At their meeting in Sochi on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a copy of the first-ever Chumash printed with Rashi’s commentary.
In a Facebook post on Friday, Netanyahu called the Russian leader’s gesture “moving,” and said the Bible would be handed over to the National Library of Israel.
“I thank President Putin for the friendship and cooperation between us,” Netanyahu wrote.
In March, at a meeting in Moscow, Netanyahu received from Putin a nearly 500-year-old copy of Roman-Jewish historian Josephus’ book The Jewish War.
The focus of this week’s sit-down on the shores of the Black Sea was the situation in Syria and Iran’s military presence there, which, Netanyahu said after the meeting, posed a growing risk to global security.
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This sounds strange. How do we know this is legitimate? The first ever? Who printed it? Where was it printed? Which Country? How did Putin get ahold of it?
Why would he give it to Bibi, who nebach, doesn’t keep Shabbos or Kashrus, et al. Putin should of given it to a true Talmud Chachom, or at least one of the Chief Rabbi’s.
Ask any Lubavitcher Chossid and they will explain to you, how Putin obtained rare seforim
Putin appears to be a real ohaiv yisroel He has indicated that the success of the Jews was due to their following the chachomim
https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/55179/how-russian-jews-helped-shape-life-worlds-most-powerful-leaders-jewish-world/#DPWWM9ozd2extjgy.97
Go tell this to the Leftists.
After Moshe Rabeinu, RaSH”I is the foremost Rabban SHel yIsrael.
Among the areas where his commentary is essential is the very difficult-to-understand description of Bais HaMikdash III (the Jerusalem Temple of the Future). Based on RASH”I on Sefer Yechezkel [Ezekiel, Chap 40-43], I was Zoche — with much Siyata DiShmaya — to produce architectural renderings:
http://www.crdesignable.com/our-special-mitzvah/
To Avraham Yaakov
From Moshe rabbeinu till rashi you can’t find anyone??? Do you realize how many chachomim your forgetting?? עפרא לפומיה!!