Sapirstein Edition Rashi: The Torah with Rashi's Commentary Translated, Annotated and Elucidated, Vol. 1 [Full Size], Genesis [Bereishis]

by Anonymous, Avie Gold (Editor)

Book by Rabbi Yisrael Herczeg

Genres: Judaism, Religion

599 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1995

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Ayali Hawa Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rashi, essential for Torah study. I loved this edition, and the travel size is extremely helpful and pratical.

[Evan Siegel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is tough sledding, but it's a beautifully done edition. The Biblical passages followed by Onkelos followed by Rashi followed by Rashi's often telegraphic commentary translated into good English, followed by material translated from commentators on Rashi and/or the editor's own comments elucidating what Rashi was driving at. The reader needs to bring some comfort in dealing with Biblical Hebrew grammar and some intuition about what Rashi is concerned with.

[After finishing.] Having finished this, I've gained a huge amount of respect for the breadth of learning of this great scholar. He lays out the problems in each word and phrase and brings an astonishing wealth of erudition and ingenuity in solving them. His solutions will often strike the modern reader as forced and/or fanciful, but no one can deny that he was a titan of learning. Let's recall that he didn't have access to libraries (not to mention Google) and much of what he wrote was likely from memory.

The English language elucidations seem to my am haaretz self to be well informed by traditional Rashi scholarship. Highly recommended.

[Mordechai Housman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing work. Rashi is clearly explained, the Old French words are not only translated (in the footnotes), but often the Modern French equivalent as well as the derivative word in English are also shown. The footnotes also delve into deeper understandings of Rashi's commentary. Furthermore, the author has compared many different manuscripts and texts and lists them when there are variant versions.