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First published 500 years ago as the “Rabbinic Bible,” the biblical commentaries known as the Miqra’ot Gedolot have inspired and educated generations of Hebrew readers. With this edition, the voices of Rashi, Ibn Ezra, Nachmanides, Rashbam, and other medieval commentators come alive once more, speaking in a contemporary English translation annotated and explicated for lay readers. Each page of...

ABARBANEL’S QUESTIONS ♦ Why is “as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead” (v. 9; Deut. 6:8) mentioned in this connection? NAHMANIDES On the seventh day there shall be a festival of the LORD. Rather, “a festival offering” [R] must be brought on the seventh day. For if it is not brought on the seventh day, there is no way to make up for it. The first day is not mentioned here because if one fails to bring the festival offering on the first day, there are still
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