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25 July 2022 - 30 July 2022
Rashi is an abbreviation for Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi. This man was, quite simply, the greatest Jewish interpreter of the Hebrew Bible in the medieval period. He came well before many of the insights of modern critical scholarship, and his religious commitments often pushed him in directions that modern secular historical scholarship cannot follow. Yet a careful reading of Rashi is rewarding and worthwhile for those who wish to understand both the Bible and the communities that have used it as a basis for their understanding of life.
For those who cannot have the pleasure of reading him in Hebrew, there is an online translation of his commentary at the Chabad website.
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