Rashi comments on this verse that " The entire people will be so imbued with the spirit of sanctity that God's Presence will rest upon them collectively, as if the congregation itself was the Ark of the Covenant.

Rashi comments on this verse that " The entire people will be so imbued with the spirit of sanctity that God's Presence will rest upon them collectively, as if the congregation itself was the Ark of the Covenant.

Unlike Rashi, the Tosafot is not a running commentary, but rather comments on selected matters.

Rashi comments on Numbers 25. 3 that Pe ‘ or was so called because they would uncover before it the end of the rectum and bring forth excrement ; this is its worship.

Rashi, the great 12th century commentator on the Bible and Talmud, states clearly of the fetus lav nefesh hu: " it is not a person.

" Rashi, on says Isaac's suspicions were aroused even more, because Esau never used the personal name of God.

He draws on Maimonides ' work but also offers Talmudical material ( in effect a summary of the Talmudic discussion ) largely following the commentary of Rashi.

Others, such as the medieval commentator Rashi, held on the contrary that the building of the Ark was stretched over 120 years, deliberately in order to give sinners time to repent.

According to tradition, Rashi was first brought to learn Torah by his father on Shavuot day at the age of five.

Rashi died on July 13, 1105 ( Tammuz 29, 4865 ) aged 65.

* Rashi's middle daughter, Miriam, married Judah ben Nathan, who completed the commentary on Talmud Makkot which Rashi was working on when he died.

Drawing on the breadth of Midrashic, Talmudic and Aggadic literature ( including literature that is no longer extant ), as well as his knowledge of grammar, halakhah, and how things work, Rashi clarifies the " simple " meaning of the text so that a bright child of five could understand it.

Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi wrote that " Rashi ’ s commentary on Torah is the ‘ wine of Torah ’.

Rashi wrote commentaries on all the books of Tanakh except Chronicles I & II.

Today, tens of thousands of men, women and children study " Chumash with Rashi " as they review the Torah portion to be read in synagogue on the upcoming Shabbat.

According to halakha, a man may even study the Rashi on each Torah verse in fulfillment of the requirement to review the Parsha twice with Targum ( which normally refers to Targum Onkelos ) This practice is called in Hebrew: " Shnayim mikra ve-echad targum ".

Rashi wrote the first comprehensive commentary on the Talmud.

As in his commentary on the Tanakh, Rashi frequently illustrates the meaning of the text using analogies to the professions, crafts, and sports of his day.

Rashi exerted a decisive influence on establishing the correct text of the Talmud.

Siddur Rashi, compiled by an unknown student, also contains Rashi's responsa on prayer.

With it, any student who has been introduced to its study by a teacher can continue learning on his own, deciphering its language and meaning with the aid of Rashi.

The Schottenstein Edition interlinear translation of the Talmud bases its English-language commentary primarily on Rashi, and describes his continuing importance as follows:

In 2006, the Jewish National and University Library at Hebrew University put on an exhibit commemorating the 900th anniversary of Rashi's death ( 2005 ), showcasing rare items from the library collection written by Rashi, as well as various works by others concerning Rashi.

These were the basis of Simcha ben Samuel's Machzor Vitry ( 11th century France ), which was based on the ideas of his teacher, Rashi.

By far the best known commentary on the Babylonian Talmud is that of Rashi ( Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, 1040 – 1105 ).

According to Rashi on Genesis 7: 4, God delayed the Flood specifically because of the seven days of mourning in honor of the righteous Methuselah.

Intensive study of the Torah ( Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy with the commentary of Rashi ( Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi 1040-1105 ) is stressed and taught in all elementary grades, often with Yiddish translations and more notes in Haredi yeshivas.

According to Rashi Genesis Rabba, “ Enoch was a righteous man, but he could easily be swayed to return to do evil.

* Rashi on Genesis, Chapter 4, by Rashi

( Rashi to Genesis 29: 11 )

Even so, Isaac gained his own impression of her before agreeing to marry her ( Rashi, commentary to Genesis 24: 67 ).

