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

Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought | March 22, 1999| | Copyright

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 Yisrael, Teacher of Israel. To this day, his commentaries illuminate Torah and Talmud so that no Jew ...

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