A helpful mnemonic easily remembered would be
PRDS
- Garden or Orchard, in Hebrew
-- or, better known in English as: PARADISE.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "card" wrote:
>
>
> There are four levels of interpretation of the Torah (and stuff??),
> namely:
>
> 1. p'shat (simple, literal)
> 2. remez (hint, suggestion)
> 3. drash (insight)
> 4. sod (mystery)
>
> I wonder how easy (difficult/impossible) it's to "get" to
> the deeper levels besides p'shat via any translation...
>
>
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Grammar/Unit_One/Rashi_Script/Chumash_a\
nd_Rashi/chumash_and_rashi.html
>
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/kqbqghk
>
