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Troyes is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of northeastern France. It is located on the Seine river about 140 km south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated with
Buildings in the historic quarter of Troyes
Troyes altarpiece (detail) Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Hôtel de Ville
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Troyes (1549)
Rashi
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Shlomo Yitzchaki, commonly known by the Rabbinic acronym Rashi, was a French rabbi and commentator who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible.
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…trade, together with new extension of coinage and credit, were the drivers of the medieval economy of Troyes. In 1040, Shlomo Yitzchaki, better known as Rashi, was born in Troyes. The rabbi and philosopher, a prominent commentator on the Bible and the Talmud, established an influential school of Jewish thought…
A woodcut of Rashi that appeared in a printing of Postillae maiores totius anni cum glossis & quaestionibus by Guillaume de Parisiensis (William of Paris), published in Lyon in 1539.
Rashi Synagogue, Worms
Exterior of Rashi's Synagogue, Worms, Germany
A modern translation of Rashi's commentary on the Chumash, published by Artscroll