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 on almost all areas of Torah, and was one of the first to write a linear commentary on the Torah and Talmud.

Here are the source sheets from a series of three classes I gave about Rashi on WebYeshiva (you can watch and listen to the shiurim on WebYeshiva):

May His Soul be Bound in the Bonds of Eternal Life