The 10 RashiYomi Rules 
Their presence in Rashis on Parshat Noach 
 Vol  2#1 - 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 at all levels to acquire a familiarity and facility with the major exegetical methods.
  
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1. RASHI METHOD : OTHER VERSES   
This example applies to Rashis Gn11-06c 
URL Reference: (c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/nu16-11a.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 Gn09-03 states   Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.   כָּל-רֶמֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר הוּא-חַי, לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָכְלָה:  כְּיֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב, נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת-כֹּל.  Rashi clarifies this verse as granting permission for Noach to eat meat (any living moving thing); Rashi achieves this clarification by contrasting Gn09-03 with an other verse Gn01-29:30 where God prohibited Adam from eating meat (and only allowing him to eat vegetables). Verse Gn01-29:30 states   And God said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed--to you it shall be for food; and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is a living soul, [I have given] every green herb for food.' And it was so.   וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, הִנֵּה נָתַתִּי לָכֶם אֶת-כָּל-עֵשֶׂב זֹרֵעַ זֶרַע אֲשֶׁר עַל-פְּנֵי כָל-הָאָרֶץ, וְאֶת-כָּל-הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ פְרִי-עֵץ, זֹרֵעַ זָרַע:  לָכֶם יִהְיֶה, לְאָכְלָה.  וּלְכָל-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ וּלְכָל-עוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל רוֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-בּוֹ נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה, אֶת-כָּל-יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב, לְאָכְלָה; וַיְהִי-כֵן.  

The above example nicely illustrates the power of the other verse method to enrich understanding of a verse. 

2. RASHI METHOD : WORD MEANINGS / new meanings 
This example applies to Rashis Gn09-17a 
URL reference :(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/gn09-17a.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 special words  method. Rashi will sometimes explain the varied usages of special connective words; for example, words like if, then, also, this, are special words in all languages that connect sentence parts or indicate emphasis.. 

The following list presents verses with the word this.  In each case Rashi interprets the word this to refer to a pointing to an actual object. 

•	Verse Gn09-17 states   And God said unto Noah: 'This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me       and all flesh that is upon the earth.'    וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, אֶל-נֹחַ:  זֹאת אוֹת-הַבְּרִית, אֲשֶׁר הֲקִמֹתִי, בֵּינִי, וּבֵין כָּל-בָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר עַל-הָאָרֶץ.   Rashi: The underlined word this teaches us that God showed Noah an actual physical rainbow.
•	Nu08-04  And this was the work of the candlestick, beaten work of gold; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work; according unto the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the candlestick.   וְזֶה מַעֲשֵׂה הַמְּנֹרָה מִקְשָׁה זָהָב, עַד-יְרֵכָהּ עַד-פִּרְחָהּ מִקְשָׁה הִוא:  כַּמַּרְאֶה, אֲשֶׁר הֶרְאָה יְהוָה אֶת-מֹשֶׁה--כֵּן עָשָׂה, אֶת-הַמְּנֹרָ. Rashi: The underlined word this teaches us that God showed Moses a fire image of a Candelabra
•	Ex30-13   This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary--the shekel is twenty gerahs--half a shekel for an offering to the LORD.  זֶה יִתְּנוּ, כָּל-הָעֹבֵר עַל-הַפְּקֻדִים--מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל, בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ:  עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה, הַשֶּׁקֶל--מַחֲצִית הַשֶּׁקֶל, תְּרוּמָה לַיהוָה.  Rashi: The underlined word this teaches us that God showed Moses a fire image of a half-dollar
•	Ex12-02   This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.  הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם, רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים:  רִאשׁוֹן הוּא לָכֶם, לְחָדְשֵׁי הַשָּׁנָה.   Rashi: The underlined word this teaches us that God showed Moses a fire image of a moon.
•	Lv11-02  Speak unto the children of Israel, saying: These are the living things which ye may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.  דַּבְּרוּ אֶל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, לֵאמֹר:  זֹאת הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכְלוּ, מִכָּל-הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר עַל-הָאָרֶץ.   Rashi: The underlined word this teaches us that God showed Moses fire images of all Kosher animals.
•	Ex13-08  And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of this that the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.  וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ, בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר:  בַּעֲבוּר זֶה, עָשָׂה יְהוָה לִי, בְּצֵאתִי, מִמִּצְרָיִם.  Rashi: The underlined word this teaches us that we must point to the matzoh and bitter herbs when we teach our children.
The consistency of the Rashi comment -God illustrated the Candelabra, half dollar,non-Kosher animal, full/half moon, rainbow... with fire images-- reinforces the position that this, זֶה, connotes something being pointed to. 

