Questions tagged [rashi]
Rabbi Shlomo of Troyes, 1040-1104, and his works
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Did Rashi have Talmud Yerushalmi?
Rashi quotes a couple of times from Yerushalmi but doesn't seem to have had regular access to it. This being from the numerous times Rishonim ask on him from it.
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Why does Rashi say that Lavan covered 7 days worth of distance in one day?
In Parshas Vayeitze, Rashi comments on the words דרך שבעת ימים, quoting a midrash, saying
כל אותן ג' ימים שהלך המגיד להגיד ללבן הלך יעקב לדרכו, נמצא יעקב רחוק מלבן ששה ימים, ובשביעי השיגו לבן. למדנו ...
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Maharal on lentils
Rashi says that Jacob made lentils for Esau as they are round like a wheel as this day was the day Abraham died and aveilut is the wheel(galgal) of the world.
The Maharal from Prague comments that ...
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Rashi's comment on Abraham's gifts
The Torah says:
וְלִבְנֵ֤י הַפִּֽילַגְשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם נָתַ֥ן אַבְרָהָ֖ם מַתָּנֹ֑ת וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֞ם מֵעַ֨ל יִצְחָ֤ק בְּנוֹ֙ בְּעוֹדֶ֣נּוּ חַ֔י קֵ֖דְמָה אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ קֶֽדֶם׃ -- but to Abraham’...
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Does Rashi bring contadictory opinions?
Rashi on chumash is based on chazal. Sometimes Rashi appears to bring contradictory opinions and some mefarshim say that its machlokes midrashim.
Is there a source or mesorah that Rashi's shita in ...
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Is wheat bad for animals?
Rashi on Bava Metzia 90a D"H UMatrezes (a few lines from the bottom) says that if an ox has a certain stomach disease, wheat worsens the ox's condition.
However, the Gemara says on Bava Kamma 20a ...
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Is there a translation of Rashi on Shas in English?
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Where is there a translation of Rashi on Shas? I know there is one for Tosfot using summaries on Daf Yomi is there something like this for Rashi?
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Rashi with sources in context
Is there a sefer chumash with Rashi's commentary which brings Rashi's sources in context?
For example, if Rashi were to quote a gemara, this sefer would print the relevant text of the gemara in the ...
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How to reconcile Rashi's view/logic with Rabbi Ulla's three Noahide commandments? Who is correct?
In Sanhedrin 59a, Rashi writes (s.v. לזה ולזה נאמרה):
כי יהיב קודשא בריך הוא תורה לישראל לא שקלינהו להנך מבני נח וכדקיימי להו קיימי
When Hakadosh Baruch Hu gave the Torah to Yisroel, he did not take ...
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What was the serpent’s plan?
According to Rashi, the serpent desired Eve and his plan was that Adam eat from the tree and die so that he can have her [Rashi Genesis 3:1, Bereishis Rabbah 18:6]. If that was his plan, why would he ...
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List of "most important" Rashis on the Torah
There is a list of the most fundamental Ramban al ha Torah commentaries which someone has compiled (I uploaded it here), sorted by parasha, with a short index on the last page.
Does something similar ...
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Source for the practice of messianic interpretation of calamity
I seem to recall a Rashi somewhere in Nach which explains a Pasuk as praising B’nei Yisrael, who see every calamity that befalls them as heralding Mashiach.
Can anyone source this?
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Did Rash"i hold like the Gr"a or like Rabbeinu Tam?
NOTE: Most of these time calculations assume the day is either the autumnal or vernal equinox, where there are 12 hours of sunlight and therefore Neitz is at 6:00 AM and Gra's shkiah is 6:00 PM
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If Hebrew was the target language, what was the source language in any of the Psalm in which “maskil” is mentioned?
If Hebrew was the target language, what was the source language in any of the Psalms in which “maskil” is mentioned?
Rashi on Psalms 88:1 wrote:
משכיל: כל מקום שנאמר משכיל ע"י תורגמן נאמר שהיה ...
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The second Brit - Parashat Ki Tavo - three set of stones? (Rashi)
I am little confused trying to understand a Rashi. To Devarim 27:2, Rashi explains that there are three "memorial stones" of this ratification of the Brit between Israel and G-d. I don't see ...
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"And you shall place My words upon your heart" - even in exile
In parasahas Eikev (Devarim 11:18), the Torah instructs us that we:
shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they will be as frontlets ...
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Who are the "rockmen" and "adnei hasadeh"?
Job 5:23 :
כִּ֤י עִם־אַבְנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֣ה בְרִיתֶ֑ךָ וְחַיַּ֥ת הַ֝שָּׂדֶ֗ה הׇשְׁלְמָה־לָּֽךְ׃
For you will have a pact with the rocks in the field, And the beasts of the field will be your allies.
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Why is a black skin strange, unusual or weird?
