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Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi) (1040 - 1105) Rashi was the outstanding Biblical commentator of the Middle Ages. He was born in Troyes, France, and lived from 1040 to 1105, surviving the massacres of the First Crusade through Europe. His father Yitzchak was a great scholar, but very poor, making his living from the sale of wine.
Apr 3, 2024 · Rashi (born 1040, Troyes, Champagne—died July 13, 1105, Troyes) was a renowned medieval French commentator on the Bible and the Talmud (the authoritative Jewish compendium of law, lore, and commentary). Rashi combined the two basic methods of interpretation, literal and nonliteral, in his influential Bible commentary.
Rashi was born at Troyes, France. (See Chart: Rashi Family).His mother was the sister of the liturgical writer, *Simeon b. Isaac. His father was a scholar whom Rashi quoted in his writings (Av. Zar. 75a). Few facts are known about his early life, although many legends are told about this period.
Jewish texts and source sheets about Rashi from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library. Shlomo ben Yitzchak, best known by the acronym "Rashi", was an early and influential medieval Torah and Talmud commentator.
The House of Rashi. The foundations of Ashkenazic Jewry in Western Europe, and later Eastern Europe, are really essentially the story of one family: the family of Rashi, an acronym for the name Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki). Many scholarly and more popular books, articles, treatises and biographies have been written about ...
Rashi lived in Troyes, France (1040-1105). Rashi’s commentary is an essential explanation of the Tanakh and resides in a place of honor on the page of almost all editions of the Tanakh. Over 300 supercommentaries have been written to further explain Rashi’s comments on the Torah. While quoting many midrashim and Talmudic passages, Rashi, in ...
14 Rashi Facts You Should Know. By Menachem Posner. Art by Sefira Lightstone. 1. His Father’s Name Was Yitzchak. Rashi is an acronym for R abbi S hlomo Y itzchaki (son of Yitzchak). Little is known for certain about Rashi ’s father, Rabbi Yitzchak, but we know he was learned, since Rashi quotes him as an authority. 1 Some say the family may ...
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