Assessment and legacy Rashi was one of the first authors to write in Old French (the language he spoke in everyday life,He referred to French as leshonenu "our language", in contrast with Hebrew, which was the Holy Language. More about this here. which he used alongside Hebrew), as most contemporary French authors instead wrote in Latin. As a consequence, besides its religious value, his work is valued for the insight it gives into the language and culture of Northern France in the 11th century.Claude Hagège, dans Héritages de Rachi, ouvrage collectif, sous la direction de René-Samuel Sirat, Éditions de l’éclat His commentaries on the Tanakh—especially his commentary on the Chumash (the "Five Books of Moses")—serves as the basis of more than 300 "supercommentaries" which analyze Rashi's choice of language and citations, penned by some of the greatest names in rabbinic literature.
Assessment and legacy Rashi was one of the first authors. to write in Old French (the language he spoke in everyday life,He referred to French as leshonenu "our language", in contrast with Hebrew, which was the Holy Language. More about this here. which he used alongside Hebrew), as most contempora.ry French authors instead wrote in Latin. As a consequence, besides its religious value, his work is valued for the insight it gives into the language and cultur:e of Northern France in the 11th century.Claude Hagège, dans Héritages de Rachi, ouvrage collectif, sous la direction de René-Samuel Sirat, Éditions de l’éclat His commentaries on the Tanakh—especially his commentary on the Chumash (the "Five Books of Moses")—serves as the basis of more than 300 "supercommentaries" which analyze Rashi's choice of language and citations, penned by. some of the greatest names in ra.bbinic literature.