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Sefer Ha-zikaron, by Abraham Lévy-Bacrat, who lived through the Spanish Expulsion of 1492; Siftei Chachamim, by Shabbethai Bass, which analyzes other supercommentaries on Rashi and is considered important enough that a shortened version, Ikkar Siftei Chachamim, is often printed with the commentary of Rashi
'books'), or in its singular form, sefer, are books of Jewish religious literature and are viewed by religious Jews as sacred. These are generally works of Torah literature, i.e. Tanakh and all works that expound on it, including the Mishnah , Midrash ( Halakha , Aggadah ), Talmud , and all works of Musar , Hasidism , Kabbalah , or machshavah ...
The presence of this event in a book of poetry has been interpreted as a poetic description of the prolonged battle. [2]According to the medieval Jewish scholar Rashi, "Sefer HaYashar" in this verse refers to the Pentateuch: Jacob's prophecy regarding Joshua's ancestor Ephraim—"His seed will fill the nations" [3] —was fulfilled when Joshua's victory gave him renown among the various ...
The large blocks of text on either side are the Tosafot and Rashi commentaries. Other notes and cross references are in the margins. Other notes and cross references are in the margins. The Gemara (also transliterated Gemarah , or in Yiddish Gemore ) is an essential component of the Talmud , comprising a collection of rabbinical analyses and ...
Rashi is generally considered a leading biblical exegete in the Middle Ages. Acclaimed for his ability to present the basic meaning of the text in a concise and lucid fashion, Rashi's commentaries appeal to both learned scholars and beginning students, and his works remain a centerpiece of contemporary Torah study.
The technical terms are largely the same in both midrashim, different terms being found only here and there in the Sifre. Moreover, the group of tannaim is different from that of the Mekhilta le-Sefer Devarim (Mekhilta to Deuteronomy). Those frequently mentioned in the latter (Rabbi Josiah, Rabbi Jonathan, Nathan the Babylonian, and Rabbi Isaac ...
"Yeshua" ישוע , a Hebrew name written with the letters yod-shin-vav-`ayin of the Hebrew alphabet.. Yeshua (Hebrew: יֵשׁוּעַ, romanized: Yēšūaʿ ) was a common alternative form of the name Yehoshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Yəhōšūaʿ, 'Joshua') in later books of the Hebrew Bible and among jewish people of the Second Temple period.
Pene Yehoshua by rabbi Yehoshua Falk of Kraków (1555–1614), a basic commentary on the Gemara, Rashi and Tosafot, and once a widely used basic text for students of the Talmud. Chasam Sofer, the commentary on this tractate, and part of the larger commentary on the Talmud, by rabbi Moses Sofer of Frankfurt (1762–1839).