French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
An 11th-century French rabbi whose commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible became so foundational that every printed edition of the Talmud since the 1520s includes his work, and over 300 later scholars have written analyses specifically dissecting his interpretations.
Shlomo Yitzchaki was born in Troyes around February 1040 and studied in Worms under rabbis who had themselves learned from the renowned Gershom ben Judah. After returning to Troyes, he joined the local beth din and eventually led it following Zerach ben Abraham's death. His gift was making complex texts accessible: he could distill the plain meaning of scripture and Talmud in language that worked for both seasoned scholars and beginners. His commentary covered nearly the entire Babylonian Talmud, and his work on the Chumash inspired three centuries' worth of "supercommentaries" parsing his eve…
Sourced, dated quotes from Rashi
The flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea at Acre is not similar to the flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea in Spain.
We learn from here the humility of the Holy One, Blessed is He. Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them.
They were not aware of the way of modesty, to distinguish between good and bad.
Even a blind man realises when he is naked. So why does it say "And they realised that they were naked"? They had one commandment and were now naked of it.
God knew where he was, but he asked so as to start a conversation with Adam and avoid startling him too much to reply.
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