{"id":248,"date":"2020-08-02T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248"},"modified":"2020-08-02T08:20:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T15:20:00","slug":"rashis-citations-of-moshe-ha-darshan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Rashi&#8217;s Citations of Moshe ha-Darshan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the contemporaries <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> cites in his commentaries, <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> is quoted a relatively few, yet still significant, number of times: <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> cites him by name 17 times in his Tanakh commentary<span id=\"easy-footnote-1-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-1-248\" title=\" Bereshit 35:8 and 48:7; Bemidbar 7:18-19, 23, 8:7, 11:20, 21, 15:41, and 19:22; Devarim 27:24; Tehillim 45:2, 60:4, 62:12, 68:17, and 80:6; Mishlei 5:19; and Iyyov 36:1.\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and twice in the <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=talmud\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Commonly refers to the Talmud Bavli, meaning the Mishnah (redacted Oral Law) with the Gemara (commentary) as redacted in Bavel (Babylon). It is also called by the acronym Shas, referring to the six orders (sedarim, sing. seder) into which the tractates (massekhtot, sing. massekhet) of the Mishnah and Gemara on it are divided. Today, there&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Talmud<\/a> commentary.<span id=\"easy-footnote-2-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-2-248\" title=\"Ketubot 75b s.v. &#1499;&#1492;&#1492; &#1496;&#1492;&#1493;&#1512; and Niddah 19a s.v. &#1499;&#1492;&#1492; &#1496;&#1492;&#1493;&#1512;. However, these two citations are of the same material.\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> was a scholar active in <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=provence\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The term used by Jews to refer to the Jewish communities of what is today the southern third of modern France, encompassing the regions today called Provence, Languedoc, and the Rousillon. Major cities of Jewish Provence in the medieval period include Narbonne, Lunel, B&eacute;ziers, Montpellier, Perpignan, and Avignon, among others that where home to renowned&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Provence<\/a> in the first half of the 11th century, in the generation before <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>. Though <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=provence\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The term used by Jews to refer to the Jewish communities of what is today the southern third of modern France, encompassing the regions today called Provence, Languedoc, and the Rousillon. Major cities of Jewish Provence in the medieval period include Narbonne, Lunel, B&eacute;ziers, Montpellier, Perpignan, and Avignon, among others that where home to renowned&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Provence<\/a> was connected culturally to <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=tzarfat\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1510;&#1512;&#1508;&#1514; - The Jewish community of northern France in the medieval period, part of greater Ashkenaz but known as Tzarfat in its own right. The name is taken from Ovadia 1:20, from which the term Sefarad is also drawn. With centers in Paris, Troyes, Rouen, Ramerupt, &Eacute;vreux, Corbeil, Sens, Dampierre, Coucy, and other towns, this&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Tzarfat<\/a> (northern France) where <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> lived, especially in the 11th  and 12th centuries, it was a distinct community. <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>&rsquo;s repeated citations of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> point to the latter&rsquo;s prominence. <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s beit midrash in the city of Narbonne, one of the oldest Jewish Proven&ccedil;al communities, apparently produced works that were influential and well-circulated.<span id=\"easy-footnote-3-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-3-248\" title='It may be that the title &lt;em&gt;ha-darshan&lt;\/em&gt; relates to the dissemination of midrash that characterizes the work of his school, although it could also mean, more conventionally and not incongruently, that he was known as a preacher. There is a recent book on Moshe ha-Darshan by Hannanel Mack, &lt;em&gt;The Mystery of Rabbi Moshe Hadarshan&lt;\/em&gt; [Hebrew] (Jerusalem: Mossad Bialik, 2010), as well as Menahem Zohori, &lt;a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcat.org\/title\/divre-mosheh-ha-darshan-u-fiyute-elazar-ha-kaliri-be-ferushe-rashi\/oclc\/34568956&amp;amp;referer=brief_results\"&gt;&#1491;&#1489;&#1512;&#1497; &#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; &#1493;&#1508;&#1497;&#1493;&#1496;&#1497; &#1488;&#1500;&#1506;&#1494;&#1512; &#1492;&#1511;&#1500;&#1497;&#1512;&#1497; &#1489;&#1508;&#1497;&#1512;&#1493;&#1513;&#1497; &#1512;&#1513;&#1524;&#1497; [&lt;em&gt;&amp;#8220;The Statements of Moshe ha-Darshan and the Piyyut of Elazar ha-Kaliri in the Commentary of Rashi&amp;#8221;&lt;\/em&gt;]&lt;\/a&gt; (Jerusalem: Carmel, 1995), which I&amp;#8217;ve not yet been able to get a hold of.'