Article: Rashi and the First Crusade: Commentary, Liturgy, Legend.(11th century rabbi)

Encyclopedia entry: Rashi
A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion;      530 words ... ... in his massive running commentary to the Talmud. Rashi here rarely raises questions of his own ... explanation but all students agree that without Rashi the Talmud would have remained a closed book. Rashi often explains Talmudic terms by giving ...

Article: Rashi and His Daughters
Judaism;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... commentator of the Bible and Talmud. While Rashi is justifiably famous ... could read the Bible, Rashi's daughters knew Talmud so well that legend ... as Tosafists, later Talmud commentators who often disagreed with Rashi. Joheved,2 the eldest ...

Article: Rashi and his daughters.
Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... commentator of the Bible and Talmud. While Rashi is justifiably famous ... could read the Bible, Rashi's daughters knew Talmud so well that legend ... as Tosafists, later Talmud commentators who often disagreed with Rashi. Joheved, (2) the ...

Article: Rashi and the first crusade: Commentary, liturgy, legend
Judaism;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... has never been surpassed. Rashi's work on the Talmud is of a different nature ... day had become very corrupt. Rashi is still the commentator who makes the Talmud accessible to a broad readership. Rashi lived most of his life in relatively ...

Article: Rashi's Commentary on Psalms
Journal of Biblical Literature;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... of monographs on various subjects: Rashi's Life, Rashi's Literary Output, Rashi's Liturgical Poetry, Rashi's Commentary on the Babylonian Talmud, Rashi's Responsa, Rashi as Storyteller, to name a few. Chapters more relevant to ...

Article: Rashi still read and studied after 900 years
Cleveland Jewish News;  September 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the study of Bible or Talmud is taught the texts together with Rashi, and the leading scholars ... difficult passage of Talmud and ponder why Rashi failed to comment upon ... of course, from the Talmud and Midrash. Rashi's work is often the ...

Article: Rashi, a man of the world and commentator par excellence
Jerusalem Post;  May 19, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Isaac, also known as Rashi, went on to write the ... commentaries on the Bible and Talmud. The period during which ... found in the Babylonian Talmud. For instance, Rashi was against reciting ... not mentioned in the Talmud. In Germany, wine hit ...