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Solomon Isaacs. The third-born child and only surviving son of Justina Brandly Lazarusand Joshua Isaacs, Jr., Solomon Isaacs was born and raised in New York City, where his father was a leading member of Congregation Shearith Israel. After his older sister Francesmarried copper trader Harmon Hendricks in June 1800, 14-year-old Solomon was ...
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Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (Shlomo Yitzhaki), known as Rashi (based on an acronym of his Hebrew initials), is one of the most influential Jewish commentators in history. He was born in Troyes, Champagne, in northern France, in 1040.
At age 17, Rashi received an education in the yeshiva of Rabbi Yaakov ben Yakar in Worms, where the Rashi Chapel was built years after his death (this chapel was subsequently destroyed during the German occupation in World War II, and rebuilt in 1950). At age 25, he returned to Troyes, where he became a rabbi. Since rabbis were not yet paid officia...
Rashis best-known works are his comprehensive commentaries on the Bible and the Babylonian Talmud. All editions of the Talmud published since the 1520s have included Rashis commentary in the margins. His commentaries on the Bible have become a foundational element of Jewish education to this day; they are often taught side by side with the Torah wh...
Rashis commentaries combine an explanatory style that elucidates the simple meaning of the text (known as pshat) and an interpretive style that elaborates further (known as drash). He collects, distills and weaves in classical rabbinic interpretations, while adding his own perspectives. There is some debate about Rashis accessibility to the general...
Rashis writings and his methods of interpreting texts spread rapidly and influenced all successive rabbinic commentaries. Thanks to his many disciples who shared his work, his writings and his approach to text study quickly came into use in Jewish communities all over France, and during his lifetime spread to northern Europe. Within a century his w...
Among Rashis disciples were his family members, who became well-known Talmudists in their own rights. His sons-in-law Samuel ben Meir, known as the Rashbam and Isaac ben Meir, known as Ribam, along with his grandson Jacob ben Meir, known as Rabbenu Tam, all transmitted and expanded upon Rashis teachings. Building on Rashis approach, Rabbeinu Tams S...
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Ikey Solomon as printed from a drawing by the Lambeth Police. Isaac " Ikey " Solomon (1787 – 1850) [1] was a British criminal who acted as a receiver of stolen property. His well-publicised crimes, escape from arrest, recapture and trial led to his transportation to the Australian penal colony of Van Diemen's Land (now known as Tasmania ).
London Assurance (originally titled Out of Town) is a five-act comedy co-authored by Dion Boucicault and John Brougham. [1] While the play was collaboratively written by both playwrights, after the play's initial premiere Broughman, who originated the role of Dazzle, relinquished his authorship rights to the work in a lawsuit settlement and ...
- 4 March 1841
- Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London
- Comedy
Rashi. Shlomo Yitzchaki ( Hebrew: רבי שלמה יצחקי ; Latin: Salomon Isaacides; French: Salomon de Troyes; c. 1040 – 13 July 1105), commonly known by the acronym Rashi, was a French rabbi who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible . Born in Troyes, Rashi studied Torah studies in Worms under German rabbi ...
- Writing commentaries, grammarian
- 3 daughters
- French
- Troyes
May 16, 2016 · A portrait of Solomon Isaacs in uniform shortly before departing for Egypt with the 3rd Māori Reinforcements, February 1916. Image courtesy of Isaac Solomona. Solomon Isaacs’ name and service number 16/1033 carved into the wall underneath the town of Arras, 24 February 1917. Image courtesy of Brett Killington.
Title: Portrait of Solomon Isaacs. Creator: John Wesley Jarvis. Date Created: c. 1813. Location: New York, United States, North and Central America. Physical Dimensions: 36 5/8 × 28 1/4 in. (93 × 71.8 cm) Provenance: The artist to sitter Solomon Isaacs; descended in the family; sold to JM 1996. Type: Paintings.