Rabbinical sources are sited from Nachmanides ( Ramban ) and Rashi along with kabbilistic interpretations of Genesis.

* Full translation of Rashi on Genesis 1: 1

The term Magdiel, which appears in Genesis 36: 43, was apparently interpreted as Rome ( see Rashi on that verse ), so that his name was really Yiram of Rome.

The mockery of the idol Barisat is more extended in the Midrash than in the Apocalypse ; also the condemnation of Terah as an idolater, as related in the Apocalypse, discloses the older Haggadah ( Genesis Rashi 39: 7 ), whereas the Book of Jubilees presents the later one ( compare Genesis Rashi 30: 4, 39: 7, where Terah is treated quite mildly ).

Rashi and the Tosafot on Talmud Bavli Pesachim 46a are both of the opinion that one is required to travel the distance of 4 mil to pray with a minyan.

Jacob ben Meir, ( 1100, Ramerupt – 9 June 1171 ( 4 tammuz ), Troyes ), best known as Rabbeinu Tam, was one of the most renowned French Tosafists, a leading halakhic authority in his generation, and a grandson of Rashi.

According to Rashi, the being was the guardian angel of Esau himself, sent to destroy Jacob before he could return to the land of Canaan.

According to the traditional counting cited by Rashi, Isaac was 37 years old at the time of the Binding of Isaac, and news of Rebekah's birth reached Abraham immediately after that event.

The Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus states that three of the seven lamps were allowed to burn during the day also ; however, according to the Talmud ( Rashi, Tractate Shabbat 22b ), only the center lamp was left burning all day, into which as much oil was put as into the others.

Rashi interprets his father's statement of the naming of Noah ( in Hebrew נ ֹ ח ַ) “ This one will comfort ( in Hebrew – yeNaHamainu י ְ נ ַ ח ֲ מ ֵ נו ) from our work and our hands sore from the land that the Lord had cursed ”, by saying Noah heralded a new era of prosperity, when there was easing ( in Hebrew – nahah – נחה ) from the curse from the time of Adam when the Earth produced thorns and thistles even where men sowed wheat and that Noah then introduced the plow.

Shlomo Yitzhaki (), or in Latin Salomon Isaacides, and today generally known by the acronym Rashi (, RAbbi SHlomo Itzhaki ; February 22, 1040 – July 13, 1105 ), was a medieval French rabbi and long highly esteemed as a major contribution Ashkenazi Jewry gave to Torah study.

Rashi and his family survived the major anti-semitic outbreak when he was 45 years old ; many of his teachers who were some of Judaism's greatest Ashkenazi sages and his mentors did not survive.

Rashi was an only child born at Troyes, Champagne, in northern France.

On his father's side, Rashi has been claimed to be a 33rd-generation descendant of Yochanan Hasandlar, who was a fourth-generation descendant of Gamaliel the Elder, who was reputedly descended from the royal line of King David.

His father was his main Torah teacher until his death when Rashi was still a youth.

When Rabbi Yaakov died in 1064, Rashi continued learning in Worms for another year in the yeshiva of his relative, Rabbi Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi, who was also chief rabbi of Worms.

Because of the large number of merchant-scholars who came from throughout the Jewish world to attend the great fairs in Troyes, Rashi was able to compare different manuscripts and readings in Tosefta, Jerusalem Talmud, Midrash, Targum, and the writings of the Geonim, and determine which readings should be preferred.

In some commentaries, the text indicates that Rashi died before completing the tractate, and that it was completed by a student.

Rashi 30: 12 ); for when he ascended the throne he was as pure as a child, and had never committed sin ( Yoma 22b ).

Rashi 1: 10 ) The fact that he was merciful even to his enemies, being indulgent to rebels themselves, and frequently waiving the homage due to him, was incredible as well as deceiving.

According to the Talmud ( Bava Batra 14b-15a, Rashi to Megillah 3a, 14a ), much of the contents of the Tanakh was compiled by the Men of the Great Assembly ( Anshei K ' nesset HaGedolah ), a task completed in 450 BCE, and have remained unchanged since that date.