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Rashi & Commentaries · Rashi Print
First authentic Rashi comment
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
Pedagogical transliterationbara Elohim ve-lo ne'emar bara Adonai ...
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
First authentic Rashi comment
This is a complete short comment, not a fabricated practice line. First read the unpointed Hebrew in Rashi type; then re-read the same Unicode letters in square type. The opening ברא אלהים is the dibbur hamatḥil. The abbreviation למה״ד expands here as למדת הדין. The final biblical phrase points to Genesis 2:4.
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SEE HOW IT WORKS
Keep the form, reading, and meaning together.
Pedagogical reading guide
Commentary Hebrew and Aramaic
דיבור המתחיל: ברא אלהים · contrast: ולא נאמר ברא ה׳ · initial דין · העולם אינו מתקיים · mercy joined to judgment · proof phrase from Genesis 2:4
EXAMPLES
Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.
Square transcription — ברא אלהים ולא נאמר ברא ה', שבתחלה עלה במחשבה לבראתו במדת הדין, ראה שאין העולם מתקים, הקדים מדת רחמים ושתפה למה"ד, והיינו דכתיב ביום עשות ה' אלהים ארץ ושמים:
SOURCE REFERENCE
Rashi on Genesis 1:1:3
APPROVED STUDY LAYERS
Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.
Learning objective
Move from Rashi-type recognition to one complete authentic comment, with a square transcription and a bounded explanation.
Language and layout
Medieval commentary Hebrew with a biblical quotation and an edition-specific abbreviation. The displayed text is an unpointed consonantal transcription of the registered pointed edition.
Practice
Copy the dibbur hamatḥil in square Hebrew, expand למה״ד, and identify the clause that states why mercy is joined to judgment.
Answer key
Dibbur hamatḥil: ברא אלהים. Expansion: למה״ד = למדת הדין. Reason clause: ראה שאין העולם מתקיים. Result: הקדים מדת רחמים ושתפה למדת הדין.
Source notes
Primary edition: Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934, Public Domain. Raw pointed source and unpointed transcription are both preserved in the evidence file.
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