3. RASHI METHOD : GRAMMAR / conjugation 
This example applies to Rashis  Gn11-06c 
URL reference :(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/nu16-11a.htm  

The grammar  method seeks to apply and teach Hebrew grammar.  One component of grammar deals with recognizing sentence types such as declarative, interrogative, command . 

Hebrew traditionally indicates an interrogative sentence by use of the prefix hey, ה Rashi brings to our attention several verses where the interrogative is indicated by use of the interjection, behold. 
•	Verse Gn04-13:14 states   And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than you can bear? Behold, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the land; and from Thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.'   וַיֹּאמֶר קַיִן, אֶל-יְהוָה:  גָּדוֹל עֲוֹנִי, מִנְּשֹׂא.  הֵן גֵּרַשְׁתָּ אֹתִי הַיּוֹם, מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה, וּמִפָּנֶיךָ, אֶסָּתֵר; וְהָיִיתִי נָע וָנָד, בָּאָרֶץ, וְהָיָה כָל-מֹצְאִי, יַהַרְגֵנִי.  
•	Verse Gn11-06 states   And the LORD said: 'Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do? and now nothing will be withholden from them, which they purpose to do?   וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה, הֵן עַם אֶחָד וְשָׂפָה אַחַת לְכֻלָּם, וְזֶה, הַחִלָּם לַעֲשׂוֹת; וְעַתָּה לֹא-יִבָּצֵר מֵהֶם, כֹּל אֲשֶׁר יָזְמוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת.  
•	Verse Ex08-22 states   And Moses said: 'It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God; behold, if we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not stone us?   וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה, לֹא נָכוֹן לַעֲשׂוֹת כֵּן, כִּי תּוֹעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם, נִזְבַּח לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ:  הֵן נִזְבַּח אֶת-תּוֹעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם, לְעֵינֵיהֶם--וְלֹא יִסְקְלֻנוּ.  
Thus Hebrew has a several vehicles to indicate the interrogative. 

4. RASHI METHOD : ALIGNMENT
This example applies to Rashis  Gn09-10a Gn09-10b Gn09-10c 
URL reference :(c) http://www.RashiYomi.com/gn09-10a.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 .

Verse Gn09-10 states   
•	and with every living creature that is with you,
•	 the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the land with you; 
•	of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the land.   

•	וְאֵת כָּל-נֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר אִתְּכֶם,
•	 בָּעוֹף בַּבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אִתְּכֶם;
•	 מִכֹּל יֹצְאֵי הַתֵּבָה, לְכֹל חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ.  

The alignment leads to the Rashi comments: 
•	Land: Notice that the word land occurs in two of the phrases but not in the third one. This leads to the Rashi comment: The rainbow covenant not to destroy the world was made with all living creatures whether they were land animals or non-land airborne insects. 
•	With you: Notice that the phrase With you occurs in two of the three verses but not in the third. This leads to the Rashi comment: The rainbow covenant not to destroy the world was made with all living creatures whether they were domesticated animals with you or wild jungle beasts who are not with you. 

We shall also approach the Rashi comments here using the style method, rule #6, below. This will afford us a rare opportunity to appreciate the capacity of different Rashi rules. 

5. RASHI METHOD : CONTRADICTION 
This example applies to Rashis  Gn08-17a 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn08-17a.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.

Verse Gn08-17 states   Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.'   כָּל-הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר-אִתְּךָ מִכָּל-בָּשָׂר, בָּעוֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל-הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ--הוצא (הַיְצֵא) אִתָּךְ; וְשָׁרְצוּ בָאָרֶץ, וּפָרוּ וְרָבוּ עַל-הָאָרֶץ.  

The Hebrew scriptures are unique in that sometimes words will have pronunciations that differ from their spelling. We call this the read-write phenomenon since the word is read one way but written another way.  In the above verse the written and read variants contradict each other. 

The read variant when punctuated normally reads as follows: Those going forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; may they swarm in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.'   כָּל-הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר-אִתְּךָ מִכָּל-בָּשָׂר, בָּעוֹף וּבַבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל-הָרֶמֶשׂ הָרֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ--הוצא (הַיְצֵא) אִתָּךְ; וְשָׁרְצוּ בָאָרֶץ, וּפָרוּ וְרָבוּ עַל-הָאָרֶץ.  

