זכר as meaning remember every day. 
•	Verse Dt01-16 states   And I charged your judges at that time, saying: 'Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.   וָאֲצַוֶּה, אֶת-שֹׁפְטֵיכֶם, בָּעֵת הַהִוא, לֵאמֹר:  שָׁמֹעַ בֵּין-אֲחֵיכֶם וּשְׁפַטְתֶּם צֶדֶק, בֵּין-אִישׁ וּבֵין-אָחִיו וּבֵין גֵּרוֹ.  The Biblical phrase be involved in listening is interpreted by Rashi: Be deliberate in judicial process. 
•	Verse Dt15-10 states   Thou shalt give, be involved in giving him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing the LORD thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.   נָתוֹן תִּתֵּן לוֹ, וְלֹא-יֵרַע לְבָבְךָ בְּתִתְּךָ לוֹ:  כִּי בִּגְלַל הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה, יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, בְּכָל-מַעֲשֶׂךָ, וּבְכֹל מִשְׁלַח יָדֶךָ.  The Biblical phrase be involved in giving is interpreted by  Rashi: Give as often as needed. 

4. RASHI METHOD : ALIGNMENT
This example applies to Rashis  Dt15-05a Dt15-05b 
URL reference :(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/ dt15-05a .htm 

The alignment  method seeks to extract nuances from the minor differences in the alignment  of two almost identical verses. The contrast of the two almost identical verses points either to a) two cases , b) several nuances , or c) an equality of the verses which leads to an understanding in meaning .

By aligning 
•	Verse Dt15-01:06 states   At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. ...if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day. For the LORD thy God will bless thee, as He promised thee; and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.    
מִקֵּץ שֶׁבַע-שָׁנִים, תַּעֲשֶׂה שְׁמִטָּהרַק אִם-שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע, בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת-כָּל-הַמִּצְוָה הַזֹּאת, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם.  כִּי-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ בֵּרַכְךָ, כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר-לָךְ; וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים, וְאַתָּה לֹא תַעֲבֹט, וּמָשַׁלְתָּ בְּגוֹיִם רַבִּים, וּבְךָ לֹא יִמְשֹׁלוּ.    
•	Verse Dt28-01 states   And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth.   וְהָיָה, אִם-שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת-כָּל-מִצְוֹתָיו, אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם--וּנְתָנְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, עֶלְיוֹן, עַל, כָּל-גּוֹיֵי הָאָרֶץ.  
Here Rashi focuses on the contrasts of the underlined words---commandment vs commandments--and the bold-underlined words, rule over nations vs. being the top nation. We see that the reward for observing this commandment (The 7-th year commandment) is reign over many nations while the reward for observing commandments (that is many commandments) is being the top nation.  Thus by focusing on the aligned word Rashi infers that the reward for observing many commandments is greater than the reward for observing one commandment (reign vs top nation)

Here, by focusing on the  aligned words, this vs these the Bible contrasts the rewards for one commandment vs. many commandments. 

5. RASHI METHOD : CONTRADICTION 
This example applies to Rashis  Dt15-17a 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ ex40-35a .htm

 The contradiction  method seeks to derive Biblical content by assuming a resolution to contradictory  verses. Rashi had 3 main methods to resolve contradiction : The two contradictory verses could be speaking about a) two stages  of one process, b) two aspects  or attributes of one entity, or c) the contradictory verses could be resolved assuming a broad or literal interpretation  of the words causing the contradiction.

A comparison of 
•	verse Dt15-17 which states   then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door, and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy bondwoman thou shalt do likewise.   וְלָקַחְתָּ אֶת-הַמַּרְצֵעַ, וְנָתַתָּה בְאָזְנוֹ וּבַדֶּלֶת, וְהָיָה לְךָ, עֶבֶד עוֹלָם; וְאַף לַאֲמָתְךָ, תַּעֲשֶׂה-כֵּן.  
•	Verse Lv25-10 which states   And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.   וְקִדַּשְׁתֶּם, אֵת שְׁנַת הַחֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה, וּקְרָאתֶם דְּרוֹר בָּאָרֶץ, לְכָל-יֹשְׁבֶיהָ; יוֹבֵל הִוא, תִּהְיֶה לָכֶם, וְשַׁבְתֶּם אִישׁ אֶל-אֲחֻזָּתוֹ, וְאִישׁ אֶל-מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ תָּשֻׁבוּ.  
A comparison of these two verses yields two contradictory work durantions for an indentured servant: One verse speaks about working forever while the other verse speaks about going free in the Jubilee.  

