[Avodah] Love the ger - who?

[Micha Berger]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 11:40:20AM +0200, saul mashbaum wrote:
: I find this comment intriguing. Apparently RZS believes that Rashi
: wrote his commentary on the Torah specifically for small children. I
: certainly don't believe that this is the case, and wonder what led RZS
: to this conclusion.

RMMS wrote and said on multiple occasions that Rashi was written with the
notion that a 5 year old, as in "ben chameish lemiqra" could be aided
in understanding the parashah at his level. I don't think the LR meant
that it was specifically written for that 5 yr old as much as written
to intentionally include him.

RZS is likely to hold RMMS's opinion for the same reason he frequently
quotes SA haRav.

I have a harder time with the notion. The best I could come up with is
that Rashi didn't realize how much brighter he and his children were at
5 than the common person.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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