Thus the written text is read as bring forth,הוצא, while the read text could be read as those going forth, הַיְצֵא (The actual read text mixes the both the read and written together but this need not concern us now.)

Rashi resolves this contradiction by considering two cases: 
•	Case 1: The animals want to leave the ark: In such a case the verse states all animals that leave the ark (Those that leave) should be fruitful and multiply. 
•	Case 2: The animals don't want to leave the ark: In such a case the verse states all animals should be forcibly evicted (bring forth) from the ark. 

The above Rashi gives insight into the read-written method: The read-written method is deliberate by the author; it indicates footnotes and further ideas on the main text.  Thus in this case the main text states that the animals left the ark and were blessed. A footnote (read-written ) states that those animals that did not leave the ark were forcibly evicted. 

6. RASHI METHOD : STYLE
This example applies to Rashis  Gn09-10a Gn09-10b Gn09-10c 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn09-10a.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? 

Notice the general-detail-general structure in the following verse Verse Gn09-10 states   
•	and with every living creature that is with you, 
•	                                                                           the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; 
•	                                                                           of all that go out of the ark, 
•	even every beast of the earth.
•	   וְאֵת כָּל-נֶפֶשׁ הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר אִתְּכֶם,
•	                                               בָּעוֹף בַּבְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל-חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ אִתְּכֶם;
•	                                                מִכֹּל יֹצְאֵי הַתֵּבָה,  
•	 לְכֹל חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ.  

The opening and closing phrases although different both mention -- every animal. This establishes a paragraph unit. The theme sentence refers to all creatures. The detail sentences refer to birds, animals, and land beasts. 

Rashi perceives the paragraph as a whole. Hence the details are seen as good examples which can generalize to similar examples illustrating the general theme. Therefore Rashi interprets God's covenant not to destroy the world as applying to all creatures 
•	whether they are domesticated vs. wild 
•	whether they are land based vs. air-borne (such as insects). 
Rashi does not derive these generalizations from the nuance of the words involved. Rather, Rashi derives these generalizations from the fact of the paragraph unit which requires that we perceive the details as mere examples of the theme.

Notice that these Rashi inferences were derived in rule #4 through the alignment method. The contrast of the two methods affords the interested student the opportunity to appreciate the capacities of different Rashi rules. 

7. RASHI METHOD : Formatting
This example applies to Rashis  Gn09-14a Gn08-17b 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn08-17b.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 

Verse Gn09-14 states   And it shall come to pass, when I cloud clouds over the earth, and the rainbow is seen in the cloud,   וְהָיָה, בְּעַנְנִי עָנָן עַל-הָאָרֶץ, וְנִרְאֲתָה הַקֶּשֶׁת, בֶּעָנָן.  

Notice the repeated word, cloud clouds. This repetition creates an atmosphere of emphasis: Hence the Rashi: When God brings a fierce storm he sees the rainbow sign and remembers not to destroy the world. In other words Rashi interprets the repeated word cloud clouds as fierce storm. The added emphasis shows that even when God is angry and brings a fierce storm, He nevertheless remembers the covenant and does not destroy the world. 

8. RASHI METHOD : DATABASES
This example applies to Rashis  Gn08-19a 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn08-19a.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: Review all verses using the word family. The query returns the 5 results listed below.

The word family משפחה is, with one exception, exclusively used in the Bible to refer to human families. Four typical verses referring to family along with the one exceptional verse where family refers to animals are presented below: 
•	Verse Gn08-19 states   every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families; went forth out of the ark.   כָּל-הַחַיָּה, כָּל-הָרֶמֶשׂ וְכָל-הָעוֹף, כֹּל, רוֹמֵשׂ עַל-הָאָרֶץ--לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם, יָצְאוּ מִן-הַתֵּבָה.  
•	Verse Gn10-20 states   These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.    אֵלֶּה בְנֵי-חָם, לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לִלְשֹׁנֹתָם, בְּאַרְצֹתָם, בְּגוֹיֵהֶם.   
•	Verse Gn24-38 states   But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my family, and take a wife for my son.   אִם-לֹא אֶל-בֵּית-אָבִי תֵּלֵךְ, וְאֶל-מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי; וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה, לִבְנִי.  
•	Verse Gn28-14 states   And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.   וְהָיָה זַרְעֲךָ כַּעֲפַר הָאָרֶץ, וּפָרַצְתָּ יָמָּה וָקֵדְמָה וְצָפֹנָה וָנֶגְבָּה; וְנִבְרְכוּ בְךָ כָּל-מִשְׁפְּחֹת הָאֲדָמָה, וּבְזַרְעֶךָ.  
•	Verse Nu01-32 states   Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;   לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף לִבְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם, תּוֹלְדֹתָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם:  בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמֹת, מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה--כֹּל, יֹצֵא צָבָא.  

