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Sapirstein Edition Rashi: The Torah with Rashi's Commentary Translated, Annotated and Elucidated, Vols. 1-5 [Box Set, Full Size]: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

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As long as the novice reader understands that RASHI is the starting point of collections of commentaries, not the end, his work is essential. I think he should be read with RAMBAN (Nachmonidese) to obtaian some image of the linguistic issues. RAMBAN constantly brings up RASHI. The more overt reliance upon Akiba in RAMBAN, when both consider his words foundational. Some of RASHI is downright funny. More like a comic writer than RAMBAN, though RAMBAN has a dry humor. (Birth of Jacob and Esau: Fithting is what it feels like. Jewish woman: How'd he know? (rhetorical and sarcastic)

1) Rashi belongs in every Jewish library. 2) This is the Rashi on Torah you should get. You'll be able to go back to it again and again. And it is worthy of a library being produced in Mesorah Artscroll style and in a slipcover for the five individual volumes. They are beautiful. The typography is meaningful as mentioned by other reviewers.

My problem came when I had the product shipped. I had ordered another book also and got an email that each were estimated to arrive on Nov 19. That came and went. The other book had arrived three days earlier, and I was out of town and returned Sunday evening finding no books and was worried. I tracked the package and found out that FedEx SmartPost was used and saw some crazy stuff like the package going to Atlanta twice and passing through my local post office. I tried to get to the bottom of it. I did get the set a little earlier than I expected by the last estimate from the mail. But then the box they came in was much bigger than the set. The books had come out of the slipcover slightly, upside down, and the box was shoved in with tape strung over not making any contact with the box. How it all got like this I don't know. But no books were damaged at all. A lot of cost for toss up shipping.

i got my set from ellencleary here on amazon, they did not packed my books with bubble wrap or foam and the corners came broken, I mean the book protector (dust box) and on top of that the added me the publicity for the "grace cathedral.org) are u serious????>>>>> This is Jewish literature, very likely your buyer is a Jewish schoolar! they need to understand the needs of their customer.

By far the most literal translation of Rashi and the only one with his text distinguished from the text by others (explaining Rashi) using a bold typeface. Beautiful graphically.