RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Rashi

1040 - 1105

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Shlomo Yitzchaki (Hebrew: רבי שלמה יצחקי‎; Latin: Salomon Isaacides; French: Salomon ben Isaac de Troyes; c. 22 February 1040 – 13 July 1105) was a French rabbi who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible. He is commonly known by the Rabbinic acronym Rashi (רש"י). Born in Troyes, Rashi studied Torah studies in Worms under German rabbi Yaakov ben Yakar and French rabbi Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi, both of whom were pupils of the famed scholar Gershom ben Judah. After returning to Troyes, Rashi joined the beth din, began answering halakhic questions and later served as the beth din's head after the death of Zerach ben Abraham. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rashi is the 605th most popular religious figure (down from 516th in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from France (down from 557th in 2019) and the 36th most popular French Religious Figure.

Rashi is most famous for his commentary on the Bible.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rashi ranks 605 out of 3,187. Before him are Penitent thief, Laban, Ansgar, Beatrice Portinari, Kevin Farrell, and Camillus de Lellis. After him are Sister Lúcia, Bruno of Cologne, Nichiren, Pancras of Rome, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, and Saint Giles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1040, Rashi ranks 2. Before him is Alfonso VI of León and Castile. After him are John Skylitzes, Géza I of Hungary, Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Ida of Lorraine, Ivo of Chartres, Elimar I, Count of Oldenburg, Håkan the Red, Sikelgaita, Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine, and Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1105, Rashi ranks 2. Before him is Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse. After him are Frederick I, Duke of Swabia, Inge the Elder, Simon of Sicily, Malik-Shah II, Sukjong of Goryeo, Judith of Swabia, Anna Dalassene, Huang Tingjian, and Adrianos Komnenos.

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In France

Among people born in France, Rashi ranks 653 out of 6,770. Before him are Madeleine of Valois (1520), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), Madame de La Fayette (1634), Anaïs Nin (1903), Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), and Roger Garaudy (1913). After him are Pierre Richard (1934), Darius Milhaud (1892), Alexandre Millerand (1859), Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661), Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752), and Syagrius (430).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Rashi ranks 36. Before him are Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), John Vianney (1786), Marcel Lefebvre (1905), Charles de Foucauld (1858), Luigi Lucheni (1873), and Ansgar (801). After him are Peter the Hermit (1050), Clotilde (475), Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651), Antipope Clement VII (1342), Peter Waldo (1140), and Louis de Montfort (1673).

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