Peirush Rash”i al HaTorah ve’al Chamesh Megilloth [Commentary of Rash”i to the Pentateuch and Five Scrolls]

SOLOMON BEN ISAAC OF TROYES

Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani

Venice

1548

Title with Printer’s mark of Temple in Jerusalem (see Ya’ari, Hebrew Printers’ Marks pl. 16). On final page, censor's signature “Laurentius Franguellus, 1579” (see Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books, pl. IV, no. 5). Initial word of each Book surrounded by a decorative border. On f.80v. previous owner’s signature, Sa’adyah Shalom

Vinograd, Venice 358; Mehlman 684; Haberman, Adelkind 50

RARE EDITION OF RASHI’S COMMENTARY According to a legendary tradition, the opening comment of Rash”i to the Pentateuch, which he attributes to “Rabbi Isaac,” is by the exegete’s father. Supposedly, the dutiful son wished thereby to pay tribute to his father’s memory. In fact, this comment in the name of “Rabbi Isaac” is traced back to Tanchuma Vetus (Midrash Tanchuma Yashan). See R. Menachem M. Kasher, Torah Sheleimah, Genesis 1:1; R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim I Sh-35