Rashi comments on the anomalous verse, underlined above, in which family refers to beasts: The anomalous use of family to refer to animals creates an emphasis: To leave the ark the animals, so to speak, had to agree to abide by family rules. Such a perspective uses the technique of exaggeration to describe the evil of the generation of the flood: Even the animals were promiscuous (inter-species liaison) and had to agree to increased modesty to survive! 

9. RASHI METHOD : SPREADSHEETS
This example applies to Rashis  Gn06-16c 
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn09-20c.htm 

 We say that Rashi uses the spreadsheet  method if he either (a) uses spreadsheets and algebra or (b) geometric illustrations to explain a verse. We also use the term spreadsheet method  if Rashi (c) gives consequences and inferences from a verse whose meaning and structure is already clear. 

Verse Gn06-16 states   A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.   צֹהַר תַּעֲשֶׂה לַתֵּבָה, וְאֶל-אַמָּה תְּכַלֶּנָּה מִלְמַעְלָה, וּפֶתַח הַתֵּבָה, בְּצִדָּהּ תָּשִׂים; תַּחְתִּיִּם שְׁנִיִּם וּשְׁלִשִׁים, תַּעֲשֶׂהָ.  

On this verse Rashi clarifies the meaning of the underlined phrase, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward,  thru use of a description of a complex geometric design. 
•	The sides of the ark were not vertical but sloping 
•	The top of the ark was not a point, like a tent point but rather a 4-inch diameter circle. 

The following picture / illustration clarifies how the ark looked
 ========================================== 
'               4 inch roof
'               --------------- 
'              /               \           
'             /                 \
'            /                   \
'           /                     \
'         Sloping sides      sloping sides 
=============================================== 
This construction was optimal for a flood:
•	A flat roof with vertical walls would allow water to accumulate on the roof leading to water damage of the ark 
•	A pointed roof would create a vulnerability in the Ark design. The continuos bombardment of the roof-point could easily lead to breakage with resulting seepage into the ark. 

10. RASHI METHOD : SYMBOLISM
This example applies to Rashis  Gn06-14a
URL reference :(c) http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gn06-14a.htm 

The symbolism method seeks to extract meaningful inferences from the symbolism of the biblical text.  The concept of symbolic interpretation is very involved. A good, compact, clear reference explaining when symbolism can be used and how to apply it may be found in my article Genesis 1 speaks about the creation of prophecy not the world which you can find at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/gen-1.htm . Today we explore the symbolism in Gn06-14a  which uses word puns..

In the following verses materials are chosen based on puns. 
•	Verse Gn06-14 states   Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.   עֲשֵׂה לְךָ תֵּבַת עֲצֵי-גֹפֶר, קִנִּים תַּעֲשֶׂה אֶת-הַתֵּבָה; וְכָפַרְתָּ אֹתָהּ מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ, בַּכֹּפֶר.  Rashi: Noach made an ark of gofer גפר to hint, by puns, on the upcoming punishment of burning sulphur, gofrith גפרית 
•	Verse Nu21-09 states   And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.   וַיַּעַשׂ מֹשֶׁה נְחַשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת, וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ עַל-הַנֵּס; וְהָיָה, אִם-נָשַׁךְ הַנָּחָשׁ אֶת-אִישׁ--וְהִבִּיט אֶל-נְחַשׁ הַנְּחֹשֶׁת, וָחָי.  Rashi: Moses made a snake of brass - nechoseth נחשת to hint to the Jews to pray to God concerning the plague of snakes - Nachash נחש 
•	Verse Ex20-22 states   Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.    וְלֹא-תַעֲלֶה בְמַעֲלֹת, עַל-מִזְבְּחִי:  אֲשֶׁר לֹא-תִגָּלֶה עֶרְוָתְךָ, עָלָיו.   Rashi: God prohibited making an altar ramp of steps - maaloth מעלות to hint at the prohibition of having sexual fantasies, - alh  עלה במחשבה, while doing Temple service.
In all cases the material hinted at a related topic. The hint was accomplished thru puns and word association. 

Conclusion

This week's parshah contains examples of all Rashi rules. Visit the RashiYomi website at http://www.Rashiyomi.com/ for further details and examples.