[#] bracketed #s are superscripts in the original and note identification numbers. There are some problems with these. Note #4 (Chapter 1) is not referenced in the text. Note #36 appears twice (Chapter 4) and #102 appears twice in Chapter 7. hyphenation of terms is suppressed, so any hyphens appearing at the end of the line are infix grouping operators from the original. Two spaces or eol follow each sentence terminator. One blank line separates each paragraph. Multiline quotations (that are in a different font in the original), are here indented 3 spaces Reference 3 is at the bottom of page 20 in the original, Reference 5 is at the top of page 23, I cannot find Reference 4 anywhere. Spelling errors are denoted by [correct_spelling sic]. Most of these are just variants and currently archaic terms, but some appear to be actual errors. Correct version is from my on line dictionary, or when in doubt, from my printed Collegiate Dictionary. This is also used when, IMHO, there is an error in the text. The index is not included, as the pagination used in it is irrelevant. The duplication of reference [36], ([36],[37],[36],[38]) in chapter 4 is in the original. There are many places (see especially chapter 6) where an unbalanced right square bracket appears, often after either an italicized phrase or a Hebrew phrase. These are in the original. RASHI BY MAURICE LIBER TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY ADELE SZOLD THE JEWISH PUBLICATION SOCIETY OF AMERICA TO THE MEMORY OF ZADOC-KAHN GRAND-RABBIN OF FRANCE PREFACE ----- Some months ago the Jewish world celebrated the eight hundredth anniversary of the death of Rashi, who died at Troyes in 1105. On that occasion those whose knowledge authorizes them to speak gave eloquent accounts of his life and work. Science and devotion availed themselves of every possible medium-lectures and books, journals and reviews-to set forth all we owe to the illustrious Rabbi. The writer ventures to express the hope that in the present volume he has made at least a slight contribution toward discharging the common debt of the Jewish nation-that it is not utterly unworthy of him whose name it bears.