Category: rashi
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Medieval Theory of Vision
This post may have relevance to a book I am working on, so if anyone has any ideas or comments or explanations I would very much welcome them. The ancient Greeks were basically divided into two camps of how vision works. One camp held with the theory of Emission (or extramission) in which visual perception… Read more
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Rashi had ruach hakodesh
The Artscroll Gemara, unlike Steinsaltz and other English or Hebrew translations/commentaries, have set themselves the task of always following Rashi’s explanation, even if it is not the simplest. You may have noticed this when the magid shiur in daf yomi tries to give Tosefot’s explanation of a sugya which is easier than Rashi’s, and everyone… Read more
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Yarzhreit – R’ Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)
Today (28th Tamuz) is the yarzheit of probably the most famous and most influential of all Ashkenazi Rabbis – Rashi. Arguably he is still the most influential Jewish author since the time of the Talmud. It is virtually impossible to move in the world of Chumash (and Nach) or Talmud without Rashi’s commentary. He wrote… Read more