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Sapirstein Edition Rashi: The Torah with Rashi's Commentary Translated, Annotated and Elucidated, Vol. 2 [Student Size], Exodus [Shemos]
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557 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1999
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March 15, 2015
This is the second Book of the Chumash (Five Books of Moses), and includes the commentary of the great Rashi, as well as a translation of the Chumash itself and an excellent translation of Rashi's commentary, as well as a super-commentary.
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.
As you may know, the Chumash is divided into portions, one portion for each week of the year except the Holidays. On the Sabbath day a Reader in the synagogue reads out loud that week's portion, on a Holiday we read passages that are relevant specifically to that Holiday (even though we also read those passages in the weekly Sabbath portions). Thus, we finish the entire Chumash each year, according to a universal schedule.
According to Jewish Law, a man must study that week's portion, and try to finish it by Sabbath. He must study it with either the Targum of Unkelus (it is generally not printed by itself, only as a commentary to the Chumash), or Rashi's Commentary. I use the Sapirstein Editon.
This means that I won't be finishing this work until around March 14th, when we read the last Torah portion in the Book of Shemos (Exodus). Then, with g-d's help, I hope to start the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus).
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.
As you may know, the Chumash is divided into portions, one portion for each week of the year except the Holidays. On the Sabbath day a Reader in the synagogue reads out loud that week's portion, on a Holiday we read passages that are relevant specifically to that Holiday (even though we also read those passages in the weekly Sabbath portions). Thus, we finish the entire Chumash each year, according to a universal schedule.
According to Jewish Law, a man must study that week's portion, and try to finish it by Sabbath. He must study it with either the Targum of Unkelus (it is generally not printed by itself, only as a commentary to the Chumash), or Rashi's Commentary. I use the Sapirstein Editon.
This means that I won't be finishing this work until around March 14th, when we read the last Torah portion in the Book of Shemos (Exodus). Then, with g-d's help, I hope to start the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus).
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