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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.
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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.
Rabenu Solomon Yitzchaki, or Rashi as he is generally referred to, was born almost exactly 900 years ago, in the year 4800. He lived 65 years. Rashi is said to be a descendant of King David. Rashi was born in the town of Troyes in France; some people believe he was born in Worms. His father Yitzchak was a great scholar, but very poor.
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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.
- His Father’s Name Was Yitzchak. Rashi is an acronym for Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (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 have had the name Yarchi (“of the moon”), since they originated in Lunel ( “moon” in Latin), a heavily Jewish settlement in Southern France.
- He Wrote a Commentary on (Most of) the Bible. A standard Chumash (Hebrew Bible) with Rashi's commentary appearing right below the text. Rashi is known as the foremost commentator on the entire Chumash (Five Books of Moses) and most of the other books of Scripture.
- He Also Elucidated the Talmud. Rashi also composed what has become universally accepted as the primary commentary on the Babylonian Talmud. At times, he provides accurate copy of the texts, translates difficult words into the French of his day, punctuates, and otherwise provides invaluable background for the student.
- He Did Not Write Rashi Script. A page from the only known nearly complete copy of the first dated print of Rashi, housed in the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma (image via University of Pennsylvania).
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.
Rashi 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 (Solomon ben Isaac; 1040–1105), leading commentator on the Bible and Talmud. His Life. 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).
