75 The French <I>laaz</I> is corrupted in the editions. The reading should be <H>peri shnt Pe Resh Yod, Shin Noon followed by gershayim Samech</H>. 76 Name of the last portion of Exodus. Rashi alludes to Ex. xxxviii. 27. 77 Without doubt the murex, which gives the purple dye. The details are taken from the Talmud (treatise Menahot 44a at the top). 78 A fantastic bit of etymology taken from the Talmud. 79 Ex. xxvii. 20. 80 Next to last portion of Exodus (xxx. 22 et seq.). 81 Portion preceding next to last of Exodus. 82 Ex. xxviii. 6. 83 <I>lb.</I> and 15. The first of these passages is noteworthy, Rashi says about It: "If I tried to explain how these two objects are made according to the text, the explanation would be fragmentary, and the reader would not get an idea of the whole. So I will first give a complete description of them, to which the reader can refer. After that I will explain the text verse by verse. The ephod resembles the robe worn by the Amazons,'" etc. 84 L. Wogue. 85 This is a distinction made in Hebrew but not rendered in the English version. 86 I Sam. xxiii. 14. 87 And not "shadow of death," which is etymologically impossible, though it is a rendition employed by most commentators. 88 See Note 91. 89 Collection of Midrashim long attributed to Simon Kara, father of a disciple of Rashi. This valuable compilation, which deals with the entire Bible, dates without doubt from the first half of the thirteenth century. An unsuccessful attempt has been made to prove that Rashi knew the <I>Yalkut.</I> His silence shows, on the contrary, that it was a later work. The Simon (sometimes Simson) whom he quotes is not the author of the <I>Yalkut.</I> 90 Commentary on Gen. xxxvii. 1. 91 Menahem ben Saruk, of Tortosa, lived at Cordova about 960 with the celebrated minister and Maecenas, the Jew Hasdai Ibn Shaprut. He was the author of the <I>Mahberet,</I> one of the first complete lexicons of the Biblical language, full of interesting grammatical digressions. His rival, Dunash ben Labrat, born at Fez, was both poet and grammarian. He wrote "Refutations" against Menahem, in rhyme and prose, which were full of impassioned criticisms and abundantly displayed fresh, correct insight. The polemics of these two scholars were continued by their disciples and were ended by Jacob Tam, Rashi's grandson. 92 Abul-Walid Merwan ibn Djanah (among the Jews, R. Jonah), the most eminent representative of the Spanish school, born at Cordova about 985; he studied at Lucena, and died at Saragossa about 1050. Besides small polemic works, he left a long one, "The Book of Detailed Research," including a grammar and a dictionary. Ibn Dianab was an original and profound grammarian. Unfortunately his disciples in popularizing weakened him.