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Who translated the Torah into each of the 70 languages?
In Devarim 27:8, the Torah says to "write all the words of the Torah explained well" (- "Ba'aer Hetev".
Rash"i, citing Sotah 35b, says that this was translated into 70 ...
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Why was the translation considered a tragedy if it was already translated into 70 languages?
I just read in Parashat ki tavo that the Torah was translated into 70 languages and written on giant stones, yet the Talmud says the translation of the Torah to Greek many years later was considered a ...
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On Deuteronomy 28:23, Rashi says copper is "mazi'a". What does this mean?
I have this question on Rashi every year in Ki Savo. Deuteronomy 28:23 says: "And the heavens above your head will be like copper and the earth that is beneath you, iron."
Rashi says that the heavens ...
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