Rashi

[rah-shee]

noun

1. Solomon ben Isaac, 1040–1105, French Hebrew scholar.

Example Sentences

“We’re the great underdogs of the greatest American disaster in history, apparently. This little community,” said Rashi Kaslow, a boat rigger who lived in the Bowl for more than 17 years.

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Rashi, the great medieval commentator, wrote that a full four-fifths of all Hebrew slaves took one look at Moses, their liberator, said a curt “no, thanks” and decided to stay in Egypt, rejecting the travails of freedom for the known quantity, the security, of slavery — of living lives that were difficult, and less free, but safe and familiar.

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Rashi Rohatgi, 35, a novelist who lives in northern Norway, stocks up on Fenty Beauty cosmetics for a similar reason.

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Renowned for his keen intellect, Friedman was an expert hand at analyzing the writings of Rashi, a medieval rabbinical specialist in the Talmud.

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The daughters of Rashi, the great medieval scholar, had tefillin.

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