Which is it? How long does an indentured servant work: forever or till the Jubilee? 

Rashi resolves the contradiction in these two verses by reinterpreting the term forever as meaning a (possibly) long time, till the 50 year mark. The Jubilee year marks the return of all land to their original owners: Hence forever could easily refer to the Jubilee year when the current status of land ownership changes. 

6. RASHI METHOD : STYLE
This example applies to Rashis  Dt15-21a Dt15-21b Dt15-21c 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ dt15-21a .htm 

The Rabbi Ishmael Style  rules are usually thought of as applying to technical legal matters. However in a broader sense they apply to paragraph styles. The fundamental focus of the Rabbi Ishmael style rules is to precisely delineate the relationship between paragraph themes  and development details : 
•	 Are the details examples  of a general theme , or, do the details  exhaust the paragraph theme? In other words 
•	should the examples  and details be interpreted literally and exclusively or should they be interpreted broadly and generally? 
Still another way of looking at style is that it answers the question: 
•	 How should the paragraph theme  and details / examples  be integrated? 

Verse Dt15-21 states   
And if there be any blemish therein, 
•	lameness, or 
•	blindness, 
any ill blemish whatsoever, 
thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.   
וְכִי-יִהְיֶה בוֹ מוּם,
•	 פִּסֵּחַ
•	 אוֹ עִוֵּר
, כֹּל, מוּם רָע--
לֹא תִזְבָּחֶנּוּ, לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ.  

As shown, the above verse has a theme-detail-theme form. The Rabbi Ishmael style rules require that the detail phrases be perceived as the development of a paragraph: consequently we generalize these details to fit into the general paragraph theme of blemish. 

Rashi sees the two details, lame and blind as referring to blemishes that are 
•	permanent 
•	visible and
•	interfering with work 
Thus there is no prohibition of sacrificing an animal with a temporary blemish, such as a cut that will heal, or a non-work related blemish, such as a nick in the ear. 

7. RASHI METHOD : Formatting
This example applies to Rashis  Dt13-05a Dt13-05b Dt13-05c Dt13-05d 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ example9 .htm
  
Modern formatting  has a variety of vehicles which the writer uses to either create emphasis  or point to an underlying unity . Three common examples of modern formatting are (a) bold-italic-underline , (b) paragraph indentation including use of line spaces, (c) use of bulleted lists . 

Authors use these formatting  devices as follows: (a) All authors know that bold-italic-underline indicates emphasis . The Bible did not use bold-italic-underline but instead uses repetition  to indicate emphasis . (b) Modern authors use indentation  and line spaces between paragraphs to point to an underlying unity  in a paragraph. The Bible indicates paragraph unity  by using the theme-detail-theme , detail-theme , or theme-detail  styles. (c) Modern authors use bulleted lists  to indicate contrastive emphasis --the bullets  together are seen as spanning a domain of ideas while each individual bullet  is seen as indicating a separate and distinct idea. The bible indicates bulleted lists  by either using repeated keywords or parallel structure . 

The reader will recognize the theme-detail-theme , detail-theme  and theme-detail  methods as three of the 13 exegetical methods of Rabbi Ishmael. What we have added is the explanation that the Rabbi Ishmael rules focus on biblical examples : Are these biblical examples understood as exhaustive of the whole law or are they understood as examples to be generalized? Similarly the reader will recognize that we have called the bullet  method is the Rabbi Ishmael rule of context . What we have added to the Rabbi Ishmael exposition is the idea that parallel structure  and repeated keywords are two methods of making inferences from context 

The bulleting of Verse Dt13-05 states   
•	After the LORD your God shall ye walk, and 
•	Him shall ye fear, and 
•	His commandments shall ye keep, and 
•	unto His voice shall ye hearken, and 
•	Him shall ye serve, and 
•	unto Him shall ye cleave.  