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Most, though not all, further citations of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> are made through citations of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>.<span id=\"easy-footnote-4-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-4-248\" title=\"Notable among the exceptions are the extracts from Moshe ha-Darshan, especially &lt;em&gt;Bereshit Rabbati&lt;\/em&gt;, copied in the Christian polemical manual &lt;em&gt;Pugio fidei&lt;\/em&gt;.\"><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are essentially two ways <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> uses what he knows of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>: as a source for derash (homiletical interpretation) and as a linguistic tool. Both usages have implications for understanding <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>&rsquo;s method and for hints about <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s cultural world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"moshe-hadarshan-as-a-source-of-derash\">Moshe ha-Darshan as a source of derash<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The primary way <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> references <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> is as a source of derash. <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> cites <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s midrash in one of three ways: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Generally, as in &ldquo;from <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>,&rdquo; (&#1502;\/&#1489;\/&#1499;&#1491;&#1489;&#1512;&#1497; &#1512;&#1523; &#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503;); <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specifically, as coming from Moshe&rsquo;s work the <em>Yes<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>od<\/em> (<em>&ldquo;Foundation&rdquo;<\/em>) (&#1493;&#1502;&#1497;&#1505;&#1493;&#1491;&#1493; &#1513;&#1500; &#1512;&#1523; &#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; [&#1492;&#1506;&#1514;&#1511;&#1514;&#1497;]; &#1512;&#1488;&#1497;&#1514;&#1497; &#1489;&#1497;&#1505;&#1493;&#1491;&#1493; &#1513;&#1500; &#1512;&#1489;&#1497; &#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503;);<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Methodologically, <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> seems to have acquired his knowledge of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> both textually (&ldquo;through the words of&rdquo; or &ldquo;from the <em>Yesod<\/em>&ldquo;) and orally (&ldquo;in the name of&rdquo;). It&rsquo;s possible that <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> specifies the <em>Yesod<\/em> because he was familiar with that work as a text, and the rest of the Moshe&rsquo;s derashot he learned orally. Or it may be that <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> simply doesn&rsquo;t specify from other works he&rsquo;s citing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"on-devorah-rivkahs-nurse\">On Dev<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>orah, Rivk<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>ah&rsquo;s nurse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A representative example of the way <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> uses <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s derash is in explaining the identity of the Devorah mentioned in Bereshit 35:8.<span id=\"easy-footnote-5-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-5-248\" title='Although, it&amp;#8217;s worth noting, Rashi most frequently cites Moshe ha-Darshan on Bemidbar (where Rashi&amp;#8217;s primary source of midrash is &lt;em&gt;Tan&lt;span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;chuma&lt;\/em&gt;) and Tehillim.'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In that pasuk, it&rsquo;s mentioned that Rivka&rsquo;s nurse dies and is buried at Beit-El. Rivka&rsquo;s nurse appears also in Bereshit 24:59, but her name, Devorah, is first given in Bereshit 35:8.<span id=\"easy-footnote-6-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-6-248\" title='&lt;span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;Chizkuni says that the nurse is mentioned in 24:59 so that we can appreciate the significance of her death as mentioned here in 35:8; and both he and Ibn Ezra read &amp;#8220;Rivka&amp;#8217;s nurse&amp;#8221; to mean the woman who nursed Rivka in Rivka&amp;#8217;s infancy.'