פרשנים

Welcome to the Life and Contributions of פרשנים. On this page, we will upload information about our commentators, study their lives, their work schedules, and wonder how they managed to comment on the Torah without computers, cell phones, or blackberries!

__**Rashi, Rav Shlomo Yitzchaki**__ Rashi's real name was Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhak. He was born in Troyes, France in 1040, and spoke French. He studied in the Yeshiva at Mayyence, Germany. He taught his students for free. To make money, he ran his own winery. His daughters married Torah scholars whose families made the school of the Tosfot. His most famous grandsons were the RaSHBaM and Rabbenu TAM. He is famous for his commentary on the Chumash and Talmud.

__**Ramban, Rav Moshe ben Nachman**__
 * Nahmanides, also known as Rabbi Moses ben Nachman Girondi, Bonastruc ça . Porta, was a leading medieval Jewish scholar, Catalan rabbi, philosopher, physician, kabbalist, and biblical commentator. He was born in 1194 and died in 1270. Nahmanides was born at Girona and died in Israel. He was a philosopher, a scholar, and a doctor and one of the most respected men of his times. **

__**Rambam, Rav Moshe ben Maimon**__


 * __Abarbanel:__** [] Rav Yitzchak Abarbanel, Portugal