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From Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, comes a magical audio book that introduces us to the towering figure of Rashi—Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki—the great biblical and Talmudic commentator of the Middle Ages. Wiesel brilliantly evokes the world of medieval European Jewry, a world of profound scholars and closed communities ravaged by outbursts of anti-Semitism and decimated by the Crusades. The incomparable scholar Rashi, whose phrase-by-phrase explication of the oral law has been included in every printing of the Talmud since the fifteenth century, was also a spiritual and religious leader: His perspective, encompassing both the mundane and the profound, is timeless. Wiesel’s Rashi is a heartbroken witness to the suffering of his people, and through his responses to major religious questions of the day we see still another side of this greatest of all interpreters of the sacred writings. Both beginners and advanced students of the Bible rely on Rashi’s groundbreaking commentary for simple text explanations and Midrashic interpretations. Wiesel, a descendant of Rashi, proves an incomparable guide who enables us to appreciate both the lucidity of Rashi’s writings and the milieu in which they were formed.
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"Night is an amazing book about the holocaust. A true story about Elie Wiesel himself experiencing the holocaust with his father. The book has an amazing tone that just makes you picture everything in your head. I highly recommend this book to people that are into history. "
— Kevin (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Rashi is not for the uninitiated or anyone uninterested in why Yahweh used the plural possessive when making man "in our image" or whether Abraham's concubine Hagar was actually a pharaoh's daughter. But if the Prophets' trials and tribulations seem arcane, Wiesel's great respect for their long-lived stories reminds us that, though we may value Christopher Hitchens, it's unlikely that we will debate his every nay-saying syllable 1,000 years hence.”
— Washington Post -
Wiesel’s contribution to the Jewish Encounters series is an informative gem.”
— Booklist
Rashi Listener Reviews
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" I guess I was hoping for more Rashi's wisdom & Jewish perspective, this is more straight biblical exegesis. Interesting historical insights too. "
— Matthew, 7/26/2013 -
" not my kind of book "
— Ken, 6/7/2013 -
" Interesting book about a unique and important figure in Judaism. Sometimes difficult to understand. I believe that this book was translated into English, which would explain some of the sentence structure problems. That said, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the life of Rashi. "
— Jeff, 1/2/2013 -
" Well written ands an interesting perspective "
— Sima, 9/19/2011 -
" Even though the book was only 100 or so pages long it took me a while to read. I would go back and read pages over and over just to soak in the depth and power. It created visions no one can fathom. "
— Jamila, 5/22/2011 -
" I had read this book a number of years ago but I kept having a gnawing impression that I needed to read it again. What an incredible story of survival and courage. "
— Barbara, 5/22/2011 -
" After reading this book, you will never be the same again. "
— Kira, 5/22/2011 -
" Eloquent imagery, similes, and metaphors perfectly capture the emotion behind the Holocaust. "
— Alicia, 5/22/2011
About Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) was the author of more than fifty books, both fiction and nonfiction, including his masterly memoir Night. He was awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the rank of Grand-Croix in the French Legion of Honor, an honorary knighthood of the British Empire, and, in 1986, the Nobel Peace Prize. Since 1976, he served as the the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University.
About Walter Dixon
Walter Dixon is a broadcast media veteran of more than twenty years’ experience with a background in theater and performing arts and voice work for commercials. After a career in public radio, he is now a full-time narrator with more than fifty audiobooks recorded in genres ranging from religion and politics to children’s stories.