To date, students were tested on their ability to read Rashi script to make certain they were capable of reading the commentary in the original source text. It appears that over recent years, a ...

Rashi, arguably most famous and influential Torah commentator of all time, was born in Troyes, France, around 1040, and died in 1105, after founding Talmudic school. First Hebrew printed text, in 1475 ...

Rashi was born in Troyes, France and died in the same town on July 13, 1105, at the age of 65. The date of his passing on the Jewish calendar, the 29th of Tammuz, falls on Friday, August 5, this year.