Thursday, February 12, 2009

Inside Rashi

Students looked at several pesukim today from Rashi's perspective as they practiced their newly-acquired "Rashi" reading skills and refined their understanding of the peshat (simple rendering) of the narrative.

Students are beginning to understand Rashi's dual roles as a commentator, both as a mefaresh (explicator) and mechadesh (innovator). This duality will be reinforced in a unit called The Two Sides of Rashi. Look for it next week.

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