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> asks, as he is wont to do, why this Devorah is associated (at the time of her death, at least) with the house of Ya&rsquo;akov. The answer <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> provides is that Devorah is none other than the trusted person whom Rivka sent to inform Ya&rsquo;akov that he could return home from his stay with Lavan in the wake of Esav&rsquo;s anger, as Rivka promises to do in Bereshit 27:45. <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> adds to the explanation: &#1502;&#1491;&#1489;&#1512;&#1497; &#1512;&#1523; &#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; &#1500;&#1502;&#1491;&#1514;&#1497;&#1492; (&ldquo;I learned this from the words of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rdquo;).<span id=\"easy-footnote-7-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-7-248\" title=\"Rashi ad loc. s.v. &#1493;&#1514;&#1502;&#1514; &#1491;&#1489;&#1493;&#1512;&#1492;\"><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In this case, he brings in <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s midrash to aptly respond to questions raised by the text. A potentially lost midrash provides a cogent answer to why Devorah, Rivka&rsquo;s nurse, is mentioned in this pasuk.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think it&rsquo;s significant that <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> considers <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> an authoritative transmitter of mid<a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">rashi<\/a>c traditions: while there were classic collections of midrash, midrash as a genre was still open (within certain parameters) in <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>&rsquo;s time. Paradoxically, <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>&rsquo;s invocation of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s authority simultaneously underscores the textualization of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=parsha\" target=\"_self\" title='The common meaning of parashah (plural: parshiyot; colloquially, \"parsha\") is the weekly Torah portion. The Torah (also called Chumash, or the first five books of the Bible) is divided into sections read cyclically. The beginning of Parashat Nitzavim in the Koren edition of Sefer Devarim (Deuteronomy). Reading Cycles There are two cycles for reading: (1)&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">parsha<\/a>nut. <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> uses both written and oral versions of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s teachings, and preserves them in his own written commentaries. Apart from being of historical interest, more broadly, this helps us appreciate <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>&rsquo;s training, process, and reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"moshe-hadarshan-on-language\">Moshe ha-Darshan on language<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> also references <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> as a linguistic resource, similar to the way he refers (much more frequently) to Menach<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>em b. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>Saruk and Dunash b. Labrat.<span id=\"easy-footnote-8-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-8-248\" title=\"This is the context in which Moshe ha-Darshan is mentioned in Rashi&amp;#8217;s Talmud commentary, where in both instances Rashi uses Moshe ha-Darshan to clarify the phrase &#1499;&#1492;&#1492; &#1496;&#1492;&#1493;&#1512;.\"><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Two of these involve Arabic cognates. The first is in his comment on Tehillim 45:2, in which the word <em>mahir<\/em>, which in the Hebrew of the Mi<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>kra, as in modern Israeli Hebrew, denotes speed, hastening, or swiftness, but in this verse seems to connote another meaning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#1512;&#1464;&#1432;&#1495;&#1463;&#1444;&#1513;&#1473; &#1500;&#1460;&#1489;&#1460;&#1468;&#1448;&#1497; &#1472; &#1491;&#1464;&#1468;&#1432;&#1489;&#1464;&#1444;&#1512; &#1496;&#1431;&#1493;&#1465;&#1489; &#1488;&#1465;&#1502;&#1461;&#1443;&#1512; &#1488;&#1464;&#1453;&#1504;&#1460;&#1497; &#1502;&#1463;&#1506;&#1458;&#1513;&#1463;&#1474;&#1443;&#1497; &#1500;&#1456;&#1502;&#1462;&#1425;&#1500;&#1462;&#1498;&#1456; &#1500;&#1456;&#1437;&#1513;&#1473;&#1493;&#1465;&#1504;&#1460;&#1431;&#1497; &#1506;&#1461;&#1444;&#1496; &#1472; &#1505;&#1493;&#1465;&#1508;&#1461;&#1452;&#1512; &#1502;&#1464;&#1492;&#1460;&#1469;&#1497;&#1512;&#1475;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My heart stirs with pleasant words; I tell my deeds to a king; my tongue is the pen of a scribe who is <em>mahir<\/em>.<span id=\"easy-footnote-9-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-9-248\" title='As with a lot of pesuk&lt;span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;im, though easily translated literally, this verse is difficult to translate in terms of its meaning without interpreting it already. The JPS translation here relies on Rashi&amp;#8217;s reading and it would be impossible to understand what Rashi is commenting on using it.'