Rashi,themedievalFrenchrabbiShlomoYitzchaki(1040-1105),authoredmonumentalcommentariesontheHebrewBibleandtheBabylonianTalmud.WithTheJPSRashiDiscussionTorahCommentary,hiscommentaryontheTorah--regardedasthemostauthoritativeofallTorahcommentaries--isfinallyaccessibletotheentireJewishcommunity.StevenandSarahLevyquotefromthebiblicaltextinbothHebrewandEnglish,highlightRashi’scommentsrelatingtotheparashah,anddelveintohisperceptivemoralmessagesinthecontextoftwenty-first-centurydilemmas.Eachportionfeaturesthreeessayswithanalysisanddiscussionquestionsthatdrawonuniversalhumanexperiences,enablingfamiliesandShabbatstudygroupstodeepentheirunderstandingofRashiandtheportionoverthethreeSabbathmeals.ReaderswithlittleornoknowledgeofHebrew,theTorah,orJewishpracticewillfeelcomfortabledivingintothisdiscussioncommentary.AllHebrewtermsaredefined,quotedversescontextualized,andlessfamiliarJewishconceptsexplained.
