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his Sunday, the 29th of
Tammuz, marks the passing
of the famous commentator
Rashi, who wrote a commentary on all
of Tanach and most of the Talmud —
and he only lived for 65 years! If we
consider that he did not have the tech-
nology of today, it is difficult to under-
stand how he managed to accomplish
so much in his lifetime.
Equally interesting is that many
greats before and after Rashi's time
wrote commentaries on the Torah —
but Jews throughout all the genera-
tions unanimously accepted Rosin's.
What was so special about
his work that it was accept-
ed then, and even now, 900
years later?
In the last verse of
Parshat Masei, it speaks
about Moshe teaching the
Children of Israel all the
commandments and laws
so that when they entered
the land of Israel, they
would know what God had
commanded them to do.
Similarly, the impor-
tance of teaching Torah to
children can be seen from a story that
the Talmud relates from the era of the
Second Temple.
It says, "Remembered will be this
person for good, and Yehoshua ben
Gamla is his name; for if not for him,
Torah would have been forgotten from
the Jewish people, for at first, one who
had a father learned Torah, and one
who had no father did not."
At that time, children learned Torah
at home with their fathers, but for any
child who had no father, there was a
yeshivah in Jerusalem where they were
sent to learn.
This was only a good solution for
older children who could take care of
themselves but not for younger chil-
dren who could not be sent away. By
the time they were old enough to be
sent to Jerusalem, many had no inter-
est in learning Torah and would resent
it and leave "until Yehoshua ben Gamla
came and instituted yeshivot in every
country and every city."
Yehoshua ben Gamla, the high
priest, understood that it was impos-
sible to rely on every father to teach
Torah to his children, whether he was
too busy, too restless, didn't teach well
or simply didn't know enough himself.
That is why he instituted these schools
for young children and, therefore,
about him it is said "remembered will
be this man for good."
We can also say that the reason
Rashi is "remembered for good" is
because he wrote his commentaries for
"a 5-year-old in school." He took all of
Tanach and Talmud and Midrash and
made it accessible for even a child to
understand like the greats
understood it.
Rashi condensed the
huge ocean of Talmud into
short, comprehendible sen-
tences. He worried about
the education of children,
just like Yehoshua ben
Gamla. That's why hun-
dreds of years later, every
child and adult who learns
Torah knows him and feels
as though Rashi is his per-
sonal teacher.
As we approach the
new school year, I recall how the
Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous mem-
ory, with his love for every Jew, would
speak about our obligation to do all
we can to make sure that our children
receive a Jewish education.
In addition to one's own children,
we need to worry about the children
of our friends and do all that we can
to make sure they are attending Jewish
day school or at least a Hebrew school
and help with tuition, if necessary.
Anyone who does this — and
because of him another child is
enrolled in a Jewish school — he too
will be "remembered for good." I
Rabbi Schneur Greenberg of Chabad
Jewish Center of Commerce runs the
Commerce Hebrew School with his wife,
Estie. Email: rabbi@jewishcommerce.org.
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