><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<cite><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> on Tehillim 45:2<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> interprets the entire verse in the context of a poet presenting his poetry. <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> then comments on the adjective <em>mahir<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#1500;&#1513;&#1493;&#1504;&#1497;<\/strong> &ndash; &#1510;&#1495; &#1489;&#1513;&#1497;&#1512;&#1497;&#1501; &#1499;&#1506;&#1496; &#1505;&#1493;&#1508;&#1512; &#1502;&#1492;&#1497;&#1512;, &#1512;&#1488;&#1497;&#1514;&#1497; &#1489;&#1497;&#1505;&#1493;&#1491;&#1493; &#1513;&#1500; &#1512;&#1489;&#1497; &#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; &#1502;&#1492;&#1497;&#1512; &#1489;&#1500;&#1513;&#1493;&#1503; &#1506;&#1512;&#1489;&#1497; &#1489;&#1511;&#1497;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>My tongue<\/strong> &ndash; Skillful at poetry as the pen of a<em> <\/em>scribe who is <em>mahir<\/em>; I have seen in the Yesod of Rabbi <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> that <em>mahir<\/em> in the Arabic language means knowledgable (<em>bak<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>i<\/em>). <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, this is exactly the meaning of the Arabic cognate (&#65251;&#65260;&#65198;): according to Hans Wehr, the standard classical Arabic to English dictionary, &ldquo;to be skillful, adroit, dexterous, skilled, adept, proficient, expert, experienced, seasoned.&rdquo;<span id=\"easy-footnote-10-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-10-248\" title='A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th ed., ed. and rev. J. M. Cowan (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1979; US edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, 1994), p. 1089. The root also has other connotations, related to dowery. It should be noted that Hans Wehr is a &lt;a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/International\/Nazi-authored-Arabic-English-dictionary-causes-stir-at-University-of-Minn-605631\"&gt;deeply problematic source&lt;\/a&gt;, but there is no replacement. Despite the &amp;#8220;modern&amp;#8221; in the title, this was the standard reference in courses on fusha and Quranic Arabic.'><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Compare this to what Jastrow has for the Hebrew <em>baki: <\/em>&ldquo;expert, versed, familiar.&rdquo;<span id=\"easy-footnote-11-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-11-248\" title=\" Marcus Jastrow, &lt;em&gt;A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature&lt;\/em&gt; (London: 1903; Reprint, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2005), pp. 185-186.\"><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span>It&rsquo;s interesting that <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> sees froeign languages as having import for the understanding of Biblical Hebrew,<span id=\"easy-footnote-12-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-12-248\" title=\"As pointed out by reader Yosef Kerman (see his insightful comments below), Rashi probably saw the Torah as occasionally borrowing foreign words, including Arabic, rather than, as I had written earlier, implying that Rashi understood Arabic to be cognate to Hebrew.\"><sup>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and uses the sources at his disposal to inform himself about them. Here, the effort aptly supports his reading of the pasuk<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second time <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> uses Arabic, via <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>, to inform his understanding is in his comment to Tehillim 68:17. The verse reads:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#1500;&#1464;&#1444;&#1502;&#1464;&#1468;&#1492; &#1472; &#1514;&#1456;&#1468;&#1469;&#1512;&#1463;&#1510;&#1456;&#1468;&#1491;&#1493;&#1468;&#1503;&#1454; &#1492;&#1464;&#1512;&#1460;&#1450;&#1497;&#1501; &#1490;&#1463;&#1468;&#1489;&#1456;&#1504;&#1467;&#1451;&#1504;&#1460;&#1468;&#1445;&#1497;&#1501; &#1492;&#1464;&#1492;&#1464;&#1431;&#1512; &#1495;&#1464;&#1502;&#1463;&#1443;&#1491; &#1488;&#1457;&#1500;&#1465;&#1511;&#1497;&#1501; &#1500;&#1456;&#1513;&#1460;&#1473;&#1489;&#1456;&#1514;&#1468;&#1425;&#1493;&#1465; &#1488;&#1463;&#1507;&#1470;&#1492;&rsquo; &#1497;&#1460;&#1513;&#1456;&#1473;&#1499;&#1465;&#1468;&#1445;&#1503; &#1500;&#1464;&#1504;&#1462;&#1469;&#1510;&#1463;&#1495;&#1475;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why lie in wait (<em>teratzdun<\/em>), protuberous mountains, for the mountain Gd desired as His seat, Hashem shall dwell there forever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The verb in question here, <em>teratzdun<\/em>, occurs only once in Tanakh, in this verse.