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Why was Yoseph sold to Ishmaelites and then Midianites, rather than Midianites and then Ishmaelites?
Doesn't the posuk itself give the order of brothers -> Ishmaelites -> Midianites -> Potiphar and not brothers -> Midianites -> Ishmaelites -> Potiphar ?
Breishis 37:27-28 says
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Did Rashi have Talmud Yerushalmi?
Welcome Dovid!
An answer and also food for thought and further research.
First, this might be nitpicking, but even an admittedly cursory search for the word ירושלמי in רש"י על ש"ס in Sefaria ...
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Did Rashi have Talmud Yerushalmi?
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While it seems that it as you say, i.e. Rashi had at least occasionally access to the Jerusalem Talmud due to the large number of merchant-soldiers travelling:
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Why does Rashi say that Lavan covered 7 days worth of distance in one day?
דרך שבעת ימים doesn't mean "after Yaakov had fled for 7 days." If it was describing the length of time, it would have said שבעה ימים (or ארבעה ימים, starting from Lavan's departure). דרך ...
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Why does Rashi say that Lavan covered 7 days worth of distance in one day?
If lavan was 3 days to (for example) the north of Yaakov, and Yaakov was traveling to the south, then this would be the timeline:
During the first three days:
Yaakov is traveling south, a messanger ...
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Maharal on lentils
If you look at Rashi in full there he goes on to explain the connection:
וְלָמָּה עֲדָשִׁים? שֶׁדּוֹמוֹת לְגַלְגַּל, שֶׁהָאֲבֵלוּת גַּלְגַּל הַחוֹזֵר בָּעוֹלָם
And why lentil? Because they are ...
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Rashi's comment on Abraham's gifts
I thougt they were the gifts given to Avraham for the marraige of Sarah. Like when pharoh and avimelech kidnapped her. He didn't want to benefit from them because he didn't receive them 100% kosher. ...
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Rashi's comment on Abraham's gifts
One angle that the mefarshim explain explicitly, is that these "gifts" were not gifts in the literal sense but relating to the names of G-d or pagan deities. In other words, they came from ...
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Does Rashi bring contadictory opinions?
In the sefer כללי רש"י (Principles of Rashi, compiled from the Lubavitcher Rebbe's many Rashi sichos), section 4, principle 19 (and 7:15) says that Rashi will borrow from opposing views in ...
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Does Rashi bring contadictory opinions?
The Maharsha in Kiddushin(44a, on Rashi "כלל אינו") states that it is Rashi's custom to explain something one way in one place, and the same thing another way in another place, and it's not ...
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What was Moshe Rabbeinu's argument against the angels?
One should give a poor the food poor person wants, not the food the host has or wants to give (Ketubot 67b. Avraham, master of (guest) hosts, obviously followed this rule (Avraham knew how to read ...
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Is there a translation of Rashi on Shas in English?
Yes, I often find myself using themercava.com. Click on the words of Rashi, and the translation of the highlighted line should appear at the bottom of the page.
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Rashi with sources in context
There's Chumash Rashi Ha'Shalem by Mosdot Ariel (link). Also available on Otzar Hachochmah. Here's an example of one page:
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