•	 אַחֲרֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם תֵּלֵכוּ, וְאֹתוֹ תִירָאוּ;
•	 וְאֶת-מִצְוֹתָיו תִּשְׁמֹרוּ 
•	וּבְקֹלוֹ תִשְׁמָעוּ,
•	 וְאֹתוֹ תַעֲבֹדוּ
•	 וּבוֹ תִדְבָּקוּן.  
clearly shows a progressive development. This immediately and clearly leads to the Rashi comment: Rashi: How do you cling to God? 
•	You start by keeping the commandments of the Torah 
•	Next: You must harken to Gods voice to (new) orders of prophets 
•	Third: you must serving Him through the Temples and synagogue. 
•	Finally, you will find yourself hanging out, or clinging, to Godly people. 
In other words, Rashi sees the verse as identifying Torah-prophetic obedience, and worship as prerequisites to clinging to Godly people. 

8. RASHI METHOD : DATABASES
This example applies to Rashis  Dt12-25b 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ dt17-20b .htm 

The database  method seeks to discover biblical ideas using the methods of modern database theory and sequential query language (SQL). The Talmudic sages and Rashi were totally familiar and frequently used all aspects of modern database theory. 

Today we ask the query: List the commandments that promise a reward for observance.  The query returns the 7 results listed below.

Here are the seven commandments where reward is mentioned. 
•	Verse Dt11-19:21 states   And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates; that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, upon the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.    וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם אֶת-בְּנֵיכֶם, לְדַבֵּר בָּם, בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ בַדֶּרֶךְ, וּבְשָׁכְבְּךָ וּבְקוּמֶךָ.  וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל-מְזוּזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ, וּבִשְׁעָרֶיךָ.  לְמַעַן יִרְבּוּ יְמֵיכֶם, וִימֵי בְנֵיכֶם, עַל הָאֲדָמָה, אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע יְהוָה לַאֲבֹתֵיכֶם לָתֵת לָהֶם--כִּימֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם, עַל-הָאָרֶץ.   
•	Verse Dt24-19 states   When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.    כִּי תִקְצֹר קְצִירְךָ בְשָׂדֶךָ וְשָׁכַחְתָּ עֹמֶר בַּשָּׂדֶה, לֹא תָשׁוּב לְקַחְתּוֹ--לַגֵּר לַיָּתוֹם וְלָאַלְמָנָה, יִהְיֶה:  לְמַעַן יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, בְּכֹל מַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ.   
•	Verse Dt12-25 states   Thou shalt not eat blood; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD.   לֹא, תֹּאכְלֶנּוּ--לְמַעַן יִיטַב לְךָ וּלְבָנֶיךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ, כִּי-תַעֲשֶׂה הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי יְהוָה.  
•	Verse Dt22-07 states   thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.    שַׁלֵּחַ תְּשַׁלַּח אֶת-הָאֵם, וְאֶת-הַבָּנִים תִּקַּח-לָךְ, לְמַעַן יִיטַב לָךְ, וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ יָמִים.   
•	Verse Ex20-11 states   Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.    כַּבֵּד אֶת-אָבִיךָ, וְאֶת-אִמֶּךָ--לְמַעַן, יַאֲרִכוּן יָמֶיךָ, עַל הָאֲדָמָה, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ.   
•	Verse Dt16-20 states   Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.    צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף--לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ.   

As can be seen these seven commandments span a wide spectrum of commandment types: 
•	Easy commandments: Letting the mother bird go  (Dt22-07)
•	Communal commandments: The obligations for societal justice (Dt16-20)
•	Commandments you'd do anyway: e.g. not eating blood (Dt12-25)
•	Non-intended acts: such as leaving forgotten sheaves to the poor (Dt24-19)
The wide spectrum of commandments leads to the comment by Rashi: One gets similar rewards for obseving any commandment. Rashi makes this inference from the wide spectrum of verses, demonstrating that the reward is universal.

Conclusion

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