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CONTENTS
PREFACE
(page 		3 )
INTRODUCTION
(page 		13 )
BOOK I-RASHI THE MAN
CHAPTER I
THE JEWS OF FRANCE IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY
Dispersion of the Jews--Their Appearance In Gaul.
I. Material and Political Condition of the Jews of
France in the Eleventh Century--Their Occupation--
Their Relations with the Christians--General Instruction
and Religious Life--Limitations of their Literature.
II. Rabbinical Culture--Part played by Italy--The
Kalonymides--The Schools of Lorraine--Rabbenu Gershom,
Meor ha-Golah--His Work and Influence--Contemporaries
and Disciples of Gershom--Movement reaches its Climax
with Rashi page 		17
CHAPTER II
THE YOUTH AND EDUCATION OF RASHI
Difficulties of Writing a Biography of Rashi--History
and Legend.
I. The Periods into which Rashi's Life may be divided
--His Names--Rashi and Yarhi--Troyes in the Middle of
the Eleventh Century--The Fairs of Champagne--The Com-
munity of Troyes--The Family of Rashi and Its Fame in
Legend--Childhood--Education of Children among the
Jews of France in the Middle Ages--Higher Instruction
among the Jews and the Christians--Alleged Journeys and
Adventures of Rashi.
II. Rashi in Lorraine--Position of the Jews in Lorraine
--Their Relations with the Jews of France--Schools of
Worms and Mayence--Masters of Rashi and their Influence
upon him--His Colleagues and Correspondents page 		31

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Publication Information: Book Title: Rashi. Contributors: Maurice Liber - author, Adele Szold - transltr. Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society of America. Place of Publication: Philadelphia. Publication Year: 1906. Page Number: 7.
    
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