Why is a black skin strange, unusual or weird?
This question developed after reading the following:
כוש: מה כושי משונה בעורו אף שאול משונה במעשיו
Cush: Just as a Cushite has unusual skin, so did Saul ...
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How Prophets Reply and Help with Rashi
In Ezekiel 37:3
Then He said to me; "Son of man, can these bones become alive?" And I answered, "O Lord God, You [alone] know."
Ezekiel replies by saying Hashem knows.
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Did Rashi die while working on multiple tractates?
I've seen printed in some גמראs that רש"י died, and another פרוש follows. Is there any evidence to support this? Is it possible that רש"י's commentary was partially lost in some tractates?
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Source(s) that Rashi's daughters gave shiur in gemara to men, from behind a mehitza or curtain?
Rabbi Breitowitz says so in a shiur here, starting at 1:19:40, https://podcasts.ohr.edu/episode/60
He says "It is brought down in some mekoros..." Anyone know the mekoros?
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Please help with this Rashi
The Gemara Megillah 12a says that Achashverosh wore the bigdei kohen gadol.
Rashi comment
I dont understand why rashi uses the terminology that he uses
בגדי כהונה - שהיו בידו שם בגדי כהן גדול שהביאן ...
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Rashi, Yebamoth 55b:7
Is my translation of this Rashi on Yevamot correct?
It deals with impurity due to contact with a dead body - in case a man
has sex with his dead wife it is not impurity because the latter is
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Difficulties with Rashi on Mishlei 8:23
Rashi quotes a pasuk (נסיכי בני אדם) supposedly from Yechezkel 35, but its really a pasuk from Micha 5:4 (נסיכי אדם) without the word bnei. Is there any explanation (with evidence) for this besides a ...
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Why does Rashi discuss ants instead of grasshoppers
The verse in Parchat Shlach (13:33) says
וְשָׁם רָאִינוּ אֶת הַנְּפִילִים בְּנֵי עֲנָק מִן הַנְּפִלִים וַנְּהִי בְעֵינֵינוּ כַּחֲגָבִים וְכֵן הָיִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיהֶם:
And there we saw the giants and ...
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Missing vav or not in Bamidbar 7:2
In parshat Nasso (Bamidbar 7:2), the Torah says
וַיַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאשֵׁ֖י בֵּ֣ית אֲבֹתָ֑ם הֵ֚ם נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הַמַּטֹּ֔ת הֵ֥ם הָעֹמְדִ֖ים עַל־הַפְּקֻדִֽים׃
On this verse, the Minchat ...
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Who carried the aron which traveled in front of the camp?
Rashi describes how the aron (which contained the broken pieces of the first luchos and which was taken out with the Jewish army in times of battle) would travel in front of the camp in the desert. ...
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Why does רש"י sometimes say "בגמרא מפרש", and sometimes say "בגמרא מפרש טעמא"?
For example, Rashi on Mishnah on Bava Kama Daf 27a:
ושברה פטור - בגמרא מפרש טעמא
'בעל החבית חייב - מפרש בגמ
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Is Yaacov Avinu implying that Hashem only fulfils His promises to those who are worthy? (Rashi)
קָטֹנְתִּי מִכֹּל הַחֲסָדִים וּמִכָּל־הָאֱמֶת
I am unworthy of all the kindness and all the truth...(Bereshit 32:11)
Rashi on "truth":
ומכל האמת. אֲמִתַּת דְּבָרֶיךָ, שֶׁשָּׁמַרְתָּ לִי ...
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Is there a Midrash around Rashi's claim of Terah's forefathers being from Canaan?
Rashi's commentary on Tractate Sanhedrin 44b implies that Terah and his forefathers originated from Canaan.
He references the mention of 'your Amorite father' - presumably citing Ezek 16:3 - 'Thus ...
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Does Rashi on Bereshis 7:4 imply that a human can be created against Hashem's will?
Rashi on Bereshis 7:4 says:
ארבעים יום. כְּנֶגֶד יְצִירַת הַוָּלָד, שֶׁקִּלְקְלוּ לְהַטְרִיחַ לְיוֹצְרָם לָצוּר צוּרַת מַמְזֵרִים
Is Rashi implying that a human be created against Hashem's will? Was ...
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Why does Rashi (most of the time) not quote sources for his commentary?
The Gemera in Meggilah 15a and Pirkei Avot 6:6 says, כל האומר דבר בשם אומרו מביא גאולה לעולם שנאמר ותאמר אסתר למלך בשם מרדכי. My question is, if quoting teachings of other people is very important (...
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Commentary on Rashi
Can can someone recommend a commentary on Rashi?
I am looking for a commentary that is a) Hebrew b) contains the text of the Humash and preferably Onkelos c) a clear explanation of Rashi's commentary ...
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Was Shechem a gilgul of Eisav?
