Rashi, Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki, רבי שלמה יצחקי (22 February 1040 – 13 July 1105), the medieval French rabbi and author of a comprehensive commentary on the Talmud and commentary on the Hebrew Bible, was perplexed by the beginning of the Torah. He struggled with the grammar and he struggled with the fact that the story began with creation when he understood it to be a manual for living for the Jewish people, which didn’t commence until this week’s Torah reading. One thing he seemed to believe very clearly, though, was the fact that creation explained why God could give the Land of Israel to whomever he chooses.
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AuthorDavid J. Steiner, Ed.D. is a rabbinic student at the International Institute for Secular Humanistic Judaism. He is also a filmmaker, a nice landlord and a mediator. He is writing these weekly Torah commentaries as a rabbinical thesis. ArchivesNo Archives Categories |