<span id=\"easy-footnote-13-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-13-248\" title=\"It also occurs in Ben Sira, 14:22, which Rashi would not have known.\"><sup>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span> As part of his reading of the verse, <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-right is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#1512;&#1488;&#1497;&#1514;&#1497; &#1489;&#1497;&#1505;&#1493;&#1491;&#1493; &#1513;&#1500; &#1512;&#1489;&#1497; &#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; &#1512;&#1510;&#1491; &#1492;&#1493;&#1488; &#1502;&#1488;&#1512;&#1489; &#1489;&#1500;&#1513;&#1493;&#1503; &#1506;&#1512;&#1489;&#1497;, &#1488;&#1489;&#1500; &#1502;&#1504;&#1495;&#1501; &#1508;&#1497;&#1512;&#1513; &#1514;&#1512;&#1510;&#1491;&#1493;&#1503; &#1499;&#1502;&#1493; &#1514;&#1512;&#1511;&#1491;&#1493;&#1503; &#1488;&#1507; &#1488;&#1493;&#1514;&#1493; &#1500;&#1513;&#1493;&#1503; &#1504;&#1493;&#1508;&#1500; &#1506;&#1500; &#1492;&#1513;&#1497;&#1496;&#1492; &#1492;&#1494;&#1488;&#1514;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw in the Yesod of Rabbi <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> that <em>ratzad<\/em> [the root of <em>teratzdun<\/em>] means to lie in wait in the Arabic language, although Menahem explained <em>teratzdun<\/em> as <em>tarkidan<\/em> [&ldquo;to cause to dance&rdquo;],<span id=\"easy-footnote-14-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-14-248\" title=\"In the &lt;em&gt;Machberet&lt;\/em&gt;, an early lexicon of Biblical Hebrew which Rashi had in hand. In his entry on &#1512;&#1510;&#1491;, Menachem cites this verse and then explains, &amp;#8220;&#1499;&#1502;&#1493; &#1514;&#1512;&#1511;&#1491;&#1493;&#1503;, &#1493;&#1499;&#1502;&#1493; &#1493;&#1497;&#1512;&#1511;&#1497;&#1491;&#1501; &#1499;&#1502;&#1493; &#1506;&#1490;&#1500; (&#1513;&#1501; &#1499;&#1496; &#1493;)&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211; in the Filipowski ed., p. 166.\"><sup>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> yet that language [Arabic] supersedes that [Menahem&rsquo;s] method.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here again, <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> is absolutely correct: the Arabic cognate (&#65197;&#65211;&#65194;) in fact means &ldquo;to watch or wait, to lie in wait,&rdquo;<span id=\"easy-footnote-15-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-15-248\" title=\"Hans Wehr, p. 396. &lt;em&gt;Retzad&lt;\/em&gt; from the same root also occurs in Vayikra Rabba 26:2, &#1488;&#1464;&#1494;&#1463;&#1500; &#1493;&#1468;&#1512;&#1456;&#1510;&#1463;&#1491; &#1506;&#1458;&#1500;&#1493;&#1465;&#1497;, &amp;#8220;he went and lay in wait for him.&amp;#8221;\"><sup>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span>, or, as <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> says, the equivalent of Hebrew <em>maarav<\/em>. With this knowledge, there is no need for Menachem&rsquo;s tenuous suggested reading. The pasuk also makes more sense this way; why would the other mountains be jubilant at having been overlooked?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"did-moshe-hadarshan-know-arabic\">Did Moshe ha-Darshan know Arabic? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> was getting accurate information on Arabic from <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>, does this imply that the latter knew Arabic (or Judeo-Arabic)? From the paucity of examples, I would guess that <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> received his knowledge indirectly. In and of itself, it&rsquo;s notable that information about Arabic was filtering in a way at least partially accessible by non-Arabic speakers (such as word of mouth from emigres who did know Arabic) in early 11th century <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=provence\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The term used by Jews to refer to the Jewish communities of what is today the southern third of modern France, encompassing the regions today called Provence, Languedoc, and the Rousillon. Major cities of Jewish Provence in the medieval period include Narbonne, Lunel, B&eacute;ziers, Montpellier, Perpignan, and Avignon, among others that where home to renowned&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Provence<\/a> and France. And it&rsquo;s remarkable that it would reach <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> in so clear a form.<span id=\"easy-footnote-16-248\" class=\"easy-footnote-margin-adjust\"><\/span><span class=\"easy-footnote\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248#easy-footnote-bottom-16-248\" title=\"On Rashi&amp;#8217;s contact with Jewish communities in the Islamicate world, see Avraham Grossman, &ldquo;The Treatment of Lexicon and Grammar in Rashi&rsquo;s Commentaries: Rashi&rsquo;s Ties with the Islamic Lands&rdquo; [Hebrew], &lt;em&gt;L&#277;&scaron;on&eacute;nu: A Journal for the Study of the Hebrew Language and Cognate Subjects&lt;\/em&gt;, no. 73 (2011): 425&ndash;36. He includes examples from manuscript evidence of translations of Arabic-language works into Hebrew reaching Ashkenaz, and lists the other instances, via Dunash b. Labrat, that Rashi references Arabic in his commentaries on pp. 432-33.