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Annotated Index to the Torah Commentary of Rabbi Sampson Rafael Hirsch

Features of the Annotated Index The Annotated Index available here is based on the multi-volume Judaica Press (1989) version of the Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch Torah commentary. The complete 418-page Annotated Index, encompassing all of the Hirsch Torah commentary from Bereshit/Genesis through Devarim/Deuteronomy, includes approximately 19,000 entries. The Annotated Index is an excellent resource and tool for anyone seeking a focused, in-depth encounter with the extraordinary Torah commentary of this modern sage. About Rabbi Samson Rafael Hirsch Rabbi Hirsch died more than a century ago (1888), but he is nonetheless considered one of the giants of modern Torah commentators. He combined several qualities that have particular relevance for Torah study in our time: He had a singularly masterful command of traditional texts—so much so as to be regarded as a modern sage by his rabbinic peers. He understood and articulated with great clarity the underlying meanings of Hebrew roots and words in all their variations—so much so that an Etymological Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew based on his commentary has been published. He understood modern science, its method and potential, regarding it as

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