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Rashi

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[rah-shee] / ˈrɑ ʃi /

noun

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


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Rashi Kaslow sat on the deck of a boat he bought from a friend for just $1 before the fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

"Alaknanda has the structural maturity we associate with galaxies that are billions of years older," says Rashi Jain.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025

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

From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2020

Magshimim was launched in 2011 by the Rashi Foundation, a philanthropic organization focused on supporting underprivileged Israeli youth, and has been co-sponsored by the Israeli Ministry of Defense since 2013.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2016

William thought about the texts that he and I had read together—the great Rashi, who had shown our bishops the errors in our translations of the Hebrew Bible.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz