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

From: Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life andThought | Date: March 22, 1999| Author: GEVARYAHU, GILAD J.; SICHERMAN, HARVEY | Copyright information

THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES MARKED THE birth of Franco-German Jewry, the Ashkenazim. These Jews, invited to a rapidly developing part of Europe by Christian civil and religious leaders, soon distinguished themselves in commerce and scholarship. [1] In the galaxy of their rabbinical luminaries, the figure of Rabbi Solomon son of Isaac (1040--1105) shone the brightest for subsequent generations. Rashi, his acronym, unites both his name and a supreme compliment: Rabban Shel Yisra...

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