Questions tagged [rashi]
Rabbi Shlomo of Troyes, 1040-1104, and his works
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Is ראשית really in construct?
There are those who translate בראשית (from Gen 1:1) as "In the beginning of...", saying that ראשית must be in construct form (smikhut). Perhaps most famously, Rashi writes:
שֶׁאֵין לְךָ ...
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Whom did Rashi call "oker harim"
In Bava Kamma 109b Rashi (s.v. lamed-alef, in the middle of the page) brings an alternative explanation in the name of "oker harim." Do we have any clue who he meant by that? Artscroll does ...
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How did Rashi reach the number of eight people carrying the grapes?
The פסוק states:
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ עַד־נַ֣חַל אֶשְׁכֹּ֗ל וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ מִשָּׁ֤ם זְמוֹרָה֙ וְאֶשְׁכּ֤וֹל עֲנָבִים֙ אֶחָ֔ד וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֥הוּ בַמּ֖וֹט בִּשְׁנָ֑יִם וּמִן־הָרִמֹּנִ֖ים
וּמִן־הַתְּאֵנִֽים׃ (במדבר ...
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How did anyone study the Talmud before Rashi?
Supposedly, the knowledge was transmitted from teacher to student in each generation and so Rashi learned it all from his teacher and wrote it all down.
Was it common for people to be familiar with ...
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What is Palifit mean in the Rabeinu Gershom on Baba Basrah 2a?
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What does it mean Palifit it this Rabeinu Gershom in Daf B amud Alef in Bava Basra?
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"Lashon yevani" in Rashi
In his commentary on Bava Metzia 21b, Rashi describes זוטו של מים as "לשון גודל ושירוע בלשון יווני"; i.e. a Greek word for size or expanse. But what is this Greek word, exactly, and how is ...
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Rashi and the Pun
A long time ago, I was in someone's house and they had a book about the life of Rashi. In it was a great story, which I will summarise to the best of my memory:
Rashi was travelling Europe and in a ...
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What does Rashi mean with "our Rabbis expounded what they expounded"?
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In Ester 1:7 when it mentions how the feast had different"vessels", Rashi gives his explanation, then finishes off "our Rabbis expounded what they expounded", a very ...
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Megillas Esther Online text Shiur ideally with Rashi's commentary
Looking for a Megillas Esther text shiur with Rashi's commentary similar to Rabbi Gordon from Chabad.org for Chumash.
He goes through each Pasuk and then explains Rashi's commentary inside but for ...
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The legend of Rashi's 4 lines
There is a known legend among Talmudists that each Amud has four lines of Rashi before the beginning of the text of the Talmud to hint to a student to review the Amud four times before continuing. I'm ...
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Martzeia in the eye?
The Torah describes how a slave who doesn't want to leave his master (by Shmitah) has to get pierced through his ear:
Exodus 21:6
וְהִגִּישׁ֤וֹ אֲדֹנָיו֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים וְהִגִּישׁוֹ֙ אֶל־הַדֶּ֔לֶת ...
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Nevi'im written before they happened
In parshas Nasso Rashi brings a medrash to explain the verse:
Numbers 7:23:
וּלְזֶ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֘ ��ָּקָ֣ר שְׁנַ֒יִם֒ אֵילִ֤ם חֲמִשָּׁה֙ עַתֻּדִ֣ים חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה כְּבָשִׂ֥ים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָ֖ה חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה ...
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The beauty of referencing Torah-sources
Rashi, in several places, says "לא ידעתי" - I don't know. It is said that Rabbi Akiva Eiger made a list of the times Rashi said "לא ידעתי" - I don't know, people were bothered by ...
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What is the historic background to the first Rashi?
The first Rashi on Genesis says:
Rabbi Isaac said: The Torah, which is the Law book of Israel, should have commenced with the verse (Exodus 12:2) “This month shall be unto you the first of the months”...
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The Staff of Moses
Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 40:
Rabbi Levi said: That rod which was created in the twilight was delivered to the first man out of the garden of Eden. Adam delivered it to Enoch, and Enoch delivered it to ...
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