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==Rashi== | ==Rashi== | ||
=== Fundamentals === | === Fundamentals === | ||
# Rashi always takes the simplest Peshat of the Gemara, even if it's not in line with the accepted Halacha - even a Hava Amina rejected by the Gemara itself later on!<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Rashi 1), Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger Eruvin 47 and Yevamot 30b, Shu"t Rabbi Akiva Eiger Mahadurah Kamma 222:8. See Minchat Chinuch Mitzvah 116 and Tzitz Eliezer vol 8 Siman 32.</ref> | # Rashi, colloquially known as "Kuntress,"<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Tosafot 10)</ref> always takes the simplest Peshat of the Gemara, even if it's not in line with the accepted Halacha - even a Hava Amina rejected by the Gemara itself later on!<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Rashi 1), Chiddushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger Eruvin 47 and Yevamot 30b, Shu"t Rabbi Akiva Eiger Mahadurah Kamma 222:8. See Minchat Chinuch Mitzvah 116 and Tzitz Eliezer vol 8 Siman 32.</ref> | ||
# Along the same lines and by no means in disparagement of Rashi, the Radbaz alerts us that Rashi is primarily a '''Mefaresh''', not a '''Posek''',<ref>Shu"t HaRadbaz (vol. 1 Siman 109, vol. 3 Siman 510, vol. 4 Siman 108/1180)</ref> so much so that he doesn't even register as a Shitah when deciding a Machloket between Rishonim, such as the Rosh and Rambam.<ref> Beit Yosef (Orach Chaim 10). See Matnat Yado ad loc for extensive citations.</ref>, though some disagree.<ref>Sheyarei Kenesset HaGedolah (Klalei HaPoskim 19). Regarding saying Kim Li KeRashi, | # Along the same lines and by no means in disparagement of Rashi, the Radbaz alerts us that Rashi is primarily a '''Mefaresh''', not a '''Posek''',<ref>Shu"t HaRadbaz (vol. 1 Siman 109, vol. 3 Siman 510, vol. 4 Siman 108/1180)</ref> so much so that he doesn't even register as a Shitah when deciding a Machloket between Rishonim, such as the Rosh and Rambam.<ref> Beit Yosef (Orach Chaim 10). See Matnat Yado ad loc for extensive citations.</ref>, though some disagree.<ref>Sheyarei Kenesset HaGedolah (Klalei HaPoskim 19). Regarding saying Kim Li KeRashi, | ||
see Sdei Chemed Klalei HaPoskim 8:9</ref><ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Rasi 2)</ref> | see Sdei Chemed Klalei HaPoskim 8:9</ref><ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Rasi 2)</ref> | ||
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# One cannot pose the tradition of the Geonim as a question on Rashi - "Gavra Agavra KaRamit?!"<ref>Kenesset HaGedolah (Yoreh Deah 124 Hagahot Beit Yosef 104, Yad Malachi (Klalei Rashi 3)</ref> | # One cannot pose the tradition of the Geonim as a question on Rashi - "Gavra Agavra KaRamit?!"<ref>Kenesset HaGedolah (Yoreh Deah 124 Hagahot Beit Yosef 104, Yad Malachi (Klalei Rashi 3)</ref> | ||
# Whenever Rashi uses the words כלומר he is offering that particular interpretation where one would have been able to offer an alternative one.<ref>Pri Toar Yoreh Deah 21:2, Matnat Yado on Yad Malachi Klalei HaRif fn. 104</ref> | # Whenever Rashi uses the words כלומר he is offering that particular interpretation where one would have been able to offer an alternative one.<ref>Pri Toar Yoreh Deah 21:2, Matnat Yado on Yad Malachi Klalei HaRif fn. 104</ref> | ||
# When Tosafot attacks Rashi with a series of difficulties from later Masechtot, one could argue Rashi assumes the Gemara at this point isn't working with them in mind.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Tosafot 9)</ref> | |||
=== Works Not by Rashi === | === Works Not by Rashi === | ||
# The commentary on Divrei HaYamim is not by Rashi.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Rashi 7)</ref> | # The commentary on Divrei HaYamim is not by Rashi.<ref>Yad Malachi (Klalei Rashi 7)</ref> | ||