The Arizal says (she'ar Hagilgulim) that it's not a problem that Shem and Noach were the same gilgul, although they were father and son, alive at the same time.
In Breshit 48:22 Ya'akov Avinu says he ...
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Is a statement against or about the peril of adding or subtracting a letter from the Torah, with a connection to destroying the world, made by Rashi?
Is a statement against or about the peril of adding or subtracting a letter from the Torah made by Rashi ?
I recall hearing that Rashi said that if one letter were erased from the Torah, the entire ...
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Source that Rashi doesn't ask "why" questions
I've heard it said many times regarding Chumash and Gemara that Rashi comments only when there is a technical problem with the text, and isn't offering analytic answers to "why" questions. I'...
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Chumash- Yosef really strong?
Rashi explains Yosef was able to carry Ephraim and Menashe on his knees before giving them to Yaakov. How could Yosef carry them both on his knees if they were already old at that time? Is the pshat ...
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Hashem over the lav of not bearing a grudge
Hashem says in Yechezkel 16:59 "For so said the Lord God: I have done with you as you did, that you despised an oath to violate a covenant," to which Rashi comments, "that you despised ...
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Avoiding retzuot of tefillin (shel yad) from tangling while wrapping
I don't know if others have this same issue, but it happens to me often that while wrapping the רצוע of the תפלין של יד around my arm, that it gets tangled up and I need to straighten it every few ...
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Based on Sanhedrin 39a:13 & Rashi commentary on Ezekiel 4:4, how does immobility (motionlessness) atone/cleanse national sins?
Was Yechezkel 4:4 method of Israel's atonement simply : immobility?
Sanhedrin 39a:13
The Holy One, Blessed be He, afflicts Ezekiel in order to cleanse the sins of the Jewish people. God instructed ...
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How can we compare a Ba'al Ga'avah who did teshuva to avraham avinu?
It says in Masechet Sotah 5a:
דָרַש רַב עֲוְִירָא זִמְנִין אָמַר לָהּ מִשְּמֵיהּ דְרַב אַסִּי וְְזִמְנִין אָמַר לָהּ מִשְּמֵיהּ דְרַב אַמִי כָל אָדָם שֶיֵּש בוֹ גַּסּוּת הָרוּחַ לַסּוֹף מִתְמַעֵט ...
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Shorashim Identifier for Rashi on Tanach
I am trying to identify Shorashim from Pesukim and Rashi. Finding the ones from the Pesukim is easy - I use the concordance from alhatorah. But finding the root of words used in Rashi is not always so ...
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Parshat Lech Lecha - Hagar having a separate malach
Does anyone know a pshat in what is the depth behind Hagar having a separate malach for every single dibbur like Rashi brings, why couldn't there just be one malach for the whole story?
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Who wrote Rashi on Chronicles I & II, Nehemiah, Ruth, Song of Songs, and Ecclesiastes?
The Wikipedia page on Rashi says as follows:
Rashi wrote commentaries on all the books of Tanakh except Chronicles I & II, Nehemiah, Ruth, Song of Songs, and Ecclesiastes. Scholars believe that ...
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Rashi to Yirmeyahu 52:25
How do you translate this Rashi:
בספר מלכים אמר וחמשה אנשים (מלכים ב כ״ה:י״ט) השנים חשובים ולא חשובים כ״כ
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Mefaresh on Nedarim - author [duplicate]
I have potential heard that the mefresh on nedarim is not Rashi. If so, who is the author? Is there a clear source that it is not Rashi?
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Rashi in Devarim 27:24
In Parshes Ki Savo Perak 27 Pasik 24 Rashisays
מכה רעהו בסתר. עַל לָשׁוֹן הָרָע הוּא אוֹמֵר; רָאִיתִי בִיסוֹדוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי מֹשֶׁה הַדַּרְשָׁן — י"א אֲרוּרִים יֵשׁ כָּאן כְּנֶגֶד י"א ...
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Rashi on Devarim 6:8 - Why does the Torah use a foreign language?
In Devarim 6:8 Rashi says, והיו לטטפת בין עיניך: אלו תפילין שבראש ועל שם מנין פרשיותיהם נקראו טטפת. טט בכתפי שתים, פת באפריקי שתים:
Rashi's English translation is:
and they shall be for ornaments ...
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Rashi's Six Question types
I heard (possibly in the name of the Beer Mayim Chaim) that all of Rashi's commentary al hatorah addresses one of six questions: קושי בדקדוק, סמיכת הענינים, לשון מיותר, סתירה, שינוי בלשון, קושי הבנה
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Why does Sanhedrin 95a not list the Kefitzas HaDerech example of the 10 spies in Shelach
Question inspired by R. Elchanan Shoff Oneg Shelach 2019 p.6
Rashi on Bamidbar 13:25 states
"They returned from scouting the Land at the end of forty days: But
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