Solomon ben Isaac of Troyes, called Rashi, writes the commentary on the Torah and the Talmud that becomes inseparable from the texts themselves; nearly every printed edition since carries his voice in the margin.
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The Event
- Date
- 1040–1105 (exact)
- Era
- Medieval; Standard periodization of Jewish history
- Location
- Troyes; today Troyes, France
- Traditions
- Judaism
- Streams
- Orthodox Judaism, Conservative Judaism, Reform Judaism, Reconstructionist Judaism, Secular Judaism
- Key figures
- Rashi
- Key texts
- Rashi's commentary on the Torah, Rashi's commentary on the Talmud
Primary Sources
- Rashi's commentaries
Secondary Sources
- Marcus, Jewish Life in Medieval Europe (Metropolitan, 1996)
- Goodman, A History of Judaism (Princeton, 2018)
Provenance: HIST-0117; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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