Rashi was born in Troyes, France and died in the same town on July 13, 1105, at the age of 65. The date of his passing on the Jewish calendar, the 29th of Tammuz, falls on Friday, August 5, this year.

The city of Troyes in Northern France is commemorating the 900th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shlomo Itzchaki, best known by the acronym Rashi. Corks of champagne (the region he came from) will ...

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The 850th anniversary of Rabbi Shlomo Itzchaki-Rashi–foremost commentator on the Bible and Talmud, was marked here today with the formation of an organization of his descendants who will seek to ...