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d. 1105 France
Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzchak; 1040–1105) was a French Rabbi. His commentaries on the Bible and Talmud are still widely read today.
Also known as: Salomon Isaacides, Shlomo Yitzhaki
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A falsehood in which some truth is not stated at the beginning, cannot be maintained in the end.
From here [we derive] that one should not maintain a dispute."
Eretz Yisrael is higher than all the countries.
With your own blemish do not taunt your fellow.
I come only to explain its simple meaning.
Yisrael camped there. As one person with one heart (mind).
We learn from here the humility of the Holy One, Blessed is He. Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them.
God knew where he was, but he asked so as to start a conversation with Adam and avoid startling him too much to reply.
Even a blind man realises when he is naked. So why does it say "And they realised that they were naked"? They had one commandment and were now naked of it.
The flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea at Acre is not similar to the flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea in Spain.
When they gather together as a single unit, and there is harmony among them — then He is their king, but not when there is dissention among them.
I will make the land [so] desolate — This is [actually] a kindly measure for Israel, for their enemies will not find any satisfaction in their land, for it will be desolate of its inhabitants.
So is the Land of Israel: It cannot sustain sinners.