Rashi

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Rashi

רש"י

Rashi- [Shlomo Yitzhaki] An 11th-century Jewish Scholar noted for his commentaries on the Torah and the Tanakh.  Rashi comes from an acronym of his name: the Rabbi Shlomo Itzhaki.

 

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