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What; my objective with you today is to give you a peak behind the curtain. How do I
study in the word? What are some of the tools for helping me to get deeper study in the word? What are some of the tools for helping me to get deeper
understanding? Want to give you the tools that I use, so you can study on your own. So
you can go from being fed to feeding others.
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So we dont just get bottle fed someone elses interpretation, we learn to dig and study
from the word of Yah for ourself. from the word of Yah for ourself.
We go from the milk to the meat..traditions to truth..
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There are four levels of Torah study. It can be likened to digging for buried treasure; with
each level you are digging a little deeper in the ground. each level you are digging a little deeper in the ground.
First level: Pshat (simple), this would be like what you can pick up off the ground that lies
on the surface.
Remez: (hint) this is like what you find when you dig a little deeper
Drash: (thematic connections), this is what you find when you are digging even deeper
(with tools like a shovel).
Sod: (hidden) This is the deepest level of digging.
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An important principle: as you go into the deeper levels of meaning, you ALWAYS come
back to the basic, plain sense/meaning of the text. NEVER LOSE THAT. back to the basic, plain sense/meaning of the text. NEVER LOSE THAT.
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Can you see what picture will emerge when the lines are drawn in to connect the dots?
It is a bee pollinating a flower. It is a bee pollinating a flower.
In a similar way, the DRASH level of study is comparing one passage of scripture to another,
sometimes WITHIN a BOOK, but also sometimes BETWEEN
TWO DIFFERENT BOOKS. You LOOK FOR PATTERNS.
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Who is the author?
Who was he/she writing to? Who was he/she writing to?
What was authors purpose?
Themes in the chapter or book?
verse>chapter>book> connections to other books
Parallels and connections between the Brit Hadashah and the Tanahk
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Important principle:
No passage loses its PASHAT meaning. You can go deeper, but you must always come back No passage loses its PASHAT meaning. You can go deeper, but you must always come back
to its PASHAT (plain sense and literal meaning of the text).
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