The Medieval scholar and commentator Rashi (1040-1105) wrote the greatest commentaries in Jewish exegeses on the Old Testament and the Talmud. His commentaries are still important in Jewish life. Rashi was born Shelomoh Yitzhaki in Troyes, France. The...

Rabbi Shlomo Yitshaki (in English, Solomon ben Isaac) is known, following the customary way of referring to great medieval Jewish scholars, as Rashi, the Hebrew acronym for his name. He wrote what continue to be the most important and extensive...

Rabbi Solomon Isaac of Troyes, France, 1040–1105, the first letters of whose name yields the popular acronym. Rashi wrote the most influential commentaries in Judaism to the Hebrew Scriptures and the Babylonian TALMUD. His reading of these two...

(Solomon ben Isaac) (1040–1105) *Biblical and *Talmudic commentator. Rashi’s academy in France became one of the most famous in Europe. He wrote commentaries on all the books of the Bible except *Ezra, *Nehemiah and *Chronicles which were...

RASHI, acronym (RaSHI) of Rabbi Shelomoh ben Yitsḥaq of Troyes (1040–1105) was the most influential Jewish commentator on the Bible and the Babylonian Talmud. Nine hundred years after his death, Rashi's writings remain the standard...

Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac (Hebrew: שלמה יצחקי; France: February 22, 1040 - July 13, 1105) – commonly known as Rashi, a Hebrew acronym (‏רש"י‎) for Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki – is famed as the author of the first comprehensive...

IN 2005, JEWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD COMMEMORATE the 900th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shlomo Yizhaki, better known as Rashi, the authoritative commentator of the Bible and Talmud. While Rashi is justifiably famous for these achievements, less well known is the impact...

IN 2005, JEWS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD COMMEMORATE the 900th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shlomo Yizhaki, better known as Rashi, the authoritative commentator of the Bible and Talmud. While Rashi is justifiably famous for these achievements, less well known is the impact of...

Nick Collins and Patrick Dendy returned interceptions for touchdowns and Brett Favre passed for 209 yards and a score in the first half Sunday night to help the Green Bay Packers take a 23-0 lead over the Chicago Bears.Favre looked as if he could play...

The Chicago Bears earned homefield advantage throughout the playoffs the hard way. Chicago blew a 24-3 second-half lead Sunday and then recovered with big plays from backups Rashied Davis and Adrian Peterson in overtime to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-31.Robbie Gould, who'd missed earlier...