Rabbi Ishmael Example Method:#1 of 36
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We interrupt the module on workers to commence a module
on the principle of CLIMAX. This principle will be needed
to complete the 2-3 Rashis left on workers.

Briefly speaking the rule of CLIMAX states that at certain
times a sequence of 3 or more Biblical phrases will develop
a theme in a CLIMACTIC FASHION. Under such circumstances
the existence of the sequence, itself, justifies new
interpretations which enhance that CLIMAX--in other words
it is legitimate to interpret verses so that the CLIMAX
is preserved even if the support for these interpretations
is weak. This principle may sound strange but will become
clearer after the Reader is exposed to examples.

We start this module off with a simple straightforward
example

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EXAMPLE 1: Dt19-11

>Dt19-11When a person HATES another person
>and he STALKS on this other person
>and he CONFRONTS him
>and he MURDERS HIM.

>Rashi: The Torah develops the murder CLIMACTICALLY
For the Torah describes how murder comes to take place

First you only HATE a person (an EMOTION)
Then you STALK the person--continually OBSERVING them
In such an environment it becomes natural to CONFRONT the person
In turn, once there is a confrontation MURDER may result.


Thus the murder was CAUSED by the 'hatred' which was only
an emotion.



COMMENT:
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It is the nature of CLIMAX EXAMPLES that they lend themselves
to rich interpretation. We will try and suffice with
the barest essentials of interpretation so as to illustrate
the point. Rashi shows in the above example how to avoid
murders. Stop Hatred when it starts and don't dismiss it
as "only an emotion"

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