RASHI QUIZ

What does Rashi's name stand for?

• Rabbi Shmuel ben Yaacov

• Rabbi Shlomo ben Itzchak

• Rabbi Shlomo ben Yaacov

• Rabbi Shmuel ben Itzcak

Where was Rashi From? (his hometown

• Paris

• Worms

• Mainz

• Troyes,

Which Commentary did he work on when he was younger (when he was in Yeshiva and when he was first coming back home)

• Commentary on the Talmud

• Commentary on the Torah

• Commentary on the Zohar

• Commentary on the Mishna

What was Rashi's Commentary that he worked on later in his life?

• Commentary on the Five books of the Torah

• Commentary on the Talmud

• Commentary on the Midrash

• Commentary on the Mishna

How did Rashi make a living?

• Businessman

• Scribe

• Wine making

• Butcher

What was Rashi's commentary style?

• Deep and Mystical

• As simple as possible

• Allusions and hints to other parts of torah

• Learning out new teachings from the passuk

What were the names of Rashi's daughters?

• Devorah & Channa

• Rachel & Leah

• Sarah & Rivka

• Yocheved & Miriam

What other service did he render his community?

• He was a private tutor

• He was a kosher butcher

• He was a dayan (judge) on the Beit Din

• He was a Mohel

Who was Rashi's most famous Student?

• Rabbi Yehoshua ben Hananya

• Rabbi Simcha Vitry

• Rabbi Meir Eliyahu

• Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

What were the grandsons and students of Rashi referred to as?

• The House of Rashi

• Kehilat Rashi

• The Offspring of Rashi

• The School of Rashi