\"><sup>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>&rsquo;s use of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> shows how he marshals, with startling perspicacity and accuracy, sources that he knows to fill in lacunae in the standard midrash collections. He valued both midrash and grammar, and applied them where the text called out for explanation. It appears that <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> studied directly from <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s <em>Yesod<\/em> as well as receiving teachings in his name, indicating the relatively close connection between the Rhineland communities where <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a> was educated (Ashkenaz in the more specific sense of the term) and Jewish communities on the southern coast of <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=provence\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The term used by Jews to refer to the Jewish communities of what is today the southern third of modern France, encompassing the regions today called Provence, Languedoc, and the Rousillon. Major cities of Jewish Provence in the medieval period include Narbonne, Lunel, B&eacute;ziers, Montpellier, Perpignan, and Avignon, among others that where home to renowned&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Provence<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a>&rsquo;s method, though clearly mid<a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">rashi<\/a>cally oriented, includes linguistic peshat as well, presaging <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=rashi\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Rashi - R. Shlomo Yitzchaki | &#1512;&#1513;&quot;&#1497; - &#1512;' &#1513;&#1500;&#1502;&#1492; &#1497;&#1510;&#1495;&#1511;&#1497; (c. 1040-1105, Troyes, northern France) is among the foremost Talmud and Tanach commentators, ushering in the classical period of line commentaries on foundational texts. He studied in the yeshivot of the Rhineland Valley (Mainz and Worms), the first centers of Jewish life in medieval&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Rashi<\/a>&rsquo;s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image: Medieval Narbonne, in southern France, where <a href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?encyclopedia=moshe-ha-darshan\" target=\"_self\" title=\"&#1502;&#1513;&#1492; &#1492;&#1491;&#1512;&#1513;&#1503; - Moshe ha-Darshan (11th cen., southern France) was a medieval compiler of midrash. The appellation ha-darshan probably pertains to this activity rather than preaching. He was active during the first half of the 11th century in Narbonne, Provence (southern France). Life Moshe ha-Darshan almost certainly headed a beit midrash in his home city,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Moshe ha-Darshan<\/a> was active. Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/22372256@N08\/11499337795\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Narbonne&rdquo;<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/22372256@N08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jexweber.fotos<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/2.0\/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-NC-ND 2.0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the contemporaries Rashi cites in his commentaries, Moshe ha-Darshan is quoted a relatively few, yet still significant, number of times: Rashi cites him by name 17 times in his Tanakh commentary and twice in the Talmud commentary. Moshe ha-Darshan was a scholar active in Provence in the first half of the 11th century, in the generation before Rashi&#8217;s. Though connected culturally to Tzarfat (northern France) where Rashi lived, especially in the 11th  and 12th centuries, Provence was a distinct community. Rashi&#8217;s repeated citations of him point to the prominence of Moshe ha-Darshan, whose beit midrash in the city of Narbonne, one of the oldest Jewish Proven\u00e7al communities, apparently produced works that were influential and well-circulated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[82,86,100],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medieval","tag-midrash-","tag-moshe-ha-darshan--","tag-rashi-"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rashi&#039;s Citations of Moshe ha-Darshan - Tamar Marvin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/trmarvin.org\/?p=248\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rashi&#039;s Citations of Moshe ha-Darshan - Tamar Marvin\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Among the contemporaries Rashi cites in his commentaries, Moshe ha-Darshan is quoted a relatively few, yet still significant, number of times: Rashi cites him by name 17 times in his Tanakh commentary and twice in the Talmud commentary. 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